8Please respect copyright.PENANA6bqnyK3hQUThe average and low-potential high school Min-ah was gone. Now, the Min-ah that existed actively participated in class, worked hard, and gave full time to her studies. No one bullied her anymore because everyone had come to realize that she was no longer the old Min-ah; this Min-ah knew very well how to fight for her rights and stand up for herself.
Currently, Min-ah was in her final year of high school. In her previous 2nd year, she had worked extremely hard and secured much better marks than before. This time too, she was putting all her effort into her studies. She wanted to top the exams this time. She just wanted to become someone, to achieve something.
Grandma took great care of Min-ah and didn't let her come to the bookshop. She managed everything herself. She only wanted Min-ah to focus well on her studies and achieve good marks, which was exactly what Min-ah wanted as well.
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At night, after having dinner, grandma went to Min-ah’s room as usual to give her a glass of milk. Taking the glass of milk, Min-ah said, "Thank you grandma, you are the best grandma in the world."
Grandma smiled and asked, "How are your studies going, my daughter?"
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Min-ah: "Very well, grandma."
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Grandma: "Well done, my daughter."
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Min-ah: "Grandma, my final exams are starting next month. You have to pray for me so that I top this time."
Grandma said, "My daughter, is that even something you need to ask for? My prayers are always with you. God willing, my daughter will definitely top this time."
Min-ah: "I know, grandma. It is because of your prayers that I have reached this far."
Grandma: "My daughter, you reached here through your own hard work."
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Min-ah: "Grandma, I want to become something, I want to reach a position."
Grandma: "My daughter, this passion of yours to do something will take you very far. You know what you want to do next, and that is the best thing about you, my daughter. Only the person who knows what they want to do actually becomes something. Someone who knows nothing can never become anything."
Time kept passing, and before long, the next month arrived. Tomorrow was Min-ah’s first exam. She had been busy studying since morning. She stayed up late into the night studying. In the morning, the alarm rang. Min-ah turned off the alarm, got up, refreshed herself, wore her uniform, and came downstairs to have breakfast.
Grandma: "Min-ah, daughter, why aren't you having breakfast? Today is your exam, today you need more energy."
Min-ah: "Grandma, I don't feel hungry. I should leave, I'm getting late. There is very little time left for the exam to start."
Grandma: "Alright child, go carefully and remember to eat something there."
Min-ah: "Alright, grandma."
Grandma stroked Min-ah’s head, kissed her forehead, and said, "May Allah make you successful, my daughter."
Min-ah: "Ameen, grandma. Please take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz."
Grandma: "Allah Hafiz, daughter."
Then Min-ah reached the exam hall. After 5 minutes, the exam started. Min-ah sat in her seat and kept writing her paper. After 2 hours, the exam ended and Min-ah came home.
Grandma asked, "You're back, my daughter. How was my daughter's exam?"
Min-ah: "My exam went very well, grandma."
Grandma: "The exam had to go well, after all, my daughter worked so hard. Go child, refresh yourself, rest a little, and then we will have food together."
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Min-ah: "Okay grandma."
In this manner, all of Min-ah's exams finished. She was sitting with grandma drinking tea when grandma said, "Min-ah, my daughter, yesterday was your last exam too. I am fully confident that my daughter will top this time. I want to know what my daughter's dreams are that she wants to fulfill."
Min-ah remained silent at first, then said, "Grandma, when I was born, my relatives abandoned me. Then I stayed in an orphanage and spent my entire childhood there. I have only survived life, grandma; I have never actually lived life. Dreams belong to those who live life. Grandma..."
"My daughter, I know you have lived a very difficult life, but now I am in your life. I will always support you, I will stay with you."
Min-ah: "I know, grandma, you will never leave my side. Thank you grandma for coming into my life."
Grandma said, "Thank you too, daughter, for becoming my granddaughter. Daughter, there must be a reason behind all this hard work you've put in. You must want to do something, right, my daughter?"
Min-ah: "I don't know, grandma. I just want to become something. I don't know what."
Grandma smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, daughter. If you don't understand it right now, it's fine. In a little time, you will understand it yourself."
A few days later: "Grandma, today is my result! I am going to school. I am feeling very scared, I don't know what will happen."
Grandma said, "Daughter, whatever happens will be good. Don't be afraid, go safely."
Min-ah entered the school. Outside the classroom, a large result list was displayed. All of Min-ah's classmates were standing there checking their results when a girl shouted loudly, "Oh my god, look at this! Min-ah has topped! Her name is in the first position!"
Hearing this, Min-ah was shocked. She ran over to see the list. Indeed, Min-ah’s name was at the very top. She could hardly believe that her hard work had paid off. Everyone standing there was astonished; perhaps no one had expected this. The girl whom they used to consider nothing had topped today.
Those classmates who used to make fun of her were now hugging her, shaking her hand, congratulating her on topping, and praising her.
At that moment, Min-ah realized deeply how crucial it is to be successful and achieve something in order to live properly in this world. Because these people only stand by a powerful and successful person not because they like them, but because their own interests are attached to them.
Min-ah arrived home. Grandma was standing in the courtyard out front. Min-ah ran happily and hugged grandma, saying, "Grandma, your Min-ah has topped!"
Hearing this, Grandma kissed Min-ah’s forehead and said, "Many, many congratulations to you, my daughter. May Allah always keep you successful like this. What gift does my daughter want for topping?"
Min-ah: "Grandma, I have you, right? I don't need anything else."
Grandma: "That's true, daughter, we have each other. Today, we will have lunch outside."
Min-ah: "Okay grandma."
Then Min-ah and grandma went out for lunch. They ate kimchi dumplings together, enjoyed a lot, talked endlessly, and returned home.
That day, Min-ah was happier than she had ever been in her life, because perhaps for the first time, she had truly lived life. In those moments when her great result came, and the time she spent with grandma she hadn't just survived life; she had lived it. Grandma had become her most favorite and special person in such a short time, someone she never wanted to lose.
The next day, Min-ah and grandma were sitting and talking when suddenly grandma experienced severe pain and fell unconscious.
Min-ah was terrified and scared seeing grandma like this. She called an ambulance, and grandma was rushed to the hospital. Grandma was in the ICU while Min-ah sat outside praying that nothing would happen to her grandma.
After a short while, the doctor came outside and asked, "What is your relationship with the patient?"
Min-ah: "I am her granddaughter. My grandma will be okay, right?"
Doctor: "Your grandma has a large hole in her heart. To save her life, it is extremely urgent to perform surgery immediately. Go quickly and deposit $31,500 rupees at the counter, then we will start her surgery."
Min-ah: "Doctor, this is a lot of money. Right now I don't have this much money. Please start grandma's treatment, I promise I will arrange the money from somewhere and give it to you."
Doctor: "Look, time is very short. Until you submit the money, treatment will not begin. This is our hospital policy."
Min-ah: "Please doctor, start my grandma's treatment. I will give you the money, please, please doctor!"
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Doctor: "When the money is arranged, let me know and I will start the treatment." Saying this, the doctor left.
Min-ah was left pleading, "Doctor, please listen to me, please, please!"
Crying, Min-ah ran out of the hospital. On her way, she begged for help from every person passing by. Wherever she thought she might get money, she went there. She even talked to many people about selling the bookshop, but no one was ready to buy grandma's old bookshop. For hours, she ran along the roads begging everyone for help, but no one helped her.
Then she went back to the hospital, thinking that maybe they took pity on her and the doctor had started her grandma's treatment. When she reached the hospital, outside the ICU on a stretcher, someone was lying covered with a white sheet. As she came closer, the doctor said, "I am sorry, you took too long. We couldn't save your grandma. She is no more."
Hearing this, Min-ah collapsed onto the floor. The ground slipped from under her feet; she couldn't believe that Grandma was no longer in this world. She pulled back the sheet and looked at her grandma's face one last time. She kept staring at grandma for a long time; her eyes couldn't look away from grandma's face.
Then a nurse came and said, "I'm sorry, we cannot keep the body here for much longer. Please make arrangements to bury her."
Min-ah couldn't comprehend anything. It felt like doomsday had fallen upon her. Except for grandma, she had no one in this world. Grandma was her only one, and she too had left her alone in this world forever.
With her own hands, Min-ah laid grandma into the grave, and Grandma was buried. A few neighbors came, offered condolences, and left, but there was no one to give Min-ah strength. Grandma was Min-ah’s whole world; she was her everything.
Min-ah sat alone at grandma's grave, crying bitterly.
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Min-ah: "Grandma, you said you would always stay with me. Then why did you leave me alone in this cruel world today? How will I live without you, grandma? All my life I yearned for that affection and love which you gave me in just a few months. Grandma, please forgive me, I couldn't deposit the money for your treatment. Even if I died trying, I couldn't save you, grandma. I lost you forever.
Grandma, today I deeply realize how important it is to have money. If I had money today, you would be with me today, grandma. Today I feel so helpless. I couldn't do anything for you."
After sitting at grandma's grave for a long time, Min-ah went home. As she entered, her eyes fell on the photo of grandma and herself, which grandma had specially framed and hung on the wall.
Today was the worst day of Min-ah's life because today she had lost her grandma forever. She cried all night.
Then several months passed like this. Every single day in the morning, she would go to grandma's grave, talk to her, and then run grandma's bookshop to earn her living.
Then one morning, Min-ah went to grandma's grave first thing. Sitting there, she said, "Grandma, you may have left my life, but you will always remain alive in my heart. You know, a thought kept coming to my mind all the time if only I were a heart doctor, I would have treated you myself and saved your life.
Grandma, I have made a decision: I will become a doctor. I will treat everyone on time and give more importance to the patient than to money, so that no one ever loses their loved one like I did. Grandma, if you were with me today, you would have blessed me and supported me as always.
You used to say, right, that in a little time I would figure out myself what I want to become? Today I figured it out, grandma. I just regret that I took this decision after losing you. I am leaving, grandma. Now I will return to you only after becoming a doctor. The time to meet you again is very long, but it will pass. Please wait for me. Love you, grandma."
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