Superstar From Age 0 - Chapter 1200



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0 years old to superstar episode 1200

Choi Dong-hyun checked the empty refrigerator and prepared to go to the supermarket.

“Can’t I go with you too, Dong-hyun hyung?”

Choi Dong-hyun’s body stopped for a moment at Lee Jae-ha’s words.

“… … Are you going out?”

“Yes! If it’s okay with you… … .”

Choi Dong-hyun hesitated for a moment before nodding as he watched Lee Jae-ha ask while sneaking a glance.

“Or so.”

Lee Jae-ha smiled brightly and quickly put on his coat and came out.

Choi Dong-hyun opened the front door first and went out to look at Lee Jae-ha. The expression on his face as he was looking everything over seemed a bit strange, but Lee Jae-ha, who was wearing his shoes, didn’t notice.

And that gaze continued until Jaeha Lee, wearing his shoes, came out of the front door.

“Let’s go quickly!”

Choi Dong-hyun seemed a little surprised at Lee Jae-ha, who pressed the elevator button with an excited look on his face.

Of course, it wasn’t that obvious, so only a few discerning viewers noticed it and tilted their heads.

since.

The two arrived at the mart.

“What do you want to eat?”

Lee Jae-ha followed him, smiling brightly.

“Will you do it?”

“If I can.”

“Then I’ll take a look around and let you know! Ah, Dong-hyun hyung.”

“why?”

Lee Jae-ha opened his mouth with a face full of excitement and thrill.

“Cart, can I pull it?”

From somewhere over there, a little boy’s voice shouting, “I’ll pull the cart!!” could be heard as background music, causing the entire audience to burst out laughing.

That’s how the shopping at the mart started.

Lee Jae-ha was happily walking around here and there, looking at things and tasting things. And Choi Dong-hyun followed him around, looking a little tired, like a parent bringing a child.

At that sight, laughter broke out from the audience.

Lastly, I almost got caught by a kid when I went to buy a board game.

“No! That’s not it! That!”

Fortunately, it seemed like Jaeha Lee had found a toy he liked.

“… … Let’s go back now, hyung.”

“okay.”

Just like Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun, who were relieved, the audience, who were a little nervous, also let out a sigh of relief.

That evening.

After finishing dinner, Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun played a game of wishing with Jenga they bought at the mart.

“Why are your hands shaking?”

“It’s your first time. You might be nervous! And don’t tell me to talk, hyung. I have to concentrate.”

“No, I haven’t picked any yet.”

The audience burst into laughter at Lee Jae-ha, who was playing Jenga for the first time, and Choi Dong-hyun, who seemed cold but played well.

“You, don’t touch.”

Choi Dong-hyun said as he watched Lee Jae-ha barely reaching for the shaking Jenga tower with both hands.

“I didn’t touch it! It was just blocking the wind!”

“What’s the wind blowing in the house?”

Thanks to Lee Jae-ha’s efforts and earnestness, the Jenga tower that had been swaying stood upright. Choi Dong-hyun, who was staring at it, let out a small sigh and carefully placed a Jenga piece on top of it.

“… … Brother, why are you so good at this?”

“I used to do it with my younger siblings a lot.”

somehow.

You said he had a strangely gentle and affectionate side, and it turns out he had younger siblings.

When trying to ask how many people are there.

Choi Dong-hyun put his hand on the earphone plugged into his left ear. It seemed like another phone call was coming.

“for a moment.”

“yes.”

Lee Jae-ha, who was watching Choi Dong-hyun go to the main room to make a phone call, turned his head and looked at his watch.

8 p.m. I got a call at this time yesterday. And the day before that.

‘That’s amazing.’

After Choi Dong-hyun finished the call and came out, Lee Jae-ha asked.

“Brother, by the way.”

“uh.”

“You’re getting phone calls so regularly?”

Choi Dong-hyun, who was sitting on the floor, looked at Lee Jae-ha, perhaps because of the unexpected question.

“You know, the phone calls come at 8 p.m., and in the morning and during the day, too. It seems like they come at the same time every time.”

“Oh, I hear from the staff. How much they’ve investigated, how much progress has been made.”

“aha.”

Lee Jae-ha nodded and looked at Choi Dong-hyun with a playful, sharp gaze.

“You’re not going to report this to your father, are you?”

‘I already did it… … !’

Song Yu-jeong shouted in her heart.

It is likely that regular contact will also be reporting to the client, Jaeha Lee’s father.

“Then I think they would have barged in right away.”

‘That’s true.’

Even if you only look at the flashback scenes, his father seemed scary, but it seemed unlikely that he would let Lee Jae-ha go free like this, just because of the words of Choi Dong-hyun, who was just an errand center employee.

‘Then you didn’t report it?’

For that to be the case, Choi Dong-hyun was too suspicious.

But if you think about it, other than that, he treated Lee Jae-ha well even though he was meeting him for the first time.

‘earthly…….’

What kind of person is Choi Dong-hyun?

Not only Song Yoo-jung, but even the audience became curious about Choi Dong-hyun.

“How many younger siblings do you have? How old are they?”

“About twenty people. There are adults, students, and children.”

“If I had twenty younger siblings… … .”

“That’s right. I came from an orphanage.”

As he watched Choi Dong-hyun speak calmly, Lee Jae-ha recalled the image of him working hard all day long. And the sight of the orphanages in need of support that he had visited to donate his talents.

“Then the money… … is that what you work so hard to earn for your younger siblings?”

It seemed as if a story came to mind for Im Ye-na on its own.

In a daycare center in crisis, Choi Dong-hyun does not hesitate to commit illegal acts to earn money for his younger siblings. He does not help Lee Jae-ha, but because of his guilt and gentle personality, he treats him kindly… …!

‘Then I guess there’s nothing I can do… … .’

Im Ye-na was reminded of Choi Dong-hyun’s sad story, but Choi Dong-hyun on screen denied that thought.

“Money? Well, that’s true, but it’s not something to worry about.”

widely-

Wow. Wow.

The Jenga tower that was growing taller under Choi Dong-hyun’s fingers fell over.

“Sometimes I get requests that pay a lot of money.”

Lee Jae-ha, who was enjoying the fun of stacking Jenga towers, said with a smile after feeling regretful that it was over.

“That’s fortunate.”

“That’s fortunate.”

‘That’s not a good thing at all!’

Is that big money request really going to take Jaeha Lee back to hell?

The audience’s eyes went dark as the Jenga tower fell down, looking like the future relationship between Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun.

thud.

The front door was closed.

As soon as Choi Dong-hyun left, Lee Jae-ha, who was sitting in front of the piano to practice, once again immersed himself in the past.

This time there was no father or teacher.

Only Jaeha Lee was sitting in front of the piano.

However, when I saw Lee Jae-ha sitting upright and heard the solid melody that came through without a single error, it felt as if my father was watching me from right next to me.

—.

Looking at the current Lee Jae-ha, who showed no emotion, neither joy nor sadness, his face was so pale and expressionless that it made you wonder if he was the same person.

Even though the back of his hand showed signs of being beaten and his fingers that were not pressing the keys were trembling slightly, Lee Jae-ha continued playing.

The past Lee Jae-ha, locked in the darkness, seemed to be stuffed with a piano.

As if there was no escape possible.

—!

When Lee Jae-ha returned to the present, he played as if he was very happy. Although his emotions were very high, he seemed to be really happy most of the time.

The contrast between the past and the present made the audience’s heart ache even more.

* * *

“Brother, how did you hurt your leg?”

Lee Jae-ha asked while eating dinner.

At that, Choi Dong-hyun stopped.

“How did you know?”

The audience was amazed.

It was because Choi Dong-hyun’s gait had been so ordinary that it was hard to tell without looking closely.

“Because the sound of your walking is different.”

At Lee Jae-ha’s words, Choi Dong-hyun looked at Lee Jae-ha with a slightly tired expression.

The audience, on the other hand, was amazed.

This was because, unlike most people, I could tell how sensitive Lee Jae-ha was to sound.

“Once upon a time, there was an accident.”

As Choi Dong-hyun spoke, his expression looked a little heavy, so Lee Jae-ha couldn’t ask any more.

I just thought that I should help Choi Dong-hyun avoid putting too much strain on his legs in the future.

* * *

This is my first time going out since going to the supermarket.

Choi Dong-hyun agreed to Lee Jae-ha’s words that he wanted to play like normal people.

“Oh! It’s a piano!”

While wandering around here and there, Lee Jae-ha found a piano on the side of the road and ran towards it. Choi Dong-hyun, who was walking with Lee Jae-ha, followed Lee Jae-ha towards the piano.

“Is it okay if I play this piano?”

“I guess they left it like that.”

Lee Jae-ha smiled brightly at Choi Dong-hyun’s answer and sat down on the piano stool.

“Is there a place you want to hear about, hyung?”

“No, I don’t know much about classical music.”

“But there are songs you like, right?”

“……I?”

Choi Dong-hyun blinked at the news that he had a favorite song that he didn’t even know he had.

Lee Jae-ha laughed and pointed to his left ear with his finger. He was referring to the earphone plugged into Choi Dong-hyun’s left ear.

“You listen to Bach every day.”

“… … How did you know?”

“I heard music playing as I was passing by. I was curious what the song was, so I listened more closely and it was Bach’s music.”

To the surprised Choi Dong-hyun, Lee Jae-ha smiled brightly and said.

“I think it’s a song that I really enjoy listening to every day, so I practiced it to let you hear it. Is this it?”

Then he placed both hands on the keyboard.

“Jesus, the hope and joy of mankind.”

♩- ♪♬-

Jaeha Lee, smiling broadly, started playing the piano.

A clear and beautiful melody flowed from an old-looking piano.

Choi Dong-hyun stood still and listened to the performance. He saw people passing by stop walking.

Playing the piano for someone made even the player feel good.

Lee Jae-ha played each note with sincerity, hoping that Choi Dong-hyun would like it.

I had no idea that Choi Dong-hyun’s hand was tightly clenched.

Of course it was visible to the audience.

It was heartbreaking and touching to see Lee Jae-ha playing his favorite song for Choi Dong-hyun, and I hoped that Choi Dong-hyun would see Lee Jae-ha like that and change his mind so that he wouldn’t have to go home.

‘Choi Dong-hyun must be struggling right now, too?’

please.

Please save Jaeha.

Song Yu-jeong and Im Ye-na looked at each other with earnest faces.

The performance ended shortly thereafter.

Lee Jae-ha, who had been secretly expecting applause, looked slightly sullen when he heard no applause, but then smiled brightly when he saw Choi Dong-hyun.

“How was it, bro?”

“… … It was good.”

Jaeha Lee and Donghyun Choi started walking, laughing.

After that, two women who appeared to be passersby were seen approaching the piano. However, for some reason, no sound from the piano could be heard.

As Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun stood at the crosswalk to go home, the traffic light soon turned green.

“My ball!”

“huh?”

Tong- tong-

On the other side, I saw a child running after a bouncing ball.

Lee Jae-ha, who caught the ball coming towards him, smiled brightly, walked towards the child, bent one knee, and handed the ball to him.

The child was looking at the ball with a surprised face.

“You have to hold on tight at crosswalks.”

At that moment, when Lee Jae-ha was about to pass the ball.

Paaang!

A truck was running towards the child and Jaeha Lee with a loud noise.

All of a sudden like this!?

The audience seats were momentarily stirred by the unexpected development.

I felt like I had to avoid it, but Jaeha Lee’s body was already frozen.

Just as the thought crossed his mind that he had to save the child next to him, he felt a sudden movement of someone passing by quickly behind Jaeha Lee.

As he turned his head following the sound, Lee Jae-ha saw Choi Dong-hyun rolling around holding a child.

‘ah.’

embrace.

Something like saving the child first.

However, since the human mind is inherently complex, she couldn’t help but feel a little betrayed by Choi Dong-hyun, who saved the child first, leaving behind someone she knew.

Even though we only knew each other for a few days, I thought we had become very close.

‘no……!’

The audience thought similarly.

It was right to save the child, but I had a fleeting thought, why couldn’t Lee Jae-ha have been saved as well?

Paaang!

Jaeha anticipated the coming pain with a loud noise.

It turned pitch black before my eyes.

And then it brightened up right away.

Jaeha Lee’s vision showed roads with stopped cars, buildings, and blue skies.

So, the same scenery as before was visible, a scenery that Lee Jae-ha, who had been hit by a truck and had been blown away, would not have seen.

‘… …Why?’

Boom!

At the loud noise coming from behind, Jaeha Lee, who was kneeling on one knee to make eye contact with the child, reflexively got up and looked back.

There was a truck that had crashed into a tree.

The truck that had hit Jaeha Lee, or should have hit him, was now lying broken behind him, emitting black smoke.

Lee Jae-ha is still in the same spot.

‘……why?’

A ragged breath mixed with embarrassment escaped Jaeha Lee. His head felt dizzy.

……uh?

Huh? Huh??

The audience, who were watching the screen with narrowed eyes and screaming inwardly at the sight of Lee Jae-ha, who was about to have an accident, also looked at Lee Jae-ha, who was moving normally, with blank expressions.

I didn’t quite understand.

Why is the truck stuck in the tree, and Jae-ha Lee is standing there, unharmed?

It clearly hit hard. If that’s the case, then it shouldn’t be able to move normally like that.

Even as the audience was lost in thought, time passed on the screen.

“Ju-an! Kim Ju-an!”

“Are you okay?!”

People who witnessed the accident quickly crossed the crosswalk.

Lee Jae-ha was in the middle of it all, but no one went towards him. No, instead, they passed by Lee Jae-ha’s body and ran towards Choi Dong-hyun and the child.

okay.

Passed by.

!!!

The audience who saw that scene properly opened their eyes wide and held their breath without realizing it.

It seemed as if Jaeha was invisible and unfeelable to people.

As if in a fantasy,

‘Like a ghost… … .’

In that incomprehensible situation, Jae-ha Lee turned his stiff head with difficulty and looked at one person.

The audience’s trembling eyes also turned to him.

I was talking to you just a little while ago,

Probably the only person here who can see Jaeha Lee.

Choi Dong-hyun.

He was looking at Jaeha Lee with eyes filled with complex emotions.

“Let’s go. I’ll explain.”

After talking with the child’s parents, Choi Dong-hyun put on wireless earphones and started walking.

Some audience members guessed what the wireless earphones were used for, as they looked as if they were talking on the phone.

“First of all, let’s go to the hospital first… … ”

Lee Jae-ha noticed that Choi Dong-hyun’s leg was slightly limping.

“You will hear the explanation later.”

Choi Dong-hyun sighed and nodded to Lee Jae-ha, who seemed to not listen to any explanation until he said he was going to the hospital.

Soon, Lee Jae-ha and Choi Dong-hyun got into a taxi.

Lee Jae-ha asks the taxi driver what happened,

“A truck suddenly crashed into the crosswalk.”

I said that, but the taxi driver didn’t hear me. It seemed like he couldn’t even see Jaeha Lee.

That was almost like a death knell.

Lee Jae-ha is not human.

‘then……?’

If I’m not human, what am I?

My heart was pounding and my emotions were racing. My vision seemed to go black and then white, and I felt suffocated.

……breath.

Did I breathe?

The thoughts that followed made my stomach churn as if I was going to throw up at any moment.

“Huh? Is the air conditioner on? It’s chilly.”

No?

Choi Dong-hyun sighed softly and lightly hit Lee Jae-ha as he saw the taxi driver pressing the switch. Lee Jae-ha turned his head and looked at Choi Dong-hyun. His eyes were filled with tears.

Choi Dong-hyun sighed again.

* * *

“There are a lot of things you can’t see in a hospital.”

Upon arriving at the hospital, Choi Dong-hyun said that and went into the hospital alone. Lee Jae-ha sat down at the edge of the flower bed near the parking lot with a blank expression.

No one has ever seen Lee Jae-ha like that.

“me…….”

My voice came out without me knowing.

“Is he dead?”

Are you really… … dead?

Even the audience, who had been expecting it since the traffic accident, couldn’t help but groan at Lee Jae-ha’s words.

I couldn’t even imagine.

Lee Jae-ha was already dead.

The audience looked at Jaeha Lee with complicated faces, recalling the dark past of Jaeha Lee and the bright present of Jaeha Lee.

* * *

Lee Jae-ha, who returned home with Choi Dong-hyun who had been treated, stopped when he saw the front door.

‘……uh?’

I’m probably dead now, so people can’t see or hear me… ?

“… … But, Dong-hyun hyung.”

Choi Dong-hyun, who was pressing the door lock password at Lee Jae-ha’s call, looked back with a puzzled expression.

“If I’m really dead… … how did you rent this house, this Airbnb?”

… … Really?

The audience who had been feeling sorry also looked puzzled at Lee Jae-ha’s words.

There were many other questions besides that.

Jaeha Lee was able to eat, change clothes, and touch things.

Above all, I could play the piano.

“It was probably a poltergeist phenomenon.”

Choi Dong-hyun, who had explained everything, then told the truth.

“And it was a lie that your father sent me. In fact, I came at the request of the owner of this house.”

As the flashback scene with the real client’s story came out, the audience’s mouths opened wide in amazement.

A family that just moved into this house.

The sound of the piano can be heard day and night.

And Choi Dong-hyun, the president of a main errand center and a side job exorcist, accepted the request.

‘The job that paid a lot of money was an exorcism!’

Choi Dong-hyun’s suspicious actions were revealed one by one.

“I noticed that you didn’t even know you were dead. That’s why I went along with what you said.”

It would have been okay to just exorcise him, but seeing his body flinching at the word father and his innocent, young face happily playing the piano, Choi Dong-hyun thought that another method might be better.

“My exorcism method is a bit… … extreme.”

“Is it radical?”

Choi Dong-hyun smiled playfully at Lee Jae-ha’s blinking eyes and took something out of his pocket. It was a rosary bracelet with a cross on it and a wooden prayer bead. He held it like a knuckle.

“It’s a physical exorcism.”

“!”

Lee Jae-ha’s mouth fell open.

“You can’t beat a child who doesn’t even know he’s dead.”

“… …Thank you, hyung.”

Lee Jae-ha was truly grateful.

‘somehow…….’

When I told him that Choi Dong-hyun would sometimes show himself clenching his fists, it turned out that he was contemplating whether or not to exorcise someone.

The audience burst into laughter at that.

Lee Jae-ha looked around the house he mistook for an Airbnb. He felt sorry for the family that owned the house.

“You may not know it, but ghosts usually do what they want. That’s why they sometimes stick to people who are similar to those they have a grudge against, or they stay in places or objects they have a fondness for. You just happened to be like that. And you didn’t even know you were dead.”

Seeing Choi Dong-hyun comforting him like that, Lee Jae-ha thought of Choi Dong-hyun from the first day he met him.

I didn’t notice it at first because I was just thinking about spending an ordinary day with someone, but now that I think about it, those first few days were really stiff and frozen.

It was obvious that he was nervous about what he, a ghost, would do.

It broke my heart to realize that the time that was fun for me was a heavy and tense time for Choi Dong-hyun. I felt sorry.

“But… … why were you so kind to me, hyung?”

Lee Jae-ha’s voice became moist.

I was grateful, but I also felt a little resentful. There was no need to do that. I could have just exorcised him.

“I think that after you do everything you want to do, you will be able to ascend.”

Lee Jae-ha cried as he saw Choi Dong-hyun looking at him with a pitiful expression, thinking that he was indeed a soft-hearted brother.

‘topper!’

Song Yoo-jung and Im Ye-na looked at Choi Dong-hyun with tearful eyes.

Even though he could physically exorcise it, he worked hard to help Jaeha Lee release his resentment and ascend to heaven.

Choi Dong-hyun was such a good person that I felt sorry for having been suspicious and wary of him all this time.