My Daughter is a Music Genius

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While Chae-yoon is standing among the parrots and listening to the parrots singing.

Jo Sung-hyun and Yeong-jun were trying to put the parrot on his hand.

“Why do you keep running away?”

As if Yeongjun is asking him to come, he stretches out his hand towards the parrot and says.

In the meantime, Jo Sung-hyun succeeded in putting a parrot in his hand.

I’m going to carefully transfer it to Yeongjun’s hand.

Suddenly, Chae-yoon approached and grabbed Seong-hyun’s leg and dragged him.

“Dad… .”

“yes?”

Chaeyoung’s voice was a little strange.

A voice that sounds like weeping.

Jo Sung-hyun looked at Chae-yoon in surprise.

“Hey, the parrot is sad… .”

Chaeyoon said while pointing her finger at a parrot.

Jo Sung-hyun looked at the parrot that Chae-yoon was pointing at at the child’s words.

I don’t know if it’s as sad as the child’s words, but it certainly wasn’t as lively as the other birds.

The occasional cries were not so bright.

It is funny to hear the birds chirping and feel sad, but Jo Sung-hyeon was implicitly thinking that it would be true if Chae-yoon felt that way.

Perhaps because of that, Jo Sung-hyeon also felt that way when he heard the parrot’s cry.

Is it because the child is crying?

An employee who was standing on the wall and staring quietly approached me quickly.

“hello.”

“Oh yes, hello.”

“Is there anything you need?”

“It’s not like that… Maybe that parrot, where is it sick?”

Jo Sung-hyun asked, pointing to the parrot sitting on a branch.

The employee looked at the parrot he was pointing at and shouted ah.

“Pomi?”

“Is your name Pomi?”

“Yes, do you see any baby birds over there?”

The staff smiles and points to the two birds in separate cages.

“yes.”

Chaeyoon wiped her weeping eyes and looked at the two little birds with twinkling eyes as if they had ever been.

“I am the father of those birds. Pomi.”

“Hey?”

The child sounded like it was strange.

Perhaps the appearance of Chaeyoon, who smiled quickly and asked for more explanation, was cute, and the staff smiled and continued.

“But this time, Pomi’s mother… I’m a little sick, so I’m going to the hospital. I went to the hospital yesterday, and Pomi has been gloomy since yesterday.”

“Is mom sick?”

“Yes, our baby birds’ mothers are sick and their fathers are sad.”

The staff smiled and nodded their heads.

Jo Sung-hyun glanced at Chae-yoon.

I wonder if the child may be sensitive to it.

The staff doesn’t know anything about Chae-yoon, so they explain it casually, but… .

“uh?”

The staff let out a slightly bewildered tone.

just as expected.

Chaeyoung was crying.

A face that looks like it will burst into tears if touched.

“Ah, sorry. the child’s mother… It’s been a few years since I left.”

“OMG. I’m sorry. omg what to do I’m really sorry.”

As if he didn’t know what to do, the staff was restless and stretched out his arms to hug Chaeyoon, then pulled him back and looked at Chaeyoon with a puzzled face.

Jo Sung-hyun thought that it could be enough given the circumstances.

First of all, the staff is not at fault.

From her point of view, she doesn’t know Chae-yoon’s situation at all, and all she did was kindly explain about the parrot.

However, that person was only Chae-yoon.

I couldn’t say no to the staff with that.

“Hey hey.”

Chae-yoon makes a sound like she’s about to cry.

Jo Sung-hyun smiled lightly as he looked at the still restless employee.

“it’s okay.”

After reassuring the staff first. He carefully reached out and placed his hand on Chae-yoon’s head.

Then, bend your legs and kneel down on one knee and bring your child to eye level.

Cho Seong-hyeon considered the act of meeting this eye level very important.

I don’t know if it’s usual.

This is very important in situations where the child is emotionally agitated.

First of all, you need to look at it through the eyes of a child.

Jo Seong-hyeon chose the word carefully while looking at the child’s eyes, which were about to burst with tears in his eyes.

There were many things I wanted to say.

There were countless things he had to say as a father.

After thinking for a while, Jo Sung-hyun opened his mouth.

Finally, the words he uttered.

“Chae Yoon-ah.”

It was his daughter’s name.

“I feel so sorry for you and the baby birds… wiggle.”

When Jo Sung-hyun called his name, Chae-yoon snorted and said.

The moment the child screams.

Tears welled up and fell from Chae-yoon’s eyes, which had already been brimming with tears.

poop.

Tears began to fall from the boy’s eyes.

Chaeyoon didn’t cry out loud.

But maybe he can’t control his emotions, he just looks at Jo Sung-hyun and weeps.

When Chae-yoon shed tears, the children around her looked at her with strange eyes.

Even the children around you will not understand.

Why is Chae-yoon suddenly crying?

but.

Youngjun was different.

He ran back and forth somewhere.

When Jo Sung-hyeon is gently patting Chae-yoon and carefully wiping the child’s tears with his sleeve.

“mister. Here you go.”

Yeongjun came with a tissue and handed it to Seonghyeon.

“Thank you, Youngjun.”

Jo Sung-hyun thanked Young-jun, and then wiped Chae-yun’s tears with a tissue before continuing.

“it’s okay. The mother bird will soon be well and be back. right?”

“Uh, okay. It’s not that the mother bird is very sick, it’s just that she’s a little tired from taking care of the baby birds, so she’ll recover soon and come back. Daddy’s bird will feel refreshed soon when mommy’s bird arrives… .”

The staff is hesitant to explain.

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

“Did you hear that? The mother bird will be back soon, too, and when the mother bird comes, the father bird and the baby birds will be fine again.”

He said.

In a voice that is as calm as possible.

While trying to calm the child.

Usually, when a child cries, Jo Sung-hyun calmly talks and calms him down and the crying stops.

So far, of course, Jo Seong-hyeon hasn’t seen Chae-yoon cry a lot, but anyway, from his brief experience, he always has.

Cho Sung-hyun thought it would be the same this time.

The child will soon stop crying.

But, not this time.

“I can’t do it without my mother… Huh.”

The child, who had barely swallowed a cry and spoke, shed tears as if she could cry again.

Seong-hyeon Cho stopped, trembling.

What should I talk about?

I couldn’t get my mouth shut.

There are emotions that Jo Seong-hyeon can’t handle in the words of Chae-yoon that she can’t be without her mother.

Seong-hyeon couldn’t say anything.

How to comfort a child.

what to say

I’m sure the mother bird will get well soon and come back, and then there will be no problems.

I thought that Chaeyoon would stop crying if she kept explaining like that… .

All those thoughts were gone.

It’s as if my brain just became a blank sheet.

turned white

Jo Sung-hyun stopped thinking and acted with instinct.

He quietly hugged Chae-yoon without saying anything.

All he could do was gently stroke the boy’s back.

He was still a novice dad.

* * *

The excursion that day ended with Chae-yoon’s tears.

The child couldn’t calm down for a long time, and Yeongjun was embarrassed at the same time and moved around to get toilet paper.

Young-jun’s parents also came to ask if it was okay when Chae-yoon cried.

It was not a situation where the other people around me gathered together wondering what was going on and could not stay there.

Apologizing to Yeong-jun, Jo Sung-hyun got up first.

Young-joon’s parents, realizing that they were unable to step out, encouraged Jo Seong-hyeon to go home first, telling him to rest in peace.

“after… .”

Jo Seong-hyeon took a deep breath and looked at Chae-yoon, who was sleeping, and exhaled a long breath.

Chae-yoon continued to cry and fell asleep in the taxi on the way home.

Tears were still on his face, and he looked tired.

Even though he fell asleep, Jo Sung-hyun’s heart ached that he wasn’t comfortable.

Chae-yoon must have told the parrots that they couldn’t be without their mother.

To Jo Seong-hyeon, it sounded like Chae-yoon was telling her that she couldn’t be without her mother.

It has already been several years since I lived without my mother, but those years were still not enough time for the wounds of the child to heal.

No, wounds never heal.

just get used to it

Cho Seong-hyeon lost his wife about ten years ago, so he’s already used to it, but not Chae-yoon.

The child still wanted to see her mother and missed her existence.

No matter how hard he tried, Jo Sung-hyun’s presence could not be filled.

There was nothing he could do about it.

it’s my dad

He is Chae-yoon’s father.

There’s nothing I can do… It was so painful.

He looked at the child and gently stroked the child’s cheek.

‘I want you to always smile.’

I always want you to smile

I don’t want to see my baby cry anymore.

I hope Chae Yoon will always be happy.

With your thumb, after wiping the tear marks.

Seong-Hyeon Cho stood up.

If Chaeyoon woke up, she left the door a little open so that she could know immediately, and Jo Seonghyeon sat down on the sofa in the living room.

I see the piano

The little mermaid doll that sits on top of it.

The smiling little mermaid’s face strangely overlapped with Chaeyoon.

Jo Sung-hyun got up from the sofa and slowly walked towards the piano.

He went right in front of the piano and picked up the little mermaid doll.

Still smiling broadly.

And that moment.

Jo Sung-hyun felt a strange feeling.

The little mermaid doll is always smiling.

The little mermaid doll is always happy.

“… … .”

Yes, the mermaid ‘doll’ is like that.

Seong-hyeon Jo realized that he was mistaken again this time.

A child cannot always be smiling.

A child cannot always be happy.

“I was too selfish.”

There are times when Chaeyoon wants to cry too.

There will be times when you want to grieve alone.

But you say you only want to see the happy side of your child.

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Maybe it’s a bit of a selfish idea.

Jo Seong-hyeon cleaned up her complicated hair and put the little mermaid doll back on the piano.

He sits in front of the piano for a while.

I put my hand on the keyboard.

Gently, he started moving his hands.

And that moment.

“Dad… ?”

Chaeyoung woke up.

Seong-hyeon Jo jumped up and headed for the main room.

So, the day passed.