Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 34

I picked up Siha from daycare.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah? What’s this?”

“Ah, bean.”

“Bean?”

Looking at the pot, it said kidney bean.

It seemed they planted kidney beans today for Arbor Day.

“Wow, that’s really cool.”

“Ah.”

“We can grow beans here and eat them.”

“Ah.”

I took Siha’s hand and returned home.

I put the pot on the veranda where Siha could see it well.

If it’s kidney beans, I should be able to see them sprout in about two days.

I think Siha will be amazed.

I felt good thinking about Siha enjoying and growing them.

“Ah, Hyung.”

Siha kept looking at the pot.

“Do you like it?”

“Ah.”

“It needs to get sunlight here. If it grows well, let’s eat the beans. Hyung will cook them deliciously for you.”

“Ah.”

“Then, should we have dinner today? Siha, just play for a bit.”

“Ah.”

I went to the kitchen and cooked.

Siha kept circling around the pot, observing it.

Does he like it that much?

I felt like I should grow it well.

While cooking, I searched about kidney beans.

‘What? Why do they grow so fast?’

I could see them growing quickly in just one day, like Jack and the Beanstalk.

Later, I would have to fix it with wire and thread to grow it long.

Looking at the pictures, I could see it going up to the curtain rod on the ceiling.

“Whoa… No. They put it on top of the furniture here. Still, it’s long?”

It definitely surpassed Siha’s height.

Seeing the vine stretching upwards in just one month was quite amazing.

‘Siha will really like it.’

Kids would love it because the results come out quickly, changing every day.

Because he goes to daycare, there was a lot to learn from this educational aspect.

‘Should I grow something else too?’

I thought about it, but shook my head.

Let’s just grow the kidney beans well for now.

After cooking, I called Siha.

“Siha, let’s eat.”

“Ah.”

I picked up Siha, who was walking over, and sat him directly in the chair.

Today’s main dish is omurice! [Japanese omelet with fried rice inside]

A perfect dish with golden omelet covering fried rice.

I might as well put ketchup on top, but I wanted to show the untouched golden color.

Siha widened his eyes, looked at the omurice, and waved his arms.

“Ah! Hyung! Hyung!”

“This is omurice! Omurice.”

“Omu.”

“Rice.”

“Nice.”

“Yes, very nice!”

“Nice!”

I was saying strange things as my mind flowed, but it didn’t matter.

It’s my turn to cast a spell here.

“Okay, Siha. There’s ketchup here, so I’m going to draw a heart on top of it.”

I squeezed out the ketchup and drew a heart.

Siha reached out his hand, wanting to do it too.

“Hyung, Siha too.”

“Huh? Yeah. Do you want to do this?”

“Ah.”

I gave Siha the ketchup.

Siha carefully squeezed out the ketchup and drew wings next to the heart.

“You draw better than Hyung?”

“Ah.”

Siha squeezed out the ketchup once more and drew an arrow.

Where did he see this again…….

But the arrowhead was a bit strange.

A round shape.

‘This is an arrow with a suction cup from the sports day.’

As expected, he follows what he sees well.

“Let’s stop now and eat.”

“Ah.”

We enjoyed the meal together.

After that, Siha was diligently drawing with the tablet.

I looked at Siha and turned on my father’s laptop.

Whirr.

The neatly organized folders were still visible.

Among them, I found and entered the translation documents that my father had worked on.

[Novel], [Medical], [Protocol], [Genre]…….

Several files were visible.

I clicked on the medical section among them.

[Please enter the password.]

Each folder was password protected.

I thought it would naturally come to mind if I put my hand on the keyboard, but it didn’t work at all.

‘Hmm.’

I didn’t want to force it open.

I already have the data in my head, so what’s the point of opening it?

I looked through other folders.

[Establishment of a Medical Translation Company]

‘Found it.’

I went in here.

There was also a document in a diary format.

This is what I was curious about, so I read it.

[June 21st. After working at ‘Laurence’.]

[Kijun wanted to create a medical translation company.

It started with two people.

He tried to bring me in too, but I refused because I wanted to be an interpreter.

However, I occasionally helped when I needed money urgently.

It was a very small start, but before I knew it, the number of people had increased.

At that time, I had become the interpreter I wanted, and news became scarce.

The reason I met Kijun again was when I started translating.

I know it’s hard for someone who used to interpret to translate, but I remembered the experience I had at the time and contacted him shamelessly.

Kijun gladly accepted me.

There was a lot to study because it was my first translation in a long time.

I took the medical data, which is updated every year, too lightly.

In particular, the psychology and psychiatry fields update what doctors have to see every day, and that drives people crazy.

Starting with this translation, I should buy Sihyuk a good toy.]

It was a short article, but I learned how my father had medical knowledge at the time.

‘I really didn’t know about my father.’

Seeing this makes me regret it for no reason.

I think I only thought about myself.

I just thought about graduating quickly, studying hard, making money, getting a job, and buying clothes.

I thought this was filial piety.

Maybe this is filial piety.

But I wish I had more conversations with my father.

I wish I knew my father better.

I only knew about my father.

I didn’t know ‘Lee Janghyuk’ in his childhood and youth.

Is it always the survivors who regret while reminiscing?

‘Thank you. Father.’

I had that thought and looked for other folders.

And what caught my eye was.

[Parenting Diary]

I clicked on it without even realizing it.

***

Two days later.

Kidney beans sprouted.

Siha was completely excited while watching it.

He couldn’t open the veranda, so he stuck his face to the transparent window.

Slap.

“Ah!”

Two leaves were visible.

Siha, who couldn’t open the veranda because it was locked, rushed into the room to wake up his Hyung, who was sleeping.

Dodo.

Siha, who was running, climbed onto Hyung’s stomach.

“Hyung~”

Siha started wiggling his body, calling Hyung.

For some reason, the ride-on game was fun, so he enjoyed it before he knew it.

“Ugh!”

Sihyuk opened his eyes to the sudden attack.

“Siha~”

“Hyung. Bean. Bean. Bean.”

“Yeah. You’re jumping bean on top.”

Dori dori. [Shaking head side to side]

“Bean. Bean.”

“Huh? Bean?”

Siha came down from Sihyuk’s stomach and grabbed his hand.

Sihyuk was led to the veranda by Siha’s hand.

“Oh! It sprouted?!”

“Ah.”

“There are two leaves too?”

“Hyung~”

Siha pretended to open the door.

Sihyuk smiled at Siha.

When he opened the veranda, the cold temperature covered Siha.

“Isn’t it cold?”

“Ah.”

Dori dori.

Siha, as if this level of cold was nothing, wore small slippers and went closer to the pot.

He was so amazed that a new blue life had come out.

“Bean tree.”

“Huh? Bean tree? Ah! Jack and the Beanstalk?”

“Ah.”

“Wow. Siha knows that story too?”

“Ah.”

“Hmm. I guess I heard it at daycare. Let’s see. I got paid this time, so should I buy Siha picture books and toys too?”

Siha looked at the sprout, not hearing Sihyuk’s muttering.

“Hyung. Pretty.”

“Huh? It’s pretty. They say if you say good things to the sprout here, it will grow better. Songs are good too.”

“Ah!”

Siha got up from his seat.

There was a song he learned at daycare this time.

“Sing. Sing. Sing a poem~ Go go. Give a radish~”

He sang a poem and gave a radish, but the melody was perfect.

Sihyuk also sang along with Siha next to him.

The morning started with a wake-up call.

***

I left the house with Siha.

I was thinking of going to the toy store today.

I can’t buy him a lot, but I was thinking of buying him a picture book and a toy.

“Siha, you only choose one today. Got it?”

“Ah.”

I took Siha’s hand and went to the place that sells toys.

Indeed. From the beginning, there were huge robot toys.

The price was staggering.

‘No, what’s with the toy prices…….’

It was over 50,000 won. [Approximately $40 USD]

The problem wasn’t that.

Each of the five robot toys combines.

If you buy five, it’s over 250,000 won. [Approximately $200 USD]

‘Aren’t you a scammer?’

Not only do they sell them separately, but they also combine?!

If you buy one of these, it was a miraculous selling strategy where you had to buy the remaining four later.

I, who didn’t know anything, had to be disgusted by this kind of trick.

‘Ugh! Was one figure this expensive?!’

I generously told him to buy only one, but I couldn’t help but feel my heart pounding.

I can buy him one if it’s what Siha likes.

Siha was already scanning the toys.

He passed by the robots as if he wasn’t interested yet.

I felt like I had overcome a hurdle.

Siha, who was looking at various toys, started to focus on one.

‘What is he looking at?’

What he looked at with sparkling eyes was a car toy.

It was a toy that could be held in one hand, and there were rows of cool cars.

‘As expected, he got caught up in the big three that boys want!’

Robots, cars, dinosaurs.

These three seem to be the most favorite toys.

“Siha. Do you want this?”

I pointed to the cars that looked over 100,000 won. [Approximately $80 USD]

Dori dori.

“Huh? Didn’t you look at it because you wanted it?”

Dori dori.

“Hmm.”

Siha pointed to another place with his finger.

It’s a car, but it’s not just an ordinary car.

It’s an animal-shaped car called a carnimal.

The price is much cheaper than sports car toys.

“Pepe.”

“It’s a penguin shape?”

“Ah.”

I handed Siha the penguin car toy.

He didn’t choose this because it was so cheap, did he?

Just when I was feeling bad thinking about it, Siha pulled on my pants.

“Hyung.”

“Yeah. Yeah. Tell me.”

Siha pointed somewhere once and expressed it with his fingers.

Two on the right hand. One on the left hand.

I realized what Siha was saying.

[2+1]

‘I don’t know the price, but he knows this like a ghost! He’s a genius?’

20,000 won [Approximately $16 USD] with the discount.

Our Siha chose quantity over expensive things.

That day, Siha got a penguin, a dog, and a panda.

After calculating, I realized one thing.

‘Ah, that’s right. I said I’d only buy him one…….’

I felt like I was tricked, but it didn’t feel bad.

I felt good instead.

Because Siha is different from me.

Because he can honestly say that he likes what he likes.

I was forgetting.

Siha is different from me.

***

[Parenting Diary]

I received a contract payment for the translation, so I took 5-year-old Sihyuk to the toy store.

That day, for some reason, I felt so guilty towards Sihyuk that I wanted to buy him a toy.

I always felt sorry for not being able to play with him, but I decided to play with him often in the future.

I think it was the first time I went to buy toys with Sihyuk.

“Sihyuk. Pick out everything you want.”

I said this, but Sihyuk was touching a small toy in the far corner after passing the first corner.

I said to Sihyuk.

You can buy that big robot toy. Dad can buy it all.

But Sihyuk just touched the cheap and small toy.

He said he wanted this.

I didn’t think much of it.

I thought it was enough to buy the child what he wanted.

Additional)

8-year-old Sihyuk hid from me that it was the sports day.

I think the child did it because he was thinking of his dad, but it hurt my heart so much.

I understand when I read this article now.

I think Sihyuk knew our family’s financial situation that day.

I don’t know how much Dad earns or how much debt he has.

But that quick-witted child realized that the house wasn’t rich.

Only then did I realize that the toys that five-year-old Sihyuk played with were all cheap and small…….

I realized it too late.

After that, I bought Sihyuk big and expensive toys, but I got scolded.

On the one hand, my heart hurts, but on the other hand, I wanted to be scolded like that.

Dad will do well. I’m sorry. Sihyuk.

Now you earn enough without having to worry about money.