Brother, You're Mistaken (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 10
Thump-thump. Thump-thump-thump.
Seung Won’s heartbeat echoed in her ears. The subtle trembling in his encircling arms. And the soft, puppy-like scent.
‘What is this? Why… me?’
Hye Ju noticed Seung Won’s glasses lying on the floor. He’d dropped his second pair of eyes—something he’d never casually toss aside—yet in that urgent moment, he’d looked out for her first. Hye Ju felt dazed.
‘It’s probably just because I was right next to him. Da Hee was a bit farther away…’
No matter how she tried to calm herself—telling her racing heart it was just a reflexive hug at the sight of flames—it wouldn’t settle down.
Thump-thump, thump-thump-thump.
Seung Won seemed no different; his heartbeat pounded fiercely against her ear. The two of them, crouched under the table, wrapped in each other’s arms, stayed motionless as if turned to stone.
As the sudden blaze subsided like popping foam, the owner quickly stepped in to manage the situation.
“Oh dear, I’m so sorry, everyone! Butabara has a lot of fat, so it flares up like this sometimes. You must’ve been really startled, huh? Haha!”
Once things calmed down, it turned out to be nothing serious. While grilling pork belly skewers, dripping oil had caused a sudden burst of flame. The easygoing owner, having smoothed over the mishap, clasped his hands together and apologized profusely to Hye Ju and Seung Won, who were still clinging to each other.
“I’m really sorry for scaring you so badly. You’re regulars at our skewer place—what am I to do? I’ll add some chicken wings and chicken hearts on the house.”
Only then did Hye Ju snap out of it and quickly pull away from Seung Won. Embarrassed, Seung Won hurriedly picked up his glasses and cracked a joke.
“Boss, we really thought it was a fire! Shouldn’t this call for the fire department?”
“Oh dear, maybe I should just take pork belly off the menu—it keeps doing this, and it’s giving me a headache. But hey, when did you two start dating?”
“Huh?”
“Not many guys would grab their girlfriend first in a moment like that. It’s sweet to see! I always knew something like this would happen—you two have been inseparable forever, haha!”
An awkward silence fell.
Hye Ju felt as if someone had dumped ice cubes on her head. She looked up at the icy gaze directed her way and saw Da Hee standing there, eyes brimming with tears.
“Da Hee, are you okay?”
Seung Won tried belatedly to fix things, but Da Hee’s face was already crumpled in sorrow.
“I’m not okay at all.”
“Da Hee…”
“You’re both really unfair… so unfair!”
Da Hee bolted out of the restaurant in an instant. Realizing too late, Seung Won chased after her without even grabbing his bag.
Only then did the owner realize his blunder, sweating profusely and muttering, “What have I done?”—but the damage was already done.
Hye Ju’s head throbbed from everything that had unfolded in just a few seconds.
“This is driving me crazy, seriously…”
None of it had been intentional. Neither the awkward encounter of the four of them at the skewer place, nor the sudden flare-up on the grill, nor Seung Won’s instinct to protect her—none of it was something Hye Ju had wanted.
Yet, in the end, Da Hee had been hurt. Who wouldn’t ache seeing their partner prioritize someone else in a crisis?
Hye Ju worried whether this would deeply wound Da Hee, who was already sensitive and timid. If only she’d switched seats earlier—instead of sitting right next to Seung Won, causing this whole mess.
‘Seriously, Kang Seung Won always makes a fuss over nothing.’
Though she blamed him unnecessarily, the uneasy feeling wouldn’t fade.
“You okay?”
Joo Won suddenly spoke up. Hye Ju rubbed her shoulder, still feeling warm, and replied curtly.
“Were you still here? I thought you’d left.”
“I’ve never heard anyone call me invisible before.”
“You were top of the class since you were little, right?”
“Yeah.”
“And you’ve been flying high at work at such a young age?”
“Yeah.”
“So that’s why everyone flatters you. As if you actually have presence.”
She hadn’t meant to sound snippy, but somehow her words always came out rough around Joo Won. It felt like their relationship had gone wrong from the very first button—her gut instinctively resisted him.
She slightly regretted her sharp tone, but Joo Won didn’t seem to mind. Pretending not to hear her grumpiness, he got straight to the point.
“I’m surprised. I didn’t expect Seung Won to look after you first in that situation.”
Joo Won had clearly seen Seung Won pull Hye Ju into his arms.
And he’d seen himself lunging toward Hye Ju at the same moment.
When Seung Won reached her a step ahead, it felt… as if a massive barrier had formed around the two of them.
They hadn’t looked like friends at all. Now he understood why Da Hee had stormed out so angrily.
“He was just reacting instinctively since I was right next to him. You know how Kang Seung Won is—unnecessarily nosy and always looking out for people around him.”
Joo Won stared fixedly at Hye Ju, who was explaining herself defensively.
Truthfully, Joo Won hadn’t cared much about Seung Won’s reaction. Knowing how kind and meddlesome he was, it made perfect sense. What bothered him was Hye Ju’s flushed cheeks.
Was it embarrassment? Shock? Or… something else?
“Let’s get up.”
“Wait.”
Joo Won grabbed Hye Ju’s wrist as she tried to stand.
Uncharacteristically impulsive—he needed to know.
He needed the answer to the question he’d been tangled up over again and again.
That infuriatingly contradictory heart of Oh Hye Ju—feeling it was true when she thought it wasn’t, and feeling it wasn’t true when she thought it was.
“Do you really like me?”
His voice was low, sharp, and utterly serious.
“…I already said I don’t right now.”
“I’m asking again. Was the person you liked… me?”
Heat spread from her captured wrist. Beneath his thick brows, Joo Won’s eyes burned with startling intensity.
For a moment, Hye Ju didn’t understand why her heart fluttered. Was it because a handsome man had suddenly grabbed her wrist? Or because she’d glimpsed Seung Won in his expression?
“Whether I liked you or not, nothing would change anyway. You’ve clearly shown no interest in me, and even if I said I liked you, you wouldn’t accept me. I’m not some lovesick fool—why do you keep pressing for an answer to a question that isn’t even worth answering?”
She struggled to pull her wrist free. But his grip was firmer than she’d expected, and his gaze pinned her down like chains. She’d thought everything was neatly sorted out, yet now it felt like all her carefully arranged belongings had just toppled over.
“Let go.”
Hye Ju twisted her wrist and pulled away from Joo Won.
His eyebrows twitched at the sudden emptiness in his hand.
‘The more you act like this, the more stubborn I get.’
Was it really that hard to answer? Just one word—just tell me who it was you held in your heart.
A question he’d never cared about, never thought important, now consumed him with curiosity. Joo Won watched Hye Ju with steady, calm eyes—then spoke slowly, deliberately.
“Who said I wouldn’t accept you?”
For an instant, Hye Ju’s pupils trembled. Seizing the opening, Joo Won drove the point home.
“Have I ever told you I’m not interested in you?”
His low voice brushed against her ear.
“Not even once.”
Thud.
Her heart jolted.
“Da Hee, wait! Just talk to me for a sec.”
After leaving the skewer place, Da Hee walked blindly ahead, tears blurring her vision so badly she couldn’t tell where she was.
“Hic… sob…”
The image of Seung Won shielding Hye Ju when the grill flared was seared into her mind.
Logically, she understood. They were close, so that’s why he’d done it. They’d been friends forever—of course he’d react instinctively. But still…
‘Was Seung Won protecting Hye Ju first really just because she was sitting right next to him?’
Da Hee couldn’t be sure.
Ever since they started dating, she’d felt insecure. Unlike her, who’d only met Seung Won after joining the company, Hye Ju and Seung Won had been friends since high school. With so much history between them, of course they knew each other better than anyone—and were closer than anyone. She’d never found an opening to slip into their bond.
The way Seung Won looked at Hye Ju. The way his hands always reached for her. The sincerity hidden beneath his teasing.
Two fools, clearly in love but blind to it themselves.
Knowing Seung Won’s feelings, she’d rushed into confessing—desperate to cut things off before he realized his own heart, before his feelings for Hye Ju deepened further.
‘Yeah… I always knew. That Seung Won liked Hye Ju…’
She’d known long ago that the person Hye Ju was going to confess to was Seung Won. She’d seen the Gundam model Hye Ju was assembling at home—the very same model Seung Won loved most.
Even without that, there had been countless obvious signs. But Da Hee had pretended not to see. She’d pressed Hye Ju for confirmation only because she needed to draw a line—so Hye Ju would have to stick to her own words.
Seung Won is mine. You said you weren’t in love with him, so you have to mean it.
“Da Hee, just wait!”
Seung Won caught up quickly and grabbed her arm. Seeing Da Hee’s tear-streaked face, he looked genuinely shocked.
“You’re crying?”
He’d regretted his reflexive action back at the restaurant, but he hadn’t realized Da Hee would be this hurt. He was completely flustered.
“Why are you crying…? I’m sorry, Da Hee.”
“What did you even do wrong?”
“I checked on Hye Ju first in that moment. It wasn’t on purpose—it was just instinct…”
“Then why does your ‘instinct’ only care about Hye Ju?! Isn’t instinct just your true feelings bubbling up? In that moment, weren’t you most worried about Hye Ju?!”
Da Hee glared at him, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears. All the anxiety she’d held in since they started dating now spilled out like a broken dam.
“You’ve always been like this! Whenever there’s something good, you give it to Hye Ju; whenever you’re stressed, you talk to Hye Ju first! If that’s how it is, why don’t you just date Hye Ju instead of me?”
Da Hee’s fiery outburst sent cold sweat down Seung Won’s back. He’d never seen the cheerful, affectionate Da Hee this furious before. He stammered in a tiny voice.
“You know it’s just friendship between me and Hye Ju. We’ve known each other since high school—we’re as close as family. I only checked on her first because she was right there. There was no other intention.”
“It didn’t look that way to me.”
“Da Hee, why are you like this…?”
“I feel so pathetic… hic…”
Da Hee covered her face with both hands.
Overwhelmed by her hot tears, Seung Won didn’t know what to do. Unaware of Da Hee’s deep-seated insecurity about Hye Ju, he naturally couldn’t grasp the gravity of the situation. Adjusting his cracked glasses, he hesitantly pulled Da Hee into an awkward hug.
“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.”
“Hic…”
Her sobs, which had refused to calm, gradually quieted in Seung Won’s embrace. She felt a sense of relief at his gentle pats on her shoulder.
“Seung Won… you’re mine, right?”
“Yeah.”
“You like me, right? Even if you’ve known Hye Ju longer, you only see me as a woman. That’s how it is, isn’t it?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“From now on, only look at me. Only take care of me, only save me. Got it?”
“I’ll try…”
Holding him tightly, Da Hee sought reassurance again and again with every pat of his hand—desperately fighting down the unease stirred by his vague reply.
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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