“It’s a bit uncomfortable to ask my brother. I pretended not to know because it seemed like I overheard someone else’s conversation, but I couldn’t just let it go.”
Seung Won spoke with a rigid gaze.
“Don’t beat around the bush, just tell me.”
“Well, you see…”
Ju Won sighed inwardly as he looked at Seung Won’s hesitation.
“Could he actually believe such a ridiculous lie? Wow, he’s more naive than I thought.”
Ju Won never even considered the possibility that Seung Won was the person Hye Ju liked.
It didn’t make sense for her to mistake someone who didn’t even resemble Seung Won and give him a chocolate bar. It was as if she had appeared right on the day of his return, as if she had been waiting for it. And what was that overly emotional confession song? It seemed to have lines like “I’ve been watching you for a long time” and “I loved you even when we were far apart.” It clearly wasn’t a song targeting Ju Won.
If Seung Won were to hear that obvious lie and misunderstand…
“It would be troublesome.”
Caught up in firm delusions, Ju Won could only lament the unrequited affection of Hye Ju, which he couldn’t accept. It also gave him a headache. Because of the absurd excuse that Oh Hye Ji had made earlier, which didn’t sound like a believable defense, Seung Won might end up misunderstanding. It could unnecessarily hurt Ju Won.
However, Seung Won’s subsequent question completely defied Ju Won’s calculations, leaving him completely off guard.
“Hyung, did you really report Hye Ju to the police? Are you out of your mind?”
Ah, so that was the story he heard earlier.
“At first, I doubted my own ears when I heard it. Are you really crazy, hyung?”
Ju Won secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing that Seung Won’s story was about a police report. But Seung Won’s reaction was rougher than expected.
“Where is the lunatic who reports his little sister’s best friend to the police?”
“Well, hey?”
“She’s my friend! I didn’t come here to see you, but because she left something at our house! What did Hye Ju steal that you had to report it to the police? How valuable was it that you went as far as making a report?”
“You don’t need to know.”
There is some sense of privacy even for her, so he couldn’t exactly say that she stole his worn underwear.
Ju Won waved his hand dismissively.
“Stop babbling and finish your game.”
“Hyung!”
Ju Won wiped his hands on a clean towel and turned away. However, Seung Won didn’t let it go.
“Do you really think Hye Ju is a stalker?”
“I told you to drop it.”
“Answer me. If your absurd delusion is about Hye Ju, then I have the right to know too.”
“The right to know?”
“Because we’re friends.”
Sigh.
Ju Won tapped his temple with his finger. Honestly, if he truly believed that Hye Ju was a stalker, he would have reported her for stalking, not theft.
Ju Won reported Hye Ju to the police for a different reason. But he didn’t want to voice that reason.
“I don’t think she’s a stalker. That’s enough, right?”
“But why did you report her?”
“Hey, Kang Seung Won.”
“Answer me.”
Seung Won didn’t back down.
Sometimes, this soft and gentle younger brother would be stubborn like this. Ju Won knew that even if their late grandfather rose from the grave, he wouldn’t be able to stop him. He had been quite composed lately, hadn’t he? Huh?
“Fine. I’ll answer.”
Ju Won stared at Seung Won with narrowed eyes.
“There were some missing items from the house, and there was a misunderstanding.”
“What kind of items? They’re probably not mine anyway.”
“They were my items.”
“So, you reported my friend over some insignificant items?”
“There was a misunderstanding. Stop bothering me and just drop it. If you’re really curious, go ask Oh Hye Ji. She’s your best friend, right?”
Ju Won grumbled and unbuttoned his shirt. However, he was mistaken to think that the conversation was over at this point.
“Did you really report her because of that item?”
At the sharp remark that came from behind, Ju Won’s brow twitched.
“You don’t know how much it hurts, do you? You can probably guess why I reported Hye Ju to the police.”
“Get out.”
“It’s because of that incident from ten years ago, right?”
“…Just add one more word. If you want to dig deeper.”
The calm tone sank with an intimidating presence that sent shivers down the spine. Seung Won knew that he had touched a nerve, but he didn’t stop.
“Even if I have to get hit like a dog, I still have things to say. I understand if you’re acting like this because you think Hye Ju is a stalker. But she’s not that kind of person. I hope you apologize.”
“What do you know when you know nothing?”
“You’re trying to warn me so that I won’t even dare to come near again, right? Or is it to threaten me? Or maybe you wanted to leave a record of the report? Whichever it is, you just wanted to avoid any inconvenient incidents like ten years ago!”
Ju Won’s eyes, which seemed ready to burst, calmed down. The depths of his gaze were as dark and unfathomable as a deep abyss.
“It’s an inconvenient incident, huh.”
He smirked. His straightened lips curled upwards.
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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