Chapter 6: So It Wasn’t Longing
Ha Giyeon spent the entire morning focused on lectures and studying.
He worked hard using the practice books and online courses he’d bought with his part-time wages, but without anyone to ask questions, it was hard to make real progress. He knew if he asked his parents, they’d just hand him a credit card and tell him to sign up for any cram school he wanted. But he couldn’t owe them anything more.
Just the fact that they’d raised him and let him live here had already cost a fortune—if he added more debt on top of that, he’d never repay it in his lifetime. So the only option was to rely on self-study, poring over explanations on his own.
Knock knock.
At the sound of someone knocking, Giyeon pulled out his earbuds.
“Sorry to interrupt your studying.”
“No, it’s okay. I just finished.”
The housekeeper came in holding a plastic-wrapped school uniform.
“Your ordered uniform just arrived. Try it on and see if it fits.”
“Ah, thank you.”
“It’s lunchtime—do you want anything to eat?”
“Oh, I’m actually heading out soon, so I don’t need lunch.”