Brother, Am I Cute? [EN]: Chapter 459

Hyung, am I cute? Hyung, am I cute? Extra Story – Episode 34 (3/3)

Extra Story 34: Talk On Quiz (3)

Kim Yuhan MC doesn’t miss opportunities like this.

He smiled, clearly anticipating Siha’s special talents.

“Can we see it once?”

“Yes! It’s a voice imitation. Something a cartoon character said.”

“Ooh.”

Siha performed the talent he’d learned from his uncle.

“Don’t talk nonsense, Im Mang!”

He immediately looked at the assistant MC, seeming a little embarrassed.

Kim Yuhan MC burst out laughing at that exact moment.

The assistant MC pointed at himself, as if to say, “Me?”

“Why are you suddenly looking at me? I didn’t say anything nonsensical.”

“I just looked because I felt awkward.”

“No, why at that exact moment?”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the unavoidable coincidence.

Seriously, why did he have to look over there?

Kim Yuhan was holding his stomach and bowing his head, he was laughing so hard.

Well, it’s a relief that the talent his uncle taught him landed well.

“Keuhaha. Ah, that’s so funny. Can you do it one more time?”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Im Mang?”

“Wow. It’s exactly the same. Is it because it’s a child’s voice?”

“But mister, I learned one more thing from my uncle. That thing, what is it? A vocal mimicry. Vocal mimicry.”

“Again? Your uncle taught you a lot.”

“It’s short.”

“Great. Do everything you want to do today.”

Siha cleared his throat.

It’s as if he’s about to sing a really amazing song.

It’s really short, but I wonder if he needs to do that.

“You are mwongchungyi~” [A playful Korean word for ‘fool’ or ‘dummy’.]

“Euhahahaha.”

Kim Yuhan wore a fatherly smile.

The assistant MC asked again, “That wasn’t directed at me again, was it?”

Today, he seemed to be volunteering for the role of the teased one again.

Although that was originally his character.

“Ah, that’s hilarious. You’re really good.”

“Really?”

“Yes. It was really fun.”

“Thank you.”

“Then, I’ll ask you one last question. This is a question that we always ask children in common.”

“What is it?”

“Do you want to become an adult quickly? Or do you want to stay as a child like you are now?”

Siha was thinking hard.

To be honest, I was also curious about the answer to this question.

What will Siha answer?

“A child!”

There are many children who want to become adults quickly.

Because there are children who think that if they become adults, they will study less and do whatever they want.

In some ways, adults may seem more free in the eyes of a child.

Why did Siha answer that he wanted to stay as a child?

“Oh! A child? Why?”

“Because if I become an adult, I have to work and I’ll be busy, so I won’t have time to play with Hyung.”

“Ah~ Because you’ll be busy when you become an adult.”

I felt a pang of sympathy at that remark.

I thought I was playing with him a lot, but it seems like I looked busy to young Siha.

Well, I was busy working in many ways.

Still, I try not to work as much as possible when I play with Siha.

It seems that Siha got the idea from my appearance that adults are busy working.

To Siha, an adult is someone who is busy working.

That might not be wrong.

Because adults are people who have to take responsibility for their livelihood.

Kim Yuhan MC asked.

“Do you want to play with Hyung a lot? It’s not like Hyung doesn’t play with you, right?”

“I play with Hyung a lot. But I wish we could play more.”

“How much more?”

“I want to go to school together, study together, and go to taekwondo together. All day long.”

Isn’t that a bit much?

I imagine myself sitting in a first-grade classroom, taking dictation with an 8-year-old child.

Hmm. I’m not confident that I can handle that easily.

We go to the taekwondo gym together and shout ‘Tae! Kwon! Do!’ while thrusting our fists.

This is even more embarrassing.

I think I like being an adult more than being a child.

“Keueup. Wow. Then Hyung can’t work? What will we eat if he can’t earn money?”

“It’s okay. Uncle can work and make a living.”

“Hahaha. Uncle?”

“Yes. Or I can earn it.”

“Euhaha.”

Siha’s answer is so cute that he elicits a bright smile no matter what he answers.

This is truly a blessing.

Kim Yuhan MC moved on to the next segment.

“Yes. Now it’s quiz time. If you get this right, you’ll get a prize of 1 million won [approximately $800 USD]. Are you confident you can get the quiz right?”

“Yes!”

“What will you buy if you get 1 million won?”

“I’ll give it to Hyung! Then he doesn’t have to work as much as 1 million won, so he has to play with Siha all day long.”

“Keuheup. He’s a genius?”

Is he buying 1 million won worth of time?

Siha knows how to spend money. He doesn’t just give it away.

Siha makes a confident expression.

“I practiced quizzes at school.”

“Oh! Really?”

“Yes. Matching proverbs.”

“So did you get it right?”

“No. I got everything wrong.”

The assistant MC next to him looked puzzled.

“No. Then why did you make such a confident expression?”

“Isn’t it okay to be confident even if you get it wrong?”

“No. It’s not like that.”

Confidence is important, not getting it right. Yeah!

Anyway, the quiz started.

“There is a proverb that means if you keep stealing small things, you will eventually steal something bigger. ‘A needle thief becomes a ______ thief.’ What is the blank?”

“Thread!”

“Is the answer thread?”

“Since you stole a needle, you steal a lot of thread too. A bunch. A needle thief becomes a thread thief.”

Well… a bundle of thread is bigger than a needle. Of course, you can’t sew clothes with just a needle, so you need thread.

But that’s not the answer.

You shouldn’t laugh when you say the answer to this kind of quiz, but I could see the corners of Kim Yuhan MC’s mouth twitching.

He must be holding back his laughter.

“The answer is~ a cow.”

“Ah~ it was a cow? Not thread?”

“Yes. It was a cow. It means you’ll steal something bigger. No, it means you’ll steal something more valuable.”

“Can you give me one more chance?”

Siha raised his index finger and asked.

Kim Yuhan smiled as if he thought Siha was cute, but rules are rules.

“Unfortunately, I can’t.”

“Hing.”

“Instead! You can pick something good from the gift capsule. There’s a TV, a laptop, and a game console here.”

“Really?”

“Of course. There are many cushions, though.”

A capsule bag came onto the set.

There were so many capsules, but it was obvious that most of them were cushion products.

Well, the odds are probably better than a 뽑기 [ppopgi – a Korean 뽑기 game, similar to a lucky draw or gacha game] game.

“Okay. Now, please pick one.”

Siha put his hand in the bag.

When he picked a red capsule, the assistant MC next to him opened it.

“No way!”

“What is it?”

“It’s a laptop! Congratulations!”

Come to think of it, Siha was lucky. As expected of Siha. He picked something better than 1 million won.

Kim Yuhan asked.

“Then, will you give the laptop to Hyung?”

“No!”

“Huh? You won’t give it to him?”

You’ll give him 1 million won, but you won’t give him the laptop? Why?

“Yes. Hyung works with a laptop, so if I give him this, he’ll work a lot. So I won’t give it to him.”

If that’s such a thoughtful idea, then you don’t have to give it to me.

Kim Yuhan stroked Siha’s head as he looked at him.

Isn’t he so cute?

“Then we’ll end here. Thank you for your hard work.”

“Thank you.”

The filming ended.

I don’t know if it came out well.

“Writer, did we do well?”

The writer raised his thumb without saying a word.

It seems like we got enough footage.

I’m looking forward to seeing it on TV.

I should ask if I can get the original video and the edited video.

I have to keep this.

***

When we returned home, Uncle greeted us.

He patted me on the shoulder, saying I had worked hard, but I wondered why he was doing this.

“Uncle, did you do something wrong to us?”

“No! I didn’t do anything wrong?”

“But why is it different from usual?”

“What’s different? I always greet you when you come and say hello.”

“I don’t think you usually pat me on the shoulder.”

“Today is the day of your entertainment debut, so I patted you on the shoulder. Why are you making such a fuss about it?”

“It’s not a fuss, it’s suspicion.”

“Uh-huh. Put your suspicions aside. Put them aside.”

I tilted my head, wondering if it was true, but if Uncle said so, I just let it go.

But Siha, who had been through a lot, didn’t seem to think so.

“Uncle. I’ll forgive you if you tell me now. Tell me quickly.”

“I told you there’s nothing. And even if there is, what kind of fool would tell you that?”

“I’ll give you 정상참작 [jeongsangchamjak – leniency] if you tell me now.”

“It’s 정상참작 [jeongsangchamjak]. Do you even know what it means?”

While they were bickering, Siha moved on to another story, as if he hadn’t found out anything.

“Uncle. I did all the personal talents you taught me today. They loved it.”

“Right? Everyone likes it. How long is my entertainment career?”

“Uncle, you haven’t done entertainment.”

“I mean how long have I been watching entertainment. I told you this would definitely work.”

Uncle has a very proud expression on his face.

He has a face that says he did something.

It was fun because Siha did it, but it might not have been fun if an adult did it.

What should I say? There was a coexistence of the cute taste of a child doing it and the feeling of ‘why are you so good at it again?’

Anyway, there was such fun.

“Sihyuk, did you do it too?”

Uncle has a subtly expectant expression, but I don’t do that kind of thing.

“I’m sorry, but I didn’t. Because I had to play a pretty serious character and hold the center there.”

“Ah. That kind of role is also necessary.”

Uncle nods.

I don’t know if he knows what he’s talking about.

“I talked too much today. I need to drink water.”

Siha goes to the sink and reaches for a cup.

I went to Siha to pour him water.

Uncle chuckled and said.

“How much did you say again? Didn’t they give you water there?”

“They gave me water.”

“They gave you very little.”

“No. They gave me a lot. Huh? But Uncle. This cup has changed?”

“What are you talking about? It’s the cup you used there.”

“No.”

Siha turned the cup around and showed the bottom.

There was a price tag on it.

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

Uncle and I were embarrassed.

Of course, the meanings were different.

My question was ‘Why is there a price tag there?’, while Uncle’s expression was ‘Didn’t I take that off?’

“Uncle, did you break a cup?”

“Hahaha. My hand slipped, so I did. Hahaha.”

Looking at the general waste bin, I could see an object wrapped in newspaper.

He must have put the broken cup in there and thrown it away.

No wonder he patted me on the shoulder so exaggeratedly today. He did something wrong.

You can break a cup.

But Siha can’t just let it go.

“Uncle. Why did you break it!”

“Ah. Sorry. Sorry.”

“Hyung bought that for me! This is different.”

“No. That’s the same thing too.”

“Hyung didn’t buy it for me.”

Hmm. In terms of heart, it’s right that it’s different.

Even though it’s the same cup.

I stroked Siha’s head.

“Actually, it was going to break sooner or later if I kept washing the dishes.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Really.”

Sometimes glass bowls or cups break while washing dishes.

Everyone experiences it at least once.

“Let’s use this cup well since Uncle bought it as an apology.”

“But Uncle bought it pretending not to break it, so is it a sign of apology?”

“That’s.”

I glared at Uncle.

Why couldn’t he say he broke the cup when he could have just said it honestly?

Then I can’t even package it as a sign of apology.

These days, Siha is so smart since he entered elementary school that this doesn’t work.

“Uncle was going to say sorry first, but Siha unfortunately noticed? Right? Uncle?”

“Huh? Uh. That’s right. I was so flustered that I kept saying the wrong things. Hmm. Siha. I’m sorry.”

Siha nodded.

“Okay. I’ll forgive you. Don’t break the cup next time. Got it?”

“Yeah. I’ll never break it and be careful.”

“Then I’ll let you off the hook because Uncle taught me personal talents well and did it when I was on the air today. Ah! I won a laptop, I’ll give it to Uncle.”

“Huh? Wow. Siha. You. You are a very big person.”

Uncle looks touched.

Uncle broke a precious cup, but Siha not only forgives him but also gives him a gift.

His heart is big.

“Sihyuk. I got a laptop. He took care of me, not you. Hahaha.”

Uncle looked very happy.

But Uncle. Can I ruin it?

He didn’t give me that laptop because I work a lot.

Of course, I couldn’t say anything while looking at Uncle, who was so happy that he won.

“I’m going to give Hyung something better?”

“Erai!” [An exclamation of surprise or playful annoyance.]

It was Siha who ruined it.

Hmm. Everything is Uncle’s fault.

Still, I can see a smile on his face, so he must like Siha’s gift.

I’m glad he’s happy.

And as time passed, the broadcast day of Talk On Quiz was approaching.