The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 3

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A Chaebol’s Granddaughter Is a Child Prodigy Actor
Episode 3
“Phew.”
Leaning against the outer wall of the Mansion, I exhaled the breath I’d been holding.
‘Is anyone around……?’
I glanced cautiously at my surroundings and crouched down a little lower.
The long process of slipping out of the Mansion.
Now I had only the front gate ahead of me before reaching the outside world.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
“…….”
My heart had never raced this fast before.
I was incredibly tense.
And it made sense.
This was my first time venturing outside alone in this life without a guardian, and if anyone caught me, everything would fall apart.
-Huff, huff-huff. Still, the fact that we made it here safely is all thanks to this fox’s doing……!
The fox perched on my shoulder cried out triumphantly.
It was true.
There had been more than one or two vertiginous moments on my way out of my room on the second floor.
But each time, the fox had swished its tail, and something miraculous had happened.
“This spot, hmm. Doesn’t look like it needs cleaning…….”
“Right, it’d be fine to do it this evening?”
“By the way, did the young miss go to her room? I don’t hear any music.”
“Yeah, I think she’s taking a break today.”
“How unusual for our young miss.”
The people who had been walking toward me would suddenly stop and veer off in another direction.
‘How did you do that?’
-That, heck, is the power of Enchantment! If the Contractor does well…… huff. Soon, you’ll be able to gain this ability!
‘Enchantment?’
-That’s right! It clouds the other person’s judgment, and literally captivates their mind…… heck, heck.
‘…….’
Um, well.
I watched the panting fox and asked carefully.
‘Fox, are you hurting a lot?’
-Ah, no! Just, this much, what. Wheeze.
Yeah, you’re hurting.
The fox’s bravado was hollow—it was breathing hard and fast.
‘So using Enchantment takes an enormous toll.’
Now that I thought about it, the fox had said it made this Contract with me to become stronger too.
That meant the fox probably still found it difficult to use its abilities freely.
‘But we’re almost there now.’
With that thought, I glanced toward the front gate again.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t leave right now.
The gardener happened to be trimming the flower beds near the front gate.
“……Phew.”
Besides, I was exhausted myself.
The journey from my room to here had been grueling.
‘This house is so huge…….’
If it had just been an ordinary home, it might have been different, but this was an enormous Mansion.
The house had three stories, and the Garden seemed wider than the elementary school playground I’d attended in my past life.
Of course, that made sense.
‘My family is really, truly wealthy.’
My grandfather was the chairman of Baek Kang Group, a massive conglomerate, and my father was his heir apparent.
And I was my grandfather’s only granddaughter.
‘Chairman…….’
I turned the word over in my mind for no particular reason.
I hadn’t thought much about it before, but now that knowledge felt genuinely reassuring.
Having an enormous amount of money meant there would be no fights like my parents had in my past life.
‘……Though they’ll still probably hate it.’
I was no longer just a seven-year-old child—I was a child who remembered her past life.
Since I’d lived six more years in my past life than I had now, I knew far more.
And so she could understand it now.
Precisely because they were so wealthy, her mother and father must have despised the idea of her becoming an actress.
‘Besides, they never really liked me in the first place.’
The two of them were always busy, and on the rare occasions when she saw their faces, they’d ask a handful of perfunctory questions with no expression at all.
Once, that fact had wounded her deeply.
The families in storybooks were so warm, embracing one another tightly—but her mother and father had shown her little interest.
But now that she remembered her past life, she understood why.
‘Mom and Dad married for convenience.’
In those chaebol dramas, it was always the same.
A union built on conditions alone, empty of love.
So it made sense that they felt nothing for each other, and that they couldn’t love the child born between them—it was only natural.
“…….”
Yes, it was natural.
Remembering it, a sharp pain lanced through her chest.
But she lifted her head quickly.
‘……It’s okay.’
Not being loved by her parents was something she’d endured to the point of numbness in her past life.
‘This time around, I won’t let that matter.’
She knew now that no amount of effort to earn their affection could bring her happiness.
Real happiness only came from doing what she truly wanted.
-Contractor, the gardener is leaving!
‘……Yes.’
Lifting her head, she saw the man who’d been tending the garden finally disappear toward the back gate.
Her heart hammered in her chest far more violently than before.
She drew in a deep breath. “Phew.”
‘……This life, I’ll definitely find happiness!’
Reaffirming her resolve, she sprinted with all her strength toward the front gate.
Her destination: the audition venue the fox had shown her.
To survive, to become an actress once more, there was a mountain of work ahead of her.
***
That afternoon.
Vroom—
The roar of engines echoed through the Underground Parking Lot of the Baek Kang Group Mansion.
Two sleek sedans soon pulled in and parked side by side.
A man and woman emerged from their respective vehicles, exchanging subtle glances.
But it lasted only a moment; as if by prior agreement, both turned their heads away simultaneously.
“……You’re here already?”
“Yeah. Work ended early today. You’re back early too.”
“I have a business trip tomorrow.”
“……I see.”
The few words they’d managed to exchange died away quickly.
They walked in silence before moving forward toward the Mansion side by side.
“…….”
As they walked down the hallway, Baek Seung Hyuk found himself unconsciously studying his wife Han Seo Eun’s expression.
In truth, the reason he’d come home so early wasn’t simply because of tomorrow’s business trip.
As heir to the Group and Executive Director of Baek Kang Construction, he had work that would consume him through the night—yet he’d forced himself to abandon it and come home.
He wanted to spend time with his wife and their daughter Yu Jin.
“Where’s Yu Jin?”
“In her room, probably. It’s about the time she’d be reading.”
“……I suppose so.”
But such intentions proved hollow; what actually left their lips were only empty formalities.
‘Here we are again.’
Baek Seung Hyuk felt a dull ache settle in his chest.
The two had known each other since childhood, became engaged through their families’ arrangement, married, and had a daughter.
Ten years had nearly passed since then—ten years of being husband and wife to Han Seo Eun.
Yet there had always been an invisible line drawn between them.
There was no serious conflict or discord.
They simply didn’t know how to develop this arid relationship, how to move it forward.
Though he’d steeled himself many times, he’d never actually tried—and so the words never reached his lips.
And so their relationship remained suspended at that moment of their engagement, as if frozen in time.
This wouldn’t do. Just as Baek Seung Hyuk’s lips parted hesitantly, the moment slipped away.
“…Do you have something to say?”
“…No. Never mind. Let’s just go say hello to Yu Jin.”
At Han Seo Eun’s question, Baek Seung Hyuk lost his chance again and looked away.
And so, the moment his gaze turned forward.
“……”
Now it was Han Seo Eun’s eyes that drifted softly toward Baek Seung Hyuk’s profile.
But he didn’t notice, and Han Seo Eun quickly turned her head away as well.
Crossed timings brought down a heavy silence once more.
Moments later, at the door to Yu Jin’s room on the second floor.
Baek Seung Hyuk and Han Seo Eun straightened their clothes and cleared their throats simultaneously, as if they’d planned it.
They wanted to show their daughter, whom they were seeing for the first time in days, their most composed selves.
“Yu Jin, we’re coming in—”
But the moment he opened the door, Baek Seung Hyuk’s words died.
A pink bed with lace trim, an orderly desk. The dolls Yu Jin treasured.
The room was clean as always, but not a trace of warmth emanated from it.
“…Yu Jin?”
Sensing something amiss, Han Seo Eun quickly called out Yu Jin’s name and rushed into the room.
“She’s not in the room?”
In the meantime, Baek Seung Hyuk hurried downstairs to check with the household staff and returned, breathing heavily as he asked.
His usually cold eyes trembled with confusion in a way they never had before.
“She’s not here. What did Mrs. Yu say?”
“She said after breakfast this morning, Yu Jin never left her room…”
“……”
Baek Seung Hyuk’s voice trailed off without his meaning to.
Beyond the half-open window, only the curtain fluttered weakly.
In the spacious, silent room, both their faces drained of color in an instant.

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