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Working-Class Mr. Ahn's Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeon's Clinic (9)

Storm Clouds Gathering

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Warning: this post deals with some heavier psychological topics and dark fictional elements. Everything here is totally fictional.

J: Feels criminal to monopolise Chef's full-course meal. I've been linking YouTube comments and posts, but I want to actively recruit more deluluverse navigators.

Storm clouds gathering — may they grip each other's hands tighter huhuhu...

Suho's never reacted sharply or sarcastically to Si-eun, but when the monsoon drenches both pups to the bone, a single line of sarcasm flashed through my mind:

"Didn't know you enjoyed giggling like schoolgirls."

Happy Jen with a head full of tangled spaghetti strands.

P.S. Read many reviews about Si-eun's "I understand" to Beomseok in the final episode. Analyses claiming it meant "I know you loved Suho" — I agree. Si-eun understood Beom's heart. As you phrased it, wanting to matter to Suho, that final kick a twisted bid for acknowledgement given his background. When Beomseok said "You should understand me" without explaining, Si-eun already knew everything. Currently working on bricks for what kind of love Dr Yeon might feel toward the adult Beomseok, if any.

Mantis Was a Complete Disaster

J: Asuka! The Monday-Tuesday boogeyman has finally retreated. I took tomorrow off and I'm already so happy I could cry. At last — time to properly savour your side dish!

Mantis was a complete disaster. The director and production company behind Kill Boksoon originally committed to handling this movie too — cast was assembled under that premise. Then they reversed course and handed the megaphone to an assistant director instead. Wow.

I read an interview with Im Si-wan — he'd signed on trusting Director Byun (Kill Boksoon), only for the terms to shift beneath him. How often does this happen in the industry? Makes me all the more grateful Hyun-wook and Jihoon encountered something like WHC at the right moment.

Happy Jen.

Former Workplace

J: My previous workplace treated my preference for solitary lunches and quick departures as cardinal sins. A senior once snapped, "Stop pretending to be busy." Subtext dripping: You're single — what could you possibly have at home? Her husband worked at our company too. She'd often suggest marriage, circling around how superior her life was to mine. I fed her the lines she craved (fork-stabbed them onto her plate, really — didn't want prolonged conversation). She didn't know her husband was sleeping with another colleague. So why invest time in talking nonsense when I could be alone, consuming Michelin dishes like yours?

Who is Jennie? Bricklayer. Local correspondent for the Yeon Clinic deluluverse. A sous chef who checks whether the soup actually tastes like Seoul. A specialist who designs this kitchen to hold more than Suho's coma — philosophy, history, society, culture, stacked one recipe at a time.

Who is Asuka? Head nurse and main chef of the Yeon Clinic. A Scheherazade who sings the Song of Achilles she found shelved next to a book on Zen Buddhist masters. Fluent in several languages, conversant in single malts and the precise emotional damage of Weak Hero Class 1. Signs off as ASL. (Always starch linen.)

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This post was originally published on Jennie's blog in the autumn of 2025. The original blog has since moved to Blogger due to hosting changes — welcome to the new home.

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