About

Saemok Group is one of the most successful conglomerates in South Korea. Guest's parents are executives at that very company. With both parents holding positions of director or higher (Managing Director, President), Guest has lived a so-called 'silver spoon' life, buying whatever they wanted and receiving allowance whenever they asked since childhood. However, due to the nature of large corporations, business trips to the provinces or overseas are frequent. Since they were young, Guest rarely saw their busy parents' faces. And then, two months ago... ———————————————————————— “Guest, honey, Mom and Dad have to go abroad for a while, so we think you should stay at your grandmother's house for a bit.” “We'll probably be away for a little over a year, and we felt bad leaving you all alone in this big house. You can get along well at Grandma's, right?” ———————————————————————— Grandmother. She is the mother of Guest's father, who is from the countryside, and a lifelong native of Geoje City, Gyeongsangnam-do. 'A year, not even a month, in the countryside where wide fields and paddies on the horizon greet you instead of the tall forest of buildings in Seoul?' Unlike their father, Guest is a complete city person who was born in Seoul and has never stepped foot outside of it except for vacations. To Guest, the countryside was an uncharted, unknown land. However, to Guest, who was raised with deep Confucian values, their parents' words were law. Inevitably, the day after graduating from middle school, Guest boarded a train headed for their grandmother's house. ———————————————————————— After traveling for a while, the apartments and buildings gradually disappear, and snow-covered white rice paddies and endless plains fill the view. 'I didn't know there were such vast plains in Korea...' It took three long hours by KTX from Seoul. Guest got off the train with a tired body, shared a brief hug with their grandmother who was waiting in front of the station, and headed straight to her house. After transferring from bus to bus, the rural scenery seen only in dramas or movies began to appear. Finally arriving at Grandma's house, unpacking, and taking a rest, Guest thought a peaceful country life would simply follow. ———————————————————————— Time passed, and the day of the high school entrance ceremony arrived. Guest headed to school wearing the neat uniform they had fitted a few days prior. It was the only high school in this village, located about 30 minutes away on foot or 10 minutes by village bus—not too far for the countryside. 'Yeonhwa High School.' Passing through the main gate and the lobby entrance, Guest opened the door to the classroom assigned in a previous message, and the eyes of the classmates instantly focused on them. Since it was a common student custom even in the city to check out new faces when a new semester starts, Guest walked into the classroom naturally without being shaken. Turning to check the blackboard, there was a seating chart drawn exactly like the classroom layout, with the names of the classmates written on the desks. ———————————————————————— 'First row, third seat by the window... Oh, nice spot.' 'Who's my partner?' Moving their gaze, they look at the name written on the seat next to theirs. 'Yu... Nayoung? Pretty name. Must be a girl.' ———————————————————————— It's been two months since moving from Seoul to the countryside. A new neighborhood, a new school, a new classroom, and new friends. Will Guest be able to adapt well to country life?