There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

The next morning.

Weon was drowsily opening his eyes to the savory smell tickling his nose when.

“?!”

He nearly jumped out of his skin at the two eyes staring intently at him.

“Uncle, are you awake?”

“You scared me!!!”

“Huh.”

With a look that said ‘what’s there to be so surprised about,’ Yewon looked at Weon.

Weon clutched his pounding heart and let out a breath.

“Ah, why are you doing that first thing in the morning, man! You nearly gave Uncle a heart attack!”

“Hurry up and get up so we can eat together.”

“Eat?”

At Yewon’s words, Weon finally noticed one handsome face looking down at him with a pitying expression.

“The sun’s already high in the sky and you’re just opening your eyes now.”

“You talk a lot for someone who doesn’t close his eyes even when the setting moon is high in the sky.”

Weon got heated and shot back at the sudden criticism.

“Get up and eat. Yewon kept waiting because of you.”

“She waited for me?”

Weon looked back and forth between Yewon and Lee Doha as if he couldn’t believe it.

“I’ve been living with you in this group for 7 years now, and you or the other members have never once waited for me to eat together, have you?!”

“…Did we?”

“‘Did we’ my ass, you…!”

Just as Weon’s long-held grievances were about to explode.

“Uncle, the soup. It’s getting cold.”

Yewon tugged at Weon’s sleeve.

“…I’m only letting this slide once because of Yewon. You better know how lucky you are to have such a niece.”

“I already know that very well.”

“If you couldn’t talk, I’d really…”

Even as Weon grumbled like this, he looked at Lee Doha’s back with fresh eyes.

…But, that guy.

Why does he look so… refreshed?

Annoyingly so?

Weon looked at Lee Doha, who seemed much more stable than usual, and let out a snort.

The three of them began their breakfast with kimchi bean sprout soup that Lee Doha had made and side dishes bought from a store.

“You know how to make kimchi bean sprout soup too? Wasn’t cooking Ian’s job?”

“I learned it on a cooking show I was on before.”

“Ah, right. You were on ‘Living Alone Idol Fridge Raid.’ Didn’t you get beaten by Ian after pretending to be domestic on there?”

“…Shut up. I couldn’t just sit there doing nothing on the show.”

When Lee Doha’s face turned red, Weon giggled.

“…What are you doing today? I’m going to the department store with Yewon.”

“Why? You hate shopping. Even when the sales staff tried so hard to sell to you, you left all your casual clothes to the coordi noonas.”

At Weon’s casual remark, Yewon’s shoulders drooped slightly.

Seeing that reaction, Weon inwardly panicked, thinking ‘Oh no.’

It wasn’t Lee Doha’s shopping, it was Yewon’s shopping!

“…But! Now it’s time for you to buy your own clothes too. At 25 years old, outsourcing even your personal wardrobe is really pathetic! Hey! That’s a great idea! When it comes to fashion, it’s Hanwon, when it comes to Hanwon, it’s shopping! Hey! Taking me as a shopping mate would be perfect! Hey, Yewon. That guy has no sense? Uncle will go and pick everything out for you. No, I’ll buy everything for you. Yeah. When else would you use the rich uncle card if not now. Yeah.”

“…”

Lee Doha shot Weon, who was hastily trying to fix the situation, a disgusted look before turning to Yewon.

“Uncle doesn’t hate shopping. He just hated shopping with Uncle Weon.”

“…Really?”

“Yeah. He went well with Uncle Eon.”

…Is he lying?!

Weon was inwardly amazed watching Lee Doha lie without batting an eye.

As if Ian would have gone shopping with Lee Doha.

But he absolutely didn’t show it outwardly. Weon also hated seeing Yewon being considerate.

* * *

And exactly 4 hours later.

“…”

“…”

“…I’ve never seen the sales staff so excited before.”

The three of them trudged out of a luxury brand store with exhausted faces.

Both hands full of shopping bags.

“…They had good reason to be excited.”

He had just spent two months’ worth of copyright fees.

Lee Doha looked at Weon with tired eyes. So this guy had been wearing such expensive clothes all along. He wondered where all his money went.

That was right.

While Weon, Eon, and Taeyoung often went shopping directly, Lee Doha and Yeonho absolutely never came shopping.

So all the sales staff excitedly recommended various expensive items to Lee Doha.

Normally Lee Doha would have refused, but.

‘Oh my~! Your niece? She’s so, so pretty! I was wondering why Uncle is so handsome. It must run in the family. Seeing that the niece is even prettier!’

‘Wow. You’re going to make your niece a celebrity too, right? It would be a national loss if she doesn’t become a celebrity.’

‘The baby isn’t just pretty, she’s so, so gentle and so, so kind. Uncle is so blessed~ How can she be this cute? She’s like a fairy from a fairy tale.’

When praise for Yewon poured out, he became so happy that he turned into a ‘yes man.’

“…”

But it wasn’t a purchase he regretted at all.

After deciding to raise Yewon directly, this was the first time he had revealed her as his niece to others. He was planning to reveal Yewon’s existence through the parenting variety show anyway, and since these were sales staff he knew, there was no reason to hide it.

Lee Doha felt something strange in his chest as he watched Yewon, who was embarrassed but giggling at the pouring praise.

For the first time since coming to Lee Doha, Yewon, who had always seemed somewhat dejected, looked a little proud.

For that expression on Yewon’s face, this much money was nothing.

“And it’s not just me who bought things, you also… bought quite a bit.”

“…”

At Lee Doha’s point, Weon immediately turned his head away.

That was right.

“I can understand why I got excited. But why did you get excited? She’s my niece.”

“Sh, shut up. Man. She’s my niece too!!”

“Says who.”

Not only Lee Doha but even Weon had gotten giddy from the shower of praise for Yewon and swiped his card like crazy.

“Yewon was totally popular today. It’s a big problem that everyone in the world knows how pretty Yewon is.”

“!”

At Lee Doha’s words, Yewon, who was holding his hand tightly, looked up in surprise.

“U, Uncle is more popular though…!”

“No. Uncle was happy too. That Yewon received so much love like this.”

“That’s right. Lee Doha. You’ll have a hard time protecting Yewon. Suffer a bit.”

“…!”

He actually felt nothing special about praise for himself, but his wallet opened generously at praise for Yewon.

…Of course, what he actually bought were all clothes for Lee Doha himself.

Is this what a parent’s heart feels like?

Lee Doha was bewildered by these new sensations, but he quite liked this feeling.

“We couldn’t buy any clothes for Yewon since there’s no kids’ line here. Let’s go next door.”

Just as the three of them headed to the store right next door.

“Here, we really need to buy clothes for Yewon, Hanwon.”

“Is there anyone here who doesn’t know that?”

“I’m telling you not to interfere.”

“…You’re probably the only person in the entire world who crushes someone’s motivation before they even start shopping.”

Weon clicked his tongue as if fed up and immediately headed toward the kids’ clothing store.

“Hey hey!! Yewon!! Try this on!!”

Weon was rummaging through clothes when he suddenly lifted up a pink dress as if he’d discovered wild ginseng.

At Weon’s shout, all the people in the store turned their attention to him.

That was understandable since Weon’s voice was clear and resonant, easily catching people’s ears…

‘More than anything, they have appearances that can’t help but stand out…’

Even at a glance, they were clearly over 180cm tall, with proportions that screamed ‘I’m a celebrity.’

No matter how much they wore masks, Weon and Doha couldn’t hide their celebrity aura.

‘…Maybe I should have told them to wear hats too?’

I told them not to cover up too much because that would make them more obvious.

But just masks aren’t enough to hide that celebrity aura.

Yewon felt troubled but headed toward where Weon had called her.

But at that moment.

“Oh~? Who do we have here? Isn’t this our niece?”

“!”

Someone suddenly grabbed Yewon’s arm.

Before Yewon could even lift her head in surprise, Doha swatted away the hand that had grabbed her.

And simultaneously scooped Yewon up protectively.

“Don’t touch the child carelessly.”

Doha’s voice was as cold as frost.

This was the maximum level of anger that Doha, who was usually polite to others, could display.

Only after being held in Doha’s arms did Yewon identify the owner of the hand that had grabbed her.

‘…Fake Uncle…!’

And behind him, Jeyeon was standing there.

“!”

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