There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 124

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Episode 124

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Meanwhile, somewhere in a store a little distance away from where Yewon was.

‘I can’t hear what they’re talking about at all, damn it!’

A woman in very suspicious attire, with a scarf wrapped around her head and even wearing sunglasses, was spying on Yewon and Glitt.

It was none other than Mrs. Ju.

She was the one who had led Haion Group for twenty years after the current chairman passed away.

Although she had now stepped back from the front lines, having handed over management rights to her grown sons.

Even so, there was no one in the business world who dared to disregard Mrs. Ju.

After all, she was the very person who had raised three sons to be ruthless, insane businessmen and made Haion Group even more prosperous.

However.

Mrs. Ju herself was feeling some doubts about such a life.

It had been fine to raise all three sons to be cold-blooded people who wouldn’t shed a single tear even if stabbed, driven by the obsession to properly raise her sons without a husband…

The problem came after that.

‘There’s no joy in life, no joy…’

What had allowed her to endure raising three sons who were utterly bleak was her anticipation for the daughters-in-law and grandchildren her sons would bring.

However…

‘Marriage and children? Such things wouldn’t be of any help in developing new drugs. You should look to my younger brothers instead.’

The eldest, who led the ‘pharmaceutical’ division of Haion Group, was saying such things.

‘Having a family won’t make stock prices rise, Mother. I’d rather work than raise such things.’

The third son, who led the ‘distribution’ division, was spouting such nonsense, so her only hope was the second son who had left home.

At least the second son had a potential daughter-in-law candidate (even though she had run away to avoid her son)!

Mrs. Ju, who had been waiting and waiting for the daughter-in-law candidate who had run away from her son twice and was almost dying of desperation, received shocking news recently.

‘…The child actress Lee Yewon, who has been causing a stir recently… we suspect… she might be the CEO’s daughter…’

When she learned that the daughter-in-law she had so desperately searched for had already passed away, her heart felt like it was breaking.

But when she heard that the daughter-in-law had left behind a granddaughter, she couldn’t come to her senses.

She wanted to bring her immediately and give her the whole world—

‘…However, following the CEO’s instructions to never act rashly and move carefully, we are approaching cautiously.’

Yusong, who had been greatly disappointed by false information several times, had drawn the line that he shouldn’t be reported anything unless it was ‘thoroughly verified’ information.

That’s why Mrs. Ju had to be even more cautious.

If she made a wrong move, everyone would get hurt.

Mrs. Ju, who knew how her son had lived like a ‘perfectly functioning’ for the past nine years, was even more careful.

‘But that’s that! How can I endure this when my granddaughter has come to my department store!’

If there’s a human who could endure this, they wouldn’t be human but Buddha!

She tried to endure it, but couldn’t help it. When she received a report that Yewon had visited Haion Department Store, the only business she hadn’t completely let go of, she came to her senses and found herself here.

‘If I just watch from far away without getting caught… it should be fine.’

…So, she was hiding her identity completely and following Glitt and Yewon.

But thanks to Glitt’s even tighter security due to recent events, Mrs. Ju had to watch from very far away, unable to get close.

“!”

Mrs. Ju, who was watching Yewon from a distance, became more and more convinced.

That child was definitely her granddaughter.

‘…She doesn’t look similar at first glance, but the expressions that occasionally show… are exactly like her father’s.’

The characteristic indifferent, resigned expressions that didn’t seem like those of a 7-year-old were exactly alike.

Mrs. Ju was convinced that only a child from the Hyun family could make such expressions at age 7.

‘Oh my. Really. If I could just exchange one word with her, I’d have no other wishes!’

No more, no less, just one word!

Mrs. Ju swallowed tears of blood inwardly.

But then.

‘…The women’s bathroom?’

Yewon was entering the women’s bathroom alone, leaving her uncles in front!

‘My goodness!’

Such a golden opportunity!

Mrs. Ju entered the women’s bathroom with the fastest steps of her life.

“…?”

And Eon, who saw Mrs. Ju’s hurried steps, frowned.

“Why?”

Doha asked, seeing Eon’s expression.

“Nothing. I was just thinking there are quite a few people in a hurry for the bathroom today.”

“Ah. Do you want to go too?”

“Am I a kid? Don’t ask me such things, you bastard.”

“I thought you wanted to go but couldn’t say it.”

“….”

Eon quietly kicked Doha’s shin.

Such an unhelpful guy.

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Yewon, who had entered the bathroom, quickly looked around.

‘…Jeyeon is here? Where is she?’

Since her uncles were waiting outside, she couldn’t take too long.

If her uncles knew that Yewon had a private meeting with Jeyeon alone, they would obviously worry tremendously.

‘…And honestly, I don’t want to spend much time on Jeyeon either.’

The Quest window had told her to choose either ‘forgiveness’ or ‘revenge’, and she had chosen forgiveness after seeing her uncles’ affectionate faces at that moment.

But Yewon wasn’t confident she could forgive Jeyeon overnight.

‘I’m not some angel who can just decide to forgive and then snap! forgiveness happens.’

Yewon looked around the bathroom with a very rare sulky expression.

‘Today I’ll just listen to what she has to say. If she’s spouting nonsense again, I’ll just leave her to live like that and get punished with her father, and forget about her.’

However, there was no one visible in the bathroom except for a middle-aged woman in suspicious attire.

‘…She must have already gone into a stall.’

Should she wait a moment until she comes out?

The moment she sighed and looked up.

“…?”

Yewon made eye contact with the middle-aged woman.

‘What…? It seemed like she was looking at me just now…?’

Did she recognize me?

Since Yewon’s recognition had increased a lot recently, there were many more people who recognized her.

Thinking she might be one of those people, just as she was about to observe the woman’s behavior.

She took a step back.

As if she was very hesitant about something!

“…??”

What, really?

Yewon was flustered.

But then.

“Sniffle…. Hng hng…. Sniffle. Sniffle….”

The sound of a child crying came from the corner stall of the restroom.

“!”

It’s Jeyeon!

Yewon immediately recognized who was crying.

Yewon took steps toward the stall where the sound was coming from.

Then the crying became clearer through the unlocked door.

“….”

Yewon hesitated once more.

It wasn’t just anyone, but ‘that’ Jeyeon.

‘…But….’

At the same time, the director of 【Alice in the Winter Forest】 and the other adults who sided with that director also need to be punished.

“….”

Sigh.

Don’t think of it as helping Jeyeon, but as getting revenge on the director of 【Alice in the Winter Forest】 and those adults.

Yewon took one more deep breath and opened the door.

Then.

“!!!”

She saw Jeyeon, whose eyes had grown wide upon discovering her.

“You, you are…!”

“….”

Yewon deliberately said nothing and stared intently at Jeyeon.

If she started talking nonsense again, she planned to immediately turn around and go to her uncles.

“Waaaaaaahhh!!”

However, instead of talking nonsense, Jeyeon cried even louder.

It seemed like she had been barely holding back her tears, but seeing a familiar face made them burst out.

‘…Sigh.’

Yewon shook her head and tore off a bunch of tissues to hand to Jeyeon.

She wasn’t unaware of how Jeyeon was feeling.

When filming 【Alice in the Winter Forest】, Yewon’s heart had felt exactly like that.

“…Wipe your tears.”

At Yewon’s words, Jeyeon looked at her with surprised eyes while even hiccupping.

She seemed not to have expected Yewon to act this way.

She probably thought Yewon would just ignore her and leave.

However, Yewon held out her hand with the tissues once more with an expressionless face.

“Wipe your tears and calm down. There are no adults here to bully you.”

“…!”

At Yewon’s words, as if she knew everything, Jeyeon’s eyes became even more teary.

However, instead of crying more, Jeyeon took the tissues Yewon offered and wiped her face.

“You, you know, don’t you?! Right?!”

Yewon didn’t answer that she did.

There was no way to explain how she knew.

Instead.

“No. I don’t know. But I just know that about half the reasons kids cry is because of bad adults.”

“…!”

“Bad adults like your dad.”

Yewon didn’t forget to add that.

Then Jeyeon became dazed.

She seemed not to have expected her father to be mentioned here.

Yewon looked down at Jeyeon with cold eyes and whispered.

Just loud enough for Jeyeon to hear.

“You want to stop filming that drama, don’t you?”

At Yewon’s words, Jeyeon completely lost her composure.

Right now, Yewon looked almost like a ghost to Jeyeon.

How on earth does this kid know all of that?

Jeyeon couldn’t answer and just nodded her head.

“Should I tell you a way to stop filming?”

“…R, really?!”

Color suddenly began to return to Jeyeon’s face.

Yewon nodded slightly.

And she approached Jeyeon and whispered something very quietly in her ear.

“!!”

Jeyeon’s mouth fell open after hearing Yewon’s words.

“B, but….”

She certainly felt that if she did as Yewon said, she really might not have to film the drama anymore.

But….

If I do that, then I….

Jeyeon’s pupils shook.

“The choice is yours.”

Yewon said, taking a step back.

This is all the kindness I can show, Jeyeon.

Yewon tore off more tissues and handed them to Jeyeon.

You’ll probably need a lot of these from now on, so I’ll give you these before I go.

Yewon turned around, leaving the dazed-faced Jeyeon behind.

And she faced the Quest window that had been struggling behind her.

‘…This is as far as it goes.’

The forgiveness I can give goes exactly this far.

Telling her a way to escape from that damn hellish filming set.

Not because I like that kid, but because that filming set is a place that should never exist, even for the sake of other child actors.

‘Of course, if you use that method….’

Jeyeon, you’ll never be able to act again.

Yewon looked up at the Quest window.

‘This should be enough, right?’

Saving her from the wrong set, but making sure we never see each other in the same industry again.

This was Yewon’s choice.

[Today’s Tip! Whatever you’re choosing right now is right. Move forward with your decision!]

Fortunately, the Quest window seemed to have no objection to Yewon’s decision.

Good. Now if I go back to my uncles-

“Y, Yewon?”

“!!”

Just as she was about to return to her uncles.

The middle-aged woman who had been bothering her called out to Yewon.

The moment Yewon looked up at her with a flustered face.

“!!”

The woman knelt on one knee and firmly grasped Yewon’s hands.

“Oh my! You’re such an amazing child who even comforts the friend who bullied you so gracefully!”

“…?!!?!?”

“How can there be a child who’s so admirable and cute and lovable and wonderful and praiseworthy and rabbit-like!!”

Who, who are you exactly?

And where did such a misunderstanding even start from?!?!

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