Grab the Regressor by the Collar and Debut - Chapter 314

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314. A Night in Gangwon Province Behind (2)
I wanted to stop reading.
But contrary to my wishes, my fingers were instinctively chasing dopamine.
Which meant I’d been scrolling endlessly through the mouse wheel.
(….)
But anyway, the Cafe Employee ended up taking the money home lololololololololololololololololol this is actually hilarious I’m dying
Up until then, Dad and all the other men didn’t know the Cafe Employee was an idol, they thought he was just a young neighbor friend who came to help with work I’m so embarrassed
So the men around them thought it was admirable how hard he was working and kept telling the young man to take the money as pocket money
So the troublemaker ajumma got excited and was like oh of course you should take it!! and forced him to accept lololololol
Even when the Cafe Employee kept saying it was fine and he really didn’t need to take it, the man threatened him saying if you don’t take this I’m throwing it all away!? Throwing it away??? I’m still cringing writing this out
(….)
Anyway so!! Now comes the real reason this post was written!!!!
After the Cafe Employee thought about it for a while, he figured the only way to end this was to accept the money
So he said “then consider this New Year’s money since the holidays have passed”
After all that thinking, his excuse was New Year’s money lololololololololololololol and it’s already almost the end of March lololololololol
And that wasn’t enough, he said he absolutely had to do a deep bow to make it official
But my dad thought the Cafe Employee worked in law enforcement or something
Looking back now it makes no sense, but we were drinking so I thought maybe something could go wrong, so I should keep evidence of this, that kind of thinking crossed my mind
So
.
.
.
(Lee Do-ha doing a deep bow to a drunk adult.mp4)
He recorded a video lololololololololololololololololololololol
Ah watching it again is so absurd lololololololololololololol
Can’t you smell the alcohol reeking from every single frame for real
So it was recorded on video….
Yeah….
There’s no way out of this….
In the video, amid drunk men reeking of alcohol, that massive human performed a deep bow with dignity and received his spending money, and it was unmistakably Lee Do-ha. When he panicked because his hands were full of coins and crumpled bills with nowhere to put them, another woman at the restaurant even handed him a bag, which was also captured on film.
I lowered the tablet for a moment and turned my head. A bag with the same brand name sat neatly on the corner of Lee Do-ha’s desk across from me, entering my field of vision.
“….”
I couldn’t bear to read the comments.
Still, since I’d already started, I finished reading the rest of the post with my eyes glazed over.
Apparently when Dad told him this story and showed him the video, it felt oddly familiar so he sensed something was off,
At first he thought it was an old classmate, but after seeing our year-end concert performance video that appeared in the AiTube algorithm, he finally realized it was Lee Do-ha from Kairos.
I immediately shared the link to that original post with Lee Do-ha via text.
【Explain yourself】
【Are you a con artist?】
【I’m extremely sensitive to these kinds of risk factors】
Soon enough, a reply came through.
【Miro_Kairos_Lee Do-ha: Oh, that】
【Miro_Kairos_Lee Do-ha: I didn’t know how to do it originally】
【Miro_Kairos_Lee Do-ha: But suddenly I could】
“…? What are you talking about?”
【Miro_Kairos_Lee Do-ha: Apparently the future me can play Go-Stop】
【Miro_Kairos_Lee Do-ha: It was a fascinating experience】
The moment I saw Do-ha’s message, I couldn’t help but let out a stupid sound of realization.
So this was because of an awakening?
Apparently, some future version of Do-ha who had abandoned music had somehow learned to play Go-Stop and Janggi. I’d need to review the past timeline properly next time I had a chance to figure out exactly how that bear became a card sharp.
“At least Kwon Wook hyung hasn’t said anything, so the public opinion doesn’t seem too bad….”
Still, checking the comments terrified me.
And in the meantime, they’d already multiplied to 700…!
I covered one eye with my hand and carefully peeked at the comment section through my fingers on the tablet.
Best friend ‖ Anonymous
Damn it, Kairos again
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“…Su-ho hyung would faint if he saw this.”
If he woke up now, I bet even his low blood pressure would be cured….
I quietly exited the page and logged into a different entertainment community.
The community where the original post was uploaded was notorious for having the harshest and most vicious comment culture among its peers. I wasn’t looking to cherry-pick only positive comments, but I also didn’t want to deliberately smear mud in my own eyes.
Upon entering the new community, that same eyewitness account was already plastered across the community’s trending posts. Without hesitation, I clicked on the post and went straight to the comments.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Hahahahaha
Is Lee Do-ha crazy or something??? Oh my god, he’s seriously insane lololololololololol
– I literally passed out the moment I saw him hold back and then do a full bow
– Ha please dohahahahahahahahahahaha
Whenever this Group comes out with something, it’s legendary lol
– I came in wondering what idol was a card sharp, but then it turned out to be my bias
Hahahahaha gambling is insane hahahahahaha
“I heard you were resting, but you actually came back after spending the holidays, guys, seriously?”
…I should stop checking now.
“Well…. At least they had fun….”
Ever since I started working part-time in Gangwon Province, I’d mentally prepared myself for this level of eyewitness account. Actually, I was more surprised that only this one thing had surfaced so far.
It wasn’t like he was caught smoking outdoors, and winning some money playing Go-Stop was such a trivial scandal in the idol industry these days that it barely qualified as gossip.
Rather, what worried me more was….
‘Now that one thing’s come out, I’m terrified of what else might follow….’
Jeong Si-u and Lee Yu-gun didn’t pull off some kind of stunt while they were there, did they…?
When I recalled those two idiots who only answered “there’s such a thing” whenever asked how they made their money, my vision briefly darkened, but I quickly recovered.
It was because of a single comment I’d stumbled upon while scrolling.
– Kairos Funny Moments List
▶ Got locked out of the dormitory room and escaped through my own window
▶ Broke the frying pan handle while grilling meat
▶ Went to a village festival and did breakdancing to trot music
▶ Rode the morning bus on the college entrance exam day, came home in the CEO’s car
▶ During the year-end awards ceremony live broadcast, didn’t realize the mic was on and did a nationwide karaoke show
▶ Went to work part-time and became a card game hustler 《 NEW!
After listing all the insane things I’d done, I realized that Do-ha winning some money at Go-Stop barely qualified as insane.
More than half the items on the list were things I’d actually done.
“…Yeah. It’s not like we’ve only been weird for a day or two.”
If you spin 180 degrees a bit more, you only get to 190 degrees anyway, right?
Finally finding peace of mind, I set the tablet down beside the bed and got up.
With Si-woo and Tae-hyun away on schedule, Do-ha at the studio, and Ha-ru and Yu-gun at Eun-chan’s place, I’d be alone at the dormitory for a while.
Normally I should have gone to the studio with Do-ha, but today I had something I absolutely needed to do.
“Let’s get to work.”
I sat down in front of the high-performance PC I’d splurged on with the settlement money I’d received recently, powered it on, and pulled out today’s “task” from the bag at my feet.
My first camera—the one that had been in this bag ever since Namhae, all the way through Gangwon Province.
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While Do-ha’s “card game story” was heating up the community, another excavation was underway in a corner of the online world.
Just as I’d predicted, once the first sighting went viral, people connected to it started submitting reports left and right. Most of them came from children of Hiking Club members who had been at that restaurant that day.
[omg guys my mom was there too]
The date matched, the Gangwon location matched, the Hiking Club matched, so I was like “no way, no way” and asked around??????
My mom said she saw the kids and was amazed that they were idols and that they looked good ㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ
They said the kids were all so handsome ㅠㅜㅜㅠ They were so friendly and good at their work that all the ladies there had their eyes set on them, saying they wanted to make him their son-in-law ㅠㅜㅜㅜㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(Hiking Club photo with emoticons on faces.jpg)
Just in case, proof!!!
Kang Ha-di
@kang_HD
After the restaurant sighting, now there’s a pension sighting…
Black horned-frame glasses and a hoodie
<<Even from eight thousand meters away that's Ha-jin
He said from his own mouth he's heard he looks like Ha-jin
And now he's doing something mischievous like that, ugh
(Pension room 201 guest's Ha-jin sighting.jpg)
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[Public tip… I'm video calling with Si-woo]
Actually, my dad is also part of that hiking club, right?ㅜㅜㅠ
It's a coalition of several smaller groups so it's really huge, and this was a full coalition meeting so my dad's been bragging about it for days and I already knew
That day he drank a lot and suddenly video called saying he'd introduce me to a potential son-in-law, so I was like "what's going on"
Then I saw Si-woo next to dad and I seriously thought I was dreaming, or maybe I died without knowing and went to heaven…
(Photo of Si-woo video call screenshot.jpg)
My dad found out I'm part of Destiny, so he told Si-woo that our daughter likes Kairos and stuff, saying Si-woo would probably like it too~~
When Siwoo heard that, he deliberately pretended not to know and told him to make a video call.
I really, really almost fainted, but Siwoo said he was thankful that he liked themㅠㅠㅜ
But he asked me to keep the video call secret until the official announcement that they came here
I've been holding it in for a long time and now it seems like everyone is solving it one by one, so I'm uploading it carefully.
I'm really going to keep this as an heirloom for the rest of my life.
The sightings that emerged one by one were mostly quite modest.
Every time I saw sightings that were more restrained than expected, Ha-jin found himself thinking this way.
'Did I really overestimate my kids more than I thought…? Yeah. Maybe nothing much actually happened.'
Of course, that expectation was utterly baseless.
Reason Gun
@2uuu_gunn2
…?
Yu Gun went as a substitute in the Hiking Club singing competition
And took 1st place?
The prize money was 500,000 won
(Photo of Lee Yu-gun holding the 1st place sign from the Hiking Club singing competition.jpg)
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It all started with MT photos posted on the Hiking Club's cafe.
A Destiny girl whose parents were members of the Hiking Club had logged into the cafe using her mother's account to browse the posted photos, when she discovered a photo with Yu Gun in it.
In that photo, Yu Gun stood out among the elderly members with his towering 183cm height, holding a sign in both hands that read 【Cheongseol Alliance Mountaineering Club Singing Competition – Grand Prize / Prize Money 500,000 won】.
Wait, weren't you supposed to be going to your part-time job? Why are you entering a singing competition instead lol
– Isn't it unfair for a singer to win grand prize at an amateur singing competition
└ But Yu Gun's a rapper
– The person who posted this revealed the tea: the aunties asked him to sing just one song, so he went on stage, and as soon as he got up there he sang "Innocent Woman" with full passion. His stage presence was insane
Her star quality is insane, for real lol
As soon as the identity of the thick white envelope Yu Gun had brought back was revealed, Si-woo's bundle of cash also had its secret exposed.
Jeong Cream
@ice_ciu
An anonymous friend tipped me off…
Si-woo was busking with an acoustic guitar at a restaurant
When the elderly customers request songs
He figures out the chords on the spot and sings
And plays accompaniment and takes tips…
Even though there is no microphone, Siwoo sings so wellㅠㅠㅠ
(Video of Si-woo's folk song live performance taken by an elderly woman.mp4)
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Jeong Cream
@ice_ciu
By the way, Si-woo said he wouldn't take any payment,
but the adults said that after hearing such a wonderful song,
it would be beneath their dignity not to pay,
He told me to accept it unconditionallyㅠㅜㅜㅠ
It feels like Si-woo's song has finally been recognized,
I feel so proud and happyㅜㅠㅠ
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Whether I should be relieved that the money they brought back wasn't from some pyramid scheme of bomb shots like I'd worried, or whether I should go to my restaurant shift and demand to know why everyone decided to hold their own concerts there—I honestly couldn't decide which reaction was appropriate.
Among Destiny's fanbase, Kairos's "Gangwon Province trip" had practically become a meme at this point.
The situation was unfolding far more favorably for Kairos than I'd anticipated, and I was simply grateful to have bought myself some breathing room in the meantime.
– Hey, you guys
However, there was one crucial fact that I had overlooked.
– Isn't this about Ha-jin and Ha-ru?
The fact that I held the position of number three vocalist in Kairos.

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