The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 5

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A Wealthy Heir’s Granddaughter, Child Prodigy Actress
Episode 5
“……Phew.”
I exhaled softly, releasing the breath I’d been holding as the scene ended.
‘That was good. I think that was really good.’
The scene I’d just performed was from a drama I’d played in my past life.
The role where I’d poured out my resentment to my stepfather after learning the secret of my birth—that I wasn’t his real daughter.
‘They praised me so much back then too…….’
But I could feel it.
This time was different. Worlds apart from then.
Back then, I’d simply memorized lines written on paper and calculated emotions with my head alone.
But now, I could truly understand that emotion.
It was the same sadness and betrayal I’d felt from my mother and father as I was dying.
‘……So that’s why the adults kept saying experience was important.’
The words my senior actors had said on the set of my past life came back to me, stroking my head.
“As experience builds up, our Yu Jin will be able to become an even greater actress.”
At the time, I hadn’t understood what they meant.
But now, after that performance, the difference was starting to sink in.
It hurt.
But at the same time, my heart was racing.
‘I’m becoming better at acting.’
Even that painful memory was helping me grow.
So I found myself thinking.
That in this life, I wanted to feel more emotions, to experience more.
“…….”
In this lifetime…… I really do.
“Little one.”
That’s when it happened.
“Yes?”
I lifted my head to answer and gasped in surprise.
The man who’d been sitting in the center of the judges’ table had suddenly stepped forward until he was right in front of me.
And that’s when it came.
-Oh, what splendid Qi this one possesses.
‘What?’
The fox’s faint murmur echoed in my mind—when had she returned?
-Such a clear, golden aura…… this one was born under a Great Destiny. She can be a Noble Person to a contractor!
‘You can see that too?’
-Hehe, a great fox spirit like myself can see all things!
The smug voice was brief; the man knelt down to meet my eye level, then carefully produced something and held it out to me.
“You did wonderfully. Truly, truly excellent.”
“…….”
Those eyes gleaming at me.
They seemed to genuinely say that the performance I’d just given was magnificent.
I carefully took the paper he offered.
It was a business card.
JB Film / Executive
Director Yu Tae Sung
‘Wow…….’
I absently turned the crisp paper over in my hands.
It was the first time I’d ever received a business card.
I’d only ever watched adults exchange them with each other.
‘So I’m becoming an adult now too!’
My lips were curling up at the thought when he spoke again.
“But Yu Jin, where is your guardian?”
“…….”
Guardian.
At that word, I stiffened and flinched.
I don’t have a guardian right now…….
I averted my eyes and mumbled quietly.
“My…… my guardian—why are you asking?”
“Ha, well, adults like to talk amongst themselves, you see.”
Wait, hold on.
This wasn’t going to work.
I jerked my head up in a panic and cried out.
“I can do it! Do the contract with me!”
“Hm?”
“The contract—we can do it right now! I read letters well and I’m good at signing things!”
The instant those words left my mouth.
Silence descended over the Audition Hall.
And then, a moment later.
“Pffft hahahaha!”
“Oh, how adorable!”
Laughter erupted from every corner of the room.
…….
I blinked my eyes.
Why—why was everyone laughing?
That was when.
The director, who had been kneeling in front of me, smiled and gently stroked my head.
“Yu Jin, contracts are something adults make with each other.”
“……Yes?”
“You’ll be able to sign one yourself when you’re older and grown up.”
…….
“And besides, we can’t make a contract right now anyway. We need to talk things over a bit more.
Wait, what?
I froze completely.
We can’t make the contract right now?
But then—the role? The money?
‘Fox, what do we do?’
-W-well, that’s, I mean, um. Yeah, I suppose……?
The fox sounded equally lost, responding in a dazed tone.
‘……Wait, if that’s the case.’
I swallowed dryly with a gulp.
My mind started spinning.
If I got caught here and my parents found out I was at this place right now……?
Everything would be over.
Having thought that far, I quietly slipped the Business Card into my pocket.
‘Just act natural…….’
I blinked once, and in the next instant, I smiled like the most innocent, wide-eyed child in the world.
“Oh, Mom is waiting in the Underground Parking Lot right now! I’ll bring her back right away!”
-Ha, hnngh!
At that same moment, I heard the fox strain with effort.
Perfect timing!
The director’s eyes wavered slightly, then he smiled and nodded.
“Ah, she’s waiting outside then. All right, hurry and fetch her for us.”
“Yes!”
I bowed deeply and carefully opened the Audition Hall door, slipping outside.
Thud.
The moment the heavy door closed behind me.
I bolted down the Hallway without looking back.
This was a tactical retreat!
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On the Bus heading home.
I sat in a window seat, gazing blankly ahead.
My short legs dangled uselessly in the air, not quite reaching the floor.
My heart was in turmoil.
‘Children can’t make contracts on their own!’
If I couldn’t make a contract, then naturally I couldn’t get a single penny.
My perfect plan had shattered before it even began.
-Ugh, hmph.
“…….”
I heard the sound of a fox clearing its throat inside my head.
I pouted and asked.
‘You didn’t know either? Children can’t sign contracts?’
-Ahem! In the time I lived, ten-year-olds married honorably and led entire households! The world has truly become rigid and strange in its ways!
‘……what?’
Wait, hold on.
Marriage at ten? Leading a household?
That’s when I realized something was off.
Now that I thought about it, there was the fox’s manner of speech, and the way it had been startled when I first boarded the bus…….
‘What era are you from?’
-Let me think, yes. There were scholars wearing gat hats, and whenever just one of my tails brushed someone on a night road, an entire village would be thrown into chaos crying that a nine-tailed fox had appeared…….
‘…….’
I was speechless.
‘The Joseon Dynasty!’
Centuries into the past.
It made perfect sense that it wouldn’t know anything about this era I was living in now.
Screech—
The bus came to a halt.
It was my stop.
‘Right, I guess I have to get off…….’
I stepped down from the bus, trudging forward with heavy feet, eyes fixed on the ground.
“…….”
Just coming outside like this today had taken tremendous courage.
But it had all become meaningless.
Suddenly, a phrase my mother used to tell me in my previous life came back to me.
“Yu Jin. What is there that you can actually do properly on your own?”
“…….”
Words she’d spoken to me every time I made a mistake.
They stung more sharply now than ever.
Was I really just a child who couldn’t do anything alone?
I finally couldn’t hold it in anymore, and a tear rolled down my cheek.
Lick.
Something rough yet warm gently brushed across my cheek.
‘……huh?’
I turned my head in surprise to find the fox had appeared on my shoulder and was licking away my tears.
-Do not cry, contract holder!
The voice ringing in my head carried its usual spirited tone.
-Did I not tell you? You were born under a destiny more brilliant than anyone else’s!
‘…….’
-In this life, I will not let you perish so pathetically!
‘Dear fox…….’
But from those words, I could feel the fox’s sincere desire to comfort me.
My heart resonated deeply in that moment.
Whoosh—
Screech!
“……?”
A large sedan suddenly pulled up beside me.
-Oh no, someone’s coming…….
Pop—and the fox vanished in an instant.
But I froze as I reflexively looked up.
‘Huh, what…….’
It was a familiar black sedan.
Wasn’t this Grandfather’s car?
Before that thought could even finish.
Clunk—the car’s back door opened abruptly.
And through the open door, a familiar face appeared.
“……hic.”
It was Grandfather.
I was so startled that a hiccup burst out of me.
My grandfather stepped out of the car with his spine perfectly straight, his gaze fixed downward on me.
I froze under that cold stare, unable to move a muscle.
“You’re telling me you’ve been wandering around outside alone?”
……
“Where exactly have you been?”
At the low, heavy tone of his voice, my mind went blank.
My grandfather was the most terrifying person in our house.
He always wore an expressionless face, and he’d grow angry at even the slightest noise inside the home.
Even Mother and Father were careful around him, so there was no need to say more.
To be caught by such a grandfather.
‘I’m done for. I’m definitely done for.’
With trembling hands clutching at my skirt hem, I barely managed to open my mouth in a voice so small it was barely a whisper.
“I, um. The shopping district.”
“The shopping district? How did you get there?”
“I, I took the bus……”
What do I do? What on earth do I do?
I’m going to be scolded terribly.
Starting tomorrow, he might lock me in my room and never let me set foot outside again.
Fear welled up in my eyes as tears began to gather.
In that moment, unable to do anything but lower my head further——
……?
My body suddenly lifted into the air.
My vision jumped higher, and my body came to rest somewhere — his arms.
My grandfather had lifted me up into his embrace!
“G-Grandfather?”
Bewildered, I blurted it out without thinking.
My grandfather looked down at me as he held me, and then—a soft chuckle escaped him.
“Hmm, well. I thought you never made a fuss, and here you go pulling off quite the stunt.”
……
A faint smile played at his lips as he spoke.
Why…was he smiling?
Unable to understand, I blinked rapidly.
And then—
Thud—
A scrap of paper fell from the pocket of my skirt.
“Mm, what’s this?”
Grandfather’s gaze naturally drifted downward to the ground.
Following that gaze instinctively——
……Gasp.
I drew in a sharp breath.
‘I’m really done now. Really, truly done.’
It was the business card I’d received from the director at the Audition Hall.

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