Chapter 137 – Born Again? (3)
I was short-sighted. I never thought this would happen.
“I didn’t expect to have another child.”
“Really?”
Mother laughed at Father’s words and played along.
When Mother was two months pregnant, her body finally reacted and she began to show signs of pregnancy.
The doctor from the village came to confirm Mother’s pregnancy, and everyone congratulated her.
Father was informed of the news through a telegram sent to the high-priced ticket office on the island, and he rushed to bring Mother back home a month later.
“It seems like only good things happen when we come to the village. It’s all thanks to Pang Yeon-hyeop.”
“Don’t mention it… It’s all thanks to my little brother for getting his act together. And also thanks to Go Guk-ju for supporting us.”
“What did I do? It’s all thanks to having a good son.”
Father hit my back with a thud, teasing me.
“Yuna, don’t you want to come with us? Even if you don’t inherit the ticket office, it’s good to get to know your family…”
“I have something I want to do here. I’ll follow later.”
“You said you wanted to become a doctor, right? It’s not a bad idea, but…”
Father seemed strangely disappointed. But after this incident, I was determined to become a doctor as soon as possible.
When Mother was four months pregnant, I had to leave for Magyo.
If I had asked the doctor beforehand, he would have scolded me for having sex during pregnancy. So I calculated my safe period, which was four months.
I thought I could have a few days of intense sex with Botebae even if I left a month later, but then Father suddenly appeared.
“If you have any difficulties, tell your father. I know some great doctors.”
Father was just worried and didn’t know what I was thinking.
‘When I come back from Magyo, I’ll go straight to the island…!’
Meanwhile, Mother smiled at me and seemed to guess what I was thinking.
“Son, be careful. You know your mother will be waiting for you, right?”
“Of course, I said I’ll live my whole life just to feed myself. As soon as I finish my work, I’ll go to the ticket office.”
Mother’s smile deepened as I recalled the conversation we had when I was still a fake son months ago.
After saying our goodbyes, Mother left with Father on a carriage.
“Phew…”
Chapter 137 – Born Again? (3)
I felt empty inside, as if my stomach had been hollowed out. I knew I would see them again, but the feeling of emptiness was overwhelming.
Did Un So-yeong feel the same way when she saw me off?
“Come on, let’s go inside.”
Pang Yeon-hwa, who was taking me, was also planning to move to Anga, where the Danghye-won was located.
The reason was that, as a disciple, I was helping to gather doctors to establish a medical institution, and I was going out to the outside world.
Fortunately, unlike the general household, Pang Yeon-hwa, who had generally entrusted the management to the footnotes, did not need to go through the process of taking over.
“I’ll stay with them until I’m three months pregnant, and then I’ll leave for Magyo together.”
I felt sorry for leaving them behind after letting them have a child. Both Danghye-won and Pang Yeon-hwa.
Before I left, Danghye-won would have given birth to a child, but of course, giving birth was not the end, so I had to help them as much as possible before leaving.
“Mother, Kang So-hyeop, you’re here.”
As I looked around, wondering whether to take Pang Yeon-hwa’s hand, Pang Yeon-hwa’s daughter, Dang-yeong, came closer.
“What’s the matter, Soldier Dang?”
“It’s nothing… I have a few things to ask my mother about…”
And she started talking to Pang Yeon-hwa.
It seemed that she had been worried about being the hostess of the household while Pang Yeon-hwa was away.
Still, I saw a lot of Dang-yeong’s virtues when she came back this time.
Perhaps because of the title of Guryong, I often had to deal with the work of Dang-yeong’s cousins, who were quietly talking to me.
They were all pretty young ladies, but they caught my eye because of their milky white skin.
In the meantime, Dang-yeong intervened and shielded me appropriately, so I could escape without feeling awkward, so it was natural to feel grateful.
“Don’t worry, Soldier. Just check the financial records of my household that I briefly organized and posted on the Sangga every two weeks.”
“I understand…”
“Soldier, I’m sorry. I took Pang Yeon-hwa with me…”
“Oh, no! I’m just worried…”
Dang-yeong replied in a muffled voice. Her shy attitude, which was often seen with her mother’s unemotional face, was impressive.
‘But seeing her come to me and talk to me, she definitely wants to be close to me regardless of her mother.’
We should meet and talk often, and Dang-yeong, who helps me in difficult situations, can be considered a girlfriend…?
Her personality is good, and she is Pang Yeon-hwa’s daughter, so I should treat her better in the future.
“It feels like something’s wrong… Miss…”
“Huh? Why?”
Dang-yeong was all smiles. She had developed a good relationship with Kang Yoon, and they could now converse smoothly.
While she was hesitant to talk to her cousins, it seemed that Dang-yeong had the most favorable impression of her.
But the opinions of Sibi and Yuha, who were watching from the side, were completely different.
“Didn’t you feel something strange about Kang So-hyeop’s attitude? It’s too comfortable.”
“Well, it’s because he has a favorable impression of me, isn’t it?”
“Well, of course, he would have a favorable impression. The problem is that it’s not a favorable impression as a woman.”
“A favorable impression as a woman…? What do you mean by that?”
“It means that in front of a woman he wants to impress, a man’s true intentions are revealed, no matter how hard he tries to hide them.”
As Yuha’s words continued, Dang-yeong’s face turned pale.
She admitted that she had not made enough effort to show her femininity.
So, perhaps Kang Yoon’s attitude of wanting to impress her as a woman could be seen to some extent.
But when Yuha’s explanation became longer and the words “it’s no different from how he treats men” came out, Dang-yeong couldn’t help but refute.
“I’m not that unattractive, am I? Huh?”
“It’s not just about looks… What’s important is the charm that makes a man fall for a woman, isn’t it?”
“Charm…?”
Dang-yeong floundered, unable to find a place to look, at the abstract explanation.
Her clothes and makeup were chosen by the Sibi sisters. They were not particularly outstanding compared to others, but they were not lacking either.
But as if reading Dang-yeong’s thoughts, Yuha continued speaking.
“Appearance and makeup are important, but the expressions and actions that reveal them? They are also quite important.”
“How, how do I do that?”
“Well, that’s…”
Dang-yeong listened carefully to Yuha’s explanation, having watched the sisters around her in love.
Will that enthusiasm ever come to fruition? At least Dang-yeong believed that such a day would come.
“Haah…”
Pang Yeon-hwa let out a sigh.
It seemed that Kang Yoon had not noticed anything, but her daughter was definitely harboring feelings for him.
‘As a mother…’
She had become the obstacle that took away the man her daughter had feelings for. Well, to be honest, if you looked at the facts, it was the man who made the first move.
“Why are you like that?”
The man who had come near Danghye-won’s Anga now held her hand without hesitation. As a man who probably didn’t know her daughter’s passive personality well, he couldn’t have guessed what was going on.
“But what should I say…”
Was it right or wrong to stop her daughter’s love affair, which was likely to end in failure? Pang Yeon-hwa was pondering this when she missed the chance to answer the man who was staring at her face.
A maid who recognized the approaching two people hurriedly ran up and opened her mouth.
“Ma, madam…!”
The two people who rushed to her in a hurry to hear the screaming of Dang-hye-won, whose dissolution was imminent, could soon hear her tearing scream.
“Aaaah!”
“Hye-won!”
Pang Yeon-hwa grabbed Kang Yoon’s arm, who was trying to run forward without any regard, and held him back.
“Let go of me!”
“You’ll just get in the way if you go!”
“Even if I just hold her hand from the side…”
“It’s not allowed!”
While struggling to hold onto the man who was acting recklessly, Pang Yeon-hwa had a hard time.
After calming down somewhat while being held, Pang Yeon-hwa opened her mouth.
“You have to concentrate while giving birth to finish it quickly. Look at your expression. Will the young lady feel comfortable seeing your worried expression?”
Kang Yoon rubbed his face with his palm. It seemed like he was trying to flatten his distorted face.
But even after his hand passed, his face was still a mess.
“Will… will Yeon-hwa also be in that much pain?”
“She will be in pain.”
She was a woman who had already given birth to two children, so she had never thought that it wouldn’t hurt.
“Do you suddenly feel weak when you hear the screaming because you know she will be in pain?”
“…Actually, yes.”
“Don’t worry too much. Both I and the young lady knew we would be in pain when we decided to give birth…”
“…Sigh…”
Kang Yoon put his hand on his forehead again as Pang Yeon-hwa’s words didn’t seem to comfort him, and he let out a sigh.
“…It’s frustrating that there’s nothing I can do.”
“There’s not nothing you can do. When the baby is born, it’s the husband’s job to hold and thank the wife for her hard work.”
“…Is that so…?”
Perhaps not fully convinced, Kang Yoon flinched several times whenever he heard Dang-hye-won’s screams.
As the mother-in-law’s voice gradually subsided, a new cry filled the void.
“Oh, the baby! The baby’s born, right?”
“Don’t just go in without permission, get permission first.”
Watching Kang Yoon rushing in a hurry with a positive expression, Pang Yeon-hwa secretly smiled.
She didn’t know what her husband was like when she gave birth to her child. But she remembered that he wasn’t as helpless as that man.
“My dear, I’m sure your dad would have been happy when you were born too.”
Though she hadn’t seen a doctor yet, she knew without a doubt that a man’s child was growing inside her. Her stomach was not bloated yet, but she could feel it. The man would be happy as her belly grew, and on the day the baby was born, he would worry about her just like today.
Pang Yeon-hwa couldn’t wait for the day when the baby was born, the day when her young husband would be so nervous that he couldn’t sit still.