At 9:30 AM the next day, Woo Yeon arrived at the broadcasting station, making sure she wasn’t late.
The newspapers delivered to her home daily were also available at the newsroom.
After reading all the newspapers from various agencies, the morning usually passed quickly.
She was returning from the makeup room when she picked up a newspaper she hadn’t read yet.
“Senior!”
Jin Woo Sik, a junior anchor, kindly brought up Kim Min Jun’s engagement news.
“Did you see the Yushin Daily newspaper?”
“I’m about to read it now. Why?”
“Kim Min Jun, the executive of Hoedong Construction, is having his engagement ceremony this week.”
Ah.
Kim Min Jun must have rushed over last night, knowing today’s article would be published.
Was he worried I might be hurt seeing the news of his engagement in the paper?
Always the same, you.
Woo Yeon chuckled.
“Senior, but do you know who his fiancée is?”
“I don’t. I’ll know once I read it.”
“You’ll be surprised.”
“Well, the youngest son of Hoedong Construction getting engaged isn’t exactly big news for my broadcast.”
Woo Sik pouted.
Except for Seo Ji Woo and Yeom, the reporter, nobody knew she had been in a relationship with Kim Min Jun.
So Woo Sik was innocent.
“Still, knowing who it is might change your mind.”
“Forget it.”
As expected, the news of his engagement was neither on the front page nor the second.
It was on the third page, very small, with both their faces and the name of his fiancée listed.
Woo Yeon felt a chill.
Woo Sik, as if he knew, passionately explained.
“The bride-to-be is none other than Cho In Young, the daughter of Cho Se Hun, the chairman of Janggyeong Group. Honestly, I was a bit shocked. No offense, but compared to Janggyeong, Hoedong is a bit mismatched. There could have been better matches than Hoedong. ”
“…….”
“And that rumor seems true.”
Woo Yeon quickly asked.
“What rumor?”
“About Cho In Young. There were lots of rumors about her. She used to appear frequently as a child with her father but stayed out of the media as she grew up. It’s her first time appearing in a photo like this. I know her family has been protective, but she’s been too absent from the media. Maybe it’s because of the rumors I heard, but her face looks a bit different from when she was young.”
“What?”
“They say she’s been studying in England and returned for this marriage. Both families moved secretly, so journalists were clueless. Yushin Daily’s exclusive report. It feels a bit off.”
“Why is that?”
“Um. Here’s some high-quality info. There’s a weird rumor that Cho In Young isn’t the chairman’s biological daughter. The real daughter supposedly drowned in a hotel pool as a child. Overwhelmed with grief, Chairman Cho supposedly brought another girl of similar age and raised her as his own, even giving her his daughter’s name. Ugh, it gives me chills. How can you give your dead daughter’s name to someone else? Right?”
“…….”
“Senior?”
“Woo Sik.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Where did you hear that story?”
“Why? You don’t believe it, do you? No way!”
“I need to go to the newsroom for a bit.”
My head was ringing.
It felt like someone was hammering open my brain, breaking every nerve cell.
Woo Yeon, struggling to walk at the end of the corridor towards the newsroom, could hardly step further and leaned heavily against the wall.
“Ha… Ha…”
I was out of breath.
It couldn’t be that Cho In Young was Kim Min Jun’s fiancée.
This really didn’t make sense. Even after taking deep breaths to calm down, the rough breaths from her lungs didn’t easily calm Woo Yeon.
Reporter Park in the newsroom noticed Woo Yeon and asked with concern if she was okay.
Only then did Woo Yeon finally manage to control her breathing and return to her usual self.
“I’m fine.”
Straightening up, she went back to the anchor room.
What was there to check in the newsroom?
Kim Min Jun and Cho In Young are getting engaged this weekend and will soon be married.
‘What are you trying to confirm, Yun Woo Yeon?’
Woo Yeon touched her disheveled hair, looking at her reflection in the mirror.
Her expression was colored with unbearable injustice and anger.
It wasn’t jealousy over Kim Min Jun dating another woman.
Nor was it a feeling of inferiority over losing someone precious to someone else.
Just hearing that name made it seem like the evil instincts hidden deep within her were stirring, and Woo Yeon clenched her fist tightly.
“Haah.”
When was the last time she met her?
The year her father died, yes, that was it. She knew she shouldn’t have gone, but Woo Yeon didn’t have many options.
The moment she saw the article that Cho In Young, who was studying abroad, briefly returned to Korea, Woo Yeon went to see her without hesitation.
At first, she clung to her mother, and later, desperately to her sister.
‘Sister, please… I’m begging you. Dad only has two months left. Let him leave in peace by showing your face just once.’
The words thrown at her by her sister, who was crying out, were cruel. So cruel that it was like being stabbed in the heart for Woo Yeon.
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
