Lee JongSuk's dream is to become a famous chef , and he's accepted into a college with a culinary program , but the school is filled with rich kids, who would rather cheat and sabotage their way to the top. Famous Chef DongMin takes him under his
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It had been a few weeks since JongSuk had started having private cooking lessons with Chef DongMin, instead of the classes being held at the University, they went to one of the restaurants the chef owned, which was closed on Saturdays. Chef DongMin taught him different cooking techniques, even testing his knowledge and skills by having him make meals and serve him , it was different from the normal cooking classes at the University , if a dish didn't turn out right, Chef made him go back and start over again though he was never harsh in his criticism.
"That's all for today." DongMin said, "Tomorrow, come an hour earlier and wear something nice, do you own a suit."
JongSuk shook his head, he had no need for a suit so had never owned one,"Aniyo"
DongMin pulled out his phone"Bring the car around to the front." He said, he headed out of the kitchen of the restaurant then turned back around "Aren't you coming?"
JongSuk looked startled,but quickly nodded,he grabbed his backpack hurrying after him , they left the restaurant . A car was parked by the curb and a man got out of the driver's side, he hurried around and opened the passenger's door, DongMin got in, then bowing the man opened the back door gesturing to JongSuk that he should get in, he looked confused but slid into the backseat, the back was surprisingly spacious, the seats were leather and everything looked brand new, the man got into the driver's side and pushed a button the car purred to life.
" There's some bottles of water in the mini fridge in the armrest if you're thirsty." The driver said, he looked through the rear view mirror at JongSuk, DongMin was on the phone
"I-I'm fine thank you." JongSuk said feeling a bit overwhelmed, even JinHee's car wasn't this luxurious he was afraid to touch anything in case he accidentally broke it. The drive took about twenty minutes, soon they pulled up in front of a department store, once again the driver got out and opened the passenger door first than the back door.
They headed into the store , the place was huge and filled with rows and rows of suits and other clothes
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They were greeted by the department manager, he hurried over to them ,bowing.
"How may we be of assistance." He introduced himself as Mr.Ha , two young men stood behind him, waiting for instructions.
"I need a suit for my student here." He gestured to JongSuk.
"Ahjussi, I don't-I mean you don't." JongSuk shook his head, he didn't want his teacher to buy him a expensive suit, it wasn't that he wasn't grateful, but judging by the store , he knew the clothes here were expensive and there was no way he could ever pay Chef back . Why did he need a suit anyway? He went to school and worked in the school cafeteria he had no place to wear a suit.
DongMin ignored him and continued instructing the employees on what he wanted , they walked around the store and DongMin pointed to several suits , shoes,ties , some bow ties , even a few cuff links , soon they had a good size pile .
"Go try them on and pick which one you like if it doesn't fit , we can get it tailored." Chef said
JongSuk took the clothes and went into the dressing room, several minutes later he came out dressed in the first suit, a charcoal grey suit with a dark red tie, wearing a suit felt weird like he was pretending to be someone he wasn't. He was used to jeans and sweatshirts and sneakers that was more comfortable .
He tried on several more suits before they decided on one, the store manager folded the suit carefully into a large box and placed it in a bag handing it to JongSuk. DongMin shook the store manager's hand who bowed politely.
"Shall we go."DongMin asked heading towards the entrance.
"But aren't you going to pay." JongSuk asked ,he was so confused how could they just walk out without paying.
"I have an account with this store, they'll send me the bill ." DongMin said.
JongSuk wondered it would be like to be so rich you could just go into a store and buy whatever you wanted, he supposed it was nice not to worry about money. JinHee and Woobin were rich, as were most of the students attending the university, but unlike the other students they never flaunted it .
When they arrived back at the campus, as JongSuk was getting out of the car DongMin said ."Next Saturday there's a Cooking Convention at ten, wear the suit, Secretary Kim will pick you up at the entrance at 8 am." He rolled up the window and the car drove off. JongSuk watched them leave then turned around heading towards the dorms.
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Saturday morning JongSuk was up at seven,he tried to be quiet getting ready, but still managed to wake up Woobin who groaned at being woken up so early on a weekend.
"Where are you going so early anyway." Woobin grumbled into his pillow.
"Mianhe, "JongSuk apologized, "Chef DongMin invited me to a conference and his secretary is picking me up soon."
"Have fun, I guess if there's food bring some back." Woobin yawned and pulled the covers over his head going back to sleep. JongSuk grabbed his shoes and coat and slipped out the door once in the corridor , he put his shoes on and headed out of the dorm building, this early in the morning on a weekend the campus was quiet there were a few students here and there, but the place was generally empty and peaceful. Secretary Kim was standing by the car waiting for him, he reached around opening the back door waiting until JongSuk got in before closing the door .
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The convention center was only an hour away, traffic was light for early Saturday morning most people were still asleep and the city was just waking up, JongSuk was used to being up early, but for some reason he found himself yawning as he leaned against the window.
"If you want to sleep go ahead it will be awhile before we arrive." Secretary Kim said noticing him.
The next five minutes happened so quickly, one minute they were driving towards the expressway and the next minute a white truck came barreling into the car,hitting the passenger side, the car spun out of control flipping over and over on it's side, skidding across the road before finally coming to a stop, the entire back of the car was crumbled.
Secretary Kim groaned and looked into the backseat, "Kid! Hey kid wake up!" He cried , there was no answer the kid was unconscious blood pouring from a wound on his head, Secretary Kim managed to unhook his seatbelt and climbed out of the front seat, his arm hurt, he had probably broken it , he felt a trickle of blood on his forehead and wiped it, then turned his attention to the kid in the backseat, he could see the faint rise and fall of the boy's chest which meant he was alive luckily. He wondered if he could get him out of the car, would it be dangerous what if he had a spinal injury, he couldn't risk, but the car could explode, he searched his pockets for his cell phone and couldn't find it, then he spotted it under the seat, he carefully climbed back in and grabbed his phone dialing 119, by this time other cars had noticed and had pulled over to assist.
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JinHee stood up quickly and ran out of the library
DongMin clutched his chest than stood up shakily before hurrying out of the convention center and waving down a taxi.
SeoJin dropped the glass of water she was drinking as she overheard her husband on the phone.
