There Are Four Top Idol Uncles - Chapter 63

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Episode 63

 

“…Yewon.”

 

Yewon, who had been practicing alone in her room with the script, looked up at Doha’s sudden visit.

 

“Uncle? Is something wrong?”

 

Why does he look so worried? Did something happen?

 

“…No. I just wanted to hug you.”

 

Doha said that and hugged Yewon tightly.

 

In fact, for Doha, the more stories about Yewon spread on the internet, the more complicated his mind became.

 

The whole world was taking Yewon’s side, showing how heartbreaking this situation was.

 

And he was angry that there was nothing he could do about it.

 

Yewon, though puzzled, patted Doha’s back.

 

What’s this? All of a sudden?

 

“Yeah, Uncle. I sometimes want to hug you too. I know what you mean.”

 

“…Really? Yewon feels that way too sometimes?”

 

“Of course.”

 

There were so many times.

 

Even in her previous life, she often thought about wanting to hug him.

 

When the Taeyoung incident broke out, she had seen footage of Doha standing in front of reporters looking so haggard.

 

Even then, she had wanted to hug him.

 

Even recently, when she saw him dozing off in the studio while working on his album, she wanted to hug him and pat him comfortingly.

 

Because that’s what family does.

 

“I see. Yewon… has felt that way too.”

 

“Yeah!”

 

“…”

 

Doha hesitated, then pulled back slightly and looked down at Yewon.

 

“Yewon. Isn’t it hard acting among adults? Not all adults are nice, you know.”

 

“It’s not hard at all.”

 

“Not at all?”

 

“Yeah.”

 

Yewon said firmly.

 

But inside, she strangely remembered the old days.

 

In fact, if it were her previous life, she might have answered that it was too difficult to such a question.

 

So difficult that she wanted to run away.

 

However.

 

“Sometimes there are weird adults and weird kids too. But it’s still not hard at all. Do you know why, Uncle?”

 

In this life, it wasn’t difficult at all.

 

“I don’t know. How are you so strong, Yewon?”

 

“Because Uncle is on my side.”

 

“!”

 

“I know that Uncle and my other uncles are always on my side. So it’s not hard at all.”

 

Unlike my previous life when I had no one on my side.

 

Now I have four reliable people on my side.

 

* * *

 

A few days later, the day of the first full-scale filming.

 

The filming set of <Flower of the East Palace> was busy from the morning.

 

Today’s scenes were young Seolhwa deciding to dress as a man and cutting her skirt, and her first time going out to the marketplace.

 

Yewon was getting her makeup done in the waiting room.

 

“Oh my, Yewon has such good skin that there’s nothing to apply. Doha also had glowing skin. I guess good skin really is genetic.”

 

The makeup artist from the makeup department applied cream to Yewon’s face with admiration.

 

“Still, since she’s a woman disguised as a man, shouldn’t we make her a bit darker?”

 

Another makeup team member nearby asked.

 

“Yeah, just very slightly. It won’t be pretty if it’s too obvious.”

 

“No! Please make me really dark like I live in a dust pit!”

 

“!”

 

“That’s what my character is like. Hehe.”

 

At Yewon’s words, all the makeup room staff looked at Yewon with impressed eyes.

 

Usually, child actors of this age love sparkling things like princesses, so they often ask to be made as pretty as possible.

 

All they could say was that this child was amazing.

 

Then, the waiting room door burst open and someone entered.

 

“Hello! I heard there’s filming today, so I came to cheer you on!”

 

The owner of the bright voice was none other than Yun Jia.

 

She came to support Yewon even though she didn’t have any filming herself.

 

“Sister!”

 

Yewon waved happily.

 

“Oh my, Jia. You came all the way here even without filming?”

 

“Yes. It’s our young Seolhwa’s first filming, so I wanted to boost her spirits.”

 

Yun Jia distributed the coffees she brought with both hands full to the staff.

 

“Please take good care of our Yewon.”

 

“Oh, of course. When Yun the actress cares this much.”

 

The staff’s atmosphere became much softer.

 

‘She’s really a good person.’

 

It would have been nice if I had met her in my previous life.

 

“Yewon, don’t be nervous. Just do it like you did during the reading.”

 

“Yes! Thank you, Sister.”

 

“What for. I came to watch and learn from Yewon today too.”

 

“!”

 

“Yewon will probably try to act similar to my acting, but I also want to create a feeling similar to Yewon’s. Can I watch from the side today and learn a lot?”

 

“Yes!”

 

Yewon nodded vigorously.

 

That’s fine with me.

 

If we both work hard together, we’ll get better results.

 

After finishing her makeup, Yewon took Jia’s hand and went out to the filming set.

 

The set was a perfect recreation of a Joseon-era marketplace.

 

The extras were also moving around busily.

 

“Alright, let’s go for rehearsal! Yewon. Are you ready?”

 

“Yes!”

 

With Director Choi’s signal, Yewon stood in front of the camera.

 

Just as she had requested earlier, Yewon stood there with soot smeared all over her face, wearing rough boy’s clothes.

 

Yewon took a deep breath and changed her expression.

 

This scene was where Seolhwa, born in a family with six daughters, sheds tears after hearing that her very clever eldest sister who got married was beaten to death by her husband, and vows not to live like that.

 

It was one of the most important scenes, where Seolhwa, who had only occasionally dressed as a man to earn money, truly decides to live as a man.

 

How many times had she reread the script to properly act this scene?

 

Without a single line of dialogue, it was only written as ‘Seolhwa: (Sheds tears at her sister’s death. Vows with a determined face to live as a man)’.

 

‘…It is right for the actor to fill in the rest.’

 

Yewon took a deep breath and waited for the director’s signal.

 

“Ready… Action!”

 

And after the signal was heard.

 

When she raised her head. There was the perfect boy Seolhwa.

 

⁂

 

Seolhwa bit her lips while looking in the mirror.

 

She had bitten so hard that her lips were bleeding. It was one of the habits that adult Seolhwa, Jia, had agreed upon in advance.

 

The habit of biting her lips when angry.

 

Then.

 

Seolhwa suddenly stood up and took out all the girl’s clothes from the wardrobe.

 

She collapsed onto them and began crying loudly.

 

“…Sister… Sister Seollyeong…”

 

Not long after.

 

Without wiping her tears, Seolhwa raised her head with wide eyes and ripped one of the skirts apart.

 

There were almost no lines, but you could feel it just from her eyes.

 

Her determination to never live as a girl again.

 

⁂

 

“Cut! Okay! Great!”

 

The staff applauded at the director’s shout.

 

“Wow, she’s really good.”

 

“Look at those eyes. Gives me chills.”

 

Yun Jia also cheered while giving a thumbs up.

 

Getting an okay sign on the first take – it was a smooth start.

 

‘…Thank goodness.’

 

I did a lot of actions that weren’t in the script, so I was worried they might not like it.

 

I’m glad they’re pleased with it.

 

Yewon smiled with satisfaction.

 

* * *

 

However.

 

The problem was the next scene.

 

The scene where Seolhwa gets bullied by thugs in the marketplace.

 

The thug actors appearing here were supporting actors from Future Entertainment.

 

And behind them… there was Fake Uncle Yeongho watching with his arms crossed.

 

He probably came as Jeyeon’s manager.

 

‘…So he came.’

 

When Yewon’s eyes met Yeongho’s, she slightly bowed her head in greeting.

 

It wasn’t exactly a sincere greeting.

 

‘I don’t want to create even the slightest reason for criticism on set.’

 

Yewon thought that by always showing a perfectly polite attitude, everyone would be on her side when something happened later.

 

But sure enough.

 

Yeongho turned his head away, pretending not to see her.

 

He was blatantly ignoring her.

 

However, Yewon didn’t care at all. She had expected this anyway.

 

‘If he suddenly acted kind, that would have been more annoying.’

 

More than that, what was more concerning was…

 

‘…Jeyeon doesn’t even have filming today. What’s his scheme?’

 

This was it.

 

Jeyeon wasn’t even here, but this guy came alone? Something was strange.

 

Yewon looked at Yeongho with suspicious eyes, but he only smiled wickedly without saying anything.

 

“Alright, thug actors come in! This is the scene where you push and knock down Yewon. You need to coordinate well. We can’t have anyone getting hurt.”

 

At the director’s instruction, the fierce-looking thug actors approached.

 

“Little girl. We’ll go easy on you, so don’t worry.”

 

They said that, but their eyes were strangely gleaming.

 

‘They don’t look like they plan to go easy at all.’

 

Yewon’s instincts sounded an alarm.

 

Could it be…!

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