Chapter 92:
Chapter 92
Debt.
That was the first thing that Ian and Jo Tae-woong thought of when they saw the article.
They had to take away Lee Ju-hyuk’s internet access.
They knew he would find out eventually, but Ian hoped he would not notice it too soon.
Tomorrow, they had to film their own content and a sightseeing vlog in London.
If they could just prevent him from going online tonight, they could spend a happy day tomorrow.
“Which room is Ju-hyuk in?”
“He’s sharing with Dong-su.”
Ian and Jo Tae-woong sprang up and headed to the hallway.
“You too?”
“Yes.”
Just then, Park Seo-dam and Park Jin-hyuk came out of the next room.
Kim Hyun and Kim Ju-young followed them.
“I knew you guys would be out here.”
“Did you do this when you came to our room before?”
“Of course.”
Kim Ju-young and Jo Tae-woong whispered to each other, while Ian knocked on the door.
“What’s up? Why are you all here?”
“Hyung, what is Ju-hyuk doing?”
“Ju-hyuk? He’s on the bed. Why?”
It seemed that Park Dong-su did not know yet.
The members exchanged glances and pushed past him into the room.
“What? What’s going on?”
Lee Ju-hyuk was sitting on the bed with his phone in his hand.
“Hyung, wait!”
“No phones!”
Ian and Kim Hyun shouted and tackled Lee Ju-hyuk.
The rest of the members piled on top of them, making a human sandwich.
Where have I seen this before… Ian felt a sense of déjà vu, but he had no time to think as Lee Ju-hyuk screamed under the weight.
‘Did we use too much force?’
Ian rolled to the side.
“Why did you come here all of a sudden? Ju-hyuk is tired. Get off him.”
Park Dong-su was at it again, grumbling as he cleared the members off Lee Ju-hyuk. Jo Tae-woong snatched Lee Ju-hyuk’s phone from his hand.
‘Got it.’
‘Good.’
Ian nodded at Jo Tae-woong’s eye contact. But it was a useless action.
“Guys, you don’t have to do that. I’ve seen it already.”
“Seen what?”
Park Dong-su, who was still clueless, turned on his own phone and showed him the article.
“You’ve seen it already?”
“If you guys came to see me because of this, then I’ve already seen it. I got a lot of calls too.”
“Are you okay?”
Lee Ju-hyuk was about to say he was fine out of habit. But he felt like he could not say that to the members who rushed over to him so quickly. He decided to open up a little bit.
“No?”
“…”
“I’m a bit upset.”
Park Seo-dam made a sad face and put her hand on Lee Ju-hyuk’s shoulder.
“I wonder how this could happen.”
Ian looked at Lee Ju-hyuk’s expression. He might be biased by his appearance, but Lee Ju-hyuk’s mother who came to the Seoul concert did not seem like that kind of person.
She looked close with her family and Lee Ju-hyuk talked back to her sharply.
Lee Ju-hyuk seemed to read Ian’s thoughts and said,
“The person who wrote the article is my biological mother.”
“Oh…”
“She divorced father when I was young. Because of this issue.”
I see.
The mood turned gloomy in an instant.
The members did not know what to say. Lee Ju-hyuk smiled and said,
“Thanks for worrying about me.”
Park Dong-su, who skimmed through the article, turned red in anger.
He called Korea and told the members,
“Guys, this is something the company has to deal with. We have to have fun tomorrow, so go to bed early.”
“Hyung, let’s have a blast tomorrow.”
“Hyung, you sleep early too!”
Lee Ju-hyuk also thought he needed some time to think.
Ian grabbed Jo Tae-woong’s arm as he left.
“Wait, wait, I have something to say, hyung! Don’t ever pay me back!”
“The company and hyung will handle it well.”
Ian and Jo Tae-woong sighed as they returned to their room.
“You never had anything like that, right?”
“Me?”
He had been in the entertainment industry since he was young, so he must have faced a lot of ridicule from the people around him. Jo Tae-woong tilted his head at Ian’s question.
“I had a lot of relatives and friends of my parents asking for money.”
“What did you do?”
“I cut them off. Well, who knows where they are now, selling my name and scamming people… But I don’t have a complicated family history.”
“Really?”
“But Joo-hyuk hyung’s situation is a bit different from ours, right?”
Even if they issued a statement through their agency, would the reporters who smelled the bait stay still?
They would probably dig up his family history.
There would be people who wrote fiction without knowing the details. Who would feel good in that process?
(Joo-hyuk1) Don’t worry too much – 7:25
(Joo-hyuk1) The company will issue a statement and I won’t pay the debt – 7:25
That’s a relief… Ian sighed.
‘He should worry about himself.’
[Official Statement] Mother ‘Debt Run’, Awi Joo-hyuk “I had no contact with my mother since I was young… I’m sorry to the victims.”
‘Mother Debt Run’ Awi Joo-hyuk, “Parents divorced when I was young. I cut off ties long ago…”
The agency quickly posted an article after hearing Joo-hyuk’s words.
-Isn’t this the first time in the debt run scene?
└Who is debt run?
└└Awi Joo-hyuk’s mother
└Didn’t someone explode in the actor scene yesterday?
└Why are there so many celebrities who met the wrong family?
-They all say they cut off ties when debt run happens???
Who knows if it’s a fashion divorce?
└Then what do you want them to say if they cut off ties?
└No ?????????? this is another novel aggro go to the hospital if you’re sick
-So they’re not going to pay the victims?
The victims are screwed??
└Why pay ?? it’s not their fault
└It’s better not to pay if they pay then other celebrities will have to pay for debt run too?
[Culture] ‘Mother Debt Run’ Awi Joo-hyuk, what kind of life did he live?
[Kim Ye-eun’s Entertainment Report] Awi Joo-hyuk Debt Run, where will his bloodline go?
The reporters who enjoyed digging up celebrities’ family histories wrote fiction as they feared and posted articles.
‘Ah, these trash bastards…’
Ian looked at the air and then looked around awkwardly. By now, he should have seen Giregi nagging next to him.
‘Where did he go?’
***
Contrary to his worries, Joo-hyuk looked cheerful.
Awi toured London’s tourist attractions as a group and enjoyed their leisure time for the first time in a long time.
“Is this the place? Where Mydea performed?”
“It’s huge.”
It was the soccer stadium that Jo Tae-woong wanted to see the most. The members stared blankly at the 90,000-seat stadium.
“We won’t be performing there, right?”
“Ah, that’s a bit… You have to dream big, but this is impossible.”
“Let’s dream modestly of Jamsil.”
“Jamsil is not modest, is it?”
“It is compared to here.”
Awi turned away without regret and headed to another place.
After passing through London and Paris, Awi arrived in Madrid and prepared for their performance as usual.
“Dong-soo hyung! Is the cake ready?”
“Okay.”
“Joo-hyuk hyung shouldn’t know.”
Kim Hyun rolled his feet and went up on stage.
Awi performed on stage as usual, jumping around and having fun. Time passed quickly, and it was time to take the last group photo.
When Joo-hyuk was looking at the flag that a fan threw him, Ian said.
“*Today, August 4th, is a very special day. Not only did we perform in Madrid…”
Park Seo-dam ran backstage and carefully brought out a cake with candles lit on it.
The fans cheered and Joo-hyuk laughed. He thought they would celebrate modestly among themselves at the dormitory, but he didn’t expect this.
“What is this? When did you prepare this?”
“You’re lucky you’re clueless, hyung.”
Kim Hyun sighed with relief.
“*Please congratulate our leader, Joo-hyuk, on his birthday together.”
Suddenly, the fans in front moved busily.
‘What?’
Ian raised one eyebrow. Did the fans prepare something?
“Happy birthday~”
The local fans sang along to the birthday song that started with Jo Tae-woong’s voice. They also followed the Korean version well.
“Happy birthday to our beloved Joo-hyuk hyung~”
“Blow it, blow it.”
As soon as Joo-hyuk blew out the candles, paper confetti flew from somewhere and stuck to Ian’s forehead. What? There was no stage equipment like confetti for the small theater concert.
“Huh?”
“Wow!”
The fans on the second floor scattered paper confetti with their hands. Then, the fans in the standing area released balloons filled with helium gas into the air.
“I didn’t expect this.”
“It’s amazing that those balloons didn’t pop until now.”
“I wondered why there were so many empty holes in front.”
The members smiled brightly in response to the fans’ cheers. Spontaneous events always made their hearts flutter.
“Who else has their birthday coincide with our concert? I’m jealous…”
“Even if it doesn’t, we’ll do it together, right?”
Joo-hyuk’s eyes moistened as he watched the event blankly.
“Guys, thanks for caring about me all this time.”
Joo-hyuk acted as if nothing was wrong, but in fact, he was quite burned out inside.
He happened to be a frequent internet user, so he watched the speculation and rumors that arose here and there in real time after the article came out.
He dug himself into a hole for no reason.
Are you okay?
Why are you doing this when you’re so popular?
He was also annoyed by the contact from people who he didn’t know if they were worried or trying to scratch him.
Joo-hyuk, mom is okay. Are you okay?
Don’t worry about mom and dad. Take care of yourself more since you’re abroad.
He also felt sorry for his family. It was a busy time because of the world tour, but if he had gone through this during his hiatus, he might have kept digging himself into a hole.
“I’m fine now.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Then that’s good.”
The members rubbed their noses.
They had been with Joo-hyuk almost all day to keep him from worrying about the nonsense article.
The members felt proud to see Joo-hyuk’s relieved expression.
Their effort was not in vain.
“*Let’s take a picture!”
The members gathered around Joo-hyuk, who held the cake in the center.
They whispered to Joo-hyuk as they looked at Park Dong-soo’s camera.
“Don’t worry too much, hyung.”
“That person’s only achievement in life is giving birth to you.”
“Giving birth is great though.”
“Look at Jin-hyuk hyung going off again.”
Joo-hyuk laughed. He felt better with six members who were like family.
That day, a group photo with Madrid fans was posted on Awi’s SNS account.
-Joo-hyuk is smiling???I’m glad???
-Joo-hyuk???It hurts my heart to see you smile???
***
[Where are you…]
The camera floating in the air changed the direction of its lens and scanned around.
[Hey! Come out!]
As Jin’s shout pierced the air, a grim reaper appeared out of nowhere and looked at Jin silently.
“You’ve shrunk.”
[How long do I have to do this?!]
“Do your job. Assist your noble.”
[He does everything well by himself! Why did you attach me to him in the first place! What do you want me to do!]
“Well… You haven’t realized it yet, so there’s nothing I can do.”
Jin’s lens stuck right in front of the grim reaper’s eye.
[What do you want me to realize!]
“You still don’t know… There’s no hope for you.”
The grim reaper disappeared like smoke.
[Fuck…!]
Jin screamed and whirled around in the empty air where the grim reaper had left.
[I can’t go back.]
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