37 The Kind Teacher, Ms. Kim (2/2)

”Ah, no, please enjoy it, teacher...” Yeo Ri politely declined.

”Come on, Yeo Ri-ah, you still haven't had breakfast, right?” Ms. Kim held out a pair of disposable chopsticks towards the girl, gesturing for her to take it. ”Come and help your teacher finish these. There's too many for me to finish by myself,” she smiled helplessly.

Yeo Ri struggled for a while before accepting. It would be too rude to reject her, so Yeo Ri planned on eating a few pieces out of politeness. She had been feeling a bit hungry so Ms. Kim's kindness was a boon.

”...!” Yeo Ri's eyes widened as she placed some food into her mouth. She had never tasted such tasty cooking.

”Delicious, right?” Ms. Kim smirked smugly. She had full confidence of her family's cooking. ”Here, eat this,” Ms. Kim placed a boiled quail egg in front of the girl. She had been in charge of boiling the eggs, and they were quite delicious, she thought. Though, honestly, she was only allowed to boil the eggs since her other cooking skills were too subpar for her mother and aunts' standards.

”It's tasty,” Yeo Ri slowly chewed the egg, appreciating its taste.

”Right?”

Yeo Ri continued to accompany Ms. Kim eat her breakfast. Since the cooking was so tasty, the two quickly finished the food. Yeo Ri quickly offered to wash the lunchboxes as thanks, which the teacher did not reject; or could not reject. Yeo Ri had already taken the stacks of boxes into her arms and dashed to the toilet to wash them before she could say no. When Yeo Ri came back, the lunchboxes were clean and shiny, making Ms. Kim gape and marvel at her skills.

Yeo Ri looked at the time. The sun had come out and a few students and teachers had already arrived.

”I'll be going first, teacher. Thank you for the meal,” Yeo Ri bowed towards Ms. Kim, slightly blushing. Yeo Ri was surprised that she could eat so well when she hadn't had much of an appetite for the past few days, so she was quite thankful to Ms. Kim. But it was also embarrassing since she appeared like a glutton in front of her teacher. She had generously shared her lunchbox but Yeo Ri had forgotten about her resolve to only eat a little bit when she had tasted the tasty food.

”Mm~ I'll see you in class,” Ms. Kim bade her farewell. She still had some things left to do before teaching her class so she didn't go together with Yeo Ri.