There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 17

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Episode 17

“Yewon finds you uncomfortable. Get out.”

“What kind of spreading false information is this? Hey, if you have eyes, open them properly and look. Don’t you see these tiny fern-like hands? Yewon’s hands grabbing onto my clothes telling me not to go?”

It was true.

At some point, Yewon had appeared beside Weon’s chair and was tightly gripping his clothes.

“Uncle, don’t go.”

And she even delivered such a heart-wrenchingly cute and adorable line!

“Did you see that?!!?! Huh?!!?!? Did you see?!?!”

“…”

At the sight of Weon huffing excitedly with joy, veins bulged on Doha’s forehead.

“…Yewon, come here.”

Suppressing the intense urge to smack the back of Hanwon’s head, Doha called for Yewon.

It was to show that no matter what, he was still Yewon’s favorite.

However.

“I don’t want to.”

“!!!!”

Yewon betrayed Doha’s faith all too simply.

“You… don’t want to…?”

“If I go over, you’ll kick Uncle Weon out. I don’t want that.”

“…”

“Ahahahahahahaha!!!!”

At the sight of Doha instantly falling into despair, Weon laughed with pure joy and lifted Yewon up, swinging her around.

“Hey!! Yewon!! Let’s really live together with uncle forever!! Please!!!!”

“That’s a bit…”

Whatever Yewon said, Weon casually ignored it.

I found it, my personal energy drink.

Weon shed small tears of joy in his heart.

I’ll never let go now. My little baby energy drink.

* * *

Meanwhile, at Time Entertainment.

CEO Park had been feeling strange lately.

To think that Doha would have a real family-like family.

As someone who had practically raised Doha since his trainee days, it was truly a joyful thing.

Of course, aside from that fact, none of the remaining situations were good at all.

CEO Park let out a sigh.

GLEET’s future was completely unpredictable.

‘…At times like this, I, as the most adult one, need to stay alert and maintain balance.’

Just then.

Knock knock.

“Come in.”

At the knocking sound, CEO Park rubbed his throbbing head and spoke.

“Um, CEO…”

Yeongeo timidly poked his head through the door crack.

“What.”

“That person contacted us.”

“That person?”

What person?

CEO Park looked at Yeongeo with puzzled eyes.

“The person who claimed to be Yewon’s father’s relative, the one we were going to entrust Yewon to.”

“What?”

That bad guy?

“He contacted us first? The person we were about to file a lawsuit against but left alone because Yewon desperately stopped us? He really has no shame. Why? Is he asking for money?”

“Yes. Well, that’s…”

Yeongeo hesitated for a while before opening his mouth.

“If we don’t give him money… he’ll expose that Yewon is Doha’s daughter… That’s how he contacted us.”

“!”

CEO Park’s expression hardened instantly.

* * *

Time Entertainment headquarters, CEO’s office.

Doha, Weon, and CEO Park had gathered in one place.

The reason was.

Yewon’s fake uncle had threatened to expose the relationship(?) between Yewon and Doha.

Meanwhile, Yewon was temporarily staying at the lodging with a ‘truly trustworthy babysitter’ that CEO Park had arranged.

“Normally, I would have ignored this threat thinking ‘who would believe it anyway,’ but not now. The situation is too bad.”

“…”

“Before we think about how to respond, first, Lee Doha, we need to clarify your position. Only then can we decide our next move.”

In the end, they were back to square one.

Whether to raise Yewon or not.

“I…”

Doha opened his mouth to say ‘I intend to send Yewon to a good family.’

However.

“I… well…”

He absolutely couldn’t get the next words out.

It had been such a short time. Too short to prepare his heart to send Yewon away.

Right, we haven’t… even found a good family yet.

Finding a truly perfect family that I can trust to entrust the child to will take a long time.

…At least a year, or maybe… about 2 years.

Right, then.

Let’s just be together for exactly that long.

One or two years will pass quickly.

After finishing organizing his thoughts like that.

“I plan to take care of Yewon only until I find a place to entrust her to. Just for about 1 or 2 years.”

“Rejected.”

“Rejected.”

“…?”

What are these reactions?

Doha frowned at the simultaneous reactions from Weon and CEO Park.

“Just raise her yourself. You’re excellent uncle material. Yeah. I’ve watched for three days, and yeah. There’s no other uncle like you. And there’s no other uncle like me either. I want to build a picture-perfect house on that green meadow and live with our Yewon for a hundred years.”

“If there are four uncles, it’s probably similar to having two parents, I think. Four half-wits multiplied together is roughly equivalent to two people. Just raise her. You only need to raise her for 13 years until she grows up, and 13 years is nothing in a 100-year lifespan. So let’s just try raising our Yewon first and then think about it.”

“…”

For the first time, Doha was starting to hate the very fact that he knew these people.

“Just because you’re being stubborn and throwing tantrums doesn’t mean it will work.”

Doha, barely holding onto his reason, said.

“A child needs a good family-“

“Yewon said you’re a really good family.”

This was Weon’s response.

“A family that can spend a lot of time-“

“You’ve been at this for 7 years now, so just schedule moderately. Our company isn’t that greedy. We absolutely guarantee an environment for raising a child and work-life balance. Isn’t this what’s good about big companies?”

“…”

“How about it? Are you a bit more convinced now?”

“….”

Honestly, as frustrating as it was, Doha closed his mouth because he had been convinced.

“…I understand.”

“!!!”

“Hey!!! Lee Doha!!! This is seriously the only good decision you’ve made all year!!!”

“….”

At Doha’s hard-won, determined answer, everyone jumped up in joy.

“You thought very well. Then we’ll immediately start dealing with that bastard too. And we’ll think about how to get ahead of things and announce Yewon’s existence.”

At CEO Park’s words, Doha nodded heavily.

Even from Doha’s own perspective, getting ahead and announcing first seemed like the direction that would cause the least harm to everyone.

“Then… I’ll be counting on you.”

Doha said as he stood up from his seat.

Even until the moment he said those words, it felt truly overwhelming.

* * *

That evening.

Doha returned home with complicated feelings.

He sent away the ‘truly trustworthy babysitter’ that CEO Park had found.

And looked down at Yewon, who was sleeping soundly and didn’t even know Doha had come home.

Was it the right decision? Deciding to raise this child.

“….”

This tiny little child is my family.

And moreover, family who truly needs me and says she wants to live together.

It felt really strange.

Throughout his life, there had been far too many people who needed ‘GLEET’s Lee Doha.’

From the moment he first joined Time Entertainment as a trainee, Doha immediately emerged as Time Entertainment’s ace.

He had received dozens of love calls from other agencies too.

After debuting with GLEET, he received an overwhelming amount of love.

Wherever he went, the outpouring of interest and love made Doha sometimes think that maybe he really was, perhaps just a little, someone worthy of being loved.

Of course, all those thoughts would shatter completely when he returned to the lodging after all schedules ended and saw his own face in the mirror—a face that looked exactly like his father.

‘….’

As soon as the word ‘father’ came to mind, Doha’s face crumpled.

He remembered the buzz that this face, resembling his father, had created immediately upon debut.

[Hot topic for identical face right after debut! GLEET’s Lee Doha, controversy over resembling actor-turned-renowned director Yeon Taejung?]

[With GLEET Lee Doha’s appearance, netizens react warmly saying ‘reminds me of Yeon Taejung’]

[Full of warm charm! Lee Doha draws attention with looks resembling Yeon Taejung]

[‘Face genius’ Lee Doha, gains attention for resembling Yeon Taejung along with debut]

[Will GLEET’s Lee Doha follow in Yeon Taejung’s footsteps]

Reading such articles, Doha had swallowed his bitterness countless times.

What did that person think when he saw these articles?

Seeing the son he had wanted so desperately to hide come out into the world so boldly, and immediately upon appearing in the world, become a hot topic for resembling him—what on earth did he think?

He didn’t know for sure, but he hoped it was agonizing.

Doha had wished for that so desperately.

So perhaps that’s why.

‘Can’t I… live with Uncle?’

When Yewon said that.

Doha felt like something somewhere in his chest was tearing.

Because it seemed like he must have said exactly the same thing in his childhood that he could barely remember now.

Doha rubbed his chest with one hand. Ever since Yewon came, his chest had been constantly aching.

It was different from pain.

‘This is more like….’

Just as he was choosing words for this sensation that was hard to define.

Yewon opened her eyes.

“Uncle…?”

“!”

Yawn.

Yewon yawned and looked up at Doha.

“When did you come home…?”

“Mm. I came a while ago.”

“You didn’t wake me….”

“I didn’t wake you so you could sleep well.”

“What about Uncle Weon…?”

“He went to pack. He said he’ll come later.”

“I see….”

Yewon smiled with a ‘hehe’ as if she was truly relieved.

Does she really like living with Hanwon that much?

Doha felt somewhat disappointed but also chuckled.

“Do you like living with Uncle Weon that much?”

“Yes. Uncle’s family is coming back together.”

“!”

At Yewon’s answer, Doha felt like he’d been hit in the head.

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