The sound of the bathroom door being banged on could be heard.
The cleaning team had worried expressions, but Pyo Siljang, with arms crossed, commanded, “Stack more. More.”
Reluctantly, the team brought more sofas and blocked the bathroom entrance. The piled-up sofas made it virtually impossible for Yeoreum to open the door by herself.
Then, Hyesook approached Pyo Siljang.
Handing over the stolen phone of Yeoreum, she said, “I turned off the lights in the bathroom and activated the air conditioning.”
Receiving the phone, Pyo Siljang asked, “You set the temperature to the lowest, right?”
“Yes,” she replied.
The cleaning team listened to their conversation with chills running down their spines. It seemed like they were intent on freezing Yeoreum to death.
“Did you send the message to everyone to gather?” Pyo Siljang inquired.
“I texted them it was your order to come right away,” Hyesook confirmed.
“Good job.”
Pyo Siljang tried to check the phone but couldn’t unlock it due to the fingerprint lock. He put it in his pocket.
Without moving the sofas, there was no way Yeoreum could come out. And with the phone in his possession, she couldn’t call for help either.
Soon, employees began to arrive upstairs. Pyo Siljang and Hyesook walked to the central living room, followed by the cleaning team.
“Line up properly,” Hyesook shouted to the employees.
They quickly formed a line.
“Go ahead, Siljang,” she prompted.
Pyo Siljang stepped forward with an arrogant expression, scanning the faces of each employee. Those who met his gaze quickly looked down, fearing retribution. However, Chef Baek stood firm, looking straight at Pyo Siljang.
“Still as rigid as ever, Chef Baek?” Pyo Siljang commented.
“Why have you called us here at this hour?” Chef Baek asked.
“A reason? Do I need a reason to call you?” Pyo Siljang retorted.
“What are you saying?”
“Still don’t understand, or pretending not to? That I, Pyo Siljang, am your superior.”
Chef Baek responded, “Team leaders are equals. The only person we consider a superior in this house is the housekeeper.”
“Oh, that’s not right. A person like me, who can fire you, is what they call a ‘real power.'”
Pyo Siljang’s grin widened at Chef Baek’s scowling face.
“Anyway, since I’ve gathered you all here, I should tell you why. It seems you all have a great misunderstanding. So, I called you for some mental retraining. About Jeong Yeoreum.”
Chef Baek frowned.
“Let me make this clear again. Jeong Yeoreum is nothing but the daughter of Kim Sejin, an enemy of our chairman. She’s not the lady of this house but a slave bound here for 20 years.”
“That’s too harsh,” Chef Baek protested.
“What’s harsh? It’s the truth.”
“Pyo Siljang!”
“Has the chairman ever given Yeoreum a glance, acknowledged her, or shared a meal at the table? As you all know, that never happened. Chef Baek, you’re old enough to understand the situation. If you want to survive in this house, you should choose your side wisely.”
“Even so, Yeoreum is still the chairman’s blood. And Pyo Siljang, isn’t it wrong to treat someone like that? She’s young, forcibly separated from her parents. Don’t you feel sorry for her at all?”
Suddenly, Pyo Siljang burst into laughter.
“Feeling sorry for someone and forgetting one’s place are two different matters. Jeong Yeoreum is not the lady of this house, and I cannot let her act as if she is. That’s why I’m correcting her behavior now, so she understands her proper place.”
Pyo Siljang pointed towards the corridor.
There was a pile of sofas stacked up in front of a door.
“Pyo Siljang, surely you didn’t…?”
“Yes, Jeong Yeoreum is in there.”
“Have you lost your mind?”
Suddenly, Chef Baek yelled.
“How could I be? I’m perfectly sane. I turned off all the lights in there and set the air conditioning to the coldest. By now, Jeong Yeoreum, who just took a shower, must be half frozen.”
Chef Baek attempted to rush towards the bathroom, but Hyesook blocked his path, and the cleaning team, upon Pyo Siljang’s signal, stood firm behind him.
“Move! What are you doing!”
Chef Baek shouted.
“What’s all this noise?”
A new voice suddenly joined in.
Everyone turned to see Haeun ascending the stairs.
All the employees bowed to her.
“The discipline here has gone lax. The front door wide open, and nobody knows if someone has entered the house. And why are you all gathered here?”
Chef Baek immediately approached Haeun.
“Miss, please save Miss Yeoreum.”
“What are you talking about?”
Pyo Siljang joined in.
“Jeong Yeoreum is trapped in there.”
“What?”
Haeun looked towards the corridor where the sofas thoroughly blocked the bathroom entrance.
“I turned off all the lights in the bathroom and set the air conditioning to the coldest,” Pyo Siljang boasted.
Haeun seemed to understand immediately.
“Well done.”
Chef Baek looked horrified at Haeun’s praise.
“I was already so angry because of her.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. It was infuriating. But Pyo Siljang helped relieve my frustration. He’s truly the best worker in our house.”
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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