That day, her mother bought a sapling and tended to it with great care. She generously fertilized it, picked off insects with tweezers, erected shade in the summer to prevent it from drying out, and even wrapped it in winter to protect it from the cold.
Even when she passed away without seeing the tree bear fruit, her mother’s last concern was for the tree, not Eunho.
“The tree… Eunseo, okay?”
For her mother, the two were the same.
“Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll take good care of it.”
Eunseo promised, gripping her mother’s hand, but her mother passed away without even closing her eyes.
The tree became Eunseo’s sole responsibility. As she took care of it with as much devotion as her mother, she gradually felt that when the apples bloomed, Eunho would surely return.
However, the tree, which was supposed to bear fruit within three to five years at most, never did, no matter how much time passed. It grew thicker and its leaves were lush, but it never even flowered.
After waiting and waiting, she called an arborist three years ago for a diagnosis. The arborist closely examined the sunlight angle, soil conditions, and eventually, his eyes settled on the various fertilizer bags at the edge of the yard.
“You’ve given it too much fertilizer.”
The diagnosis was frustrating.
“If the soil is too fertile, the tree will only grow and sprout many leaves without flowering. Without flowers, there will be no fruit.”
Eunseo was speechless, realizing that the problem was caused by over-fertilizing, thinking it lacked nutrients.
“Starve it for a few years and then wait.”
After starving for two years, the tree finally bloomed beautifully this spring. While the scent of apple blossoms filled the yard, the flowers did not bear fruit, so she sought the arborist’s advice again.
This time, it was the bees.
“It’s a common problem in metropolitan areas. Without bees to pollinate, the tree can’t bear fruit.”
It was no wonder, surrounded by tall buildings everywhere but this house. She learned the method of artificial pollination with a brush, waiting for next year to finally bear fruit.
But before spring could come…
Eunseo gently stroked the thick trunk of the apple tree, whose leaves were falling one by one.
“I’m sorry, Mom.”
Eunseo was twenty-seven this year. Yet, she had never dated, worn pretty clothes, or gone on a trip.
When kids her age were going to amusement parks with their parents, Eunseo followed her mother to prayer houses and orphanages across the country. After her mother passed away, she continued searching for her brother alone. While others were dating, Eunseo worked part-time jobs, printing flyers and making banners with the money she earned.
All her efforts over those long years were crushed in an instant by Kwon Seungju. Like stepping on an ant, without any expression.
“If they were going to return, they would have by now.”
As Eunseo recalled his cold words, her eyes suddenly grew hot with tears.
Alone, she could be more honest with herself. Watching Kwon Seungju from afar, she couldn’t deny that he had stirred something in her heart. And it wasn’t just because of his handsome appearance. The first time they met on that night two years ago, he seemed like someone from her own kind – lonely and in as much pain as she was.
Even if it was a misconception, the fact remained that he was very disheveled that night. Thinking she had seen a vulnerable side of this otherwise impenetrable man made her feel somewhat special.
It never developed into a full-fledged crush because she knew too well that she wasn’t even worthy of secretly admiring him. Secret crushes were only possible for those who made some sense as potential partners.
So, Kwon Seungju was never even a crush for Eunseo.
He was someone from a completely different world – beautiful, perfect, and also very difficult.
A person with whom she would never have any connection, and yet, sometimes he made her feel deeply.
And to think that such a person was actually so cruel.
“He must be dead.”
His assertive tone haunted her ears.
Even now, Eunseo distributed missing person flyers in busy areas every weekend. Some people avoided her or threw the flyers away immediately, but many others encouraged her, saying she would surely find the missing person.
But no one had ever bluntly said that the person was probably dead with such certainty.
If she could go back in time, Eunseo wished she could hit him hard.
For getting startled and turning away whenever she saw Kwon Seungju from afar.
For just bowing and getting off at the next floor when they ended up in the same elevator.
For blushing whenever she heard his name from others.
“How foolish.”
Leaning against the apple tree that had grown much taller than her, Eunseo allowed herself to cry a little.
[Star Icon]“The meeting is over.”
After Eunseo left the office, Seungju sat in his chair, staring blankly for a long time.
“…….”
A bitter shadow had fallen over his face, which had been expressionless until a while ago.
After a while, Seungju laughed to himself and ripped off his necktie, throwing it into the trash. This is why he shouldn’t do things he usually doesn’t.
“Mr. President? Why did you throw away a new tie…?”
A secretary who had just walked in was startled by the sight. Seungju, without even turning his head, responded.
“Get rid of it.”
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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