Snow and Ice || 태국

Life Coach

Taehyung fell into a deep sleep after going back to bed. When he woke again, he discovered that Nayeon has been up for some time. The smell of soy milk and youtiao wafted through the room.

"Why are you up so early?" Sprawled across his bed, Taehyung peered at Nayeon.

"I'm in a great mood!" Nayeon raised her arm and passed a bag of youtiao to her. "Breakfast?"

Taehyung took one from the bag and immediately took a bite. Without chewing it first, he asked Nayeon, "What made you so happy?"

"Earlier in the morning, that girl named Kim Dasom WeChat transferred me 50 won. She even said that she wants to reserve future chances to deliver Jungkook's breakfast. This is way too entertaining."

Taehyung was a little surprised. "Jungkook believed it? He didn't say anything?"

"Nope."

"Hmm, looks like he's not on guard. We can continue to auction opportunities to deliver him breakfast then. We won't stop till Jungkook yells us to."

......

Taehyung did not have a class that afternoon. Nayeon wanted to work during this free period and was unable to hang out with her. Bored, Taehyung followed her to the ice rink.

He needed to make the most of his free ice skating perk. After all, this was a benefit that he "sold" himself for.

Being an ice rink crew member was physically demanding work that required one to practically spend all time on ice. For those like Nayeon who did not know how to skate, they would first be trained on how to do so. However, after taking one look at how frail and fragile Nayeon was, the manager assigned her to look after the equipment rental instead.

Nayeon was puzzled and asked Taehyung, "Say, why do you think I got selected when I'm not the best person for this job? Wasn't there supposed to be intense competition over it?"

She and Eunwoo were still in the dark that they were selected due to their friendship with Taehyung.

Taehyung threw out his best guess. "Maybe it's because you're pretty."

Nayeon believed him.

The ice rink they were at was located in the east wing of the indoor ice stadium. RCU's indoor ice stadium was separated into two wings. The east wing held the main stadium with the biggest ice rink. It could seat more than 1,000 spectators and be capable of hosting competitions. On days without any special events, the ice rink was open to the public with the earnings used to maintain its daily operations. It was said that in the past, the RCU Ice Stadium was consecutively in the red. However, ever since ice stadium's management was taken over by Dauntless Dragon Club, its financial reports had drastically improved.

RCU's partnership with Dauntless Dragon Club did not stop there.

RCU's ice sports teams consisted of the short track speed skating team, the figure skating team, and the ice hockey team. The ice hockey team was the last to be established and had the worst achievement of the lot. It did not manage to attain many even numerous years after establishment. Without solid achievements, funding was tight. To make things worse, ice hockey was a sport that required massive funds to sustain... Gradually, the ice hockey team had difficulties operating and fell into shambles.

RCU could only resort to the unorthodox method of sustaining the ice hockey team with a school-business hybrid operational model.

This partnership was in the works for over a year. Originally, both parties haggled extensively over the potential benefits and were unable to come to a consensus. The partnership almost collapsed.