The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 35

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Episode 35

 

I shook my head with a bright smile.

 

At this, Junho’s eyes wavered, and the corners of his eyebrows drooped.

 

“That’s right, Father isn’t Chaea’s biological father. Even though Older Sister Saebyeol entrusted her to me… Maybe Chaea wants to see her real father too, but like this…”

 

“No. I don’t want to see him!”

 

“But, Chaea…”

 

“Whether he’s my biological father or not, that doesn’t matter!”

 

Junho stared at me blankly for a moment as I declared this loudly. But soon he looked anxious and argued back.

 

“But people will…”

 

“Father is just Father.”

 

Junho, who had been worried that I might be looked down upon or hurt if others found out that my biological mother was dead and I had no biological father, seemed a bit flustered by my very confident attitude.

 

“…Are you really okay with this?”

 

“Yes, of course. What about Father…”

 

I raised my hand and cupped Junho’s cold cheek.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

At this, his eyes widened.

 

Moments I had shared with Junho flashed through my mind. The sight of Junho falling asleep with patches all over his shoulders after doing hard factory work.

 

He became an actor, but Father hasn’t changed one bit from back then.

 

A frustratingly gentle and kind person. Saebyeol must have entrusted me to him with peace of mind because she knew Junho was this kind of person.

 

“Yeah, I’m okay…”

 

Junho pressed his forehead against my small shoulder as he spoke.

 

“…I’m okay thanks to Chaea…”

 

* * *

 

“Isn’t he really amazing?”

 

I glanced at Junho, who was absorbed in watching television.

 

A male actor on the CRT screen was showing off flashy action moves.

 

A sculptured, distinctly handsome face, with an agile body and stable voice projection.

 

‘That’s Ji Min-hyeok.’

 

Ji Min-hyeok, the leader of the legendary first-generation idol group MIX, became an all-around entertainer in the entertainment industry after his excellent acting skills were recognized.

 

Before I possessed Gu Chaea’s body, he even became the president of a major agency leading the Korean Wave.

 

“How can he be so good at everything? He’s handsome, sings well, and even acts.”

 

Was he the same age as Junho?

 

I patted Junho’s shoulder encouragingly with my small hand.

 

“Father is good too!”

 

“But…”

 

Ji Min-hyeok on screen shook off his pursuers, caught his breath, and loaded his pistol.

 

“That man is already famous as a singer, so he must have had lots of expensive acting teachers. But Father acts well even without acting teachers!”

 

At times like this, a confidence boost is needed.

 

“So Father is the best!”

 

At my encouragement, Junho, who had been dejected, scratched his head.

 

“I should be the one comforting you, but I always seem to be receiving comfort from Chaea. It’s embarrassing…”

 

“Then make me rolled egg for dinner.”

 

At this, Junho grinned and replied.

 

“Should I? I’ll fry some pink sausages too. Oh, how about omelet rice instead?”

 

“Yeah. I’d like that.”

 

When Junho, who had been discouraged by Ji Min-hyeok’s flashy acting, regained some confidence and went off excitedly to make omelet rice,

 

‘Money.’

 

Noah, hearing my call, came running over panting.

 

I casually looked up to check my stock account balance.

 

‘Hmm, 630 million.’

 

As a reward for greatly exceeding the Main Quest score, my assets had increased by as much as three times.

 

While hundreds of millions is originally a significant and large amount, the same money had even higher value in the 1990s.

 

This was enough money to afford apartments in Apgujeong-dong that cost tens of billions in the era I used to live in!

 

‘Right, it’s an incredibly large sum for a five-year-old to have.’

 

With this, I could escape this old rooftop apartment and let Junho live luxuriously,

 

‘But not yet.’

 

Because a new Main Quest had immediately appeared.

 

‘And a very deadly one at that.’

 

[Main Quest: Dream of a Millionaire. Increase your assets to over 1 billion within this year.]

 

[Reward: Noah 3rd stage > 4th stage upgrade]

 

[Reward 2: NASDAQ Composite Index chart for the next 3 years]

 

[Upon failure: Account balance reset]

 

※Even if you transfer assets to another person’s account to avoid risk, the balance will be reset and disappear.

 

* * *

 

“Oh my, Junho! I was really moved. I’ll take even better care of Chaea, so don’t worry and do well with your filming.”

 

With warmth in his heart from the landlady’s kindness—patting his shoulder and even packing side dishes for him—Junho arrived at the 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 film set for work.

 

Junho took a deep breath and entered.

 

This was his first filming since appearing on 【Truth Talkbox】.

 

The gazes of the PD and staff who were preparing for filming all focused on Junho at once.

 

Junho stopped and bowed deeply to everyone.

 

“I’m sorry, everyone!”

 

Soon, silence fell over the set, and within that silence, Junho’s strong voice rang out again.

 

“I’ll work even harder to make up for the trouble I caused…”

 

Before he could finish speaking, everyone rushed toward Gu Junho without exception.

 

“What’s there to be sorry about!”

 

“Oh, really. Junho!”

 

“How can there be such a person!”

 

Their voices contained reproach, but it wasn’t reproach toward Gu Junho—it was reproach toward themselves.

 

Reproach for not knowing he was such a decent and wonderful young man, and for not comforting him enough when he was struggling.

 

“You should have said something. We didn’t even know…”

 

“Oh my… How difficult and unfair it must have been!”

 

The PD standing in front of Junho even had tears welling up in his eyes.

 

“But I’m really hurt.”

 

“PD…”

 

“You could have told me at least. If you had… I could have treated you better.”

 

“No. Just having you believe in me like that gave me tremendous strength.”

 

He wiped away the tears that had welled up and gripped Junho’s shoulder tightly.

 

People’s gazes were incredibly warm and everyone encouraged Junho. Even so, thoughts of Chaea lingered in one corner of his heart.

 

‘Will she really be okay…’

 

She ended up receiving attention because of the Talkbox appearance, so what if she gets teased…

 

“Gu Junho!!!”

 

While lost in thought for a moment, a booming voice came from the entrance.

 

When he turned his head, he saw Oh Young-il with a halo around him.

 

“You rascal! I believed in you!”

 

Seeing the smile filling his face, a smile also formed on Junho’s lips.

 

“Senior!”

 

* * *

 

Hmm… I rested my chin on my hand and fell into deep thought.

 

A deadly risk appearing in the Main Quest.

 

And account balance reset at that.

 

“You don’t have a mom, right?”

 

I was blankly thinking about the Quest when some boy suddenly approached and said this to me.

 

He was a handsome kid who was particularly loud in class, with a slim build and wearing brand-name clothes that were rare to see at Somang Preschool.

 

I raised my gaze and met eyes with the boy.

 

‘Was this kid’s name Ju Yeong-min?’

 

“So what?”

 

When I answered while rolling my eyes, the corners of the kid’s mouth went up.

 

Well, everyone knew that I was Junho’s daughter who appeared on 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, so I had expected this level of teasing.

 

Just because they were five years old didn’t mean the kids were completely innocent.

 

I remembered the children’s questions asking what my dad did for work when I went to the entrance exam at Edinburgh Kindergarten.

 

“Not having a mom isn’t such a big deal…”

 

“…Me too.”

 

But I was startled by the words that flowed from the kid’s mouth next.

 

“…Huh?”

 

“Let’s get along well.”

 

“I don’t have a mom either.”

 

‘…What?’

 

Come to think of it, this place, Somang Preschool…

 

It was said that it started by taking in orphans during the Korean War.

 

Even during this time when echo boom generation children were entering preschool, it was an unpopular preschool that recorded under-enrollment without any competition.

 

‘So not having a mom here… doesn’t even count as being special?’

 

A chuckle escaped me.

 

“Should we play dominoes?”

 

“No, it’s okay.”

 

“Tch, you never play with me.”

 

The kid called Yeongmin grumbled sulkily and then turned around sharply. His back view, swaying as if showing he was upset, was quite cute.

 

If I told Junho about what happened here today, wouldn’t Junho feel a bit more at ease too?

 

Another child approached Yeongmin and spoke to him.

 

“Want to play with me? But I like playing with blocks better.”

 

“I like the slide.”

 

“Oh, I don’t have a dad.”

 

The language system and thought process of five-year-olds was just this disorganized.

 

Anyway, I was stretching with a much more comfortable feeling when Hee-jae, who was looking at me, suddenly came into view.

 

“…”

 

That child’s eyes, which had always been coldly sunken, seemed even deeper today in an unreadable way.

 

What was he thinking? With that thought, I whispered softly.

 

“Inner thoughts mode.”

 

At the same time, a blue window appeared above Hee-jae’s face.

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