Tanya, who had overslept, rushed to the kitchen at the sweet smell that filled the house.
Flour, eggs, and other baking ingredients were scattered on the cooking table. In front of it, Adel was diligently writing a recipe, weighing the ingredients on a scale.
“Wake me up.”
Tanya apologized as she sorted out the scattered ingredients.
“No. I just couldn’t sleep, so I woke up early.”
“But what are you making? Apple pie?”
Tanya asked, looking at Adel’s recipe notes.
“Yeah, I’m trying apple pie.”
Come to think of it, Adel had never made apple pie before, despite it being the most common pie.
“It’s bound to be delicious. Your skills are the best.”
“Delicious is not enough.”
“Then what else is needed?”
Adel laughed bitterly.
“Mother’s touch?”
“What?”
“I suddenly miss the pie my mother used to make. I can’t seem to recreate the same taste even with the same ingredients.”
Longing filled Adel’s voice.
“Doesn’t the taste also vary depending on who and when you eat?”
“……Maybe.”
Adel reminisced about the past.
When Adel was young, her mother was the owner of the most delicious bakery in the village.
People used to line up in the morning to buy bread.
Thanks to this, they were poor but never went hungry, except for the ridicule for being a fatherless child.
At some point, a sevenyearold boy caught Adel’s eye.
A skinny boy, who looked enviously at the people in line to buy bread. He was dirty and unkempt, but she couldn’t take her eyes off his silver hair and mysterious bluegray eyes.
People said his name was Chris.
They said his mother ran away with another man after giving birth to him. Some even said that the boy might be another man’s child.
Chris and his father looked nothing alike. So, the father almost neglected him.
When he went to the mine for days to work, the boy went begging to fill his hungry stomach.
Adel gave her saved apple pie to such a Chris.
Chris, who ate it in one go, came again the next day.
Like a cute animal coming for food.
Adel asked him to wash himself in return for the pie. She also gave him clothes to change into. Later, she taught him letters, dance, and piano.
He followed her around like a puppy, eagerly learning everything she taught. Adel’s mother was pleased to have a cute son.
As time passed, Chris’s father, who used to roam outside, often came to their house.
He fixed the oven that baked the bread and even made a sign for the bakery.
And the parents decided to remarry formally.
Adel remembered her mother, who wished it would snow a lot on the day of the wedding. Her mother dreamed of happiness, saying that they would live well without any troubles if it snowed.
For her mother, she made a bouquet with her own hands.
However……
The day before the wedding, her mother died.
On her way back from delivering bread, she was mauled by forest animals and came back as a ghastly corpse.
That event erased all of Adel’s happiness.
It was a winter day when she was 18 years old.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Uh uh um! It’s delicious! It’s delicious!”
Mia chewed the pie with her cheeks about to burst and rolled her feet.
“Right? It’s really the best!”
Tanya also lifted her thumb without hesitation.
But unlike the two girls who were happy with a single pie, Adel had a dissatisfied look on her face.
“This isn’t the taste I wanted. A deeper flavor, and a texture that’s crispy yet moist……”
“What?”
Tanya whispered softly to Mia, who was dumbfounded.
“She wants to recreate her mother’s taste.”
“Adel, this is the best apple pie I’ve ever had. I’m sure the emperor will like it, so don’t worry.”
“I’m not trying to supply it to the palace.”
“Then?”
Adel only smiled quietly as if she had something in mind.
“But it’s time to go.”
Mia peeked out the window, holding another piece of apple pie.
“Do you have someone waiting?”
At Adel’s question, Mia smirked like a conspirator.
“My brother, Mark.”
“What?”
When Adel was startled, she winked playfully.
“You asked me to introduce him. Did you forget?”
“But so suddenly……?”
Adel, feeling gloomy, was comforted by Mia.
“Don’t feel pressured. It’s just a casual visit since he’s in the area for a veterinary checkup. It’s a natural setting, so just act naturally.”
Mark, the veterinarian, often visited nearby farms for inspections.
“Even so……”
“We know each other, what’s the issue? And you look pretty enough today. Just take off that apron, dress up a little, and you’ll be perfect.”
“I’ll quickly go get a comb!”
Quickwitted Tanya ran off at the speed of light and returned with a comb. She then proceeded to untie and comb through Adel’s tiedup hair.
Mia also quickly pulled out a powder and lipstick from her bag. It almost looked like she had prepared them in advance.
“What, what are you doing?”
Mia grinned at a flustered Adel.
“You’re pretty as is, but I think you’ll look even prettier with makeup.”
“St, stop it. Mia…”
Adel, embarrassed, backed away.
However, Tanya was already behind her, combing her hair, blocking her retreat.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
