Chapter 57 (2/2)

“Do you get it now?”

“…”

But only two of them got it again. Sinsul and Myo Cheong were still in a daze. However, Yuja didn’t give up. He chose a little easier problem and started to explain it. It was an extremely simple equation.

Sinsul was first to send out a distress call. He pleadingly looked at Myohan, who was studying another subject, but it changed nothing. Myohan just said, “You’re in 11th grade, you should be able to do it.”

“…You can do it.”

Jino, who was watching the cat resting on the sofa, tried to cheer him up a little. Yuja was now teaching four boys: Sinsul, who made him think of doing this, Myo Cheong, whose grades were dangersouly low, Jagyeom, who was good at other subject but not so good at math, and Miho, whose eyes were full of curiosity now. Jino was not among them as he was an athlete and didn’t have to do well on school tests. He let out a sigh of relief.

“Do you get it?”

“Yuja, don’t you think it would be better for me to just give up on these?”

“…Shit, I don’t remember learning any of these things.”

Sinsul and Myo Cheong were still lost. Jagyeom, who got it perfectly, shook his head. Miho also nodded carefully.

“I admire you for not getting it even with that perfect explanation.”

“Um, I got it too.”

“…You and Sinsul will do it again. Just watch what I do, okay?”

Sajun, who was always among the top 10 students of their grade, smiled and looked at them. He seemed to find Myo Cheong, who usually had temper issues, quiet. Myohan finished reading his English text and poked at Chookjae who was right next to him.

“How do I solve this problem?”

“Oh, you see….”

Chookjae started to explain quietly. This is just what Myohan had wanted. No craziness and everybody focusing on their studies like they were supposed to. O Shin looked at the back of Myohan’s round head and laughed. The cat was diligent, no matter what he or the others said.

“Ahhh! Shit, I can’t get it!”

“There goes Myo Cheong’s patience.”

“Cheong, please calm down.”

“Yuja, I can’t do it. You go first.”

“…You two are not doing it on purpose, are you?”

“But I could get it….”

After some time, Myo Cheong gave up first. He angrily messed his hair, lay back, and started to roll on the floor. Actually, he had tried. Normally, he wouldn’t have taken a look at his schoolbook, but even he couldn’t be bad to Yuja as he was spending his own precious time for their good.

Yuja looked at Myo Cheong and Sinsul behind his glasses. He looked at the clock. About an hour and half had passed. He had been speaking all the time and now his neck felt sore. He took off his glasses and massaged his eyes.

“Let us take a break then.”

“Yuja, you must be tired.”

“Myohan, how did you teach Sinsul last time?”

“I really didn’t….”

Myohan frowned as he closed his book. Last time, Sinsul got mad and went home, so they really didn’t get to do much studying. Plus, he wasn’t capable of explaining thoroughly like Yuja in first place.

“Just do one subject per day and then do the workbooks, it will raise your grades significantly.”

“Hey, shit, thank you, but why aren’t you studying?”

Yuja raised his eyebrows as if he was confused by Myo Cheong’s question. Sajun answered it for him instead.

“We don’t really have to study for school exams. We just go through some subjects that require memorizing, and then we just let our usual skill do the thing.”

That sucked, but Yuja, Chookjae, and even Myohan nodded. Jagyeom frowned a bit, but even he couldn’t deny it. Actually, he got quite good grades too, except in math.