A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 314

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 314

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In the autumn of October with our comeback not far away, we welcomed Chuseok, the great national holiday.

Whether it was because my DTB victory was gratifying, or because it meant I had worked hard during the DTB filming, the agency had given me a two-day vacation.

“Hyung, aren’t you going to your family home to celebrate Chuseok?”

Kim Dobin asked me as I was checking whether the pre-recorded Chuseok greetings had been properly uploaded to the official YouTube channel.

“I feel bad going on vacation alone, so I’m just going to stay at the dormitory. I need to practice choreography anyway.”

Of course, I could have easily made a day trip to show my face and come back, but I couldn’t waste a precious day of my vacation going to my paternal family home for Chuseok, which gives less pocket money than New Year’s.

No matter how much I had somewhat reconciled internally with my paternal grandfather, my paternal family home was still uncomfortable. Especially since my paternal grandmother, who had tried to put me on “Our Child Has Changed” and nearly left the biggest stain on my entertainment career, was still there.

Damn it, what did I even do? I was so well-behaved.

-Last time you crossed status, gender, and even eras, but isn’t this too extreme this time? lol Setting aside the hanbok design and colors being exactly the same, what if even the sizes are the same? lol It’s too big for Doby!! lol

-When is the DTB concert?

-Congratulations to our Eden on winning DTB

-Yoon Eden won DTB, so isn’t he going to release a full solo album?

-Just eagerly waiting for Rev’s comeback♥

-Instead of singing 【Good Dawn】 at the concert, I hope they do 【LOST part.1】

-Oh, I thought the others looked familiar, and they’re the faces from the DTB finals

-Before this year ends, please comeback with a solo album, even a mini is fine

-It’s about time for Rev’s full album to come out too

-Fuck, the DTB fans are already being annoying

I clicked my tongue briefly while skimming through the comments on [Chuseok Greetings from Rev to Daydream] as part of a Search Quest. What can I do? My full solo album won’t come out until before Rev’s second full album.

And the first batter I planned for Rev’s solo activities was Gyeon Hajun or Ryu Jaehee. Not me.

Ryu Jaehee was also staring at his phone screen as if seeing the same thing, making quite a troubled expression.

Seo Yehyeon, who was sitting on the floor with his butt right next to my feet instead of on the comfortable sofa, craned his neck up to look at me.

“Even so, your grandfather came all the way to the concert stan, haa… standing area, so shouldn’t you visit him at least once during this holiday?”

Seo Yehyeon couldn’t say the word “standing” in one go and sighed in the middle.

Grandfather’s concert standing remained as one of the most shocking memories for all the members.

I was startled to see my paternal grandfather right in front of the A Section barrier, but how much more shocked must the members have been to see a member’s grandfather there?

“I can go on New Year’s, but not this time.”

“It’s not because of New Year’s money, is it?”

“Hyung, what exactly do you think of me?”

“A filial piety disgrace who does diss rap at his own grandfather’s 80th birthday party.”

I frowned at Seo Yehyeon, recalling that damn Hyoryun-jwa nickname that had cleanly fallen off after DTB.

New Year’s money was one reason, but there was a more fundamental reason. It was because of the phone call I received from Mom a few days ago.

‘Eden, aside from what you received for winning something recently, you already had one car, right?’

‘Yeah, so now I have two, Mom. The car hasn’t been delivered yet, but it’s confirmed to come out anyway. But why are you suddenly asking? Do you need a car, Mom? You changed cars last year. Did it already break down?’

‘No, my aunt suddenly asked me about it?’

My aunt and Yoon Hyeonho must have seen the DTB victory prize on internet news and were eyeing my new car.

Of course, I had no intention of leaving my perfectly good SUV to drive around in a compact car. But giving it to Yoon Hyeonho, who contributed absolutely nothing to my DTB victory, felt extremely wasteful.

Ah, come to think of it, he did contribute something. His freestyle diss skills.

Anyway, when I go to my paternal family home this Chuseok, my aunt will subtly pressure me to give the victory prize compact car to Yoon Hyeonho, and my other cousins who don’t have cars will definitely join that battle drinking kimchi soup, even though they have no intention of giving me anything.

And I didn’t want to witness that pathetic sight in person right before our comeback and get negative energy from it.

But since the topic would definitely come up when I go to collect New Year’s money during Lunar New Year, I had to somehow get that car out of my hands before then.

“Doby, you got your license. Want me to give you the compact car I got as a victory prize?”

“Nope, I’m going to buy a really good car for my first one.”

I thoroughly scolded Kim Dobin for his flat rejection.

“You’re all about appearances. Hey, who buys a good car as their first? Traditionally, you buy your first car prepared to scratch it or crash it into walls until you get used to driving. Don’t you feel bad about car repair costs? You’re throwing money on the floor, tsk.”

Kim Dobin, who seemed to be looking at me but was actually staring blankly into space, responded about 5 seconds after I finished speaking with an expression that showed he completely ignored this life-changing advice.

“It’s been my dream since I was seven. Don’t try to stop me.”

“Fine, when you’re beating the ground in regret later, you’ll realize to your bones that this hyung’s advice was right. I won’t bother trying to stop a fool.”

I clicked my tongue and waved my hand dismissively. It seems like it wasn’t our relationship improvement that reached 100, but Kim Dobin’s boldness that reached 100.

Gyeon Hajun has his own car, and Seo Yehyeon and Ryu Jaehee still don’t have driver’s licenses. According to them, they definitely plan to get them within this year, but you never know what will happen with people’s plans.

And this is already the fourth year since Seo Yehyeon said he’d get his driver’s license. From my perspective, unless Ryu Jaehee drags Seo Yehyeon along when he gets his own license, Seo Yehyeon getting his license is a distant prospect.

Originally, if you don’t get your driver’s license right after the college entrance exam, the day you get it gets postponed indefinitely. I bet Seo Yehyeon’s DTB 5 victory that he won’t get his driver’s license until he’s thirty.

“Jun, do you need a new car by any chance?”

“I’m not thinking of changing it yet.”

Gyeon Hajun shook his head briefly. Thanks to the “relieving Gyeon Hajun’s burden” performance, I was able to prevent Gyeon Hajun from digging a hole and crawling into it.

Even though Gyeon Hajun was being unfairly criticized without any fault of his own, why does he feel sorry toward me? That’s something I should be feeling instead, since I’m the one who put Gyeon Hajun on stage knowing this would happen.

Thanks to that, the relationship between Gyeon Hajun and me returned to how it was before the final stage. At least on the surface.

It wasn’t hard to realize that this time, I was the one who took steps to create subtle distance. Considering how Gyeon Hajun always stepped back first and I followed behind, it felt quite bittersweet.

I suddenly became curious whether I would realize the reason and go back on my own first, or whether Gyeon Hajun would pull me back to my original position first.

Since I was always the one who reached out first.

“Sigh, then what should I do with the car? I need to get rid of it before Lunar New Year.”

“Then give it to me.”

Seo Yehyeon casually raised his hand.

“Hyung, get your license first before saying that. If you drive without a license, you’ll be on the front page of the news. Or remove two wheels and convert it to a two-wheeler. You do have a motorcycle license.”

“I’m going to get it this year.”

Seo Yehyeon responded while skillfully ignoring my nonsense that followed.

“Right, and then next year you’ll say the same thing. The year after that too. Even three years later. I wonder if you’ll have gotten it in about 10 years.”

“What will you do if I get it within this year?”

“I’ll call you hyung-nim.”

While I was pondering who to give the car to so it wouldn’t look like I was ignoring Dub Net’s goodwill and would get praise for handling it well, one person flashed through my mind.

Strike while the iron is hot – since I thought of him, I immediately called that person.

“Hey, Hyeongjin. Do you have a license?”

-I do. But is that what you say when you call someone out of the blue?

“Hey, do you happen to need a car?”

-Ah, this bastard only says what he wants to say again. I need one, so what! Will you buy me one?

“I’m not buying one for you. Take the car I received as a DTB championship prize.”

-@#$%%&!

Incomprehensible shouting came from beyond the handset. Since it sounded like he was happy, it seemed like it was probably okay with high probability.

This heartwarming story of giving up the DTB championship prize car to my rival from DTB! Hyeongjin, I’m counting on you! Spread this heartwarming story far and wide! Every time your face appears on camera, start with this story!

I disposed of the car, created a heartwarming story that would make me look good, and gained favor with Choi Hyeongjin – it was truly killing three birds with one stone.

Although it’s not that great of a car, it’s still better than not giving anything at all.

‘Ah, now that I think about it, isn’t this unfair? Why did my slump have to coincide exactly with Season 4?’

If the slump had come next year, I would have appeared on DTB Season 5!

While Season 4 was DTB’s most glorious peak and achieved the highest viewership ratings, Season 5 had the best prize money and prizes during its heyday.

Prize money of 150 million, plus the fight money the winner earned during the broadcast, and the car was also newly collaborated with somewhere else, upgraded to a much better car than the current compact car prize.

So Season 4 participants basically just did good deeds for Season 5 participants.

“Should I appear on DTB one more time next year to win the prize money? Looking at the comments, they’re desperately asking me to participate as a contestant next year too.”

“But if you really appeared, you’d be treated like a returning student who shamelessly joined a freshman welcome party.”

When I asked half-seriously and half-jokingly, Ryu Jaehee somehow sensed the sincerity in my words and immediately delivered a reality check that cut off my plan.

I awkwardly ruffled my hair and got up from where I had been comfortably leaning against the sofa.

“Let’s go practice choreography. This time we have to do the full activities without any shortening.”

Regardless of how this song would be evaluated or what the performance results would be, remembering that there were guys who would shoulder it together with me made my shoulders feel much lighter than before.

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The countdown numbers that had been posted on all of LnL’s SNS official accounts and website homepage since 4 days ago were now pointing to 1.

D-1

Finally, the teaser release date had quickly approached to just one day away.

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