There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 150

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Episode 150
However, Yewon, completely unaware of the turmoil unfolding around her, remained perfectly composed.
My uncles might be a bit surprised, but I should explain it well as just a childish game!
At this age, girlfriends and boyfriends don’t really mean anything anyway.
‘Who would take a seven-year-old and nine-year-old’s romance seriously?’
Yewon tilted her head, wondering if the Quest was really this easy.
“…Really…?”
But to Hyuk, it sounded entirely different.
Oh my goodness!
Yewon was going to be my girlfriend?
…I’m Yewon’s boyfriend!?!?!
His heart felt as though it might stop at any moment.
“Yes. So make sure to call your parents today and ask if they can transfer companies!”
But Yewon, completely oblivious to Hyuk’s emotions, answered matter-of-factly.
“Okay. I’ll definitely call them myself.”
Hyuk spoke with great determination, then his spirits dampened slightly.
“…But they might not be able to answer. My parents, I mean.”
“Huh?”
“But they’ll answer within a week.”
“…!”
At Hyuk’s words, Yewon’s eyes grew a little sad.
Oh my.
They can only call about once a week?
How remote a place did they go to?
Now that I think about it, where are Hyuk’s parents that they don’t even know their son is at such a terrible company?
“By the way, oppa. Where are your parents?”
“Oh. They’re in the United Arab Emirates.”
“I see.”
…That’s not a country where phone calls would be impossible, so why exactly?
Yewon felt puzzled.
But she couldn’t pry into someone else’s family affairs.
“I understand. Can I ask what they’re doing there?”
“Well, that’s….”
Hyuk recalled what his mother had told him.
‘Hyuk. You absolutely cannot tell anyone else what your mother is doing.’
‘Why?’
‘Well… what your mother is doing is very, very important and very, very secret work. Normally I shouldn’t even tell you… but I told you because I was worried you’d be anxious.’
‘…I don’t really understand. Why?’
‘It’s because the person your mother is treating is one of the extremely high-ranking royalty. Such an important and elevated person that their injury must be kept secret too, so your mother might not be able to contact you very often…. There, to keep the secret from being revealed, they only let her use her phone once a week.’
‘Then why can’t they just have someone else do it? Why does it have to be Mother?’
‘That’s because… your mother is the person in the entire world who treats this illness best. I have no choice. I’m sorry, Hyuk. Anyway, it’s a secret. Okay? If anyone other than you finds out about this secret, that person will be in danger.’
“…She just went to earn money.”
Hyuk lied to protect Yewon.
I didn’t fully understand why one member of that country’s royal family being critically ill was such a dangerous secret, but it seemed I had to follow Mother’s words.
‘…But I cannot leave my son behind. Yet I cannot take him with me either. If my son were to become entangled in the royal family’s political struggles…’
‘I understand your feelings completely. But please, I implore you to consider the nation and its people just once. Not only oil prices but military-related contracts are all hanging in the balance. If only oil prices were at stake, I would not have pressed the matter so. However, the international situation…’
‘…Mother?’
‘Hyuk!’
I woke from sleep and came to the living room to find a grandfather, Mother, and Father engaged in a serious conversation.
Frightened at first, I later asked Father about it, and I remembered him reassuring me that the grandfather was not a bad person—merely a government minister.
Only then did I realize.
That it was time for me to let Mother go.
‘Just go and come back, Mother.’
‘!’
‘It’s only two years anyway. I can endure that much. I even enjoy living with Grandmother.’
‘Hyuk…’
‘I won’t listen to Mother’s nagging and I’ll play games a lot. So go. I’m fine.’
That day, Mother held me tight, tears streaming down her face, and apologized countless times.
And I patted Mother’s back.
I didn’t fully understand everything, but I was aware that Mother was doing something very important and dangerous.
“I see!”
It certainly seemed like there was quite a story behind it.
I shouldn’t pry further!
‘There must be circumstances that cannot be discussed, so that’s why they can’t say anything.’
True to being seven years old—the age with the most undisclosed circumstances in the entire world right now—Yewon understood quickly.
“But, but still. I’ll definitely tell you this. As soon as possible.”
I couldn’t call Mother, but I could still contact Father occasionally!
“Yes! I can wait about a week, so take your time.”
At Yewon’s words, my eyes widened.
She… she’s waiting for me…?
Now that I think about it, the way she persuaded me to come to our company too…
‘Could it be that Yewon…?’
I suddenly suspected that, but then I shook my head.
No, that can’t be it.
Yewon must just be worried that I’m working with bad adults.
But…
I glanced at Yewon.
‘I should become much closer to her during this opportunity… and stay right by her side.’
I’ll protect Yewon always, just like Father does.
I made that firm resolve.
…Yet Hyuk did not know.
The one who needed protection now was not Yewon—it was himself.
* * *
Harin’s House.
“What? Hyuk became Yewon’s boyfriend?!”
“Yes. Though Miss Harin is not yet aware of it….”
“Make sure Harin hears about this as late as possible. If she finds out, she’ll be devastated. At that age, when your best friend gets a boyfriend, you always feel a little hurt and left out, don’t you?”
Secretary Sim doubted Miss Harin would be devastated at all.
She would probably devise a plan to push Mun Hyeok aside and become Yewon’s favorite instead….
Secretary Sim could not bring herself to speak the truth and kept her mouth shut.
“By the way, did you secure the contract between Mirae Entertainment and Hyuk?”
“Yes, we did. Fortunately, the contract itself appears to have no major issues. It’s a three-year contract set to expire soon. Yewon proposed that Mun Hyeok transfer to Time Entertainment. What should we do about it?”
The question was whether they would allow Mun Hyeok, who had already become Yewon’s boyfriend, to transfer to Time Entertainment without resistance.
“Ah. That. I’ve been troubled by it myself.”
Seonwoo Yeong sighed.
“Yewon’s father, Hyeon Yuseong, started his own agency.”
“Yes, that’s…right?”
Secretary Sim nodded with a puzzled expression.
She knew that Hyeon Yuseong had started a company.
But she had not expected him to operate it with such genuine commitment….
“Hyeon Yuseong is apparently trying to acquire Time Entertainment based on that company.”
“…!”
“Of course, knowing the personality of the Time Entertainment Owner… he’s not the type to sell his shares. I’m not sure how this will play out.”
Seonwoo Yeong shrugged.
“If I were Hyeon Yuseong, I’d already be thinking about recruiting that Mun Hyeok to my own company first.”
“!!!!”
“Think about it. Keep friends close, but enemies closer. Especially if he’s a potential future son-in-law—wouldn’t you want to keep him closest of all, watching and observing?”
Seonwoo Yeong smiled knowingly.
* * *
Hyun Family Mansion in Pyeongchang-dong.
“Good day, CEOs, and Madam. We will now begin the briefing on child actor Mun Hyeok.”
“Please, please begin. In great detail.”
“In 20XX, child Mun Hyeok was born at a certain obstetrics clinic in Songpa-gu, Seoul….”
Mrs. Ju, Lee Iho, and Leon had each received a message saying “The young lady has a boyfriend…” from their planted informants and immediately convened an emergency meeting.
After hearing the full briefing on Mun Hyeok, the three nodded.
“Good, continue monitoring him. And what about that bastard who dares to watch Yewon so closely?”
At Mrs. Ju’s words, Leon chuckled.
“Ah, Mother, don’t worry. I’ve already sent someone to handle that man.”
“Oh? Already?”
“Turns out he’s on probation. So it’ll be a piece of cake.”
“…?”
Lee Iho stared at Leon with eyes that couldn’t comprehend.
What did a suspended sentence have to do with handling things?
“I’m going to fabricate another crime to have him arrested.”
“!”
“He won’t be able to keep watch over our little one from inside the Detention Center~”
How dare he even think of touching our kid without any remorse whatsoever.
Leon’s eyes turned glacial.
“What about that place called Mirae Entertainment—are you looking into it?”
“Ah, yeah. That place is giving me quite a headache?”
Leon exhaled a short sigh.
“There are so many people who’ve taken money from there and disappeared. It’s going to take time to work on it. I think I’ll need Mother’s connections too.”
“If you need anyone, just tell me. I’ll connect you with whoever you need.”
“I’m designing it to send everything at once right now, so just wait a bit~”
Leon said that and sent a message to his older brother Yusong, whose whereabouts he didn’t even know.
[Hyung]
[——]
[Why are you being difficult even when I’m helping]
[Should we take down Mirae Entertainment together?]
[Don’t do it alone!! Let me in on this, yeah]
* * *
And Hyeon Yuseong, whose whereabouts everyone was curious about, was currently
dragging the man who had been Mun Hyeok’s Manager into a dark room and hurling him onto the floor.
“…P-p-please… save me!!!! Please save me!!! I-I beg you!!!”
The Manager, who had been kidnapped by five or six burly men on his way home from work, begged Yusong desperately, his hands and feet trembling.
“I d-don’t have money!! I really don’t have anything!! But I know where our Owner hides his money!!! I’ll bring it all to you!! Please!!!”
The man wept and pleaded with Yusong, but Yusong didn’t even blink.
“Look to your side.”
“!”
At the cold, low voice, the man turned his head to look beside him.
“…!!!!!”
There lay a figure the man recognized well.
Wearing an oxygen mask, with bandages wrapped tightly around his head.
Only then did the man’s eyes register where he was.
Could it be… this is a hospital room!?
“You know this person well, don’t you?”
“…!!!!”
At the chilling question, the man turned back to face Yusong.
And in that moment, the man was certain he was looking at a demon.

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