Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 235

Hyung, Am I Cute? Episode 235 (235/500)

What’s written on the golden key:

[If the talent show pleases the other party, you will receive ₩50,000.]

Talent show, right away!

I don’t know why they’re always included.

Even the premise isn’t great. The judgment is up to the other party!

You might not even get it.

Okay, let’s think. These three people seem to only spend the money they need and save the rest.

Money needs to circulate when spent, but they save it to buy expensive land and buildings no matter what.

Ugh. I understand. I feel the same way. But telling someone with this kind of spending habit to earn money through a talent show?

It’s not going to be easy.

‘Wait a minute!’

The important thing in a deal is to understand the other party!

There are currently four players participating in the game! One is watching and assisting.

Three are foreigners, and one is a child who can’t read Korean well.

That means the only readable part of the golden key is the number 5.

“Ahem. They’re each asking me for ₩50,000 as a congratulatory gift. See here?”

“It says 5… Hmm. There really is something that amazing! Completely arbitrary! My golden key is asking for some social fund! What has society ever done for me?”

Oh? Someone’s getting a little too into it.

I thought America was the land of donations, but I guess not always.

Well, what can this Blue Marble game do for me? If you land on that space, someone else can take the funds.

Oh? Isn’t that what welfare is supposed to be?

“Then everyone, give me ₩50,000 [approximately $38 USD].”

“Wait!”

Luna grabbed my wrist.

She snatched the golden key and stared at it intently. Heh heh heh. She can’t read it yet.

She took out her phone and started doing something.

Click.

“Ah! That’s a lie! You’re supposed to get it by doing a talent show!”

“What?! No! Si-hyuk! What’s going on! The terms are different! Don’t tell me the social fund too?!”

Tyrone’s eyes widened.

“That’s right! I knew something was fishy! This, this. They’re only thinking about how to steal money from ordinary people!”

Why is that coming up all of a sudden…

Is this Blue Marble a microcosm of society? Lines I’ve heard a lot are popping up.

That’s not the point. I’ve been caught?

I guess it’s harder to cheat with the advancement of science. There’s an app like that…

But it’s not perfect.

It’s missing the modifier: If they like it!

Tyrone said.

“Alright! Let’s see some talent shows. ₩50,000 isn’t easy money. No, it’s ₩150,000 combined!”

“Let’s see it!”

The father and daughter are in sync.

Siha doesn’t understand what they’re saying and asks, ‘Hyung, money lose?’

Saying it like that makes me sound like a childish hyung [older brother or male friend] borrowing money from you.

“Ahem. If I’m caught, I can’t help it. I’ll do a talent show.”

I was wondering what to do, so I decided to do magic.

Remember when I tried to do finger magic last time, but Siha got worried and it failed?

This time, I’ve been practicing coin magic little by little so Siha won’t worry.

I took out a ₩500 coin [approximately $0.38 USD] from my pocket.

A ₩500 coin is bigger than a ₩100 coin, so it’s easier to do a finger palm (hiding it with your fingers).

“I’m going to do magic.”

Siha and Luna’s eyes lit up at my words.

Kids must like magic.

I held the coin with the thumb and index finger of my left hand. My right hand covered the coin and lifted it up. I blew on it and opened my right hand in front of the children.

“Ah! Gone!”

“Oh! Gone!”

“That’s really amazing.”

I opened my left hand to show that the coin had moved there.

“The coin moved to the left hand!”

“Ah! Hyung is amazing!”

“Oh! Amazing!”

Luna learned Siha’s words again. I wonder if her pronunciation is okay?

I did a talent show, so I asked for money.

But the two fathers and daughters pretended not to notice and turned their heads. I glared at them, and they gave it to me reluctantly.

And Siha.

“Hyung. Here!”

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“Good job!”

He gave me the money and patted me on the shoulder.

What is this? It feels like the boss is giving me a bonus for doing a good job?

That’s what it looked like, though it wasn’t intentional.

Tyrone showed his palm.

“Wait a minute!”

“What is it?”

“Let’s see if the social fund is real too. I need to be able to trust Si-hyuk.”

“That’s real, though?”

“No way!”

I had no choice but to show it to him for confirmation.

“Unbelievable! These bad guys! They’re always taking away!”

“Tyrone, you’ve made a lot of money, haven’t you?”

“That’s real money. There’s only this currency here.”

“That’s true.”

Tyrone, who didn’t have much money because he bought expensive things, was anxious.

I guess you need to have enough money to have peace of mind.

Siha made a satisfied face, saying, ‘Money mana!’ [Money is plentiful!]

Yeah, Siha. Buy a hotel or something. It’s not good to have a lot of money.

Money piled up more than other people.

I guess he thinks he’s winning.

Siha rolled the dice.

The piece moves. One, two, three, four, five, six.

“Ah?”

He landed on Seoul.

Tyrone cheered and shouted.

Siha lost all his money and looked like he had lost his country.

I felt sorry for him, but I thought that expression was so cute.

Hey, Tyrone. Aren’t you enjoying it too much for your age…

The winner of Blue Marble was eventually confirmed to be Tyrone.

Damn it. Seoul, you jerk. How are you the most expensive compared to other countries? Seoul is too expensive!

***

As expected, it wasn’t just a one-time thing.

Tyrone, who won the first championship, was really happy, but he gradually got tired of the repeated games.

No, why aren’t the kids getting tired! Is this still fun?

With this in mind, the parents reflexively roll the dice with tired eyes and mechanically calculate the money.

It’s like handling work in a businesslike manner.

Tyrone tentatively brought it up, as if he was bored.

“Si-hyuk. Isn’t there anything more fun?”

“Tyrone. You don’t know anything.”

“What do you mean?”

“This is the easiest and most comfortable game that requires the least amount of energy.”

“!!!”

Tyrone looked shocked, as if he had realized something amazing at my words.

“Sage……”

“Puhah! Why are you calling me a sage?”

“But I want to do something else. I’m getting stiff from sitting still.”

“Is that because you’re an athlete?”

“It’ll be the same even if you’re not an athlete.”

“But it’s a bit much to go out and play on a cold day like this. Should we at least go for a walk?”

Luna heard our story and said she didn’t want to.

Tyrone and I smiled bitterly.

I had no choice but to turn my interest in another direction.

“Then how about this? A huge treasure hunt.”

The two children looked at me with questioning faces.

Yeah. They must be curious. I got up slightly and cleared my throat.

“It’s called Find the Golden Key!”

“Ah? What is it?”

“What is it?”

I smiled and told them to leave the house first.

I told them that there were golden keys hidden outside, and if they collected a lot of them, they could win the game.

Of course, there’s also a prize.

Ice cream that kids like!

“Then let’s go outside.”

We went to the park.

Tyrone laughed heartily, as if he was going to live.

I guess he was very stuffy from being at home. His wife, Emma, said she would stay at home, so only the four of us came out.

“Hyung. Key where?”

“Yeah. Just a minute. You can get it if you go a little further. The prize isn’t just ice cream, though the two of you don’t know it.”

“What is it?”

I showed them a picture of ice cream on the screen.

“Ah?”

“Wow!”

Ice cream cake. There were nine round shapes, and characters were engraved on white chocolate on top of them.

You know, there’s chocolate with letters stuck on the cake.

But you can eat that, but I didn’t really want to eat it.

The children’s eyes sparkled.

They must be happy to be able to eat this.

“We’re here! It’s right here!”

A sports park that children can’t help but like.

I came here to play catch before, but I didn’t look around all of it.

But this is a great place for children to run around.

Especially the suspension bridge, slide, and strange cave.

The fact that there’s even a zipline plays a part.

“Ah, here.”

Luna couldn’t hide her disappointment, as if she had been here a lot.

But she seemed a little motivated because of the hidden golden key.

I took out a piggy bank with a lock from my bag.

“There’s a coupon in here that you can exchange for an ice cream cake. But it’s locked, right? So you have to find the golden key that fits here.”

Of course, I haven’t hidden the golden key yet.

From now on, Tyrone and I will hide it while the children are looking for it.

“There are a total of 7 keys hidden. Only one key is real!”

Everyone has motivated faces.

“Then start!”

“Statt!”

“Start!”

Siha ran and went into the round cave.

Luna seems to be there too, and she goes inside with him.

What is that place?

“Tyrone. It’s time to hide the keys. I’ll hide 4, so Tyrone, please hide 3. Somewhere easy to find?”

“That sounds fun.”

We scattered like children and hid the keys.

I put them in small plastic bags because it would be difficult to find them if I just hid the keys.

The keys are so small.

“Siha. Did you find it?”

“Hyung. Fun!”

“???”

The cave was connected to the slide, and I could see him coming out on the other side.

What. That looks really fun?

“Luna noona [older sister]. Let’s ride that.”

“Yes!”

They’re not looking for the key and are having fun.

I followed behind them.

“Siha. Are you looking?”

“Ah. Siha find. Go there. No go now.”

“Oh? Yeah. You don’t go to the cave again.”

“Siha find there.”

Siha pointed to the suspension bridge.

So, to sum it up in one word, you’re going to try everything once?

Lee Siha. I know your intentions.

“Hyung. Shake shake. Heot dul heot dul [Korean phrase, mimicking heavy breathing].”

“Why is Heot dul heot dul coming out?”

Siha shook the suspension bridge here and there because it was amazing.

Luna was already moving her waist from side to side.

“Siha. shake it! shakt it!”

“Ah! Saeki. Saeki [mispronunciation of ‘shake it’].”

“Wait a minute, Siha. Be careful with your pronunciation.”

Luna let go of the rope on the suspension bridge.

Siha was holding on tightly as if it was a lifeline, but he followed Luna’s actions as soon as he saw them.

“Good. Siha. Use your sense of balance. You can do it.”

“Ah! Can do.”

“Yeah!”

Thump.

Siha? It’s good to let go of the rope, but why are you holding my leg?

“Hyung. Siha did!”

“Yeah. You did, but let go of Hyung’s leg.”

“No. Did.”

“Huh?”

“Hyung hand off.”

“That’s right. Hyung also took his hand off.”

“Siha also take off. Hyung and same. Together shake shake.”

“Huh?”

Is that how it works?

If you count it as a lump, it’s true that it’s one, and it’s true that it’s shaking… Huh?

“No. You have to let go of Hyung’s leg too. Hyung is Red Hyung [referring to himself].”

“!!!”

Siha logic defeated.

Siha had no choice but to let go.

The sight of only the lower body moving from side to side was so funny. Of course, I must be like that too.

“Then let’s turn around and go forward!”

“Ah!”

Luna was already at the end, waving her hand to tell Siha to come quickly.

Fidget fidget.

He’s passing the suspension bridge very slightly.

I don’t know if he’ll arrive today.

“Siha. If you run quickly, you’ll arrive soon.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

Siha ran.

“Hyungaaaa!”

“Hahaha. It’s shaking a lot!”

“Hyung. Don’t run!”

“Oh? Okay……”

I knew that it would shake more if I ran. Siha was a genius after all.

Siha, who arrived after a lot of twists and turns, pretended to wipe his sweat, saying, ‘Hyu, tired.’

Siha. You didn’t sweat at all.

“Hyung!”

“Yeah?”

“Find!”

Siha found the key hidden on the stairs leading down from the suspension bridge.

Will it be the right key at once?

Actually, I mixed them up, so I don’t know.

Siha and Luna ran and put the key in the lock.