“Hmm, then I can’t help but hope.”

Choi Ah-ram, who had been quietly looking at his business card for a while, spoke in a low voice. It was a very serious voice.

“… Hmmm, why?”

Then, Wooyoung Jang cautiously asked.

Since it was Jang Woo-young, who had chosen Kang Tae-han’s words so as not to create unnecessary expectations, he concealed his embarrassment.

“Why? It’s a shop that the president of a large company recommends. One skill is certain.”

“ah… right.”

As if it had been overshadowed, Aram Choi added in a slightly playful voice. At her words, Jang Woo-young sighed in relief and opened his mouth.

“Well, just because you’re the president of a company doesn’t mean you know good shops… Still, I can guarantee that the massage skills here are no joke.”

“Haha, then I must go.”

Whoops.

Immediately after answering Jang Woo-young’s words, A-ram Choi began to move into a wheelchair fixed next to the bench press machine.

The act of going up on a wheelchair with only the strength of the arms.

As a weightlifting gold medalist, Aram Choi had considerable strength, but her movements were awkward and uneasy.

“… Can I help you?”

“No, it’s fine.”

When Jang Woo-young, who was watching from the side, approached and asked, A-ram Choi shook his head slightly and refused.

Has it been that long? Although somewhat clumsy, she finally succeeded in sitting in a wheelchair on her own. She took a deep breath, catching her breath, and spoke in a low voice.

“Thank you for the help, but in the end, shouldn’t I also get used to this body?”

There was an awkward smile on her lips as she spoke.

That kind of impression of having already given up on something and accepted the reality.

In a way, it was a part of her strong will, but on the other hand, it was such a look that made a part of her heart feel bitter.

‘I can see why Director Kang said it as if he were asking… … .’

Jang Woo-young had known Choi A-ram for quite some time.

At first, it was just an entrepreneur who runs a foundation and an athlete who receives sponsorship, just that, but after learning the story of her and her older sister, somehow my heart moved a little more.

We have a few meals together, and if there is a game or event, we participate in it… … . Now I feel like my nephew with a big age difference.

That’s why Jang Woo-young was well aware of how hard Choi A-ram had been working and how much effort he had put in.

It was as if all of that had gone to waste. Until I decided to accept it, there must have been a level of frustration and agony that was hard to imagine.

In this situation, if you have a new hope in the middle of the day.

And if that’s a vain hope.

It’s like driving a nail through the chest once more.

“But, now that it’s like this, there are some things I realize anew.”

“A new realization?”

“yes. My sister must have been like this for a while… feel like doing? I can see some parts where consideration was lacking.”

Aram Choi said in a shy voice as she rolled the wheels of her wheelchair. At those words, Jang Woo-young bit the inside of his lips in a feeling of tears without even realizing it.

“… I see.”

To be honest, I wasn’t sure that Director Kang would be able to treat her.

Paraplegia is a problem of a completely different level from muscle tightness or back pain, and Director Kang himself only said that there is a possibility of recovery.

‘It will probably be like a miracle.’

one, though.

Aram Choi deserves that miracle. At least Wooyoung Jang thought so.

“Aram.”

“Yes, why?”

“It will work out, maybe.”

Choi Ah-ram moves forward by rolling the wheel with her own power. Walking along beside her, Jang Woo-young spoke the words in a low voice.

* * *

“… It’s amazing again.”

Sauna located on the top floor of the Liner Building.

While soaking in the hot water there, Choi Seong-hyeon wiggled his palms and mumbled. Then Kang Tae-han, who was sitting next to him with his eyes half-closed, asked insinuatingly.

“what?”

“My stamina.”

Choi Seong-hyun, who was fidgeting with his palms, bent his arms, then began to twitch his shoulders.

Right now, as soon as he gets off work, he works out at the fitness center and goes into the sauna. That’s why it’s a tiring situation… Something that didn’t feel like that at all.

“My body is just… It’s comfortable.”

When I first started exercising with Kang Tae-han.

Back then, when I came into the sauna after a workout, I felt like my body was half-melted out of exhaustion. I can feel the signs of muscle pain all over my body.

But now it’s different.

I don’t feel tired at all, and I don’t have any problems with my muscles. just just… I just feel refreshed.

“It’s about time that your stamina gradually rises.”

“is it?”

Originally, Choi Seong-hyun’s physical strength was not bad.

Giving massages to more than ten customers a day.

That in itself requires a lot of stamina, and if he didn’t have enough stamina, he would have been stretched out right away, rather than taking the artisan course.

But as much as the work was so daunting, I used to stretch out as soon as I got home after work… … . These days, I feel like I have stamina left even after exercising like this.

“It’s important to keep exercising regularly.”

“That too… Your role seems to be a bit big.”

I have never been to a fitness center before.

But at that time, I didn’t know what kind of exercise I should do, and I didn’t feel like anything would change right away, so I quickly lost my motivation… … . It was different now.

“You tell me what kind of exercise to do.”

If you just do what Kang Tae-han told you, the results will appear on your body like a lie.

They just say, ‘I’d better use some equipment today, I’d better increase the weight a little today’, but those light advices can’t be that helpful.

“What… Originally, even a simple guide is more helpful than not having one.”

Kang Tae-han shrugged his shoulders with a shy smile. It was true that he gave advice tailored to the individual’s physical condition, so I didn’t deny it.

“Ah, by the way. Shall we eat pork belly today?”

It’s time to talk about it for a while after the topic is over. At that time, Seonghyun Choi snapped his fingers as if he had suddenly remembered.

“pork belly?”

“Why, the pork belly restaurant you went to with Chairman Jang the other day? He said it was delicious there.”

Kang Tae-han, who had been scratching his eyebrows, nodded slowly.

At the time, the topic of the story was heavy, so it wasn’t a situation where I could just focus on eating… … . Still, the meat was good, and the taste of the mel-jeot sauce was great, as Chairman Jang Woo-young said.

“It was delicious there.”

“I can’t wait for this. Isn’t that a restaurant that the president of a conglomerate frequents?”

Choi Seong-hyun’s voice contained even a little excitement. Hana Kang Tae-han shook his head slowly.

“I can’t go today.”

“Oh yeah? Do you have an appointment?”

“I have guests.”

Kang Tae-han glanced at the clock in the bathroom and said. It was a situation where I had finished exercising after work, but today there was a guest who came to visit.

“No, Director. When the director rests, we rest too.”

“Sometimes you talk like you don’t rest.”

Kang Tae-han laughed at Choi Sung-hyun’s joke and stood up first. It hadn’t been that long since I had soaked in the bath, but it was enough time to warm up.

* * *

‘… Well?’

I changed my clothes again and walked to the store.

Kang Tae-han bumped into someone in the hallway who was somehow familiar. A man in a suit walking alongside a wheelchair. He also lowered his head lightly, probably recognizing Kang Tae-han.

“Hello, Director.”

“… You were Chairman Jang Woo-young’s attendant, right?”

“Yes, that’s right. You remember.”

then… Perhaps the person in a wheelchair is the guest of the day. Kang Tae-han sent a glance, and she greeted her first.

“Hello, my name is Aram Choi.”

“My name is Kang Tae-han.”

Kang Tae-han stretched out his hand with a smile.

Choi Ah-ram rubbed his hand on his sleeve and shook hands with Kang Tae-han.

‘Fortunately… The flow of energy is quite unstable.’

The handshake was brief, lasting only a few seconds.

In the meantime, Kang Tae-han, who looked lightly at the flow of blood, smiled with a hint of relief.

Of course, the unstable flow of energy in the body meant that there was something wrong with the body, and the word fortunate was not very appropriate, but… … .

In the present case, it was a little different.

There are two main causes of paraplegia.

This is when there is something wrong with the upper front, that is, the brain itself, or there is a problem with the passage that transmits signals in the middle.

The former is not an area that Kang Tae-han can do anything about, but in the case of the latter, there is a possibility.

And that there was a problem with the blood flow was a symptom related to the latter. It feels like a kind of minimum condition.

“… Your hands are warm. Are you a masseuse?”

“is that so.”

Kang Tae-han smiled and raised his hand.

After that, the gaze meets Lee Jae-man. Then Lee Jae-man suddenly started talking with an awkward face.

“Ah, that, I came at the direction of the president. I want you to guide Aram to this point… … .”

“okay.”

“It’s not like I have a different mind or something!”

It was a voice that was somehow firm and clumsy. It feels like you’re making an excuse for something you didn’t even ask.

“Yes… All right.”

I don’t know why, but Kang Tae-han nodded his head as if he understood. I don’t know why, but Choi Ah-ram was also embarrassed.

* * *

After a while.

“The inside is much wider than when viewed from the outside.”

Aram Choi was sitting on the bed, looking around the room. It was quite spacious than I thought, and it was a comfortable space to bring a wheelchair in without any problems.

“It’s a particularly wide side here.”

At her words, Kang Tae-han said in an embarrassed voice.

“Our manager said it would be a good idea to prepare a room like this in case guests with disabilities may come.”

“Aha… He is a caring person.”

“There is more to it than it seems.”

Aram Choi bursts into admiration by lightly clapping her hands. Kang Tae-han smiled at her reaction and said.

“Then, would you like to lie down for a moment?”

“Ah yes.”

Choi Ah-ram carefully moves his body at Kang Tae-han’s words.

It took some time because he couldn’t move his lower body, but Kang Tae-han quietly waited for her.

“Let’s look at the condition first.”

And when she was ready, Kang Tae-han slowly placed his palm on her back.

‘what… what?’

In an instant, a questionable look appeared in Aram Choi’s eyes.

The warmth of the palms I felt when we first shook hands.

Back then, it was just a sentimental sentiment, saying that he was a very warm-hearted person, but now he has gone far beyond that level.

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Like… It feels like warm water flowing into your body along your palms. It was such a comfortable feeling, as if warmth permeated me.

‘On the upper front side… There’s no problem.’

On the other hand, Kang Tae-han was spreading his senses inside her body and trying to figure out the cause of the problem.

The situation confirmed that there is no problem at the top.

After that, check the passage leading down.

A sense of qi that slowly spreads downward along the major acupuncture points of the spine as if flowing down. Going down like that, around the time I reached the vicinity of Eolchu Sinyu (腎兪).

“… Right.”

Kang Tae-han, who had been in a state of concentration for a while, slowly opened his closed eyes and spoke in a low voice.

“I get it roughly.”

“yes?”

A sudden change of tone and atmosphere.

It was Choi Ah-ram who gave a questionable voice there, but Kang Tae-han continued his words with a calm expression.

“There was a problem with the major main blood vessels in the spine.”

Sinheol, located above the tailbone.

In that vicinity, the central nervous system and major main blood vessels connected to the lower body were too close to each other and were intertwined.

Of course, in the first place, due to the nature of nerves and blood vessels, they are bound to be close to each other, and there is nothing wrong with being a little attached… … .

The problem now is that because they are completely intertwined, interference occurs in the middle and they are blocked. It feels like some kind of confusion.

“Perhaps there is a congenital problem.”

“there… I’m sorry.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Choi Ah-ram said in a suspicious voice. When I heard it, it smelled a little suspicious. I’d say it’s a bit cheesy.

“What are you talking about?”

“It means that I can revive the senses in your lower half.”

“… yes?”

Kang Tae-han replied in a calm voice.

However, because it was a word that had a more pseudo-nuance, a look of anxiety began to appear on Choi A-ram’s face.

“for example… About this.”

Instead of continuing the explanation, Kang Tae-han moved his hand.

He quietly pointed out the problem with the main blood vessel, and with the other hand began to press the middle of her calf with his thumb.

“Ahhhh!”

Sudden great pain!

This acupressure was intentionally pressed to hurt in the first place, and Aram Choi couldn’t stand it and burst out screaming.

“Oh, it hurts!”

“okay.”

Choi Ah-ram protests almost reflexively, and Kang Tae-han nods calmly. Silence passed between the two for a while.

“… uh?”

Choi Ah-ram belatedly realized that something was wrong.