My Daughter is a Music Genius

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I need a cheongsam hwan

That was Jo Sung-hyun’s idea as soon as he came out.

It seemed like he couldn’t stand it on his own.

On the way to Chae-yoon’s first contest qualifier.

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My heart was already pounding and pounding wildly.

I’m still shaking like this, but how bad will it be when I get to the preliminaries?

“Whew… .”

He tried to calm his heart as much as possible, and looked at Chaeyoon.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

“yes?”

The child is wearing a white dress.

He was wearing a coat as his coat.

As the days get colder, a coat is a must.

Chae-yoon’s face brightened as she quickly turned her head to look at Jo Sung-hyun.

Jo Sung-hyun smiled as he saw the child smiling brightly, wondering if it was just fun to go somewhere with Jo Seong-hyun.

“Today is the day of the contest preliminaries, aren’t you nervous?”

“Tension… ?”

“yes. It’s just scary… Isn’t it?”

“I’m not afraid of Chae-yoon.”

As if not at all, Chaeyoon immediately shook her head and answered.

At the child’s resolute answer, Jo Sung-hyun laughed.

“Why is Daddy so nervous?”

“Are you afraid of your father?”

“yes. little?”

“What?”

“Well… I wonder if Chae-yoon will do well, or will the judges say bad things about Chae-yoon? Are you worried about that?”

“Chae-yoon can do well!”

The child answered confidently.

I was a little anxious because I thought that maybe it was not that I was confident, but that I could not understand exactly what the contest was.

“right. Chae-yoon can do well.”

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

Just talking with the child makes my heart feel a little more stable.

‘Still, just in case you don’t know, let’s go buy a cheongshimhwan and eat it.’

Wouldn’t it be better than holding on to your rumbling stomach and enduring it?

“Chae Yoon-ah. Shall we stop by the pharmacy before we go?”

“… ? Daddy I have to… ?”

With her eyes wide open, Chae-yoon looks at Jo Sung-hyun.

Seeing Chaeyoon making a face that looked like she was about to cry, Seonghyun quickly shook her head.

“No, I am not sick. It’s just that Daddy’s a little nervous. I want to buy a cheongsimhwan.”

“What?”

Chae-yoon tilted her head and looked at Jo Sung-hyun.

Only after Jo Seong-hyeon explained in detail what Cheongshim-hwan was to the child did Chae-yun’s face straighten again.

“I want Chae-yoon to eat too!”

Anyway, I guess I thought it was something good.

Not knowing if young children could eat Cheongshim-hwan, Jo Seong-hyeon made an ambiguous face.

“Well. it… Shall we decide after seeing what Dad eats?”

“yes!”

Chae-yoon replied.

Jo Seong-hyeon took the child’s hand and headed to the pharmacy.

There was a pharmacy right in front of me, so I went in.

with daughter.

A small bell rang and the door opened.

Cho Seong-hyeon found one Cheong Shim-hwan and calculated it.

“Chae Yoon-ah. Would you like to smell it first?”

Cho Seong-hyeon took out the Cheong Shim-hwan and held it to Chae-yoon.

Chae-yoon approached cautiously, smelled Cheong Shim-hwan, and paused.

Seeing that the child’s expression was subtly hardened, Jo Seong-hyun raised the corner of his mouth slightly.

The smell of Cheongshimhwan these days is not that strong, but it must have been a very strange kind of smell to a child.

I can’t even imagine what it tastes like.

“What do you think? Would you like to try one?”

Jo Sung-hyun made a gesture as if he could buy another one at any moment.

Chae-yoon was startled.

“Nope! Chaeyoung is fine… !”

“it’s okay?”

Seeing the child waving his head and hands at the same time, Jo Sung-hyun asked, holding back his laughter.

It was so cute that Jo Sung-hyun was really nervous about buying another one.

“Chae-yoon is really good!”

“But didn’t you say you wanted to eat one earlier?”

“Uh… Dad eats two… ?”

Is your brain twisted?

Chae-yoon ended the conversation with a questionable form.

“ha ha ha. Dad, one of these is enough.”

“Well, then… .”

As if in embarrassment, the child’s eyes fluttered.

In the end, Jo Sung-hyun couldn’t hold back his laughter any longer.

“ha ha ha. If Chae-yoon is okay, will only Dad eat?”

“yes. Eat only Daddy!”

Chaeyoon smiled and nodded as if she was relieved.

The pharmacist, who was looking at Jo Sung-hyun and Chae-yoon, opened his mouth with a small smile.

“The child is so cute.”

“Ah yes. It’s cute.”

“Look, what are you doing today? Buy even Cheongsimhwan.”

“It’s the day my daughter enters the preliminaries of the piano competition.”

“Five. Yes? I hope to have good results.”

Saying so, the pharmacist slipped his hand into the pocket of his gown and pulled out a candy.

It’s plum-flavored candy.

“What’s the baby’s name?”

“This is Jo Chae-yoon.”

Chae-yoon answered in a slightly stiff voice.

At the child’s answer, the pharmacist smiled and offered a candy.

“Chaeyoon plays the piano well. This is a gift from my aunt.”

At the candy offered by the pharmacist, Chae-yoon glanced at Jo Sung-hyun.

Jo Sung-hyun gestured as if he was okay with the child’s gaze asking for his permission.

Only then did Chae-yoon sneak up to the pharmacist and receive the candy.

“Thank you. sister!”

Saying hello, Chaeyoon said.

Hearing that, the pharmacist’s eyes widened slightly.

“Oh?”

She let out a short exclamation and looked at Jo Sung-hyun with half-moon-shaped eyes.

Jo Seong-hyeon was also slightly embarrassed and was looking at the pharmacist and Chae-yoon in turn.

The pharmacist wasn’t that old, but Chaeyoon wasn’t old enough to call her sister.

Did you give me candy and call me that?

‘If that’s true… .’

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Maybe Chaeyoon is a genius not only in music but also in other areas?

Jo Sung-hyun thought to himself like that.

* * *

Leaving behind the hustle and bustle of the pharmacy.

Jo Seong-hyeon and Chae-yoon headed to the preliminaries of the contest.

Arrived 20 minutes earlier than the time notified by text message.

We started with the idea of going 30 minutes early, but the pharmacy was delayed.

“hello. I’m here to watch the qualifiers.”

“Oh, yes. Just write it down and give it to me.”

Seeing a paper similar to the application form, Jo Sung-hyun immediately finished filling it out and handed it to the staff.

It didn’t take long as I was just writing down simple personal information about myself and Chaeyoon.

“Yes, you can sit on that chair over there and wait for your name to be called.”

The employee said, glancing at the chair with his chin.

Jo Seong-hyeon and Chae-yoon sat side by side and looked around while waiting for their name to be called.

moderate commotion.

Besides them, there were three more children around.

All children with their mothers.

Jo Sung-hyun had to look at Chae-yoon for nothing.

There are things you can get used to, but never get used to.

absence of the child’s mother.

That was the part that was quite difficult to get used to.

It’s actually fine for Jo Seong-hyeon, but to Chae-yoon it’s only been a few years since she lost her mother… .

When she was in a position where most mothers were like this, Jo Sung-hyun had no choice but to look at Chae-yoon.

I wondered if the child might miss his mother.

Fortunately, Chae-yoon did not have such a sign.

While wandering around, Chaeyoon had a puzzled face.

Jo Sung-hyun asked such a child.

“Chae Yoon-ah, what are you looking for?”

“Where is the piano?”

“Maybe it’s in there?”

“Hey… Chae-yoon can do well.”

Seeing the child talking as if to reassure Jo Sung-hyun, Jo Sung-hyun smiled.

“Would you like to eat something delicious for dinner tonight?”

“Gyukas?”

“I ate a while ago, do you want to eat Gyukatsu again?”

“Gyukas are delicious.”

Chae-yoon said with twinkling eyes.

I think I really liked the gyukatsu that Seo Ye-na bought me last time.

“Then let’s eat Gyukatsu tonight.”

Chaeyoon wants to eat it, so of course she has to buy it.

Jo Sung-hyun answered with a smile.

and,

“Cho Chae-yun?”

“yes?”

When his name was called, Chaeyoon immediately responded.

Seong-hyeon Jo jumped up from his seat.

“You can go in now. Parents, please go in the back.”

“Oh, thank you.”

After thanking the employee who called out Chae-yoon’s name, he gently knelt down and greeted the child.

“Chae Yoon-ah. Do well and come.”

“Uh!”

Chaeyoon replies as if she is confident.

Jo Seong-hyeon turned to the back door pointed to by the staff and glanced back.

I saw an employee guiding Chae-yun.

gulp.

The saliva was swallowed by itself.

It seemed that I was more nervous than when I had a company interview.

It’s Chaeyoon who watches the contest, but I don’t know why she’s more nervous.

Seong-hyeon Cho shook off his thoughts and opened the back door.

widely.

The door opened with a small sound.

The door was quite heavy, so I had to force it.

It looks like the door is soundproofed.

Originally, the hall was used for small concerts and was quite large.

A piano is placed on the stage.

Four judges were seated in the audience.

“hello. Chae Yoon-yang.”

“Oh, hello!”

Chaeyoon’s voice, who was on stage with the staff, was a little shaky.

When the child was placed in such an unfamiliar environment, it seemed that he was hooked and tense.

Cho Sung-hyun felt a little sorry.

Until now, practice had only been done in familiar spaces such as at home or kindergarten.

If I had known it would be like this, I would have made you practice on a stage like this.

If I had gotten used to it even a little, wouldn’t it have been less stressful?

I think like that.

There was a voice calling him.

“Guardian. hello.”

“hello.”

“The guardian can sit over there.”

As to when he had been standing, another employee standing right next to the door points to the farthest corner of the audience.

Jo Sung-hyun said a small thank you and said hello.

He did not take his eyes off Chae-yoon and moved to the audience.

At the same time, the staff who guided Chae-yoon to sit in front of the piano on the stage leaves.

Now, only Chaeyoon was left on the stage.

Jo Sung-hyun looked at the child standing on the stage with worried eyes.

However, Chae-yoon looked surprisingly calm.

It’s not like he’s scared or nervous because Jo Sung-hyun isn’t by his side.

Instead, I stood still, not knowing what to do.

As she sat quietly in front of the piano, one of the judges spoke up.

Jeong Se-yeon is a pianist who once went to see a concert.

“You can start whenever you are ready.”

“… yes!”

Chaeyoon answered with a strangely recalled face, and placed her hands on the keyboard.

The eyes of the judges change.

Until recently, the eyes were just looking at a child, but now they are looking at the performer.

Chae-yoon turned her head in front of the piano and looked at Jo Sung-hyun.

Jo Sung-hyun smiled quietly.

The child smiled and looked down at the keyboard for a moment, then moved his hand.

follow.

The playing started.

As a pianist, the child’s first steps were taken.