Having received a call from Professor Choi Tae Hyuk about going to the examination center, Na Young also went downstairs with the gift she had prepared.
She was nervous thinking about meeting Mrs. Hwang, who she had only heard about through Professor Choi Tae Hyuk and only met through Michelingrade lunch boxes.
It felt as if she were actually going on a blind date.
She would be really embarrassed if Professor Choi Tae Hyuk noticed her feeling this way.
To prevent herself from overthinking, Na Young stared hard at the elevator’s control panel.
Ding.
As the elevator door opened, Na Young stepped out and walked forward.
She quickly spotted Professor Choi Tae Hyuk sitting in front of the examination center.
The middleaged woman next to him was a very cute lady, as if she had popped out of a fairy tale.
Her soft first impression, which seemed to always be smiling, eased Na Young’s nervousness.
Approaching them, Na Young bowed and greeted them first.
“Hello, I’m Moon Na Young, a resident under Professor Choi Tae Hyuk.”
At her greeting, the smile on Mrs. Hwang’s face grew bigger.
“Ho ho ho. Right. That’s right.”
Wondering what she meant by ‘that’s right,’ Na Young glanced at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, who just stood quietly.
Normally, at times like this, he, who knew both parties, would introduce them, but he didn’t seem inclined to do so.
Na Young held out the gift she had brought to Mrs. Hwang.
“This is my small token of appreciation for the lunch boxes. Please accept it.”
“Oh my! You didn’t have to do this. I’m a housekeeper who gets paid, so I just did what I had to do.”
“Hmm. Please accept it anyway since I bought it to give to you, Mrs. Hwang.”
Tae Hyuk took the gift from her hand on behalf of her and handed it to Mrs. Hwang.
There was a bit of a tug of war between the two, but in the end, Mrs. Hwang accepted the gift with a look that seemed a mix of awkwardness and pleasure.
The two of them looked less like an employer and a housekeeper and more like a real family.
This familiar side of Professor Choi Tae Hyuk was new to Na Young, and she felt strange.
In fact, she was planning to tell Mrs. Hwang that she didn’t need to make lunch boxes anymore when she met her. But somehow, she felt that saying that would spoil the mood, so the words didn’t come easily.
Because if she said that, it would be like treating Mrs. Hwang just as a housekeeper.
So, Na Young only praised the lunch box.
“The lunch box was really delicious. You are an amazing cook.”
Mrs. Hwang modestly waved her hand and said it was nothing.
“Oh no! It’s nothing. Our old man’s taste is just…”
“Cough!”
When Tae Hyuk coughed next to her, Mrs. Hwang suddenly changed the subject.
“I didn’t eat breakfast because of the checkup, and now I feel completely drained.”
“Ah! You should’ve had porridge for lunch if you had an endoscopy.”
“It’s okay to just eat rice. I brought a packed lunch myself today.”
Mrs. Hwang beamed as she pulled out a lunchbox from the bag she carried.
Na Young looked at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, not sure what to do.
“Then you can accompany her to the cafeteria and have lunch together.”
“Me? What about you, Professor?”
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk checked the time on his wristwatch and said he had a schedule.
“I have a consultation with patient families.”
“But what if I get a call in the middle?”
Worried about leaving Mrs. Hwang alone, Tae Hyuk casually replied.
“Then you can call Hong Shik. Go comfortably with him.”
“Yes, Hong Shik is good at driving, so he will be here soon.”
Na Young felt as if Hong Shik, whom she had never met, was definitely there at the moment.
Professor Choi Tae Hyuk really left first.
The two who were left stared at each other for a few seconds, smiling.
This was really odd. It was incredibly awkward but somehow subtly warm…
In truth, Na Young knew that Professor Choi Tae Hyuk had used the excuse of patient families to purposely avoid being there.
If she and he moved together, they would definitely stand out more in the eyes of the hospital people.
So it ended up being just the two people meeting for the first time having a meal together.
The only common topic for the two was Choi Tae Hyuk, so Na Young naturally ended up asking Mrs. Hwang about him.
“Who else is there in Professor Choi’s family besides his grandfather?”
For the first time, the smile disappeared from Mrs. Hwang’s face at the mention of family.
“Well, our Professor Choi grew up a little lonely.”
There was no further mention about his parents, and the atmosphere became a bit awkward.
Growing up lonely could be interpreted in many ways, but Na Young decided not to pry and brought up the eel story.
“The professor said, because of the eel you had a fight with, his grandfather might kick him out. That’s not true, is it?”
“Ah, how many times has our elderly gentleman said he would kick him out. I think I’ve heard it over a hundred times in 30 years.”
Mrs. Hwang’s wrinkled expression seemed to melt with the hardships endured over those long years, without a hint of falsehood.
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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