Chapter 197

Chapter 197

Bold Woman

How can this be?

‘That woman then the smuggling king’s only granddaughter?’

Couldn’t believe so looked once more.

Ponytail, cat eyes, tear mole, long stretched limbs, sharp and cold air full expression.

‘From atmosphere to appearance. No matter how looking seems that woman correct?’

The girl who only poked the head out behind the smuggling king’s eyes immediately soared.

Temper the same even when young?

“What looking?”

Short words too.

“Such thing my guardian?”

Voice and speech, even word choice sharp, no matter how looking seems that woman I know correct.

The girl looked up at the smuggling king and said dissatisfied.

“Too young.”

“Age not problem.”

“Saying guardian?”

“Yes.”

“Guardian. Adult with legal responsibility to protect or substitute regarding minor’s body and assets.”

The girl pointed at me with a finger.

“Qualification insufficient.”

So the sound no guardian qualification because I’m not adult?

Valid point.

But the smuggling king smiled as if what problem that.

“Don’t look down because young. Better than ordinary adults hundred. Enough to become your protector not enough overflowing.”

“Adults who look after me also overflowing. Even uncles attached separately how many?”

“Vicious guys. If those guys determined and betray you, snatch, drive what will do?”

“······.”

The girl couldn’t answer easily.

But poured dissatisfaction with eyes.

Seemed firmly believing absolutely no way betraying herself.

“No need to look with such eyes. Not the sound not trusting those guys. If not trusted no way placing by your side from the beginning.”

“Then why attaching that one necessarily?”

“Just in case. Preparing for just in case.”

The girl looked at me.

I shrugged shoulders, and the girl snorted.

Seem to know without saying.

Because eyes of ‘what your level?’

No way the smuggling king not noticing such signs.

“Jaeyeong, this grandfather said had realization to the bone this time not?”

“Even large horse never dies can die.”

“Again.”

“In front of death, in front of greed, in front of the weak no guy keeping faith.”

“Again.”

“Nevertheless if a guy keeping faith worth trusting and relying for life.”

“That the reason I decided to entrust the remaining life to this Young Master.”

The smuggling king placed the thick and large hand full of scars on the girl’s shoulder tak.

“Hope realize watching by the side why this grandfather placed that Young Master as your guardian.”

“Grandfather.”

“Seeing once better than hearing hundred. Ultimately you have to experience and feel directly to engrave in the heart.”

“······.”

The smuggling king patted the girl’s shoulder small.

“Jaeyeong, this grandfather has to go to the US soon.”

“Know.”

“Why said can’t take you?”

“Because have to do dangerous work, because have to move frequently, because hard securing proper base and support.”

A rational answer with good diction pronunciation cutting tightly.

“In such situation I only become grandfather’s obstacle.”

“Jaeyeong?”

“Understood, accepted, decided.”

The girl looked up at the smuggling king and answered remaining.

“Will wait quietly in Korea.”

“······.”

“Absolutely not look easy, not look ridiculous, will conduct properly.”

“······Yes.”

“So don’t get hurt, don’t die, achieve great will and return.”

The girl looked straight at me.

Only one mouth corner raised pointedly.

“No matter guardian stepping forward, so put down worries.”

This woman sharp like this from young.

Even then dying in the Busan International Market back alley spoke cutting tightly like that.

-That woman···, I will find.

Instead of clinging saying help, save.

The woman boldly proposed a transaction.

-If Busan back alley······ I know thoroughly.

The reason I saved this woman’s life.

* * *

Weather good, sunlight good, wind better.

The window seat at the very back of the classroom where spring wind rustles my designated seat.

Pararak.

Scratch scratch scratch.

Tak tak tak.

Today also as always cleared approval documents hard regardless of class time, break time.

Met eyes with the homeroom teacher, but immediately lowers eyes and pretends not knowing.

“Class president distribute dictation notebooks.”

“Yes.”

“Write wrong problems ten times each. Homework.”

“Yes.”

Naturally today also 100 points.

Well done stamp stamped.

Rattle.

I stored the dictation notebook inside the desk drawer.

Naturally my desk one the homeroom teacher specially prepared, not general elementary school student use.

Only nameplate not hung, mahogany desk and cushion soft wheel chair set only seen in chairman’s office.

Thanks to ink pad and stamp, ink and stapler etc. rolling in the desk drawer.

Ding dong daeng dong~

Break time bell rang.

Simultaneously ring phone bell rang.

My exclusive phone line operated.

“Calls as much as possible only during break time. Know?”

“Of course.”

Would I no such common sense.

Pre-nailed not to call school if not really important matter.

-Young Master, me. President Shim.

“What matter?”

-Seems serious problem occurred at JH Research Institute.

“Research institute? What matter?”

Tried recalling serious problems that can occur at the research institute.

‘Since started tank research in earnest for military use, possibility dangerous matter occurring large.’

Accidentally dropped shells mounted on tanks and exploded?

Crushed by tank over 40 tons?

Or engine abnormality?

Body caught in parts?

When ominous and cruel imaginations continuously rising.

-How about paying tonic to researchers too. Set budget a bit generously.

“······.”

Absurd.

“That serious matter?”

-Is there another more urgent important matter than this? About to clean several corpses like this.

“······.”

-If anyway hope build one cafeteria for researchers too.

“······.”

-Laundry room also, shower room also, sleep room also needed. Here precisely welfare blind spot, industrial accident danger zone!

President Shim said with a serious voice.

-Devoted to all-night research eating only cup ramen three meals a day plus snacks. That already over two weeks! Kids all dying.

President Shim made a sound as if neck strangled.

-If confident in health because young big nose. Overwork death, sudden death not far. A matter human life attached?

Correct words.

I nodded.

“Tonic, cafeteria, laundry room, shower room, sleep room receive and complete cold and hot room facilities, hire exclusive masseur, add health checkup.”

-Refreshingly welfare policy decision, thank you! Will push immediately.

Click.

Put down the phone.

Somehow small heads fully flocked around me.

Eight-year-old runny-nosed kids asked sparkling eyes.

“Jeong-hyeok, this really call connected?”

“Yes.”

“Then me one call.”

“Trying prank call?”

“Huk, how knew?”

Because face full of prank.

“Rejected.”

“Gi···? What’s that word? By any chance English? French? Japanese?”

“Korean.”

“Ei, where such word in Korean? By any chance person who understood what Jeong-hyeok said?”

“······.”

All the flocked kids turned heads pretending not knowing and did other things.

Kids who coughed cleared throat stealthily turned the topic.

“Jeong-hyeok, you also got 100 points on this dictation?”

“Then already 23 consecutive 100 points?”

“Correct, correct! Jeong-hyeok our class first!”

“Wow, Jeong-hyeok you really tremendous!”

Absurd.

“Counting all that?”

“Until now person who never got dictation wrong only you?”

“Correct, correct! Jeong-hyeok doesn’t get even one arithmetic problem wrong!”

“Heard no kid who gets 100 points every time like Jeong-hyeok even among other class firsts!”

The flocked kids simultaneously nodded and shouted correct, correct!

Honestly flustered.

‘What’s this special.’

How difficult if elementary school 1st grade dictation and arithmetic problems difficult.

Class kids sparkling eyes as if respecting.

“How can do dictation so well?”

“I receive tutoring, write dictation ten times in advance going home every day yet continuously wrong!”

“Jeong-hyeok reads books a lot? Heard have to read books a lot to become smart!”

“Then Jeong-hyeok read a hundred books!”

Kids who only looked at reactions and couldn’t even attach words well usually.

Today somehow over thirty kids gathered and shouted one word each as if determined.

‘Somehow seems like a flock of chicks gathered and piyaking?’

Break time not much left, kids don’t seem to leave easily either.

No choice opened the desk drawer rattle.

Seeing that class kids again poured admiration.

“Only Jeong-hyeok’s desk tremendously large and good!”

“Only Jeong-hyeok has phone attached!”

“Only Jeong-hyeok’s desk rattle drawer!”

“Drawers only five!”

“This whole school first! Treatment different?”

“Envious aaa!”

“Cool aaa!”

“Tremendous aaa!”

I shook the head and took out the snack bag put deep in the desk drawer.

Brought to give Yerin stopping by the kindergarten building on the way home today.

“Strawberry flavor candy two pieces per person.”

“Waa······!”

“Chocolate bar one per person.”

“Waaa!”

“Cookies share harmoniously. Before break time ends.”

“Uwaaaa!”

Kids raised cheers as if the classroom leaving.

Kids smiled widely excitedly.

“Jeong-hyeok, will eat well!”

“Next class president election will definitely pick you Jeong-hyeok!”

“Jeong-hyeok, let’s get along well going forward!”

Class president and vice class president went out in front of the teacher’s desk and started distribution.

Only then the flocked kids retreated like ebb tide.

Prank call or dictation talk entered long ago.

When seemed peaceful again.

Rattle. Bang!

The classroom back door opened roughly, and a boy from the next class jumped in.

“Tremendous news!”

“What?”

“Heard 12 class boss changed!”

Even in the high-class private school kids from well-off families attend ranking organization not omitted.

“Ah, yes?”

“Not end there! Organized 12 class, swept 11 class, now even knocked down 10 class boss!”

“What?”

“Heard 9 class, 8 class, 7 class bosses also brought a lot of minions and came to watch the fight hearing this news!”

“Uh uh?”

“Heard not ordinary skill! If hit puk falls out bang, if hit jjak nosebleed jwaak!”

Kids stood up with a whoosh stopping eating snacks.

“Who on earth that one?”

“Transfer student who came new today!”

The next class kid grinned and added.

“Moreover a girl!”

The ripple that words brought large.

“What? A girl swept 3 classes and became boss?”

“That from the first day transferred?”

“Really? Not joking?”

Then another class boy ran udangtangtang.

“Tremendous news!”

A flushed expression, raised voice similar to the next class boy who charged into our class earlier.

“Heard 12 class’s new boss knocked down all 7 class, 8 class, 9 class, 10 class, 11 class bosses and coming this way!”

“Already even 7 class, 8 class, 9 class bosses collapsed?”

“This fast?”

“How strong on earth?”

Class kids’ voices also rose accordingly.

Expressions fully flushed needless to say.

“Like this the transfer student about to knock down all our school bosses?”

“Heard all kids who fought nosebleeds burst and crying burst! All taken to the health room!”

“Serious?”

Anyway X meal fight.

How serious elementary school 8-year-old runny-nosed kids’ fight even if serious.

Not knife fight occurring, not bones breaking, not charging with car.

At most getting hit a few times and seeing some blood and ending matter.

I continued reading the approval documents.

“The goal the 12 class boss looking for revealed! Don’t be surprised~ precisely your class kid!”

“What? Who?”

“Cha Jeong-hyeok.”

“······!”

Class kids all looked back at me.

Half surprise, half worry.

Seemed kids fully flocked outside the hallway, somehow the crowd split in half like the Red Sea.

“Cha Jeong-hyeok.”

A girl with ponytail walked thud thud between the kids split like the Red Sea.

Go Jaeyeong.