“I can’t sleep.”
The summer, lying down and looking at the ceiling, finally got up.
Normally, I sleep well without being picky about where I sleep, but today, for some reason, my eyes were restless, and my mind couldn’t settle.
I picked up the phone I had placed beside me.
12:44 AM.
While tossing and turning, time had already passed.
I pulled off the blanket and approached the window.
Looking down from the second floor, the spacious garden was illuminated by growing streetlights.
“Maybe it’ll be okay if I get some fresh air?”
I put on the padded jacket I had placed on one side and went outside.
Even the long corridor had scattered lights on, and it was quiet as it was past midnight, as if everyone had already fallen asleep.
I went straight downstairs to the entrance, opened the front door, and went outside.
The cold breeze immediately touched my face.
“It’s cold.”
Still, I felt good.
Summer walked down the entrance stairs and slowly started walking through the garden.
“I wonder if Mom and Dad also walked here?”
Maybe I was also held in their arms in this place.
Summer turned back.
Again, this majestic blue house felt like my own, not someone else’s.
“I wonder if Mom and Dad stepped on this grass too?”
Even on the dry grass under my feet, I felt a sense of familiarity.
As I continued to walk around, the colder air touched me even more.
Suddenly, loneliness crept in.
Summer, holding up the phone, searched for the future in the contacts.
“Oh, no. The future has to go to work tomorrow.”
Especially since the future tends to take a nap in the evening and would be in a dreamland right now.
Summer lowered her head.
Then suddenly, there was a number that came to mind.
“Real Good Tiger”
The number of Sanha in the contacts appeared.
“I wonder what Sanha is doing now? Is he asleep?”
I wanted to hear his affectionate voice.
If I did, somehow this empty feeling would be filled, and I would fall into a good dream.
“If you have something urgent, call. Really, only in urgent cases.”
Summer almost pressed the call button but eventually lowered the phone.
“Not being able to sleep is not an urgent matter… No, it’s not.”
A sigh came out.
But I wanted to talk to him at least once.
After thinking, I sent a text.
“Are you sleeping?”
It was just one simple word.
Of course, I didn’t expect a reply.
I just wanted to send him a message like this.
“No reply. Well, it’s late……”
Although I said that, in reality, I was just staring at the phone’s home screen.
As expected, there was no reply from him.
“He must be sleeping……”
As I looked at the screen, 15 minutes passed.
Feeling exhausted and suddenly colder, I thought, “Ah, let’s go to sleep.”
What a strange night alone.
I sighed and put the phone in the pocket of my padded jacket.
Just as I was about to take a step back to the blue house, suddenly a short beep sounded.
Startled, Summer stopped and quickly raised the phone.
“Not yet.”
A concise word.
But it felt like I had gained everything in the world.
In a moment, forgetting the fact that it was night, I screamed, even blocking my mouth with my hands in a hurry. Summer quickly sent a text.
“Why haven’t you slept yet?”
This time, a reply came quickly.
“Just. But why hasn’t the magpie slept yet?”
Summer’s hands moved even faster.
“Today, my heart is not at ease.”
“Why?”
“Things were hectic here, and my room changed again.”
“It’s been eventful?”
Summer laughed and quickly moved her fingers.
“That’s right. Eventful!”
“But you’ve overcome it?”
“Of course! And I moved to a better room. But this used to be my original room. The room I’ve been using since I was a baby. My mom and dad designed it for me.”
“Now that I think about it, is the magpie having trouble sleeping thinking about your parents?”
“Oh, really?”
Is that why the heart feels so unsettled?
“Maybe the magpie’s parents miss the magpie too.”
Summer, who was looking at his text, couldn’t respond for a moment.
“So definitely be happy. If you want to see, look at the moon in the sky once in a while. It’s the same everywhere in the world.”
Summer texted.
“By the way, is that Sanha’s way of soothing longing?”
“That’s right.”
“It’s quite romantic, isn’t it?”
“Thank you for saying that.”
“Sanha.”
“Yeah.”
“Are you looking at the moon now too?”
After a brief pause, his text arrived.
“Yeah.”
Honestly, I didn’t know much about him.
But I don’t know why his loneliness touches my heart like this.
Summer quickly typed a message.
“I’m looking at the moon now too. We’re definitely destined! Fate!”
I waited for his reply.
But even after a minute, there was no reply.
While wondering if his phone battery had died, a short signal sounded.
As Summer quickly checked, she frowned.
“I won’t look at the moon now.”
Summer complained and moved her hand.
“That’s mean.”
“Okay. Go to sleep.”
Summer’s lips trembled even more.
Then, the short signal sounded again.
This time, it was not a text but a gift icon.
Smiling while checking the product name, Summer burst into laughter.
The gift he sent was ‘Full Moon Bread.’
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.
