The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 13

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The Chaebol Family’s Granddaughter is a Child Acting Prodigy
Chapter 13
“No, no. That’s not how you do it!”
Baek Yujin, sitting with her back to the car window, shook her head in frustration.
Her voice carried an unusual note of excitement for her usual self.
“You’re supposed to be an older sister who absolutely adores her younger cousin, right? You need to lift your voice a bit higher, and make your eyes softer and more affectionate!”
…….
Kang Jina analyzed Baek Yujin’s feedback methodically in her mind.
Raise the tone of voice, relax the facial muscles, deliver the gaze with warmth.
The information itself registered clearly in her head.
But the execution was the problem.
“……Is it like this?”
“Ugh.”
Baek Yujin sighed again, deeply.
…….
Kang Jina, too, began to feel a little at a loss.
After all, everything Baek Yujin was trying right now was essentially futile.
Since childhood, Kang Jina had known that her own emotions ran shallow.
It wasn’t a defect so much as a temperament she was simply born with.
She had no experience cherishing or adoring anything, and so the setting Baek Yujin demanded—a cousin sister who doted on her younger sibling—remained hopelessly vague to her.
After explaining at length, Baek Yujin finally exhaled in resignation.
“Here, look at my face carefully.”
Having decided on a different approach, Baek Yujin cleared her throat and straightened in her seat.
…….
Kang Jina gazed at her without particular thought.
After all, she had a duty to give her young mistress what she wanted.
But that was the moment.
“……?”
A flicker of something different crossed Kang Jina’s eyes.
In an instant, Baek Yujin’s entire aura had transformed.
Baek Yujin’s eyes curved into crescents.
And in those upturned eyes gazing down at Kang Jina, a warm tenderness rippled.
“Yujin, you must be so tired today, aren’t you?”
Her voice was warm and soft, unmistakably brimming with affection for the other person.
Exactly the way Baek Yujin had described—an older sister cherishing her younger sibling.
‘……That’s remarkable.’
In that moment, Kang Jina was struck anew by the depth of Baek Yujin’s gift.
When she had first received the order from Chairman Baek Unhak to attend to a seven-year-old young lady, Kang Jina had harbored no personal feelings about it.
She had simply carried out the assignment as directed.
But over these past few days, Baek Yujin had proven to be a remarkably intriguing presence.
Ordinarily cowed and watchful of those around her, the moment she began acting, she transformed entirely.
As though she truly became absorbed in that character, that world.
‘Relax the tension in her face.’
Kang Jina drew a deep breath, recalling the performance Baek Yujin had just shown her.
That warm, gentle atmosphere that seemed to fill the space around her.
‘If someone like that were here… what would she do next.’
The moment that thought crystallized, Kang Jina found herself drawn by instinct, her hand reaching out slowly.
And then she began to gently stroke Baek Yujin’s hair.
…….
For a moment, silence filled the car.
Baek Yujin’s eyes widened in surprise, as though she had never expected such a touch.
‘Oh.’
At that sight, Kang Jina caught herself.
No matter that she was acting the part of an older cousin, placing her hand on her mistress’s body was a clear boundary violation for a secretary.
Just as Kang Jina was about to hastily withdraw her hand—
“……Hehe.”
The child gave a small, quiet laugh.
It was a shy, soft laugh suffused with pure joy.
Baek Yujin gently rubbed her head against Kang Jina’s hand resting there.
As though delighting even in that clumsy touch itself.
“…….”
An inexplicable warmth began to seep into her chest.
Something tender spreading slowly, softly through her.
‘……You’re an unusual person.’
With that thought, Kang Jina reached up and stroked that head a little more carefully.
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“Come here, Yujin.”
“……Okay!”
Walking down the hall, my hand clasped in Jina’s.
My steps felt incredibly light the whole way.
That special acting lesson we’d done in the car just now had gone so well!
“Heh.”
I laughed softly and looked up at Jina again.
The stiffness that had etched her face was gone, replaced now by a gentle calm.
She felt my gaze and glanced down at me.
“……What?”
“Nothing!”
“…….”
Jina blinked, clearly bewildered.
That confused expression made me break into another grin.
Still a bit awkward maybe, but now she looked so much more like a warm, caring older cousin.
‘I wish I’d always had a sister like this.’
Without thinking, I pressed my lips together to stop them from trembling and squeezed Jina’s hand tighter.
There wasn’t really any special reason for holding hands like this.
It was just for the acting, that’s all!
Thinking that, I walked along with a skip in my step.
A moment later.
As we went deeper into the building, the space around us began to bustle with activity.
We’d arrived at the Script Reading Venue.
‘There are so many people here.’
I gasped, my mouth falling open.
The wide space, packed with desks and chairs, was equally crowded with people.
So it really was a huge drama after all……?
I’d never seen a script reading with this many people, even in my past life.
I was standing there with my eyes wide, gazing around, when suddenly——
‘Huh?’
My eyes widened again at a familiar face.
A boy sitting alone on a small sofa over there.
It was Gwon Ijun!
‘Ah!’
That’s when it clicked.
Gwon Ijun must be the one playing the male lead’s child actor role!
At this age, Gwon Ijun was in the middle of his career as an entertainer.
‘That’s why he was at the Director’s Studio back then.’
All the pieces fit together!
Meeting a familiar face in such a crowded, unfamiliar place made my heart leap with unexpected joy.
“Jina, Jina. Over there.”
“……Over there?”
I tugged on Jina’s hand and pulled her toward where Gwon Ijun was sitting.
“Hi, Ijun!”
I greeted him cheerfully, my excitement bubbling over.
He startled and turned his head sharply, our eyes meeting in an instant.
His eyes went impossibly wide.
‘Yeah, I’m surprised too!’
I nodded knowingly and gave him a delighted smile.
But then——
Gwon Ijun, whose lips had been trembling, suddenly turned his head away.
Without answering at all.
“…….”
He didn’t return my greeting last time either…….
My lips pouted petulantly, and that was when it happened.
“Ijun. When a friend says hello, you should say hello back.”
A soft, warm voice drifted toward me from somewhere nearby.
I turned my head naturally toward the sound.
Standing there was an incredibly beautiful older woman with long black hair falling to her waist and sharp, piercing eyes.
‘……?’
But somehow, she felt strangely familiar.
Without meaning to, I found myself staring hard at her—and she, noticing my gaze, turned her head toward me as well.
The moment our eyes met, those sharp-looking eyes softened into a gentle curve.
“Hello. So you’re the genius the director has been raving about?”
“Huh?”
Genius?
At that word, my face flushed hot in an instant.
I mean, I’m pretty good, but not *that* good.
Flustered by the sudden praise, I fidgeted with my fingers before quickly bowing my head in gratitude.
“Th-thank you so much.”
“Hehe, aren’t you adorable. What’s your name?”
“Um, I’m…….”
The moment I tried to answer, I froze.
‘Oh no, that was close!’
Grandfather’s most important condition.
That no one find out I was his granddaughter.
That’s why we’d come up with a stage name, and why I was pretending to be Jina’s cousin!
I made a small coughing sound and quickly corrected myself.
“I’m S-Yujin!”
“Yujin? What a cute name.”
After laughing once more, the woman bent down to meet my eye level and held out her hand warmly.
“I’m Baek Suhui. The director of the company Ijun works for. We’ll be seeing each other often, so nice to meet you.”
“……Yes.”
Baek Suhui.
‘She has the same family name as me.’
I turned the name over in my mind as we awkwardly shook hands.
But the greeting was short-lived—Director Suhui glanced at her wristwatch and straightened up.
“I should head to the director and say hello. Ijun, you should say hello to your friend too, shouldn’t you?”
“…….”
Of course, I didn’t get a greeting this time either.
At the director’s words, Gwon Ijun simply sprang to his feet and strode away without a word.
Even the director seemed startled by his behavior.
“My. What’s gotten into Ijun? I’m sorry—let me apologize on his behalf.”
“Oh, no. It’s really fine!”
“Thank you. Well, I’ll see you again later then.”
“Y-yes…….”
After giving me one more bright smile, Director Suhui followed Gwon Ijun away.
Watching them go, I found myself unconsciously fidgeting with the hand we’d just shaken.
That was when it happened.
-Oho, I sense a very fortunate aura from that one.
‘Huh?’
The fox’s voice suddenly echoed inside my mind.
‘Good fortune?’
-Yes, exactly the opposite of what I sensed from that boy Gwon Ijun last time—this one carries great luck.
‘Really?’
I turned to look back at the director in surprise.
So that’s why she felt so oddly familiar!
“Now then, let’s take our seats!”
“Oh.”
But that thought was fleeting—a strong, ringing voice filled the room, and I snapped back to attention.
It must be time to start!
I quickly turned my head to look up at Jina.
“Jina, let’s go sit down…….”
But my words never finished.
That was why Kang Jina’s expression, glimpsed again, struck me as odd.
Her eyes had gone wide, her lips parted slightly.
‘Huh…?’
What was this?
I blinked, watching her.
Why had she suddenly looked so startled?

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