“Hyung, aren’t I cute?” Episode 313
I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
But the amount marked in the support section hadn’t changed.
“Hyung, Siha wants to see too.”
“Oh? Okay.”
I lowered myself so Siha could see.
She started counting the numbers with her finger, one by one.
To get straight to the point, it was about 3.7 million won [approximately $2,700 USD].
And that was just in one day.
It was crazy how much support poured in, even though there weren’t that many people.
Upon checking, one person had donated a whopping 3 million won [approximately $2,200 USD].
“Hyung, so much! Seoi is! Seoi!”
“Yeah, a lot, right? Hyung was surprised too.”
The person who donated 3 million won was someone whose ID I knew.
Someone who was always there whenever Siha uploaded pictures.
The ID name was interpret.
They were known as the Interpreter among the online community.
Seeing them throw money like this, are they rich?
3 million won a day would be a burden for an average person to spend, right?
Anyway, I received this much in donations but didn’t even say thank you.
I should have said something at the end, whether the amount was large or small.
It was the result of focusing only on the drawing without even checking the donations.
Let’s post a thank you notice now.
“Siha, let’s post a thank you for donating so much. Okay?”
“Will Siha say thank you into the mic again?”
“Pfft. I don’t plan on streaming for a while.”
“Why?”
“Hmm, just because? We’re going with a secret concept.”
It’s the so-called mysterious concept.
My wish is for it to be maintained until Siha becomes an adult.
I know that being young can be a topic of conversation, but it can also lead to subtle disregard.
The internet world has many different people, and there are also many very mean people.
‘And in reality, there aren’t many illustrators who are well-known.’
Anonymity can inflate various rumors, but it also provides protection, which is good.
Of course, there are also people who use anonymity as a weapon to hurt others.
“Ah, right. Siha, should Hyung be with you on Children’s Day?”
“Huh? Why? Hyung, why are you coming to the daycare?”
Siha’s eyes sparkled.
Her excitement was bursting out of her.
“Curious?”
“Curious.”
“Since the gift is a gift, I thought it would be good to be there together then.”
“Huh? Are you going to carry Siha’s valuable gift?”
“That too, but the gifts they’ll give at the daycare are amazing.”
“Hyung, do you know the daycare gifts? The ones the teacher gives?”
“Hyung knows everything.”
“!!!”
Siha looked around.
She tugged on my pants and instructed me to lower my waist.
She put her hands together and whispered in my ear.
“Hyung, Siha will keep it a secret. Only Siha knows.”
“Pfft. Can’t do that?”
“Why? Siha won’t tell. I’ll keep it a secret.”
“I can’t tell you this because I promised the teacher. You’re a bad kid if you don’t keep your promise, right?”
“Hyung, adult. Adult. It’s okay. It’s okay.”
“No. Adults have to keep their promises even more.”
She’s surprisingly logical these days.
Maybe? Instead of arts, is Siha’s talent blooming in science?!
Should I start teaching her addition and subtraction now?!
“Woong. Then a hint! A hint isn’t in the promise!”
Siha has become incredibly smart.
To exploit such a loophole… You’ve mastered the ways of adults, Lee Siha!
Since you’re so admirable, shouldn’t I give you one?
“Then here’s a hint.”
“Siha knows!”
“I haven’t even said the hint yet?”
So you’re just saying you know first.
“Then I don’t have to give you a hint, right?”
“No! Siha doesn’t know!”
“Pfft. Ah, okay. I’ll give you a hint. The gift has three legs!”
“!!!”
“Something that Siha likes!”
“Siha knows!”
Siha puffed out her chest with a confident expression.
She must have guessed the answer.
You’re amazing, Lee Siha!
I won’t tell you the answer even if you say it.
“What is it?”
Siha gently bent her waist.
She pretends to lean on a cane with her hand.
“Grandpa. Grandma.”
“Wrong!”
“!!!”
Siha, you don’t think they’d prepare a gift for grandparents at daycare, would you?
Siha’s answer reminds me of a riddle.
Four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening.
The answer was a human.
“Correct! A cane!”
Can you get out of the idea of grandma and grandpa?
Once you give an answer, it’s hard to get out of it.
***
Children’s Day.
Siha and I carried a box full of gifts into the daycare.
Siha had 3, and I had 6.
They were gifts for the daycare kids and teachers.
“Hello.”
“Teacher! Hello!”
“Oh my, Siha. What’s that box?”
“Teacher present.”
“Are you giving this to me?”
“Children’s Day present.”
“Teachers aren’t children, though?”
“Just be a child today.”
“Okay. Thank you.”
The teacher held the box in her arms.
The director also received it with thanks but put it on the shelf without opening it.
“Wow, Siha. What is it?”
“This is a present. Siha made it.”
“Really?!”
Seungjun widened his eyes in amazement.
Hana also praised Siha from the side, saying, “Siha is amazing!”
Yeonju quietly looked back and forth between the box and Siha’s face.
“Thank you, Siha. Can I open it?”
“Thank you, Siha. I’ll treasure it.”
“Thank you.”
Siha nodded.
The children opened the boxes.
“Wow! It’s Red Hyung Pepe!”
“Wow! It’s Red Oppa Pepe!”
Hey, you twins? Why do you insist on adding Hyung [older brother] and Oppa [also older brother, but used by girls]?
You can just say Red Pepe!
Yeonju looked at the gift quietly and said.
“I thought this character was cute too. It’s really cute.”
Yeonju seems to really like it.
Cute is always the truth.
Jongsu and Jaehwi also seemed quite happy.
“Siha made something so amazing. Next time, I’ll make something even more amazing and give it to you as a gift!”
“Jongsu hwaiting! [fighting/good luck!]”
“No, I wasn’t asking for encouragement!”
“Jongsu make something more amazing. Amazing!”
“I haven’t made it yet!”
I wonder if Jongsu is really happy?
But I don’t know. I don’t know about Siha and Jongsu’s relationship.
They seem close, but they also don’t seem close.
But I also get the feeling that he likes her more than dislikes her.
“Siha, thank you. I’ll treasure it. I’ll even make Red Hyung Pepe clothes for you to wear later.”
“Weally?”
“Yeah. Because he’s naked.”
No! Animals are originally naked! No, the fur on their bodies is their clothes!
Don’t say he’s naked…….
If you say that, it sounds like I’m naked because his name is Red Hyung Pepe!
“Puhaha. He’s naked. Naked. It’s Nude Pepe. Nude Pepe!”
Eunwoo was holding his stomach and collapsing, wondering what was so funny.
“No. Red Hyung Pepe is wearing Red Pepe.”
Yeah, Siha. In other words, it’s a setting where he’s wearing a mascot costume, right?
Siha is the only one for me.
“Puhaha. He’s wearing Red Pepe! Puhaha!”
What’s the point of laughter?
I honestly don’t know Eunwoo’s laughing point.
I haven’t talked to him much, but I know he’s a unique kid after being here for a while.
He was also good at rapping.
“Siha.”
“Why?”
Yundong approached Siha, grabbed her wrist, and handed her something.
Looking at it, it’s a green grape candy.
“You eat it.”
“Ah? Thank you~!”
Yundong nodded silently and put the plastic model box in his bag.
He seemed to have figured out what gifts the children had received and hadn’t even opened them.
“You eat this too and be quiet.”
“Puhaha. Green grapes. Puhaha. Woop.”
He peeled the candy and put it straight into Eunwoo’s mouth.
Hmm. It’s a mysterious relationship.
“Sihyuk-ssi [Mr. Sihyuk]. Sihyuk-ssi.”
“Yes? What’s wrong?”
“Did Siha really make this?”
“Ah…. The plastic model shape was custom-made, and I got some help with the painting and stuff, but Siha did make it.”
“Wow. That’s amazing. She knows how to do this too.”
The teacher and children were amazed by Red Pepe for a long time.
The teacher snapped out of it.
“Okay. Okay. Everyone! Today is Children’s Day, right?”
“Yes!”
“So this time, the teacher has prepared a special gift! Are you all curious?”
“No!”
Even after so much time had passed, the children couldn’t get away from Red Pepe.
The teacher noticed that too and made a sullen expression.
Red Pepe is powerful.
But according to what I saw in the notification, the gift prepared by the daycare was also considerable.
“The gift the teacher prepared is amazing too!”
“Siha knows.”
“Yes?”
“It’s a cane. A cane.”
“???”
Siha. That’s not it.
Can’t you get out of there yet?
“Hey. A cane? That’s not good. I can’t use it when I play soccer.”
“An idol can dance with a cane.”
“A cane??”
The children’s reactions were varied.
The teacher made an X with her arms, saying absolutely not.
“Okay, everyone. The Children’s Day gift is~ a tricycle!”
The children were all surprised and their eyes widened.
They had no idea they would receive a tricycle as a gift.
Only Siha tilted her head.
“What’s a tricycle?”
“You’ll know if you look outside. Shall we go out?”
The teacher opened the door.
Ta-da-da-da~ Ta-da-ra-ra-ra~ [sound effect]
The teacher is at the same level as me. Seeing the BGM come out automatically.
“Ta-da! It’s a tricycle!”
When we went outside, there were eight bicycles lined up.
They were all the same color so they wouldn’t fight.
“Wow! Siha, let’s go!”
“Aah!”
“Hana, let’s ride quickly! Yeonju.”
“Okay.”
The children ran excitedly to the tricycles.
The teacher calmed the children down.
“Everyone, wait a minute!”
“Yes!”
“Everyone has to ride this carefully. Got it?”
“Yesss!”
“And you can only ride in the playground in front of you. It’s dangerous to go where there are cars. Got it?”
“Yesss!”
Everyone answers well and vigorously.
But I can’t let my guard down. The reason I came to see Siha today was because I was worried that there might be an accident.
Well, there’s no way an accident could happen while riding a bicycle in the playground.
The playground was also designed so that cars couldn’t enter.
“Then everyone, don’t ride it, just carefully pull it to the playground!”
“Yesss!”
They answer well, but everyone’s eyes were taken away by the beautiful appearance of the tricycle.
The Kangin Foundation must have given quite a bit of money to buy gifts for Children’s Day this time.
It would cost at least 80,000 to 90,000 won [approximately $60-70 USD] per one.
“Hyung! Red! Red! Red bicycle.”
“Siha must be happy.”
The bicycle is red, Pepe is red, and even Siha’s car is red.
Everything is red, so I’m confused.
But the red glossy color is pretty!
All three of them.
“Shall we go?”
“Yeah!”
We arrived at the playground.
It’s not a place with grass like where the soccer goals are.
To be exact, it’s a place where the floor is like the track where track and field athletes run.
Kangin University had a lot of playgrounds, and this was one of them.
“Okay, everyone, you’re going to go around the track once. Got it?”
“Yes!”
Siha looked at me.
“Hyung. Ride. Siha will carry you.”
“Hyung can’t move if he rides there, right? And there’s no place to ride.”
I was almost excited for a moment.
What is it? It’s not like a man is giving me a ride on a motorcycle.
“Siha will carry you on her back. Then it’s okay~”
“Hyung is too heavy, so no.”
“Not heavy. Not heavy.”
If Siha can carry me on her back and ride a bicycle, she’s a complete superwoman.
People might tell me to raise her as a gold medalist later.
Weightlifter. Lee Siha!
It doesn’t seem to fit.
“Then I’m really going to get on your back?”
“It’s okay. It’s okay.”
I guess she imagined me lifting my legs and sticking to Siha’s back…….
“Going.”
“Aah.”
I got on Siha’s back.
To be exact, I’m just sticking to her body and my legs are spread out to the left and right.
What is this? It’s embarrassing!
“Hyung. Have to lift feet.”
“Really lifting them?”
“Yeah!”
I didn’t lift my feet, but I leaned my weight slightly on Siha.
“Hyung. Heavy.”
“I told you Hyung was heavy.”
“Siha is grandpa. Need cane.”
“Pfft.”
I’ll let it go because it’s funny.
I got up from Siha’s back.
“Now let’s ride a bicycle. It’s your first time riding it.”
“Hyung. Siha will get stronger and carry you later.”
“Okay. Thank you!”
You don’t have to get stronger.
Because the sight of Hyung riding a tricycle doesn’t look good.
It won’t happen, but it would be too embarrassing if I was really riding like that.