Knock, knock, knock.

Slide.

Having knocked on the door, No-nam Yun and Chang-mu Kim opened it and stepped into the room.

"Head. Did you rest well?"

The moment he came in and greeted him, No-nam Yun's eye caught the woman sitting beside Seong-ho.

So that's the Chairman's youngest daughter.

Center Director No-nam Yun recognized Gyeong-eun in a single glance and greeted her.

"President Gyeong-eun Lee. How do you do? I'm No-nam Yun, in charge of the screening center. It's an honor to meet you."

At his greeting, Gyeong-eun looked at No-nam Yun as if surprised and asked,

"You know me? I don't think… we've met before…"

Gyeong-eun looked No-nam Yun over this way and that and tilted her head. No-nam Yun smiled brightly at her and said,

"Meeting you is a first, but for a long while I've heard a great deal about the remarkable beauty of the Chairman's youngest daughter. And seeing you in person like this, it seems the rumor was, if anything, an understatement. You're more of a beauty than I'd heard."

"Hohoho."

At No-nam Yun's compliment—as smooth as if his lips had been oiled with sesame—Gyeong-eun covered her mouth and laughed. Then, patting Seong-ho beside her with her palm, she said,

"The center director is quite the amusing man, isn't he? Right, Seong-ho?"

"Yes. He is."

Seong-ho went along with her and gestured for the standing No-nam Yun and Chang-mu Kim to sit.

"Don't stand there like that—please, sit. Surely there's time to sit and talk a little before the screening?"

"Of course. There's time to spare."

Center Director No-nam Yun nodded, sat on the sofa, and tugged at Neurosurgery Head Chang-mu Kim's sleeve.

"Doctor Kim. Sit. Let's sit and talk a moment with the Head before we begin."

No-nam Yun had no wish to miss a chance to speak with the group's high brass—the ruling family, whom one might call the very highest brass of all. Because he thought that if he made a good impression on the ruling family, then a regional hospital directorship, and if things went well even the chief hospital directorship,…