“Oh my! Juwon!”
As Juwon entered the Japanese restaurant’s private room, the three chatting women turned their attention to him.
With brightened faces, they warmly greeted Juwon, “Oh, it’s been a while.”
“Hey. Long time no see.”
Juwon smiled and greeted them. Huiyeong, gesturing to the empty seat beside her, urged him to come and sit.
However, when Juwon chose to sit next to Hojun instead of Huiyeong, her mouth dropped open like a duck.
“Hey, seriously, when was the last time you came out like this?”
When Hojun, sitting next to Juwon, casually draped his arm around him, Juwon smoothly untied the arm around his neck and said, “Sorry, I’ve been a bit busy.”
“Hey, do you know anyone here who isn’t busy? Even if you’re busy, don’t you think you should squeeze in a face-to-face meeting at least once a year?”
“Yeah, Juwon. No matter how busy you are, come out for a while. Huh? Don’t you see that the atmosphere brightens up as soon as you come in?”
When Miran, sitting next to Huiyeong, spoke with a raised voice, Minu, who was sitting across from her, frowned and said, “Hey, can someone who’s already married talk like that?”
“Why not? How is my opinion any different? When you have a handsome guy like Juwon, you should take the opportunity to look at him as much as you want! Otherwise, how are we supposed to cope, guys?”
The other female classmates strongly agreed, saying, “Right, right,” to Miran’s words.
“Goodness. Seriously. What’s going on with these people! Is this a fan meeting for Lee Juwon? Hey! Let’s have some drinks!”
When Hojun raised his glass and shouted, the female classmates clinked glasses while making cheerful sounds.
The nine people in the room, including Juwon, were classmates majoring in business administration.
Among the female classmates, only Miran was married, so the three unmarried female classmates sparkled their eyes as they stared at Juwon.
“Hey, hey! Stop staring at Juwon like that. Are you guys here for a class reunion, or is it a 1:3 blind date? Juwon might get overwhelmed! Hey, you guys!”
When another male classmate mumbled, the female classmates burst into laughter.
“What can I do if my eyes keep going there? How do you manage to get more handsome every time I look at you, Juwon? Are you like this, being cool alone, with or without an audience?”
Instead of answering, Juwon smiled, and the female classmates looked ecstatic.
“Hey, seriously! Lee Juwon! You should get married soon! Then those girls will lose interest in you!”
When Hojun poured a drink into Juwon’s glass and said, Juwon took the glass and said, “I should go.”
With Juwon’s seemingly indifferent remark, everyone’s attention was instantly focused on him.
“You’re leaving?”
Surprised, Hojun asked with a puzzled expression. Juwon swallowed the drink in his glass and put it down.
“Shouldn’t I?”
“What? Have you met someone during this time?”
“Yeah.”
At Juwon’s knife-like brief answer, the expressions of the female classmates varied.
Some made a sour face, some froze, and some looked like a dog chasing chickens.
“What? When did you get a girlfriend?”
“Not too long ago.”
As Hojun poured another drink into Juwon’s glass, he asked with a reminiscent expression.
“No, we haven’t been together for long, and you’re already thinking about getting married? Well… Lee Juwon, did you really meet the right person?”
“Yeah, I met the right person.”
With a smile on his lips, Juwon brought the glass to his mouth again.
As the women classmates sitting across from him saw that happy smile, their expressions turned like withered flowers.
At that moment, at Ina’s house.
After finishing their meal, the four women sat around the living room, patting their stomachs due to fullness.
The remains of the splendidly defeated seafood stew were scattered all over the table, and empty soju and beer bottles were placed side by side.
“Wow. I feel like my stomach is going to burst. I think I ate too much.”
As Yejin brought water to her mouth, Hyunju, sitting next to her, also reached for a cup with water.
“This is no joke. Is there anything left to sell after selling so much?”
“Seriously. There’s a lot of food, and it’s delicious. Let’s order it again next time.”
“Yeah, let’s do that. How about having a cup of coffee now?”
Everyone nodded at Ina’s suggestion.
When Ina went to the kitchen and made four cups of instant coffee, the friends each took a cup.
“Hey, after drinking this, let’s take a break and have a beer.”
When Hayoon, who was a top-ranked soju drinker, suggested, Yejin, also a top-ranked drinker, nodded in agreement.
After chatting briefly while watching TV, the four women cleaned up the table a while later.
After perfectly washing the dishes, Hyunju spread various snacks on the table.
Ina baked some dried fish and brought canned beer from the refrigerator.
Drinking beer together, they started talking about Ina’s new boyfriend.
“So, your current boyfriend is the twin brother of the friend you were close to when you lived in Seoul, right?”
“That’s right.”
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.
