Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

441 Search him yourself

The two–hour nap time was over and the class teacher returned from the meeting she had attended with the other staff. There was no need for her to wake the kids because the school alarm already did. 1

She waited for about thirty minutes for them to get a hold of themselves before she started calling the monthly register.

The school, although documents everything on the system, is still adept at using traditional registers monthly to track the number of times their students appeared in class in a month.

Their reason for doing so was that, a few years back, a student was caught hacking his class‘ system and making sure he always marked himself present, whereas he skips school almost every day. The reason that the junior high schooler wasted so much money to get a hacker was because his grandfather promised to pass on his company to the boy’s younger brother if he skips–class again.

The issue caused a lot of trouble for the school, so because of that, they settled for book registers.

Presently, Valen’s class teacher was calling registers and nothing seemed to be wrong until he got to Valen’s name.

She looked up from the Register to see Valen reading a book.

“Valen Lu!”

The young child raised his gaze and looked at her.

“Come out here,” she instructed, pointing to the space in front of her.

Valen got up and trudged to stand in front of her.

“Do you

so much?” the class teacher

hate to be in school, but hate to be in this class,” he responded.

took things into your own

what she was talking

“Answer me, boy!”

told me what I’ve done wrong.” Valen stood his

grabbed the register and pointed at a spot where a black marker was used

you conclude

it?” She looked at the register and pointed. “Number 35, isn’t that your number?!”

that wasn’t my name. You’re accusing me

she looked at the child, whose hands were inside his pocket. His bangs that were covering one eye wouldn’t give her access to see

are responsible, I’ll make your punishment double. But if I wrongly accused you, then I’ll

transferred to class B. I can’t share

“All of you, bring out your bags

she couldn’t find a black marker. She went back to her desk and said

watched from his seat. He believed that Valen would be caught red–handed and disciplined for breaking

bit her lower lip and clenched her uniform. She didn’t want

said.

and brought out a black marker. She searched all the

She stood up and faced the class. “After the count of

immediately got up and pointed at

mustn’t lay false

we saw him. Right, everyone?” he asked

we saw him writing in that book with that black permanent Marker he is

looked at Valen with a frown. Ever since he came into this class, the boy had been finding ways to get suspended, which is why she can’t

“Valen?” she called.

hand. He pulled her sleeve up and wrote with the marker on