“Look up.”
He hadn’t really intended to let go, but he didn’t expect her to resist this much. Song Kang wanted to see Lain’s face. Even though he could sense her emotions from her body, he wanted to see her eyes.
“I probably told you what I hate the most. Do I need to say it twice?”
It wasn’t a statement made out of anger. He said it because he thought Lain might burst into tears at any moment. Lain raised her head to look at him.
“I won’t let go. Let’s go together.”
Her eyes gradually reddened, and tears filled them.
“If you cry, I’ll let go… Ha…”
Before she finished speaking, tears fell from Lain’s eyes.
“You chose only things I hate today.”
Even so, it was surprising that he didn’t find her hateful.
Lain’s legs were shaking as she struggled to stand with no strength left.
Seeing her in that state, he felt a bitter taste as if salt had been poured on his wounds. If making him want to take care of her was also her ability, then it could indeed be considered an ability.
“Let’s go.”
Song Kang held Lain’s hand. Normally, he might have insisted that she could go alone, but he walked alongside her, gently holding her hand. It was a comforting touch that eased Song Kang’s heart, which had been sad throughout.
Even when she got into his car, Lain’s body was still trembling. Song Kang held the steering wheel with one hand and tightly held her hand with the other.
“Miss, our house is in that direction.”
“Who called the crime scene their home? After the police finish their investigation, they’ll send someone to clean up. Let’s go to our house today.”
He held her hand even tighter as he stepped on the accelerator.
As soon as they arrived at Song Kang’s house, he threw his contaminated outerwear into the laundry room. The shirt stained with blood seemed unlikely to be worn again even after washing.
Without hesitation, Song Kang unbuttoned his shirt and approached Lain. She blushed and looked away when she saw his body beyond the shirt.
“I’ve filled the bathtub with water. There should be bath salts on the shelf. Take a warm bath and relax.”
Grateful but unable to lift her head…
“Yes. Yes. Yes.”
Only after unbuttoning his shirt did Song Kang understand why Lain had reacted uncomfortably.
But Song Kang didn’t mind. Considering all the times he had followed Lain around, he thought he deserved a bit of leeway.
“Until now, I’ve been uncomfortable, so you should understand this much.”
Song Kang tossed his shirt aside. Lain shivered, raising her shoulders and glancing away. Song Kang wasn’t wrong in what he said, and he couldn’t just act as if nothing had happened. Lain bit her upper and lower lips, trying to ease her embarrassment.
“Let’s go wash up.”
He left a more frightening message than saying “let’s wait and see” and headed to the shower. After turning the corridor corner, Line breathed a sigh of relief. Following his guidance, Line headed to the bathroom.
Inside the bathroom, warm steam was rising. Looking at the shelf, there were indeed bath salts, just as he had mentioned.
Despite everything being neatly organized, Line’s mind was endlessly chaotic.
First, she tried to wake up by washing her face with cold water. However, no matter how much cold water she splashed on her face, it couldn’t soothe her restless mind.
As if possessed by something, she reached for the bath salts on the shelf, tore open the packaging, and tossed them into the bathtub. The bath salts produced pinkish foam like flower petals, sinking beneath the water’s surface.
Emerging from the complex thoughts, she started undressing, beginning with her blouse. Then, she cautiously dipped her toes into the water.
“Ha… I don’t know.”
Line immersed herself deeply in the water. The pleasant scent and the warm temperature of the water were enough to melt away all worries and anxieties.
Line finally looked at her hands, which were trembling. Purple bruises were emerging. The throbbing pain at the injured spot made her fingertips cringe.
Who on earth had infiltrated like this? Line wondered.
Parting the water currents, she stood up. Waiting a bit longer, the warm and elegant pinkish clouds in the water seemed to swallow even the hardened core of her heart. The fragrance of the bath salts permeated her skin and followed Line even outside the water.
“Ah… Right.”
Line suddenly realized that she hadn’t brought spare clothes. Fortunately, there was a shower gown available. She hastily put on the gown and carried the clothes she had taken off, leaving the bathroom.
She had thought of making use of the washer and dryer here…
Not knowing where the washer and dryer were, and more importantly, feeling as if going there with this attire was like crossing a continent, made her perceive the place as too far.
Line looked at her blouse, pants, and underwear held in her arms with a troubled expression.
Should I do handwashing…?
At that moment, a knock was heard.
Investigator Jin Line, may I come in?
“Yes?”
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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