The Granddaughter of a Chaebol Family Is a Genius Child Actress - Chapter 8

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The Conglomerate Heiress’s Granddaughter Is a Child Genius
Episode 8
“…….”
“…….”
The moment I opened the door and stepped inside, my eyes met the child’s.
In the silence, Baek Seung-hyuk froze, his hand still gripping the doorknob.
‘……She’s awake.’
It was still early morning, barely past dawn.
I’d naturally assumed the child would be asleep, so I’d come in just to catch a glimpse of her.
But Yu-jin was already awake, and now she was staring at me with confused, bewildered eyes.
“……What’s wrong, Father?”
Yu-jin was the one who broke the silence that had stretched between us.
There was a careful wariness in her expression, as if she were cautiously testing the waters.
“Well, that is……”
Baek Seung-hyuk’s lips trembled slightly.
If she was asking what was wrong, the truth was there was no pressing reason at all.
It was just an impulsive urge to confirm the child was safe before I left.
“I’m going on a long business trip starting today. Before I go, I just wanted to……see your face for a moment.”
In the end, Baek Seung-hyuk trailed off awkwardly, his words sitting uneasily with him.
The child listened to my answer without responding, her eyes blinking rapidly.
By any measure, she looked thoroughly confused, unable to make sense of her father’s sudden behavior.
Reading that bewilderment instantly, Baek Seung-hyuk found himself laughing—a self-deprecating sound.
There was something painfully absurd about this moment.
‘A relationship where even saying goodbye feels awkward.’
It struck him then, viscerally, how he had treated this child all this time.
Baek Seung-hyuk’s mind returned to that moment yesterday when Yu-jin had disappeared.
It was a primal fear he had never experienced before.
Not even when the Group had nearly suffered hundreds of billions in losses during that crisis had he felt anything like this.
And following that terror came remorse.
Using the excuse that he was clumsy with children, that work was busy, he had never once held her warmly in his arms, never once had a tender conversation with her.
But the moment he realized he might have lost her, he understood.
How irresponsible and foolish a father he had been.
“……Your grandfather told me. He said he’s having someone assigned to you.”
After a moment to collect himself, Baek Seung-hyuk slowly approached the side of the bed.
“From now on, don’t wander around outside alone like you did yesterday. If you need anything or want to go somewhere, tell your secretary. Do you understand?”
For his part, Baek Seung-hyuk spoke in a gentler tone than he had in years, deliberately stripping away the hardness in his voice.
But as he drew closer, the child flinched, her shoulders trembling.
She gripped the bedsheet tightly, lowering her gaze slightly before murmuring in a small voice.
“……Yes.”
It was clear to anyone that she found this strange, unfamiliar.
That look pierced Baek Seung-hyuk’s heart.
But there was no one to blame—this was all his own doing.
……Could this relationship actually change?
“Take care of yourself.”
Baek Seung-hyuk swallowed down the bitterness and quietly stroked the child’s hair.
***
“……Phew.”
The moment Father left the room, I released the breath I’d been holding.
‘That really scared me.’
I thought my heart would stop when he suddenly showed up in my room.
And when he brought up the secretary, I got incredibly anxious.
I was terrified he’d found out about the promise I’d made with Grandfather.
Yesterday’s conversation in Grandfather’s study came flooding back.
“I’ll assign someone to you. Tomorrow, go see the director—Director Yu—again.”
Grandfather had given me permission to meet the director again.
But that didn’t mean he approved of my acting career.
“Go ahead and try what you want. I’ll watch and see if you have what it takes.”
This was a test.
Grandfather was going to see if I truly had what it took to be an actress.
And the standard he’d use to judge me was probably the task Fox had given me.
The target of this new mission was… to deliver an acting performance that would completely eclipse veteran actors!
Yesterday I’d done nothing but rejoice, but thinking it over carefully, the condition was genuinely daunting.
I’d have to deliver a performance that overshadowed senior actors who were far older than me.
Which meant…
‘So I need to bring that person over to my side!’
I recalled the first objective I’d resolved to tackle yesterday, and my eyes gleamed with determination.
Last night, the fox and I had put our heads together and wrestled with this mission at length.
The truth was, “overshadow” was an awfully vague term.
Everyone has different tastes when it comes to acting.
But Grandfather was terribly busy with company affairs—there was no way he’d show up on set to watch my performance directly.
So how would Grandfather ever know just how overwhelmingly well I’d acted?
There was only one answer.
That person Grandfather was assigning to me!
Grandfather called her a secretary, but I’d seen this role so many times in dramas.
A kind of observer, in other words.
She’d definitely shadow me constantly and report every last thing I did straight back to Grandfather.
“Mm-hmm.”
I nodded to myself in agreement.
Which meant that to succeed in this mission, I had to make that person give Grandfather a glowing report about me.
-Heh-heh, shouldn’t be all that difficult!
A moment later.
I was sitting on the sofa after finishing breakfast, waiting for the secretary.
I heard the fox speak smugly from inside my head after waking from her nap.
-With your Charm, there’s no doubt you’ll be able to enchant her easily!
“…”
Really, now?
I pouted and let out a doubtful hum.
The fox brimmed with confidence, but honestly, I had my doubts.
‘Except… it didn’t work yesterday either.’
Yesterday when I’d dropped my business card, I’d used Charm together with the fox to lie to Grandfather.
But it hadn’t worked at all.
In the end, Grandfather had called me to his study to interrogate me about what had happened.
At my skeptical look, the fox hurried to wave her front paws.
-That must have been because that person’s qi was unusually strong!
‘…Really?’
-Yes! There are very rare humans who possess particularly strong qi!
That was actually a plausible explanation.
Grandfather was, so to speak, like a tiger.
A very powerful alpha tiger, at that.
At my thought, the fox puffed out her tiny chest proudly once more.
-Of course, then! It will work on most humans, so stop doubting!
…And then, a moment later.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Yu-jin. My name is Kang Jin-a, and I’ll be taking care of you from today on.”
Her hair was tied back neatly and tautly, and her black suit was crisp and perfectly pressed without a wrinkle.
The woman’s eyes, visible beyond her glasses, gleamed with sharp intensity as she gave me a slight bow.
I blinked several times before awkwardly returning the bow.
“…Oh, hello there.”
“Yes. Then I’ll proceed with today’s schedule briefing.”
And before the greeting had even finished, the woman briskly pulled a Tablet PC from her bag.
“Departure from home at 10 AM, arrival at the JB Film Building at 11 AM. One-hour meeting with Director Yu Tae-sung and key personnel. In the afternoon…”
“…”
Rapid-fire, rapid-fire, rapid-fire.
An enormous stream of long, complex words poured relentlessly from her mouth.
‘Ugh, I’m getting dizzy.’
My head was spinning from words flowing forward at such a breakneck pace, barely pausing for breath.
After finishing her explanation without so much as a stumble, the woman promptly clicked off her Tablet PC.
Then she pushed her glasses up with a brisk gesture and spoke firmly.
“If you have no questions, I’ll have the car ready in five minutes.”
“…”
-…
The fox and I said nothing.
We didn’t need words to understand.
—So… humans have grown quite formidable in the meantime.
My Charm wouldn’t work on someone like her.

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