In front of the busy gate with passengers preparing for departure.
Subin looked down at the phone in her hand. Boarding time was approaching. There was no time other than now to make a call, but her fingers seemed stiff and unmoving.
Even if she pretended to be fine, it seemed impossible to conceal the gloomy tone in her voice. She didn’t want to worry Dejung on her way out.
Subin forced a stiff corner of her mouth to lift and made a call.
A long beep sounded, and a somewhat guarded voice echoed in her ears.
“Hello?”
“Dejung, it’s me.”
“…Subin Oppa?”
“Yeah. How have you been?”
“I’ve been fine. What about you? Are you… okay?”
“I am. It’s fine. Why, because of Mom?”
“Yes…”
Dejung hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“…The whole world is talking about it. I saw you on the news, and it seemed like you were okay. How’s the company doing, and what about Grandfather in the future…”
Even if she brightened her voice, nothing changed. Dejung, without caring about whose son he was, still expressed concern.
It felt bitter, but somehow it felt good. A self-deprecating smile formed on her lips.
“I never liked working at the company anyway, so it’s better this way. And Grandfather… He can be scary when he’s angry, but he treats me like nothing happened when it’s over, so it’s okay.”
“I see…”
The thin voice lingered softly in her ears, and the boarding announcement sounded. Subin opened her mouth as if pushed.
“I saw your interview.”
The article was filled with Dejung’s inner thoughts. How grateful she was, how much strength that day gave her for her life.
Subin couldn’t bear the time she deceived Dejung. She had just stayed silent and looked at her. Yet, she could keenly realize that it was an embarrassing thing, nothing more.
She wanted to confess everything right away. Apologize sincerely, say that it was an accident that day. She wanted to ask her not to harbor undeserved feelings toward her.
But.
“Ah… You saw it? It was a bit awkward, right?”
“A bit? More like very.”
She wanted to confess it straightforwardly, but she couldn’t. She had lived earnestly, wanting to become someone to be proud of. She had overcome the memories of that day and grown into a stronger person.
She couldn’t shake Dejung like that again. She couldn’t overturn the well-healed wounds and make her heart comfortable.
So, from now on, this shameful truth had to be mine alone. I decided not to indulge in luxuries like forgiveness or confession.
“If someone sees it, they might think I’m a superhero from a movie, right?”
“Well, to me, you were a hero.”
With Dejung’s painful words buried like thorns in her heart, Subin smiled brightly.
“Yeah, I was your hero. Remember that always. Even if we can’t meet, keep remembering that way.”
“Huh? We can’t meet?”
“I’m on my way to leave the country now. Going back to the United States.”
“Ah…”
“This time, I won’t be back for a long time, so that’s why I called to say goodbye.”
“I see…”
This time, even Dejung seemed to be at a loss for words, and it was quiet on the other side of the phone. Subin clenched her teeth. It was becoming increasingly difficult to produce a cheerful voice.
“Take care.”
“You take care too, Oppa. When you come back to Korea, make sure to contact me.”
“Yeah, I will.”
Subin casually lied and hung up the phone. The gate, where boarding was almost finished, was deserted. As she walked slowly, the day she met Dejung on the plane came to mind.
It was the way back from the United States, and Dejung woke me up from a nightmare that plagued me. The round eyes were full of worries, just like in childhood.
When I recognized that it was that child at that moment, I was genuinely happy. It seemed like everything could be set right.
In the end, I couldn’t set anything right and was leaving again. However, it didn’t feel as suffocating as it did back then.
The dream child walking into the fire was no longer there. It seemed that only the face of Dejung happily smiling would be remembered for a long time.
The first weekend they spent together after returning home, Dejung felt a slightly excited mood from the morning.
They decided to have a meal outside and go for a drive. The date course suitable for being with Taesang, who is recognized by many people, was suggested by Dejung.
Wearing a white chiffon dress and styling her hair with thick waves, Dejung, who even applied a bright peach-colored lipstick, walked out of the room with brisk steps.
Taesang, who had prepared much earlier, would be waiting in the living room. Dejung quickly passed through the long corridor.
“Taesang…”
The lips that called his name stopped quietly again.
Taesang was sitting on the piano stool. His back, quietly pressing the keys, seemed to miss something, and there was anticipation as well.
‘Come to think of it…’
Taesang hadn’t played the piano since that day. I remembered that he quite liked the piano.
A feeling of regret and apology quickly surged up.
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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