The reason for that question is that Kim Hyejin thought anybody above ten years old should be looking tall. But the person sitting in front of her was not tall at all. He seemed to be the shortest of his agemates.
Ahn Ye Jun seemed offended by that question, but he tried to remind her as kindly as possible.
"Jin'er, don't talk about my height, it is my weak point."
Kim Hyejin gazed at him for a while before nodding her head in agreement.
"Good girl." Ahn Ye Jun replied with a satisfactory smile on his face as he ruffled her hair, but Kim Hyejin hit the naughty hand away.
"Don't touch my hair!." She ordered as she touched her with both hands in an attempt to arrange it
"Sorry.....my bad. Since you don't have a phone yet input your mum's number." Ahn Ye Jun asked as he passed his phone to her.
Without taking the phone from him, Kim Hyejin replied "I don't know it."
Looking disappointed, Ahn Ye Jun slipped his phone back inside his pocket.
Not being able to hold it back, he suddenly started advising her.
"Jin'er, you have to learn your mother's contact number in case of emergencies. Tell me, do you know your home address so I can come and visit you?."
"No." Kim Hyejin replied with her head lowered. It was obvious that she was feeling bad.
"Jin'er, I'm sorry for lecturing you. It's not your fault. All you have to do is tell you, mama, to teach, and she will." Ahn Ye Jun said to her in a soft tone, and only then did Kin Hyejin nod before raising her head.
"Who is that little child to you?." Pak Hayoon asked Wang Ju Won, referring to Ahn Ye Jun.
"Ye Jun? He is a friend's son." He replied before going further to explain.
"My friend likes to live his son with me whenever he goes for a business trip. I am a bachelor, so I am the right person the leave my son with. As for Ye Jun's mother, she is a jewelry designer, so she always does a lot of travels, and she is always busy. His parents are busy most times that they don't have the time to look after him. So instead of living him with the servants, they leave him with me."
An hour later, Park Hayoon and Wang Jun Won bid goodbye to each other after exchanging their contact numbers, before parting ways.
"What took you so long?." Mrs. Park asked her daughter as she opened the door for them.
"I met a friend, so we had to sit and chat for a while." Park Hayoon explained before escaping to her room to avoid further questions.
As days turned into weeks, Kim Hyejin continued her ballet classes, and she was doing a lot better than expected.
She follows her mother to the ballet studio to learn ballet with other children in her class.
Today, Kim Hyejin was sitting on the rugged floor and watching a sports channel. The particular sports caught her attention that she was so intrigued by it.
She had an excited look on her face as she focused her attention on the Tv, that she didn't know when her mother called her.
Not getting any response from her daughter, Park Hayoon had to go to the living room in search of her.
Surprisingly enough, she saw her daughter watching a sports channel, and she looked so interested in it.
"Hyejin!." Park Hayoon called again as she wondered what was so fascinating about what she was watching.
"Mama, I know who I want to be. I want to be like that person." Kim Hyejin said as she pointed at the Tv.
"A figure skater?." Park Hayoon asked in surprise.
"Yes. I want to be the best female figure skater in the world." Kim Hyejin said with determination in her voice.
"Okay." Park Hayoon said as she sank into deep thought.
Without knowing, Kim Hyejin created a big headache for herself just by saying she wanted to be a figure skater.
And this marked today as the beginning of the big change that will transform her in the future.
"Jenny is sure of what you are saying?." Park Hayoon asked her one more time.
"Yes, Mama. I want to be the best female figure skater in the world. I want the world to cheer for me like the way they are doing right now for other people." Kim Hyejin said without a change of mind.
"Alright, Mama will help you actualize your dreams." Park Hayoon promised.
"Thank you, Mama." Kim Hyejin said to her with a smile.
"But you have to work hard to get there. Hard work and determination are the most important things you need to succeed. The person you are watching being cheered for by other people didn't play around to get here. They were serious about this sport and worked hard to be here. Do you understand?."
"Yes Mama, Hyejin understands. I will also work hard like those people to be like them." Kim Hyejin assured her.
"No Hyejin, don't work hard to be like them!." Park Hayoon cut her off as she came to sit beside her on the floor.
"That is the wrong impression. You need to work hard to be better than them. You need to work hard to be different from others, and only then would you be recognized. Do you understand what Mama is saying?"
"Yes, Mama. I will work hard to be better than them." Kim Hyejin promised.
"Good girl!. If you want to work hard to be better than them, then you have to start your training now. There will be no time to play with your toys. So are you ready to be a great person?." Park Hayoon asked as she stared into her eyes.
"Yes, Mama." Kim HYejin replied with determination written all over her face.
"Then you need to be ready to pay the price for it. While others are sleeping and playing, you need to be training, and that is what makes you different from others."
After giving this ton of advice to her daughter, Park Hayoon sighed and wondered if the little girl understood everything she was trying to tell her.
'She may not understand everything I said to her today, but as time goes on, she will understand.' Park Hayoon thought.
"Mama, I Know the present I want from Uncle Ji Hu." Kim Hyejin said suddenly.
"What is it?." Park Hayoon asked with much interest.
"I want those outfits for my training." Kim Hyejin said as she pointed at the Tv.
There, the female figure skater finished her performance and was now waving at the crowd and cameras.
"Good girl, I will tell him. This means you got everything I said." Park Hayoon said happily when she saw outstanding progress.
For her three years old daughter to ask for a figure skating outfit, it means that she has been paying attention to everything she said and was serious with it.
Park Hayoon smiled as she kissed her daughter's forehead.