Special child

Inside the dark study, Ji-ho Kim held out his test paper to Jin-seok Lee as if he were embarrassed.

“210 points out of 500… You twisted all the questions together…”

“I’m embarrassed…”

Lee Jin-seok sat down in his seat and slowly read the test paper handed out by Kim Ji-ho.

“Hey… look at the problem… this was made by an 8-year-old?”

“Brother… To be honest, I was scared when Siyoon was grading…”

Lee Jin-seok nodded, remembering Si-yoon coming to question him.

“Every time I asked if it was correct… he told me to read the printed page he gave me and what line it was… I was really scared.”

Lee Jin-seok flinches at Kim Ji-ho’s words, perhaps imagining it for a moment.

“10,000 won per point…?”

“Yes, I asked him why he needed the money. He said it would make me motivated…”

“Hmm… an 8-year-old is asking for 2.9 million won as pocket money… I wonder how much he will spend on this when he grows up…”

Kim Ji-ho looked at his daughter with a curious expression as to what she was using it for.

“Which one?”

“If you listen, I told you, are you confident that you won’t get caught by Siyoon?”

“…no.”

“Then… don’t listen.”

“yes…”

After reaching an agreement with my dad, I played the game he had decided on.

After downloading the calling program, I started talking to Park Ji-hoon.

-“No, brother, what… are you playing this cute game?”

“This is best.”

-“Ah… There are so many games these days, what is an RPG?”

“Haa… They say it’s absolutely not allowed except for all users, so what do I do? I can’t even use my resident registration number, man!”

-“My dad did everything for me…”

I took a moment to check if my dad was home and said,

“Are you bragging about being ten kids?”

-“Kitchen”

My character on screen was hitting a snail.

-“Wow… Our tigers are all dead… They’re hitting the snail with some kind of club.”

The tigers were the action group of Taebaek, that is, we were called.

“The goal is to be first.”

-“Looking at the video, there are people staying up all night?”

“…Then I guess I’ll have to stay up all night too…”

-“And if you get caught, they say you can’t do it for a week.”

“I… am not afraid.”

-“I’m not joining in?”

“You pathetic bastard.”

While I was hunting for a while, a notice came out telling me to change jobs.

‘What is your previous job?’

A character who speaks with fancy animation.

‘Hmm… That’s too childish?’

Suddenly, a spectacular action scene and an incredible setting appeared.

‘Oh oh…’

I nodded and looked at the video that was playing now.

“I end up making my character stronger than that guy.”

I started thinking about what I had studied about this game.

‘The capital required is 100,000…’

I immediately entered the payment window and clicked 100,000 won, and it asked me to enter a verification number.

Dad left his cell phone behind.

I quickly entered my dad’s social security number and made the payment via cell phone.

‘I’m afraid of the aftermath… but I can’t help it.’

I entered the trading market and started memorizing all the prices of items to make the most efficient investment.

After a long time, Park Ji-hoon spoke.

-“Brother, are you still level 30?”

“To improve specs…”

-“…..older brother?”

“I… I’m not backing down.”

An 8-year-old sitting in front of the computer with red eyes… he was showing an expression that would make his father freak out.

I was lying down during school classes.

I can still hear the sound of people talking behind my back, and the kids glanced at me.

‘You’ve been good friends since you were young, so what do you want to become when you grow up… No, in Korea, if you grow up like that, you might be successful…?’

Jihoon Park said as he drew a picture, thinking that they were still children.

“You invested a lot in the game, what happened?”

“Be quite…”

“…? How much did you earn?”

“I suffered a loss.”

“…..”

“10,000 won left…”

“Kitchen? Hardman is a genius.”

When I looked at Park Ji-hoon with murder in my eyes, he quickly took a defensive stance.

“It’s harder than I thought… I’ll try 100,000 won again today…”

“…Do you just buy the items yourself?”

“…There is a limit to how much can be charged per day.”

“Wow… you’re not saying you won’t do it…”

“Come in today too, I’ll show you an example…”

My homeroom teacher, who was writing down addition problems in front of me, called out to me.

“Kim Si-yoon! Someone told me to talk in class!”

I glanced at Park Ji-hoon with an expression of injustice on the world’s face.

“Park Jihoon! Stay outside!”

“Huh?! Suddenly?”

“Uh-huh!”

Park Ji-hoon looking at me.

“…..”

As if I had never made a fuss, I just sat there proudly, like a doll, reading a book.

Beta was sitting next to me.

There was something I had been feeling for a while while watching Alpha and Beta.

It was a strange size for the Beta and Alpha although Dad said it was a Norwegian Forest Cat.

It started to grow bigger and bigger, and now it is big enough to be compared to me.

“dad.”

“huh?”

“Are these Norwegian forest cats?”

“Um… I heard that from Aunt Ji-eun…”

Alpha and Beta were lying down, and their size was similar to mine.

“Isn’t this a lion?”

“…..for a moment.”

My dad called for a moment and sent me a picture of me, Alpha, and Beta.

I brushed the betta’s stomach with a brush.

“Huh… aren’t you guys too big?”

The cats quietly let themselves go as I brushed their fur.

My dad had a serious conversation and then hung up.

“It’s a Maine Coon?“

“Maine Coon?”

The cat walking harness that I initially bought for the purpose of walking became too small, so I had to buy a new one.

“hand.”

Betta puts her hand on my small palm.

I lightly petted the betta.

As time passed, I was playing the Maple Leaf game and my dad called.

“Si-yoon.”

“huh.”

“Eat food.”

After turning on the computer at my dad’s call, I headed to the living room.

The side dishes on the table were mostly dishes made by my grandmother.

“thank you for this food.”

Dad watched me eating.

When I looked at my father with a puzzled look, my father said,

“Si-yoon.”

“huh?”

“Why did 300,000 won disappear from my father’s bank account?”

I felt dizzy while eating because of my father’s questioning question.

“…Kuhm… Did you feel better? I’m a little full today, I ate well…”

“Hey! Kim Si-yoon!”

“…sorry.”

Dad touched his forehead and asked seriously.

“Haa… Dad, am I raising my daughter wrong?”

“No? I’m quite happy and growing up well~”

When I answered awkwardly, my father narrowed his eyes and looked at me.

“…stealing dad’s money?”

“Wow… I can’t believe you stole it from my daughter…”

I made my most pitiful expression, and my father looked at me silently with a pitiful look in his eyes.

“…..”

“I’m sorry, subtract 300,000 won from my bank account of 2.9 million won! No, I feel like it! Deduct 600,000 won.

It may seem like an odd thing to say to a father who has a lot of money, but 600,000 won was a lot of money to me, so it was a huge act of kindness.

“Si-yoon.”

“…huh?”

“If you want to eat some raw food, go down to the first floor and buy 3 zucchini, 2 avocados, and soy sauce.”

“…..”

“The errand costs 1,000 won.”

“…father?”

Dad saw my reaction and smiled.

“Fill up 300,000 won with 1,000 won each, and buy it after you finish eating~ My daughter.”

I spoke seriously while looking at my father.

“…1,000 won is a lot… How did you go 300 times?”

“Then how much is better?”

“…Let’s agree to 3,000 won.”

“1,500 won.”

“….. 2… Ha. I understand…”

After eating, I dressed roughly.

A supermarket on the second floor of an apartment welfare facility.

As I was walking around running errands, I met the woman who breastfed me when my father was a babysitter.

“Oh my! Did Siyun come out to run an errand?”

“yes~”

“This is my first time seeing Siyoon walking around alone~”

“Ha… This is my first time too. My dad is following me from behind, but I’m pretending not to notice.”

“…?”

The lady made eye contact with the father, but the father was making a ‘shh’ gesture with his finger from afar.

My dad is rapidly becoming shabby and feels embarrassed to show off.

“ha…”

I picked up the shopping cart and chose an avocado.

And the kid who made eye contact with me.

A kid who is taller than me is dumbfounded and suddenly approaches me.

“hi.”

“Okay, nice to meet you.”

“You are so pretty…”

“Okay, thank you.”

When I stretched out my arm to grab the zucchini, I couldn’t reach it.

The little boy who was watching this grabbed the zucchini and handed it to him.

“Two more.”

“huh…”

The little boy was struggling to pull out the zucchini, looked around, looked embarrassed, and handed it to me.

“Yes, thank you. For your hard work.”

“I…”

A kid called out to me, and I tried to ignore him, but then I looked at him.

“i like you!”

I knew it…

As I entered elementary school, more and more kids confessed to me.

“Okay, thank you.”

“…buy…”

I thought he was trying to say something he shouldn’t, so I drew a line.

“Until there.”

I moved my short legs to buy soy sauce.

There was a little boy following me, and his father was hiding behind him.

My father probably said he was hiding, but I was able to tell his location due to the gaze of those around me.

The basket became heavy after adding soy sauce. I told the kid who was following me.

“listen.”

“huh.”

As I headed to the checkout counter, a large woman wearing luxury goods appeared.

“Son, what are you doing?”

“Yes?”

I greeted the little boy’s mother quickly and lightly so as not to make the situation seem strange.

“Ma’am, hello.”

The lady gave a pretentious, faint smile and nodded when I greeted her warmly.

“So… who are you?”

“My name is Si-yoon, Kim Ji-ho’s daughter.”

“Oh! That’s right, I saw it on TV.”

“yes~”

But the lady’s eyes were fixed on her son.

“But… why is my son carrying your luggage?”

“Ah! I’m so grateful that you agreed to listen!”

The little boy looked at his mother’s eyes at my words.

I finished it quickly, thinking that if I waited, it would only get more difficult.

“Thank you for listening~ Your son is a good boy!”

“…He’s older than Siyoon…”

“Ah! I see. Bye then. Goodbye, brother.”

I took out the card my dad gave me, paid the bill, and left the counter.

A little boy waving at me as I quickly left.

“”…..””

While waiting for the elevator, I looked straight ahead and spoke.

“Dad, will you stop coming out now?”

“…..”

“I knew you were following me from the moment I left, right? I’m going to get caught if I go home anyway.”

“…huh.”

I saw my father looking shabby.

I was in a hurry to catch up, so I was in my pajamas.

“I decided to go to the swimming pool with Dayeon, come quickly.”

“huh…”

“Why did you order it when you were worried?”

“…To see if I’m good at it?”

Dad and I boarded the elevator that arrived.

“Aren’t you going to listen?”

Because of my words, Dad quickly lifted the luggage I was carrying.

“…..”

The elevator became quiet.

“Lift me up.”

“oh.”

Dad held me in his arms.

As I went to elementary school, I grew taller.

However, it was smaller than others, so it was still big enough for my dad to carry.

“This reminds me of the old days~”

“…you know you’re 8 years old, right?”

“Then… this reminds me of a time about half my life ago… when I was 15 years old.”

“…Yeah… It was a long time ago…”

I said, looking at my dad’s forearm that was the size of my body.

“Dad, do you know you’re getting bigger these days?”

My dad changed his mind, wondering if he wanted to brag about doing hard exercise or if he wanted to hear me say I was cool.

“Have you gained weight?”

“huh.”

“Really? Have you been exercising lately…? Did you gain weight, Dad?”

Suddenly, my arm became stiff due to my father putting strength on it, and I looked at him with an unpleasant expression.

“What are you doing?”

“sorry…”

Dad came to the door holding a basket in one hand and me in the other.

“…Siyoon, can you please enter the password?”

“Ha… I have to take my shoes off at the entrance anyway, so why don’t you put them down?”

Dad shook his head like a child. I looked at him for a while, then gave up and uncomfortably entered the house password in his arms.