The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 44

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Episode 44

 

Seungcheol skillfully threw his half-burned cigarette on the ground and stamped out the flame with his foot.

 

Then he twisted his head and brought his face close to Junho. His clear eyes approached intensely, as if piercing through his soul.

 

“Pretty shell, be careful if you want to use it for long.”

 

Soon he showed a sneer-like smile and got up from his seat to walk away. Startled Junho just stared blankly at Seungcheol’s retreating figure.

 

* * *

 

Junho stayed dazed for a while before returning to the film set. The PD was having a serious conversation with someone.

 

Junho hesitated at the quite serious expression, and Yeong-il approached him.

 

“What did you talk about?”

 

“Nothing much…”

 

The lawyer named Gi Seung-cheol seemed to know Suyeon, but he hadn’t given any particular information about himself. He had suggested they talk, but after seemingly testing him, it felt like the energy had deflated.

 

Junho frowned and added,

 

“He seems like a strange person.”

 

“Well, there are many strange people among those with ink stains. By the way, looks like today’s filming will be canceled?”

 

“Why?”

 

“They say our 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 violated some broadcasting review regulations, so they’re going to discipline the PD.”

 

“What?”

 

When he shifted his gaze to the PD, he was scratching his head.

 

The man standing in front of him seemed to be shrugging his shoulders and expressing his opinion, and eventually the PD nodded with furrowed brows.

 

Soon the man left and Yeong-il and Junho approached the PD.

 

“Is it because of Suyeon’s incident?”

 

“No. It’s not that… You know that scene from the last episode. Where Lee Yeong said to Junho ‘Hey, do you want to die?’ and raised her fist with an angry expression.”

 

At the PD’s words, Yeong-il made a bewildered expression.

 

“Why is that a problem? They’re set up as siblings. It’s a setting where Junho secretly took his older sister’s cosmetics, so she wouldn’t speak nicely.”

 

“That’s what I’m saying. Anyway, they say complaints came in that the scene was violent. So a committee was held, and we’re getting disciplined.”

 

Junho, who was listening, also tilted his head with a bewildered face.

 

“For that… discipline?”

 

There were more than ten other dramas that aired much more severe violent scenes, so this was an incomprehensible action.

 

Yeong-il made a tsk sound and put his arm around Junho’s shoulder.

 

“Someone just… looked at us unfavorably.”

 

“…What?”

 

“That kind of thing happens. At least now they hold committees, but back in the 80s it was beyond words…”

 

The PD chuckled and stopped him.

 

“Ah, enough, enough. Would a young guy understand? Well, today we need to completely review the script, so filming will have to end here.”

 

The PD raised his hands and clapped to gather the attention of the staff and actors.

 

“Let’s wrap up for today. Those going to Suyeon’s funeral home, gather here.”

 

* * *

 

“Heave-ho!”

 

Teacher Noh Ji-hye, who had stuck the shovel into the dirt, was diligently digging under the tree. The other children were all gathered in small groups playing.

 

[Sub Quest: Find the broken pieces of the past]

 

[Reward: 1 Gray Key]

 

Since this main quest would take almost a year anyway, I had to work on sub or hidden quests in the meantime.

 

‘I’ve dug quite a bit in places that looked familiar, but found nothing…’

 

In the end, I had no choice but to turn everything upside down.

 

‘But that’s impossible with a child’s strength.’

 

“So, whew… put in a little more effort.”

 

“Teacher, fighting!”

 

Teacher Noh Ji-hye, who had taken photos with MIX and gotten lots of autographs thanks to me, seemed full of energy from the morning.

 

And I requested the ‘help’ I had mentioned before from Teacher Noh Ji-hye. Since I didn’t know what might come out, I originally tried to do it secretly from adults, but I couldn’t find it at all.

 

“There’s something Chaea really needs to find buried in the preschool, and I really, really want to find it.”

 

“I promised to help, so of course I should help! But where is it buried?”

 

“Well… I don’t know.”

 

The forest in the preschool was quite wide, and from a viewer’s perspective, it all looked the same, so I couldn’t properly tell which part of the forest it was buried in.

 

“So please help me find it!”

 

Teacher Noh Ji-hye’s complexion seemed to stiffen at having to search the entire vast forest, but she was still putting in effort for me.

 

“It’s not here.”

 

Hee-jae, who had been rummaging through the hole Teacher Noh Ji-hye had dug for a while, raised his head with beads of sweat on his forehead.

 

Hee-jae was also an assistant who actively helped me.

 

“What is teacher doing?”

 

“I saw that at a construction site.”

 

When several children approached, Teacher Noh Ji-hye explained while breathing heavily.

 

“Oh, huff, this. We’re treasure hunting.”

 

At the teacher’s answer, two more children came running from far away.

 

“Treasure hunting? I want to do it too!”

 

“Then can you see if there’s a round box in the place teacher dug? Chaea, it’s a round box, right?”

 

I smiled brightly and nodded. Soon several children also started looking for the time capsule.

 

But no matter how much we dug through the forest, nothing like a box came out.

 

“Maybe there’s no treasure?”

 

“Aw…”

 

The disappointed children turned around to go play, and I stood in front of Teacher Noh Ji-hye.

 

“Teacher… You can stop now.”

 

“Huff, huff… But we haven’t found it yet…”

 

“There’s tomorrow too!”

 

At my bright smile, Teacher Noh Ji-hye seemed to lose her words for a moment.

 

“Tomorrow… too? Again?”

 

“Hee-jae, you can stop too.”

 

At my words, Hee-jae finally lifted his face from the hole. Hee-jae’s body, which was always clean without a speck of dust, was covered in dirt.

 

‘I wonder if he’ll get scolded at home because of me…’

 

“Okay. Chaea.”

 

Hee-jae glanced at the sun setting in the sky, then dusted off his knees and stood up. Today we only dug a part of the forest, there were still many places left to dig.

 

‘Still, one-tenth progress isn’t bad.’

 

I was laughing sinisterly when the teacher asked me with trembling voice.

 

“Chaea, so… don’t tell me…”

 

“Your voice, teacher.”

 

I said while looking up at the sweaty Teacher Noh Ji-hye. The teacher, who had tied her hair tightly, stared at me blankly.

 

“Your voice sounds really clear!”

 

“My voice…?”

 

Soon she raised her hand and brought it close to her throat.

 

“Ah.”

 

And she recalled what had just happened.

 

When she said they were treasure hunting, children came running from far away. These were children who would murmur that they couldn’t hear the teacher even when they were in the same classroom, but somehow at that moment.

 

“…”

 

‘I guess the tension was released while focusing on something else.’

 

Teacher Noh Ji-hye seemed to be the type whose voice didn’t come out well when nervous. Her voice became even smaller in front of people, and this was the same even in front of us preschoolers.

 

‘It must have always been a complex.’

 

Teacher Noh Ji-hye’s eyes wavered for a long time, as if surprised and moved. Then she smiled brightly at me and said in a voice that had become small again.

 

“Yes, teacher will help you find it tomorrow too. Chaea.”

 

“Wow! Yes!”

 

* * *

 

One day, after preschool ended, I got into Uncle Seok-min’s car.

 

“But your teacher, she’s not sick or anything, is she?”

 

“Teacher?”

 

“Oh, never mind. Maybe she does farming at the preschool or something.”

 

Junho tilted his head as if remembering Teacher Noh Ji-hye who had waved at me covered in dirt.

 

“Then we’ll be departing.”

 

Uncle Seok-min’s voice was heard.

 

There was a company dinner for 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 today. Junho had a continuously cheerful expression, saying the PD and Oh Young-il had given permission to bring me along.

 

“But Father’s finishing early today?”

 

“Ah, it seems the PD suddenly got disciplined. With major script revisions and all that, the content got reduced a bit. So we’re finishing early these days.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Junho then explained the reason for the discipline, but it wasn’t a convincing reason.

 

“Anyway, I hope it continues without any major problems.”

 

Junho let out a deep sigh.

 

Then he opened his mouth as if something came to mind.

 

“Come to think of it, that broadcasting station person from that day, did he come with that lawyer?”

 

“…Lawyer?”

 

My eyes stiffened with a start.

 

“What’s that person’s name?”

 

“The lawyer’s name is…”

 

Junho squinted his eyes and scratched his head.

 

“Ah, I forgot. There should be a business card here somewhere.”

 

“Could it be Gi Seung-cheol?”

 

“Huh.”

 

Junho’s eyes widened.

 

And he asked me back.

 

“Chaea, how did you… know that?”

 

I felt a chilling sensation from the back of my neck, and all kinds of emotions crossed through me.

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