The notebook that chronicled hospital visits, test results, brief impressions, and messages to the unborn baby was diligently and densely filled. If the maternity notebook was somewhat flamboyant, the consecutive diary entries were neat and very diary-like.
“November 26, 20○○
Even though morning sickness hasn’t fully set in, suddenly, I crave peaches. Just one bite of a juicy peach might settle the churning stomach…
Our baby must find warmth in Mom’s belly, not realizing that winter is at our doorstep.”
“November 29, 20○○
I went to the department store’s fruit section, but even with squinted eyes, there were no peaches. Waddling along the desolate winter road with my heavy belly, I suddenly felt sentimental and teary.
I called Sol, crying that I wanted peaches. Looking back, it was so silly.
Either out of pity or something else, that night Sol bought canned peaches. It was the first time our baby tasted such delicious canned peaches.”
After reading through one entry, Jehyuk closed his eyes again. Unknowingly, his eyelids became warm with tears.
“February 20, 20○○
Every morning, I’m surprised by the belly that protrudes like an alien when I wake up. It must mean our baby is growing well, right?
Little one, don’t rush; take your time.”
“May 17, 20○○
On a day when late spring rain was falling, our angel baby arrived.”
“May 25, 20○○
While breastfeeding, I suddenly thought of Mom and called her, but Mom said she had to check the pepper field and hung up abruptly.
Listening to the disconnected tone for a long time, tears flowed.”
“June 15, 20○○
The baby smiled at me. It was so amazing that I told Flower Seed about it, and she said it’s baby babble, making various expressions when they are newborns.
It’s strange. It seemed like the baby smiled broadly at me, though…”
The record, resembling a parenting diary, contained details from just before Yusiwu’s birth until about six months afterward. Afterward, it gradually became sparse, and the later pages were completely clean.
Flipping through and reading, Jehyuk silently immersed himself in the everyday process of the baby’s growth and the affection felt by Yuna.
Then suddenly, he buried his face in the worn-out diary. At the moment when the scent of paper penetrated deep into his lungs, breathing felt painful for some reason.
As if the handwritten words were flying and piercing him, a corner of his heart twitched, and it ached.
Yuda Jeong… This wasn’t what I intended. I didn’t wish for this outcome. If I knew it would end like this, could I have not loved you…
His shoulders, weakly slumped, trembled faintly.
Sunyoung, who was pacing nervously in the room, felt the vibration in her hand and quickly put the vibrating phone to her ear.
“What happened?”
“Ms. Min Seoyoung, he just left the country. He said he would initially go through Australia and head to Europe.”
Min Seoyoung. She was the teacher in charge of the Rabbit Class. A genuinely comfortable smile appeared on Seoyoung’s lips.
“Good job, Secretary Pyo. By the way, where did Kim Youngjoon go?”
“He… Chairman, Mr. Kim Youngjoon did not appear at the airport.”
“What?! What do you mean?”
Seoyoung tapped her forehead.
“Until this morning, there was definitely communication, but when the appointed time arrived, his phone was turned off, and he completely disappeared.”
“Disappeared, you say?! Find that thunderstorm-like troublemaker before he causes any trouble!”
Seoyoung hung up the phone nervously and took a deep breath. Then she turned her fierce gaze towards her calm daughter.
“Did he not contact you?”
Hyuna, who was doing her nails, raised her eyes slightly.
“Who?”
“Kim Youngjoon! He didn’t show up at the airport!”
“How am I supposed to know?”
Oh, sighed Seoyoung, patting her chest. Trying to handle the mess her daughter had caused was going to be more than a handful.
After asking her to stay put and finishing the chairman’s meeting, she returned to find chaos at the kindergarten. Because of the tent collapse incident last time, just seeing the police made her spine tingle, and now the police were present again.
After listening to what had happened, it turned out that her cleverly dressed daughter had come up with an ingenious plan, but the level of danger was excessive.
“Why are you doing things I didn’t ask you to do…”
There was no point in saying more. Even that seemed unpleasant to Hyuna.
“Mom told me to bring the child. I spent so much effort taking him to Grandma, you know!”
“Mom found out, and Jehyuk took him away earlier. I called Secretary Yoon last night, and as soon as we got there, the child’s father took him away.”
Hyuna rolled her eyes as if stunned.
“That Grandma is weird. When I asked her to use her connections at the prosecution, she had a perfect excuse, right? Just say a word, and the prosecutors will move on their own.”
“How often has that Grandma been cooperative? Wait, in a situation like this, you should hit the player.”
“What for?”
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.
