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| Author: Wanbi |
Original Source: Novelpia |
| Translator: Saloi |
English Source: Re:Library |
“Waaah.”
Seriously, why can’t I stop?
“What should we do? Shouldn’t we go and make her stop crying?”
“What if her eyes swell up from all the crying?”
“But even her crying is cute.”
“Someone please go and comfort her.”
My crying must have been loud because all the staff at the shoot are looking at me, drawn by the noise.
“Waaah.”
The tears just won’t stop, and now I’m really starting to feel sad.
This is driving me crazy.
It’s my body, but I can’t control it.
Mom, aware of the people surrounding us, quickly tries to comfort me.
“Dohui, look at Mom. Peek-a-boo~!”
“…? Waaah.”
What kind of peek-a-boo is this?
Does she really see me as a baby?
As my crying doesn’t stop, someone who seems to be the advertiser approaches.
“Princess, why are you crying like this~”
“Waaaaah.”
Why are you calling me a princess, ****. Waah, Damn you, Waaaah.
Crying has made my throat dry.
I naturally reached for the aloe juice next to me.
And as soon as I drank it, my crying stopped.
Huh? Why did it stop?
The tears that wouldn’t stop no matter how hard I tried stopped as soon as I blocked my mouth.
I should have blocked my mouth sooner.
- Clap clap clap –
The director who was watching from afar suddenly starts applauding.
What the…
The staff look at the director in disbelief.
“We don’t need to shoot the commercial any more, let’s go with this scene.”
Huh?
“It’s all captured on camera, so we’ll just edit this and use it. Everyone get ready to wrap up.”
Director, what are you saying?
You’re going to use this for the commercial?
Are you trying to ruin me?
“Just a sip of our kids’ health drink can calm even a crying child. Let’s go with this.”
The staff, seemingly in agreement with the director, naturally start packing up the set.
Why isn’t anyone suggesting we reshoot?
And what about my permission?
Hey, advertiser, why are you just standing there doing nothing?
Contrary to my wishes, even the advertiser seems satisfied, nodding his head in satisfaction.
“Waaaah.”
The tears that I had barely stopped came out like a torrent again.
It’s already a dark history. I wanted to live perfectly, but I’ve already failed.
On the way home after concluding making this dark history,
I was so tired from crying that I slept until we got home.
That evening,
Mom couldn’t stop teasing me since we got home.
“You know unconsciously, I gave our daughter a little knock on the head because she was acting up so much, and she cried for such a long time?”
“Puhaha, really? Dohee cried? I’m sorry I missed such a scene. I haven’t seen my daughter cry since she was two years old.”
“Stop…”
“Dohee is so mature and doesn’t cry, so I was worried, but she’s still a baby after all. Come here, my baby~ Should mommy give you some milk?”
“Aw, she’s going to cry again. Stop teasing her. My princess, come here. Dad will hold you~”
I resent Dad even more for trying to stop her.
“Stop it… I wasn’t crying…”
I really mean it, my body just reacted reflexively.
“Really? Who was crying if not my daughter?”
“No, what I’m saying is!”
“Oh, our daughter’s eyes are all puffy from crying. Dad will give you a face massage.”
“Screech!”
I closed my door and lay on my bed.
Even with my eyes closed, the events of what happened today still lingers in my mind.
I don’t know how many times I kicked my blanket that night.
Two months after creating this dark history, summer had come.
Over the past two months, Mom’s belly had grown a little as she was pregnant.
Mom and Dad spent their days excitedly looking at the growing belly,
and I continued my routine of studying, exercising, and playing the piano, improving my skills.
Although these two months should have been a time to feel proud of my daily progress,
but my anxiety only grew as time passed.
And finally, the day had come.
Starting today, my dark history will be vividly broadcasted.
From the first commercial, on public TV.
Ah.
Mom is busy promoting the commercial featuring me.
Kwon Joohee
June 2, 2012, 11:40 AM.
Today is the first day my daughter’s commercial airs~
Set your channel to 7 at 5:55~
(Photo taken in front of flowers during a picnic).
Not satisfied with just posting on social media, Mom also calls her acquaintances.
“Oh right, Minha, the commercial airs at 5:55 today on channel 7. Make sure to watch it.”
-Oh really? My future daughter-in-law is appearing in a commercial? So I’ll have to watch it-
Even to my piano teacher,
“Teacher, our Dohee’s first commercial broadcasts today~”
“Oh really? I’ll make sure to watch it when I get home.”
“Teacher… can you not watch it?”
“Dohee, are you embarrassed? It’s okay, our Dohee looks beautiful no matter what she does~”
Please… stop…
Before I knew it the broadcast time had arrived.
I tried desperately to snatch the remote and even unplug the TV, but my weak child’s body was easily subdued by my mother.
If you think about it, this dark history is also the fault of my young body.
I can’t wait to become a middle schooler…
My family sat in front of the TV, waiting for the commercial.
Watching my dark history together as a group… Kill me…
“Dear, it’s almost 5:55.”
“Honey, I’m so nervous. I wonder how it will turn out? Hah.”
“I’m not going to watch it.”
“Uh huh, where does our daughter think she is going?”
I tried to avoid watching it alone, but Mom held me, forcing me to watch.
“Haha, Dad finally gets to see my daughter cry?”
“… Shut your mouth and be quiet.”
Despite my harsh tone, Mom and Dad were all smiles, enjoying teasing me.
Mom, staring at the screen, suddenly shouted.
“Oh! It’s starting!”
On the screen, a very cute girl dressed up nicely is crying on a chair.
She’s so cute, I don’t even know who she is, haha.
Perfect visuals even on screen, her growth is highly anticipated.
Who could she be?
Hahaha.
Ha.
The girl takes a sip of aloe juice and with her big surprised eyes, she stops crying immediately.
If you just watch the commercial, it looks like the juice’s sweetness stopped the tears.
But actually, it was because I blocked my mouth that the tears stopped, you know?
“Hehe, our daughter is so cute. How did the tears stop just from a sip of juice? Was the juice that delicious?”
“No…”
“Oh, our pretty baby, let’s live together forever with Mommy~”
“…”
As the commercial ended, Dad spoke to Mom with a smile.
“Honey, let’s download this video and keep it forever.”
“I already asked the ad agency for the original file~”
Please stop…
“Good job, my pretty princess. Can I show this to my coworkers?”
“Don’t…”
“Okay, I’ll do it.”
“Don’t show it…”
Mom started promoting the commercial video she received from the ad agency by uploading it on her social media again.
And as the commercial’s exposure increased, Mom’s social media followers rapidly grew.
Kwon Joohee
July 2, 2012, 6:46 PM.
My princess, who rarely cries, cried so much that day
Everyone please look at her cuteness~
(Aloe juice commercial video).
└ Oh, the baby is so cute~
└ Wow, the baby’s features are already perfect
└ I came here after watching the commercial~
└ Wow, I’ve never seen such a cute baby. But is it normal to like the child more than the child’s mother?
└ Is this guy crazy
└ So you prefer the child more? You pedo *******
└ No;;
└ Please check your DM~ I’d like to discuss a commercial request
└ Keep growing up just like this..
└ ****, did her husband save a country in a previous life? The wife is gorgeous, and the daughter is amazing
└ Look at the husband’s photo. He’s handsome too. Must have been a helmsman on a turtle ship[1] in his past life
└ ****, please, at least make his ***** only 3 centimeters in length
└ Hello, we are a children’s talent agency. Please check your DM. Thank you.
“Dohee, look, people really like Dohee a lot, right?”
“… yeah.”
“What’s wrong, don’t you like it?”
“no…”
“Dohee, should we shoot more commercials if you want to?”
“No…”
I know as well that.
If you just watch the commercial, it’s simply a cute 5-year-old girl crying.
Yeah, it’s not a dark history at all.
People will probably watch it with a smile.
It’s okay, if someone asks why I was crying, I could just say I was acting.
But there’s a saying.
The only flaw of a fraud that even experts can’t distinguish is that the fraud itself knows it’s a fraud.[2]
That’s me.
People will see me as a cute 5-year-old girl.
But I know my mental age is in my 30s…
I couldn’t sleep properly for about a week after the commercial aired.
As time passed, more and more people recognized me.
This period corresponds to the early days of internet broadcasting and the rise of YouTube in my past life.
It was still the time when TV and public broadcasting were the main streaming platforms in recognition and reality.
After the commercial aired, the day I went grocery shopping with Mom.
We met an elderly couple in the elevator going down to the parking lot.
The grandma looked at me and spoke to my mother.
“Oh my, your kid is so pretty. But where have I seen her? Is she the girl from the aloe juice commercial?”
“Ha ha, yes, that’s right.
The grandpa looked at me with a warm smile, as if he were looking at a cute grandchild, and said.
“There’s a superstar living in our apartment! Hee hee, little one, could you give Grandpa your autograph?”
“I don’t have anything like an autograph…”
“Hehe, then Grandpa was mistaken. Little one, you resemble a very pretty maiden.”
“Oh, it’s nothing~”
After meeting the elderly couple and experiencing the impact of TV for the first time, even at the supermarket:
“Wow, isn’t this baby the one who appeared on TV?”
An employee recognized me and asked my mother.
“Mom, that’s the baby who appeared on TV!”
“Oh, really?”
A mother and son out buying groceries,
even at checkout.
“Oh? Come to think of it, this child looks like the one from the aloe advertisement? Is it you?”
“Haha, yes, that’s right.”
Et cetera…
There were more people recognizing me than expected.
Becoming famous is good.
There is nothing that raises self-esteem as much as becoming someone others admire.
But why do I have to become famous for my embarrassing moments?
Starting today, I decided to stay at home until the end of the advertisement broadcast and things quiet down.
[1] – https://www.google.com/imgres?q=%EA%B1%B0%EB%B6%81%EC%84%A0&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fflexible.img.hani.co.kr%2Fflexible%2Fnormal%2F640%2F428%2Fimgdb%2Fresize%2F2015%2F1016%2F144487802343_20151016.JPG&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hani.co.kr%2Farti%2Fculture%2Fculture_general%2F712950.html&docid=4L44n3-qqeQPbM&tbnid=qtLOhtr3CxW0tM&vet=12ahUKEwijsrvxsbaHAxWClu4BHbTODNMQM3oECBcQAA..i&w=640&h=428&hcb=2&ved=2ahUKEwijsrvxsbaHAxWClu4BHbTODNMQM3oECBcQAA[2] – Basically that people can’t distinguish her lies and only she herself the one lying is a liar.
