“Uhh… Help, someone… Please…”
Following the faint cries in the drizzling rain, after a short while,
they soon discovered a human woman collapsed in the dim alley, amidst piles of garbage.
Similar to Moa, her belly was swollen; she was pregnant.
Ili’s gaze focused on the woman, lying half on the wet pavement.
Fresh rainwater flowed.
Within it, the red stains had already spread as it would.
Even if the baby in her womb was in distress, the amount of bleeding was enough to be not entirely unusual.
“Hey! Are you okay?”
Moa quickly rushed to the woman’s side, and Ili, without hesitation, followed his wife, who darted into the rain.
“My belly, my belly…”
The human woman clutched her swollen belly with one hand, while using the other to grip Moa’s arm, emitting pain-filled moans.
“Lean on me. I’ll take you to the hospital soon.”
“Ahh…!”
Ili, observing his wife running into the rain without hesitation, soon followed her directly, holding an umbrella.
The essence of the painful moans from the woman giving birth mixed with the scent of fear and death, piercing Ili’s nerves throughout the journey.
His wife sensed it as well.
And simultaneously, Moa felt another powerful force thriving within the woman’s body.
A tremendous energy of life.
The unborn life, yet to see the light, eagerly yearned for existence with all its might.
“Honey, quickly take her to the hospital.”
Moa’s words prompted Ili, who stood beside them with an umbrella, to look down at the woman with a chilling expression.
“She took medicine to end her pregnancy.”
In a profoundly low voice, the woman, shivering in cold sweat, clenched her belly tightly.
Although her abdomen chilled from the intense pressure exerted by the man, she, amid her agony, managed to speak with difficulty, suppressing the overwhelming emotions welling up.
“I didn’t want this child. Even if born, it would only bring misery. I couldn’t bring myself to raise this child, so…”
At that moment, Moa brought his index finger to her lips.
Even when she looked at her husband Ili, she repeated the same action while whispering in her characteristic gentle and warm voice.
“Hush.”
“…”
“The baby is coming.”
Upon his wife’s words, Ili remained silent, not uttering another word.
“Ugh… Huu…”
As the woman began to sob, Moa gently embraced her swollen belly.
“This child will undoubtedly bring joy to many people.”
As if blessing her, she spoke.
Then, looking at Ili again, she asked.
“Honey, will you help?”
“If you want to help, you should.”
“I knew you would. Thank you.”
With a cheerful smile, Moa, with Ili’s assistance, took the woman to the hospital.
Thanks to them, she barely survived the crisis, and the baby in her belly remained unharmed.
The medical staff, who arrived late with the guardian who brought her to the hospital, searched for them, but Ili and Moa had already concealed themselves.
On the way back, they discussed the energy each of them had sensed.
“You know. I felt an incredible will to live from the baby in the womb.”
“But it will probably be born, fueled by Mom’s resentment and fear.”
“Still, that child will undoubtedly be loved by everyone.”
“……”
“I prayed with all my might for blessings.”
For the child who would eat Mom’s resentment before being born.
And a strong-willed child who was exceptionally brave.
Upon hearing his wife’s story, Ili smiled quietly and said,
“If we cross paths with them again, that child will satisfy both you and me.”
Upon hearing this, Moa, stroking her rounded belly, smiled broadly.
“Our destiny has already begun.”
It was a dawn of early spring when light rain was falling.
And that year.
On the same day, at the same moment.
Both River and Mountain were born in the human world and the celestial realm, respectively.
Their first encounter was an event that did not exist in their memories.
It was a story that Moa told her young son and that 27-year-old San conveyed to his lover.
But it was undoubtedly a strange and meaningful beginning of an extraordinary connection, known to both River and Mountain.
That day’s encounter had raced through time to yield the fruition of today.
“In the end, I was born because of your parents, huh?”
“That’s right.”
In fact, he hesitated a bit about bringing up this story.
After hearing everything, he wondered if this would be another occasion where she would be hurt by her mother over something she couldn’t remember.
However, more than resentment or sadness, Gang was surprised and touched by the fact that those who saved her unborn self were San’s parents.
“It’s so amazing.”
She said, pressing her chest with her palm as if praying.
Then, looking up again, she asked him,
“You said you’re inside me, right?”
At Gang’s question, San nodded quietly in response.
“Yes.”
“……”
“Though not visible, you definitely exist within me.”
Then she spoke seriously.
“I want to greet you. Can I say hello by looking at my belly button?”
“What?”
San chuckled at her somewhat whimsical remark.
But she was genuinely serious.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
