Storyline Summary
Basically the story revolved around this young surgeon who unknowingly got embroiled into this scandalous plot between 2 sisters and the younger sister's husband.
Story started off with Okada playing the part of Shiba Kengo, a pure-hearted chap who was raised by single parent dad, was extremely responsible, compassionate and dedicated to his work. However, his inability to suck up to his professors at the prestigious hospital meant he got transferred to a financially troubled local hospital.
Upon arrival, he got acquainted with the current capable, cool-headed but also remote chief nurse named Kasugai Yuka (Nakatani), who teaches him that the world needs a competent doctor, not a kind one.
The plot developed when the Yuka's sister miscarried on her wedding day and the sister went obsessive about wanting to bear a child after knowing that her womb was removed during the operations due to complication. Ai in desperation approached Yuka to be the surrogate mother for her baby as her fallopian tube was still intact. However Yuka rejected her request as it is both illegal and impossible. Impossible because Yuka had long ago decided to remove her reproductive system. Yet, sensing her sister Keiko's emotional and mental imbalance at the verge of pyschotic breakdown, Yuka decided to help her sister get a baby via surrogate mother overseas as it is prohibited by law in Japan. (Japan does not prevent you to have it done elsewhere, just in Japan it is illegal for medical team to assist with artificial conception of babies)
Keiko was married to an influential guy Toshio who is the director of a renowned group that operates schools (looks like nursery schools from the drama). While she was going "crazy" in the head about wanting a baby at all cost, her husband doesnt care as he did not see it as important, especially when he already have an existing heir from his first marriage. The ex wife was still entering the household via her son's position as heir and did not seem to be very nice to Keiko. The sting was harder to bear now that she is unable to bear any children.
In desperation, Keiko decided to approach a friend/ co-worker as nursery teacher, Mie who was also an orphan like her with her selfish request, for her friend Mie appeared to accept the offer after the husband agreed reluctantly to the idea. With his money and power, he robbed in his doctor friend to help prepare for the artificial insemination and to deliver the baby and natal care.
Yuka is a certified delivery aiding nurse and so the lot conspire to plan for a baby delivery, to be given to Keiko after birth. Keiko in her excitement want Mie to move in to their house so that she can monitor the progress and care for the "baby"/ mother. Her sister however was more cautious and wary, having warning bells ringing when Mie defiantly refused to sign the "contract" to give the baby to them in repayment for a sum of money. Instead, she threatened to abort if she was being pushed. Keiko panicked but Yuka backed off, laughing that it was only a test to Mie to ensure her true intentions....
Over time however, Mie's reaction and behavior was becoming less of a surrogate mother but more of a mother. Keiko pushed the thought and complaints away. However one day, Mie ran away from home and Keiko panicked. Yuka however calmly traced her whereabouts via the cab company and found her and brought her back. At the same time, she also discovered by tricking Mie that the baby was actually Mie's and Toshio after a one night stand!
Not wanting to hurt Keiko, Yuka warned Mie not to say a word to keiko and return home. However Yuka confronted Toshio about it.
Mie pretended to make nice with Keiko but tried to run away from home again. When Keiko tried to chase after Mie, Mie fell down the stairs and started into early labor. Keiko panicked and called the sister who instructed her to secretly drop Mie off the hospital entrance and leave. She will cover up.
This was when Kengo unknowingly became a victim of the secret plot. Even though he was not confident, he was "pushed" into helping the delivery. The baby was born successfully but just when he thought all went well and about to stitch Mie up, she went into complications with non stop bleeding and died. His confidence as a doctor was shaken and he blamed himself for the patient's death, especially more so blaming himself for causing the child to be an orphan not ever knowing his mother like himself. (he felt his own mother died to deliver him was like a cross to bear)
Meanwhile, Yuka worked to cover up her tracks. She convinced the hospital chief not to do autopsy of the death or report it as unnatural death or it will sent the hospital over the brink and shut down. They decided to attribute the death due to the suregon lacking experience making a wrong call.
Unfortunately for Yuka, Kengo could NOT let go of the death and started to poke around for more answers. It was worse when he witness the handing over of the baby to Toshio and recognise him as the famose "educator" . he was more shocked later to find out Toshio was keiko's husband! To stop his nosy porbbing, Yuka had her sister in law Toshio to despatch Kengo suddenly back to the university hospital without a reason. That made it worse because Kengo then found out about Keiko's inability to conceive naturally but he had seen her "pregnant" at the hospital!
Despite to uncover the fishiness of the whole deal, he went on to discover via DNA test that the baby was not Keiko's but Mie! Threatened by his presence at the baby's celebration, Yuka decided to tell kengo the truth that the baby was conceived by keiko and Toshio but Mie was the surrogate mother. Kengo was shocked as it was illegal but eventually he thought he knew the truth and was able to close thecase until Mie's exbf appeared!
From him, he found out about Mie's rare blood type and from another patient who had witnessed Yuka switching the label of the blood bag on the nite of the operation. Also there was no reason for Mie who is loved by a man to volunteer to be surrogate mother for someone else. Realising that the death may not be due to him but Yuka's deliberate attempt to "murder" Mie, he confronted her at the hospital, only to be arrested by police called in by the chief for unauthorised trespassed and operation on one of their patient.
~TBC when more new episodes are aired.
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