Chapter 39
Yewon looked up at Eon in confusion and couldn’t say anything.
“There’s no way you’re seven. All the seven-year-olds I know just cry, throw tantrums, and whine.”
“…”
“Why don’t you do any of those three? Is that also genetic in your family?”
Ah.
It seemed her identity hadn’t been discovered.
Yewon secretly let out a sigh of relief.
I must look too mature.
Maybe I should’ve whined a bit more?
“Umm… u-uncle.”
Yewon opened her mouth like a whining seven-year-old—
—and regretted it within one second.
She had never whined once in her life, so she had no idea how to do it.
“Well? If you called me, say something.”
Usually, when kids throw tantrums… it’s to ask for something, right?
But there wasn’t anything that an ordinary seven-year-old wanted that Yewon actually wanted.
If there was something she wanted, it’d be about 10 billion won with no tax or legal issues… maybe…
But she obviously couldn’t say that.
“Never mind. Keep that attitude from now on. I hate kids who cry.”
He definitely looked like someone who hated crying kids.
Yewon looked up at Eon with slightly displeased eyes.
“Why do you hate it?”
“I don’t like whining.”
Even though you whine to Uncle Doha more than anyone else.
Is it self-hatred toward your own kind?
“Then, Uncle, you never whine?”
“Of course not. I’m an adult.”
“Then you never whine to Uncle Doha either?”
“Why would I whine to Lee Doha? I—”
Eon almost blurted out a string of harsh words, but realizing he was in front of a child, he shut his mouth and took a deep breath.
“I don’t whine to anyone.”
“I see. Because you’re a cool uncle?”
“Yeah.”
“But they said Uncle Doha is the leader. Isn’t it okay to whine to the leader?”
“……”
“You’re the leader, right? Then shouldn’t you take responsibility no matter what I say—even if I complain or say weak things to you?”
“….”
“You’re the leader, so live strong. I’m not the leader, so I’ll just cling to you weakly.”
Perhaps those were his usual words, because Eon seemed struck for a moment and stared silently at Yewon.
“Did Lee Doha tell you that?”
“Nope.”
“Well, he wouldn’t tell you about our conversations anyway.”
“He tells me a lot though.”
“…What does he say?”
Eon tried to sound uninterested—
—but anyone could see he was extremely curious.
He looks super curious….
“Secret.”
“What?”
For a moment, Eon looked like he might snap, but Yewon quickly ran—
“Filming will start!”
—and stood next to Producer Hwang, who had just announced the start of filming.
“…!!!”
Hmm.
Even if you glare like that, it’s useless, Uncle Eon.
Yewon smiled brightly.
* * *
[Production Team: Before we begin the mission, we have some very important news.]
The living room filled with tense silence.
It felt like the moment just before announcing the grand prize at an awards ceremony.
…Of course, the difference was that instead of a “Year-End Music Awards Grand Prize,” it was the result of a seven-year-old’s drama audition.
Producer Hwang slowly pulled a white envelope from his arms.
At that simple motion, everyone’s eyes gathered on his hands.
[Wooyeon: Ah, director! Please don’t drag it out—hurry!!! I’m going to stop breathing at this rate!!]
[Eon: Be quiet. It’s already chaotic enough.]
[Doha: …… (already mentally gone)]
Caption: The leader is about to run out of oxygen
Caption: Drumroll
[Production Team: The results of Yewon’s audition for the drama “Strange Family” have arrived!]
Producer Hwang opened the envelope and pulled out the paper.
A brief silence followed before he spoke.
[Production Team: Congratulations! Lee Yewon has been finally cast as the child role of the main character, ‘Bora’!]
Caption: 🎉Congratulations! Lee Yewon Final Acceptance🎉
Caption: Celebration at Glittering House!
[Wooyeon: Waaaaaaah!!!!! Amazing!!! Yewon!!!!]
Wooyeon jumped off the sofa and lifted Yewon into the air.
[Wooyeon: Did you see?! Did you see?! What did I tell you! Our Yewon is a genius! The director has great eyes! Wow, I got chills!]
[Eon: Seriously.]
[Yeonho: Congrats.]
[Doha: …Haa.]
Caption: Uncle Wooyeon almost fainting
Caption: Did you pass or did Wooyeon?
Caption: Doha looks like a senior who just received college exam results
Only then did Doha release the breath he’d been holding and lean back.
The moment he heard she passed, his legs seemed to lose strength.
While Wooyeon spun around the living room carrying Yewon, she laughed dizzily but spoke calmly.
[Yewon: Hehe. It’s all thanks to my uncles helping me! Uncle Wooyeon did zombie acting, so I wasn’t nervous at all!]
Caption: She must be a real baby angel
Caption: Even covering up that ridiculous situation acting
[Doha: …No, it’s because you did well. Really, really congratulations, Yewon.]
[Eon: That’s true. You guys didn’t do anything. You only got in the way.]
[Doha, Wooyeon: ….]
Caption: Classic tsundere-style congratulations
[Production Team: Now then, calm down. Yewon has officially begun her path as a child actress. Filming may be unfamiliar and difficult, so the uncles—acting as managers—will have an important role.]
Caption: The production team begins building suspense
Caption: I have a bad feeling about this
[Production Team: So we prepared this— “Our Yewon Has Changed” script-reading mission!]
Caption: Help with her first script practice!
[Production Team: Filming will start soon, so to prevent Yewon from getting nervous, the uncles will take the roles of the other characters and help her practice.]
Caption: And~!
Caption: There’s actually one more secret mission
Caption: A secret mission delivered only to Yewon
[Production Team (whispering): Actually, there’s a secret mission only for Yewon.]
[Yewon: Huh?!]
[Yewon: A secret mission?! It sounds cool—like a 007 operation! What is it?]
Caption: Seven years old—the age of loving secrets
Caption: The secret mission given only to Yewon is…
Caption: Choosing the “Best Acting Partner”!
[Yewon: Oh.]
[Yewon: …That sounds really—]
Caption: M-Maybe too difficult?
[Yewon: Fun!!]
[Yewon: I just need to pick the uncle who acts best and matches my timing best, right?!]
Caption: !!!
Caption: Truly the age that loves secrets
[Yewon: Then what does the uncle who gets chosen win?]
Caption: A thorough seven-year-old host
Caption: The reward for the secret mission is—!
Caption: A private room at the dorm!
[Yewon: Oh. I think the uncles really need that…]
[Yewon: If they find out, I could become the queen!]
Caption: Already tasting the power at age seven
Caption: Impressive (but tragic for the uncles)
The members began reviewing their scripts.
Doha looked especially serious.
[Doha: …Script reading. I’m not very good at acting.]
Caption: Trauma from his previous terrible acting
Caption: At least he knows himself
[Wooyeon: Hey~ Don’t worry, Yewon! This uncle will lead it! There’s nothing I can’t do!]
[Eon: Isn’t it that there’s nothing you can do?]
[Wooyeon: Hey!!]
Caption: Another peaceful day at Glit
[Production Team: Yewon plays Bora, the main character’s daughter. The uncles will divide the roles of the fake father and his suspicious henchmen—Uncles 1, 2, and 3.]
[Wooyeon: Why does this feel familiar???]
Caption: Just your imagination anyway
[Doha: Then… I’ll play the father. The relationship is closest.]
[Wooyeon: I’ll be Suspicious Uncle 1! I’m confident in comic roles! Supporting characters make dramas shine!]
[Eon: I wanted to play the fake father.]
Caption: But you were too late!
Caption: Try faster next time
Caption: Eon assigned as Suspicious Uncle 2!
[Yeonho: …Then I’ll take whatever’s left.]
Caption: Roles assigned
Caption: Script reading begins!
[Doha (25, Fake Father): Bora… Dad is… sorry. I was going… to come home… early today… but…]
The moment Doha spoke his first line, silence fell.
It sounded so stiff it wasn’t even fair to call it “reading like a textbook”—it was perfectly robotic.
[Wooyeon: Pfft.]
Caption: Wooyeon trying not to laugh
Caption: Broadcast accident imminent
[Wooyeon: Ah, sorry. Doha’s acting sounds too much like AI.]
[Doha: …I was building emotion.]
[Wooyeon: Sure, sure. Move aside. Real acting coming in.]
[Wooyeon (25, Suspicious Uncle 1): Oh~ our Bora! Alone again today? Don’t you need some allowance? Want your uncle to discipline you with some pocket money? Huh?]
Wooyeon added lines not even in the script, exaggerating his gestures dramatically.
Yewon burst into laughter at his playful expression.
[Yewon (Bora): Thank you, mister!]
Caption: And finally—
Caption: The highlight scene!
Caption: Continued in 1 minute!
