"Dad?"
Chae Yoon called him, but Jo Sung-hyun didn't hear her.
He stared at the grand piano for a long time, imagining Chae Yoon sitting in front of it and playing.
What if his child, sitting in front of that piano, went to something like a piano competition?
Among the other children who were called geniuses, would Chae Yoon be able to be called a genius?
"Dad...?"
Chae Yoon called him again.
Jo Sung-hyun made a sound.
His eyes were still on the grand piano.
Will the day come when Chae Yoon can play that piano?
If it comes, when will it come?
To bring that piano home, he had to move first.
If she wanted to play it not at home but at an academy or school, he had to teach her the piano properly from now on and send her to an academy, or to an art-specialized school...
'I wonder if there is an art elementary school.'
He vaguely thought that he would send her to a nearby elementary school.
Even though education for children was not that simple.
He felt a little sorry that he hadn't looked into it before.
But one thing was for sure, if Chae Yoon went to an academy or school...
He would hear the word genius from the teachers.
He didn't know about the international or prestigious competitions where real geniuses came out.
But in the neighborhood academy or school, he had a talent that could surely hear the word genius.
As he was thinking that, Chae Yoon's voice next to him stopped his thoughts.
"Dad, you stay here. Chae Yoon is going home!"
At that.
Jo Sung-hyun stopped his body with a thud and blinked his eyes.
What did I just hear?
He doubted his ears and turned his head to look at Chae Yoon.
Chae Yoon looked at Jo Sung-hyun with anxious eyes.
Seeing him speak and be anxious, he realized that this was reality.
'Oh my god.'
Where did she learn that?
She was insanely cute.
It was a line that one would say to a puppy.
She said that to him.
"Chaeyoon, were you not just a genius in music?"
Perhaps she was not only a genius in music, but also linguistically talented?
Sung-hyun smiled sincerely as he pondered such thoughts.
"Is Chaeyoon going home? Should Dad stay here?"
"Well, no, that wouldn't be right..."
"Then?"
"Dad has to go home with Chaeyoon..."
Was she a little surprised that they wouldn't be going together?
Tears began to well up in the corners of Chaeyoon's eyes.
"Hmm, maybe I went a little too far with the joke."
"Chaeyoon."
"......"
"Dad was just joking. Dad only has you, Chaeyoon."
"...Sniff. Really?"
Chaeyoon looked up at Sung-hyun with teary eyes.
"Well then, where would Dad go, leaving our Chaeyoon behind?"
"...Fortunately. Hehe."
Sung-hyun hugged Chaeyoon.
"Shall we go home now?"
"Chaeyoon likes it!"
Finally relieved, Chaeyoon smiled brightly and said.
Sung-hyun burst into laughter.
In that moment, he was grateful to God.
For giving him a daughter like this.
He was so thankful.
* * *
The next day, in the morning.
As soon as Chaeyoon woke up, she snuggled into Sung-hyun's arms.
"Are we going to play the piano today?"
"Yeah. It'll come in the evening."
"Hehe..."
With a happy face, Chaeyoon murmured.
Sung-hyun quickly got the child ready and sent her to kindergarten.
He also went to work.
Some employees were already in the office.
Hyun-ah had also come to work early.
"She's diligent."
It seems like she didn't succeed for no reason in the future.
"Hello, senior!"
Hyun-ah, who finally noticed his presence after Sung-hyun approached a little closer, stood up from her seat and greeted him.
Jo Sung-hyun lightly bowed in response to her greeting.
"Hello. Hyun-ah, you came to work early?"
"Oh, yes. I was organizing Yumi's schedule. I thought it would be helpful to memorize it while organizing."
"That's a good idea," Jo Sung-hyun replied with a smile.
He had no intention of dampening her spirits.
She said she would do something, so it would be appropriate to praise her.
"Organizing is not easy to make it visually appealing. By any chance, how do you usually organize, senior?"
"I prefer to jot down notes on my smartphone rather than in a notebook. But if writing in a notebook is more convenient for you, just jotting down a few lines should be enough."
As soon as he got to work, he was teaching the job with Jang Hyun-ah, who asked him questions.
Thud.
Someone tapped him from behind.
He lifted his head and saw the team leader of Singer 2 team, Woo Kyung-soo, and Park Jung-won.
Their expressions were stiff.
Soon Park Jung-won sighed softly and looked at Woo Kyung-soo.
"You tell him well."
"He's your team member."
"It's your fault that the problem happened. You have to solve it."
At the words that a problem had occurred, Jo Sung-hyun blinked his eyes.
He looked at him and Woo Kyung-soo sighed and opened his mouth.
"Sung-hyun."
"Yes, team leader."
"Let's talk."
A serious atmosphere.
He didn't know the situation, so Jo Sung-hyun winked at Jang Hyun-ah and got up from his seat.
Jang Hyun-ah turned her body and looked at what Jo Sung-hyun had been teaching her.
Jo Sung-hyun and Woo Kyung-soo left Jang Hyun-ah and Park Jung-won behind and headed to the staff lounge.
"What do you want to drink, Sung-hyun?"
"...I'll just have coffee."
"Latte?"
"Yes."
Jo Sung-hyun nodded his head at Woo Kyung-soo's question.
He received the canned coffee that Woo Kyung-soo offered him.
Woo Kyung-soo took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
"First of all, I'm sorry. I made a mistake."
"What...?"
"You know that Yena agreed to take the song 'Toothless Cat', right?"
"Yes, I heard it from Team Leader Park."
"Yena said she didn't know why Yumi got this song, so I casually mentioned Sung-hyun's name."
"......"
"It seems that it went to the 'Toothless Cat' side through other staff."
Woo Kyung-soo said with a sorry face.
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