“You’ve been eating a lot lately.”
“Even dogs don’t bother when they eat, but if you do that when I’m really eating, I feel really upset.”
I lifted a soy sauce marinated crab leg in one hand and pursed my lips.
Yoonhee ajumma, or rather, my mother-in-law’s soy sauce marinated crab was not too salty or fishy, it was truly delicious enough to bring tears to my eyes.
As I took a spoonful of rice and put it in my mouth, my mom, while rolling her tongue, skillfully cut the soy sauce marinated crab and placed it in front of me.
“Our son-in-law is so busy. What can we do? His body might get worn out. We should give him some health supplements.”
After Jiseo-jun went on a business trip, I rushed to my mom’s house as soon as I woke up on a weekend morning.
Our mom’s love for Jiseo-jun deepened after we got married. My mother-in-law took care of Jiseo-jun so much that even her tongue could vouch for it.
But why am I gaining weight?
After finishing two bowls of rice, when my dad said he was bored and wanted to eat some cold noodles, my mom came up to me with rubber gloves.
“You…”
“What about me?”
“Are you pregnant?”
“Pregnant? Oh no… um… I don’t think so.”
I said as I picked up a handful of cold noodles and put them in my mouth.
“Does the pharmacy at the big intersection open on Saturdays? Go buy a pregnancy test. Oh no, you wash the dishes. I’ll go.”
“Oh no.”
I shook my head reluctantly, moving aside the rubber gloves my mom handed me. But my mom was already putting on her shoes, grabbing her wallet, and wearing her shoes at the entrance.
As the door closed, the only sounds in the house were the ticking of the old clock my dad brought from the office and the sound of me chewing on the cold noodles.
While chewing on the cold noodles, I looked at my slightly bulging lower abdomen.
“Who’s there?”
As expected, there was no answer.
While gently stroking my lower abdomen, I recalled a night a few weeks ago when it was very hot. Perhaps that day… I hesitated, picked up the bag of cold noodles, and grabbed my phone.
[I’m at my mom’s place now. Are you coming home tomorrow?]Since it was night in the country where Jiseo-jun was now, if he was awake, the message would arrive soon. Meanwhile, an alert arrived on my phone, indicating that a message from Jiseo-jun had arrived.
[Mother, why are you having a hard time? I’ll go home tomorrow. Don’t wait and go to bed. I love you.]One more person whose love deepened after marriage.
Without bothering to suppress the faint laughter that came out, I searched for heart emojis and flooded the message with hearts.
Next week would be our 1st anniversary since marrying Jiseo-jun. Fortunately, Jiseo-jun was able to enter Korea before the anniversary, and we planned a trip together.
‘Beep beep beep.’
The sound of the door opening reached me, and my mom came in.
Whether she ran or not, my mom gasped and handed me three boxes.
“Here. Go to the bathroom quickly.”
“Mom…”
I blinked as I held the three pregnancy tests in my hand.
“I don’t want to go to the bathroom.”
“Hey!”
“Hey! It’s a surprise! You might have a baby.”
I clutched my lower abdomen at my mom’s shout.
“If you had told me earlier, you wouldn’t have rushed like this.”
My mom lowered the volume of her voice. I smiled at my mom and headed to the kitchen.
“Mom, you went out without even listening to me… just drink water. Drink water.”
While grumbling about why I didn’t go to the bathroom while eating, my mom, who lied about it, opened her eyes when she saw the lie was still in the sink.
“Mom, Seojun bought a dishwasher for you. Why aren’t you using it?”
“It’s for when a lot of dishes come out. It uses a lot of electricity.”
“These days, it doesn’t use much electricity, you know? It’s saving money. Just use it.”
I downed a cup of water and started stacking dishes in the dishwasher. After putting in the dishes and pressing the button a few times, the dishwasher started washing the dishes with a refreshing spray of water.
“Why don’t you use something so good… If Seojun knew you weren’t using it, he would be upset, you know?”
“It’s not that I’m not using it; I’m saving it.”
“That’s the same thing.”
As I was diligently wiping the plates, I suddenly stood up from my seat due to a sensation tightening in my lower abdomen.
“Why?”
My mom, who was watching from the side, asked.
“I think the signal is coming now.”
“Go! Oh, quickly, go check.”
Holding the three pregnancy tests that my mom bought, I boldly went into the bathroom.
While waiting for the test, I thought, what if I’m really pregnant? What should I do? A son? A daughter? But I become my mom? Is that okay?
I felt dizzy with a myriad of thoughts.
“Did the results come out?”
My mom shouted from outside the bathroom.
“Wait! It hasn’t been three minutes yet.”
“Why does three minutes take so long! Come out! Come out and wait!”
“I don’t want to. I’ll be the first to see.”
I chuckled at my mom’s more anxious voice than mine. After such an impatient three minutes, all three test kits showed two lines.
“Uh, Mom…”
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.
