Early in the morning.
Yeonju visited a general hospital in the outskirts of Seoul. She familiarly headed to the main building’s elevator and pressed the button for the 5th floor.
[Ding. 5th floor.]Stepping off on the 5th floor, she walked down the long corridor and stopped in front of a patient’s room. It was a room for critically ill patients.
[Shin Mi-hyeon]Yeonju silently gazed at the patient’s name written on the door.
Just looking at those three letters that caused her heart to ache. It was her mother’s name.
Yeonju reached for the door of the room.
“Knock, knock.”
Even though she knew there would be no answer, she knocked.
“…….”
Greeted by the familiar silence, Yeonju opened the door and entered. Inside the quiet room, she saw Mi-hyeon lying still in the bed.
Even though her daughter had visited after a long time, Mi-hyeon didn’t flicker an eyelid. She just lay there motionless.
Yeonju approached her bedside.
“Mom. I’m here.”
There was no response. Her mother, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, still looked frail and lonely. The oxygen mask covering her pale face caught her eye.
“I’m sorry. I haven’t been here for so long.”
Before marriage, she used to visit this room every day, but since her marriage, even visiting her mother had become a matter of discretion.
Yeonju dampened a towel with warm water and gently wiped her mother’s body. Seeing her mother’s emaciated legs, her heart ached.
Mi-hyeon had married Yeonju’s stepfather, Daehan, 14 years ago. At the time, Daehan was a small business owner, and after marrying Mi-hyeon, his business expanded rapidly.
As the company’s reputation grew, Daehan’s mother, Kyung-ok, began to view Mi-hyeon unfavorably.
‘She’s eyeing our son with a child in tow. Such a cunning fox.’
‘Our Daehan is too naive. I won’t fall for you, so wake up.’
Kyung-ok, who had opposed the marriage due to Mi-hyeon’s humble background and the fact she had a child, scorned and treated her harshly throughout the marriage.
‘Useless woman.’
Kyung-ok always referred to Mi-hyeon and Yeonju that way.
‘What good are you to Daehan? He’s only pitiable, raising another man’s child. Tsk!’
Yeonju always felt heartbroken, thinking she was a blemish for her mother. If it weren’t for her, her mother wouldn’t have been scorned during her remarriage and after.
Thus, Yeonju tried her best to not be a burden, even if not proud. She was mature and proper beyond her age. She observed what others wanted and was cautious in her words and actions. She never caused trouble or threw tantrums.
She hoped that her efforts would bring peace to Mi-hyeon and Daehan’s relationship.
However, that hope shattered when Yeonju turned eighteen.
One rainy night, Mi-hyeon was in a traffic accident, which left her in a coma.
‘No… Mom.
‘Wake up. Mom.’
‘Please… just open your eyes.’
Yeonju clung to her motionless mother and wailed.
It felt like her entire world was collapsing. She felt alone in the dark.
Mi-hyeon spent her days in the ICU, neither dead nor alive. The doctors saw little chance of improvement. Yeonju tearfully begged Kyung-ok and Daehan not to give up on her.
“Dad. Grandma. Please save my mom.”
“Mom is still alive. I’ll do whatever you ask. Please, just save her.”
At eighteen, powerless Yeonju could only kneel and beg.
Even when everyone said it was hopeless, she couldn’t give up. Yeonju believed her mother would eventually open her eyes.
Seasons changed, years passed, but Mi-hyeon never woke up. People who were once concerned and supportive began to give up one by one.
Everyone said she wouldn’t wake up. It even seemed like her stepfather Daehan had a new woman in his life.
Mi-hyeon slowly faded from many people’s memories. Some even wished she would close her eyes sooner.
“Do you know how much money has been spent on your mother’s hospital bills?”
“She really is useless until the end. I should have stopped the marriage!”
Kyung-ok openly berated Yeonju. Each time, Yeonju begged not to give up on her mother. At first, Daehan tried to stop her, but as time went on, he became indifferent.
The sole reason Yeonju endured those harsh times was her belief that her mother would one day wake up.
Four years had passed since Mi-hyeon fell into a coma.
“I’ve arranged a matchmaking date for you.”
Kyung-ok demanded Yeonju go on a matchmaking date. Yeonju was twenty-two at that time.
“I don’t want to get married yet. I haven’t graduated from college, and I have things I want to do after graduation.”
Yeonju refused the matchmaking. However, Kyung-ok’s reaction was cold. She grabbed Yeonju’s hair and yelled.
“A thing you want to do? Our house has been ruined since you and your mother came, and you want to do as you please?!”
“You’re such a heartless girl!”
Kyung-ok wanted to marry Yeonju off early for two reasons. The first was to benefit Daehan’s business through marriage and mergers, and the second was to quickly rid her of the thorn in her side, Yeonju.
“Did you forget who’s been paying for your mother’s hospital bills?”
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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