There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 139

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Episode 139
In Yewon’s Room, before sleep.
[…Do you perhaps know the ‘true’ reason Lee Doha died in your previous life?
That ‘darkness’ which consumed Lee Doha is drawing one step closer…]
‘…The real reason Uncle left this world in my previous life.’
Yewon gazed at the Quest window with melancholic eyes.
Even in the previous life, the exact cause of Lee Doha’s death had never been revealed.
The Company never officially disclosed it.
Naturally, rumors ran rampant because of that.
And Yewon didn’t believe any of those rumors.
Or rather, didn’t want to believe them.
‘The darkness that consumed Uncle?’
What on earth could that be?
At this point, I had no way of guessing.
[…To prepare for the true mastermind behind that darkness which could consume you as well, build many allies around you…]
‘…For now, this is all I can do.’
Build many allies, then….
Yewon exhaled a long sigh.
Building allies—sure, that’s all well and good.
But!
[…However, within Haion, aside from two people, there are 2 other formidable ‘uncles’…]
Why must I make those other uncles my allies of all things?!
‘The GLEET uncles are going to cause an uproar.’
Without even seeing it, I could already predict how the four members would react.
What am I supposed to do about this?
Ugh.
Yewon sighed heavily and prepared for sleep.
* * *
I was lost in a distant dream.
Yewon instinctively realized she had entered a dream.
There was an undeniable reason for this.
The Lee Doha standing before my eyes now looked far too different from the Lee Doha I knew.
‘Uncle…!’
The moment Yewon saw Lee Doha, her throat tightened and she covered her mouth.
A mountain in the dead of night.
Lee Doha stood gazing down at his feet with anxious eyes, as if waiting for someone….
He looked far too gaunt, far too dark.
His already lean frame had wasted away further, and the shadows beneath his eyes suggested he had barely slept.
Anyone could see his condition was grave.
Yewon instinctively sensed that this Lee Doha was around the age he had been when he left this world.
If only five or six years had passed since then, Lee Doha looked as though he’d aged a decade or more.
How could the difference be so stark?
The moment Yewon saw Lee Doha, she tried to take a step forward.
She wanted to embrace Uncle right then and tell him everything.
That it would all be fine, that I’d be late but would eventually come to him.
But.
As if blocked by some invisible barrier, I couldn’t move forward.
In that moment of frustration, Yewon glanced around.
‘!’
Someone was walking toward her.
‘I’ve… never seen this face before….’
Yewon tried her best to commit the unfamiliar man’s face to memory.
‘I need to remember this.’
I might see him in reality.
As the man drew closer, Lee Doha lifted his head.
“…Is it you?”
Lee Doha, too, didn’t recognize the face of the person he’d been waiting for, and looked at him with uncertain eyes.
“Yes. It’s me. Lee Doha. The ‘Informant’.”
“Ah, yes… I’m relieved. I was worried you might not come today.”
Lee Doha exhaled a sigh of relief, his voice strained.
“But why did you want to meet in a place like this…?”
“Well, the people we have to deal with aren’t ordinary. It’s better to avoid public attention whenever possible.”
“Ah….”
Despite the Informant’s answer, Lee Doha seemed unconvinced, but he didn’t press further.
“Anyway… did you bring it? The evidence…?”
“Yes. It’s here.”
The Informant handed a USB drive to Lee Doha in response.
And just as Lee Doha reached for the USB,
“But you see.”
The man quietly pulled his hand back.
“Yes?”
“You brought the evidence you have as well today, correct?”
“Ah, yes. I brought it.”
At the man’s words, Lee Doha nodded and pulled out his phone from his pocket.
“The evidence is on my phone. I’ll send it to the contact number you gave me last time.”
“Ah, I see. Understood.”
The man smiled faintly, looking at Lee Doha.
“You made multiple copies of the evidence, didn’t you? For safety.”
“….”
Lee Doha sensed something amiss and took a step back.
Yewon felt a chill run down her spine as she caught sight of the man’s cold smile.
Who on earth was this person?
“You… surely not…?”
“Ah, you’ve finally caught on?”
The man laughed—ha ha—and glanced around the surroundings.
Then, without hesitation, he pulled a syringe-like object from his pocket and plunged it into his neck.
Uncle!
The moment Yewon cried out for Lee Doha like a scream.
The world went black, as if the screen had cut to darkness.
* * *
“Yewon!”
“!”
Yewon’s eyes snapped open in shock at the voice calling her awake.
The moment her eyes opened, what she saw was—
“Uncle?!”
Lee Doha.
The Lee Doha she knew, the one standing before her now.
Not the Lee Doha who had been attacked and collapsed… but the real Lee Doha was here.
The instant Yewon saw him, she threw her arms around him without thinking.
“Hmm? Ha ha. Did you miss your uncle that much?”
At Lee Doha’s words, Yewon nodded while still holding him.
The dream had felt far too vivid, too real.
She never wanted to see such a horrifying scene again.
The Quest window had shown her what had happened in her previous life.
It was likely a warning.
‘…I won’t let anything like that happen in this life. Never…’
Yewon tightened her grip around Lee Doha with all her strength.
“My dear Yewon. You must have missed your uncle terribly. Your uncle missed you so much too. That’s why I came this early.”
She felt Lee Doha’s large hand gently stroking her head.
Then.
‘Wait?’
Yewon sensed something off.
‘Hold on. What’s this? Wasn’t he supposed to come back tomorrow, not today?’
Yewon pulled away slightly from Lee Doha and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
“Uncle, how did you…?”
“I came a day early. To see you.”
“You canceled your schedule…?”
At Lee Doha’s words, Yewon immediately looked at him with concern in her eyes.
No, Uncle. I told you not to forget your idol persona, and you keep doing this!
If Uncle cancels his schedule, there won’t be just one or two people furious!
“No… Uncle isn’t that kind of unreliable person….”
At Yewon’s reaction, Lee Doha’s eyes grew wounded as he let out a soft whimper and sat on Yewon’s bed.
“I came straight after my schedule ended. It was supposed to be a rest day before coming, but… for Uncle, seeing Yewon is rest.”
“!”
“I told them that without Yewon, it’s not really rest, so I changed the schedule. Uncle did well, right?”
In Lee Doha’s eyes as he spoke, there was nothing but pure affection.
Yewon felt her chest tighten strangely.
“…Mm.”
Yewon barely managed an answer before nestling back into Lee Doha’s embrace.
I’ll definitely protect my uncles.
“Tomorrow is Yewon’s first filming day for 【This Life, Love Comes Second】. Uncle has to go and cheer you on for your first shoot.”
Lee Doha smiled with the warmest eyes in the world.
At that smile, Yewon’s chest grew even heavier, and she could only nod without finding words to respond.
“Get ready quickly and let’s go. Uncle brought lots of snacks from Japan. The other uncles bought plenty of gifts for Yewon too, so we’ll look at them together in the car. Okay?”
“The other uncles came too?!”
“Of course.”
The moment Lee Doha finished speaking.
“Yaaaay~!~!!! Yewon!!! Did you sleep well without your uncles?! Huh?! Uncle couldn’t even sleep without Yewon?! This is so unfair, really unfair. Seriously.”
“So the kid’s supposed to stay awake waiting for you? Are you out of your mind? Hey, Lee Doha, move. Let me see the kid too.”
“…Come out and look at the gifts.”
Weon, Eon, and Yeonho burst through the door in succession.
At that sight.
Yewon made another vow.
I will absolutely protect my uncles!
To do that….
“Uncle, I have something to tell you.”
“Hm?”
At Yewon’s words, all four men looked at her with confused eyes.
Something to tell?
“…I want to know who my biological father is.”
“!”
At Yewon’s words, all four men froze in place.
Their faces looked as if the world was crumbling.
Yewon hastily added.
“But! No matter what, the family I love most in the world will always be you uncles!”
“!”
“I’m curious about my biological father because… I’m worried he might not be a good person.”
Yewon quickly clarified.
“My favorite, my uncles. My family, my uncles!”
She was so rushed in her explanation that her words didn’t come out smoothly.
The effect wasn’t bad, though—aside from Lee Doha, who was already seated somewhere, the other three collapsed right where they stood.
“Thank, thank, thank goodness!!! Thank goodness!! I thought after being away for just two days, our baby Sida was going to… to me… abandon me!!! I thought I had to prepare for retirement!!!”
…What does retirement have to do with anything?
“From now on, Yewon, you… don’t jump to conclusions—start from the beginning. I thought you were becoming like Lee Doha…”
“…What do you mean becoming like me…”
At Eon’s expression filled with dread, Lee Doha let out a disgruntled remark.
“…I should be the one getting the coupon. Something like a ‘No Matter What Happens, Uncle Won’t Leave’ coupon…”
At Yeonho’s words, the other three nodded in deep agreement.
And Yewon.
Watching her uncles like that, she shook her head in disbelief.
It seemed Uncle Doha had left quite significant aftereffects on all of them!

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