“Sigh, of course I have to. How can I not be tired living with my grownup son? It’s just that I need to teach my daughterinlaw some housekeeping, so I’m willing to bear the burden for a while.”
“……Yes.”
Kwangsoon couldn’t stand the sight of her precious son living separately after getting married.
She had to monitor if the daughterinlaw was properly keeping the house, or if she was being lazy in her duties towards her son, so she planned to live together and train the daughterinlaw for at least about 10 years.
Gwangsoon had raised her son alone in this apartment and grown her wealth.
Her sweat and joy lingered in every corner of the house she had lived in for over 30 years. It was the history of Nam Gwangsoon herself, who had built a threestory building on the golden land of Gangnam.
So, no matter how old the house was, even if rust water came out instead of hot water every morning, she had no intention of leaving this sacred Hwami apartment. The area of 65 pyeong was enough for her son and his wife to live comfortably.
The persuasion of those who went around to get signs that the building would be rebuilt was something she simply ignored.
Gwangsoon didn’t want to increase the size of the apartment by reconstruction. She strongly opposed the idea of less distinguished people moving into the neighborhood under the guise of being neighbors.
“Modern ladies won’t like the idea of living with their motherinlaw……”
“Ms. Hwang, is this a common neighborhood? This is Gangnam. Who in the world would not like Gangnam?”
“Still……”
“Look at me. Where would you find a motherinlaw with as much culture as me? If a daughterinlaw says she doesn’t want to live with a motherinlaw because she can’t stand it, I won’t accept her. Where, where would I attach such a terrible thing to our director?”
Gwangsoon fiercely chastised Ms. Hwang, who was cautiously opening her mouth.
Gwangsoon was confident that she would find a daughterinlaw who would be to her liking. The daughterinlaw would also surely welcome living with a wise and cultured motherinlaw.
Therefore, she thought it wasn’t right for her golden son to suffer like this because of an old foxlike woman.
“I don’t have thoughts of meeting other women…….”
“Our son is really saying things he doesn’t know. Get rid of that woman! Trust only your mother. When have you ever been wrong when you listened to your mother?”
Gwangsoon soothed her angry heart as she wiped the flowing tears on her son’s pale cheeks, who was slowly shaking his head.
“So, let’s get up and go get a massage. Hm?”
“You go alone, mom.”
“After the massage, mom will make you the Korean beef rib stew you like. Hm?”
“…With abalone included?”
“Oh, of course. Who’s going to eat it without adding abalone. Let’s go for a massage, go to the department store and buy the five biggest ones to put in. While we’re at it, let’s get a winter coat for our son too.”
She gave birth to Seokdong at the late age of thirtyseven. After losing her husband the following year, she lived nearly 35 years up to the age of seventytwo, only looking after her son.
To such a mother’s eyes, her thirtysixyearold son who was rising with puffed lips seemed as cute as a kindergartner.
Gwangsoon made a vow not to let the vile woman who brought tears to the eyes of her so cute son go unpunished.
How dare she draw tears from my son’s eyes, it was only right that bloodtears should come from that woman’s eyes.
“They’re so greedy.”
Tae Seo seemed frustrated as he pulled down his tie and sank deep into his chair.
Just a little while ago, he had finished a meeting with representatives of companies participating in the bid, ahead of the upcoming selection of a reconstruction company for Gangnam Hwami Apartment. Tae Seo was the head of Gangseon Construction, but he effectively held the position with representative credentials.
The meeting, which began with breakfast, did not end until it crossed lunchtime. He had a hard time holding back yawns while the aged representatives of other construction companies raised their voices.
Tae Seo instinctively pressed his furrowed brow and closed his eyes slightly.
“I knew there were a lot of gangsterlike scumbags in the construction field, but it’s really a mess.”
“Seonsung Construction was particularly difficult today. It seems to be because of the rumor that one of the union chairmen turned to Hyunyang Construction.”
“Oh, Seonsung. At least they’re cute. It’s more that these old men talk too much. At this rate, I’ll get wrinkles on my forehead.”
“Shall we have a meal?”
Ms. Jang, who was about the age of Tae Seo’s aunt, quickly thought of the prepared menu in her head. She had already prepared Korean and Japanese lunch boxes, as well as sandwiches, judging that the meeting would be long.
“I don’t have an appetite. Please keep it simple. Ah, could you bring me an ice pack? I have a headache.”
“Do you want some medicine?”
“No need for medicine.”
“Alright. I’ll prepare it right away.”
As Ms. Jang left the office, Tae Seo went around the back of the office and washed his hands at the sink. Then, pinching his temples, he drank the cold water.
In truth, the demands of Seoul City were not unreasonable. The problem was the apartment reconstruction association, which had only grown in size due to the conflict of various interests.
Somehow, Hwami Apartment had three reconstruction associations. Just like an old apartment that had been longing for reconstruction for a long time, associations sprung up one after another according to each party’s interests. And as a result, the associations split into three.
Then they began to fight, each claiming that they were the real representative reconstruction association of Hwami Apartment. Adding to that, the shop association, it was truly five minutes before chaos.
Each of the four union chairmen, who were making demands with raised chins, the representatives of each construction company decided to only accept some of the possible demands.
The meeting was held to determine the demands to be accepted for fair competition, but it was as chaotic as ever.
“I’m really not in the mood……”
Tae Seo, who was shaking his head to dissipate his discomfort, discovered the report that Ms. Jang had previously placed on the desk.
Tae Seo always used electronic documents as he worked on a tablet.
With a puzzled expression, he picked up the stack of papers and chuckled as he turned the first page. The longawaited report had arrived much sooner than expected, which was quite a relief.
“Well, it is better to use paper that can be replaced and finished than electronic documents that leave a trail of exchanges.”
Furthermore, he was very pleased with how Ms. Jang had dealt with the situation, considering even the security.
Tae Seo reclined his chair and stretched out comfortably. The look in his eyes began to read through the report in earnest, shining fiercely.
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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