There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 262

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Part 2, Episode 88
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It was a day when snow fell thick and heavy.
A day when, with each exhale—the breath rising in pale wisps—you couldn’t tell where the white came from: the air itself or the white descending from the sky.
“Yewon!”
Yewon turned at the sound of her name.
There stood Baek Yun, noticeably taller now, dressed in winter school uniform.
“Oh, Baek Yun. Hey.”
“It’s been hard to run into you these days.”
“I know. I mean, probably because we’re in different classes—”
“No. You’ve been swamped with Summer’s Proof shoots this whole time.”
Baek Yun fixed her with a sharp look.
He was right.
Already….
Two years and five months had passed.
So much had happened in that time.
The variety show documenting the trip to Canada with her uncles, Glittering Teenager Travel, had been a massive hit on Wonder Box.
Summer’s Proof, despite its modest scale, had drawn far more attention than expected, smoothly leading to a full-length feature production.
For two years, Yewon had devoted herself entirely to Summer’s Proof and her family.
They were the most important things to her.
GLEET had also scaled back its activities to focus on time with Yewon.
And so, after days of unbroken happiness,
Yewon and Baek Yun faced their sixteenth winter.
“Um….”
Yewon laughed nervously, trying to dodge his gaze.
“Never mind. I wasn’t saying it to make you feel bad. We’ll be high schoolers in a couple of days anyway. We should understand each other about these things.”
At that, Yewon looked up at him in surprise.
“Baek Yun, you’ve really grown up…!”
“…What? So you thought I wasn’t grown up until now…?”
“Um….”
Sorry.
But in my head, you’ve always been that little prince whining about wanting to marry me….
Yewon swallowed the words she couldn’t say and laughed awkwardly.
“Stop laughing and answer me properly. This is really important.”
“Um. Where’s Jeongyun?”
“You….”
“Jeongyun’s coming to the awards ceremony today too, right?”
“……Fine. What am I supposed to expect from you anyway…. Yeah. The two of us planned to go together….”
“That’s great!”
Yewon clapped her palms together sharply.
That’s right.
Today was the day of the long-awaited awards ceremony.
And….
It was also the day Yewon had been waiting and waiting for.
“When you win an award, you’re totally going to cry, and I’m going to see it.”
“Um, no, I won’t cry.”
“Huh. You?”
“Yeah….”
Every time Yewon received an award at ceremonies, she tried not to cry. And those attempts had come very close to succeeding.
…As long as she didn’t make eye contact with her uncles below the stage, whose eyes were already glistening with tears!
Weon always held a handkerchief pressed to his eyes; Yeonho kept staring at the ceiling; Eon watched her with a tenderness that was rare and doubly rare (usually maxing out at ninety percent, but this was a full hundred percent); and already one tear had rolled down Lee Doha’s cheek.
If that were all, she’d be fine. The worst part for Yewon was….
Her father, clutching at his chest in a way that made it obvious he was thinking of her mother.
…How could she not cry seeing that!
Winning an award was truly joyful and something to be grateful for, but Yewon’s tears always came purely because of her family.
“And anyway, the odds of me actually winning are very, very low.”
“….”
As Yewon spoke with a bitter smile, Baek Yun said nothing and looked at her with a dark expression.
Yewon had been nominated for the Best Actress Award at the Korean Film Festival, Korea’s most prestigious film awards.
She knew she should be grateful just to be nominated as a candidate for Best Actress….
‘…other film festivals… senior must have swept them all….’
This year, two films had struck the Korean film industry like lightning.
One was the feature film Summer’s Proof.
And the other was Welcome.
Both works were receiving enormous acclaim worldwide and generating a wave of box office success.
As someone who had been deeply moved by Welcome, Yewon was thrilled that such a masterpiece had come out.
But….
‘If only it had come out just a year later…!’
Sigh.
Why did it have to come out at the same time, creating this painful competition….
Welcome happened to be a film centered entirely on its female lead, so the actress had been nominated for Best Actress Award at every film festival.
And that actress….
was Jeong Isun, a senior far beyond her own years—nothing to say about it.
Jeong Isun had been acting far longer than Yewon’s age, so there was no resentment.
Everyone offered generous applause when the long-overlooked actress Jeong Isun finally had her talent recognized. The sentiment was that with such skill on display, the Best Actress Award naturally belonged to her.
Yewon agreed, too.
She just wished it wasn’t this year….
‘This year is the final year of the grace period Uncle Doha gave us….’
Cotton Ball had given Yewon and Lee Doha a three-year grace period.
And Yewon had already used up two years and five months of it.
At this point, shooting a new film and aiming for a new Best Actress Award was impossible.
“Haaaa….”
“What’s wrong? Worried you won’t get the award?”
“Um….”
“Don’t worry. I’ve got a strong feeling about this—the Best Actress Award this year is yours.”
At Baek Yun’s certain gaze, Yewon managed a smile.
She was already losing hope, bit by bit.
“I’m serious. And we’ve only done about half the festivals so far. Sure, senior took it at the ones we’ve done, but the rest are definitely yours. What other work got as much recognition as Summer’s Proof this year?”
That much was true.
Summer’s Proof had truly proven that Director Yu Jungseok’s skill hadn’t dulled one bit this summer.
It made an even bigger impact abroad than at home. Foreign press articles poured in saying it would be inexplicable if it didn’t win at the three major awards next year.
Domestically, Welcome had drawn more attention, while Summer’s Proof was drawing more attention internationally.
And….
“I really do envy Yoo Eun-o. People are even saying that at his age, one of the greatest directors of this era might have been born.”
“Mm. Though the man himself can’t stand the attention…. Still, he’s remarkable.”
Yewon nodded at Baek Yun’s slightly jealous complaint.
There was one other person drawing as much attention as Director Yu Jungseok.
That was Eon.
At first, people called him a typical “nepo baby,” riding on Director Yu Jungseok’s coattails.
But once they saw the Summer’s Proof short film that Eon had directed alone, they immediately changed their tune.
They said Director Yu Jungseok was the one riding on Yoo Eun-o’s coattails.
Film studios worldwide were sending more offers to Eon than to Director Yu Jungseok—that said it all.
“Anyway, Summer’s Proof is going to win the award, so don’t worry too much. Understood?”
“I will.”
Yewon gave Baek Yun a warm smile.
To her devoted friend of nine years.
“….”
Baek Yun watched her smile and pressed his lips together uselessly.
“By the way, who are you going to the film festival with today? Your uncles? Your father?”
“Huh? Oh, today I’m—”
Yewon stopped mid-answer and lifted her gaze toward the school gate.
The one clearly waiting for her—wearing the blue scarf she’d given him—
was a boy whose eyes matched it perfectly.
“Senior!”
Yewon waved her hand brightly in greeting to Eon.
Eon began to wave back, but the moment he spotted Baek Yun beside Yewon, his expression hardened, and he approached them.
“Come on. It’s cold.”
“Were you waiting long? It’s cold—go inside and wait.”
“…How could you….”
At Eon’s low voice, Baek Yun’s expression twisted as if he might be sick.
“Ugh. You two don’t need to keep doing this—the whole world already knows you’re a couple, so please just stop.”
“Go.”
As Baek Yun grimaced, Eon simply waved his hand through the air with cold precision.
“This person really does hurt your feelings consistently, doesn’t he? Hey, Yewon. You should scold your senior sometimes.”
“Mmm…….”
She couldn’t possibly mention that she’d scolded him yesterday too, saying, “No, senior. People will misunderstand if you say things like that”—not when she was already in trouble for it.
Yewon simply rolled her eyes.
“Wasn’t it cold when you came over? That’s why I said I’d pick you up.”
“This is like the thousandth time I’m saying this, but if you keep doing it, my uncles might literally assassinate you with a look.”
“I can handle it.”
“They can’t handle it, that’s the problem.”
Yewon finally spoke the truth.
Senior didn’t know, but her uncles were still in active denial about his very existence.
“But I did get permission to go to the film festival together today!”
“…Just the two of us?”
“No, not that.”
“…So the three of us, including Father?”
“That’s…not it either.”
“……Then what?”
“My dad, four uncles, and you, senior!”
“…….”
So “together” was the only part they’d agreed to.
Eon gazed at Yewon with a complicated expression, while she deliberately avoided his eyes.
I’m sorry, senior.
I don’t think “just the two of us” is going to be possible until I’m an adult…!

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