Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 351

Hyung, am I cute? Episode 351

There must be a pattern here.

I thought it might be a difficult problem for middle schoolers, but no matter how I look at it, I can’t see the pattern.

Adding doesn’t make sense, and subtracting doesn’t either.

So, multiplying? Dividing?

It’s confusing, and I wonder if there’s any rule at all.

“Hyung, you know?”

“Yeah? I think I know now. Yeah. Yeah.”

Look at Siha’s face. I don’t want to disappoint him. He’s full of anticipation for his hyung.

His round face is so cute. His chubby cheeks are popping out, making him look round. Huh? Wait a minute, round?

I looked at the problem again.

A certain pattern starts to catch my eye.

Ah, what is this? It was a very easy problem. If you think too hard, you can’t solve what you can solve.

“I got it. The question is how many circles are in the number. See? 1111=0 because there are no circles. 8908 has 6 circles in the numbers, so 6! So the answer here is.”

[9828=?]

“It’s 5!”

Number 1 is 5, and number 2 is 6.

So we have to walk to the left.

“Hyung is amazing!”

“Wow! It’s real! Easy! We could have solved it too!”

“I understand when I hear it!”

I clutched my pounding heart.

Okay. This protects my position as hyung [older brother or male friend]. I can’t believe I’m seen as smart by the kids.

I should have just kept the position of a kind, foolish hyung.

“Oh! Hyung! You’re amazing. I thought, ‘How can a middle school problem be so difficult!’ but you solved it quickly.”

Sorry. I thought the same thing. Actually, I just wanted to solve a toddler-level problem!

After solving the problem, we started walking again.

I walked nervously, wondering if another problem would come out, and then a three-way intersection appeared.

But this was fun again.

Because there was only one problem this time.

[A 0000 dog]

Each answer is hung on a wall covered with green leaves.

“The left is ‘bokshil bokshil’ [fluffy], the middle is ‘bokseul bokseul’ [slightly fluffy], and the right is ‘basel basel’ [rough]. Which one is it?”

But why is the maze designed so fun? I want to come back and play with the kids later.

Wait. I think the garden is designed like this because many families come to this valley?

Moreover, since these are hung up, the problems can be replaced at any time.

Siha said.

“Bokshil. Bokseul. Basel. Bokshil is cuter.”

“???”

Siha? We’re not naming a dog here?

Seungjun said with shining eyes.

“I’m basel basel.”

No. Anyone can tell that’s not it!

“It reminds me of Barcelona!”

Suddenly, his thoughts did a U-turn to soccer, and he liked it?! But this is a game to guess the correct answer. It’s no use guessing what you like.

“Then Hana is bokseul bokseul!”

The adults looked at each other.

Somehow, we had no choice but to part ways at the three-way intersection.

Siha waved his hand at Seungjun.

“Seungjun, see you later!”

“Siha, I’ll go first!”

“Hana is going too!”

I had no choice but to move towards the place with ‘bokshil.’

The answer is probably ‘bokseul bokseul,’ where Hana went.

It’s a spelling quiz, so it must be right. I’m a Korean literature major, after all.

“Hyung, what’s the answer?”

“Bokseul bokseul.”

“It’ll be blocked.”

As soon as he said that, we turned the corner and were blocked by the maze.

But there was a unique character sculpture.

“Hyung. Squirrel. Squirrel. Holding an acorn.”

“Oh, yeah?”

I was disappointed to go to a dead end, but I was surprised to see something like this.

Somehow, this dead end felt like a gift.

The way back doesn’t feel so bad.

“This wasn’t here before, but now it’s here.”

“I know.”

“It’s not good to get everything right, but it’s not bad to get it wrong either, right?”

“They built this place really well. It’s not boring.”

“Really.”

I can roughly imagine how much they thought about the maze.

But is this hotel okay to put so much effort into this?

Well, I thought about that too.

Well, it’ll be full during peak season.

Siha tapped the acorn and was amazed.

He circles around the squirrel.

“They could have just made a rough maze, but they planned it well.”

“I think so too. Ah! Now that I think about it, there have been sculptures like this since it turned red, right?”

“That’s right, too?”

As we were talking, Siha called me.

“Hyung! Siha take a picture with the squirrel!”

“Yeah. We can take it together, right?”

“No. With Hyung. Baekdong Hyung take it.”

Baek Donghwan pointed at himself and asked, ‘What about me?’ but Siha said he wanted to take a picture with Hyung first.

He looked a little sad, but there’s nothing I can do.

Siha likes Hyung a lot.

“Then I’ll take it.”

“Hyung. Have to hold the acorn together.”

“Even though the squirrel is holding it?”

“Yeah. Here together.”

I held up the squirrel’s acorn together.

Siha also raised his arm and held the acorn.

Now he’s even deciding on the pose.

Well, poses are important in these photos.

“I’ll take it.”

“Uh.”

“One, two, three!”

Click.

I took a picture.

Baek Donghwan also came up, making sounds.

This time it’s a selfie.

“Baekdong Hyung. Lift the acorn.”

“I can’t lift that. It’s too heavy.”

“No. Baekdong Hyung can do it. Fighting!”

“…….”

Even though he says he can’t do it, Siha says no.

Baek Donghwan. That’s amazing.

“Then I’ll have to crush the acorn.”

Siha was surprised and grabbed my leg.

“Don’t hurt the acorn!”

“Iyap!”

“No!”

Siha spread his arms to block it, but the acorn was caught in Baek Donghwan’s hand.

Siha put his hands on his cheeks and opened his mouth.

“Acorn jelly!”

“Pfft.”

If the acorn is crushed, it becomes acorn jelly?

It was so funny that I picked up my phone and took a selfie.

Click.

I’m really glad I came to this maze.

“Then shall we go now?”

“Hyung. Wait a minute. We have to say goodbye.”

“Oh, right.”

“Ramji, Ramji. This is Siha going. Now eat acorn jelly and play. Bye bye.”

That squirrel is named Ramji.

It reminds me of Gordon Ramsay.

“Hyung should say hello too.”

“Okay. Ramji Ramji. You’ll be really delicious if you become acorn jelly after only eating acorns. Sprinkle some seasoning on it later. Then I’ll go. Goodbye.”

Next is Baek Donghwan.

“Me too?”

“Yeah.”

“Ahem. Ramji Ramji. Add more weight to the acorn to build more strength. Then goodbye.”

“???”

What kind of greeting is that? Is that acorn a dumbbell?!

Anyway, we each said hello to the squirrel and went back the way we came.

It’s not bad to be blocked like this.

***

We’ve come to the last gate.

I burst out laughing after seeing it.

I think this maze is really fun. I don’t know how they came up with this idea. It feels like an escape room game.

Ha! Did they get the motif from there?

Baek Donghwan said in disbelief.

“I didn’t expect to see a front door at the exit.”

“I know.”

A front door right in front of us.

There was even a door lock, and you had to guess the password to get out.

Or someone else could open it from the outside.

“Hyung. What’s the problem?”

“Siha Hyung. Let’s guess the last one.”

“Right! Hana will use her head hard to guess!”

The children said enthusiastically.

I guess it’s because I showed them how cool I was at guessing.

“First, the password is four digits. If you solve the problem, you can know the password. Then I’ll tell you the problem.”

“Yeah!”

“Youngi’s father has five daughters. Ilsun, Isun, Samsun, Sasun. Then what is the name of the last daughter?”

Seungjun rubbed his nose and said.

“Osun!”

Hana shakes her head, saying no.

“Youngsun!”

Siha also grabs my leg and says.

“Seoisun!”

“Why can’t you give up on Seoi!”

“Neoisun?”

“Are you sure your answers are correct?”

The children look at each other’s faces.

They knew that their answers were different.

Seungjun said.

“I’m right. Because it’s the fifth.”

Certainly, if you think simply, that’s right.

But the answer is already in the problem.

“No. I said that these things are twisted once more. If it’s that easy, they wouldn’t even ask the question. So Hana thinks it’s Youngsun.”

“!!!”

Certainly, if the answers to difficult problems come out beautifully, you should be suspicious.

But the answer is already there, guys?

“Hyung. Siha knows! Really knows.”

“Yeah? What is it?”

“Youngi. Youngi.”

“!!!”

Yes. The answer was already there. Youngi’s father. Our Siha seems to have caught that well.

As expected! Siha is a genius!

“Ah! That’s right! Siha is a genius!”

“Wow! Siha is a genius!”

Everyone was happy to get the answer right.

Then what’s left is the password. It was said to be four digits.

“Then the password is Youngi Youngi?”

“Siha thinks so too!”

“Hana too!”

I think so too.

Then let’s press the password. 0202. BEEP. But the door lock didn’t open.

Is this wrong?

“They say it’s not?”

“Sihyuk Hyung. Youngi’s father had five daughters. Ilsun. So. 0251?”

“Oh! Is that so?”

But it was wrong.

What is the answer? We got the right answer, but why is this happening?

Baek Donghwan presses the door lock password.

“But usually these passwords are 1234, right?”

“Hey. No way. It’s too easy.”

Ttirorong.

“???”

“???”

Everyone had questioning eyes.

What is going on? Why is the password 1234?!

Could it be Ilsun, Isun, Samsun, Sasun?!

Looking at the problem again, it didn’t say that the password was the answer to the problem.

It only said to solve the problem.

Ah, I was tricked. You just had to enter the four daughters with four-digit passwords.

One, two, three, four.

I solved something very easy in a difficult way.

I was completely tricked.

“Let’s go out now.”

The door opened and we escaped the secret forest.

The maze was more fun than I thought, and it felt like an adventure. I also felt like I was in an escape room.

“Hyung. It’s fun!”

“Yeah. I know.”

Seungjun pointed and shouted.

“Sihyuk Hyung. Let’s go up there!”

“Yeah?”

A small observatory that can be seen after coming out.

If you go up there, you can see the maze at a glance.

No, I think they really made it for that purpose?

“Shall we go up?”

“Yeah!”

When we went up, we could see the real maze at a glance.

There was even a photo zone.

These people really made it well. You can see everything from the entrance to the exit.

Other families were also wandering around, wondering if they had entered this maze.

“Hyung. Siha was there.”

“Yeah.”

“But I didn’t go there. What’s there?”

“I know.”

It seemed like Seungjun went there. Because there was another sculpture there.

It was nice to look down from here, but if I had gone up here first, I would have wanted to go to that maze once.

People who have passed through the maze would have definitely come up to this observatory.

“If you’re going to play in this valley and stay for 1 night and 2 days, you should book this hotel.”

There are pensions and other places, but this place is much better.

Baek Donghwan also has a proud expression next to him.

He introduced it to me. Anyway, I was grateful. I might have just passed by these things.

Of course, it didn’t matter if I just passed by.

We pass by many things, but it doesn’t matter to our lives.

But even so, wouldn’t it be nice to go and see it?

I didn’t live just to work, so I have to take a break and play like this sometimes.

“Hyung. Hyung.”

“Yeah?”

“Let’s go now.”

“Yeah? Why? Don’t you want to see more? Have you seen everything?”

“No. I want to see more.”

“Huh?”

“But Siha wants to draw.”

“!!!”

It seems like he came up with a good idea.

His eyes are sparkling like that.

“Okay. Let’s go. Ah! Let’s take a picture.”

I have to take a picture at the photo zone.

Summer has a late sunset. It’s evening now, but you can see the sunset. It’s the perfect timing to take pictures.

“Okay, everyone, kimchi!” [A common phrase said when taking pictures, like “cheese!”]

Click!

With that sound, Seungjun’s mom came up from below.

“Oh, you were here!”

It seems like she came straight back to the exit.

That’s a wise idea.

“That’s great. Let’s take a picture together!”

We smiled brightly and took a picture together.