I Faked a Pregnancy, but My Husband Returned - Chapter 159

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What on earth was the reason?

Ekian couldn’t understand the flow of this conversation at all.

What was the context of stopping a passerby to convey regards to Judith…?

As he stopped walking and narrowed his eyes behind his mask, the Boarding House Auntie said:

“No, you’re quite interested in Miss Judith, aren’t you?”

“What? What do you mean by that…?”

“You were the one who noticed Miss Judith was sick last time, weren’t you?”

“Last time, you mean…?”

“When my husband and I went on a trip, and my younger brother temporarily took care of this place. Oh my, if it weren’t for you then, it would have been a disaster.”

Ekian finally seemed to understand what the Boarding House Auntie was talking about.

Two months ago, the couple who ran this boarding house had gone on a trip.

They had temporarily left the management to her younger brother who lived far away.

At that time, Ekian was going to buy an evening newspaper for a walk, just like now, when he discovered that the light was on in Judith’s room.

That day was when Judith had evening classes packed full.

Something was strange. Judith was absolutely not the type of person to leave the light on when going out.

So Ekian immediately went into the boarding house and spoke to that younger brother like this:

‘Nothing has happened to Miss Judith, has it?’

‘What do you mean? She hasn’t come out since noon today, I think.’

‘…Then how about checking on her?’

The younger brother naturally refused.

‘Check on a woman living alone’s room? That’s ridiculous. Maybe she just left the light on when she went out? Her class was canceled or something… The light has been on all afternoon, and Miss Judith hasn’t gone out.’

However, Ekian, overwhelmed by a bad feeling, immediately said:

‘Then all the more reason there’s definitely something wrong. There’s no way all her afternoon classes would be canceled. Today is a day when she has classes all afternoon.’

He insisted firmly:

‘If she’s sick and canceled classes to lie down ill, given Miss Judith’s personality, she would turn off the light and lie down. It would be good to check just once.’

Eventually, they went to Miss Judith’s door and carefully knocked while repeatedly calling out ‘Excuse me, Miss Judith?’

When no answer came back, Ekian put his ear to the door and could hear groaning sounds, so he immediately opened the door.

‘Miss Judith? Miss Judith!’

Judith was collapsed on the floor, covered in cold sweat.

The Boarding House Owner’s Younger Brother barely managed to carry her to a nearby physician.

‘Nervous gastric spasms combined with low blood pressure.’

The physician said while pouring medicine into her collapsed mouth.

‘She’ll regain consciousness soon.’

Ekian stared intently at Judith and then paid the physician.

‘Do you have any recovery potions or such here?’

‘There are various kinds… But they’re not essential.’

‘Please give me the best one. Even if not essential, it would help with recovery, wouldn’t it?’

‘That’s naturally true. But the best medicine is quite expensive…’

‘That’s fine.’

For him, ordering a recovery potion for Judith was a natural thing to do.

Because if Judith’s memory deteriorated while she was lying sick like this, that wouldn’t do. She had to continue selling information to him.

Although that information had never been tremendously helpful to him, who knows.

Anyway, it was accurate information from an unknown source, so someday it might be decisively helpful to him.

So her memory was precious. It wouldn’t do for physical and mental function to decline due to slow recovery.

The doctor hadn’t said to be careful of such aftereffects, but who knows.

‘Hmm, understood.’

The physician brought the best recovery potion without further comment.

Ekian, who briefly examined the amount charged on the receipt, said this to the Boarding House Owner’s Younger Brother:

‘Don’t mention my involvement, and just say you found her collapsed and groaning in the corridor and brought her here. Naturally, reduce the hospital bill when you charge her. She’ll definitely try to pay it back.’

‘Ah.’

That younger brother nodded.

‘You don’t want your feelings to be discovered… That’s understandable. You want to help secretly.’

He wondered what feelings he was talking about, but didn’t think much of it anyway.

That day’s events were wrapped up well like that. And the next day, Ekian could see Judith going to work as usual with a slightly haggard face.

When he met Judith later, he mentioned that ‘you don’t look well,’ and could hear Judith’s answer that ‘I was sick for a while but I’m fine now.’ He thought it was wrapped up well like that.

But apparently that younger brother had told the Boarding House Auntie about that day’s events.

And it seemed the Boarding House Auntie had formed a solid misunderstanding.

“Sigh, but Miss Judith has absolutely no interest in romance, right? She’s probably too busy.”

The Boarding House Auntie clicked her tongue and grinned. Ekian sighed deeply and said:

“We’re not in that kind of relationship.”

“Oh my, who said you were in that kind of relationship?”

The Boarding House Auntie slyly patted his shoulder.

“But well, having lived this long… I can see things I couldn’t see back then, you know? Listen. Youth is a bigger weapon than you think.”

Her eyes briefly scanned his mask.

“So don’t keep hiding just because your looks are a bit lacking, and try approaching her sincerely. A young man’s pure heart might help overcome quite a lot.”

It took Ekian a moment to understand her words.

So right now, the Boarding House Auntie thought he was wearing a mask because he was ugly, and for that reason couldn’t approach Judith.

“Hah…”

Ekian sighed and said:

“That’s really not it. I just happened to sense danger for someone I’d traded information with several times and helped them. That level of goodwill is what any human should naturally show.”

Really, he was sick and tired of people who misinterpreted his intentions based on just one incident. Lawrence was like that, the Landlady’s Brother was like that, and now even the Boarding House Auntie…

He couldn’t understand why older people always made fun of others based on a single case like this. As if they knew anything about other people’s hearts.

“I have absolutely no interest in Miss Judith’s private life, and only care about her personal safety as someone I do various business with.”

Having spoken decisively, he cleared his throat a couple of times. It was time to buy the evening newspaper and return to the office.

So he’d just ask one thing he was really curious about…

“But… why does Miss Judith have her lights off? When she’s in her room, already at this hour.”

This was just a question. Very lightly, like casual small talk such as ‘What will the weather be like tomorrow?’

Just saying ‘Take care’ and leaving without lingering would be too cold between neighborhood residents.

Then the Boarding House Auntie giggled and answered:

“She went to bed late yesterday. She apparently stayed up almost all night reading a novel she borrowed from a student’s house? She said not to call her because she needs to sleep without even eating dinner.”

“What, sleeping without even eating…”

Ekian clicked his tongue. The Boarding House Auntie who was watching him shrugged. Then she said nonchalantly:

“That’s what I’m saying. Oh, she’ll just pick at tomorrow’s breakfast too. She’s already thin and will get even thinner. Because Miss Judith doesn’t like carrots, but we only have carrots and onions at home, so tomorrow’s breakfast is scheduled to be carrot soup.”

She added in detail:

“I can’t go grocery shopping because there’s so much laundry… my husband will be late today… there are no free hands, so it can’t be helped.”

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