There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 183

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Part 2, Episode 9
“But brother-in-law, who exactly is Yewon’s homeroom teacher? You don’t think Leon had a hand in the class assignments….”
Lee Doha asked Yusong with a note of concern in his voice.
He could understand Haion acquiring the Hyunbong Arts Middle School foundation.
The foundation was notoriously corrupt, after all, so it made sense to put things right.
But it had to stop there.
He absolutely did not want Haion and Hyunbong Arts Middle School showing favoritism toward Yewon.
“Not at all.”
Yusong answered at once, understanding Lee Doha’s worry.
“Hyun Rion did nothing beyond ‘normalizing’ that school.”
“…!”
“Yewon’s homeroom teacher was decided by lottery, so I heard.”
This was true.
There weren’t that many teachers willing to be homeroom instructors, so they’d drawn lots to assign grade levels and classes among those who did.
“I’m good at manipulation, but I’m not idle enough to rig a lottery draw.”
“…You mean you *could* if you wanted to…?????”
Weon murmured quietly from the side, but with considerable force.
Yusong, of course, did not answer.
He didn’t want to lie, after all!
“Anyway. Don’t worry. Yewon won’t receive any special treatment.”
“That’s a relief, truly.”
Lee Doha let out a breath, visibly reassured.
Yusong offered him a faint smile, then took a sip of his tea.
What he’d said about Yewon receiving no special treatment was the truth.
…He’d simply chosen not to mention that she wouldn’t suffer any disadvantage either.
“But what kind of person is she? As your brother-in-law, you must have looked into everything.”
Eon asked with a face that said ‘Definitely. One hundred percent.’
“Ah.”
Yusong smiled slightly.
“I hear she’s a woman of unwavering integrity.”
“!”
At Yusong’s characterization, all four of them exchanged glances.
…What kind of person could that possibly be?!
* * *
When Yewon returned to the classroom,
“…All right, everyone line up for lunch now. Just form a line in attendance number order.”
The homeroom teacher she’d glimpsed earlier was giving the students directions.
So this is our homeroom teacher.
I was too disoriented to get a good look before.
But now that I see her….
‘…Wow, she looks incredibly exhausted…….’
Yewon caught her breath at the sight of her homeroom teacher’s complexion, with dark circles that had descended almost to her jaw.
The entrance ceremony must have worn her out completely…!
* * *
It had been incredibly exhausting.
Seo Gyeongwoo, homeroom teacher of Hyunbong Arts Middle School’s first-year Class 1 and Korean instructor, was truly exhausted now.
It had started last year.
Despite bearing the title of South Korea’s finest arts middle school, Hyunbong Arts Middle School was thoroughly corrupt.
The problem was that Seo Gyeongwoo hadn’t known this when he arrived.
In fact, Seo Gyeongwoo had passed the Seoul secondary teacher certification exam on his first attempt and had been assigned to work as a high school teacher. Then one day, Hyunbong Arts Middle School made him a job offer.
The problem was that Hyunbong Arts Middle School was private, so there was a risk he’d have to resign from the public sector before transferring.
But because it was famous for generous overtime pay and good benefits, he’d taken the position.
…Only to find the foundation, the director, and all the administrators completely rotten!
What is this? I want my certification back.
But since it was already too late to turn back, he endured as best he could….
Then the world changed overnight.
‘Teacher Gyeongwoo. You heard, right? Our foundation changed.’
‘…Pardon?’
‘The foundation was sold to Haion. Apparently it was unavoidable due to financial troubles.’
‘Yes…??? Why would Haion buy a school like this…?’
What on earth was a major corporation like that doing in such a run-down place?
Haion is one of the biggest conglomerates thriving right now, isn’t it?
Had they become so successful that money was rotting in their coffers, and they decided to have a proper go at squandering it?
Seo Gyeongwoo found it puzzling, but honestly, he’d already figured that replacing one rotted executive with another rotted executive wouldn’t amount to much difference for a small-time guy like himself.
One rotten bastard gets swapped for another rotten bastard, that’s all—or so he thought, letting his guard down in that very moment.
‘Now then. Everything at this school is going to change from here on.’
‘Pardon?’
‘Ah, there’s that famous saying, you know. Change everything except your wife and children.’
‘?!’
‘We’re going to change everything here except the students.’
‘?????’
‘To be honest, I’d like to change the students too. But apparently you can’t swap out your children. So I’ve decided to cherish our students as if they were my own kids.’
He really seemed to put a lot of force behind the word ‘kids,’ didn’t he, Director?
Must be my imagination, right? Please tell me it was just my imagination.
In any case.
This genuinely extraordinary director had arrived and transformed everything.
Starting with the school regulations and the principal himself.
Right down to the school building itself—the whole lot.
In principle, it should have been impossible. A director simply replacing the principal on a whim wasn’t something that could happen.
Yet the principal, who’d initially put up resistance, submitted his resignation letter on his own after a brief—ten-minute—meeting with the director and left the school.
Then came the vice principal.
Then the chairman and vice chairman of the school management committee, along with their parents.
Once all the people notorious as ‘stagnant fixtures’ within the school had been replaced.
The entire atmosphere of the school shifted dramatically.
How did this newly arrived director already know the school’s inner workings so intimately?
Even the notorious troublemaking parents famous throughout the school couldn’t escape him.
New school rules stipulated that every parental complaint consultation had to take place in the director’s office, with the homeroom teacher, principal, and director all present without fail.
‘Ah, is this that person everyone’s been talking about?’
‘No, Teacher, you did discourage our child in front of everyone. Making kids solve math problems out loud in front of their classmates—how is that supposed to work? Do you have any idea how angry our child’s father was? He wanted to come here himself, and I barely managed to talk him out of it.’
‘Ah, yes, yes. I hear you’ve submitted a consultation request. Why don’t we all have a nice, cozy chat together in our director’s office?’
The troublemaking parents who came to file malicious complaints would emerge from the director’s office after having a perfectly ‘cozy’ conversation with everyone present, their attitudes completely transformed.
‘I, well. I’m s-sorry, Director. I think there may have been a m-misunderstanding on my part. It’s not that our child did everything right, but the homeroom teacher’s explanation was a bit—’
‘A bit what?’
‘Nothing. I think I was just mistaken. Yes….’
Seo Gyeongwoo was genuinely curious what kind of conversation had taken place in that director’s office that made this infamous troublemaker—famous throughout all three years of the school—suddenly tuck tail like that.
‘Might you tell me what exactly happened in there, Department Head?’
‘…My friend. Sometimes it’s better not to know things in this world….’
‘……?’
Watching even the gossipy Inseong Department Head refuse to open his mouth, Seo Gyeongwoo decided to stop looking into it any further.
Whatever it was, the world had suddenly gone mad and was running right again, so he’d better keep his mouth shut!
Anyway, just as Seo Gyeongwoo was settling into what had suddenly transformed from a toxic workplace into a—somewhat—white-collar job (though not quite happy).
A bolt from the blue struck.
It was this:
‘Your class has the director’s niece, doesn’t it, Teacher Gyeongwoo?’
‘????’
Pardon?
It was this rumor.
‘The director—you know, that guy who was the representative of HiDeal before suddenly quitting one day and disappearing. That’s why the parents don’t dare breathe, right? Because he’s directly connected to Haion.’
He was?!
He’d had no idea?!
Watching the surrounding teachers nod at the Inseong Department Head’s words, it was clear that only Seo Gyeongwoo, clueless about rumors, hadn’t known.
‘So when he took the post as director of our school, everyone was puzzled. But now it all clicks into place—obviously. How transparent. Wasn’t he just trying to keep an eye on his niece? Of course. And thanks to that, we’ve benefited too!’
The Inseong Department Head clicked his tongue sympathetically and looked at Seo Gyeongwoo with pitying eyes.
‘Anyway. You’re in for a rough year, Teacher Gyeongwoo. You’ll need to be careful this time. That director—he’s not just ordinarily scary…. Even now, thinking back on it, my whole body trembles!’
…And.
Right now, that ‘rumored new student’ was standing before Seo Gyeongwoo’s eyes.
Yewon.
The most famous child actress in the country, and niece of Hyun Rion, the director of Hyunbong Arts Middle School.
And the jeweled darling granddaughter of Haion.
“….”
“?”
Please, just keep your head down and move up quietly, will you….
Seo Gyeongwoo watched Yewon standing before him in line, her eyes bright and eager, and quietly swallowed his tears.
I was a fan of hers in that drama!
To think we’d meet like this, on such a narrow bridge!
“Teacher, are you all right? You’re sweating….”
“I’m fine, just stand in line properly.”
“Yes, sir.”
Whether this student was backed by Haion or not, Seo Gyeongwoo was the type to keep the line straight first.

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