“Why? What is it?”
“Come up on top of me.”
“No, I’ll just sleep after Kang-woo leaves.”
“What nonsense. You have to come with me.”
“I have to pack my things.”
“Just hire someone.”
“…Oh.”
“Don’t worry about the work here. Secretary Choi will take care of it.”
“No, ”
“If you don’t go, I won’t either.”
Kang-woo smoothly pulled Se-ah’s hand. Lifting her small body onto his, he covered Se-ah’s waist with a blanket.
“How can I sleep like this? It’s uncomfortable.”
“Just stay like this for an hour. We’re heading to Seoul right away.”
She didn’t dislike his coercion, so she stayed quiet. Their pounding hearts seemed to stick together like their bodies pressed against each other.
Quietly, with Se-ah’s cheek pressed against his chest, she turned her head. It was uncomfortable but subtly comfortable. Perhaps because his body was broad and large.
“…Kang-woo.”
“Yeah?”
“When you came back from your business trip, you seemed like you might feel lonely in an empty house.”
Hearing Se-ah’s relaxed voice, Kang-woo just laughed it off.
“So, I turned on all the lights in the house when I left. To make it less lonely for you.”
For a while, Kang-woo’s hand, which had been patting her back without much response, stopped. A warm and moist sensation spread across his chest. It seemed Se-ah had burst into tears.
“Are you giving both disease and medicine?”
Se-ah chuckled faintly, feeling his hand again sweeping her back.
“I didn’t know whether the lights were on or off because my eyes were rolled back.”
“Ah.”
“It’s useless to worry about such things. Just stay by my side.”
Naturally, Kang-woo occupied the space above Se-ah. Looking down at Se-ah with affectionate eyes, he gently lifted her chin.
“I checked the soundproofing when I saw the condition of the house.”
“K-Kang-woo.”
“Endure the noise.”
After making a cheeky demand, their lips met immediately.
⭐⭐⭐
Three days after returning to Seoul, Kang-woo visited Hansung University Hospital. To meet the director’s mother.
Her condition seemed more serious than when he last saw her. The fading vitality was evident on her face as she slept with a hose connected.
Kang-woo sat on the sofa, waiting for the director to arrive. According to the caregiver, he visits the ward every day these days.
After holding the position for several hours, the hospital room door finally opened. The moment their eyes met, the director smiled strangely.
Standing up and putting his hands into his pants, Kang-woo’s lips also had a secretive smile as the director approached.
“Do you want to sit here, or should we talk outside? I’ll be checking on your mother for a bit.”
“Outside is fine. I’ve been waiting in the lounge. You take care of your mother.”
“Okay.”
Kang-woo first exited the hospital room. After sitting in the lounge for a few minutes, the director approached and sat across from him. Glancing at him, Kang-woo opened his lips.
“When I went to Se-ah, I noticed a car from Seoul that came up.”
“I guess you figured it out. Well, I thought so, but it was a bit late.”
He wasn’t the usual director who bowed and scraped even though he was older. Smirking as if it were ridiculous, the director raised the corners of his mouth, and Kang-woo picked up his briefcase.
“Do you want to sit here? Or do you want to leave?”
“Let’s talk outside. I’ll be checking on my mother. What’s the reason for coming to me? If you got evidence, you should have gone to the police.”
With lips twisted in a sneer, the director remained unfazed. Kang-woo furrowed his brows, feeling like he was looking at the same type of person.
“It’s not enough with this.”
“Interesting.”
“Still, it’s not so lacking that even a sly bastard like you would escape. You should have tried harder, Director.”
The director burst into a chuckle. Kang-woo unfolded his crossed legs and comfortably placed his hands on his knees.
“Do you have more evidence? There’s no way a crafty guy like you didn’t embezzle something.”
“I don’t have it, but even if I did, why would I believe I’d help you?”
“Regardless, do you think you can avoid the prison sentence? Don’t you want to protect your mother’s final moments? After all, you only have one family member.”
“Shut up.”
“Considering what you did to Se-ah, it’s not enough to just chew and spit you out, but…”
Kang-woo stood up and grabbed Director Lee’s shoulders. Despite the strong grip causing pain as if his shoulder blades were about to snap, Director Lee remained silent.
“Still, I’m giving you a chance. To escape my father’s fate.”
As he released his grip, Kang-woo looked down at Director Lee.
“You’re already prepared to betray. There’s probably plenty of evidence collected. Starting with Go Jin-ho, provide the list of sponsors and all the corruption information you know. Then, at least I’ll wait for your mother’s passing.”
“Eventually, it’ll end up in the hands of the prosecution anyway.”
“So that’s why you moved me, right? If you expose it, it’ll be buried quickly.”
Without a reply, Director Lee pursed his lips with a sneer.
“A close senior is a prosecutor at the Seoul Central District Prosecutor’s Office. It seems he’s in the middle of diligently investigating cases with fiery eyes, ready for a promotion.”
While speaking, Kang-woo closely observed Director Lee’s hand under the table.
“If you don’t hand over the documents today, tomorrow reporters will visit your mother’s hospital room. Don’t you want to send her off peacefully?”
Pausing his ministrations, Director Lee stared at Kang-woo. The most complex and subtle expression Kang-woo had seen so far flickered across his face.
“Little Saimo is unexpectedly impressive. I didn’t expect much.”
After a considerable time.
Dunchon-dong, the secret code for the safe in prison is FREEDOM9999.
In a voice relieved of tension, Director Lee whispered that the storage contained evidence of corruption.
⭐⭐⭐
Three weeks later.
The atmosphere at Cheongdam-dong’s main house was tense. Nam-tae was getting ready to attend a party. The party, hosted by Kang-woo, gathered influential figures in the social circle that would benefit Nam-tae’s political career.
Due to his son’s unexpected favor, Nam-tae couldn’t wipe the smile off his face. The changed attitude of Director Lee, who became more extreme after his mother’s death, made him even more satisfied.
While Nam-tae was dressing up in the dressing room, Director Lee handed him a shirt, pants, vest, and jacket in sequence, appeasing his mood.
“Kang-woo invited the G.Coms ladies too, right?”
“Yes.”
“Since Jise-ah left, it seems you’ve taken an interest in Min-young. That’s how men are.”
Because he hadn’t reported, Nam-tae was unaware that Se-ah had come to Seoul. Director Lee smiled faintly.
After handing him a tie pin studded with diamonds, Director Lee gave Nam-tae a pat on the back. He said that wearing such an expensive item would spread rumors.
“By the way, are you still dealing with the prosecution? Substantial investigation, and such arrogant guys.”
“I can handle it even if I don’t show up. What can they do when the evidence is insufficient?”
In response to Director Lee’s calm reply, Nam-tae’s gaze filled with anger shot towards him.
“The evidence is insufficient? Director Lee, I have never done anything.”
“I misspoke. I apologize, Congressman.”
“Always be careful with your words. Leaving that aside, is everything ready for An-saram?”
“I heard he’s leaving directly from the salon.”
“Yeah, yeah. Hopefully, he should dress up elegantly. Hmm. Given his background and how he was born, can he exude sophistication?”
Nam-tae, making an unpleasant expression, left the dressing room.
Soon after, Director Lee followed and quickly went to the garage to bring the car. Then, he opened the rear door of the car.
“Once again, with my son Seok taking care of me, I feel secure.”
Chuckling, Nam-tae entered the car. The face of Director Lee, closing the car door, turned grim.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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