Haeyeon stared intently at the monitor.
Hanumul Gathering.
It was indeed a real assembly. It was a gathering of the business circle, and its members were women whose husbands were businessmen or corporate executives.
“Oh, am I the problem? Did Haeyeon manage to get home okay? One of our members accidentally stepped on your foot then.”
Haeyeon sighed involuntarily. Now, she had to seriously consider the possibility that she might not remember everything from the past year.
Her head felt like it was going to burst. Haeyeon leaned deeply back in her chair and let out a long sigh. The afternoon sunlight streaming through the window settled on her face.
“That’s right. Joo-ah!”
Today was the day she had arranged to meet her only friend. Haeyeon got up from her study to prepare to go out.
Joo-ah, who usually preferred casual outfits on weekends, was dressed in a monotone suit today. Despite having met just a few days ago, the two smiled brightly as if they hadn’t seen each other in a long time.
“You’re… going to work?”
Surprised that Haeyeon, who usually had to be invited out, called her out first during dinner time, Joo-ah was delighted by Haeyeon’s announcement. Joo-ah brought Haeyeon to a reasonably priced Korean restaurant, saying it was the only time Haeyeon, the ‘sophisticated lady,’ would eat bibimbap.
Every time she saw Joo-ah, Haeyeon wondered how she ended up befriending someone like her. Joo-ah, who would have been an unlikely friend during Haeyeon’s teenage years, was the granddaughter of a well-known business founder and her maternal family was a prestigious financial household. Joo-ah should have been the one called a ‘sophisticated lady.’ Of course, she was still unmarried.
“You didn’t say anything when I told you to work.”
“Did I say that?”
“You did.”
Joo-ah expertly mixed the freshly served food and took a big bite.
“Umm… Korean people definitely need bibimbap.”
Haeyeon laughed comfortably at Joo-ah’s jest.
“Is it that good?”
“Of course. But, Min Haeyeon, why the sudden change of mind?”
Haeyeon flinched. It made sense for her friend to be curious since she had suddenly decided to work. She wasn’t in a financial situation that necessitated it, and she was a member of a wealthy family and the wife of a promising businessman.
But she couldn’t tell the reason. No matter how she phrased it, perceptive Joo-ah would catch on right away.
“Don’t you have something going on at home? You’ll ask me that.” Haeyeon smiled gently at Joo-ah, who narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
“It’s suspicious that you suddenly want to work. Min Haeyeon, is something going on?”
Typically quick. Haeyeon’s eyes curved softly.
“I have time on my hands and no children yet. It’s a bit boring.”
Would that suffice as an excuse? Using the child issue as an excuse felt uncomfortable. She had been criticized by Yoon Myung-gil’s family several times over the ‘child’ issue.
“Of course, it must be boring. Spending all day waiting for your husband in that big house. All day, right? When your husband goes on business trips abroad, you’re alone for days. It’s a good decision.”
Joo-ah, who had been worried, now encouraged her, which made Haeyeon feel good. Her mother-in-law would definitely oppose her working, but it didn’t matter much. Yoon Myung-gil would never be pleased with anything she did.
“Hey, Min Haeyeon. Won’t Yoon Myung-gil create a fuss?”
Joo-ah also brought up the in-laws. Embarrassed, Haeyeon replied with a smile.
“Not just the mother-in-law? What about the cunning father-in-law and that nasty brother-in-law couple. It’s better this way. Go work. Definitely work. They’ve always looked down on you, right? All that sophistication and elegance, saying you’re just idling away at home at a young age.”
“It wasn’t that bad.”
“Yes, it was. You should make them eat their words. While you’re at it!”
“While I’m at it?”
Haeyeon burst into laughter at Joo-ah’s next words.
“Let’s have a drink.”
“Drink?”
“Yes. Do-ha will be late today, right? On a day like today, you should have a drink. Let’s go out.”
“Let’s do that.”
Joo-ah’s eyes widened at the unhesitant response.
“Oh, Min Haeyeon! What’s the occasion?”
Surprised, Joo-ah received Haeyeon
“Did you say you were meeting Joo-ah? That’s good. Don’t just have dinner, go somewhere fun too.”
Haeyeon smiled, remembering the conversation she had with Doha before coming here.
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] [Star Icon]As soon as Surin got in her car, she made a call. She had wanted to see him as soon as she returned to Korea, but she had been too busy at Mibon’s head office. Moreover, she couldn’t rush to meet him because of Min Haeyeon. After a long ring, a voice she wanted to hear came through.
“Doha oppa, what are you doing?”
[Working. Why?]His unchanged monosyllabic responses. Surin knew why he sounded a bit subdued. That was even more reason for her to like Doha. Even if it was to her disadvantage.
“Oppa, can you come out now?”
[Not today. I still have work to do…]Doha’s response was predictably a rejection. He was not an easy man. Surin chuckled.
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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