Just the coat of arms on the carriage warranted a pass-through. Peeking out of the curtain, I saw what seemed like hundreds of carriages lined up.
“The carriage will stop right at the front.”
“Okay…”
It seemed the parking area was designated based on rank.
The Enehaz Count’s mansion looked more like a party venue than a house, with its dazzling fountain and colorful lights.
As I wondered how such a display was possible, the carriage gradually slowed down.
“I can only escort you to the entrance of the banquet hall, then I must leave immediately.”
It made sense that another small carriage had followed us.
“But I won’t leave right away. I’ll be somewhere in the hall until you find the young master.”
Introduced as the Countess of Corhena, she explained that she wasn’t appointed as a chaperone, so she couldn’t stay by my side the entire time.
“Is it too late for me to be appointed as a chaperone?”
She held back her words but her eyes conveyed a lot. It was comforting, in a way, to know I wasn’t the only one feeling worried and insecure.
“I’m no longer in a position to be escorted by a chaperone.”
What did she mean by that? Considering my lack of a title, acting as my chaperone could tarnish her reputation. The Debraian Empire’s social circle was complex and unkind, more than I had imagined.
I must have looked quite sullen, as the Countess of Corhena softly tapped my hand.
“Don’t worry too much. Just go in and show your invitation to anyone. Then, find the young master immediately. Once you deliver the handkerchief, he will take care of the rest.”
Feeling reassured, I involuntarily pouted my lower lip.
“Oh, you shouldn’t make such a face.”
Upon hearing the strict words, I quickly hid my lips and said,
“Don’t tremble your legs either.”
“Yes…”
As I stopped my trembling legs, the carriage also came to a halt.
Entering the largest and brightest building with the Countess of Corhena, a servant approached to guide us. Judging that it was unnecessary to attract people’s attention to me, she prohibited announcing my arrival with a fanfare.
I was relieved at that.
After quietly entering, she looked around and then pointed to a spot.
“It’s best if you stand over there.”
She pointed to the center of the hall. Though I wanted to hide behind a pillar until the end of the banquet, I had a task to complete.
“Standing there might catch the young master’s eye, or if not, someone is sure to approach you.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“After I also ask around for the young master’s whereabouts, if I find him first, I will lead you to him.”
After giving these instructions, she soon distanced herself from me. I felt like I was floating in an endless sea, holding onto a buoy, but I steadied my heart.
After all, the social circle of the Dermaier Empire was also a place inhabited by people.
Ignoring the few glances thrown my way, I focused straight ahead. The overwhelming opulence almost blinded me.
The most striking feature was undoubtedly the fresco painting that seemed to cover an entire wall.
I immediately recognized the main character of the painting. It was a man I had seen with Ricardo before, though only as a huge figure carved into a cliff.
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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