My Daughter is a Music Genius

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The singing fountain was soon over.

Fortunately, Chaeyoon and Seungwon were able to make all their wishes.

Jo Sung-hyun tried to take a picture of Chae-yoon making a wish, but failed.

The child woke up after making a wish before Jo Sung-hyun took the picture.

It was a pity, but it was impossible to ask Chae-yoon to make a wish again.

In the end, Jo Sung-hyun gave up taking pictures.

“What do you want to do now, Chae-yoon?”

“Nolitter!”

Chaeyoon seemed to want to play more at the playground.

It’s been hours since I left the house, but I’m not hungry yet, and I want to keep playing.

‘I don’t care.’

Anyway, today was just going out to play normally, so I thought I’d do whatever Chaeyoon wanted.

Seungwon also told his mother that he wanted to go to the playground with Chaeyoon.

“okay. okay. We have some time left before Dad comes, so let’s play a little more.”

As she calmed Seung-won, Seong-hyeon smirked.

On the way back to the playground together.

The monk’s mother called the monk.

“Seungwon-ah.”

“yes?”

“You made a wish before the singing fountain.”

“right.”

“What did you wish for?”

“I told you that you shouldn’t tell anyone about your empty wishes… .”

“It’s okay because it’s just us.”

Seungwon’s mother said, as if to tell him quickly.

Eventually, Seungwon opened his mouth.

“Please let me marry you!”

“Oh? Seung-won can’t marry his mother, can he?”

“Eh?”

Seungwon’s mother said with a happy smile, and at her words, Seungwon looked as if the world was collapsing.

“Your mother is Seung-won’s mother. I can’t marry my mother.”

“However… You said you have to get married so we can live together for the rest of our lives!”

Seungwon said in a loud voice, as if it would be absurd not to be able to get married.

Seungwon’s mother began to calmly explain why he couldn’t get married.

Seong-hyeon looked at him, and then turned his gaze to Chae-yoon.

For some reason, I feel a subtle anticipation.

‘Well, of course I don’t want to ask for a wish to marry my dad.’

Aren’t you curious though?

Jo Sung-hyeon thought that in his mind and spoke to Chae-yoon.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

“What did Chae-yoon wish for earlier?”

“… I said I shouldn’t say it.”

“Aren’t we the only ones?”

“But Seungwon just said his wish, so it didn’t come true?”

“uh… ?”

At Chae-yoon’s words, Jo Seong-hyun made a blank face.

As a child, I thought I might think like that.

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Marrying a mother is of course nonsense, but for a child it may not be natural.

Because I said that, there was enough room to think that it couldn’t be done.

In the end, Jo Sung-hyun laughed and shook his head.

“Nope. It’s not that Seungwon’s wish didn’t come true… .”

I don’t know what to explain.

Jo Sung-hyun calmly explained with a puzzled face.

After a while, Chae-yoon finally understood.

Chae-yoon nodded and asked Jo Sung-hyun.

“Then it didn’t work because it wasn’t supposed to be, and is it okay to say Chaeyoon’s wish?”

“yes. right.”

Seong-Hyeon Cho nodded.

Then, as if reassured, Chae-yoon smiles and opens her mouth.

Jo Sung-hyun swallowed his saliva.

What kind of wish did the child have?

Is it your wish to play the piano better?

Or let me live happily with my dad. Something like that?

Feeling a bit of anticipation, Jo Sung-hyun looked at Chae-yoon’s small lips.

and.

“Chae-yoon begged me to dream of a little mermaid tonight.”

“yes?”

“The Little Mermaid Dream.

Once again, Chaeyoon says.

Jo Sung-hyun blinked his eyes.

Words came out that I never could have imagined.

It’s a mermaid dream.

The child he had hoped for was funny, but the child who made a wish to make him dream of a mermaid was so cute.

In the end, Jo Seong-hyeon burst out laughing and held the child.

Chae-yoon wrapped her arms around Seong-hyeon’s neck and supported her.

“You like the little mermaid that much? Enough to make you want to dream?”

“yes! I wish the Little Mermaid would come to my dreams and sing a song.”

When he said that he wanted the Little Mermaid to come out and sing a song in his dreams, Jo Seong-hyun thought to himself that if he had a chance later, he should show him an animation of The Little Mermaid from Darjeeling.

* * *

It was really fun to play with Chaeyoon in the park.

After playing for a while at the playground, Seungwon said goodbye and left the playground.

After walking around the park for a while, I took a seat on the lawn and took out a packed lunch.

After eating all the gimbap I made in the morning, and slowly eating the snacks I brought, I spent time relaxingly.

they came back home

Chae-yoon looked tired, but was smiling all the time.

It seemed like we had a lot of fun going to the park together.

“Chae Yoon-ah, aren’t you having a hard time?”

“Chae-yoon is not hard!”

The boy who answered that quickly took off his coat.

It still looked vivid, and for some reason, he looked very excited, so Jo Seong-hyeon spontaneously laughed.

He took the boy’s coat and hung it in the closet.

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Meanwhile, the child headed towards the piano.

As soon as you arrive, you want to play the piano again.

“Chae Yoon-ah. What did your father say yesterday?”

“yesterday… .”

At Jo Sung-hyun’s words, Chae-yoon traced back what he had said yesterday.

Seeing the child groping his memory, Jo Sung-hyun helped Chae-yun.

“What did you say you should do when you go out?”

“I have to wash… ?”

“yes. Even if it’s a simple wash, bad bacteria won’t get to the piano, right?”

“Right.”

Chaeyoon answered that way, and quickly headed to the bathroom.

Seeing the child reaching out to the toothbrush as if to ask for a toothbrush, Jo Seong-hyeon gently held the child.

“Let’s wash our hands first.”

The child thoroughly washed his hands.

Seong-hyeon Cho allowed the child to play the piano only after he had simply washed his face.

“Now, you can play the piano.”

As soon as he ran out of words, Chae-yoon ran to the piano.

The child showed signs of haste.

I sit on the piano chair and look down at the keys as quietly as yesterday.

After finishing washing himself, Jo Sung-hyun went out to the living room and sat down on the sofa.

Chaeyun was silent for a few seconds and seemed to think quietly with her hand on the keyboard.

and then.

follow.

The child started playing.

It was still the same song. ‘Would you like to play with leaves?’.

He had already listened to this song dozens of times, but after listening to it again, Jo Sung-hyun decided to go organize his lunch box.

The title is ‘Would you like to play with leaves?’, but the version played by Chae-yoon expresses all four seasons.

First, spring.

A refreshing and warm feeling continued.

The spring that Chae-yoon experienced, only Chae-yoon, was flowing through the piano.

And, summer.

As half of the song passed, Jo Sung-hyun quietly listened to Chae-yun’s performance.

The child’s performance was so perfect that I wondered if there was no need to practice anymore.

spring Summer Fall Winter.

It was expressed well enough, and it was music that showed what Chaeyoon’s world was like.

There were very few mistakes, and even if there were, Chaeyoon did not tolerate the mistakes and practiced that part separately.

As of now, there is no room for any more mistakes.

But why?

follow. follow. follow.

‘uh?’

In the midst of expressing autumn, ‘Would you like to play with leaves?’ has changed a bit.

At first I thought it was a mistake.

But it couldn’t have been a mistake.

If it was a mistake, Chaeyoon would have stopped playing immediately.

Everything changed as the child intended.

Seong-hyeon was a little perplexed.

He got up from his seat and approached the boy cautiously.

Chae-yoon’s arrangement of ‘Would you like to play with leaves?’ has not changed since Chae-yoon decided to do this once.

Even after going to a concert with Jo Sung-hyun and listening to Vivaldi’s four seasons, it didn’t change.

Just yesterday, Jo Sung-hyun still remembered what Chae-yoon had said.

‘I said, ‘Why do you have to change?’

Chaeyoung certainly did.

Why do I have to change it? Chaeyoon likes this.

The child said so, and when he realized that Seong-hyeon Jo was sure that he would change his mind, he felt sorry for the child.

It was Chaeyoon’s song.

A lot has changed now.

Same for spring and summer.

However, in the fall, it started to change little by little, and after that, the expression of the season of autumn completely changed.

The season of autumn was a bit lonely for Chaeyoon.

The transition from summer to autumn.

Because Chae-yoon’s mother passed away.

The child may not remember exactly, and he may not know exactly what it meant at the time that his mother passed away.

But at least for a child, it was certain that autumn was a lonely and sad season.

In Chaeyoon’s ‘Shall we play with leaves together?’ Autumn is expressed that way.

sad season.

It was certainly not the only feeling of loneliness, but the most evident emotion was loneliness.

Autumn must have been such a season for a child.

It must have been a season where there was no warmth, and I had to be alone to soothe my loneliness.

It must have been so, but Chaeyoon’s song has changed.

‘This… .’

Jo Seong-hyeon felt his heart pound.

Had he been a little more sensitive, he would have been in tears.

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My heart was beating hard.

Watching the process of changing Chaeyoon’s music right in front of you, it was so heartbreaking.

otherwise.

The keyboard strikes like a light bouncing.

Jo Sung-hyun knew exactly what kind of sound it was describing.

When the seesaw moves, I must be expressing a squeak.

Then, a performance like the laughter of a happy child followed.

Chae-yoon looked really happy.

The child’s hand was moving lightly, and the corners of Chaeyoon’s lips were slightly raised as if concentrating on playing and remembering that time again.

Jo Seong-hyeon, without realizing it, sat down right next to the child as if on her knees.

I wanted to experience Chaeyoon’s piano up close and at the same eye level.

How did the child feel today and what were his thoughts?

I wanted to know more details.

taan. taan.

The piano bounced again.

This time, it felt much heavier than before.

Jo Seong-hyeon felt as if a fountain was rising in time with the piano playing.

Rolling on the lawn, eating gimbap together, and on the way home.

was described quietly.

Chaeyoon’s autumn, which had only been lonely, was now filled with laughter.