When my name was mentioned, Siwoo, who had been rolling his eyes left and right, cheekily climbed up on Dad’s lap and crawled over to Park Chairman’s lap. Then, with fern-like hands, he stroked Park Chairman’s cheek with a smile.
“Wang Granny. Siwoo loves you.”
Park Chairman’s face stiffened severely. Apparently, it was a face that felt like suffocating.
Even though he knew it was a bribe to get a little more rice cake, the old man melted every time his great-grandson’s aegyo increased.
Knowing that, Junghyuk’s threats increased.
“Don’t like it? If you don’t, go. Wake up Yoo Dajeong.”
As Junghyuk tried to get up from the sofa with a snort, Dajeong grabbed his sleeve and sat him back down.
“Cha Junghyuk, wait a moment.”
“…”
Dajeong, who restrained him, hesitated as if she were cautious. It seemed embarrassing, or rather awkward. Anyway, her face turned red, and after a while, she spoke hesitantly.
“Well… Grandma, this…”
Dajeong extended something she had tightly held under her palm to the table.
At first, it looked like a handkerchief, and when it was pushed onto the table, it looked like a memo. Rather than that, it seemed like some memo paper. She seemed to hesitate to say it was a handkerchief.
She probably felt embarrassed or awkward. Nevertheless, she seemed to be aware of the changes in her expressions. In any case, she made an effort to smile brightly.
“Grandma, Mr. Chairman, take a look at this.”
Park Chairman took the object, which looked like a film material, like a memo, in his hand.
There was nothing on the front, and when he turned it over naturally, there were white dots on a black background. Numbers such as dates and times were also arranged at the top.
“What is this?”
Park Chairman asked, looking through his magnifying glasses. However, even though he asked like that, she also knew that it was an ultrasound image of a fetus.
In any case, the most surprised person was not Park Chairman, but Junghyuk. His eyes widened, and his face, looking at Dajeong, was filled with betrayal.
“Yoo Dajeong, isn’t it…”
Leaning toward Chairman Park, Junghyuk glanced at the ultrasound photo in her hand, looked at Dajeong once, then glanced at the photo again, but this time at Siwoo.
“I thought it wasn’t true… but it is.”
As if becoming a liar all of a sudden, Dajeong awkwardly smiled.
As Junghyuk suspected that day at the hotel, there was Siwoo’s sibling in Dajeong’s belly.
Despite assuring that she was using contraception, it seemed that human affairs should not be guaranteed.
If they had confirmed a little earlier, they might have avoided the emotional turmoil.
“Look at this! What did I say!”
Junghyuk’s jaw dropped. Chairman Park couldn’t take his eyes off the ultrasound photo.
“Siwoo! You’re getting a sibling!”
“Oh! A sibling? Siwoo’s little sister?”
Siwoo’s eyes sparkled.
“Yeah, a little sister!”
“We don’t know that yet.”
Despite Dajeong’s warning not to make hasty assumptions, the chairman didn’t seem to be listening.
For now, let’s consider the good things as good things and see what kind of surprise it is, said Chairman Park, his luck improving.
“So, what do you want to say?”
Dajeong cleared her throat loudly, and with a calm voice, she said, “Grandma. As you can see, I’m not alone.”
The old man shot a look as if to say, “What am I supposed to do?” through his magnifying glasses.
“I need to marry this grandmother’s grandson. I know it’s not much, but I’m confident I can make at least one grandson happy. So please allow me.”
“…”
Junghyuk chuckled. Roles seemed to have reversed somehow, but it wasn’t bad.
Chairman Park, with closed eyes, remained silent for a while. Soon, his wrinkled eyelids dried up.
“Siwoo’s mom, bring Siwoo and come in right now.”
A slow smile spread across Dajeong’s face, which had been tense with nervousness.
“Permission… you’re giving it?”
Chairman Park coughed with an “Ahem!” as if to pretend he didn’t lose. Finally, he pretended to allow her.
Dajeong was overjoyed, but even at this moment, there was someone ready to tackle her.
“I don’t like it. What, are you going to make the old lady live with us when we haven’t even had our honeymoon yet?”
“What, this brat!”
Junghyuk firmly put a stop to it.
“No. Siwoo has to have a lot of siblings, and it’ll be annoying if Grandma lives with us.”
“Mr. Cha Junghyuk…”
My, oh my, there’s no way to refuse in front of Grandma.
Dajeong covered her face with embarrassment. She still wondered why this embarrassment had to be her share.
7 months later.
The construction was almost complete.
Although some remaining construction materials were scattered, once the cleaning was done, they could move in right away; all preparations were perfect.
The young newlyweds and their child found a new home that they would move into soon.
“Congratulations on the new sibling, Siwoo.”
Congratulations suddenly came while visiting the house.
Perhaps because they had decided to move before the baby was born. Junghyuk seemed to have a tendency to associate the new house with the baby.
When the talk of the younger sibling came up, Siwoo’s eyes sparkled as always.
“Wow! Siwoo’s little sister! Mom! When will the bee come out?”
“Well, she still has to sleep for another thirty nights.”
As if greatly shocked, Siwoo made a disappointed expression. Even that was cute.
From the time when the gender was unknown, Dajeong was convinced it was a daughter. Was it due to excessive optimism or almost religious belief? The gender of the baby in her belly was revealed to be a real daughter.
“Congratulations, Cha Junghyuk, on having a daughter.”
“Same to you, Yuda Jeong.”
They exchanged unexpected congratulations, laughing a bit amused at each other.
“But why is this child nicknamed ‘Bee’?”
“Because Siwoo was ‘Sooksooki,’ and… this one is a bee.”
While gently caressing Dajeong’s belly that still showed little sign, Junghyuk spoke.
“So why ‘Bee’?”
Sometime they received the nickname and were informed, but they had never heard the reason.
Junghyuk scratched his chin and said, “If Siwoo was born with a beastly, animalistic, and wild sensibility, this one was truly made sweetly. So just thinking about her makes you feel sweet.”
Muttering to himself, Junghyuk pressed his lips to Dajeong’s ear and whispered.
“Completely concentrated.”
“Can’t live with it, really.”
Dajeong, who tightened her neck, smiled wryly. Meanwhile, Siwoo was running around, shouting on the grassy field that had turned green.
“Siwoo’s sister! Bee! Concentrated!”
My, oh my, Siwoo seemed to understand faster than his mom.
As Siwoo was running around wildly, Junghyuk grabbed his son’s head to stop him.
“Siwoo, if you play like this and bump into your sister, it’ll hurt her.”
“Huh? My sister shouldn’t get hurt!”
Siwoo shouted with concern.
“Right, so you can’t run around like this next to Mom. Can you do that?”
“Yeah! Yes! Siwoo is a cool big brother!”
“Yeah, you’re good.”
Encircling the back of his head and guiding him, Siwoo played, maintaining a safe distance from his mom.
Watching the actions of the two men, Dajeong chuckled.
Dajeong looked at the nearly completed house as if enjoying it. These days, it felt like she was dreaming a happy dream every day.
To have a house that she wanted to live in actually exist in front of her, she couldn’t believe it.
Is it really a dream?
As if to confirm that it’s not a dream, Junghyuk, who had come closer, wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and they looked at the same place.
While still looking at the incomplete house, Dajeong let out a happy laugh.
Certainly, the appearance of the house she dreamed of and wished for wasn’t about stacking bricks or putting up windows she imagined.
She had dreamed once. A dream of building a warm house full of human scent and overflowing with love.
A house made not only of bricks, cement, wood, and nails but also created with the warmth of people.
It will continue.
Until it becomes a sturdy and strong house, step by step, with beloved people and countless memories, one step at a time.
It will continue.
―Thank you.―
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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