“Do you have twins here? I’d like to talk to those children.”
“Well? We do have twins, but… whether you can talk to them…”
“It’s alright. Will you guide me?”
Even then, she didn’t easily step back. She had come without an appointment, but usually, orphanages survived by eating and living off of donations. Although some support came from the temple and the imperial court, it was mainly for orphanages with a larger number of children. Orphanages with fewer than five children were excluded. Most orphanages of this size were more than happy to receive donations, but she seemed different.
‘I expected some resistance, but…’
It was more severe than expected. Not only resistance but also wariness.
Perhaps she thought the reason the woman didn’t welcome them was because their status was not clear, Lizbet spoke up.
“I am Sesenia Vestel, the daughter of Viscount Vestel. I am also the current owner of Iar Trading Company. Our status has been verified, so you don’t have to worry.”
When Lizbet spoke eloquently, the woman awkwardly took a step back.
“Ah… I see. However… these children are already promised to be taken to the temple…”
“Is that so? I still want to see them.”
“…”
“There’s no way to refuse to let someone see children promised to be taken to the temple, right? And, you’ve received donation items. It’s customary to receive guests.”
As soon as donated items arrived at the orphanage, they were obliged to welcome the donor and allow them to see the children. This applied to all places with the name ‘orphanage.’
It was even specified clearly in the Imperial Law. Because orphanages were easily exploited, it was a small safeguard for sponsors.
“Please follow me…”
Even though she was a bit taken aback, the woman eventually nodded her head.
“Orphanages that receive support from both the temple and the palace. When you run an orphanage, regardless of where the children come from, you can accept them all without clear documentation regarding their status. There was an advantage in simplifying the numerous documents that needed to be created to adopt a child or employ them as a servant in an ordinary household.
Furthermore, there was no need to clearly state the use of the funds and donated items that came into the orphanage, making it the perfect place for tax evasion. Therefore, Sesenia looked at the woman with a critical eye.
“Are you planning to act like you don’t know, even though you’ve already received them?”
So Sesenia put down the cotton as soon as she arrived.
Sponsors usually didn’t want to see the children to this extent.
Meetings with children were explicitly specified in imperial law. However, for nobles, sponsorship was often not thoroughly carried out, serving only as a display of wealth. Therefore, the woman’s expression was quite bewildered.
“Alright.”
There were many reasons why an orphanage might not welcome a sponsor, but she seemed to be an especially unique case.
Not only did she not seem to welcome sponsors, but she also seemed to be very wary of anyone’s visit. Nevertheless, since it was according to imperial law, the woman took the lead.
‘How shabby.’
It was almost impossible to see this place as an orphanage. It was more like a noble family that was falling apart.
Even though there were only five children, it was unusually quiet. There wasn’t even the sound of conversation.
There was only the echoing sound of footsteps. Dust filled the window frames and corners, and it didn’t seem like the place had been cleaned in a long time. The flickering lights added to the eerie atmosphere. Strangely, the floor was surprisingly clean.
What was strange was that the woman from the orphanage didn’t seem to care about how shabby the orphanage was.
In the meantime, the woman stopped in front of a room in the corner.
“Here it is.”
“I’ll go in. Can you step aside so that I can talk to the children privately?”
She was about to enter when Sesenia stopped her with a firm voice.
“You can’t.”
“Why can’t I?”
“How can I let you talk to the children…”
“She’s not an untrustworthy person, and her status is already verified. I don’t understand why you’re stopping me.”
Despite this, she remained firm.
“I can show you the children, but I must always be with you in that room.”
“Sponsors, as sponsors, also have the status of an inspector who can investigate the orphanage. The law was enacted because it was impossible to manage all the orphanages under the palace and the temple. Even now, you’re going to refuse until the end?”
“…”
She fell silent.
It was a very old law. Even ordinary people didn’t know such laws well. In reality, it was an effort to monitor orphanages through nobles because it was difficult to confirm one by one with the palace and temple.
Recently, even nobles couldn’t be bothered to see the children, and most of them left without seeing them.
“If you are an imperial citizen of the Empire, or even if you are a person who runs an orphanage on Imperial soil, you must follow the law, even if you are from another country. If you don’t follow the law, I’ll take you to the Emperor right away.”
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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