A Musical Genius Who Plays Memories - Chapter 77

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Chapter 77. Dream (5)

 

Her answer left me momentarily stunned.

 

It was a completely unexpected response.

 

‘Wait, then what about all those guitars in that studio!’

 

I recalled Aunt’s studio again.

 

Nothing made sense anymore.

 

I asked with a faint hope.

 

“Aunt…”

 

“Yeah?”

 

“You didn’t spend all your earnings on guitars, did you…?”

 

“Ah~!”

 

Aunt Sujin opened her mouth wide in response to my words.

 

It seemed my guess was wrong.

 

Of course.

 

Who would spend all their money on guitars?

 

“Only half.”

 

“…”

 

“You need instruments to make music. And you can always sell instruments later.”

 

Oh…

 

I decided not to react at all.

 

Aunt must have her own reasoning.

 

“But why can’t you make money? You’re good at music, Aunt!”

 

“How should I explain this properly.”

 

Aunt straightened her back and tapped the desk with her fingers.

 

I felt a little grateful that she seemed to be thinking about how to explain it so I could understand.

 

‘You could just tell me directly.’

 

Come to think of it, I rarely remembered seeing Aunt worry about anything.

 

Except when talking about music and me.

 

Usually such a straightforward and playful person becoming this serious made her look a bit cool.

 

Is this what they call unexpected charm?

 

“Look, look.”

 

Aunt said that while typing on the keyboard, soon launching some program.

 

It was a paint program where you could draw on a white background.

 

Aunt moved the mouse and started drawing something.

 

“There’s a bear here.”

 

There was a cute bear with brown fur and round ears.

 

One day that bear found a beehive and shared it with other bears.

 

Everyone cheered, and the bear became a bear that hunted beehives at a professional level.

 

“Then it met another bear. Another bear that hunted beehives.”

 

But the brown bear’s hunting skills were far too excellent.

 

It was embarrassing to even compare with other bears.

 

So the brown bear ended up alone.

 

‘So there were other people who were jealous of Aunt’s skills?’

 

It seemed like they limited Aunt’s income or interfered with her work.

 

Now and in the past.

 

There were too many people with low standards.

 

To be jealous of others and interfere with them just because their own skills weren’t good enough.

 

“This is Aunt’s story.”

 

“Right. But it’s okay. My brother helped me.”

 

“Brother? Ah, you mean Uncle Sooyeol, right?”

 

“Right. It’s a company we both belong to.”

 

Mentioning the company reminded me of what Hwang Su-yeol had said before.

 

About wanting to nurture me.

 

I still had no intention of belonging anywhere.

 

Unless something major happened.

 

“A lot happened there.”

 

“Isn’t it hard?”

 

“Heeseong is so mature. Even saying things like that.”

 

Aunt Sujin gently stroked my head.

 

At that caring touch, I couldn’t help but smile broadly.

 

“Aunt is fine. I’m glad I’m not involved with those kinds of people.”

 

I could relate to Aunt’s words.

 

She had experienced something similar to me.

 

An experience so painful it made you want to cry.

 

I stared at her intently.

 

‘How did she overcome it?’

 

I still haven’t escaped from it.

 

I wanted to ask, but I couldn’t easily talk about long-held worries.

 

This concern was something I had to carry for a long time.

 

“Even if I can’t make money, Aunt is doing the music she wants to do. There have been times when making music was hard, but I’ve never disliked it.”

 

I had seen Aunt struggling before.

 

That song she made impulsively.

 

I remembered that song where she had to navigate through a forest without signposts to see the sun.

 

‘Haha…’

 

I could finally understand her meaning.

 

At the same time, I could get a hint.

 

I couldn’t help but smile at the unexpected help.

 

“Thank you, Aunt.”

 

“Huh? For what?”

 

I didn’t bother to explain the reason.

 

I just smiled quietly.

 

While listening to the song Aunt and I made together.

 

***

 

Crunch.

 

Late at night, Yoon Young-hoon and Hwang Su-jin were drinking beer with peanuts as snacks.

 

Hwang Su-jin was washing away all the fatigue accumulated from working without sleep with cold beer.

 

“How did you hurt your leg?”

 

“…Something like that happened.”

 

“Huh? Okay then. Was there any special news?”

 

“News? News, you say…”

 

Shin Ji-eun and Heeseong had already fallen asleep, and the two people who liked alcohol were clinking beer cans.

 

Meanwhile, Hwang Su-jin had been so absorbed in work that she hadn’t heard any outside news.

 

So she was asking Yoon Young-hoon.

 

“Hmm, I’m not sure. Ah, by the way, sis, have you seen this?”

 

Yoon Young-hoon showed his phone screen to Hwang Su-jin.

 

“StarPeople? What kind of video is this… hm?”

 

Hwang Su-jin, who was about to dismiss it casually, fixed her gaze on the phone.

 

The content of the video was quite surprising.

 

Shin Ji-eun singing and a man playing guitar.

 

Recognizing that the man was Shin Ji-eun’s colleague, Hwang Su-jin showed a slightly surprised expression.

 

But what was even more surprising were the two children playing the piano.

 

Their faces covered with cute emoticons added to the mystery.

 

She could tell instinctively.

 

“This… is this Heeseong?”

 

“That’s right. And next to him is Aeyeon, Heeseong’s friend. Cute, right? Don’t you think so?”

 

“Ah…”

 

As Hwang Su-jin listened to Yoon Young-hoon’s explanation, sweat began to pour down her face.

 

Unpleasant thoughts pierced through her mind.

 

Having experienced it firsthand, vivid memories began to surface one by one.

 

“There are already over 1,000 likes?”

 

“What…? Wait, let me see!”

 

“Huh? Whoa!”

 

She hastily snatched Yoon Young-hoon’s phone.

 

Then she opened the comment section.

 

It was with a sense of dread, hoping against hope.

 

It was something she didn’t want to happen.

 

– Ahhhhh!! They’re so cute I could die!!

 

– Where is this place? I’d like to visit. The atmosphere looks nice.

 

– Why post when they can’t even play? Tsk.

 

It was a series of pointless comments.

 

Among them was a comment insulting her nephew, which made her momentarily angry, but she ignored it.

 

Hurriedly hoping the person she was looking for wouldn’t be there, her fingers moved busily.

 

– Impressive.

 

There was a comment posted.

 

“Oh, no…!”

 

The name of the person who posted the comment was written there.

 

Kim Eon-seung.

 

A person from the company she used to work for, now too painful to even think about, and a past bad connection had commented.

 

Those five unremarkable characters somehow felt frightening.

 

The strength drained from her hand holding the phone.

 

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

 

Yoon Young-hoon looked at Hwang Su-jin with worried eyes.

 

It was the first time he had seen her collapse like this.

 

“Ah… I’m fine.”

 

“Are you really okay? If it’s hard, stay and sleep. I can sleep on the sofa.”

 

“No… Go inside and sleep. I’ll drink alone and sleep on the sofa.”

 

“…Alright. Don’t drink too late.”

 

“I’ll clean up. Go inside.”

 

Yoon Young-hoon was worried about Hwang Su-jin, but since there was nothing else he could do, he just nodded.

 

So he didn’t say much and stepped aside.

 

Ten minutes after Yoon Young-hoon washed up and went into his room.

 

“Sigh…”

 

Hwang Su-jin stared blankly at the phone placed on the dining table.

 

‘Would it… be okay to do this?’

 

If it was the person she knew, they would naturally accept her contact.

 

As if they didn’t care about past incidents.

 

But she wasn’t like that.

 

Every time she saw the name written on the screen, her heart ached.

 

Eon-seung.

 

Nevertheless, she had to do it.

 

“Phew…!”

 

Hwang Su-jin took a deep breath and then moved her finger.

 

The phone rang.

 

It was a song she had composed.

 

‘He didn’t even change it.’

 

Hwang Su-jin couldn’t help but chuckle.

 

Three seconds later.

 

-Hello?

 

She heard the other person’s voice.

 

It was distorted and hard to hear compared to his original voice.

 

At this phone call after so long, Hwang Su-jin bit her lip hard.

 

“I have something… to ask.”

 

-What is it?

 

He could have questioned why she called, but the other person didn’t.

 

It was as natural as if they had been in regular contact.

 

Thanks to that, Hwang Su-jin found herself unconsciously relaxing.

 

“I saw the comment you posted.”

 

– Comment? You mean the video of those kids playing piano?

 

“That’s right.”

 

– What about it?

 

At Kim Eon-seung’s question, Hwang Su-jin took a breath for a moment.

 

It seemed like it would be a somewhat heavy conversation.

 

“It’s Heeseong.”

 

– …That child I saw last time?

 

“That’s right.”

 

– …I think I know what you’re thinking.

 

This time Kim Eon-seung took a breath.

 

Having realized Hwang Su-jin’s intention, his heart couldn’t help but feel heavy too.

 

A brief silence fell between the two.

 

Kim Eon-seung was the first to break that silence.

 

– Don’t worry. That’s a sub-account.

 

“Sub-account…?”

 

– That’s right. It’s a comment I wrote purely from my heart, with no connection to the company.

 

“Ha, haha. What… I was worrying about nothing…?”

 

Hwang Su-jin laughed in bewilderment.

 

She found herself a bit amusing for being afraid that the same thing as in the past would happen.

 

Kim Eon-seung was quiet for a moment.

 

Because he understood his former colleague’s feelings.

 

“Sorry for wasting your time on something pointless.”

 

– Not at all. Oh, by any chance, what about the competition? Have you thought about it?

 

“I finished it.”

 

– I… huh?

 

At the words that she had finished it, Kim Eon-seung’s voice went up an octave.

 

It was a completely unexpected answer, so his thoughts stopped for about three seconds.

 

The person who had refused to participate in the competition at their last meeting suddenly said she had completed a piece, so he didn’t know what to say.

 

In that gap, Hwang Su-jin spoke.

 

“Heeseong and I made it together. Actually, I barely did anything, Heeseong did it all.”

 

– That small child made it all…?

 

“That’s right.”

 

– If what you just said is true, you shouldn’t have told me that fact.

 

Kim Eon-seung was right.

 

How shocked would people be if they knew a 5-year-old child had composed this?

 

Even Hwang Su-jin herself was amazed, so if Lumos, who had gone crazy searching for talented gems, found out about this.

 

“I trust you.”

 

– …On what grounds?

 

“Because you helped me that day. You helped me leave the company.”

 

– Haha…. You know me too well.

 

It felt like going back to the past for a moment, which made him a little happy.

 

‘We used to have such enjoyable conversations, so how did it end up like this?’

 

Kim Eon-seung had such thoughts before coming to his senses.

 

Hwang Su-jin was a precious colleague to him.

 

Not now, but he still harbored such feelings.

 

That’s why he could readily say it.

 

– You won’t put the child’s name on the competition, right?

 

“Of course not. There’s no way I’d put his name on it.”

 

– Good job. There’s no need to expose that child to our company.

 

“I’d like to put Heeseong’s name on it too if I could.”

 

– I understand that feeling. But I think it’s better to hold back for now. It’s better than getting caught by those crazy people.

 

“Right.”

 

And so their conversation was coming to an end.

 

– One last thing I want to tell you.

 

“What?”

 

– Lumos hasn’t given up yet.

 

“….”

 

– They’ve already secured one person under the name of talent.

 

“I don’t want to get involved, but since it’s what Heeseong wants. I have no choice.”

 

– You’ve changed a lot too.

 

“People are meant to change.”

 

And so their conversation came to an end.

 

Hwang Su-jin looked at her phone that was only showing a black screen.

 

She had many thoughts about matters related to Heeseong.

 

‘Lumos….’

 

That ill-fated relationship seemed like it would never be severed.

 

No matter what happened.

 

“Still, since I made it, I should submit it.”

 

The copyright of the song belonged to her.

 

Even though Lumos were crazy bastards, they wouldn’t steal the copyright of a song.

 

Hwang Su-jin got up and headed to Yoon Young-hoon’s work studio.

 

And she started up the computer that had no password and opened her email.

 

‘…It’ll be okay.’

 

Anxiety grabbed her wrist, but she didn’t stop.

 

She was no longer the weak person she used to be.

 

No matter what happened, she would protect Heeseong.

 

‘And Heeseong will do well.’

 

He was young now, but when he grew up, he would be able to do anything.

 

Because she felt an inexplicable energy from the child.

 

She decided to trust that feeling that was both mature and mysterious.

 

Click.

 

One of Heeseong’s tasks was finally completed.

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