Rock Sugar And Pear Stew | L.K Adaptation

Chapter 6

Principal Manoban thought, the frequency in which Lisa this lass was stirring up trouble was in no small part due to an excessive amount of free time.

He needed to find something to occupy her.

For now, there was no need for academic related remedial lessons. He was capable of tutoring his own child.

"What about something more physically active? Such as dancing, swimming, or Taekwondo?" Mrs. Manoban discussed with him.

"Taekwondo is definitely out of the question. She already bullying classmates as she is. Letting her learn taekwondo would be inviting a huge disaster". Principal Manoban pre-emptively got ride of activities that could potentially incite violence.

After school, Principal Manoban casually strolled through the area in front of the school entrance, collecting a number of flyers. After several rounds of evaluation and consulting Lisa, they temporarily settled on Ice skating.

That day, Lisa did not head home immediately after school. Instead, she waited at the school gate with her father for the public bus. As school had just dismissed, the area was a little chaotic and bustling with activity just like a marketplace. It was not only packed with people and cars but also small carts and vans selling various snacks.

Lisa who was carrying a little backpack, busily glanced around before suddenly yelling out in a certain direction. "Jungkook!"

Seeing that it was Lisa, Mrs. Jeon delightfully headed over with Jungkook in tow. Mrs. Jeon knew that Lisa stayed in the faculty accommodation located on campus. Looking at how they were knew that they were not going home. Thus, she asked, "Where are you heading to?"

"I signed her up for a class".

"What sort of class?"

"Ice skating".

"How is it?"

"She haven't gone yet. Today's the first lesson meant for trying out. Do you want to bring Jungkook along to give it a try? Trying out is free".

Mrs. Jeon thought this was something quite novel. She looked down at Jungkook and asked, "Do you want to give it a try?"

Jungkook decisively shook his head.

After much coaxing and persuasion, Mrs. Jeon finally got her son to reluctantly nod his head. Mrs. Jeon did not spare him time to regret this decision and happily hauled him into the car.

Lisa and her father had the good luck to hitch a ride.

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Jungkook made good on his words. He said to simply pop by for a causal look and did exactly just that. His primly sat on the plastic benches by the indoor Ice rink, his mannerism calling mind that of an inspector.

The coach brought the skate gear over and invited him to give them a try. Jungkook merely shook his head.

Mrs. Jeon felt her head hurt. "He hates exercising the most. Sigh, this child of mine. He is young but very strong willed. I may be his mother but I'm still not able to convince him otherwise".

After changing into the skates and protective gears, Lisa followed her father onto the ice rink. Yes, that's right. His excellency the principal knew how to skate as well.

After that, Lisa's father threw her to the coach and merrily skated off.

For any single child learning to stake, the first step would always be to fall. Lisa had barely moved under the coach's guidance when she fell with a "Plonk" on the ice.

Lisa did not cry. She got up and continued skating before shortly falling down again with another thump.

Jungkook's tiny figure silently shook with laughter, his eyes glistening.

Lisa continued to fall while Jungkook continued to laugh. Halfway through, he could not help but to star clapping.

Sweat beaded at Mrs. Jeon's temple. She exasperatedly prodded his head. "You silly lad! It's one thing to not cheer someone on and another to start clapping!"

In any case, Jungkook's goodwill towards the sports of ice skating increased by leaps and bounds. This was to the extent that he was willing to personally give it go.

Jungkook changed into the gear, stepped into the rink, and his first step was also to unsurprisingly stumble and fall.

Lisa: "Hhahahahah!"

If it wasn't for Lisa expressing schadenfreude at the side, he would probably had found this activity tiresome and given up after few falls. However, there was just this annoying fellow clamouring nosily beside him. Somewhat crossed, he got back on his feet and continued on from before. His listened to the coach's instructions while slowly getting a hang of the entire process. Just like that he actually prevented himself from falling after a while.

Afterwards, Jungkook casually skated past Lisa. Even though his movements were not fluid, he was calm and unperturbed, putting on act of posing that absolutely merited full marks.

"Eh?" Lisa was a little amazed.

Jungkook clasped his hand behind his back, leaving Lisa with a back view that was the very image of profoundness.

"How did you manage this?" Lisa chased along, and in a moment of anxiousness, fell again with yet another thump. She could not help but to let out an "Ouch".

Jungkook continued skating and cracked a smile. However, he did not dare to express his mirth too obviously and the smile only lightly tugged at his lips.

In short, his happiness was derived from her pain.

Principal Manoban skated past the coach and heard him mused. "Kid's got a flair for this".

Principal Manoban was quite happy, "Are you referring to our class?"

"No, I was talking about that boy". The coach raised his chin and looked towards Jungkook's back.

"What about ours?" Principal Manoban doggedly asked in dissatisfaction.

The coach contemplated for a while trying to think of some strengths, "Sturdy, resilient to falls".

Principal was terribly offended. "Do you take her for a Nokia...."

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