Golden Time (JungYong)

15

Suhyuk laughed bitterly at Kim Hyunwoo's words.

To some extent, he was right. Classes and internal competition at prestigious high schools were clearly different from those at ordinary high schools. Their mindset of studying was different. Suhyuk wanted to attend that kind of school, but could not, because he had no money.

"Do you know a school called Jaemyung High School?" Kim asked.

Suhyuk nodded his head. It was the school where students with a lot of money or gifted students from across the country gathered. How could Suhyuk not know of such a school?

"Don't you want to transfer there?"

Kim Hyunwoo cast mysterious eyes towards Suhyuk.

"I'd like to, but I can't afford to do so."

"I'll make it work for you, but I have a condition for that."

Suhyuk looked at him with a surprised look.

Tuition fee at Jaemyung HS was something he could not afford. Three million won per semester. What kind of condition will he lay down?

Kim Hyunwoo opened his mouth, saying, "All I want is for you to do the same things like today until you finish the third year of high school."

When he thinks about his mother, this kind of offer was nothing to Kim Hyunwoo.

On the contrary, the tuition fee was something that Suhyuk could not even dream of.

To him, this was not a condition, but a one-sided help.

Kim Hyunwoo also asked Dongsu the same question, who had been tinkering with a wooden gong. "You too, give it a thought!"

Actually it was an offer they did not bother to think about at all.

Suhyuk quickly opened his mouth, "Is it really okay with you?"

He laughed at Suhyuk's surprised expression because it was not a big deal.

"Of course," Kim Hyunwoo replied, and then called someone straight from his cell phone.

"Hey, driver Kim, these boys are attending Jaemyung High School starting next week. So please get things ready, okay?" Then he hung up the phone.

He asked Suhyuk with a blank face once more,

"If you do not want to, tell me now. I don't want to give any annoyance to the driver."

Suhyuk stood up from his seat and bowed his head.

"Thank you very much, I will not forget your help."

'Yes, I won't forget it. I would pay this help back by all means even through the care of his mother.'

Dongsu, who rose like Suhyuk, bent his back.

Kim Hyunwoo laughed heartily at them, and drank up hot ramen soup.

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Suhyuk returned home, but still felt uncomfortable.

A cash reward of 600,000 won for his three hours' stay. And tutoring. Even this was nothing compared to his transfer to Jaemyung HS. Jaemyung HS? It was a wonderful place. There were almost none from Jaemyung HS who were not admitted to prestigious colleges.

Although his heart was beating with excitement, he had worries too, when he thought about his parents. How should he explain it to them?

Suhyuk had to think hard about it again since the bicycle incident, but he could not find a good excuse this time. Can he tell them he got first in the math competition and got admitted at Jaemyung? Suhyuk shook his head. It was stupid for him to deceive them again with another lie.