Yeong-ran cleared the dinner table. As she rose from her seat, Director Joo asked her,
“Can I offer you some tea?”
“I’m fine.”
With her back turned, Yeong-ran waved her hand. As she was about to leave for the living room, she turned back.
“Did Hyuk-joo contact you by any chance?”
“No.”
“What about Eun-su?”
“I haven’t received any messages from her.”
“I see.”
Nodding to herself, Yeong-ran left. As Director Joo, clearing the dishes, watched her go, he paused for a moment. Now, the absence of his niece’s family felt significantly pronounced.
Maybe he had just made a mistake, his thoughts were too short. Apologizing for it and acknowledging his fault seemed enough to him, but Yeong-ran kept making it into a bigger issue.
“It’s greed, just greed.”
Director Joo clicked his tongue.
In her mind, Yeong-ran couldn’t understand why she insisted on making such a fuss about winning in a family fight; she couldn’t see any gain in it.
“Director Joo!”
“Yes!”
Hearing Yeong-ran’s voice, Director Joo quickly went outside. Yeong-ran was sitting on the hallway leading to the study. She held her ankle with her hand, lips tightly pressed.
“Chairman, did you hurt yourself somewhere?”
“Who polished the floor here?”
“I-I did…”
Director Joo bowed deeply. With employees leaving one by one, there was a shortage of staff, and Director Joo was doing most of the household chores alone.
It seemed the finishing touch on the floor she had cleaned earlier today hadn’t been done properly.
“Ha, quickly get the car ready!”
“Yes, Chairman.”
As Yeong-ran answered, Director Joo called the driver, informing him that Yeong-ran was injured. When the driver entered the house, Director Joo helped Yeong-ran up.
Yeong-ran, who had twisted her ankle while falling, endured the pain, clenching her jaw tightly.
Once in the car and leaning her head against the seat, she said,
“Tell them I was injured and admitted to the hospital.”
“What?”
When Director Joo questioned, Yeong-ran shot her a sharp glance. Understanding the meaning of her words belatedly, Director Joo cautiously replied,
“Chairman, I’ll inform Chairman Moon and Vice Chairman Hyuk-joo accordingly.”
“Do it a little later.”
“Yes.”
After the car carrying Yeong-ran left, Director Joo heaved a deep sigh.
To twist her ankle and end up in the hospital, was it intentional?
Director Joo, for some reason, felt that Yeong-ran’s accident might not be a mere coincidence.
“There’s no way the young master of that horrible family would feel this way about my body.”
However, she soon shook her head.
After finishing the table setting and cleaning, Director Joo made calls to Chairman Moon and Hyuk-joo in turn.
Arriving at the hospital, Chairman Moon headed straight to the ward where Yeong-ran was admitted.
As he knocked and entered, Yeong-ran lying on the bed came into view. Director Joo helped her sit up.
Seated upright, Yeong-ran looked at Chairman Moon with eyes full of dissatisfaction.
“I told you I got hurt yesterday, and you didn’t contact me once, and now you come?”
“I was busy.”
Chairman Moon replied nonchalantly.
“What’s so busy? Tsk, tsk.”
“I told you not to come because Hyuk-joo isn’t severely injured.”
“What?”
In an instant, flames flickered in Yeong-ran’s eyes. Facing Yeong-ran, who stared at her with a piercing gaze, Chairman Moon added with a smile,
“The doctor said it’s just a slight ligament strain.”
“What? An elderly person got injured, and you call that ‘slight’? Well, I guess I should only be looked at when I’m almost dead?”
Yeong-ran exclaimed with an excited voice.
Chairman Moon signaled for Director Joo to step out for a moment as he left the ward. When Director Joo left the room, Chairman Moon sat on a chair.
“Hyuk-joo is busy these days. You know, he’s on Jeju Island, and it’s inconvenient to travel back and forth to Seoul.”
“Even if my sister-in-law got hurt, you should come, even if she were in the U.S.!”
“Your sister-in-law is something else; she only thinks about herself.”
Chairman Moon raised his eyebrows. His usually composed expression had a sharp twist to one side.
“You did something to my daughter-in-law, and yet you say such things?”
“My daughter-in-law?”
Yeong-ran retorted, looking at Chairman Moon’s face.
She was stunned by his words, where he pointedly referred to ‘my daughter-in-law.’ It wasn’t about taking sides.
Yeong-ran, lips sharply pointed forward, started speaking with a mix of mockery.
“Since when did you care for Eun-su so much that you take her side in front of me? Did Hyuk-joo kneel in front of you saying he couldn’t be without her? Even if he did, if you can’t get a grip on things like this, it won’t do.”
“I’ll get up now.”
Chairman Moon felt that, even if he continued the conversation with Yeong-ran, it would only drain his energy. Despite hearing she got hurt, Yeong-ran’s vigor seemed to be increasing.
On the way to the hospital, Chairman Moon had a brief moment of hope.
People say that when your body hurts, you start regretting past mistakes.
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.
