After finishing her class, Yoon returned to the staff room and sat down amidst the buzz. As always, the area around Shin Joo was noisy.
“Teacher Seo, did you meet with Teacher Hong?”
Among the murmuring crowd, Lee Joo Na, a teacher close to Shin Joo, suddenly approached her and bluntly asked.
“No.”
Yoon answered firmly. When she arrived at work in the morning, there was a strange rumor circulating in the staff room. The absurd gossip was that Shin Joo and Young Hoon’s breakup was because of her.
“Why is such a rumor going around?”
Joo Na pressed. Having recently broken up with a boyfriend who cheated on her with an old classmate, Joo Na was particularly invested in the current situation.
“How would I know?”
Yoon’s tone was noticeably cold. She thought it pointless to continue the conversation, turned on her laptop, and began her work. She wasn’t interested in getting involved in such baseless matters.
“Hey, Teacher Seo.”
Clearly annoyed by Yoon’s demeanor, Joo Na called out to her.
“What are you doing, Teacher Lee?”
Ho Jung, who was entering the staff room, commented as she took her seat.
“Why are you grabbing someone based on some baseless rumors?”
“But…”
Joo Na hesitated, cowed by Ho Jung’s words.
“This is a staff room where students also come in. Please be careful.”
“Teacher, Teacher Hong and Teacher Min broke up…”
Joo Na continued in a lower voice.
“And what does that have to do with Teacher Seo? If you want to verify, go ask Teacher Hong Young Hoon. Why are you coming at Teacher Seo?”
Ho Jung was visibly irritated. It was Young Hoon and Shin Joo who had broken up. She couldn’t fathom why Joo Na would harass someone else about it.
“No, I’m just concerned because Teacher Seo is in charge of our class.”
“You hardly care about her otherwise, and now you’re suddenly ‘concerned’? Does she look like that kind of person to you? Some people truly can’t see. Students are coming in. Let’s stop this.”
Following Ho Jung’s scolding, Joo Na returned to her seat, sulking.
“Why are teachers behaving like this in front of students?”
Ho Jung sighed as she looked at Shin Joo’s group.
“Are you okay, Teacher Seo?”
She patted Yoon’s back with concern.
“Yes, thank you.”
Yoon felt especially grateful to Ho Jung today, who always took her side and defended her.
“Don’t mind them. They don’t have better things to do. Bringing in innocent people… No wonder they can’t teach the students properly. Look at them even as adults.”
Ho Jung continued to grumble.
“Teacher Seo Yoon,”
The head teacher called for Yoon.
“The vice principal wants to see you for a moment.”
“Huh?”
Surprised by the sudden call from the vice principal, Yoon quickly stood up.
‘Is it because of the rumor?’
She took a deep breath and cautiously knocked on the counseling room door.
“Ah, there you are. Teacher Seo, come and sit here. You don’t have class next period, right?”
The vice principal, with a gentle demeanor, smiled at her.
“Yes, but what’s the matter?”
Yoon asked cautiously, clearly tense.
“Well… I received a phone call this morning… from an entertainment reporter.”
The vice principal hesitated.
“Pardon?”
The mention of an entertainment reporter startled Yoon so much that she covered her mouth.
“Teacher Seo, did you happen to appear in the drama ‘The Brutal Killer’?”
“…”
Caught off guard by the vice principal’s words, Yoon didn’t know how to respond. The vice principal, sensing her discomfort, sighed.
“It’s true, then. As you know, teachers can’t hold two jobs. Not even part-time jobs. The same goes for temporary teachers.”
“After the class, I did appear as an extra in that drama, but I didn’t receive any compensation. I went to visit someone I know, and they said they were short on people, so I helped out for a bit.”
“Is that so?”
The vice principal’s previously serious expression relaxed a bit upon hearing Yoon’s words.
“I heard you also did a commercial back then. Is that true?”
“Ah… yes.”
Now that it was known she had done a commercial, Yoon felt it was only a matter of time before it was discovered that she had married Kang Hyun.
‘Sigh.’
She hadn’t thought that her casual appearance in Kang Hyun’s drama would cause such an issue.
“People always said you looked like a celebrity, Teacher Seo, and here you are, having done commercials and actually acted.”
The vice principal joked.
“No, I did the commercial as a part-time job for a short period.”
Yoon replied, somewhat embarrassed.
“But you were quite famous at the time, weren’t you? Why didn’t you continue?”
“It wasn’t my calling.”
“True, even after receiving the call, I couldn’t believe it. Our demure Teacher Seo did commercials and even acted in a drama.”
The vice principal showed a genuinely kind smile.
“You can go now. Since you didn’t get paid for your drama appearance, it shouldn’t be an issue.”
“Thank you.”
Yoon stood up, gave a slight bow, and left the counseling room.
“Oh my, our Teacher Seo. You appeared in a drama!”
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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