“Oh, really. That guy is real too.”
My cute nephew came to the hospital with the excuse of being sick.
Jeong Byeong-cheol, an old bachelor doctor who was stoked by the guy’s gift of speech and took on strange tasks, sat down in front of the computer with a tired body and opened the file his nephew had sent him.
– Is PHMG, the main ingredient in humidifier disinfectants, truly harmless to the human body?
what is this
While Gyeong-Hoon Jeong was looking for information to write a report requested by his nephew, something strange caught his eye.
In Korea, PHMG was registered as a non-toxic substance by the National Environmental Research Institute in accordance with the Toxic Chemicals Control Act, and was a stable substance with toxicity as low as 1/5 of that of other disinfectants even when applied to the skin or ingested.
It was certified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a disinfectant for medical devices, so it was a disinfectant without any problems.
It is highly soluble in water and has high sterilizing power, so it is widely used in wet tissues and non-woven fabrics.
however.
“There are no studies on the side effects of PHMG when it enters the respiratory tract?”
At first, Jeong Kyeong-hoon was just trying to do his nephew’s homework, but suddenly his curiosity arose and he started calling fellow doctors.
**
– I think you should come right away. Unho is strange.
– Take him to the hospital.
– All nearby hospitals are closed. I left my car at a service center for repairs, so it’s hard to move.
-What about taxis?
Park Jun-hyung shook his head and spoke again.
– no. I’ll be there right away.
Although I wasn’t drunk, I still couldn’t get behind the wheel because I had alcohol in my mouth.
I tried to call a designated driver, but the distance was too far and I couldn’t go back because it was in a mountainous area, so I couldn’t get a driver.
I became increasingly anxious as there was no answer.
Park Jun-hyung, who was walking back and forth in front of the restaurant door with an anxious mind, caught the eye of Kim Cheol-soo, who was talking to people.
The glass I poured earlier was still filled with alcohol.
‘Deputy Kim continued to drink alcohol. Did he say he had some work left?’
Park Jun-hyung, who remembered the way he was drinking while joking, quietly returned to his seat and patted Kim Cheol-soo on the shoulder.
“Yes, Managing Director?”
“Assistant Manager Kim. Did you drink today?”
“Ah, um…”
“I’m not being rude, so please be honest.”
“I haven’t eaten yet.”
“Then can you help me?”
Kim Cheol-soo glanced at his watch.
It’s almost 8 o’clock.
Suddenly, finding someone who didn’t drink meant looking for someone who would drive.
Kim Cheol-soo, who saw Park Jun-hyung’s expression being more restless than usual, nodded lightly.
“Yes, Managing Director.”
I thought he would express his refusal at least once, but I was quite grateful that Kim Cheol-soo nodded willingly.
Park Jun-hyung nodded, left the corporate card to the manager, the most senior of the remaining employees, and went out with Kim Cheol-soo.
“Something has come up at home, and I need someone to drive. It’s so far away that I can’t even get a designated driver. If I go, I’ll have to come up with you tomorrow. Is that okay?”
“Yes, it’s okay. Where is our destination?”
“This is Jangheung, Jeollanam-do…”
“Jangheung. I understand.”
Kim Cheol-soo called Jin-sook Yoon and told her that he couldn’t go home because of work, then sat in the driver’s seat and started the engine.
“May I ask what you are going to Jangheung for?”
Park Jun-hyung sighed briefly in response to his cautious question.
Not only did he have a child, but no one at the company even knew that he was married.
They separated before registering their marriage, and the child was also registered under his father.
At that time, my life was so unresolved that I even decided to die.
However, it was clear that if we went to Jangheung together now, Kim Cheol-soo would know everything.
Park Jun-hyung stared at the night scenery passing by outside the window, then quietly opened his mouth.
“I’d like you to keep quiet about what happened today. It’s a private matter.”
“Yes, I will.”
“My parents are taking care of my only son, but they contacted me saying he was not feeling well, so I am leaving.”
Kim Cheol-soo glanced at the back seat through the rearview mirror, barely hiding his surprised expression.
The reason Park Jun-hyung was popular among female employees at work was because everyone thought he was single.
Because he was handsome, had good manners, was popular, and was single.
Kim Cheol-soo also thought so.
This was a fact I had never known before.
“A little surprised, right?”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded at Park Jun-hyung’s words.
“Yes. I had no idea. I thought you weren’t married at all.”
“This is a child born to an accident in college. He was born with a disability, and his mother-to-be ran away.”
Kim Cheol-soo paused for a moment at the unexpected remark, but answered quickly so as not to prolong the silence.
“I will keep my mouth sealed tightly so that no one gets involved in the Managing Director’s marriage.”
At those words, Park Jun-hyung burst out laughing as if he was dumbfounded.
“I have no intention of getting married.”
Park Jun-hyung knew himself very well.
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If she married someone and had an ordinary child, her feelings for Unho would never be the same as they are now.
But Kim Cheol-soo tilted his head and thought to himself.
‘I said I was going to get married. ‘Lies are.’
“Oh, I understand.”
After those words, the conversation with Park Jun-hyung did not continue any longer.
The car entered the highway.
Perhaps because it was a weekday night, there were hardly any cars on the road, and the inside of the moving car was as quiet as a rat.
The first to break the silence was Park Jun-hyung.
“It’s late, but congratulations on receiving the Academic Excellence Award from Injaewon, Assistant Manager Kim.”
“Ah, thank you, Managing Director.”
“Did you meet some people at the talent center? The key figures in the group?”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded his head sharply in response to Park Jun-hyung’s question.
“I met a lot of good people.”
“I must have met the president’s sons, but who did you like?”
“Well… the only person I’ve met is Executive Director Choi Young-jun, so it’s a bit difficult to say who I like and who I don’t like.”
“You’ve never met with President Choi Kyung-jun, Choi Sang-jun, or Choi Oh-jun?”
“Yes, Managing Director.”
“Hmm. Why did you do that?”
“I don’t know either.”
Park Jun-hyung shook his head with a puzzled expression.
Even if Lee Jun-hak did it because he caused trouble at Injaewon, it was not easy to understand why no one waved at Kim Cheol-soo, who was selected as the youngest person and entered Injaewon.
Although he unintentionally drifted away due to sewing the first button incorrectly, Park Jun-hyung still evaluated Kim Cheol-soo very highly.
I even thought that Lee Jun-hak on the left and Kim Cheol-soo on the right would be reassuring when he became the president.
However, if they made a stop loss on Kim Cheol-soo, there was only one reason.
An unremarkable family in a third-rate, unnamed local area.
‘If you’re a person with that kind of performance, you wouldn’t have to think about background. You little bastards. They say there are no bastards under Hobu, but that doesn’t seem to be true.’
Park Jun-hyung was silent for a long time, and Kim Cheol-soo also remained silent and focused on driving.
“Is sales department 3 going well these days?”
“Yes, Managing Director.”
“Manager Ahn is really good at his job, isn’t he?”
The two had a relationship that could be said to be close friends.
Kim Cheol-soo, who knew this very well, thought for a moment about what to say.
“I know, too. Jeong Gyu is so good at his work that he can’t be compared to me.”
Kim Cheol-soo turned his eyes to the rearview mirror at the unexpectedly honest answer.
“But the goddess of luck beckoned me. I was really lucky, and when I happened to travel to the Middle East, I noticed that people’s eyes had changed on me. I was very happy to see those gazes. I was very happy. I was recognized for my ability and work better than me. “When I got promoted faster, I felt like I had the world. Even now, when I think about it, I smile when I think about it. It was a very happy memory.”
‘Are you drunk?’
It was difficult to think that Park Jun-hyung, who only showed a cold side like a movie villain, was the same person in the past and the person he is now.
– The company has decided that your usefulness has expired. Can you stop holding on and get out now? Wouldn’t it be more beautiful to leave on your own rather than being forced to leave?
This is what Park Jun-hyung called out to Kim Cheol-soo on the day he received the notice of dismissal.
It was a dagger stabbed in the chest all at once, without any preparation.
I couldn’t even say anything in front of such a cold and cold expression.
“I am a person who supports office politics. In everything, you have to be fierce to be happy when you get what you want. Assistant Manager Kim is still young and has a lot of room for advancement. He is popular in the company and has the ability, so he can change lines as much as he wants. I will.”
Park Jun-hyung was still staring out the window.
“It means to be flexible in your thinking.”
“Thanks for the advice.”
“However, there are people who take advantage of such situations to siphon money from the company, misappropriate company money, or enrich themselves by pressuring the management company. I absolutely cannot tolerate that. If anyone catches my eye, I will definitely take off their clothes, no matter who it is.” It’s long. Assistant Manager Kim, please be careful not to fall into that temptation. There are always eyes watching you.”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded his head loudly at those words.
In the past, whenever someone took off their clothes due to dishonesty, Park Jun-hyung was always behind it.
The reason why Park Jun-hyung was able to rise to the level of managing director so quickly despite causing conflict with people was because he maintained the line of company politics.
He was a man of great integrity, without any corruption whatsoever.
In that respect, he was a very unique person.
“That will never happen, Managing Director.”
“Okay. Oops, I guess I’ll have to take a break and buy some pizza.”
“yes.”
Kim Cheol-soo saw the sign leading to Cheonan and turned the steering wheel into the far right lane.
**
It was well after 11 p.m.
Only then did we arrive at a country house in a very remote place.
Because it was a place where you had to climb over several ridges, you had to rely on your car’s headlights to get in.
“It’s Unho!”
Park Jun-hyung went in, calling his son’s name loudly, and soon after, an old couple with gray hair came out.
Park Jun-hyung’s father, Park Dong-pal, and his mother, Kim Sook-ja.
“Are you here, Junhyung?”
“yes.”
“Okay. Who’s next to you?”
“Ah. I’m an employee at the company. I had some drinks so I drove for him.”
When Kim Cheol-soo made eye contact with the old couple, he quickly lowered his head.
“Hello. My name is Assistant Manager Kim Cheol-soo.”
“Oh my. You made it this far at such a late hour… I’m really grateful to you. You worked hard, right?”
They were an old couple with a completely different impression from Park Jun-hyung.
Kim Cheol-soo smiled and shook his head.
“No. It is rather an honor to serve you, Mr. Managing Director.”
“Haha, let’s go inside instead of outside.”
Park Jun-hyung, who laughed at Kim Cheol-soo’s words, made a gesture and went into the house first.
Park Dong-pal matched his pace with Park Jun-hyung and spoke with a serious expression.
“Woonho’s breathing sounds strange.”
“Are you breathing?”
“Uh, the hospital said they couldn’t find the reason, but the breathing sounds were particularly strange today. I think it might be a complication from the disability.”
“Are you sleeping now?”
“huh.”
Park Jun-hyung put the two pizzas he brought with him on the table and entered the room where Un-ho was.
Seeing his serious expression that I had never seen before, Kim Cheol-soo also went in with him.
Bent arms, legs, and neck.
Unho was sleeping on the blanket.
Kim Cheol-soo stayed near the door and looked around, and Park Jun-hyung quietly turned on the light.
When the lights turned on in the room, I noticed that it was filled with various assistive devices, including wheelchairs.
Unho, who must have woken up at the sight of someone else, woke up and whined.
If I had a child while I was in college, he would have been at least 10 years older.
He was skinny and small, just like a 6-year-old child.
Just as the old couple said, Unho’s breathing was rough and fast.
“Dad is here. It’s Unho.”
“Why did you come now? I missed you so much!”
The child whined and cried, and Park Jun-hyung picked Un-ho up in his arms and lightly patted his back.
Just a few minutes.
After calming down to some extent, Unho hugged Park Junhyung with his uncomfortable arms and said,
“it hurts.”
“Our Unho, our pretty Unho. Where does it hurt?”
“I’m suffocating. I keep having trouble breathing.”
“really?”
“huh.”
“Then, shall we go to the hospital with Dad tomorrow?”
“With dad? Yes! I want to go with dad!”
“I brought you your favorite pizza, but since it’s too late today, I’ll have to eat the pizza tomorrow before I go to the hospital. Right?”
Unho rubbed his red eyes and laughed.
Then, he saw Kim Cheol-soo standing at the door and tilted his head.
“Who is that guy?”
“Yes. I’m an employee at Dad’s company.”
“Wow! You look just as cool as your dad.”
Only then did Kim Cheol-su go closer, grab Un-ho’s small hand and shake it.
“Hello. My name is Cheolsu Kim.”
“Kim Cheol-soo? Wow! That’s the same name as the person in the fairy tale my grandfather used to tell me.”
“Oh yeah?”
Kim Cheol-soo patted the head of the child who spoke cutely with a sloppy pronunciation.
In that moment of brief conversation together, I could clearly see how abnormal the child’s breathing was.
I heard the worried voice of Park Dong-pal, who was leaning outside the door.
“Is it because the weather is too dry? Dad?”
Park Dong-pal went to the humidifier and increased the amount of humidification, and Kim Cheol-soo’s eyes naturally turned to that direction.
There were several containers of disinfectant placed next to the humidifier.
‘uh?’
Heavy breathing.
And humidifiers and disinfectants.
Kim Cheol-soo was well aware that the disinfectant ingredients cause fibrosis in the lungs and interfere with breathing.
How difficult would it be for a child who already struggles with a disability to experience such pain?
Kim Cheol-soo hated Park Jun-hyung to the point of being embarrassed, but he couldn’t remain silent in front of him like this.
– Grumble.
Kim Cheol-soo quickly moved his body and opened the window of his room wide.
Then, he passed by Park Jun-hyung, who was embarrassed, and turned off the humidifier.
Park Jun-hyung shouted with an absurd expression on his face.
“Deputy Kim! What are you doing?”
But the company is better
A cold mountain breeze came through the window.
“It would be best to ventilate.”
However, Park Jun-hyung couldn’t figure out why Kim Cheol-soo suddenly did something like this, and it was the same for the old couple.
“Cold…cold!”
Park Jun-hyung, who was on edge because of Unho’s illness, suddenly hardened when the word “cold” came out of his son’s mouth.
Park Jun-hyung approached the open window and his eyebrows twitched when Kim Cheol-soo blocked his path.
“What, are you crazy?”
A whistling sound came out of Park Jun-hyung’s mouth.
“Dad! What’s wrong? I’m scared.”
When Unho burst into tears, Park Junhyung quickly turned around, picked up the child again, and comforted him.
Kim Cheol-soo’s poker face was actually something he learned from Park Jun-hyung.
In the past, Park Jun-hyung was a person who never revealed his inner thoughts, but today, you could see all kinds of expressions on his face.
‘You were human after all.’
It was presumptuous.
The opponent was the cold-blooded man who fired him, and Kim Cheol-soo did not feel good about him.
It might not have been necessary to do this.
It was presumptuous, but Kim Cheol-soo’s body moved automatically in front of a sick child.
“Ugh. It’s okay, Unho.”
Park Jun-hyung has such kind eyes when looking at a child, but when he looks at himself, he glares with a fierce expression.
Kim Cheol-soo looked into his eyes and slowly opened his mouth.
‘I’ve experienced it in the future, where disinfectants kill pregnant women and weak children.’
I couldn’t say that.
“I heard that humidifier disinfectants have a negative effect on children’s lungs, Mr. Managing Director.”
“what?”
“Isn’t it possible that the time you started breathing so hard was when you installed the humidifier?”
It was the first time Junhyung Park heard that humidifier disinfectants were harmful to the human body.
Park Jun-hyung’s expression softened slightly at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“I don’t know why Assistant Manager Kim is saying such things, but do you think that when I do something for Unho, I just do it? I investigate everything and make sure it’s okay.”
After saying that, Park Jun-hyung pushed Kim Cheol-soo away and closed the window that let in the cold air.
Park Dong-pal, who had been standing outside the door but came into the room thanks to Kim Cheol-soo’s unexpected behavior, tilted his head and said.
“So, was it this month that Unho said he was having trouble breathing?”
Park Dong-pal told his wife, Kim Sook-ja.
Kim Sook-ja thought for a while and nodded.
“That’s right. I went to the hospital two weeks ago.”
“Did you install the humidifier in February?”
“Yes. Junhyung came and installed it on Lunar New Year’s Day.”
“You never said you had trouble breathing before, right?”
“at all.”
Park Jun-hyung and Kim Cheol-soo turned around and listened to what they were saying.
“When did you start using disinfectants?”
“It was this month that Junhyung sent it to me by courier. He said it was the best and most expensive disinfectant and sent it to me.”
Park Jun-hyung, who was stubborn, also tilted his head while listening to their story.
We thoroughly researched the disinfectant before using it, and the substance used in this disinfectant was stable enough to be approved by the US FDA.
However, listening to the conversation between Park Dong-pal and Kim Sook-ja, it was a story that could not be ignored given the circumstances.
Kim Cheol-soo turned his gaze to look at the old couple and spoke.
“It is said that disinfectants kill germs, but in fact, there are many beneficial bacteria in the human body. The reason for using disinfectants is because washing the humidifier is cumbersome. You never know, so why not clean it yourself without using disinfectants for the time being?”
Park Dong-pal also nodded while looking at Park Jun-hyung.
“This friend’s story is plausible. Since it feels uncomfortable, I think it would be better not to use disinfectant. Cleaning the humidifier is not difficult.”
Park Jun-hyung looked at Un-ho in his arms for a while and then nodded.
“okay.”
Kim Cheol-soo sighed and spoke to Park Jun-hyung.
“And Unho, please go to a big hospital and get a thorough examination. If the situation is not serious, there will be a treatment.”
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