It was the day of the regular shareholders’ meeting.
Seorin had been busy since morning, preparing for work. Taejun, looking at her in the mirror several times, casually spoke up.
“You’re pretty even without staring at yourself. You know that.”
“Are you nervous?”
“Wasn’t the atmosphere with your father bad that day?”
“But I didn’t hear the exact answer.”
Thinking back to the day when she had drinks with Chairman Baek at the small tuna restaurant, Seorin replied.
Yes, she didn’t hear the exact answer. However, with a sharp intuition, she could only speculate that the atmosphere that day was not bad.
“Don’t worry. I won’t leave you alone so that your father can bite you.”
“You won’t be late, will you?”
“I’ll go as soon as possible.”
After hearing Taejun’s response, she lightly kissed him and left the house. Riding in a car driven by Director Park, she arrived at the Sungwon Building. Once there, she headed up to her office.
There was still about an hour of spare time before the shareholders’ meeting.
Before going up, she decided to have a cup of coffee and calm her mind. However, she heard a knock on the door. Shortly after opening it, none other than Mrs. Park appeared.
“Why are you here…”
“I also wanted to have a cup of coffee with you before going up.”
Seorin’s eyes widened at Mrs. Park’s words. That meant Mrs. Park would personally attend the shareholders’ meeting.
Until now, Mrs. Park had owned a considerable stake as a member of the Sungwon family, but she had never officially shown her face on the podium.
This was because Chairman Baek, while alive, had delegated all his shares to Chairman Baek and then to Seorin after his death.
After a while, when Director Park brought two cups of coffee, Mrs. Park took a sip and conveyed the answer Seorin wanted to hear.
“From now on, I’ve decided to attend the shareholders’ meetings myself. I relied too much on your father and you. When you were going through a hard time, I couldn’t do anything for you.”
“…”
“So, from now on, your voice will be mine.”
In response to her words, Seorin nodded.
“You’ve thought well. It would be good for Mother-in-law.”
“But what about Kang Seo-bang?”
“He’ll come at the right time for the shareholders’ meeting.”
Nodding at Seorin’s words, Mrs. Park mumbled.
“Well… the coffee tastes especially good today.”
“Customer, your ordered item is here.”
On the way to the shareholders’ meeting, Taejun stopped by a famous jewelry shop to check the item he had ordered a month ago.
When the staff, wearing gloves, opened the small jewelry box, a luxurious diamond ring emitted a brilliant light. It was exactly the ring he had ordered.
“It turned out beautifully.”
“Yes, there’s nothing like this for a proposal ring. It’s not common.”
Taejun nodded and, holding the packaged ring, left the shop. Getting into the car, he looked at himself through the rearview mirror, and So-dam asked.
“Is it Mr. Jeon’s birthday?”
“No.”
“But why a jewelry shop?”
“Ah, after the shareholders’ meeting, I plan to propose, so I got a ring.”
“Oh! Then you haven’t proposed until now?”
Surprised by Sodam’s words, Taejun frowned, recalling the day almost resembling negotiation rather than a proposal.
“I did propose, but it wasn’t romantic at all. It was more like a semi-threat to marry me in exchange for me supporting you.”
“Ah…”
“So, I want to do it properly. After this shareholders’ meeting, I’ll even hold a wedding, so I thought it would be good to propose before that.”
“You’ve thought well. For women, that’s very important.”
Feeling a sense of pride for some reason from Sodam’s compliment, he took a small jewelry box from the shopping bag and neatly placed it in the inner pocket of his suit.
But Sodam kept glancing at him through the rearview mirror.
His skin tingled under that gaze.
“Why, why, why! Why are you staring at me like that?”
“Just. It’s just strange. I knew you loved Director Jeon, but people can change so much.”
“As long as I treat my woman well, I don’t need to spill affection elsewhere, right?”
“That’s a valid point. But it feels too one-sided.”
“We’re both the same.”
When Taejun spoke firmly with a determined look, Sodam responded with a muffled answer.
“Then it’s fortunate. Anyway, propose well. It’s a memory that lasts a lifetime for a woman.”
Listening to Sodam’s words, he shifted his gaze out of the window.
The weather was unusually good today.
It was a perfect day for a proposal.
10 minutes before the shareholders’ meeting.
Seorin, sitting next to Mrs. Park, watched as Chairman Baek and the directors entered. Baek, passing by them, seemed somewhat surprised by the unexpected appearance of Mrs. Park and asked.
“Sister-in-law… You came in person?”
“Yes. From now on, I’ve decided to attend in person too. Leaving Seorin alone in this place seemed too lonely.”
Saying so, Mrs. Park looked up at the directors with a stern gaze. It was an unspoken warning not to complain.
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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