An Unfamiliar Family
The next day, during visiting hours, the head of neurosurgery removed the oxygen respirator while Woo Hee-yeong watched.
“How is your breathing?”
“Much… more comfortable.”
“Are your memories still a bit jumbled?”
“People’s faces are still…”
“It’s a peculiar phenomenon.
Your other memories are completely fine, yet…”
The head of neurosurgery tilted his head.
There had never been a case like this reported in academic circles.
Of course there hadn’t been, because right now, Philip is lying.
He had made up his mind to live as Min-jun, but his biggest worry was meeting the people the original Min-jun had known.
He almost felt it was fortunate that he had undergone brain surgery due to a traffic accident.
Once the medical staff finished their work, Woo Hee-yeong, who had been watching from behind, quickly rushed over and asked.
“Do you recognize your mom?”
“M… om?”
“Yes, I’m your mom.
It’s okay now.
You can take your time remembering everything else.
Mom will tell you everything, so don’t worry.”
Woo Hee-yeong hugged him again with red eyes, but this time, he didn’t panic.
He stood still and felt his mother’s scent.
It was warmer than he had expected.
His mother, Woo Hee-yeong, visited every day as if clocking in for work, staying by his hospital bed to nurse him.
His father, Jang Do-myeong, couldn’t visit often, likely due to his busy work schedule, but his gaze held a deep warmth whenever he looked at him.
A few days later, after Woo Hee-yeong had visited to care for him as usual and left late in the evening, Min-jun made a request to Nurse Kim Seon-mi.
“Could you bring me a mirror, please?”
The reflection of Min-jun in the mirror had hollow cheeks and a pale complexion, showing clear signs of having spent over half a year in a hospital bed.
However, his sharp nose and thick eyebrows stood out even more.
A handsome face, a harmonious family, and even a prominent conglomerate family background.
It was exactly the ideal life he had only dreamed of.
His eyes gained strength as he stared into the mirror for a long time.
Many things were still confusing, but it was by no means a bad situation.
No, rather, the reality he had only ever pictured in his dreams was unfolding right before his eyes.
‘Right.
Now I’m going to properly live as a member of a prominent family.’
Philip accepted his changed reality and made up his mind to live as Min-jun.
* * *
After that, Min-jun recovered so quickly that it surprised the medical staff.
Once he decided to accept his new life, his body overflowed with vitality.
His desire to leave the stuffy hospital room and go to his new home made him actively follow the medical staff’s instructions, which also helped greatly.