The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 55

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Episode 55

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“Chaea, what’s that?”

Seeing me come home after school with the time capsule, Junho tilted his head.

“Mother’s… belongings.”

“What?”

“It was at preschool. I got it from the principal. Mother… graduated from Somang Preschool.”

“I know that, but… how…?”

I shrugged as if it was natural and showed him the items inside.

“Want to take a look?”

I had briefly shown it to Hee-jae earlier too.

“So this was it. Chaea’s treasure.”

A voice filled with strange admiration and curiosity.

“Want me to help investigate these items?”

And then came that reassuring offer.

But I had politely declined even that.

These seemed like items that shouldn’t be carelessly handed over.

“I don’t know what they are, but since they belonged to Saebyeol, they must be very meaningful to Chaea, right? How about storing it over there? It would be good since no sunlight reaches there.”

Junho slightly moved aside the storage box in the corner of the room, making space for the time capsule.

I placed the time capsule there and looked at it with my hands on my hips.

‘First, I’ll have to postpone figuring out the card’s purpose until I learn about it someday, and the recorder…’

It needs professional repair.

It’s rusted and won’t play.

I can’t risk having it damaged by taking it to an incompetent place, and I know someone who can fix this kind of thing well. That’s…

‘Chaea’s Father. He was an old electronics enthusiast. His handiwork was the best in the neighborhood too.’

I had been wondering what to say when I first meet Father, but it felt strange that a direction had emerged like this.

But what is the gray door?

I heard that the ‘gray key’ I received for completing this Quest can be used to open that door.

When I asked Noah, he said it would open when the time comes, but I need to know what it actually is.

“The house really is cramped.”

Just then, Junho’s somewhat random voice was heard.

I turned to look at Junho. His eyebrows were slightly furrowed.

Well, since it’s an attic room, being cramped is unavoidable.

“I need to make a room for Chaea now, so we should start preparing to move.”

“Ah…”

Well, demolition of this neighborhood will start sometime next year, so it would be good to start planning from now.

‘As of today, my assets are 800 million won. That’s enough money to buy two Gangnam apartments. But because of the Main Quest, I can’t move the money now, and I have no justification, so I have no choice but to pretend I don’t know for now.’

I feel a bit sorry for Junho though.

“But Father, do you have money?”

At my words, Junho nodded as if he had been waiting for this.

“Yeah. Even if I don’t have enough money to buy a big house properly, I think I can find a rental with enough space to make a room for Chaea. If I keep saving like this until next year.”

My shoulders rise at Junho’s words about diligently saving money.

“You’re saving it in a bank account, right?”

“Of course. And just like Chaea said, I absolutely don’t listen to anyone saying to invest somewhere, they’ll multiply it, or to entrust it to them.”

Junho pretended to cover his ears.

The late 90s was a period when scams were rampant as the economy became difficult, so I had earnestly advised him.

Junho also listened to my words with vigilance since he had almost co-signed for a friend’s loan before the IMF crisis hit.

“You’re doing well, and did you get that thing I told you about?”

“Hehe. I listened to Chaea and brought it anyway. A 30-year pension savings plan.”

Junho continued with a shy smile at my praise.

“Is 17% interest rate good?”

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[Laughter disappeared and only stimulation remains – 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, the end of a lost sitcom]

【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 has been showing clear limitations recently.

The life-oriented humor from the beginning has disappeared, replaced by meaningless commotion and exaggerated settings.

With repeated romantic rumors, misunderstandings, and shouting, viewers are reacting that this week is just as boring as last week.

Especially after actress Im Su-yeon, who played Suk-hee, left the show, the balance of the drama has noticeably collapsed.

Gu Jun-ho, who appears as a driver in the drama, was well-received initially for his quiet and pure charm, but criticism followed that his acting range was narrow as the same reactions were repeated without character development.

The production team’s recent attempts to increase Gu Jun-ho’s screen time and place him as the central axis with solo episodes have also been evaluated as making the drama’s rhythm even more loose.

When warm spring arrived, guests came to the rooftop apartment.

None other than Oh Young-il and the 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 PD.

Eavesdropping on the conversation of three people drinking makgeolli with pajeon bought from the market on the wooden platform in front of the rooftop apartment, I searched for recent articles about 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】.

‘This reporter is consistent.’

This reporter had been writing only favorable articles for Claudia Entertainment, but recently started pouring out negative articles about 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】.

‘Last time, he wrote strangely about Father’s attack incident and even had to publish a correction article.’

Something about it takes two hands to clap to make a sound, wasn’t it?

Anyway, after the PD’s disciplinary action last time, they made major script revisions, but removing stimulating scenes meant no particularly interesting scenes emerged, and viewership ratings were gradually dropping.

‘Anyway, that review committee or whatever, those guys are the problem.’

I was huffing when I heard the PD’s voice from behind.

“But Junho, are you really okay?”

“Ah, I’m perfectly fine.”

“Oh my, that was almost a real disaster.”

Young-il clicked his tongue and shook his head.

Junho, who had rested from filming for about a week to recover, had recently resumed filming to catch up on the backlog.

“Thank you for being considerate during that time.”

“Considerate? That was only natural.”

The PD said while pouring makgeolli into Junho’s cup.

“Ah, you still can’t drink alcohol?”

When the PD asked, Junho scratched his head.

“Ah, there’s that too, but… I made a promise with Chaea.”

Then Young-il and the PD’s gazes turned to me.

The PD’s lips spread into a grin.

“Oh my, you didn’t like the smell of alcohol on Father?”

When I firmly furrowed my round eyebrows and nodded, Oh Young-il raised his hand and took the cup placed in front of Junho.

“Well, if Princess Chaea doesn’t like it, we naturally have to listen.”

The two men’s harmony was perfectly coordinated.

I chuckled softly.

And then I spoke up.

“PD, by the way. About 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】, don’t you have any thoughts of casting child actors?”

“Child actors? Child actors!!”

The PD immediately thrust his face toward me.

“Are you finally thinking of trying child acting? Our Miss Chaea?”

Young-il stopped the PD.

“Oh my, your eyes have rolled back, Mr. PD.”

“No. I don’t mean I would appear… I just think it would be good. As a way to add vitality.”

In front of my eyes was a Hidden Quest that had been floating around recently.

Hidden Quests weren’t as essential as Main or Sub Quests, but the rewards were substantial.

[Hidden Quest: Revival of the sitcom, breathe new life into 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 whose ratings are falling.]

[Reward: For every 1% increase in viewership, asset return rate increases by 5% for the next 3 months]

As far as I know, 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】 rarely features child actors.

But if we bring in child actors when the atmosphere has frozen over, wouldn’t that be quite effective?

Regardless of the era, people go crazy for cute things.

‘The PD of 【Typhoon Internal Medicine】’s next work was a child actor-centered sitcom, and that had good ratings too.’

He was a PD with the talent to use actors in the right place at the right time.

“Hey, isn’t it that Chaea wants to appear herself?”

The PD straightened up with a somewhat disappointed expression, realizing I wasn’t saying I would appear.

“PD-nim, don’t put pressure on our Chaea.”

When Junho narrowed his eyes and spoke up, the PD scratched his head and played dumb.

“Tsk.”

“But what Chaea just said. It seems like a pretty good suggestion? What do you think?”

Yeong-il added his words as if supporting my opinion.

“I hate to say this, but with the parts that could get censored removed, it does feel a bit monotonous.”

At this, the PD furrowed his brows.

“Monotonous, right, that was exactly it.”

He narrowed his eyes and thought about something for a while, then nodded.

“…Right, maybe it could be a breakthrough. The bright laughter of children.”

I don’t know what we got on the wrong side of, but it could be a way to make the review board hesitate when they try to impose penalties even for slightly rough scenes.

With child actors appearing, the intensity would naturally decrease, and we could create diverse comedic situations too.

“It worked, our Chaea really is something special.”

Yeong-il held out his hand to me with a slightly flushed face, making a high-five gesture.

Then Junho high-fived his hand instead of me.

Yeong-il laughed and shook his head, and Junho also shrugged his shoulders proudly as he spoke.

“She’s a genius, isn’t she? Ahaha.”

The PD still seemed lost in thought.

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