Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 239

Hyung, Aren’t I Cute? 239

The book was officially published.

I haven’t been to a bookstore, but I’m sure they’re all stocked.

Of course, it’s just one of many books, but I hope it sells well.

I also checked several online bookstores and was surprised to see it really there.

I mean, it’s obvious, but I can’t help but feel a strange emotion.

But the disappointing thing is that there are too many advertisements.

Other books have banners everywhere, so I don’t know if Siha’s book will stand out.

Well, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pop-up book ad, even when I think about it.

But you know, when it becomes a bestseller and sells a million copies, there’s a line written about how well it’s doing.

Well, I don’t expect that much, but I can still dream.

“Siha, Siha. Look. Your pop-up book is out.”

“Really?”

I handed Siha my phone and showed him the online bookstore.

He stared at it, really amazed.

“Hyung. Siha book!”

“Yeah. It’s Siha’s book. And when I checked this morning, a real Siha book came in the mail. Good, right?”

“Ah ah.”

I stroked Siha’s head.

I don’t know how much it will sell, but it won’t be easy.

It’s not as simple as an emoticon.

It’s hard to stimulate the desire to own a book.

“I hope it sells a lot. Right?”

“Hyung. Siha also sell. Sell book.”

“Huh?”

“Before, did.”

“Ah…….”

It seems like he remembers selling it before.

But unlike then, there are so many copies, and even if I run around and sell them myself, it’s just a drop in the bucket.

He doesn’t know that, and he’s looking at me with sparkling eyes.

Oh? What should I do?

“Won’t this sell on its own?”

“No. With Hyung.”

“Yeah. Doing it together is important.”

How much it sells wasn’t important to Siha.

It seems like selling it together again is important. The 10 books he sold back then must have been a valuable experience.

“Then where should we go to sell it? There’s no good place to sell it like before. Siha’s book is already in bookstores.”

“Huh?”

Siha pondered, then slapped his palm with his fist as if he had a good idea.

“Baekdong hyung [older brother/male friend], Mun-do samchon [uncle/male family friend], Su-hyeon noona [older sister/female friend]. Lisa noona!”

“Yeah. I see.”

Where have I heard those names before? Ah! Was half of the 10 books sold back then to acquaintances?

Oh no. This isn’t good. This isn’t some kind of multi-level marketing scheme.

“Haha. We’re not selling it, but should we brag about Siha’s book coming out?”

“No. Sell.”

“Huh? Okay. Let’s work hard.”

“Ah ah!”

I picked up my phone and sent a group text.

Siha is working hard to do something, so please take care of him.

Anyway, that’s it.

“Hyung. Siha all ready.”

Siha comes out wearing his penguin bag.

Today, we’re going to kindergarten first.

Selling is selling, and we have to go where we have to go.

“Okay. Let’s go now.”

“Ah ah.”

“But are you really going to sell it?”

“Together! Sell.”

“Do you have to emphasize ‘together’?”

Siha nodded as if it were obvious.

***

I arrived at the kindergarten and greeted the teacher.

“Teacher. Hello!”

“Siha. Hello. You seem more energetic than usual today?”

Teacher Yoo Da-hee recognized that, so I thought she was getting to know Siha a little better now.

Well, has he been going here for 10 months? Or was it 9 months?

“Teacher. Siha book came out.”

“Huh? Book? You mean that pop-up book?”

“No. Mongshil, Biseul.”

“Ah! Mongshil and Biseul?”

“Ah ah.”

Siha took out the pop-up book from his bag.

It’s a brand new work.

The teacher opened it and nodded, quickly scanning through it.

It was as if she was appraising something.

“It’s fun. Si-hyeok’s skills are definitely not ordinary. Mongshil and Biseul are cute too. I think I know why it’s a penguin instead of a cloud, but I won’t argue about it.”

“Haha.”

“But! The world is not that easy. No, it’s rather cold. Paper book sales are decreasing every year……”

“Ah, that’s okay.”

“Ahem. I got excited. I saw the youngest writer. But Siha, did you bring this today to show it off?”

“No.”

Siha shook his head.

And he stuck to my leg.

“Siha sell book.”

“Huh? You came to sell books?”

“Ah ah. Teacher. Buy book. Buy book.”

“Oh oh oh. You’re trying to sell books to your teacher, you’re still a long way off. Even though I’m a senior in the industry, I can’t not buy it for you, but what’s the point of selling it that way!”

“Why?”

“You have to compete with value, not sell it to people you know.”

“Value?”

“Huh? Um. You have to compete with something cool.”

“Siha book not cool?”

“Huh? Um. That’s not true.”

Oh dear. He was pushed back by Siha’s logic.

The teacher, at a loss for words, hesitated and said this.

“Then should I buy one? How much is it?”

“Teacher. Internet. In Internet. That Siha thing.”

“Huh? Ah, you’re not selling this, but telling me to order it online?”

“Ah ah.”

“What kind of book are you selling like this?”

“Why?”

“No. You can do that.”

I showed Siha the book I searched for, and the situation ended.

Anyway, she said she would have bought it if the teacher had known.

Saying, ‘It’s not that expensive.’

Then the head teacher said.

“It’s not that expensive, so attach the receipt and upload it with the report. The cost will be covered by the kindergarten.”

“Yes?”

“It’s good to have it at the kindergarten. Da-hee teacher saves money.”

“Why?”

“Why? You have to save some money to get married. It’s not like men bring a house these days.”

“That’s true…. Hey, what can you do with this money?”

“No. You have to save even a little bit. How much does a kindergarten teacher make?”

“It’s okay. I’m going to make a lot of money with this fairy tale book.”

“You just told Siha that it’s not easy……”

“Ack! Ack! That’s not true.”

The head teacher smiled at Yoo Da-hee teacher.

I was happy to see the two of them still getting along well.

Siha must think so too, right?

“Head teacher. Siha buy book. Teacher, head teacher. Two.”

Siha spread out two fingers.

Siha? Are you selling one more book at this time?

“Don’t fight. You can buy another one!”

Oh? That’s right. You can buy another one and have one each. But isn’t that scene just like parents buying toys for their children one by one?

The head teacher and Da-hee teacher laughed in vain as if they had been hit hard.

Da-hee teacher said.

“Um…. Then three for my personal collection, the head teacher’s collection, and the kindergarten’s collection. And the money will be attached to the kindergarten.”

The head teacher grabbed Yoo Da-hee teacher’s phone and whispered so Siha couldn’t hear.

“Don’t play tricks.”

She had a firm attitude about public funds.

Ah, two is okay, but three is too much.

***

Siha wanted to show off his new book to the kindergarten children today.

First, he showed the book to his best friends, Seung-joon and Hana.

“Tada!”

“Wow! Siha. This is Pepe!”

“Ah ah. Pepe. Biseul and Mongshil.”

“Huh?! That Biseul and Mongshil?”

“Went sky. Biseul, Mongshil.”

“Oh. So this is what happened when they went to the sky?”

Hana’s eyes sparkled as if she was amazed too.

“Siha. Amazing~ You even made a book. Hana can’t make a song yet.”

“Hana also can do.”

“Really?”

“Ah ah. This Siha also made. Hyung, Hong ajji [mister/male family friend] helped. Hana also help make~”

“Help make?”

“Ah ah.”

Hana opened her eyes wide as if she had realized something amazing.

Then, Jong-soo peeked in, curious about what the three were doing.

“What are you doing?”

Seung-joon puffed out his chest and pointed to Siha’s pop-up book with his hand.

“Siha made another pop-up book! Pop-up book Two. Pop-up book Two!”

“Pop-up book Two?!”

“Yeah. You know that Two is stronger than One, right?”

“Whatever.”

Jong-soo snorted and crossed his arms.

He thought that putting Two or Three on a book wouldn’t make it stronger.

“Huh? You don’t believe me? It’s real! Right, Siha.”

“Ah ah.”

“Don’t lie! Both of you! Do you think I’m stupid?”

Jong-soo thought he was the smartest of them all.

He actually had a lot of knowledge.

Jong-soo remembered everything he had heard.

Of course, he was very lacking in the wisdom to use it and hadn’t yet shed his childishness.

“No. Real. Siha book. Sell in Internet.”

“What is Internet? You mean the Internet?”

“Ah ah. Right.”

“Don’t lie!”

Jong-soo took out his phone from his pocket.

He looked at Siha’s book title one by one and typed the letters.

[Biseul and Mongshil]

When he searched and went in, it really came up.

Jong-soo was shocked by that.

“No…. Does Two really make it stronger?! Even books?!”

Seung-joon, who was next to him, kept saying ‘Wow, wow’.

Hana made a fuss, saying, ‘Siha is a celebrity now. Celebrity. He even has a book out.’

She announced the birth of a celebrity in the kindergarten.

Jae-hui congratulated Siha, and Yoon-dong glanced at it and said in a blunt way that he would buy it if he had money in his piggy bank and passed by.

Eun-woo clapped his hands, saying ‘Awesome, awesome’ as if something was so funny.

The teacher stepped forward and said.

“The teacher is also famous on the Internet!”

“Teacher. Really?”

“Wow. Really?”

“Is the teacher as famous as a celebrity?”

“No way. Teacher Two. That can’t be true. It’s a lie.”

“Jong-soo. Would the teacher lie? He always says my clothes are cool.”

“Really?”

“Puhaha! Teacher is also famous! Puhaha!”

The teacher took out her phone and looked at Eun-woo.

Eun-woo? I know you don’t mean any harm, but that line is very meaningful.

“Here! Look! This is the teacher’s blog!”

Everyone said ‘Wow, wow’, but Jong-soo said as if he was disappointed.

“What. Everyone else does that. It’s not Two. That’s a relief.”

Jong-soo. What are you relieved about?

“Tea, Teacher is also a huge power blogger!”

The children were no longer interested and chattered with other noises.

The head teacher patted the teacher’s shoulder.

“It’s real.”

“That’s right. Teacher Da-hee. Let’s become more famous and talk.”

“Ah, it’s unfair!”

In fact, Teacher Da-hee’s blog and books have some recognition for their reversal charm.

Of course, it wasn’t famous or anything like that.

“Ahem. Everyone lacks faith today. Then I have something prepared.”

The teacher brought a box wrapped in a large cloth.

“It’s quiz time!”

Everyone tilted their heads at the sudden context.

But the teacher aroused the children’s interest.

“If you get all of these right, you’ll get a prize. Right away~ Delicious strawberry mochi [Japanese rice cake]!”

“Wow! That sounds delicious!”

“Want to eat!”

“Ah ah!”

Everyone knew they would like it.

The teacher put her hand inside the cloth and pressed a toy.

Kkio! Kkio!

“???”

The children tilted their heads, not knowing what was going on.

Seung-joon raised his hand.

“Ah! Chicken! Chicken! It’s a cock-a-doodle-doo!”

“Correct!”

An ugly chicken toy came out of the teacher’s hand.

When he gave it to Seung-joon, he threw it away.

Kkyaek oh!

Siha looked at it and said.

“Okaychana [are you okay]?”

“Siha. That’s okay.”

After looking closely at the toy’s face.

“No. Not okaychana. Face not okaychana.”

The teacher thought to herself.

Siha. You’re worse. He was originally ugly! Did you have to confirm it like that to feel better!

Seung-joon said.

“Siha. He was originally ugly.”

“Huh? Why?”

“Why? Of course, because he didn’t become chicken!”

“If chicken, handsome?”

“Yeah. Very handsome! It tastes good too!”

Hana, who was next to him, swallowed her saliva as she thought of chicken at Seung-joon’s words.

The teacher refocused the children’s attention on the box.

“Okay, everyone, please focus. A chance to eat strawberry mochi that is more delicious than chicken! Now, what kind of toy will there be this time? You have to get all of these right to eat them all.”

She pressed the toy again.

Ribbit! Ribbit!

This time, Siha raised his hand.

The right to speak was passed on.

He shrugged his shoulders confidently and said.

“Su-hyeon noona!”

“Wrong!”

“Huh? Frog noona sing well.”

“Wrong!”

Siha tilted his head, wondering why not, and remembered what Hyung had said.

“Ah ah! Janatgaegul [a nonsense word for frog]!”

“Huh?”

“Janatgaegul!”

“Janatgaeguri? Wrong! There is no such frog!”

“Huh?!”

Siha looked shocked and put his palm on the ground.

Hyung wouldn’t have said something that didn’t exist! That was exactly the expression he had.

The teacher was flustered.

“Th… There might be…. Maybe…….”

She just said it vaguely.