Orange and Bread Knife, The Last Jelly Shot
A new novel by Cheongye, winner of the Korea Science Literature Award!

“There is no romance in your life.”
To dental hygienists who are overwhelmed by daily life
A secret deal proposed by a transcendent being

Author Cheongye has announced the emergence of an extraordinary new writer by winning awards in a short period of time, including the Grand Prize at the 6th Korea Science Literature Award, the Grand Prize in the 1st and 2nd K-Story Contests, and the Excellence Award at the 9th Kyobo Bookstore Story Contest.
The author, whose spectrum ranges from romance to futuristic sci-fi, has once again captured the eyes and hearts of readers with the powerful novel "The Orange and the Bread Knife."
The recommendation by novelist Kang Hwa-gil, “Has there ever been a novel that I read so greedily, as if devouring something in such a hurry?” (novelist Kang Hwa-gil) is no exaggeration.

Author Cheongye returns with the fourth novel in the Turn series, Romantic Wisdom Tooth.
This time, we've combined an extremely realistic office healing story with an oriental fantasy twist to maximize the fun of reading.
When the Ridibook e-book was first released, readers gave it rave reviews, saying, "It's a novel that will remain in your memory for a long time thanks to its fresh subject matter and interesting setting."

There are things that are first and last.
Time, first love, life.
But the most important of these are the teeth.
In the heavenly realm, the transcendent being who commands the entire universe, Yeomra, is troubled.
It's because I ate too many white dwarfs that I got cavities.
The ten great disciples (Sariputra, Anaya, Ananda, Mahakasyapa, and others) are instructed to find the most beautiful human teeth or bones in the world for Yama's implants.
The 16 Arhats, who are on external duty in the heavenly realm, accept this order to be promoted to the 10th disciple.
This leads to a fierce battle between rivals Subori and Nahora.

Meanwhile, Lee Si-rin, a new first-year dental hygienist at Ingye, is having a difficult time.
Sirin endured the manager's verbal abuse, the senior's negligence, and the patients' commotion without a word today.
We easily turn a blind eye to the injustice of others and continue to live unjust lives for our own comfort.
Although he is a medical professional, he dislikes and sometimes even hates patients due to the poor working conditions.
She no longer finds joy in life and finds no fulfillment in her work.
Sirin meets Subhuti, one of the 16 Arhats of the Celestial Realm, in an underground waste disposal center where she goes to discard a patient's wisdom tooth.
He hears from a man of unknown identity who exudes a mysterious aura that he will grant his wish if he gives him his wisdom teeth. He responds, “Then protect me from bad patients and beat up my bosses,” and seals the deal.

While obsessed with finding the perfect wisdom tooth to fulfill his wish, he realizes that the aftermath of the injustice and unfairness he has silently endured while working has ultimately made his father a victim.
As always, rather than fight back, he decides to just let it out on his own. However, the backlash from the local community due to the excessive treatment he has received grows stronger, and the manager tells him to handle it himself, and he pushes Shirin in front of the microphone of a current affairs program that keeps asking, “Is it true?”

Will Shirin choose a safe but uncomfortable cover-up or a risky but refreshing revelation? Can "the will of the entire universe to care for humanity" soothe Shirin's rough and tumble heart? In this hamster-wheel-like life, can Shirin truly reclaim the romance she's lost?

The author says that in the harsh Korean labor society, he wonders if romance is truly absent for us workers.
“Living as a salaried worker, my eardrums are tingling” and “love, marriage, salary, promotion” and so on, I didn’t even realize I was out because it was usually dark all around me, but when I witnessed a brightly burning fire, I started to worry that maybe I was the only one who was out. That’s the reality of youth.
But what if, in fact, a transcendent being of the entire universe is watching over me? As Nahora told Shirin, "The mind is not only for the strong," and the setting of the novel is a hospital that cares for health and nurtures life, the author adds that if this novel can heal lives, it would be even better.

The novel "Romantic Wisdom Teeth," which makes readers ponder the "most important task" of their lives, adds three-dimensionality to the characters and depth to the story through groundbreaking developments that cross the lines between reality and surrealism.
Even among people and lives that all seem the same, there exists the secret and hope of "one impacted wisdom tooth." Therefore, the author's powerful encouragement, believing in happiness after struggle, will leave a lasting impression on readers.

'They all look the same, but in fact, nothing is the same.' In the world inside the cave, classified only by numbers and names, various secrets were sprouting.
As we became interested in what was within our fingertips, the world expanded at a rapid pace.
Sirin found her work a little more enjoyable.
I thought it was a job where I had to make meaningless sacrifices, but upon closer inspection, I realized it was an environment that gave me a lot to think about.
It was the same not only with teeth, but with everything in the human world.

She ran her tongue over one of the impacted wisdom teeth she also had.
Since my teeth hadn't come out yet, I could only feel the hard solidity inside my gums.
What shape will this wisdom tooth grow into?
I hoped that my future, which I would face someday, would be straight. _From the text

Sirin decided to refer to herself as a neutral rather than a bystander.
I savored the difference in comfort that comes from the difference in words.
Then, even the appetite that had been tickling my throat disappeared completely, as life became trivial.

--- p.23

The reason why humans sometimes experience hardships even when they live with good intentions is not because the heavens hate them, but because of such trivial mistakes of the gods.

--- p.25

Beneath the grumbling hearts, the greatest pillar preserving the universe has always been love.
--- p.30

Shirin didn't have any particular passion for love, marriage, salary, or promotion.
"Who lives for that these days? It's anachronistic and old-fashioned, a thing of the past." That's what I thought, but looking at the people around me, it didn't seem like a new era had truly arrived.

Normally, it was so dark all around that I didn't even realize I was out, but when I saw the brightly burning fire, I couldn't help but feel anxious.
'Am I the only one who's turned off?'
My throat was sore.

--- pp.34-35

They say that one-third of married couples get divorced, so divorced families are an extremely ordinary family history, and even their life histories are moderately unhappy, with nothing special about them.
Sirin lived a life like white powder on rice cake.
A life that may have meaning, but is difficult to explain.

--- p.40

But the guy called romanticism was not promoted to a hero who could save reality.
When Romance put on Superman's cape and held out his hand, she quickly slapped his hand away and tore the cape.
That's a ridiculous idea. Why would I starve to death? It'll just lead to debt.
When I made up my mind to do so, the romanticism that used to smile brightly like 2 o'clock in the afternoon would suddenly lose its energy and hide in a corner with darkness in its mouth like 2 o'clock in the morning.

--- p.41

Do I need to brush my mind too?
Perhaps because I still carry the sweet donuts I ate as a child in my heart, bacteria that had grown in numbers had begun to dig into the cracks in my heart and eat away at my precious feelings.
She hoped, even though she knew that if the symptoms got worse, it might take over her daily life.
As we become adults, even bad caries stop growing, so it's okay to neglect our laments about life like caries.

--- pp.43-44

If I try my best to live diligently and end up hating others, wouldn't it be better to just die?
There was this kind of reasoning behind her thinking that she did not want to live even if she did not have any particular misfortune.

--- p.51

As with all humans, there is no being without worries.

--- p.68

She ran her tongue over one of the impacted wisdom teeth she also had.
Since my teeth hadn't come out yet, I could only feel the hard solidity inside my gums.
What shape will this wisdom tooth grow into?
I hoped that my future, which I would face someday, would be straight.

--- p.70

What is something that never comes twice?
My father's teeth, and today's ruined one, everything is a beginning, and it will soon be the last.

--- p.95

Among countless creatures, only humans have a will.
The Venerable Ones called it courage, and Subhuti did not find this evasion unusual.
--- p.132

All things in the universe begin with a small beginning and ultimately become a vast world.
All living beings in all dimensions have a duty to constantly move forward, to add life to their lives, and to beautify the universe in which they live.

--- p.134

“You and I are the same, but we have lived different lives and have different hearts.
The same goes for humans.
“If everyone lived only with strength, would that really be a colorful universe?”
--- p.139

“There are ten thousand romanticisms in ten thousand lives.”
--- p.140

The decision to finally intervene in other people's lives with my own hands led to a reckless yet healthy drive, like a child's flip.
This vitality is the sense of life.
She has been a part of the world for a long time.

--- p.195

It's better to be happy while just fearing tomorrow than to choose unhappiness today just because tomorrow is guaranteed.
Even if it's painful, I just want to suffer in my own way.
--- p.203

“My life has been so strange.
When I should have been thinking about myself, I was concerned about what others thought, and when I should have been thinking about others, I only thought about myself.
Please take all the past days with you along with this wisdom tooth.
“Because you are the benefactor of the universe to me.”

--- p.215