If I Don’t Earn 1 Trillion Won, My Regression Ends - Chapter 59

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Episode 59

“Oh my~ This sister called again!”

“Who is it?”

“Our second sister-in-law. I don’t know what she ate wrong, but since yesterday she’s been calling nonstop to bother our daughter. It’s so annoying I could die.”

“Why is she bothering Boss Bang’s daughter?”

“First she was asking whether her son would get into college or not, and now she’s asking for stock picks. How shameless!”

‘Without even paying a fortune-telling fee!’

Bang Suk-yeong swallowed her words.

Her daughter was still an amateur fortune-teller who hadn’t even received proper spiritual initiation!

Even a precious child should have some awareness about keeping secrets.

“What? Stocks? Why would she ask a kid about that? No matter how good her daughter’s intuition is supposed to be. Adults have no sense of propriety! Why don’t they just ask for lottery numbers while they’re at it!”

“R-right…”

Lottery? Who needs lottery numbers!

‘My daughter made 10 billion won in one week!’

Bang Suk-yeong, who had given birth to a genius fortune-teller through an excellent prenatal strategy, felt like her mouth was itching to death, but she held back and greeted the incoming customers.

“Welcome~ Please look around!”

The neighboring store owner who had come to visit and settled in let out a deep sigh.

“Your side really never runs out of customers. I’m so envious. If you have any secrets, please share them!”

“…”

Even this secret was something her daughter had taught her!

Originally, Bang Suk-yeong had been running a small franchise store for children’s brands.

But with her daughter’s active recommendation and persuasion, she quit the franchise and switched to individual clothing retail business, going in and out of Dongdaemun in Seoul, and that’s when it all started.

Bang Suk-yeong’s era of success…!

As sales soared, the store underwent expansion after expansion.

Starting with children’s clothing, she gradually raised the age range and was now handling adult clothing as well.

There was no store in the vicinity larger than hers.

She was popular with customers regardless of age, and this too was thanks to her daughter’s help. Because she had the foresight to lead the latest trends as if she could see into the future.

Bang Suk-yeong, who had been struggling, finally couldn’t hold back and started talking.

“You need to have a daughter. Boss. I told you. Sons are all unnecessary. Daughters are the truth. Thanks to our daughter, the whole family is harmonious, distant relatives discovered incurable diseases, people living in single-room apartments became rich overnight, and relatives and neighbors look up to us-“

It was practically a hymn of praise at the level of crossing the Pacific with tree leaves and making bombs with pine cones.

If Seosing-a had been there, she would have entered serious self-reflection wondering if she was really such a great person.

The neighboring store owner was used to this foolish child’s mother’s rambling and let it go in one ear and out the other, but not everyone was like that.

“Pfft! What’s next. Did she also master the Thousand Character Classic at two and the alphabet at four?”

“Shh, hey!”

“Why~ It’s funny! They say even hedgehogs think their own children are cute, but that lady’s exaggeration is too much.”

Huh? Bang Suk-yeong and the neighboring store owner turned around.

It was three or four women standing in front of the hanger near the counter. They appeared to be a mother and her daughters.

It was obvious provocation meant to be heard, but as a service business owner, there was no way she’d respond to a customer’s provocation.

Besides… who am I?

Bang Suk-yeong with 10 billion won in assets!

“Is there anything you need?”

When Bang Suk-yeong responded with a generous Buddha-like smile, the girl hesitated as if this wasn’t the reaction she expected.

Pushing her hesitating daughter behind her, the mother responded instead.

“We’re looking for sizes but can’t see them well. Where are they? Sorry, boss. Our niece has quite a bit of flesh on her. I keep telling her as her aunt, but she just keeps indulging her appetite.”

A mother complaining and gossiping about her daughter’s size was a common sight in clothing stores. This time it seemed to be about a niece though.

Bang Suk-yeong skillfully laughed it off and approached them.

“Oh my! Aren’t you Song Geum-sil?”

“…Do you know our niece?”

“Of course I do. She’s friends with our daughter. I haven’t seen her since the class changed, how are you doing?”

She didn’t expect to meet someone she knew here.

Song Geum-sil’s aunt, who had habitually put down her niece, quickly became uncomfortable.

‘I can roughly guess what kind of atmosphere this is.’

Bang Suk-yeong, wearing a business smile, took Song Geum-sil’s hand and led her.

“Come this way. Let’s look together with auntie. Since you’re our daughter’s close friend, auntie can give you a few outfits as gifts! Don’t worry and choose!”

“Oh, auntie, I’m fine…”

Song Geum-sil’s face turned red as a beet and looked like she would burst into tears if poked.

Bang Suk-yeong leaned toward the hanger and whispered so only Song Geum-sil could hear.

“By any chance… are your relatives bothering you? Do you need auntie’s help?”

“No! It’s not like that. It’s just, I came to a place that doesn’t suit me for no reason… I, I don’t usually come to places like this. I’m sorry.”

Although she had transferred to the city quite a while ago, Song Geum-sil still couldn’t escape from being intimidated.

“What are you talking about? Why wouldn’t you suit this place?”

“I, I…”

Song Geum-sil wrung her clothes. She was embarrassed.

Under the waiting adult’s gaze, Song Geum-sil forced herself to painfully squeeze out the words.

“There aren’t any sizes that fit me anyway…!”

“Ah.”

Bang Suk-yeong, who finally understood what she meant, quickly looked the girl over.

She was a bit fleshier than her peers.

To adult eyes, she just looked cute, but it would be different at an age when you start caring about appearance.

Song Geum-sil didn’t even look closely at the clothes Bang Suk-yeong picked for her and roughly gathered them before returning to her aunt and cousins.

Bang Suk-yeong pondered.

After thinking for a long time, she approached Song Geum-sil, bent her knees, and whispered.

“Of course we have all sizes. There’s no such thing as clothes that don’t fit you. We just can’t display multiple pieces, so we only hang up a few sizes. I’m really sorry if I made you think that way.”

“What?! No, it’s not…”

“Song Geum-sil, you use Hanmail, right?”

“What? Yes…”

“If auntie sends you a catalog- that is, photos of clothes by email, would you be able to choose comfortably then?”

Song Geum-sil looked puzzled, but once she understood what Bang Suk-yeong was explaining, her eyes soon sparkled.

“Then I’d be choosing my clothes on the computer?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“I like… I like that!”

Thanks to her regressed daughter constantly talking about the internet and stocks whenever she opened her mouth, Bang Suk-yeong had become familiar with computers much earlier than in the original timeline.

Song Geum-sil smiled brightly, unlike before.

Looking at the child’s face with worry fading away, she felt like she knew what she could do.

There were probably many girls like Song Geum-sil in the world.

In fact, since Song Geum-sil was still just a child, if it were sensitive teenage girls, it would be much more-

“Auntie! Are your daughter and her really friends?”

Song Geum-sil’s cousin, who was bothered by their whispering, suddenly approached.

“Song Geum-sil says she’s friends with the mermaid girl. She doesn’t have any other friends. So is your daughter Seosing-a or something?”

The cousin mocked excitedly.

Because there was no way that could be true!

Although two years had passed since the CF, there was no one who didn’t know about the mermaid girl who had caused a nationwide syndrome.

Even just NEU’s “Are you ready?” line had been parodied countless times on comedy shows.

Since Seosing-a was a mysterious figure who didn’t even do activities, there were countless people who falsely claimed to be her acquaintances.

Song Geum-sil had also been thoroughly mocked by her cousins for acting like a friend based solely on the fact that they were in the same class.

“That’s right. Are you a fan of my daughter?”

“…”

The cousin’s expression became strange as she looked up at Bang Suk-yeong.

“Uh, didn’t you say earlier that your daughter cures incurable diseases, makes poor people rich, mastered the Thousand Character Classic at two, and learned the alphabet at four?”

The Thousand Character Classic and alphabet weren’t Bang Suk-yeong’s words, but what she herself had spat out sarcastically, though in her bewilderment she couldn’t distinguish well.

Bang Suk-yeong, whose stubborn pride had been triggered by the thought that she couldn’t lose, didn’t deny it either. She hadn’t liked this kid since she started nitpicking earlier!

Having entered her mid-thirties, she was someone who could seriously fight even with a child!

“That’s right! Exactly! Our daughter speaks English, Chinese, French, everything. What are you going to do about it? She talks with Australians all day long!”

It wasn’t a lie, she just didn’t add that the Australian was Korean-Australian.

Moreover, Bang Suk-yeong had definitely seen with her own two eyes Seosing-a saying ‘I love you, wo ai ni, je t’aime,’ so this wasn’t a lie either!

“A-amazing…!”

Song Geum-sil, who completely believed it, exclaimed in admiration from the side.

Madam Bang Suk-yeong, who had blurted it out first, cleared her throat at the child’s pure, admiring gaze.

“…”

‘I-it’s not a lie, right? Then it’s fine… yeah…’

♧

“Daughter. You can speak English, right? Right? Since you’re already bilingual, you could quickly learn Chinese and French too, right? Right?”

…What nonsense is this precious mom spouting again?

I looked at Madam Bang Suk-yeong suspiciously and said.

“Brainwave foreign language learning device. Jade heating pad. Water purifier. Germanium bracelet. Height-increasing pills.”

“Huh?”

“Confess right now. What did you buy? A foreign language learning device? A cassette set that claims you master foreign languages while sleeping? Do you really believe that?”

This wasn’t the time to be happy about earning 10 billion won.

It felt like group project villains were stirring!

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