A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 397

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 397

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It had been 5 minutes since I confronted the bastard who didn’t even know that what Ryu Jaehee gave him was his last chance, and kicked it away with his own feet.

Without saying a word or making any movement, I kept my hands shoved in my outer clothing pockets while staring down at Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother.

After his first and last desperate escape attempt was blocked, Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother made no further attempts to flee.

Originally, I was going to establish some discipline for just 2 or 3 minutes before starting, but I extended it to 5 minutes as punishment for his audacity.

“Hey.”

The moment Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother’s posture, who had been standing stiffly with his eyes desperately cast downward in front of me, began to slacken, I warned him with a stern expression.

“Don’t fidget and stand up straight.”

As soon as those words ended, Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother quickly straightened the foot he had been standing on with one leg bent and corrected his posture. After a few more minutes of silence, when I felt his spirit had been sufficiently crushed, I finally opened my mouth.

“The world’s really gotten convenient these days. Limited edition items grow legs and come back to their owners on their own even after being sold to thieves, huh?”

I sarcastically remarked while tapping the boxes placed obediently at my feet with my toes. Every time the sound of me kicking the boxes rang out, the bastard flinched as if he were the one being hit.

“Otherwise, why was something you said you sent by package delivery sitting so nicely in your hands?”

“Well, my allowance got cut… so I thought if I said I already sold it, hyung wouldn’t look for it…”

I cut off his mumbling with a scoff and repeated his first words back to him exactly.

“Ah, your allowance got cut.”

Crack—when the sound of knuckles cracking rang out, Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother startled.

“Your hyung personally explained to you what would happen to him if you sold this, but you still came out with it again, determined to sell it just because your allowance got cut a little.”

I was really fucking speechless. As I ground my teeth, the bastard’s shoulders shrank even more, but I didn’t care.

This little shit should have seen Ryu Jaehee’s expression when I received that chat asking for advance payment in my car.

“I’m sorry…”

“Yeah, this time you have to apologize to me too. Your hyung’s image is directly connected to my group’s image and my image. But…”

When I bent down and suddenly thrust my face close to his, the bastard stiffened.

“You were trying to ruin several people’s lives, including your hyung who would have been hit the hardest, so does saying sorry make everything okay?”

Of course, since this was a gift from the members and not fan support, nothing major would have happened even if it had been sold secondhand.

But the problem was that this bastard knew it was fan support, and even though Ryu Jaehee had clearly told him he’d be screwed if he sold it, he still tried to sell it. This had actually happened before my regression too.

So I had to use this opportunity to firmly engrave in his mind that he must never do anything that could harm our group.

“So you’re saying you did this shit because you were so resentful that your allowance got cut from 1 million won to 500,000 won, right?”

“No, it wasn’t because I was resentful…”

“You don’t understand the value of 500,000 won, so you’re sitting here making these spoiled complaints.”

I wanted to beat him senseless until he came to his senses, but I held back and put my arm around Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother’s shoulders.

“So, you’re going to earn 500,000 won by next month and pay your hyung back. By the way, this isn’t a suggestion. Don’t get any naive ideas like ‘Oh, he said it nicely so I don’t have to do it,’ Jaehee’s younger sibling.”

I pressed my arm down heavily while firmly patting his forearm just below his shoulder. Ryu Jaehee’s younger brother muttered in a voice that was barely audible.

“But, I’m a high school senior this year so I can’t work part-time…”

“That’s not my problem.”

I covered the left side of his ear with my palm and forcibly turned his head to face me with an expressionless face, replying indifferently.

“Whether you sell the game account you’ve been building up by constantly taking money that your hyung earned so desperately, or sell game items, or sell the things you’ve been hoarding with the allowance you received, or if you don’t want to do that, work part-time or do manual labor. Whatever it takes, make 500,000 won and bring it to me within next month, got it?”

Fuck, even during my school days, 1 million won a month for allowance was unthinkable, even 500,000 won was beyond my wildest dreams.

Not only is he trying to take advantage of his kind-hearted older brother, but he’s also trying to make him bear the stigma of being a fake fan-loving idol?

It was truly a regret for the ages that I couldn’t deal with those who actually sold fan support before my regression.

“Did you think 500,000 won would just pop up if you dug in the ground?”

Bastards like this need to suffer like hell at least once before they might come to their senses.

“Hyung-”

“Try telling me to my face that hyung earns money by dancing, singing, and filming a few commercials. Your hyung and I are in the same group.”

Whether my suspicion was right, when I irritably swept my bangs up and got ahead of him, Ryu Jaehee’s younger sibling quietly shut the mouth that was about to spout nonsense.

I removed the hand that had forced his head to turn and muttered in a chilling voice.

“If you don’t pay back the 500,000 won by next month, I don’t care if you’re our youngest member’s sibling or whatever – I’ll use everything I can to blacklist you. Perfect timing, exactly one year left until you’re an adult. Let’s see you start your early career in hell mode with a blacklist, shall we?”

This was sincere. If necessary, I was planning to use even my great-grandfather card to deal with him somehow.

I wanted to collect all the money Ryu Jaehee had given as allowance until now, but that was something to do after hearing Ryu Jaehee’s opinion. It wasn’t me who gave the allowance to his sibling, it was Ryu Jaehee.

Of course, if Ryu Jaehee gave the okay, I was fully prepared to do my best to collect every won down to the last digit.

Perhaps sensing the sincerity in my words, Ryu Jaehee’s younger sibling nodded frantically.

As soon as I released the arm pressing on his shoulder, I grabbed the back of the neck of Ryu Jaehee’s sibling who was trying to run away. We haven’t finished settling accounts yet, where do you think you’re going.

“Oh, and refund Park Dongju’s deposited money exactly as it was.”

By the way, Park Dongju was the name of the bastard who had scammed me with limited edition sneakers on Joonggonara before.

It felt a bit awkward to use the names of middle and high school friends or crew hyungs for something like this, so I borrowed it. When I was hastily thinking of a fake name, only things like Kim Cheolsu came to mind.

Didn’t you know you could change to a fake name when sending money? Tsk tsk.

“If you register this account on Dutch treat, be prepared to face me one more time in the near future. Got it?”

Just in case, when I threatened him, the bastard who was returning the exact amount I sent hesitated for a moment, then nodded enthusiastically again. You little shit, were you really thinking of registering the account on Dutch treat?

After confirming that the advance payment had safely returned, I threw one last warning before letting him go.

“Oh, and about blacklisting you – that includes every situation where you cause trouble for my group. Don’t mistake 500,000 won for an indulgence.”

As soon as I let go of his hand again, I watched the back of Ryu Jaehee’s sibling running away with all his might, clicked my tongue, and picked up the box neatly placed at my feet.

Kim Dobin, who had been watching from a distance and then slowly approached me, received the box from me and looked at me with sparkling eyes.

“Watching this today, I realized that hyung has been treating me incredibly gently from the beginning.”

Yeah, I treated you fucking gently, but you were still scared shitless by my attitude. Now you’ve become a gutsy guy who doesn’t care even when I get serious.

“But hyung was really scary. Especially the first 5 minutes when you just looked down without saying anything, that was really. Even just watching from afar, I felt intimidated? I think I understand why hyung’s nickname was Dark Knight.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Where’s the youngest member?”

“He was watching until the end with me, but when I said let’s go with hyung, he ran to the car first.”

“Did he cry?”

“Huh, is that why he wouldn’t turn his head toward me? I guess so.”

Even while walking to the car parked nearby, Kim Dobin’s mouth didn’t rest.

“I’m curious about something – if hyung had Yehyeon hyung’s or my face, would it have worked the same way?”

I glanced at Kim Dobin’s face and shook my head.

“Well, I don’t know about Yehyeon hyung, but you look too easy-going for it to work.”

Kim Dobin put strength in his eyes asking where exactly he looked easy-going, but even that expression was easy-going.

Honestly, even Seo Yehyeon’s serious face isn’t scary or intimidating, right? I knew this well since I’d encountered it so many times in our early debut days.

When we arrived at the car, fortunately Ryu Jaehee, without a trace of tears or moisture on his eyes and face, greeted us along with Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun. Only Ryu Jaehee and Kim Dobin had watched me catch Ryu Jaehee’s sibling, while Seo Yehyeon and Gyeon Hajun stayed in the car.

“Wow, it felt so satisfying to watch. I should have been a strict hyung to Ryu Jaekyung, but I made you go through unnecessary trouble, hyung.”

“Ryu Jae, why did you leave first?”

To Kim Dobin’s question, Ryu Jaehee smiled vaguely and replied.

“I have some thoughts to organize. It’s obvious that hyung will come making a fuss and being noisy to Eden hyung.”

Hit right on the mark by those words, Kim Dobin, who had been chattering away until opening the car door, couldn’t even argue back and quietly shut his mouth.

After dropping the members off at the dormitory and heading to the studio, Ryu Jaehee quickly shoved the boxes to Kim Dobin and asked me in the driver’s seat.

“Hyung, can I come to your studio with you too?”

I chuckled and nodded at those firm eyes that seemed to have decided not to avoid me anymore.

“What’s wrong with that?”

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When we arrived at my studio, we sat in our familiar spots.

I sat in the chair in front of the monitor, and Ryu Jaehee on the sofa at the back of the studio. I lightly rolled the chair wheels toward the sofa.

Could I raise the remaining 1% of relationship improvement with Ryu Jaehee through today’s conversation?

“Youngest, do you plan to get back all the money you’ve given to your brother so far?”

“No. Do you think he could even pay that money back? I doubt he could repay even 500,000 won next month.”

“We’ll get that 500,000 won back somehow. Then consider the rest of that money as charity and just cut off his allowance. What’s so precious about a guy who threw away his last chance that you’d give him allowance?”

Ryu Jaehee let out a small laugh at my grumbling and looked straight at me as he asked.

“Hyung, you think I keep sending money to my family because I love them, right? That’s why I can’t let go?”

“Huh? Wasn’t that it?”

Of course, I thought Ryu Jaehee was weak when it came to family and endured it without complaint because he loved them, even though it was obvious they saw him as a money source.

Ryu Jaehee muttered “As expected…” and smiled bitterly.

“It would be a lie to say I have no affection or lingering feelings at all. Same goes for the reason I was disappointed in Ryu Jaekyung.”

The next words that came from Ryu Jaehee’s mouth as he swept up his bangs were quite unexpected.

“But that’s not the whole reason.”

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