Rock Sugar And Pear Stew | L.K Adaptation

Chapter 5

Teacher Bae bought Lisa and the rest of the class on an excursion to a chicken farm.

The chicken farm reeked to high heaven. The stench was so terrible for Lisa that it was to the point of being surreal. She pinched her nose and asked Jungkook, "Do you smell something disgusting?"

"What do you think?" Jungkook was also pinching his nose when he replied her.

"Let's go? I don't want to stay here".

"We can't. Teacher said to collect some eggs. Each person needs to collect five".

"Oh, help me to collect them then". Lisa thrusted her little basket into Jungkook's hands.

Jungkook rolled his eyes. Lately, he had been rolling his eyes so frequently that it was now a habit.

After collecting the eggs, Teacher Bae brought them to tour the hatchery. Here, Lisa observed of an egg hatching. From how a baby chick determinedly pecked its way out of its shell to the actual moment when it fully broke free and haphazardly took its first steps, the entire process was waaay to cute!

Lisa did not know how to accurately describe what she felt at that moment. After heading home, she told her father that even though the stench was killing her, the instant she saw the baby chick hatching from the egg made her unbelievably happy, that she had no regrets on going, and so on and so forth....

Principal Manoban taught her a new idiom called "A worthwhile trip", and roughly explained the meaning to her.

With a look of enlightenment on her face, Lisa vigorously nodded her head like a chick pecking at rice. "That's exactly it!"

Principal Manoban thought his daughter was simply too adorable when she was behaving. In a good mood, he rubbed Lisa's tiny head and started explaining the principles behind hatching an egg.

A can of worms was thus opened.

After hearing that, Lisa took out an egg from her fridge and held it in her palm. She was determined to personally hatch an egg herself.

Principal Manoban thought that Lisa was doing this on a whim and left her to her own devices. However, who knew that this little fellow ended up now holding the egg for the entire day, unwilling to put it down even while eating or sleeping. This behaviour sustained for a week....

At this point, Principal Manoban couldn't bear to inform Lisa that the type of egg she had was one that cannot be hatched.

Lisa held onto the egg even during lessons. While eating, Teacher Bae would casually sweep her eyes across the class and have her attention immediately arrested by Lisa. Arrested by her upright sitting posture, her face of concentration, and her left hand that was resting on the desk while clutching a being coloured egg....That image, honestly no matter how times Teacher Bae saw it, remained a sight that she was unable to get accustomed to.

The person most unaccustomed to this was Jungkook.

Even though nothing bad had yet to hatch, Lisa was already treating the egg like her precious child and addressing herself as the mother. Since she was the mother, Jungkook was naturally the father. She even held a serious discussion with Jungkook over what they should name this child of theirs.

Jungkook found himself strangely becoming the father of an egg. Even though he could not pinpoint what exactly was wrong, he still felt very awkward.

His only form of resistance was to run away.

Therefore, ever since finding himself saddled with an egg son, this "father" had been slipping off immediately after lessons were over. He was always the first to run out of class. Even Teacher Bae sighed with gratification over the rare sight of Jungkook heading outdoors.

Jungkook's behaviour was not to Lisa's satisfaction. She grumbled to her mother after heading home. Mrs. Manoban told that this was the "Widow-style parenting" which was very much country's dominant parenting style and that there was no need to be alarmed.

Even though she did not understood a thing, Lisa felt much better at her mother's words.

As for Jungkook, he was about to pay a small price for shirking his duties as a father.

_The school bullies had set their sights on him.

A few upper primary students had gathered together to form a small gang that specialized in extorting allowances from lower primary students. They even used the threat of violence to prevent victims from telling their teachers and parents.

Jungkook was not only small and skinny but also quiet. He did not mingle much with the other students and hence easily became their target.

After a few rounds of observation, they finally sprang into action.

When lessons ended that day, Jungkook once again ran out of class. After strolling through the campus for a while, he was caught off guard and hauled into a corner.

Jungkook saw a few male students with what he considering to be intimidating physiques smirking evilly. They informed him to "loan" them some money to spend.

Jungkook remembered a teacher once said that when face with extortion, the first step was to hand over the money in order to prevent being beaten up. Afterwards, he could then report the incident to a teacher or his parents so make a police report.

Therefore, even though he was a little nervous. he was not completely overwhelmed by fear and quietly started to retrieves his money.

At this moment, a youthful voice interrupted the scene, "What are you guys doing?" The voice was delicate and crisp, akin  to the freshly sprouted buds of spring.

Everyone gazed over to see a little doll. The little doll had a cute bags, a tiny build her hair gathered into two ponytails. She wore a loose fitting school uniform with a messily tied red scarf around her neck. The blue school pants were a tad too big and completely submerged her legs.

The little doll showed a face of noble righteousness. Her right hand was imposingly rested on her waist while her left hand....her left hand was holding an egg.

There was something off about this whole image.

Even though she was emitting an aura of righteousness(Minus the egg), the bullies were unimpressed with this fellow child who was so much smaller than them. Therefore, the leader of the bullies tried to fiercely intimidate her, "Scram! If not we'll beat you up along with him!"

"You dare! My dad is none other than the Principal! He will beat you up along with your dad!"

It was as if the word "Principal" was the Imperial Sword. The fellow boys were instantly terrified and did not hesitate in letting Jungkook go. Before leaving, they did not forget to throw out a warning, "Don't you dare tattle!"

Jungkook leaned on the wall and saw Lisa walking towards him.

She held the egg while heading over, a spring in every step while surrounded by an air of satisfaction. It seemed like Lisa was in an excellent mood. Her two ponytails swung merrily with her movements, making her look like a little rabbit.

For one moment, Jungkook thought that this person was not that detestable after all.

Lisa walked in front of him. She called out, "Ehhy's Dad".

Jungkook felt like banging his head on the wall.

Lisa said, "Is your money still there?"

"Uh" Jungkook pursed his lips and lightly paused before murmuring, "Thanks".

"You're welcome. I'm the only one who can spend your money".

The tiny spark of appreciation in Jungkook's heard immediately died.

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Extra Smash.

Q: When did you first become a father?

Jungkook: Primary 2. Our child was called eggy.

Q:What happened next?

Jungkook: My father-in-law ate it.