Tae Kyu, who had finished dressing and came out of the patient’s room, looked extremely tired. Perhaps it was because he had been awake for over 20 hours, his fatigue was at its peak.
He had been struggling all day in the ER (emergency room), and without a moment to gather his senses, he had to join the professor’s rounds.
“Doctor, don’t we need to disinfect?”
At the patient’s question, Tae Kyu sighed. He had forgotten to do the dressing (wound care) because he was distracted.
He had made a mistake he should never make as a doctor. In a profession dealing with others’ lives, even small mistakes like these could later snowball into big ones.
“Didn’t you dress this in the morning on an EOD (Every Other Day) basis?”
“Well, that’s…”
“Yoon Tae Kyu, check the wound.”
As expected, the bandage that had not been changed on time was a mess with pus from the wound.
There were many emergency patients in the ER today, so he couldn’t dare to say he couldn’t do it. Regardless of the reason, it was still an excuse.
“Aren’t you paying attention? Where is your mind?”
There were no words following that, but from the professor’s eyes alone, it seemed he knew.
That’s why you couldn’t follow Yoon Sun Woo.
“Why am I like this…”
Tae Kyu’s steps toward the medical country slowed down. It must have been after that time. From the day he encountered Ji Eun Jae at his home.
That day, he had felt like a person who had lost his soul all day long.
After the meal ended and on the way to the annex, Soo In, who was walking ahead, softly called out to Tae Kyu.
“Tae Kyu, are you okay?”
No, I don’t think I’m okay.
Ji Eun Jae got married, to Yoon Sun Woo at that.
Tae Kyu replaced the words that had reached his throat with a long sigh. Then, he forced a smile.
“What could be…”
“Mom, I’m not regretful.”
She probably wouldn’t have any regrets, since she must have known it would end up like this.
Yoon Sun Woo and I were completely different. He was a prodigy who entered medical school as the top student at the age of 17 and graduated as the top student. There was no competition for such a monstrous person who even worked hard.
An insurmountable wall.
Everyone just praised him and looked up to him.
Did it look to Mom’s eyes like I was doing this all for the sake of that hospital?
“You really shouldn’t regret it. I’m not going to have a loveless marriage to inherit some hospital, like some people.”
It was a word thrown out in anger. Tae Kyu did not finally answer to Soo In, who questioned and asked what that meant.
My grandfather was always dissatisfied that his two sons, Yoon Kang and Yoon Cheong, did not go to medical school.
The one who fulfilled my grandfather’s longcherished wish was his grandson, Yoon Sun Woo.
When Yoon Sun Woo decided on a medical career at a young age, my grandfather’s interest dramatically shifted to Yoon Sun Woo. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Yeon Rim was Yoon Sun Woo’s.
So, it seemed like not only himself but even his parents had been put on the back burner. Every time he saw that, he felt guilty, as if it was all his fault.
Should I covet the hospital?
Even if I, who was hidden in the shadow of Yoon Sun Woo, could not surpass him, could I not stand on a similar line?
That was where it all started.
When I, who had been outside of my grandfather’s interest, went to medical school, the look in my grandfather’s eyes when he saw me subtly changed.
The path I had chosen wasn’t the one I desired. It was just that. Since it wasn’t a path I wanted, there was no desperation. Yet, thinking that Yeon Rim, a paltry existence to me, was Yoon Sun Woo’s everything, I didn’t want to give it up easily.
Even if I spent my whole life floundering, I knew I wouldn’t be able to reach even the tip of Yoon Sun Woo’s feet.
But Yeon Rim made that somewhat possible.
I thought things were going relatively smoothly. I had planned to find Eun Jae, monopolize the hospital, and gain my grandfather’s trust.
But I had overlooked one important fact.
To Yoon Sun Woo, Yeon Rim was his whole life. He was a man who could do anything to get his hands on that entirety.
“I underestimated you too much.”
Lost in thought and wandering aimlessly, I ended up in front of Sun Woo’s office.
Standing dumbfounded in front of Sun Woo’s office, Tae Kyu seemed like a man who had lost his momentum.
“Why does it have to be Ji Eun Jae?”
When I saw Eun Jae at the main house, I laughed in disbelief. The image of me mockingly underrating Yoon Sun Woo came to mind. I was an idiot.
When I was desperately looking for her, she was nowhere to be seen.
Was she fluttering in front of me just for this?
Just to crumble everything again?
“Sigh…”
Tae Kyu burst into a sardonic laugh. At that moment, he roughly ran his large hand over his face. Just then, nurse Ina Rim, who was about to pass by the professor’s office, noticed Tae Kyu and spoke up.
“Professor Yoon took a leave today.”
“A leave?”
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.
