“It’s not because of you. It’s just that thinking about the future makes me feel so hopeless…”
“What could possibly trouble such a beautiful lady like yourself?” Daebok asked.
Cho Ah wiped her tears with her sleeve and explained, “For the upcoming promotion exam, I need to collect a quota of Wolgyeoncho to become a nursing assistant. Without it, I can’t receive a salary…”
Swallowing her sorrow, she continued, “But even after coming here, I’m short of the required amount. If I fail this exam, my family will starve.”
Tears like small pebbles fell from Cho Ah’s eyes again.
Eun Chae’s heart ached with a sense of shared pain. Although she didn’t know the full story, it seemed like Cho Ah was the breadwinner of her family.
Once Eun Chae also had to bear the responsibility of supporting her family, so she understood well the weight and responsibility that Cho Ah felt.
At that moment, Daebok, looking utterly distressed, asked Eun Chae, “Is there any way we can help?”
Eun Chae too wanted to help Cho Ah, who was in a similar situation. While pondering how to assist her, a great idea suddenly struck her.
Perhaps it was the excitement of meeting a girl her age, or the joy of encountering someone in a similar situation, but without realizing it, Eun Chae firmly grasped Cho Ah’s hand.
“Miss, I think I can help you.”
Daebok and Cho Ah followed Eun Chae to the foothills. They arrived at a field of Wolgyeoncho, densely populated with the herb.
Cho Ah looked around the field of Wolgyeoncho in astonishment.
“I had no idea there was a place where Wolgyeoncho bloomed so abundantly. I never knew!”
“How did you know about this place?” Daebok asked, his eyes sparkling.
Eun Chae smiled modestly at their gleaming eyes.
“I may not have medical knowledge, but I do have some understanding of herbs.”
Eun Chae’s habit of gathering herbs in the mountains remained, and she often collected necessary herbs from the mountains.
In addition to this, she always observed where herbs were located when she went out for tasks like chopping wood, feeding the army horses, or marching.
Thus, Eun Chae was well-versed in the herbs surrounding the military camp and could recall the location of the Wolgyeoncho cluster.
Holding a hoe in one hand, Eun Chae handed out extra hoes to the other two.
“Let’s hurry, as you need to leave at dawn! Miss, you take the front part. Daebok and I will take the rear.”
The trio worked efficiently together, and soon the amount of herbs collected met their target.
When Cho Ah checked the harvested amount and looked up to tell Eun Chae they had enough, she was struck by Eun Chae’s proficient herb gathering.
“You must have gathered herbs quite often.”
“I used to support myself by selling herbs.”
Even as Eun Chae conversed with Cho Ah, her hands never stopped swiftly harvesting Wolgyeoncho.
It was a day to utilize the skills she had honed during her days of gathering herbs.
“It must be tough being the head of the household.”
“It’s okay. Seeing my family gives me strength.”
Cho Ah’s face lit up with a smile, just thinking about her family.
Eun Chae felt both envy and bitterness in her heart, seeing how different it could be for another young female head of a household.
“Your family must be close.”
“Haha. My youngest sibling turned seven this year. It’s really cute how he follows me around calling ‘sister, sister.'”
“I’m envious. I wish I had a cute younger sister. I only have a brother… Oh, I mean, a guy who’s incredibly annoying.”
“Really? I always wished I had a protective older brother.”
“Oh, please don’t even mention it. It’s better not to have one.”
“Oh my!”
Eun Chae was invigorated by her conversation with someone of her age.
Cho Ah, too, seemed to enjoy talking to Eun Chae, bursting into laughter.
Daebok, standing at a distance, couldn’t bring himself to approach Cho Ah and looked at the two with eyes full of envy.
It was a mystery why he, who had so easily conversed with Eun Chae at their first meeting, became utterly dumbstruck in front of the girl he liked.
As the harvesting reached a sufficient amount, Cho Ah gathered the bags filled with Wolgyeoncho and deeply bowed to the two.
“This should be enough. Thank you. Thanks to you both, I’ve averted a crisis.”
Meanwhile, Daebok couldn’t even meet her eyes and fumbled awkwardly.
Where did his usual slyness go?
Eun Chae felt sorry for Daebok but had no advice to offer, being inexperienced in love herself.
Turning her attention from Daebok, Eun Chae smiled warmly at Cho Ah.
“Giving up on your dreams would be such a waste. I hope you pass your exam and become a great nurse.”
Eun Chae’s smile shone like a gentle spring breeze across the field, causing Cho Ah’s heart to flutter.
Could a man’s smile be so beautiful? Eun Chae’s smile was more enchanting than any woman’s.
Moreover, his radiant, vibrant skin and well-defined features added to his charm.
Cho Ah had encountered many men but had never seen one as handsome as Eun Chae.
But it wasn’t just his appearance that captivated her.
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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