Shin Hye opened her wallet. It was empty.

"Huh~~~~ when will our salary be released?" she asked her fellow teacher.

"It's already in the bank, do you not know?" the teacher asked.

"Huh? Eonje? Eonje (When? When?)?" she asked.

"It was released yesterday," the teacher said. "Where were you?"

Shin Hye frowned.

"Haneunim, I wish I have tutoring classes again," she begged as she glanced at her class record.

Her own class at Science, and only Nana and Soo Hyun got top scores. Her classes in the other sections were better students.

"Annyeonghaseyo?" a deep male voice greeted the teachers.

"Oh, annyeonghaseyo?" the other teachers greeted.

The female teachers smiled at the mysterious guy who was lean and tall and wore guyliner.

"May I speak with Park-seonsaengnim?" the man asked.

Shin Hye was pouting at her little income when a teacher called her attention. She got out of lala land and stood up, facing the man.

"Annyeonghaseyo?" she greeted with a bow.

"Hokshi, Park-seonsaengnim iseyo?" the man asked.

"Ne, Park-seonsaeng imnida," she replied.

"Jang Geun Suk-imnida," the man said. "Bangawoyo."

"Bangapseumnida, Jang Geun Suk-ssi," she replied.

"Ah, ne, I just wanted to talk to you," Geun Suk said soberly.

The rest of the female teachers sighed in happiness and jealousy, but Shin Hye was not aware of that.

"Anjeuseyo (Please sit down)," she told the man as she beckoned him to a seat.

The man sat down and puffed some air.

"I just want to ask for a favor, if it is all right," he asked.

"Geuge...mwoyeyo?" she asked.

"I have heard from my friends that you tutor after school," he asked.

Her ears pricked up. She might have luck.

"I am in need of a Science and Math tutor because my nephews are not doing well in school, and I am ashamed to ask my boarder for help," Geun Suk said.

Shin Hye grinned like a Cheshire cat.

"I can tutor!" she said, hiding her excitement. "When can I start?"

"How about this afternoon?"  Geun Suk asked.

Shin Hye would miss her afternoon yogurt, but so what? She needed money to support  her yogurt needs.

"I'll take it!" she said.

"Oh, my bad," Geun Suk said. "I forgot the hourly salary."

He wanted her to teach his nephews for three hours at home at a handsome price. She lit up a smile and nodded eagerly. Geun Suk told her the price in secret for fear that the other teachers might want to take her place.

"But... but why me, by the way?" she asked.

"My friends recommend you," he said as he gave his business card.

"Gamsahamnida," she said, taking the card.

Geun Suk stood up and bowed, then walked away. The other teachers crowded around Shin Hye's table and asked her what the man wanted. She just told them about another tutoring offer.

"Awww, I want to tutor him..."

"Bang-ssaem, I will not tutor him. I will tutor his nephews," Shin Hye replied.

"Geurae? Ah, I wish I could be in your place, even if I have to tutor his nephews," another said.

"I am doing this because I do not have my salary yet," she replied.

"Get it already!" another told her.

Shin Hye frowned. When the other teachers went back to their tables, Shin Hye looked up the heavens.

"Haneunim, daedanhi gamsahamnida!" Shin Hye squealed with a big grin on her face.

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Shin Hye was wondering inside the bus how Geun Suk's nephews look like. Maybe they look like bad guys who fought and fought against each other and against other guys from other schools. Maybe they are the wimps who found it hard to concentrate because of the bullies.

"I wonder how they look like," she thought.

The bus stopped at her destination, so she got down and walked until she found the address. She rang the doorbell, and from the inside, someone answered the intercom.

"Nuguseyo?" a female's voice came up.

"Park-seonsaengnim imnida," Shin Hye replied. "May I know if Jang Geun Suk-ssi is around?"

"Ne, he is," the woman replied. "Jamkkanmanyo."

The woman from inside turned off the intercom, and after a moment, she opened the gate for the visitor. Shin Hye noticed that the woman was in her early twenties, younger than her by two to three years by the looks of it.

"Annyeonghaseyo?" the teacher greeted.

"Seosaengnim, annyeonghaseyo?" the woman greeted. "Hitomi-imnida. Mannaseo bangapseumnida."

"Bangawoyo," Shin Hye said.

"Please come in," Hitomi said.

Shin Hye wanted to ask, but she waited as the two of them reached the living room. Shin Hye was amazed because the house was so grand, it was a manor. Even the living room was very much handsome and grand. And the foyer-- talk about being handsome and rich!

"By any chance, is Hitomi-ssi Japanese?" Shin Hye asked her.

"Ne," Hitomi answered. "But I had been here since junghakgyo (middle school)."

"They call it chuugakkou (junior high) in Japan, ne?" Shin Hye asked.

"Ah, ee," Hitomi answered. "Oh, Please have a seat. I'll call on Uncle Geun Suk first."

Shin Hye seated on the soft couch and let her eyes feast on the grand scenery before her. Geun Suk was indeed really rich. She wanted to be like that too. Rich and powerful. But she did not want to be associated with the gang and the Yakuza. But what to do? She is one of them!

Geun Suk got down from the grand stairs and greeted her warmly. He requested Hitomi, his boarder to bring in refreshments to the study room. Shin Hye gaped because the rich man even had a study room.

"I had my nephews come in early," he explained. "So there was no excuse for them not to get serious with their studies."

"Geun Suk-ssi is really clever," Shin Hye told him. 

"Of course, teachers make good tutors," Geun Suk said. "I myself were tutored during my younger years."

She followed him to the study room and waited for him to open the door. And finally, when he opened the door, she waited for him to tell her to come in.

"Guys," he roared. "I brought along your tutor."

The guys murmured, and Shin Hye had her mini battle cry again.

"Shin Hye, hwaiting, hwaiting!"

Geun Suk looked at her imaginary camera, and then at her.

"Is your imaginary camera HD?" he asked.

"Eh?"

"I know that because you act just like Yankumi," Geun Suk said. "You can enter now."

She entered the room, and the guys all greeted her politely as they bowed. She smiled from ear to ear to find such polite students. And when the students finished bowing, she exclaimed in shock.

"M..MWO????"

"Ssaem!" a guy exclaimed.

She had no idea that the guys she would be teaching will be her Yong Hwa, Jong Hyun, Min Hyuk, and Jung Shin. Even they were surprised to have her as their tutor.

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