"Problems are like Penises, everyone thinks they have a bigger one, but you don’t whip it out when I am eating."
Suho narrowed his eyes with disgust when he heard such a stupid line coming from the table beside him, today his orphanage was having a sponsored lunch from a large corporation.
So everyone had to sit together and smile from time to time at the camera to give the corporation a return on its investment in the form of a newspaper-worthy picture.
"Okay, everyone will clap together when Young miss Haein, of the Prince Group enters the room and congratulate her on getting into Seoul National University."
There were hundreds of people surrounding the orphanage today, some working the cameras, some handling the lights and some serving the cold food to children, Suho looked at the little girl in front of him and with a smile on his face gestured her with his hand to calm down.
When Suho was twelve someone left a newborn at the orphanage’s gate, heavy thunderstorm almost killed her that day, but she was a fighter. She only lost her hearing and voice in that incident, and since then, Suho was the person who took care of her.
{But you also got into Seoul National University.}
Six years old, Mina used her little hands to make signs to communicate with Suho, the people wearing suits and reporters all over the orphanage were making her nervous and when she wanted to eat, she was told she wasn’t allowed to eat until the Young Miss takes the first bite.
"It’s fine, don’t worry about it. Drink water, but only sips. We aren’t allowed go to the washroom right now."
Suho tapped on her little hands to calm her down. They live in a backward place at the edge of Guri City, not far from Seoul, but it’s just a run down Orphanage where no one was interested in even a few weeks ago.
The ’Fire incident’ made this place famous, normally we could barely eat rice, but the last few weeks’ donations were coming in like a tide in an ocean. Now even the biggest corporation in Korea is launching their granddaughter from here.
"Suho, grab Mina and go to Manager Choi’s office. Please hurry!"
Caregiver Minjun suddenly arrived at their table, he knocked on their table to get attention and left after delivering the message. He looked like he was in a serious rush.
Suho squinted his eyes at the retreating figure of Minjun, he doesn’t like being dragged into things, Manager Choi, a government official, ran this orphanage, and if he calls you personally, he might hand you extra chores or tell you something to do, which he will benefit from.
"Mina, let’s go."
Suho gestured her to come out from the other side of the wooden bench, then grabbed a chicken leg from his plate and hid it in his right sleeve, grabbing her little hands with his left hand he walked out of the dining room.
As he reached the hallway, he stopped in front of room number 1, then gestured for Mina to stay outside and entered the room alone. This was the best room in the orphanage and occupied by the biggest and oldest bully.
Twenty-two years old, still hogging on children’s food.
Suho directly went to the largest bed, bent down, and, seeing five cases of bottled water, shook his head and took one bottle from the opened case.
Leaving the room, he saw Mina standing on tiptoe beside the old distorted glass window, curiously looked at something, from this window you can only see the Orphanage’s garden, so he walked up to her with a smile on his face handing her the chicken leg lifted her up into his arms.
Mina didn’t even asked where the food came from, she started eating it like it was a normal thing to do while Suho saw, five people inside the garden, four people were doing something around one person.
Seated in the middle wearing a luxurious white business suit was a girl around his age, and she appeared somewhat arrogant as she was pointing around her face while holding a mirror. Suho could guess she was unhappy with how her makeup was done.
{She’s so pretty, makeup is making her look bad.}
Mina used her greasy hands to make a sign. Suho just nodded his head in agreement. This person was very pretty, she has a pink glow on her skin, which Suho likes. It’s a sign of a healthy and properly nourished person.
"Let’s go, we can’t be late watching her."
Suho didn’t waste any time, wiped the smudges around her face, fed her the bottle, which she barely drank, and he had to finish it and then dropped it in the garden with the chicken bone where no surveillance camera existed.
"Remember, it’s bad manners to throw garbage out like this, but you can do it in the orphanage."
Suho told Mina, who nodded her head innocently. Mina was a very cute girl, compared to the whole orphanage a bit on the healthy side. You can also call her chubby. On the other hand, Suho, who always gave her his portion of meat, was almost bony in appearance.
The manager’s office was not that far, so they reached it almost instantly after finishing the food. The wooden chipped door, which stays open all year round, was locked today.
*KNOCK-KNOCK*
Suho knocked on the door, then placed Mina on the ground. She pouted her face after being placed on the ground, but didn’t complain about it. Door opened almost instantly, and Manager Choi’s face lit up instantly seeing the duo.
"Kim Suho, Shin Mina, come inside. What took you so long?"
"We had to find water, I had complained about the tap water being dirty for five years now."
"Ah! As sarcastic as ever, Suho this is Director Seyeon, and Director-nim, these are the siblings you asked me about."
Suho saw Manager Choi as usual dismissing his complaint with a smile, but rather than a fake habitual smile, he has what Suho calls an ’ass-kissing’ smile plastered on his face.
"A genius and a mute, what a perfect pair of siblings. You guys are perfect for launching our Young Miss."
A deep, groggy voice forced Suho to turn towards the couch, a man with a mustache seated there smiling. Suho could instantly tell he was not seeing them as human but as some kind of item he could utilize. Suho’s grip on Mina’s hand became tighter.
"Oh! Look at how chubby she is, this is perfect. We can give her a slight burn in the knees, which young miss can apply ointment to. This boy can become her friend as a fellow Seoul University student. The reason she came here on the fire incident day is him while she saved a mute. What a story."
"Perfect, perfect, you were right, Manager Chae, they are perfect."
"It’s Choi, Director-nim, Suho, Director-nim, directs four TV channels, and they represent Korea on the news, so don’t be disrespectful."
Manager Choi, seeing Suho hiding Mina behind him and glaring coldly at the director, instantly became nervous. He was offered a lucrative amount of money by the director, which he would need ten years to earn, but after seeing the director’s reaction to the siblings, he might just earn enough to retire.
"We are not going to participate in this."
Suho refused firmly, he was powerless and almost helpless in this condition. He was an adult, so he might get away with it, but Mina was officially under the orphanage’s care. There were very few things he could do other than be stupid.
"Who asked you? Did I ask you? And what do you mean by ’we’? Can this mute talk? You’re going to do what I tell you to do. Do you think getting good at studies and getting admitted into the best university gives you the right to talk with your elders in this manner?"
Director Seyeon smiled at Suho’s cold glare, which didn’t affect him in the slightest. In his peak, he had directed the entire nation’s media narrative and even made the president resign, so this kid was nothing to him.
"It’s just I am retired, so working for these corporations has become a hobby. Otherwise, do you think runts like you can run their mouths in front of me?"
Helplessness, When was the last time I felt like this?
Suho clenched his teeth tight, the hand he was shielding Mina with became wet with sweat, and his pale skin looked bizarre in the sun as he took a few steps back along with Mina into the thin sunlight, which was barely passing through the window.
Two days ago, when Kim Sungjun took my second chicken piece with his gang, I hate this feeling. Should I attack then? No! Mina will be left even more powerless once I get expelled from the university for violence.
Suho turned around, crouched down, picked Mina up, and placed her on a nearby chair, then smiled at her. His hands were trembling, for an orphan food might be very necessary, but dignity is what they crave the most.
In a world full of stranger’s, I tried to give her a home, a person she could trust, but look at me, pathetic... to think I wanted to be a doctor for her, I should’ve become a gangster
To burn my little Mina’s knees, how dare you! I’ll kill him and this manager, then use this media outside to make a statement that will be the best use of my pathetic life.
Don’t cry, I don’t deserve it. I took my mother’s life when I was born, and my father committed suicide when he learned about me, so yeah, that’s the most I can give you, my little sister.
Seeing Suho’s emotionless face, Mina became nervous, her large eyes bubbled up with tears. Suho knows she becomes anxious when she has to communicate with other people, so he wiped her cheeks with his hands with a smile and closed her eyes.
[Ding!!]
[Ultimate LitRPG System has been awakened!!]
[Main Mission: Refuse the Ex-Director of Korean Propaganda]
[Result: Passed] [Passing Grade: S]
[Reward: Ex-Director Seyeon’s Crime Ledger, 1000 Universal Discount Coupons (100% Free Grocery), Master Rod Fighter]
*CLANG*
The fallen curtain rod he grabbed from the nearby shelf dropped on the floor when a translucent panel appeared in front of him. Everyone in the room got shocked, except the innocent Mina, who was seated on the chair like a beautiful doll.