Gyo Hwan, who checked the time on his wristwatch that it was past 10 o’clock, gave an awkward smile.
“No, please go inside and rest. It’s too late. Let’s do it next time.”
“No, it’s okay.”
Hyo Jin wasn’t hungry, but she was extremely curious about what he had to say to her.
The place Gyo Hwan arrived at, driving his own car, was his regular Japanese restaurant.
Upon entering the shop where the warm light faintly intersected, Hyo Jin sat face to face at a low table covered with tatami mats.
The manager, who received a call from Gyo Hwan before departure, came in person with a wooden tray full of dishes and explained today’s menu in detail.
“Please start.”
After the manager finished serving and left, Gyo Hwan, who was left alone, put a porcelain cup filled with warm leaf tea in front of Hyo Jin.
In the porcelain bowl, there were neatly prepared dishes like fresh salmon sashimi, abalone porridge, lotus root tempura, steamed egg and curry, braised and grilled sea bream, and various salads.
While sipping the leaf tea he poured for her, Hyo Jin opened her mouth first out of curiosity.
“But what is it that you want to say to me?”
“I wanted to thank you for all your hard work.”
“Huh?”
“Thanks to you, I was able to get closer to Seung Yool when I returned to the Forest Institute, so I wanted to repay you.”
“Ah, I see.”
Gyo Hwan felt sorry for Hyo Jin, who followed him all the way here without knowing this and was extremely tense.
“So, what did you think I was going to say?”
Did she think he would drive her away like the last time?
“I thought you might have something to discuss about Seung Yool.”
The only reason Gyo Hwan would face her alone like this was because of Seung Yool.
After returning from school and working to complete his tasks by the agreed time, Gyo Hwan didn’t even have time to drink a sip of water. Only after he had eaten his fill did he notice Hyo Jin’s plate, which she had hardly touched.
“Do you like wine?”
“Pardon?”
Seeing Hyo Jin, whose eyes widened again with tension, Gyo Hwan couldn’t help but smile.
“I wanted to treat you to something delicious, but as you can see, it seems like only I enjoyed the meal.”
“Oh… I’m sorry. I had already eaten dinner.”
Hyo Jin, who felt awkward eating alone with him, barely touched anything except the sashimi and salad.
“Do you want to go out for some wine if you like it?”
Hyo Jin felt a bit flustered by Gyo Hwan, who kept trying to do something for her, without knowing exactly what she had done.
In fact, the person who deserved to be rewarded was his father.
He had postponed his work until late to be a good father, and he even wrote letters for Seung Yool at school.
“If you don’t like wine, sake or any other alcohol is fine. Or a cocktail.”
“No, I like wine.”
Actually, if they were close friends, they would have suggested a casual walk with a warm takeaway coffee.
Knowing her position as a home tutor better than anyone, Hyo Jin headed towards the wine bar to discuss Seung Yool.
“Welcome.”
The modestly dressed manager guided him to the window seat where he always sat.
“There’s only one glass.”
“Ah, I’m sorry. It’s the first time I’ve seen you with someone.”
The manager, who quickly sent an employee to fetch another glass, uncorked the bottle himself and filled Gyo Hwan’s glass first.
Gulp.
Gyo Hwan tasted the wine and nodded his head, indicating that it was good.
“It seems you often come here alone.”
Looking at him, a mature man exuding a masculine scent, Hyo Jin also wanted to elegantly savor the scent of the wine he had poured. However, she gulped it down before she even had a chance to roll it around in her mouth.
“Wow, this is really delicious.”
The wine filled her mouth, it was deep in aroma and smooth. Her tongue felt like it was visiting a prestigious French vineyard.
“Is it that good?”
Seeing Hyo Jin enjoy it, a satisfied smile appeared on Gyo Hwan’s face.
“In fact, while working in such places, I’ve only watched others drink, it’s my first time actually tasting it like this.”
That’s why she was always curious. What does the wine taste like when welldressed friends, families, and lovers drink it together in such places?
“Have you worked parttime in a wine bar?”
“Yes. Once, I broke a bottle of wine while serving and had to apologize.”
She tried desperately to catch the wine falling to the floor but injured her wrist, resulting in a monthlong hospital stay.
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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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