Principal's office

When da-hee got to the office, she sat on the couch calmly. She seemed quite obedient, almost as if she had not done anything.

Some time had passed before she was let into the office, so the principal was well aware of what she had done; so her behaviour confused him. He later thought that maybe she was trying to gain sympathy by acting innocent, and in his mind, he knew that he wasn't going to let what she did go unpunished.

"Why did you do it?" He asked da-hee.

"Why did I do what?"

"Why did you attack your fellow classmates for no reason?"

" 'No reason'. You know why I did it. Those boys have been bullying and destroying the property of so many students before I came to this school, but you don't do anything about it; because the students that they do it to, are either scholarship students or not rich enough."

The principal became very angry by her response, and moved closer to her, almost hovering over her, as if to intimidate her.

"Are you crazy? Who the hell do you think you are talking to. If you know you couldn't handle it, then you should have gone to school with people of your class. You are expelled. The secretary will call your parents to pick you up."

Da-hee seemed unfazed by everything he had said, up until he told her that he would call her parents.

"What? No, I can go home by myself."

Surprised by her reaction, the principal responded. "Oh, I thought you didn't care. We can't let you go home alone. Sit there and wait for them."

As he was about to call his secretary, suddenly hwan came in.

The principal's behaviour immediately changed from annoyance to delight. "hwan, what are you doing here?"

"Is it possible that I can speak to you sir.... alone?"

"Yes, of course. Hey, go wait outside for your parents."

As da-hee stood up, she looked at hwan wondering what he was about to do, but she couldn't say anything to him at that moment, so she just left. She waited outside for more than 10 minutes, thinking that her sister was going to arrive at any moment to give her an earful, and then the door opened and hwan came out.

"let's go."

"What?"

"I said let's go."

"But I need to wait here, that's what the principal said."

"pfft, when did you become so obedient. You are no longer expelled, and you're not getting any punishment either."

"What did you do?"

"Don't look so surprised da-hee, I have my ways too." He said, as he smirked at her, and she smiled back, because without a doubt she was impressed. "Come with me, I'm taking you home. I think this school has seen enough of you today and besides, you look exhausted."