Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 326

Hyung, aren’t I cute? Episode 326 (326/500)

There were a total of four clues.

[8], [Men’s restroom sign], [Apartment], [Circle].

Yeonju and Hana were curious about what the apartment clue meant and asked about it.

They were told that the culprit lived in that apartment.

Of course, there were other secrets hidden as well.

Anyway, the people living in that apartment, excluding the delivery rider, were the security guard, the pot-bellied man, and the beautiful magician, making a total of three.

Since the culprit was said to be a man, the suspects were narrowed down to the two middle-aged men.

“I think it’s the pot-bellied man, Hana.”

“Me too. He must have been really hungry.”

However, they weren’t sure, so they couldn’t easily give an answer.

Siha and Seungjun were feeling doubtful.

What could the 8 possibly represent?

“Sam. What is 8?”

“Well, think of an English word that looks similar to 8.”

“Ah?”

Eunwoo and Yundong also asked a question.

What could the circle possibly mean? The teacher smiled and answered like this.

“What else can we call a circle?”

“Huh?”

Everyone was pondering, but they couldn’t come up with an answer.

It seemed like they had no choice but to combine all the clues.

Jaehwi stealthily approached the deranged Jongsu.

“Jongsu. Jongsu. I secretly listened to the kids asking the teacher questions.”

“!!!”

Jongsu’s eyes lit up.

Then the story changes. He gets to know everyone’s clues.

After hearing the story from Jaehwi, Jongsu combined them in his head and came to a conclusion.

“I know! Teacher. I know the answer.”

“Oh. Really?”

“Yes! The answer is the security guard! It’s the security guard!”

“Why?”

“There were a total of four clues. It’s a man. The apartment’s name is Gyeong Sang Apartment. But 8 looks like the English letter B. Another word for circle is ‘one’! Combine them, and it’s security guard!”

“Ding-dong-daeng! That’s correct.”

“Wow!”

Jongsu raised his hands in victory.

He was so happy that he hugged Jaehwi.

They thought it was all over, but thanks to Jaehwi, who erased his presence and eavesdropped, they were able to get all the clues.

The teacher congratulated them and applauded.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

“From the beginning, the story the teacher told contained who the culprit was. If you listen to it again, everyone will know.”

The teacher told the story again.

Emphasizing only the key points.

[Inevitably, I look at the people coming out of the ‘Gyeong’sang Apartment entrance.

Looking at the CCTV, a total of 4 people passed the ‘1’st floor in ‘8’ minutes.]

The answer is in the question.

In a way, it might just be a play on words, but the fact that they specifically used 8 minutes instead of 10 minutes.

The fact that they live on the 1st floor.

Lastly, the apartment’s name was Gyeong Sang.

Therefore, if you combine them in order, it’s ‘Gyeong, 8, 1′.

Gyeong, B, One.

It becomes security guard.

“Then shall we continue with the story?”

The teacher took out a sketchbook.

Whirly.

The story that follows comes out as a picture.

“The child listened to all the suspects’ words and thought.”

“Yes, the culprit is that person!”

The child gathered four people.

Everyone was curious about the culprit. He speaks into a bow tie he brought from somewhere.

“There is a culprit among these people.”

The beautiful magician raises her hand and asks.

“Why are you speaking into a bow tie?”

“You’re curious about that?! Skip that and be curious about the culprit.”

“Okay. Who is the culprit?”

“The culprit is the security guard. It’s you!”

The security guard is startled.

“What?! Why?”

“First, I’ll eliminate each person one by one. The delivery rider is busy delivering, so there’s no need to switch the chicken. He doesn’t have time for that. He’s busy with the next delivery, so why would he bother switching the chicken?”

“That’s not a reason.”

“First, listen. And the pot-bellied man has no reason to switch it. If he’s usually hungry, he’ll just eat all the chicken there.”

“That’s true.”

“The beautiful magician specializes in making things disappear. She can’t make something out of nothing.”

“Hmm.”

“That leaves the security guard.”

“That’s ridiculous!”

The child had a confident expression.

There was a definite reason.

“You made a mistake. The CCTV in front of the elevator is broken.”

“That’s right.”

“You went to check the elevator, right?”

“Gasp!”

“Actually, you made it so the elevator CCTV wouldn’t show anything. And what did you say to me?”

“What did I say?”

“You said you liked boneless chicken more than bone-in chicken!”

“Keuheuk.”

“This is my deduction. You live in this apartment. So you ordered chicken during lunchtime. But you accidentally ordered bone-in chicken. But there’s boneless chicken in front of my door?”

The child smiled brightly, eyes twinkling.

All the circumstances came out well.

“That’s why you switched the chicken. There’s also decisive evidence. The boss said that he sent bone-in chicken to this apartment at that time. I confirmed it!”

“Keuheuk.”

“The culprit is you, the security guard!”

Thud.

The security guard knelt down.

And he started to speak honestly.

“That’s right. I did it! But think about it! Security work is busy. I need to eat boneless chicken quickly and get back to work. But it’s bone-in chicken. I have to eat it with my hands, not chopsticks! I have to clean up and wash my hands too!”

“No matter the reason, switching the chicken is unforgivable.”

The child shook his head.

The security guard burst into tears, apologizing.

With everything resolved, the child returned home.

The bone-in chicken was cold.

Inevitably, he deboned it, added sauce to the frying pan, and made chicken rice.

The chicken was delicious as expected.

“The end! That’s the end of the story.”

“Wow. Chicken rice sounds delicious.”

“In the end, he happily ate chicken.”

“Amazing!”

The director tilted her head after hearing the story.

Is it really right to say that switching the chicken is unforgivable, no matter the reason?

Such a question arose slightly.

“Okay, everyone. You all did well. I’ll give the highest prize to Jongsu and Jaehwi’s team, who came in first place.”

The other children found the hints well, so the remaining rankings were decided by rock-paper-scissors.

Seungjun, Hana, and Eunwoo came out as representatives for rock-paper-scissors.

2nd place Yeonju’s team, 3rd place Eunwoo’s team, 4th place Siha’s team.

Seungjun scratched the back of his head and looked at Siha.

“Siha. I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. Siha has a lot of money. I’ve been in 1st place twice.”

“That’s right! It’s okay!”

“That’s right. That’s right. Seungjun did well. Let’s do better next time.”

“That’s right! That’s how it should be! That’s what the adults say when our soccer team plays! We lost, but we fought well! Our players!”

“Huh?”

Seungjun often connects things to soccer.

Siha doesn’t know much about that, so she just tilts her head.

At that time, Jongsu came to Siha with a triumphant expression.

“Hey, Lee Siha! I’m in 1st place.”

“Congratulations, Jongsu!”

“I won so well despite your interference. How is it? Amazing, right? Hahaha!”

Jongsu laughed happily.

He was able to overcome Siha’s tremendous schemes and achieve victory.

The sense of accomplishment was immense.

“Jongsu.”

“Are you going to say ‘amazing!’? I know everything now. Do it as much as you want!”

“No.”

“Huh? Uh?”

“Jaehwi is amazing. Jaehwi. Jaehwi is amazing!”

Jaehwi pointed to himself from behind, saying, “Huh? Me?”

Siha nodded as if it were obvious.

“Siha heard all the hints Jaehwi gave! Jaehwi is amazing!”

If Jaehwi secretly listened to the children asking the teacher questions, Siha heard all the hints Jaehwi gave to Jongsu.

Siha raised both thumbs to Jaehwi.

“Jaehwi is double thumbs up! Amazing. Amazing.”

“Hehe. Thank you, Siha. I just worked hard because I wanted Jongsu to win.”

“Cool! Yeonju. Cool, right?”

At Siha’s words, Yeonju nodded without realizing it.

Jaehwi became happy seeing that.

Jongsu was quite embarrassed.

“Huh? Uh? Y-yes, Jaehwi did it all, right.”

The tremendous sense of accomplishment had already disappeared from Jongsu.

“S-still, I’m in 1st place. So what! I did all the reasoning. So what!”

“Jongsu is amazing!”

He finally heard the ‘amazing’ he wanted to hear, but Jongsu strangely wasn’t very happy.

“Lee Siha. You bad!”

“Huh?”

The teacher thought as she watched the scene.

It’s been a while since blunt Siha has come out.

***

“Everyone. You earned a lot of money today, right?”

“Yes!”

“Then today we’re going to cook together. We need to buy ingredients. It’s a dish we’ll all eat together. It’s budae jjigae [Korean army stew]!”

“!!!”

The teacher pointed to a room with her finger.

The director’s room. The door was closed.

“Each team will go in there and buy the ingredients. Of course, you can’t say what you bought when you come out. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“It’s for the budae jjigae we’ll all eat together. First, Jongsu and Jaehwi’s team!”

Jongsu and Jaehwi opened the door and went inside.

The director smiled and pointed to the table.

There were ingredients for budae jjigae.

Ramyun [Korean instant noodles] noodles, three types of ham, mushrooms, tofu, kimchi [fermented cabbage], ground pork, green onions, cheese, eggs.

“You can buy what you want here.”

At the director’s words, Jongsu and Jaehwi looked at each other.

“Hmm. Shouldn’t we save money?”

“But we’re going to eat it, so we should buy something.”

“Then should we just buy one thing?”

“Yeah. The other kids will buy things too, so just one thing.”

“No, we don’t know what the other kids will buy. They might buy the same thing, right?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Jongsu had a sharp side this time too.

They had to be careful when choosing ingredients.

“I chose. Ham. Ham!”

“What kind are you going to get?”

“Huh?! Can’t we get all of them?”

“No, you can’t.”

“Ugh.”

Long sausage, square sausage, small sausage.

They all tasted different and looked delicious no matter what you put in.

“Then I’ll get the long sausage.”

“Me too.”

“Then it’s 5,000 won [approximately $4 USD].”

The two children sighed deeply, saying it was expensive.

That’s how the two of them bought one sausage and chose to save money.

Next to come in were Hana and Yeonju.

“Woong. Hana wants to eat meat. I want to eat ham and ramyun too. And cheese.”

Hana said what she wanted to eat without thinking about the money.

But Yeonju stopped her.

“If you buy everything, there won’t be much money left.”

“That’s right. Yeonju is right.”

“We should save it in case we can use it again later.”

“Can’t we get just two things?”

“Hmm. Okay. Since we’re all eating together, let’s each choose one thing we want to eat.”

“Okay! Hana wants meat!”

“Then I’ll get ramyun.”

The two of them chose one each amicably.

Saying it was too expensive at 10,000 won [approximately $8 USD] was the same as Jongsu’s team.

Each team is different like this.

Next are Eunwoo and Yundong.

“Puhaha. They said to choose ingredients.”

“Choose what you want to eat.”

“Huh? Is that okay?”

“Yeah. Just choose what Eunwoo likes.”

“Wow. Exciting.”

The director smiled.

Yundong always seems indifferent but takes care of the children.

He felt like the oldest brother in the daycare.

“Ham. Ham. Hyungnim [term of respect for older brother or male friend]. Ham. Ham. Hyungnim~!”

Eunwoo chose ham while doing a strange rap.

When told to choose one of the three types, he chose the square ham.

“This is delicious even if you grill it.”

“Choose mushrooms too.”

“Why?”

“Because I don’t think anyone else will choose it.”

“Mushrooms! Take it off! Mushrooms! Take it off! Puhaha.”

“???”

That’s how the two of them paid 10,000 won [approximately $8 USD].

Eunwoo sang a strange rap saying, ‘Hyungnim! Expensive mushrooms! Expensive mushrooms!’, and Yundong just quietly opened the door and left.

Lastly, the team that came was Siha and Seungjun.

“Siha. What should we buy? We have to save money, but hmm. What should we buy?”

“Woong.”

Siha pondered for a moment and then pointed to the ramyun that was in the first place.

“Here.”

“Oh! Ramyun? Are you choosing ramyun?”

“No.”

“Huh?”

“From here to here. Give me everything!”

A flex line [boastful display of wealth] that you only see in dramas.

The director gave a bitter smile.

No matter how much they say that, the children can’t have that much money.

She had to make them realize reality.

“It’s 55,000 won [approximately $44 USD] in total?”

It was money you could only earn by being in 1st place 5 times.

Siha stared intently at the director.

“Director.”

“Yeah?”

“Can’t you make it cheaper?”

She put her hands together and asked.

The destructive power was enormous.