What he offered was a sweet made from jujube fruit. It wasn’t really a snack for adults, so the lady probably prepared it knowing that there were younger people like me and Ha Hyun in the group.
“Thank you.”
Feeling a drop in energy from overthinking, I obediently took a sugar cube and placed it in my mouth. As the sweetness hit, my mind began to clear a bit.
‘I don’t want to pry into someone else’s family matters, but…’
It’s doubly strange that an already odd person doesn’t resemble their parents at all.
Caught in my dilemma, I eventually made a casual remark.
“By the way, Sahbaek.”
“Hmm?”
“Just a thought, but Seong Gongja doesn’t seem to resemble Danju or his wife much.”
Sahbaek tilted his head.
“Are you talking about the eldest son?”
“Yes, the one I spoke to today.”
“Is that so? To me, he looked quite similar to Danju. Did they not look alike to you?”
“…Is that so?”
“Well, perception varies from person to person.”
Sahbaek answered nonchalantly, as if he were discussing a fleeting thought. This made me feel even more uneasy.
‘It shouldn’t depend on the person’s perception.’
It can’t be that he looks different only to me…
Huh?
‘Is that it?’
I suddenly felt a chill. Was this why I was uncomfortable?
After walking me to my room, Sahbaek bid me goodnight and left. Standing alone in my room, I felt conflicted for a moment before flinging the door open and stepping back into the hallway.
Sahbaek had already gone, but I wasn’t looking for him anyway. To confirm my suspicion, I needed to hear from everyone who had been there.
The eldest son had been met by Sahbaek, me, and Ha Hyun.
‘I was already planning to ask Ha Hyun if he found anything strange.’
It’s okay to say something a bit odd. I trust him not to misinterpret my intentions.
Of course, Sahbaek and the other Sahjas who came with us would be the same, but Ha Hyun and I share the same master, making it easier to talk to him.
Carefully, I approached Ha Hyun’s door and knocked.
“Are you there? Can I come in?”
Although I spoke softly, the door quickly opened.
Perhaps I had been too cautious, as Ha Hyun looked both slightly startled and puzzled.
“Sahja?”
“I’m coming in.”
Without waiting for a reply, I pushed past him into the room.
Whether it was my general combat victories or not, Ha Hyun, who might beat me in a pure test of strength, willingly stepped back as I pushed my way in.
Once inside, I closed the door tightly and turned to look at him again. Ha Hyun watched me intently before calmly asking,
“What’s going on?”
“I came to confirm something. Don’t think it’s weird, just listen.”
I spoke in a low voice.
“About the Holy Duke we met today. Do you think he resembles Lord Danju?”
I know my question seems trivial for something so serious that I closed the door quietly upon entering. However, perhaps because my demeanor was serious, Ha Hyun, who initially appeared bewildered, soon calmed down and furrowed his brow as if to recollect his thoughts.
“The Holy Duke?”
“Yes, the eldest son.”
Ha Hyun looked puzzled as to why I was asking this, but soon seemed to conclude his deliberation and gave his answer.
“It did seem like they resembled each other.”
“…You think they resembled each other?”
“Enough to realize they were father and son, it seemed.”
What?
So it really was just me who saw a different face.
“Enough to realize?”
Now I was genuinely creeped out. To be honest, if you put them side by side, I’d think they were unrelated men. There was no need to even imagine such a situation.
Yet, the two people who were with me had completely different impressions.
‘Then whose face was I looking at? Who is that person?’
Why did I see something different?
“Be careful.”
Ha Hyun grabbed my shoulder with a surprised face. When I looked up, our wavering eyes met.
“Ah.”
I remembered, since my childhood, after witnessing me throw up in panic, Ha Hyun had a tendency to also get startled if I showed even a slight exaggerated reaction.
If I can’t calm down here, Ha Hyun won’t be able to calm down either. Realizing this, my mind suddenly became much clearer.
‘Being flustered is not the priority here.’
I have to find out why this happened.
No, first of all, I need to act calmly.
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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