My Daughter is a Music Genius

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on the way home.

Jo Sung-hyun and Chae-yoon were holding hands and walking side by side.

Chaeyoon, holding her two fingers, had an excited face.

Obviously, the interest of his friends was unfamiliar, but he didn’t feel bad or bad.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

“What do you like so much?”

“Hehe… .”

Chae-yoon smiled once, and then gently waved the hand that was holding Jo Sung-hyun’s finger to express her excitement.

“My friends said that Chaeyoon likes the piano!”

Jo Sung-hyun paused.

Because it was not easy to hear the expression ‘friends’ that came out of Chaeyoon’s mouth.

He remembered exactly what Chae-yoon said when he went to the grocery store with Chae-yoon and saw Young-jun.

Even though Yeongjun said hello, Chaeyun said he wasn’t very close.

Jo Sung-hyun was very happy that the word friends came out of such a child’s mouth.

“Did your friends feel good that Chaeyoon liked the piano?”

When I asked that question, I nodded my head.

Looks really nice.

In fact, the piano was the one that Chaeyoon liked the most and showed interest in, so it might be natural.

“I felt like a mermaid.”

chae yoon says

And at those words, Seong-hyeon Cho was deep in thought.

‘I felt like a mermaid.’

It was Cho Sung-hyun who knew what the Little Mermaid was like to Chae-yoon, so he couldn’t easily say that.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

“Chae-yoon wants other people to just hear her play the piano, don’t you?”

“Umm… .”

Chaeyoon seemed to be worried, and then opened her mouth.

“yes… you… ?”

In a confident voice, the child says.

At that, Jo Sung-hyun blinked his eyes.

I just thought that the child’s reaction would naturally say that it was good, but I guess it’s not completely good either.

“Why yes? Like it or dislike it, right?”

“I don’t like it… .”

“then?”

“Chae-yoon is the piano player… Still, if my friends like it, I like Chaeyoon… .”

Chae-yoon stuttered and spoke.

Jo Sung-hyeon moved, listened to Chae-yoon’s explanation and tried to understand as much as possible.

“There are performances that only Chae-yoon wants to play, and there are performances that are okay for other people to hear?”

When asked that question, Chaeyoon smiled broadly and nodded her head.

Jo Sung-hyun was a little surprised by Chae-yoon’s words.

The child had a clearer sense of self-worth than Jo Seong-hyeon thought.

Although she is now 7-year-old Chae-yoon, although the expression may be immature, her will is firm.

Cho Sung-hyun couldn’t help but be surprised by that part.

In fact, even though it’s normal.

“Then, Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

“If Chae-yoon can play the piano in front of other people later, what do you want to do? If it’s a good performance for Chaeyoon to listen to.”

“Chaeyoon likes the piano.”

It was an alumni reply, but that meant that I wanted to do it.

Jo Sung-hyun smiled softly and stroked Chae-yoon’s hair.

Thinking a lot in my head.

* * *

Back at home, Seong-hyeon and Chae-yun played the piano together.

It was also a time when Chaeyoon laughed the most and showed a serious face.

At the same time, Jo Sung-hyun is having a good time.

Cho Sung-hyeon, who was a fan of music from the beginning, and watching Chae-yoon happy right next to him, it was natural for him to be happy.

follow.

Chae-yoon tapped the keyboard by moving her short fingers vigorously.

The child was playing one of the OSTs for ‘Kingdom of the Wind’ with Jo Sung-hyun the last time, ‘Would you like to play with leaves?’.

After the piano came, Chaeyoon was playing the same song over and over again.

As if that was the only song I knew.

Jo Seong-hyeon has been watching Chae-yoon like that until now.

The reason was clear.

In the beginning, except before fully learning ‘Let’s play leaves together’.

‘Because it continues to be a different kind of music.’

It’s the same song, but Chaeyoon kept making changes in it.

Sometimes, the intro part was changed to feel like it was bouncing.

Also, sometimes the basic melody was left alone, and everything else was changed to create a dark atmosphere.

He didn’t know if he was doing it intentionally, or if he was just playing the way he wanted to play instinctively.

It was just strange, and it was Jo Sung-hyun, who was watching quietly to get to know Chae-yoon a little more.

Jo Seong-hyeon, who was sitting on the sofa behind the piano, quietly listening to Chae-yoon playing, looked at Chae-yoon with an interesting face.

It had a calm feeling until now, but now it has become a little more dynamic.

The season of fallen leaves, autumn was not a dynamic feeling to express.

A lively dynamic that feels like the birth of new life or the sound of cool water.

It wasn’t that Jo Sung-hyun was interested because it was simply surprising.

Chae-yoon has continued to play with a new feeling until now.

When I finished it from start to finish, there was never an exact match.

Sometimes all the notes except the melody were different, sometimes only one note, or just the sense of tempo… Until now, the child continued to play other performances.

‘by the way… .’

Now, it matches what I played a few days ago.

Then the atmosphere suddenly changed again.

hot.

passionate

It is a different feeling from the lively dynamic.

Jo Seong-hyeon understood exactly what Chae-yoon was expressing, and felt goosebumps in her arms, which were still standing.

If he didn’t know anything about music, he could have just taken it as something strange, playing differently from the original song… .

“This… That’s not enough.”

Jo Sung-hyun muttered without realizing it, and quietly got up from the sofa.

It was Chaeyoon who would normally react to Jo Sunghyun’s small mumble, but the child was so engrossed in her performance that she couldn’t hear Josonghyun’s voice.

And Jo Seong-hyeon, noticing Chae-yoon’s condition, cautiously approached the child’s back.

Be careful not to get in the way.

Fortunately, Chaeyoon continued to play without paying attention to whether he could only hear his own playing.

As a cool breeze blows, as the whole world prepares to sleep.

Chae-yoon’s performance continues.

It felt the most similar to the original song of the movie OST, ‘Shall we play with leaves?’.

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Maybe, just enough to feel like a perfect match.

It was only slightly different.

Just looking at the same thing from a slightly different perspective.

The song ‘Would you like to play with the leaves together?’ was expressing exactly what it was trying to say and what it wanted to express.

However, very little.

There is only a little bit of longing and sadness.

And last.

tight and

powerfully.

cold but warm at the same time

The winter that Chaeyoon was thinking of was like that.

So Chaeyoon’s performance ended.

Jo Seong-hyeon let out the breath he had been holding back.

spring.

Summer.

autumn.

winter.

The four seasons, the four seasons you see.

The child expressed it with the piano.

Chaeyoon sat quietly on the piano chair, then suddenly turned her head.

Seeing Seong-hyeon Jo in front of him, Chae-yoon was surprised, huh? made a strange sound.

“Pu ha ha.”

Seong-hyeon Cho saw such a child and burst into laughter.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

“Why did you just hit me like that?”

What was the child thinking and why he had never played the same thing before.

He could understand to some extent.

because she is her daughter

Perhaps Chaeyoon has been expressing different seasons and different times in different ways until now.

And I just added all the performances I’ve tried so far and played the four seasons.

However, I wanted to check it out.

Is it right to think

“If you only like fallen leaves… Because the other kids are lonely… ?”

Chae-yoon is talking while tilting her head.

Hearing this, Jo Sung-hyun smiled.

“It’s beautiful. our daughter.”

However, unlike the smile on the outside, the inside was very disturbing.

It was a little different from the worries I had before.

‘Can I afford it?’

Jo Seong-hyeon was not completely without talent in music.

Without it, I wouldn’t have been able to work as a composer in the first place, and I wouldn’t have been able to create a song that reached number one on the music charts with my own hands.

Objectively, his musical talent was outstanding.

the problem is… … .

The point was that Chae-yoon’s talent seemed to be much greater than Jo Sung-hyun’s thought.

Could this be a cat that raises tiger cubs?

Seong-hyeon Cho suddenly thought of that.

* * *

The first morning after leaving the company.

Jo Sung-hyun opened his eyes.

There was no feeling of tiredness.

Yesterday I didn’t sleep very late, and I felt light, whether it was because of my mood or what.

Chae-yoon was still sleeping, and Jo Seong-hyun looked down at the child.

Carefully patting her, Jo Sung-hyun, who was looking at the child, smiled and embraced Chae-yoon as she dug into her arms.

Chae-yoon rubbed her face on Jo Sung-hyun’s chest for a while before opening her eyes.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes… .”

As if still sleepy, a locked voice resounded softly.

Jo Sung-hyeon lightly kissed Chae-yoon’s forehead and continued the conversation.

“Shall we go to Grandma’s house?”

On the weekend, my parents decided to visit my house.

Because I had to officially announce my resignation.

There were times when I said that I would quit the company and hang out with Chae-yoon, but I never said it properly.

Tomorrow I decided to go to the Han River with Yeongjun and Yeongjun’s parents, so going today was the best.

“Grandmother’s house… ?”

“yes.”

“I… like… .”

Chaeyoon answered in a still sleepy voice.

When she said that she was still going to her grandmother’s house, she got up and headed to the bathroom.

Jo Sung-hyun laughed and followed the child.

Going to my parents’ house, Jo Sung-hyun had a late morning together.

after eating.

He opened his mouth.

“I left the company.”

At Jo Seong-hyeon’s words, Lee Soo-hyun and Jo Jae-wook looked at each other for a moment.

A little silence followed.

Because there is a side that Jo Seong-hyeon usually showed, and Lee Soo-hyun and Jo Jae-wook know their sons best.

Because I believe you made a wise choice.

They didn’t say anything about resigning.

just.

“what are you going to do now? I would have resigned You will be free.”

Lee Soo-hyun asked.

Jo Seong-hyeon glanced at Chae-yoon, who was lying on the living room floor, and opened his mouth.

“I want to study.”

In order to somehow follow Chae-yoon’s talent, studying was essential.

“Because Chaeyoon likes music, I thought I’d try to learn it properly from me.”

“why. Will you teach yourself?”

Jo Sung-hyun nodded in affirmation.

I don’t know when it will be, but there comes a moment when Seong-hyeon can’t keep up with Chae-yoon’s talent.

‘When that time comes, it will be difficult to teach like it is now.’

Whether it will be five years or tomorrow, no one knows.

Still, I wanted to teach myself.

So that when the child grows up later, he can think of ‘I was really happy at that time’.

To that young daughter, the joy of being with her father.

I wanted to make memories.

Because that’s it.

“Because he’s my dad.”