Chapter 8: Official First Meeting (Face-to-Face)

In Cold Blood

The doctors and surgeons came out of their office and were greeted by the interns with a 90 degrees bow except Tzuyu, as she only did an awkward 45 degrees one. Eyeing the interns one by one, they introduced themselves and Nayeon paired them up soon after.
  The look on Mina’s face was pure shock for she remembered her encounter with that Tzuyu intern at the carpark earlier this morning. Thinking that she has to take this arrogant girl as her intern totally put her off, maybe except the fact that the girl is a tall, beautiful being. 
  Mina was flipping through the folder she was given, and it says CHOU Tzuyu. Keyword: CHOU. ‘Jackpot!’ Mina thought to herself. At least now I’m getting somewhere.

In the evening...

  As soon as Mina got back from the hospital, she immediately gave the information she has of Tzuyu to both Momo and Sana, not forgetting to get Sana to dig everything up on the girl. The Trinity did know about Chou Yi having kids, but what made it even more convenient is that now, his only child (after confirmation), is interning under Mina. 
  “Sana, about the search through their database, have you found anything useful?” Mina asked impatiently.
  “Not really, they have quite a bit of information for me to scan, and that may take up days. Plus, now having to search up on this Tzuyu girl, you need to give me more time.” Sana replied while furiously typing away on her trusty laptop. 
  “Chill a little, we’ve got months to do this properly.” Momo said, smiling widely with full of jokbal. “Plus, there is this new place that sells amazing jokbal!”
  She held out a jokbal at Mina, while stuffing more of her comfort food in , looking like a squirrel. “Want some? They are incredibly delicious!”
  Mina got only roll her eyes at Momo. “I want to finish this quick. I want to get this mission over and done with. And NO THANK YOU.” Mina stated matter-of-factly.

  The past week went by with Mina bringing Tzuyu around with her for her rounds in the hospital to check up on the patients, for she herself needs some time to familiarise with all the staff and patients. Honestly, there wasn’t much interaction between the pair, for Mina has been hating on the egoistic green-haired girl since they first met.
  “Dad, this is so boring. That Dr. Myoui only brought me for rounds, no surgery, no emergency, and no live-action! Plus I got a feeling she is deliberately ignoring me.” Tzuyu complained to her father. “She just makes everything so awkward for me, how am I supposed to learn anything from this? All I see is the other interns experiencing their first surgery with their mentors. Meanwhile, there’s me.” Tzuyu just kept rambling on to her father on how boring her internship has been so far.

  “God! I don’t know what to do around her. It’s so awkward, and I just hope that she can shut up for once!” Mina shouted in exasperation, as Jihyo is listening to her back at her dorm. “All she wants is to perform surgery, see people suffer so she can learn something! What a heartless, arrogant person!” 
  Maybe their hatred towards each other is mutual. Who cares anyways, Mina is going to kill her soon too… or not?

  “Dr. Pengu!!” a kid screamed from across the hallway while running towards Mina. “You will be doing my surgery tomorrow right?” the kid asked with sparkles in his eyes while looking at Mina. 
SURGERY.
Tzuyu’s ears perked at that word. Maybe this is finally my chance to shine, with no more boring room checks! Tzuyu thought to herself. She could finally be free, and demonstrate her all-so-awesome medical abilities to the weird mentor of hers.
  “Haha, yup. Do rest well today for tomorrow, because tomorrow will be a big day for you!” Mina said while ruffling the kid’s hair. The kid shot both Mina and Tzuyu a big grin before running back to his mother. The kids at these rooms all suffer from heart-related issues, and the kid earlier, finally found a suitable heart for his transplant. The hospital may be a solemn place, but it’s the hope of these children that kept the place bright and full of energy.
  As usual, Mina and Tzuyu finished their day with solely room checks. 
  “I will show you what I’ve got tomorrow! You better watch out for your position in the hospital.” Tzuyu warned Mina with a wicked smirk. 
  “Alright, show me what you’ve got then.” Mina replied nonchalantly, without even sparing the younger a second glance.

The next day

  “Alright, let’s get ready to give this child a new life!” Mina announced to her team of fellow surgeons and nurses. “And Tzuyu,” Mina looked over to the said girl with a poker face, which was totally different compared to Tzuyu's expression, who is really pumped up. Seeing excitement in her eyes, she continued. “Show me what you’ve got.” Replying with a nod, the operation started.

  “You could’ve killed the child right there, on that cold table top, because of your complacency! Do you not know that the child has an allergy to that drug that you almost gave him?” Mina literally screamed in Tzuyu’s face. “You almost damaged his arteries, took way too long in the heart removal process, he could also have died due to the amount of blood he’s lost! A hospital is not your playground, and the patients here are not your experiment, better reflect or get out!” Mina snapped. Tzuyu was obviously holding back her tears. If it wasn’t for Mina’s fast reaction and zero hesitance in helping out Tzuyu with the rest of the surgery in time, the child might not see the sun anymore. 
  Mina was undoubtedly harsh, but that was necessary. Maybe Tzuyu wasn’t as ready as she thought she was. Theory indeed is different compared to real-life experiences, and this incident put her back to her place, and Tzuyu will have to learn from the top, was well as learning a very important lesson on humility.

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PastelAlleys #1
Chapter 25: uwu i love this! but i wonder what happened to jihyo since she's like a sister to mina already :( and i really love their bond
minasunset #2
Chapter 25: i love it
TwiceForever9 #3
Chapter 1: Hey, can I ask something? Your story is so great! Can I translate it? Thank you and have a good day ^^
krina_love
#4
Chapter 25: yaaay i love the ending fair and logical! *perfect* (*^▽^*)
krina_love
#5
Chapter 24: i hope she won't talk about mina
krina_love
#6
Chapter 23: no mina don't killl tzuyu
krina_love
#7
Chapter 21: i'm right hihihihi
krina_love
#8
Chapter 20: i knew it tzuyu will take the bullet...let's see if i'm right
krina_love
#9
Chapter 19: this is so intense yet sweet (mitzu interactions)