Chapter 253 – Im Im-Hye Is Pregnant

“Congratulations. I am pregnant.”

Power went into the hands of the mother who was holding it.

I’m pregnant, I’m pregnant, I’m pregnant.
Those words echoed in my head several times.

Pregnant
Mom is pregnant
My mother is pregnant with my child

Actually, I was looking forward to it.
How can such a young mother go through menopause? She couldn’t believe it
It was much more likely to say that she was pregnant.

So, although she didn’t show it on the outside, she kept thinking she was pregnant on the inside.
But when I heard the results, I didn’t feel it for some reason.

My mood was strangely calm.

It may be because the teacher’s expression looks especially serious.
Or maybe it’s because my life so far hasn’t been smooth.
I didn’t let go of the string of tension so that it would be okay if I was hit in the back of the head anytime, anywhere.

The doctor opened her mouth with a slightly difficult face.

“Mother. Perhaps the father of the fetus…”
“That’s me.”

She knew right away what the teacher wanted to say.
I answered before I could finish talking.

“Seonhu.”

Mommy strains her hands clasping hers with her complicated face.

‘Do not say.’

I was saying that with my eyes.
But I had no intention of hiding it.

“Teacher. I will be the father of the child. Is there something wrong with the child?”
“… No. I’m still in my early pregnancy… That needs to be examined more closely.”

Phew. I breathed a sigh of relief.

The teacher’s expression was so serious that she thought something was wrong with the child. The mother is obviously elderly, and she says that the older the mother, the more likely she is to have a disability or deformity.

The teacher seems to have simply been bothered by her mother’s lack of a husband.
It’s a well-known anecdote that actress Im Im-hye raised three children by herself, so it wouldn’t be strange if the doctor knew about it.

“Are you actor Jin Seon-hoo? Im Im-hye’s mother’s son.”

The teacher asks with eyes as if examining the true intention hidden deep in my heart.
I confidently answered that question.

“Yes. And he is also the father of the child in the mother’s womb.”

My mother was startled by my answer and interrupted.

“Jin Seon-hu, shut up. Forget the teacher too. It’s because this kid’s mind is unstable.”

The teacher nodded her head as if nothing was wrong.

“Do not worry. The conversations that took place in here never leak out.”

Mom was relieved by the teacher’s words.
And hit me again

“Seonhu. Didn’t your mother tell you not to say that?”

I know what your mom is worried about.

‘The child in the belly of Im Shin-hye is the seed of her stepson, Jin Seon-hu. The two of them are actually in a forbidden relationship.’

Mom was worried that the fact would spread and spark me.

Mom was trying to put all her stigma on you alone. ‘Actress Im Im-hye gave birth to a child whose father is unknown through her extramarital affair’.
I’m sure there will be all sorts of decadent stories going around about my mother’s pregnancy, but my mother was willing to put up with it all.

And now, I’ve made up my mind.

“Mom, I’m sorry. Still, I can’t.”
“Jinseonhu!”

Before that, it was half and half.
I also thought about following her mother’s words to pretend you don’t know because she’ll take care of everything.

But now, after seeing the doctor’s expression, I made up my mind.

‘Certainly actress Im Im-hye doesn’t have a husband. Where did this child come from?’

Seeing the teacher’s scrutinizing gaze, I made up my mind.

The teacher probably didn’t think so.
But those eyes pierced me like a knife.

It is the eyes of one teacher now, but I know that soon those eyes will change to the eyes of thousands or tens of thousands.

“I can’t make my mother handle everything alone. Let me tell you, Mom. She said the child is mine.”
“You really… !”

I know that revealing the truth could be worse for my mother and for me.
I also know that the curious gaze at the unmarried mother will change to the accusatory gaze at the anti-ethical human being who received the seed of her adoptive son.

However, even knowing that, I couldn’t stop this feeling.

It was instinct.
The instinct that I, not anyone else, will protect the mother and child.
The instinct that you can’t hide and pretend you don’t know when you know your mother will be criticized.
The instinct to fall into hell together rather than let mom walk alone on the thorny road.

It was the instinct of such a stupid man.

“Hmm.”

The teacher cleared his throat slightly.

“I understand the two of you. My mother’s heart, and my father’s heart too.”

Mother, father
That simple word stuck in my mind.

Jin Seon-hu has a new title.
A title worthy of responsibility.
Involuntarily, my heart warmed up.

“Actress Jin Seon-hoo. I understand your desire to take responsibility as a father. But keep in mind that your father’s attitude will only stress the expectant mother.”
“Ugh. Yes.”

I was scolded by cold words.
No wonder. Because my attitude right now is no different from a runaway.
Still, it was rather fortunate for me to know that the teacher puts her child’s mother as her number one priority.

“For now, please follow the opinion of the pregnant woman. My father’s opinion is important, but the most important thing right now is my mother. Of course you know that mental strain is bad for pregnant women, right?”

“But, sir. I cannot cowardly hide behind my mother, knowing that she will be blamed for the child I created. I can’t even stand looking at it. I don’t want to raise my child as ‘a child who doesn’t know who the father is’ for the rest of his life.”

If my mother gets scolded, it’s better for her to get scolded for me too. She’d rather go to hell with her mother than watch her mother be blamed, I sincerely thought.

“Seonhu. No. Listen to your mom just this time. Huh?”

Her mother pleads with sad eyes.

Ah. I am truly an unfilial child.
How could you make a face like this for your mother?
A feeling of pressure sat on his chest.

I may have made a poor choice.
When the thing I wanted the most became a reality, it became a gun and a knife, aiming at me and her mother.

But now, there was no turning back.
I had to take responsibility for my choices.

“Mom. I don’t want to put all the burden on my mother. If mom and I were in opposite positions, wouldn’t mom have stayed still?”
“Seonhu-ya…”

Wouldn’t it be possible to cover it by using Jin Seon-hu’s name?
Wouldn’t it be possible to stop it with the kkabangkwon that has been accumulated so far?
Like it has been so far, can’t this be wrapped up as a good story somehow?

My head was spinning fast for a solution.

But the doctor shook his head.

“The criticism is probably much harsher than my father thinks. As a doctor, I see many cases like this, but this is the first time I’ve been shocked. In fact, I am also a fan of actor Jin Seon-hoo.”
“Ah yes…”

It was the sudden exposure of the teacher’s fan spirit.

But I could understand what the teacher was saying. It was a story that the more my fans are, the greater the shock and betrayal will be, and that the headwind will be as great as I have built up a favorable image so far.

“This is a message from the heart of a fan. Perhaps because of actor Jin Seon-hoo’s image, public opinion will be even more critical. Fans will feel betrayed, and everything they have built will fall apart.”

After hearing the teacher’s words, the mother held my hands with both hands as if praying.

“Seonhu. Let’s stop doing that. Mom only makes it harder. Even if you look at mom, please. Huh?”

Suddenly.
I saw the doctor’s eyes as if he wanted to say something.

──There is something.

I need to grab this, my intuition screamed.

“… Teacher. Could there be any other way?”

I let go of her mother’s hand and grabbed the doctor’s hand instead.

“To…”
“Seo, are you a successor?”

Both the doctor and my mother were taken aback by my sudden action.
I guess so. If I were an ordinary person, it would not be strange to call the police.
It was something I could do because I heard that the teacher was a fan of mine.

“I will do anything I can. Is there any way to protect mother and child? Illegal or whatever. I will keep the secret no matter what. I will take full responsibility.”

I know my behavior is irrational.
However, common sense is not enough to overcome the absurd situation that her mother is pregnant with her son’s child. It required a special method that I could not have imagined.

“I-I…”

The teacher blushed and averted her eyes. But, she didn’t say ‘no’.

It was clear there was a way.

“Teacher. Please. As a son, as a father, as a man, give me responsibility. Please help me protect my family.”
“Hey, don’t do this, Father.”

He got down from his chair and knelt on the floor.
Seriously, I was willing to do anything if I could convince the teacher.
Appease, bribe, threaten, literally anything.

The doctor was a female doctor about the same age as her mother. It was a sufficiently ‘possible’ level for me.

“Teacher. Please.”

I lowered her head with the momentum of banging my forehead on the floor.

The teacher shut her mouth.
However, I could intuitively sense that her teacher’s heart was leaning to one side.

Her mother waited silently for the conversation to proceed, as if she sensed something between me and her teacher.

After a long silence.
With great difficulty, the teacher opened his mouth.

“This… Because it is a legally and ethically problematic way…”

Also.
There was a way

“Teacher. Please. The only person who can save my mother and child is the teacher.”

At my repeated pleas, the teacher tightly closed her eyes.

“I really can’t… Ah…”

──That’s it.

In my heart, the bell announcing victory rang.
But I didn’t let go of my expression and waited for the teacher’s words until the end.

The doctor said with a resigned face.

“… First, let’s take a commemorative photo.”