A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 407

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Regression Manual for Idols Who Lost Their Original Intent Episode 407

After finishing dinner, I took the initiative and even finished washing the dishes. Though it was more like rinsing the dishes and putting them in the dishwasher.

Ryu Jaehee said he would do the dishes, but how could I make a guest do that?

Mom said I was acting mature because the younger members were here, and she laughingly patted my back as I did the preliminary dishwashing. Telling me to bring them again next time was a bonus.

Even if not Ryu Jaehee, if Kim Dobin comes to our house until the next holiday, it won’t be by his own will but by others’ will that he gets removed from the family register.

Anyway, I had to send Kim Dobin back to his house before our vacation ended. Looking at how he was sprawled out occupying my bed with Ryu Jaehee, it didn’t seem like he’d leave today easily.

In the end, all I could do was call Gyeon Hajun and lament.

“I told him to go apologize, but he says if he goes now he’ll get beaten to death, so he absolutely won’t go and is holding out at our house.”

-Just hearing about it, I can really feel that the atmosphere at Dobin’s house must have been completely ruined because of Dobin’s sudden outburst. He knows he did wrong, so that’s why he’s holding out and not going home.

Behind Gyeon Hajun’s gentle voice, noisy sounds layered like background music.

It’s a bit noisy around you? After saying that, I learned about the number of rooms at Gyeon Hajun’s great aunt’s house, the existence of an 11-month-old fifth cousin, how long Gyeon Hajun’s youngest maternal uncle drove, and how many hours he’d been fast asleep now.

-So did Dobin go home now?

“No, I ultimately failed to kick him out. Thanks to that, I even lost my room’s bed. The youngest guys took my bed and I’m lying on the floor of my room with a blanket spread out, right now.”

At my grumbling, the youngest line occupying my spacious bed excitedly chimed in.

“Hyung told us to sleep on the bed, but then he forced the bed on us and says that. Hajun hyung, don’t misunderstand. Eden hyung forced it on us, we didn’t rudely push Eden hyung out and take it.”

“That’s right, we’re overflowing with willingness to yield the bed back to hyung even now.”

“Shut up, you brats. We have to go to Seongbuk-dong early tomorrow morning, so just sleep quietly there.”

When I scolded them, Kim Dobin didn’t shut his mouth but opened it again to ask a question.

“Oh, are you taking us too?”

“It’s confirmed that I’m taking the youngest member, but I need to think about you.”

“Huh, why?”

Gyeon Hajun on the other end of the phone asked almost simultaneously with Kim Dobin.

-Wouldn’t it be a bit awkward to take only one?

“I’m seriously contemplating right now whether I should take Dobin to Seongbuk-dong tomorrow or not. I want to get New Year’s money for three people from grandfather, but…”

Trailing off my words, I glanced at Kim Dobin and added.

“I think it’ll be either he can’t handle it or grandfather’s blood pressure will burst.”

Grandfather’s stubbornness was no joke either, but Kim Dobin had an excellent talent for leaving people speechless.

I think the young, energetic guy has higher odds of winning than the old man over eighty. If that happens, wouldn’t me taking Kim Dobin to grandfather become tremendous fiery filial piety?

I already served him a diss rap at his eightieth birthday party and had an awkward reconciliation with a concert, so adding more unfilial stats here would be really bad.

Kim Dobin, who had somehow entered my room and picked up Podo to put on the bed, looked at me with dog-like eyes in front of treats and asked.

“I don’t need to receive New Year’s money, so can’t I follow along? I keep missing big events. I missed the eightieth birthday filial diss rap, missed the video call New Year’s greetings, missed the concert invitation ticket battle and filial diss letter presentation ceremony.”

“Is it really right to take him when he’s like this?”

When I muttered in a serious voice, Gyeon Hajun suggested an alternative.

-Wouldn’t it work if Dobin just doesn’t open his mouth?

“Jun, do you think Dobin could not open his mouth for several hours?”

-Hmm, that’s true.

When Gyeon Hajun’s sister’s voice announcing a major announcement was heard from behind, Gyeon Hajun asked for my understanding with a brief “wait a moment” and urgently shouted “wait!”

But his sister’s booming voice that Gyeon Hajun couldn’t stop penetrated through the phone and reached me clearly.

-Our youngest is going to be in a drama! Not even as an extra but as a main supporting actor!

-So he’ll be both an idol and an actor? Oh my, he’ll be busy.

-Your second maternal uncle’s dream was to be an actor. Hajun fulfilled that for him. If you ever do interviews, make sure to say it. My nephew fulfilled his uncle’s dream, you know? How touching is that story.

-If mother were alive, she would have watched every drama Hajun appears in. She passed away without even seeing her grandson on TV.

The voices of Gyeon Hajun’s relatives chiming in one by one were also broadcast live noisily.

-Ah, sister! I told you not to say anything…!

Gyeon Hajun expressed complaint-like resentment to his sister.

-Are you filming now then? Who’s the drama writer? Which actors are appearing?

-Who are the lead actors? Is the male lead Kang Wookyung by any chance?

-So when will it air? What channel will it be on?

-Right, hurry up and tell us. That way we can watch it. Brag to people around us too. Is it terrestrial broadcasting?

-We are filming, but that’s confidential so I can’t say… I’ll tell you when the exact schedule comes out, when it comes out…

Gyeon Hajun on the other end of the phone replied in a dazed voice to the pouring questions. I could clearly picture Gyeon Hajun burying his face in his palms.

Whether he succeeded in escaping the pouring attention, the noise coming through the phone suddenly decreased. Gyeon Hajun lamented in a quite tired voice.

-I guess I shouldn’t have told the family either. I didn’t know my sister would brag like this, not even mom. I should have waited until after it finished airing.

“Not filming?”

-Yeah, airing. Then unless they specifically look it up to rewatch, they’ll miss it.

“Don’t you think the drama will be a huge hit so everyone will watch it even if you don’t tell them?”

At my playful prophecy revealing heavenly secrets, Gyeon Hajun answered reluctantly.

-Even though you picked it, I don’t think it’ll be such a super hit at that level.

How damn resolute, my friend. When the drama becomes a hit later, give me a fortune-telling fee.

Even if Gyeon Hajun had hidden it from his family, if the drama became a huge hit and spread by word of mouth, the probability that Gyeon Hajun’s relative adults would see Gyeon Hajun appearing as a main supporting actor was very high.

Then they would have pestered him asking why he didn’t tell them. Therefore, Gyeon Hajun’s decision to tell his family about being cast in the drama could be said to be the right decision.

-Anyway, if you can control Dobin, I think it would be better to take him. It’s a bit awkward to take only Jaehee and leave only Dobin behind.

-Hajun! Youngest! Come out quickly and eat dessert! Your aunt bought it for you to eat!

“Alright, got it. Thanks for the advice, and hurry go eat dessert, youngest.”

-There’s really no privacy here…

Gyeon Hajun muttered weakly and hung up the phone.

“What did Hajun hyung say? Did he say to leave me behind?”

“No, he said to take you. Even if our old man acts a bit stubborn, just listen with one ear and let it flow out the other, and don’t bother answering. Just smile. Gloss over it with laughter.”

“Is that place not hyung’s paternal family home but a dungeon?”

“That’s right, man. It’s a dungeon where if you bow to the boss mob, you get a 300,000 won New Year’s money item.”

Will there really be no trouble tomorrow…? Whenever I think like this, trouble always happens, right?

* * *

New Year’s Day morning, Seongbuk-dong.

“Please receive much New Year’s fortune.”

Kim Dobin and Ryu Jaehee also naturally bowed among this house’s grandchildren. After the other cousins all received their New Year’s money envelopes in turn along with New Year’s blessings, only we three remained.

Looking at grandfather facing me with much softer eyes than when he used to look at me before, it was damn awkward. As I just scratched the back of my head, grandfather spoke first.

“I heard you got first place on some broadcast? Lee Heon said so during Chuseok.”

Could he mean DTB? He even asked for DTB concert invitation tickets, so did he tell grandfather too? When I glanced at Lee Heon hyung, hyung subtly avoided my eyes and played dumb.

“Yes, I went on a hip-hop survival show and won.”

“Well done. If you’re going to do something, you should be number one in your field.”

Being praised for music rather than studying felt strange. I thought I’d never get praised by grandfather in my lifetime.

Grandfather, who gave me the money envelope first as the oldest of the three, then handed a money envelope to Ryu Jaehee, who he was acquainted with.

“You were the college student, right? Are you studying hard?”

Hmm, judging by the thickness of mine, it’s the usual 300,000 won. I thought I might get 500,000 won to commemorate the DTB victory, but that stubborn old-fashioned old man, of course.

But seeing that he had prepared Ryu Jaehee’s New Year’s money envelope in advance, did father give grandfather a heads up? Grandfather wouldn’t have been waiting for Ryu Jaehee.

After giving Ryu Jaehee long nagging-like blessings to study hard while thinking about his path after getting older, grandfather finally turned his gaze to Kim Dobin standing there blankly.

Since he couldn’t prepare Kim Dobin’s money envelope for his sudden joining, grandfather took out a bundle of 50,000 won bills from his wallet and asked.

“So, did you go to university?”

“Yes!”

Before I could stop him, Kim Dobin vigorously nodded his head. Dobin, are you crazy? That old man who was a former judge hates lies the most!

“Except for that Eden brat, everyone manages to go to good universities while dancing and singing. You mentioned it back then, which university did he go to?”

“Kyunghwa…”

“Kyunghwa University?”

Grandfather, who made his own judgment based on fragmentary information, let out a short exclamation.

No, that’s not it, Dobin! Kim Dobin opening his mouth to spit out the rest was one step faster than me making Kim Dobin shut his mouth.

“Kyunghwa Cyber University.”

Grandfather’s hand counting the tenth 50,000 won bill slipped. I struck first before grandfather could say anything.

“Doby, that Old Man doesn’t consider Cyber University as a real university.”

There was a reason why I, who had entered Cyber University to avoid becoming a military service-completed idol with a 21-month gap during my career high, couldn’t assert that I was a university student and still received 300,000 won in New Year’s Money.

In that Old Man’s mind, Cyber University, which you could enter without going through Korea’s tearful entrance exam struggles, wasn’t a real university. True to being a stubborn old-timer, he only acknowledged physically existing universities in the real world, not universities in the cyber world.

And in response to my words, Kim Dobin said.

“Why not? Even a bad law is still a law, so Cyber University is still a university.”

He left behind a legendary quote for the ages.

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