“Actually, I have… a younger brother who I lost 15 years ago.”
Eunseo stumbled as she revealed her situation.
“At that time, my brother Eunho was only six years old. My mother spent five years searching for him and deteriorated in health before passing away. Now, I am the only one still searching for him.”
Her story was undoubtedly heart-wrenching, but it needed to be impactful to gain any sympathy. Speaking briefly, it just sounded like another common tale, which made Eunseo anxious.
“He was a smart boy for his age. He remembered the streets of our neighborhood well. So, I believe there’s a possibility he might return if his memories come back.”
Usually, people would at least pretend to be sympathetic to such a story. But Kwon Seungju, with his unchanged expression, asked:
“Why do you think a person who hasn’t returned in 15 years will come back if you wait another year?”
There were reasons, but saying them to a man encased in rationality and coldness would surely invite ridicule.
So, Eunseo said all she could:
“I need time to come to terms with it. I want to wait just one more year, thinking it’s the last.”
She bowed her head again, so low that her hair nearly touched the table.
“So, I’m begging you, please postpone it just for one year. I know it’s a shameless request after you’ve let me live there for 15 years. But on the other hand, it’s been left alone for 15 years, so perhaps leaving it for one more year isn’t too hard.”
She was open to being ridiculed or pitied.
Even if it was like charity to a beggar.
Whether it was out of pity or whatever, she just needed one more year.
Unable to raise her head, she anxiously awaited his response. Above Eunseo’s head, a voice as sharp as ice-cold awls dropped:
“Let me give you some advice.”
She lifted her head to find him speaking with his arms crossed.
“There’s nothing more foolish than wasting your life waiting for someone who will never return.”
“Always thinking, if they come back, I’ll treat them really well. I’ll do this and that for them. Staring blankly at the door from morning till night, waiting hopelessly… while in reality, they have no intention of coming back.”
His last words sounded unusually agitated. But before she could ponder why, he had already regained his usual composure.
“If they were going to return, they would have by now.”
“…”
“Given they haven’t come back yet, they’re probably dead.”
His words felt like a giant hammer smashing Eunseo’s head. A ringing filled her ears, and her mind went blank.
“I’ve heard enough and will not accept your request. Is there anything else?”
Without waiting for an answer, he returned to his desk and told his secretary on the phone:
“The meeting is over.”
As if ordering her to be dragged out immediately.
[Star Icon]Eunseo trudged back home.
It was early November, and the late autumn sun was not long-lasting. Despite leaving work early, the entire glass wall surrounding the main hall was already dazzlingly bright with the sunset as she entered the yard.
The old modified Hanok was always beautiful, whether under the setting sun, snow, or rain. Having lived there for 15 years – five with her mother and ten alone – she sometimes found herself lost in its beauty.
But today, she wasn’t in the mood to appreciate it, so she just collapsed onto the small porch connecting the main hall and the small room, exhaustedly surveying the yard. The thought that everything she saw would disappear in three months brought a sigh to her lips.
The old house had its quirks, but she had never once contacted the landlord for repairs, fearing that it might prompt an eviction. As a result, there was no corner that hadn’t been touched by Eunseo’s hands.
The glass walls surrounding the main hall were so old they couldn’t properly keep out the cold. She had only managed to replace them with insulated glass two years ago, after saving up little by little over several years.
Last summer during the rainy season, one side of the eaves collapsed. Repairing it cost Eunseo her entire summer bonus.
She removed the jars from where the traditional jars used to be, laid wooden decking, and placed a table with a sunshade. She impulsively accepted leftover materials from the president of the company that did her glass replacement work. She thought it would be nice to have a cup of coffee outside when the weather was good. But after setting it up, she felt somehow guilty and never really enjoyed the leisure.
And then…
Eunseo’s gaze eventually settled on a large apple tree standing tall in the middle of the yard.
One day, her mother, who had left her alone at home to see a reputed shaman in Busan, returned the next day with a bright face.
“Eunseo, our Eunho is alive. He will definitely come back!”
Eunseo was a middle school student at the time. She didn’t quite believe the shaman’s words, but seeing her mother’s face, always tear-stained, brighten up was a relief. She sincerely hoped it was true.
“Plant an apple tree sapling in the yard. When it grows and bears fruit, Eunho will come back.”
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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