There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 245

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Part 2, Episode 71
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The bell signaling break time rang out.
Yoo Eun-o lifted his head with a resigned expression.
Now the barrage of accusations would begin again. Just as it had poured down on Yewon not long ago.
But Yoo Eun-o was all right. For the first time, he understood his brother’s heart—something he’d never been able to grasp before.
He’d thought he would never truly understand that willingness to sacrifice oneself for someone else’s sake.
But now everything made sense, and he was all right with it. He could bear it.
The moment Yoo Eun-o rose from his seat with that resolve—
“…?”
He realized that every child except himself was staring at their phone or gathered in small clusters, murmuring.
Yet this murmuring was different from before.
Without thinking, Yoo Eun-o turned and glanced at Hyuk.
Hyuk was looking at his friend’s phone with a puzzled expression, then his face lit up and he sprang to his feet.
“Yoo Eun-o!”
he cried out.
Just as Yoo Eun-o was about to frown and wonder why he was being so clingy—
Hyuk rushed over to him, wrapped an arm around his neck, and pulled him close.
“Won’t you let go?”
“Hey…! Your brother—all the injustice has been cleared!”
“!”
At words he couldn’t believe, Yoo Eun-o’s eyes widened—a rare sight indeed.
He felt his heart pounding wildly as he stared directly at Hyuk.
“What do you mean—”
“The article just dropped! The victim your brother was protecting—they’ve come forward with everything now. They said it wasn’t like that. That your brother is a good person.”
“……!”
The strength drained from Yoo Eun-o’s hands as he’d been about to push Hyuk away.
How long had he been waiting and hoping for those words.
Yoo Eun-o’s family hadn’t given up on asking the victim. They had pleaded and begged consistently—if the perpetrators sued again without cause or tried to threaten them with exposure, would they please reveal the truth?
Just one word from them could clear Seon-o’s name.
But the victim, who had been threatened severely, had wept and refused, apologizing again and again.
So what could have caused such a change of heart?
Yoo Eun-o looked at Hyuk with bewilderment.
“Man, thank goodness. I was… really worried. I mean….”
Hyuk let out a relieved sigh, then suddenly laughed and tightened his arm around Yoo Eun-o’s neck.
“Kid. Why do you have to cause so much worry? Huh? When it was going to work out this quickly anyway?”
“…Who asked you to worry?”
“Right? And yet here I am, worrying over someone so infuriatingly sharp-tongued.”
Despite Yoo Eun-o’s grumbling, Hyuk laughed even more heartily and patted his back repeatedly.
“Anyway, I’m glad it worked out.”
“……Yeah. Though I have no idea how it happened.”
It was truly incomprehensible.
As Yoo Eun-o’s face creased with puzzlement, Hyuk used his fingers to press and smooth out the muscles of his face.
“Smile, will you. I can tell what you’re thinking, so don’t take it so seriously. Right now, just focus on the fact that things worked out.”
“….”
Hyuk had been fussing over him since earlier, which was somewhat annoying, but his words were right nonetheless. Yoo Eun-o nodded.
“I should ask the teacher if I can borrow a phone for a bit. I need to contact my parents.”
“Yeah, yeah. That’s a good idea.”
When Hyuk readily released his arm, Yoo Eun-o looked at him for a moment, then flicked him on the side.
“!”
“…Thanks.”
“!!”
Had such beautiful words really just come from Yoo Eun-o’s mouth?
Hyuk stared at him in disbelief, and Yoo Eun-o, thoroughly unimpressed, pushed him away.
“I’m grateful, sure, but don’t cling to me like that again.”
“There. Now that’s the real Yoo Eun-o.”
The two of them let out soft laughs and turned toward the classroom door.
But there, standing in their path—
“!”
“…!”
The moment she tossed the paper ball aside, Yewon came bounding up, breathing hard, her eyes glistening with worry as she looked between the two of them.
She’d been holding back tears the whole time.
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“Yes. I’ll head there as soon as school ends.”
-But wouldn’t it be better if your mother and I came to pick you up? We’re a bit worried….
“Seon-o must be more shaken than I am. Please stay with him. It’s only a few bus stops away.”
-…Alright. I understand. Be careful on your way, yes?
“Yes. Please rest.”
Yoo Eun-o was about to hang up when he hesitated and added something.
“…How is Seon-o doing?”
-!
Ever since ‘that incident,’ Yoo Eun-o had treated his older brother as if he didn’t exist.
Seon-o had brought his parents a grief that could never be washed away, and Yoo Eun-o’s resentment was unbearable.
If Seon-o had faced it all with courage and become an even better son to their parents, the resentment wouldn’t have cut so deep.
But Seon-o couldn’t endure any of it. He’d locked the door to his own heart and chosen to shut himself away.
So Yoo Eun-o had decided to treat him as if he weren’t there. If Seon-o had been a bad person, Yoo Eun-o could have hated him openly, blamed him—but because he was so fundamentally good, Yoo Eun-o couldn’t say anything to him at all.
Besides, Seon-o barely left his room either, weighed down by guilt and despair.
-Seon-o just… cries all day long. But that’s good, in a way. At least he can cry now—he couldn’t do that before. I like to think he’s finally letting out all the tears he’d been holding back.
“…Yes.”
Yoo Eun-o lowered his head quietly.
-Still, the way your mother sees it… I think Seon-o will be able to get back on his feet soon. That’s what I feel.
“That’s how it should be.”
He answered flatly.
The Seon-o that Yoo Eun-o remembered was the coolest, warmest older brother in the world.
Eventually, he would rise again. He would return to the brother Yoo Eun-o knew.
-That’s right, Yoo Eun-o. Don’t worry about us. You must have been shocked most of all…. If anyone at school says anything to you—
“Even if I hear talk like that, it doesn’t bother me. It’s all nonsense anyway.”
-!
“I’m not that weak. Please don’t worry and just rest.”
-You really are….
Laughter crackled through the phone. At the sound of Mother’s laughter, Yoo Eun-o chuckled softly too.
“I need to get back to class now. I’ll hang up.”
-Alright. Pay attention in class.
Yoo Eun-o hung up quietly and turned around.
There, sitting still at the Wisteria Shelter a short distance away, was Yewon, waiting for him.
Yoo Eun-o sighed and walked toward her.
“I told you to go back. Why are you waiting around?”
“W-well, still. I mean, the situation got bigger because of me…. I wanted to apologize.”
“Because of you?”
Yoo Eun-o laughed softly. So that had been weighing on her mind the whole time. Silly….
“Yeah. Because of you. My brother’s misunderstanding got cleared up because of you. Our family’s injustice was righted because of you. Finally, our parents are smiling. All because of you.”
“……??”
Was this scolding, or thanks?
Seeing Yewon’s bewildered expression, Yoo Eun-o crouched down to meet her at eye level.
“It’s all because of you. What are you going to do about it?”
“Um…….”
Yewon’s words came to a halt for the first time in a while.
What am I supposed to do about that…?
“I’m kidding.”
!!!!
“God, your face….”
Yoo Eun-o laughed so hard his shoulders shook, even dropping his head, and Yewon’s eyes flared up in anger.
This person really—!
“If you keep toying with people’s hearts like that, you’ll get punished.”
When Yewon spoke seriously, Yoo Eun-o wiped the smile from his face and looked up again.
“I guess I’m the one getting punished this time. Alright. I’ll accept it.”
“Exactly. Since I was scared because of you, what are you going to do about it?”
“I’m not sure. What do you think I should do?”
Both of them kept their faces perfectly serious for a moment, staring at each other, before breaking into soft laughter at the same time.
“Don’t give up on the movie.”
“!”
“Keep going. You can’t retire until you’re dead, senior. You haven’t even started yet—you can’t quit now.”
“…….”
At those words, something flickered in Yoo Eun-o’s eyes. They seemed to darken, then brighten—an ambiguous shimmer that made Yewon’s own heart tremble in response.
“Then.”
“!”
“Will you be the eternal lead in my film?”
“…!”
“Then I won’t give up. On the film.”
Yewon’s mouth fell open.
Wait. This feels like….
Something….
“That…is….”
Isn’t this like a confession…?

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