Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 234

Hyung, am I cute? 234

The next day.

The eventful birthday party was over.

I was so exhausted that I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Almost a faint.

But waking up wasn’t bad. Maybe because I slept soundly without waking up, I felt refreshed.

I wondered if Siha was already awake, so I opened my eyes and looked beside me.

‘She’s not here.’

I guess she’s already awake. But I didn’t get my face slapped today? What happened?

I got up with a messy face.

“Hyung!”

“Huh? Pfft! What are you doing there?”

Pepe’s mascot head was on the ground, and Siha was inside.

It’s a head hole, why are you putting your body in it?

“Hyung. It’s Sihapepe.”

“Pfft.”

Siha and Pepe have truly merged.

If I wear it, it’s Hyungpepe, and if Siha wears it, it’s Sihapepe, right?

I couldn’t help but wonder if it was okay to laugh this much from the morning.

“Siha, should we take a shower now?”

“No. Siha here.”

“Okay. Stay here. Hyung will take a shower.”

“No. Siha too!”

As soon as I said I was going to shower, she ran over and clung to my leg.

I knew it.

Holding Siha in my arms, I headed to the bathroom.

“For supple skin, you need to wet your face with warm water and rinse with cold water. Got it?”

“Siha got it.”

“Really? Then do you know this? You have to take care of your skin from a young age. Even if Siha’s skin is supple now.”

“Why?”

“You might have to work overtime when you grow up.”

“What’s overtime?”

“Uh… it’s working until Siha is in daycare. And then eating and working again.”

Siha nodded as if she understood.

Then, she looked at me with a surprised expression.

“Hyung’s skin. Okay?”

“Huh?”

“Hyung does ttadak ttadak [typing sound] at night. Overtime. Overtime.”

“Huh?”

Well, me working at night isn’t wrong, but… why do I feel like I’ve been hit?

“Hyung doesn’t work overtime. It’s just work.”

“No. Eat and play with Siha. Then work again.”

“Yeah. I work then.”

“Siha also works.”

“Yeah. Siha also draws.”

There was always time for drawing.

I work during that spare time. Of course, good kid Siha goes to bed early.

Siha slapped her cheeks with both hands.

“Siha’s skin okay? Siha does overtime.”

I don’t know what to say to her incredible logic.

Why is it jumping there?

“Siha is okay.”

“Why?”

“Because Hyung is Red Hyung.”

Siha’s eyes widened.

It was a look of ‘Such an amazing fact!’

“Right. Hyung. Red Hyung.”

“Pfft.”

I can’t believe this logic works.

Hyung protects Siha’s skin! It’s not like that.

“First of all, it’s important to wash every day. Got it?”

“Ah!”

I don’t know what I’m doing in the bathroom. Let’s just wash quickly.

I was getting ready to go out when I heard the doorbell.

Ding-dong-

“Yes. Who is it?”

“Hyung. It’s Baek Dong.”

“Oh. Who is this? The person who didn’t celebrate Siha’s birthday yesterday.”

“No. I didn’t know! Hyung left a message at night and didn’t reply.”

“It’s my fault?”

“First, open the door. I brought an after-birthday gift.”

I looked at Siha.

“Siha. Donghwan hyung said he brought a birthday present. Should we open the door?”

“Huh? It’s not Siha’s birthday.”

“Yeah. Not today. Yesterday. But he couldn’t give you a gift yesterday, so he brought it.”

“Baek Dong hyung. Late.”

Baek Donghwan apologized at the door.

Siha thought for a moment and said this.

“Late next time too?”

“No. I won’t.”

“Promise.”

“Yeah. I promise.”

“No. Finger. Finger.”

“No. How can I do a pinky swear if you don’t open the door?”

“Baek Dong hyung. Can do.”

If Baek Donghwan were to do that, he would have to tear down the door with his strength and hook it on Siha’s pinky.

Does she think Baek Donghwan is the Hulk?

“Siha. Should we open the door?”

“Ah!”

The door opened, and Baek Donghwan appeared with a shopping bag.

He promised Siha to do a pinky swear and not forget in the future.

Of course, it’s my fault for not telling him…

“So, what’s the gift?”

“Hehehe. There’s a game that children can’t resist.”

“Don’t tell me it’s a game console! That expensive thing! PlayStation…”

“Ah, Hyung! Where would I get the money for that! I haven’t even been employed for a year yet!”

Tsk. I guess not. Well, there are games at home too.

Actually, I don’t play them often because I’m not that interested. But I like it when I do.

“Then what is it?”

“It’s a board game! Blue Marble!”

“…”

Blue Marble.

A game where you build villas, buildings, and hotels in the capital cities of countries with your own money.

Yeah. It’s fun. But… Siha can’t do the math.

I had a feeling that I would have to do everything.

I looked at Baek Donghwan with a bitter look.

“Why? Is it not good?”

“No. Nothing.”

“But your expression…”

“It’s your imagination.”

Siha said.

“Baek Dong hyung. Siha knows. Money.”

“Oh! You saw the money here! But have you played it?”

“No.”

“If you haven’t played it, you should try it. Haha!”

I watched Siha receive the gift and said.

“Go now.”

“No. Why!”

“You have to get ready for work.”

“I have a long way to go? Why don’t we have breakfast together?”

“Let’s see. Where’s the rice paddle?”

“Why the rice paddle?”

“Do you know the story of Heungbu and Nolbu [a Korean folktale about two brothers, one kind and one greedy]?”

“Hey. Hyung!”

I wanted to slap that big muscle with a rice paddle full of rice today.

That game is a Möbius strip [a surface with only one side and one boundary]! You have to play with her almost infinitely!

I didn’t want to buy Blue Marble even if I played Jenga.

***

Today, she said she didn’t want to go to daycare and wanted to play with Luna noona [older sister figure], so I took her hand and went to Tyrone’s house.

Luna said she had found a daycare to attend next year, so she probably won’t be as bored at home.

The problem is the remaining year.

“Luna noona!”

“Siha!”

Luna hugged Siha and spun her around.

When I asked her on the phone earlier, she said she was bored at home and lying around like a corpse… She’s very energetic.

Luna said.

“Oh! What is this?”

Siha said line. It seems she has learned Siha’s language while playing together.

Is that okay? I’m a little worried.

“This? Blue Marble.”

“Huh?”

Siha showed the Blue Marble she was holding in her arms.

“Game.”

“Oh! Game? Siha. Let’s do it. Let’s go!”

“Go go!”

Suddenly playing Blue Marble.

I expected it, but it turned out like this. Tyrone also peeked from the side at the word game.

「What kind of game is that?」

「Um. A game where you buy land and build buildings? If the other person lands on that land, they have to pay money.」

「Oh! I know that game too. Haha. Sounds fun. Let’s do it.」

「???」

Suddenly Tyrone also participated.

His wife decided to do the math together behind Luna.

I feel like this is a losing game for me.

I have to play a game with this foreigner.

Still, there are numbers written on it, so he’ll understand if I explain it roughly.

He can’t read, but he knows numbers.

Should I thank Arabia?

Siha chose the Blue Marble piece.

There were four colors in the shape of a fighter plane.

“Siha red!”

“Luna blue!”

“Tyrone white!”

「I’ll do green. Why? Why is everyone looking at me like that? Don’t tell me you want me to refer to myself in the third person too?」

Bba-an-

“S, Sihyuk. Green.”

I couldn’t resist the gaze, but I felt ashamed.

What’s with everyone’s satisfied expression?

But only Siha has a serious expression. As expected, Siha. You also think it’s weird, right?

“Hyung.”

“Yeah.”

“Hyung. Red. Change with Siha.”

“Huh?”

Siha switched red and green.

No. Did you think about that…? Hyung is red. Is this the formula of truth?

As I was thinking that, Tyrone said.

「Kids will learn a lot when they calculate money. Haha! It’s a good game.」

「I…s that so?」

「Haha. Of course. Is there anything else you can learn?」

「Um.」

Suddenly, I heard a hallucination of Teacher Yoo Dahee in my head.

-You can experience the sense of economy for the first time. But that’s to hide another side! In fact, it teaches you that land and real estate are always right…

What nonsense. Shoo shoo, fly away.

-If that doesn’t work, dream of becoming a landlord…

Uh-huh. You still haven’t retreated.

From some point on, I might have been a little influenced by Teacher Yoo Dahee.

What is this? Scary.

「Why are you waving your hand?」

「Haha. It’s nothing. Tyrone. Let’s start quickly.」

The game started like that.

Siha rolled two dice first.

The place she landed on was Jeju Island. There is a Taegeukgi [South Korean flag] flag drawn on it. The price is 200,000 won.

“Siha. Are you going to buy this? It’s 200,000 won.”

“Huh?”

“It’s cheap. Cheap. Only 200,000 won!”

“Siha. Buy!”

“Excuse me? Customer? This is 2,000 won?”

“Ddo-okke [Okay]!”

“If you sell this, it’s over…”

Lee Siha was demonstrating the art of discount here.

But she couldn’t cut it, so she gave 20,000 won with a groan.

I kindly took two 100,000 won bills.

“These are two.”

“No.”

“Siha. Be honest. Are you pretending not to know money on purpose?”

“No.”

After passing Siha, it was Luna’s turn.

She passed Jeju Island and arrived in Singapore. It’s a pity. If she had landed there, she would have had to pay a toll.

“I’ll buy it!”

“Okay. Here.”

Me and Tyrone also rolled the dice and were able to buy one.

Everyone built pretty villas too.

At first, they didn’t spend that much money.

“Siha does it!”

“Yeah.”

“Ike [Go]!”

The dice rolled again, and the total was 5.

The same number as before.

Wait?! Then?!?

Following with my eyes, I saw Desert Island.

“Siha is trapped on Desert Island. It’s an island with no one. It’s surrounded by the sea like this picture.”

“Huh?”

“So, you have to rest for 3 turns!”

Siha looked shocked.

She probably didn’t know there was a trap like this. In fact, this place shows its effectiveness when many buildings are built.

If you land on my building while resting, you get paid steadily.

“But! There’s a way to get out of here!”

“!!!”

Siha’s eyes were full of hope.

What kind of method is there?

“If you roll the same number on two dice, you can escape!”

“Ah!”

Siha clenched her fists.

She was showing her will to escape.

But will luck come that quickly?

I don’t know.

Luna threw, and I and Tyrone threw. I got a small number and couldn’t get out of the first line.

“Siha. Fighting [Cheering her on]!”

“Ah!”

Siha rolled two dice.

Degeureureu [onomatopoeia for rolling]. 6 and 5. Unfortunately, she failed.

A look of disappointment flashed across Siha’s eyes.

“Hyung. Siha trapped. Save.”

“Haha.”

“Quickly.”

“I don’t think Hyung can save you directly. Because it’s a game. But if it’s reality, I’ll definitely save you!”

“No. Now.”

Luna threw again, and this time it was my turn.

I rolled the dice.

“Huh?”

“Hyung! Together!”

I landed on Desert Island.

Siha was very happy.

Yeah. I unintentionally came to save you. You were very lonely, right? But what should I do? You’ll escape first.

“Hyung together. Together.”

“Yeah. Siha looks happy.”

“Ah!”

Siha gets out of her seat and crawls into my arms.

She sits right in front.

“???”

“Together, so do this.”

“No. There’s no such rule?”

“No. There is.”

“Where?”

“Over there?”

I followed the tip of Siha’s finger with my eyes.

Where? I can’t see anything in that box?

“I can’t see it?”

“No. It’s small.”

“Really?”

“Ah.”

“But Siha can’t read well, right?”

“Siha knows. Lee Siha. Lee Sihyuk.”

No. Of course, you know that.

Anyway, I can’t beat her. I had no choice but to proceed like that, and we both escaped from Desert Island.

“Oh! Golden Key.”

I opened the Golden Key.

Let’s see. What’s written?

“Huh?”

“Hyung. What?”

Three people were looking at me.

They already knew that the Golden Key had good and bad things.