There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 145

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Episode 145
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It was at that very moment when Leon had completely fallen for Yewon.
Lee Iho, for his part, was quietly observing Yewon.
Yusong’s words had been correct.
That child was living proof that contradicted Lee Iho’s hypothesis—that the Hyun Family’s genetic lineage carried a flaw that was absolutely ‘insurmountable’.
He knew it himself. His hypothesis was unscientific from the start, nothing more than superstition that could never hold up.
No scientist in their right mind could have formulated such a hypothesis.
He admitted to himself that he harbored deeply shameful beliefs.
Yet simultaneously, he believed that the world still contained phenomena science could not explain, and that one of them was a certain ‘curse’ passed down through the Hyun Family.
A curse that birthed only those ‘who could never be wholly loved by anyone’.
A sigh escaped him.
Lee Iho despised himself for resorting to the unscientific word ‘curse’ once again.
Yet he could find no word more fitting to describe this phenomenon than ‘curse’.
Having grown up within the Hyun Family his entire life, Lee Iho had gradually come to recognize that he and his siblings differed from ‘the majority of people’.
The same was true of his father and his father’s siblings. Though their temperaments varied, they all shared one commonality—they differed fundamentally from most people in their nature.
They were all individuals with personalities that made it extraordinarily difficult to be loved by ‘ordinary’ people.
Perhaps because of this.
The loves of the Hyun Family’s people had all failed. Miserably.
The only case that came close to a ‘success story’ was that of the three brothers’ parents.
The love between Mrs. Ju and Chairman Hyun had begun as a political marriage.
Because the beginning was far from pleasant, for twenty long years they clashed, fled from one another, fought, despised, and even hated each other.
Yet in Chairman Hyun’s final years, for five years all the misunderstandings dissolved, and their love became stable.
However, during those hellish twenty years, the three brothers witnessed their parents’ warlike love and made vow after vow.
‘Never would they live that way’.
As a result, Lee Iho and Leon became people who vowed never to engage in anything resembling love.
As for Yusong….
Lee Iho glanced at his younger brother.
Since ‘that woman’ had left, his brother could not fall asleep without taking the sedative Lee Iho had formulated.
Considering how potent that sedative was, his brother too had failed to escape the Hyun Family’s curse.
After finishing his work at the Company and his work searching for ‘that woman’, Yusong would unhesitatingly take the sedative and fall asleep.
Because without those two tasks, he could do nothing but suffer.
Lee Iho and Leon, unable to bear watching, had tried dragging him out and attempting various things, but each time Yusong would sink into his own private hell and could not escape.
In the end, Lee Iho and Leon had to accept it.
That sleep itself was the kindest thing for Yusong.
Remembering those hellish times, the fact that Yusong was now eating properly was nothing short of a miracle.
It seemed that his niece, who bore a perfect resemblance to ‘that woman’, was temporarily acting as a stabilizer.
Or perhaps his father, having something to protect, was finding strength before his daughter.
Yet Lee Iho knew the truth.
The moment his niece disappeared from sight, Yusong would walk back into his own private hell.
Perhaps because I need to arrange so much for my nephew, I can no longer afford to simply sleep through life.
And….
“Ah~ This is seriously a top-secret classified matter I don’t tell anyone~ Really~ I have no choice~ Write this down! In my opinion, a certain stock is about to rise soon~”
“Yes! Which one will go up?!”
My nephew—who has even won the love of Lee Iho, someone who loves nothing but money—.
‘…It seems the curse of this family is working in completely the opposite way.’
Lee Iho stored every behavioral pattern of my nephew in his mind with great interest.
An experimental subject… No, my nephew didn’t appear to be ‘someone who cannot be completely loved by anyone’—rather, he seemed to be ‘someone who can be completely loved by everyone.’
Lee Iho shifted his gaze slightly to look at Lee Doha.
“…Yes, Yewon. I don’t usually buy stocks that others recommend….”
“Shh. It’s fine, Uncle.”
Lee Doha stood beside Yewon, stammering and at a loss for words.
He certainly had a personality that was the exact opposite of the Hyun Family members.
Come to think of it, my nephew did inherit genes from the greatest idol of the current era.
In other words, he had inherited genes from one of the people most loved by the greatest number of people in this age.
Could it be that the genes of that family were the answer?
Lee Iho looked at the spoon and cup that would carry Lee Doha’s genetic material.
I should collect these!
Lee Iho stared intently at Yewon, feeling a profound sense of regret.
If I could just take him to the Research Laboratory for a day, so many questions would be answered!
…But if I did that, Yusong would blow up the Research Laboratory and my life would be in danger, so unfortunately I’ll have to abandon that method….
There was no helping it. The only remaining approach was….
‘Create as many opportunities for meetings as possible and observe as much as I can.’
I will find out how to escape this family’s defect, no matter what.
Then.
“!”
Yewon turned to look at Lee Iho.
The moment their eyes met, Yewon’s head tilted in curiosity.
And the instant I saw those eyes filled with the child’s pure wonder and those soft, rosy cheeks.
Lee Iho felt a truly irrational emotion wash over him.
My nephew… looked cute!
He immediately fell into self-loathing.
He had brainwashed himself over and over that he wouldn’t do anything resembling love.
Yet before Yewon’s ‘curse of being loved by everyone,’ everything seemed powerless.
Lee Iho grasped at reason once more.
As a scientist, he absolutely could not be swept away by such an unscientific curse!
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…That was Lee Iho’s perspective up to this point.
“???”
Yewon’s perspective was slightly different.
‘…Why has he been alternating between looking deathly pale, then ashen, then anguished, then brightening up ever since earlier…?’
Was he sick somewhere…?
Yewon watched Lee Iho with worried eyes.
We haven’t even succeeded with the Quest yet—he can’t afford to be ill!
However, upon noticing Yewon’s concerned gaze, Lee Iho’s face grew even more pallid.
‘He really does look unwell… shouldn’t he be taking medicine…?’
And here he claims to be a pharmaceutical company owner, yet he won’t even take medicine?
Yewon found it peculiar but decided not to press the matter.
After all, she was currently targeting Leon, not Lee Iho!
“By the way, what does this company do? The name is so strange!”
The two families had somehow ended up viewing Leon’s tablet PC together. (This was entirely thanks to Yewon’s doing.)
Yewon deliberately ignored the staggering numbers displayed on Leon’s stock chart and tapped on one of the ‘currently most actively traded’ stocks.
Leon hadn’t invested in it himself, but it was a stock that was making headlines.
And at the same time….
‘It’s that company Fake Uncle went all-in on before it crashed!’
A stock that would collapse soon.
Specifically, ‘Narak Pharmaceutical’.
“Ah~ this one? Hey, Lee Iho. Your company’s rival is skyrocketing—what are you doing? Hion Pharmaceuticals stock is tanking?”
Leon snickered openly, mocking Lee Iho outright.
“…Narak, you say. There were rumors recently that they succeeded in developing a new drug related to hair loss.”
“Wow. You actually keep up with outside news? Is the world about to end?”
“….”
Lee Iho was thoroughly displeased with Leon belittling himself so blatantly in front of Yewon.
He needed to win over the test subject’s favor, yet here was this interference. Leon was clearly doing it on purpose.
“I’m still weighing whether to invest or not—just testing the waters with this company~”
“If it were me, I wouldn’t invest!”
“!”
At Yewon’s resolute declaration, the adults’ eyes widened.
“Why~? What made you think that~?”
“Why?”
The most shocked were undoubtedly Lee Iho and Leon.
Lee Iho in particular was genuinely bewildered.
While he wasn’t particularly knowledgeable about stocks, wouldn’t the conventional wisdom be to invest in such situations?
“Well… you said he’s your rival, right? My gut tells me Uncle Lee Iho couldn’t possibly lose! So that’s why I think this company will absolutely collapse!”
“!”
“I’d much rather invest my money in Uncle Lee Iho’s company!”
“!!!!”
At Yewon’s words.
[▶Main Quest 1st Success! – 【Operation: Protect Uncle】
Goodness! You’ve already succeeded in winning over your uncles!
As expected, our little one’s power is formidable!
Now if I just protect Uncle, it will be a complete success!
Success Condition: Seduce the paternal uncles: Success!
Protect Lee Doha: – ]
“???”
Yewon was bewildered.
What, what is this?
I haven’t even done anything properly yet, so why…?

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