“What’s the matter with our daughter?”
The next day, with Tae-han away on a business trip, Yeon-woo visited her family home in Cheonan. Busy with work, it had been challenging for her to visit even once a month, but this time, she took the opportunity to take a break.
“Just because. I thought Mom might miss seeing me.”
Her mother, Sun-ok, greeted Yeon-woo warmly, hugging her and patting her back repeatedly. Though smaller in stature than her daughter, Sun-ok’s embrace was always strong and warm.
“You seem to have lost some weight?”
“Not really.”
“Your jaw has become so sharp.”
“Mom, I’m hungry. I came straight here this morning, thinking of your cooking.”
Yeon-woo, snuggling in her mother’s arms, received a loving gaze from Sun-ok, who then turned away to prepare lunch.
Finally, Yeon-woo let out a silent sigh. She needed a place to lean on, to gather strength from her mother’s lovingly cooked meals to overcome her trials.
While Sun-ok was busy preparing lunch, Yeon-woo went to her old room. This house, where she had lived her entire life, held memories of learning to walk, graduating from school, and even bidding farewell to her father.
“The loving father of our daughter.”
Her father’s affectionate voice still echoed in her ears. His encouragement had helped her, once shy, to participate in speech contests and learn to ride a bike.
If she had known they would part so soon due to his sudden accident, she would have spent more time with him. But it wasn’t all sadness now, believing that her father was watching over them from heaven.
Yeon-woo sat at the desk, surrounded by familiar objects, all in their places thanks to Sun-ok’s care.
“Hmm…?”
Something caught her eye unexpectedly.
She picked up a small photo frame from the corner of the desk.
A middle school graduation photo. Next to her smiling figure holding a bouquet was a boy of the same age, sporting a mischievous grin.
She couldn’t help but smile with fondness.
Indeed, coming home was a good decision. There were so many cherished memories.
“Daughter, come eat!”
Soon, Sun-ok called from outside the room. Yeon-woo put the frame back and left the room.
“If you had told me yesterday, I would have prepared something even nicer.”
Despite her words, the table was full of delicious dishes.
Chunggukjang stew, nutty multigrain rice, sweet bulgogi, and savory grilled fish.
All were Yeon-woo’s favorites.
“I’ll eat well!”
Yeon-woo cheerfully greeted and first tasted the stew. Sun-ok’s chunggukjang stew was, she proudly claimed, the best in the world.
Sun-ok busily pushed side dishes towards Yeon-woo, urging her to eat more meat and placing tender fish on her rice.
“Eat a lot. You’ve lost weight and even your complexion seems different. Are you not sick anywhere?”
Yeon-woo couldn’t help but stop smiling.
Could she really fool her mother’s eyes?
She wondered how Sun-ok would react to the news of her unwed daughter’s pregnancy.
Yeon-woo herself hadn’t fully realized her pregnancy yet. She had even eaten budae-jjigae with her colleagues for lunch the day before.
“Mom, did you leave out the photo of me and Kyu-bin?”
“Yes. I found it while cleaning your desk the other day. It’s nice to see such photos, isn’t it?”
Remembering old times, Yeon-woo smiled as she chewed the fish.
“I wonder how Kyu-bin is doing. He must be living stylishly in America, right?”
“I think so too. That family was always so nice.”
“Right. And wealthy.”
The area where she lived was originally a neighborhood for common people, but with the establishment of a large corporate branch and the construction of new apartments, luxury cars began to appear more frequently. Kyu-bin’s family was one of those homes.
Moreover, Kyu-bin’s parents were a research scientist in a major corporation and a university professor based in Cheonan, known for their kindness and depth of character.
“We were in touch until my high school graduation, but somehow we lost contact.”
“It can’t be helped. It’s difficult to keep in touch continuously, especially when he’s not even in Korea.”
They had cared for Yeon-woo after her father’s passing and even helped Sun-ok, who was raising her daughter alone, with financial support.
“How’s the food? Good?”
“It’s the best. I’m going to have two bowls.”
Yeon-woo, with her thumbs up, busily moved her spoon. She always liked Sun-ok’s cooking, but perhaps due to her pregnancy, it tasted even better.
“Is everything okay at work?”
“Yes.”
“How’s your boss?”
However, when Tae-han’s well-being was mentioned, her spoon paused. With swollen cheeks, she looked up, and Sun-ok raised her eyebrows, wondering why her expression had changed.
“What? Is your boss not doing well?”
“No… no, he’s fine. He’s always fine.”
What about now?
Despite not approving, he was making her incapable of doing anything with just one word of acknowledgment.
“Your boss reassures me.”
“Why?”
“What company takes care of its employees’ birthdays like that? Even if you’re in the secretarial pool, it’s remarkable that he does that every time. Just that shows how he thinks of you.”
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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