Chapter 155
Chapter 155
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 155
Chapter Title: Striking Resemblance
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The atmosphere had chilled in an instant during recording. An Jeong-su stared back and forth between the old photo in the video and Yu-na.
As if he couldn't believe his eyes.
"...Uncle? What's wrong?"
At Yu-na's question, he silently turned his phone screen toward me.
He eyed me suspiciously, his lips twitching.
"What's this at the end? She looks just like Yu-na.... You knew about it, didn't you?"
"Huh?"
"You just made that 'This? Right here, right now?' face."
What? When did he catch that?
I had no intention of hiding it, so I nodded in agreement.
"I saw it by chance during the music video shoot."
Still looking skeptical, he checked Su-jin and the photo in question again.
"Wow, it's really identical. Dad! Right?"
"Yeah, tell me about it. Su-jin, isn't it amazing?"
"It's really amazing."
"No way, Brother Jun-seo's sister-in-law...."
"No, it's not."
I cut him off sharply.
He averted his gaze, gave an awkward smile, and immediately started chatting with Su-jin right beside him.
"Ah, son. Isn't this singer pretty?"
"She is pretty."
"Right? Prettier than Mom?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"......"
What expression did I make that made Jeong-su hyung flinch like that?
Hmm, I have no idea.
I brushed it off casually and glanced at Yu-na. She was silently waiting for the answer to her earlier question.
"Ah! Yu-na, what did you ask again?"
"That's not me from earlier?"
"...No. It's a photo of Aunt Sia with Dad when she was little."
"Ohhh. Got it."
Yu-na turned her head forward.
Fair enough.
It was natural to misunderstand after seeing that last old photo.
The kid in it looked too much like Yu-na to pass off as coincidence....
A few people who watched the teaser were making the exact same mistake as An Jeong-su.
Just check the teaser reactions on my phone. Everyone was speculating wildly in debates.
-Hand up if you saw the last photo.
└She really looks like Yu-na.
└No way.... You don't think it's that, right? Yu-na's mom who's been MIA is actually Yusia?
└Nah. Probably not? She only took off like 6 months once, no long breaks. Timeline doesn't match.
└Agreed.
-So how can they look that alike? Too identical for coincidence?
-Is there some story behind it?
-What if Sia unnie had a twin and they alternated on shows?
└Write a novel, go write one....
└Speak sense. Quit the morning dramas.
└Anyway! Something's up!
At least that was a relief.
Yusia hadn't taken long breaks from activities much, so the misunderstanding that she was Yu-na's mom would clear up quickly.
Sure, a few were still speculating wildly....
But that wouldn't be a problem.
-Yu-na will.... turn into Sia unnie when she grows up? She'd be stunning then.
└Whoa! I thought that too!
└Me too! Me too!
-Right now, I don't see any resemblance between Sia unnie and Yu-na....
└That's plastic surgery and makeup.... Mmph!
└Double eyelid surg.... Mmph!
└Lol the comments above are hilarious.
└Say it proud! She got double eyelid surgery! Sia unnie did!
-Yu-na! Sorry I just learned about you today! Just passing this on. Please don't grow up like unnie!
└Hear hear!
"Pfft!"
I burst out laughing.
Funny, revealing comments aimed at Yusia. And desperate prayers for her not to grow up like that.
Yusia's fans seemed fun-loving.
Nom. Nom.
Gulp!
'What was that sound?'
Something weird right in front of my nose.
I looked down and saw Yu-na reaching out, munching on rice balls.
The plate was completely empty now.
While I was checking teaser reactions, she'd polished them all off by herself.
And quite a lot, too....
Impressive that she ate it all alone.
In the living room center, only the cute grunts from Yu-na and Su-jin echoed.
An Jeong-su and I lay flat on our stomachs, giggling. The kids' massages weren't refreshing at all—they were ticklish.
"Hng! Hng!"
"...Hng!"
The kids' grunts kept coming.
I turned my head sideways.
"Hng!"
Did she have to grunt like that?
Yu-na's brows furrowed as she kneaded my forearm vigorously. She wasn't using her hands—she was tensing her face.
"Hng.... Daddy, does it feel good?"
Yu-na met my eyes but didn't stop massaging as she asked.
I grinned foolishly, shifted to a sitting position, and patted my shoulders.
"Now the shoulders, please."
"Yesss!"
Jeong-su, who had quietly gotten up, followed my lead and asked Su-jin.
"Massage my shoulders too."
"What? Until when?"
"Until Dad says it's good?"
That was when it happened.
A harsh vibration shattered the cheerful mood.
Bzzz! Bzzz!
"What is it? Not my phone...."
An Jeong-su pulled out his phone to check, then stared at me.
Right.
The vibration was from my phone.
I let out a deep sigh.
'Who could it be?'
I took out my phone to check.
Yoo Seol-hwa: @Lee Jun-seo.
Yoo Seol-hwa: @Lee Jun-seo. Hey! Hey!
Yoo Seol-hwa: (photo)
Yoo Seol-hwa: Jun-seo! Did you see this? Identical to Yu-na!
Ah, so that's why she was calling me.
She'd posted the last teaser photo in the group chat, freaking out.
Yoo Seol-hwa: I was shocked. You saw it, right?
Kang Su-ho: Whoa! Really identical.
Kang Su-ho: No way, the secret sister-in-law we've been hiding.... Nah? I'd be disappointed? Not telling us?
The group chat livened up at Kang Su-ho's words, then chilled instantly.
After a moment.
Shin Dong-hyun: Jun-seo! Ignore hyung. He said something weird.
Yoo Seol-hwa: Yeah. He doesn't know about that stuff.
Shin Dong-hyun: Forget what he said.
Kang Su-ho: Why are you both suddenly like this....
Kang Su-ho: That was too much....
Even just text, his hurt came through. I'd planned to tell him everything someday....
I slowly typed.
Lee Jun-seo: I'll tell hyung everything later, so don't be too sad.
Lee Jun-seo: And I'm recording 'Daddy, I Love You!' right now? Talk later.
Kang Su-ho: What is it? Can't tell me now?
Yoo Seol-hwa: There's a reason.
Shin Dong-hyun: Yeah, there is.
Yoo Seol-hwa: Call after recording!
Kang Su-ho: Feels like I'm the only one left out again.
Yoon Mi-jeong: Me too....
Relieved, I exited the chat, but my phone buzzed again. This time, a call from my manager, In-cheol.
This guy saw the teaser photo too and freaked out?
Very suspicious.
"Yeah, In-cheol. Why the call?"
-Sigh, Jun-seo sunbaenim. Agency's in chaos right now. You saw the teaser released today?
As expected.
In-cheol's voice over the phone sounded drained. Not the time to focus on recording, apparently.
I pulled the phone away briefly.
"Jeong-su hyung. Mind if I take this call? Recording might have to wait a bit."
"Sure? Take your time. I'll play with the kids."
"Thanks."
Then I headed to an empty room.
Short call with In-cheol revealed rumors that singer Yusia and Yu-na were actually relatives.
Yusia's side said they didn't know, fueling it more....
'...Yeah.'
Honestly, they 'still' didn't know. True.
Last time too, she hadn't flatly denied it—just said she didn't know.
She'd understand the implication.
The possibility her little sister, separated in childhood, was my wife....
"Jun-seo! Still far? Save me! I'll die at this rate!"
I snapped out of my thoughts.
At An Jeong-su's desperate shout, I hurried back to the living room. Seeing him huddled on the sofa, I was speechless.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Swoosh! Whoosh!
He was cornered and hunted by Su-jin and Yu-na.
"Yu-na! Keep attacking!"
"Yeah! Got it!"
Su-jin had a super-safe plastic gun that didn't hurt even if it hit people.
Yu-na had a cute bow toy whose arrows stuck to mirrors.
Was that even in our house?
I didn't remember buying Yu-na such a toy.
And.
'What the hell is this?'
I couldn't make sense of the situation.
How did the 'Honor Thy Father' concept turn into 'Hunt the Father'.... Someone explain it clearly.
I sighed deeply.
Step. Step.
As I approached the kids, Su-jin's gun barrel swung toward me.
I stopped dead and raised my hands.
Felt like I had to.
"Su-jin? Uncle surrenders. Can you lower that?"
"Yu-na.... Get ready."
"......"
The kids' eyes met.
Yu-na and Su-jin exchanged glances and nodded slightly.
Plotting something.
"...Attack the uncle too!"
"Att-attack!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Swoosh! Whoosh!
Plastic bullets and arrows flew at me, bouncing off harmlessly.
This.... doesn't hurt at all.
Just ticklish?
Seeing no reaction, Jeong-su waved frantically from behind.
Ah, he wanted me to play along.
I'd cleaned hard since morning.
Then made rice balls right after.
Even a quick massage at the end.
Since I'd done plenty of 'honoring' today, Jeong-su had been entertaining them alone to let them have fun.
In that case, should I act too?
Like Jeong-su, I pretended it hurt and yelled.
"Argh! K-kids! I surrender!"
"Yu-na! Don't stop! This uncle's a demon. Tough enemy!"
"...Yeah."
Yu-na's attacks slowed.
Attacking her dad must bother her.
It doesn't even hurt, so she could go all out....
Suddenly, attacks on me stopped. Su-jin was picking up fallen plastic bullets.
Yu-na followed, retrieving her arrows one by one.
"...Then, now I attack?"
I made cat paws with my hands and closed in; the kids flinched.
"Yu-na! Run!"
"Ah, it's okay...."
"Come on!"
Su-jin grabbed Yu-na's wrist powerfully and fled to the room.
Now just Jeong-su and me in the living room.
Silence fell, unlike before.
Jeong-su, now lounging comfortably on the sofa, hesitated before asking.
"...Something happen?"
Worried tone and eyes.
"Huh?"
"That call earlier. From the agency?"
Ah, the manager call?
I chuckled softly.
"Haha. No. Just heard the agency's freaking out over rumors that Yu-na and singer Yusia are relatives or something."
"What do you think?"
"Dunno. I really don't know."
"...You don't know?"
"Yeah."
Right on cue, Yu-na and Su-jin returned, reloading arrows and bullets.
"This time, we'll take you down!"
"D-definitely! Take down!"