My ceaseless steps halted abruptly, causing the perplexed maid sisters, who had been watching me, to open their mouths.
“What is it, Miss Sien?”
Despite witnessing my sudden stop and their resulting disquiet, the voices that reached my ears didn’t cease. If anything, their mouths gaped wider, as if urging me to continue listening.
“Soon to be kicked out, it seems. They’ll probably be decapitated then?”
“That’s right. It serves them right!”
“We don’t need such weak and wicked beings in our family!”
I clenched my teeth.
‘Why are they so hostile? Dad and I… weren’t we just exiled? What does it mean to be the offspring of a wicked woman?’
Questions sprung up in my head.
I couldn’t tell if their words were truth or mere rumors, but there was one certainty in this situation.
Those rascals insulted my father and me.
‘Should I endure this insult for my father’s sake?’
I hesitated for a moment but shook my head firmly inwardly.
‘No. If I stay quiet, they’ll spew more of these words at my precious father. I need to show them how crazy I can be in this area so they can’t make a peep!’
These rascals were clearly the type to bully the weak when they’re strong, and vice versa.
If I let such petty insults slide, greater ones would surely follow. They would dare to insult my father, despite being mere tenyearold brats.
‘Dad would cry at the sight of me hurting my hand while picking fruit. There’s no doubt he would sob if he heard these cruel words.’
That thought had my fists clenched tight.
‘I need to shut those kids up, as long as it doesn’t harm Dad.’
Even if I couldn’t stop the bad adults’ words right now, I could at least silence these children.
I turned my head towards them. Malicious, jeering gazes met my own.
“Are those words for me?”
“Yes.”
I expected denial, but they agreed surprisingly easily. They probably heard rumors about my father’s gentleness. Our residence being the Northern Spire probably played a part, too.
‘They’ve already turned me into an enemy. If I remain silent, I’ll only look more timid.’
I couldn’t stir up significant trouble within the family.
‘Alright, I’ve thought of a suitable, indirect method!’
Of course, I had no intention of resorting to crying or cursing.
I blinked at them innocently.
“Repeat what you said. About being the offspring of a wicked woman?”
I asked the child who seemed to be the ringleader with his short hair. He answered instantly, bouncing like a popped ball.
“Exactly as said! You’re the offspring of a wicked woman! Get rid of those cursed eyes! You’re like the witch of the Spire!”
I crossed my arms and glared at them.
I wasn’t sure what being the offspring of a wicked woman meant.
But okay, let’s play along.
Witch of the Spire?
Offspring of a wicked woman?
There was certainly a massive issue with their words.
I tilted my head and spoke to them.
“Ah, I see. You guys are really mean, huh?”
“We are mean? How is it mean to tell you this?”
“Well, hearing it from you feels unpleasant.”
Their spirits surged at my accusation.
‘They shouldn’t react like this…’
Chuckling to myself, I decided to twist the conversation.
“Hmm. Wasn’t I told to live in the Spire by our grandmother?”
“That’s because you were banished!”
“I wasn’t banished. Are you saying our grandmother is such a mean person? To the extent of expelling her own granddaughter?”
At the mention of grandmother, their eyes rounded in surprise.
No matter how much they thought about it, ‘Lady Rucellara’, was terrifying to them too. Although she held no real power now, there was a time when she was the ruler of the highest tower.
As I continued to bring up our grandmother, they deflated rapidly like punctured balloons. However, I had no intention of stopping here.
“And you guys, you called me the offspring of a wicked woman?”
“Yes, yes, you offspring of a wicked woman!”
“If you badmouth me to such an extent, you’re implying our grandmother is a wicked woman, aren’t you?”
“What, what are you talking about!”
I glanced around.
The Duchess still held a faint power within the mansion. In the absence of a family heir, it was due to Duchess Lucela overseeing a part of the mansion’s affairs.
Especially so with the maids.
Perhaps that was why. The maids, who previously showed no interest in my being insulted, were now all eagerly watching this place.
If I were to exaggerate a bit, it would mean that the Duke’s attendants and maids within the garden were observing this situation.
I purposely shouted in a very loud voice.
“I love my grandmother the most in the world! You are really horrible!”
Survival requires a certain amount of flattery.
I stared at the child, who was the leader of the action. His cocky expression was worth seeing.
“Duchess, she, she’s not talking about her!”
Their faces turned bright red.
Normally, if you’re flustered, you lose.
“Then? Who is she talking about?”
Although it felt like a question, it wasn’t intended for an answer.
With the most childish voice I could muster, I shouted.
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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