Chapter 2 A Tall Loser (II)

Madam Myung stared at the slammed door for a moment with perplexed eyes.

At length, she sighed, "That girl… if she weren't so good and well behaved at school, I would have thought that she is just like you, " she rubbed her temples and she glared at her eldest son through the corner of her eyes before closing them and adding with her hand pointed out to the interior of the department, "Now, hurry up and finish your breakfast."

"Haha, that way is the living room, mother, " Myung Ji-Hun couldn't help but say as he raised his hands with his palms out before his chest.

Madam Myung's frown increased and her stretched hand began to tremble, "You brat, you know what I meant. Now, go!"

"Yes, yes, madam, " He answered seriously before rushing to the kitchen.

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Meanwhile, Myung Hye-Jin was already walking down the stairs of the three-floor department building with a broad smile; she felt that nothing could ruin this day. She had seen her dear eldest brother who was supposed to be in a boarding school.

"Huh?" she stopped just as she had walked down the last step and made a thinking gesture, 'Is he in some sort of problem? He didn't go out of the boarding school even once the past year, at least not outside the permitted days and today isn't one.' She looked up.

She turned back and shrugged, 'If he has one, he will be able to solve them. Eldest brother isn't me, after all.' With that thought, she tilted her head to a side with a helpless smile, "Haa… Alright, don't let your mood down, Hye-Jin, " she said with fighting spirit before walking through the narrow streets of her neighbourhood as she ate a peeled orange; it was in its ripe point.

Soon, she came upon a main street and continued walking for half an hour; she didn't like to use any kind of public transport.

Maeun High School

"Good morning, Instructor Park." She gave her salute to the professor in charge of watching the school's door entrance. Instructor Park was a tall and broad-built man in his forties; his short hair was still dark, just as the black sports suit he was wearing.

Hearing the cordial salute, he stopped waving a long ruler and the reprimand he was giving to two youngsters. He turned around and said when he saw who it was, "Hmph, student Myung, you have been arriving less early with every day that passes."

"Ah, that… I have preferred to study at home in the mornings."

"Hmm… if it is that, then, it is all right. Your grades can't drop, remember."

"Yes, " She bowed in response; she knew it, she had to keep her full scholarship.

Instructor Park nodded, saying, "Go now, the first class is about to start."

She only nodded before rushing to her classroom.

"…" Instructor Park watched her go for a second and then, turned around to continue his nagging but the two youngsters had already run away, "Those two… You! Wait there!" even so, after grumbling a little, he changed targets.