There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 233

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Part 2, Episode 59
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“A rest stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Remarkably, this extraordinarily excited voice didn’t come from a fourteen-year-old or a sixteen-year-old—it came from Hanwon, an idol at thirty-three.
“Come on, everyone! Get out!! We’re making a charge down there!!! Oh, wait for me, Korean potatoes~ Just a moment, hot bar~ Hmm, hmm~ Rest stop udon~ Rest stop pork cutlet~”
“Hanwon, shut up. You’re being too loud.”
Yeonho stepped out of the car with a long, heavy sigh.
“…Go grab something to eat, all of you.”
Then, turning back to the boys, he added something while his face showed clear displeasure that he was forcibly swallowing down.
……
Yes……
Ha, yes.
In order: Yoo Eun-o, Baek Yun, and Hyuk.
Why were these three teenagers at the rest stop with Hanwon, you ask?
Well, that’s….
“Hey!!!!!”
Ian, wearing sunglasses in the distance, got out of another car and clicked his tongue irritably.
“Hanwon, didn’t I tell you not to even dream of a rest stop? I said to head straight to the destination. Didn’t I. You….”
Ian was about to say something harsh when he noticed the teenagers staring blankly at him, and he closed his mouth.
After all, he’d been taught to be gentle with women and “kids.”
There was a cognitive disconnect in treating these kids who were nearly as tall as he was as “kids,” but that’s just how it was.
“…You three, go ahead. Be careful with the car, all right? And if you run short on spending money, don’t bother us—use this. You got it?”
Ian thrust his credit card at the three boys while expressing every bit of his irritation, then turned sharply away.
“Yes!”
The moment Hyuk snatched it up, Yoo Eun-o looked at him with disdain.
“Why are you giving me that look? Aren’t you going to eat?”
“Why take someone else’s card? You can use your own money.”
That’s what it came down to….
Seeing the world-class prickly Yoo Eun-o, Hyuk simply shrugged.
“Don’t you know not to refuse when an adult gives you something?”
Hyuk had gotten used to receiving GLEET’s card since childhood, but Yoo Eun-o had no way of knowing those circumstances.
And….
“Guys, come on, hurry up? Yewon’s group is already over there.”
!
Baek Yun, who’d been fed up with the two older boys’ constant tension throughout the car ride, widened his eyes and pointed to somewhere.
There, Yewon, Harin, Jeongyun, and Kang Seoa stood in a line in front of the snack corner, selecting something.
The moment the two boys spotted this scene, they briefly made eye contact.
!!
Before anyone could say a word, they immediately headed in that direction.
“Argh!!!!!! Again!!!!!! Again!!!!!!!!!”
And once more, Baek Yun, left behind alone, burst with indignation and followed after the two older boys.
These people were going to be like this the whole trip.
That was right.
Right now, GLEET and these teenagers were in the middle of a 1-night 2-day trip to Gangneung!
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“Yewon, what are you going to get?”
“Hmm. I think… a bowl of odeng?”
At Jeongyun’s question, Yewon answered with the most serious face in the world.
Choosing rest stop food was about as important as anything got.
“Then I’ll have the cup tteokbokki. Let’s share.”
“Then I’ll order sundae.”
The moment Harin stepped in and the Three Musketeers alliance of tteokbokki, odeng, and sundae was complete.
….
The gaze of the three girls shifted to someone.
“Why are you all staring like that?”
Kang Seoa spoke with a flustered look as the attention suddenly focused on her.
“No, we were just curious what you’d get. We have rice cake and fish cake and intestine, so naturally we wondered….”
……
Under the silent pressure of the three girls, Kang Seoa turned her head away with a snort.
“You don’t need to say anything—I was planning to get fried snacks anyway, okay?”
“That’s right. You really do know your food.”
While Jeongyun eagerly ordered, Yewon quietly sidled up next to Seoa.
“Thanks for coming, Seoa. It must have been sudden….”
The reason she’d invited Seoa was….
‘Uncle and the others said something like this too, and what Siwoo told me before… The friends I’ve always been close to matter, but it feels right to open my heart to new friends as well.’
That’s why she hadn’t refused when Yoo Eun-o said he wanted to come too.
Though she hadn’t actually expected both of them to show up.
“…What do you mean? Don’t thank me over something like that. I just… well….”
“Sounds like she’s trying to say she wanted to come too.”
When Seoa trailed off uncertainly, Harin suddenly interjected.
“Or not?”
“In that case, I’ll give you a chance to clarify what you were trying to say. Go ahead.”
“……I’m going to order some tornado potatoes too.”
At Harin’s words, Seoa whipped her head around and hurried off to get the tornado potatoes.
Then Harin tilted her head slightly, looking at Yewon.
“She’s an odd one.”
“….”
Now that Harin mentioned it, Yewon realized just how unusual Seoa really was.
Just then.
“The boys are coming.”
At Harin’s words, Yewon turned to look.
There were Yoo Eun-o and Hyuk, with Baek Yun hurrying after them both.
That trio… she couldn’t quite picture how they’d work together. They seemed like they might click, but also like they might not at all…. She just hoped they wouldn’t start fighting in front of Uncle and the others….
“Right. I should ask what everyone wants to eat. While I’m at it, I’ll grab some coffee for my uncles too.”
As Yewon watched the three boys with a worried gaze, Harin studied her intently.
“You, Yewon.”
“Hmm?”
“…Never mind. I’m not letting you out of my sight this whole trip. I’m not letting them steal you away.”
“What’s that supposed to mean? Ha.”
Yewon laughed softly and looked away from the boys. Harin could be such a tease.
Though lately, with all the quests, she hadn’t been giving Harin much attention…. She must have felt pretty left out.
Yewon linked her arm through Harin’s. Just then, the food they’d ordered came, and Jeongyun and Seoa approached them.
“I’ll stick close to you, Harin. Looks like the food’s here—let’s eat.”
“…Yeah. Let’s go.”
Harin nodded with a faint smile.
And as the boys approached before stopping short, Harin shot them a quick glance and smirked when Yewon wasn’t looking.
Love and all that.
You idiots don’t even know that at our age, friendship and dreams are what matter most.
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“….”
“…….”
“…D-d-did Ryuharin just smirk at me?!?!?! You guys saw it too, right?!”
The boys had certainly caught Harin’s smirk. Baek Yun exploded with indignation, demanding confirmation from his friends.
Hyuk let out a heavy sigh, his shoulders slumping. All motivation to go see Yewon had drained away.
Trying to approach would only get him harsh glares from those girls and a tongue-lashing before he had to retreat.
“There’s more than one mountain to cross here….”
“Mountain?”
Yoo Eun-o furrowed his brow, confused.
Hyuk tapped Yoo Eun-o on the shoulder—one, two—since the other didn’t yet understand the enormous obstacles surrounding Yewon.
“There’s a lot you don’t know.”
“….”
At Hyuk’s pointed remark, Yoo Eun-o’s expression turned distinctly sour.
But from Hyuk’s perspective, it was only fair. After all, he’d liked her seven years before Yoo Eun-o did. He deserved at least that much advantage.
Just then.
“Hey, you guys.”
“!”
“I brought you some ion drinks. It’s not easy getting here with Weon in the car, so you’ve all worked hard.”
Lee Doha handed out ion drinks to each of the boys with a bright, refreshing smile.
That smile was so impossibly radiant and beautiful that even the boys had to pause, mouths slightly open. Was he really filming an ion drink commercial on a rest stop floor right now….
Come to think of it, he looked exactly like Yewon. The three boys simultaneously imagined Yewon holding an ion drink.
Blood will tell…!
“I heard you three are Yewon’s closest friends at school. You’re all in the same club too, right? I know Hyuk and Baek Yun well enough from seeing them around…but this is my first time meeting Yoo Eun-o.”
“…Yes. I’ve seen him several times at the club.”
Closest friends?
So Yewon had described him that way? Yoo Eun-o answered with a face full of questions.
“That’s right. Yewon talks about you a lot.”
“!”
“She says you’re a promising director and that I should keep an eye on you. Isn’t that so?”
With each word Lee Doha spoke, the boys’ expressions shifted in real time between delight and dismay.
“Ah, yes sir. Yoo Eun-o is quite famous in our Film club. He’s smart, knows a lot, has great instincts. I’m trying to stay on his good side from now on. Looks like Yewon had the same idea.”
Hyuk quickly draped an arm around Yoo Eun-o’s shoulder, laying on the charm.
“Me too, I want to make a good impression!”
Baek Yun, unwilling to be outdone, forced himself to stand beside Yoo Eun-o and smiled as wide as he could manage.
“….”
With an adult present, he couldn’t exactly brush them off….
Yoo Eun-o swallowed down the anger rising in his throat and shook his head.
“No, sir. It’s me who needs to prove myself.”
“!”
“She’s…the most sincere person about her dreams that I’ve ever met. Dreams don’t betray people like that.”
At Yoo Eun-o’s quiet words, Lee Doha blinked.
Then, a soft smile spread across his face.
“I see. It puts my mind at ease knowing someone appreciates Yewon’s passion. Keep supporting each other’s dreams like this, you two.”
“…Yes.”
“And you two—Hyuk, Baek Yun—be good fellow actors at Yewon’s side. Though it seems you’re already doing that.”
Wait.
Something about his words felt…pointed.
The three boys looked at Lee Doha again.
But that subtle discomfort they’d sensed was already gone, replaced only by a gentle smile—the very image of Yewon’s own.
Only then did Yoo Eun-o understand what Hyuk had meant by “the mountain.”
First, you had to get past that smile.
Current Car Arrangement
Weon
Yeonho
Hyuk
Yoo Eun-o
Baek Yun

Eon
Lee Doha
Yewon
Harin
Jeongyun
Kang Seoa

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