Smiling, Meiana chuckled, “You’re like a fish.”
Cediloy’s eyebrows twitched. “That’s quite a compliment.”
“Isn’t it more than just a compliment to say you’re like a fish?”
His smile, which was already hanging around his lips, widened further. The water, dripping from his soaked shirt like dew, made his laughter sound clearer and lighter underwater. As droplets trickled along his well-defined cheek, Meiana unintentionally averted her gaze, feeling blinded by the brightness.
“Why are you like that?”
Cediloy asked. As he slowly parted the water, approaching Meiana, she shook her head, stepping back hesitantly.
“It’s nothing. The sunlight is dazzling.”
“Is that so?”
Having gazed at the glittering light on the water for a moment, Cediloy submerged back into the water. With a small sound, like uncorking a wine bottle, his feet were gradually drawn into the pond as if sucked away.
“Is it really that nice?”
Meiana mumbled to herself without realizing, and suddenly, Ariante’s face came to her mind.
She remembered the first time she took the child outside, how Ariante reacted. The child was so excited, not knowing what to do, acting like an excited young child facing the world for the first time…
In some ways, Cediloy might also be similar to Ariante, Meiana thought.
He lost both parents at a young age, left with only his younger brother. Despite living in the palace, did he ever have a peaceful day? How much did he endure among the talkative nobles…
Lost in thought, Meiana was startled as if someone had grabbed her shoulders. She suddenly looked up, and it was impossible to gauge how much time had passed since Cediloy went into the water. Was it seconds? Minutes?
“Duke!”
Meiana’s cry echoed over the serene ripples of the pond. As the wind blew, the water surged like waves under her steps. However, the surface remained calm.
“Duke, please come out! We know you’re good at swimming!”
There was still no response. Not even a bubble surfaced. Meiana, who had been staring intently at the spot where Cediloy disappeared, gradually lost color in her face.
“Duke!”
It couldn’t be. Meiana thought. There’s no way there could be an accident.
Cediloy’s claim of being good at swimming was not an exaggeration. If one set their mind to it, circling around a pond like this would probably be possible even with closed eyes. So, it was clear that he was definitely playing underwater right now, just like Ariante used to hide and tease Meiana…
But what if he wasn’t?
Meiana, who had turned pale to the point of looking ghastly, forgot even to take off her shoes and, stepping on the edge, walked into the water.
“Duke! Oh my goodness, Duke!”
Although the pond bottom was covered with gravel, it was slippery. The water, which seemed ankle-deep, surged to her knees in an instant, soaking her thighs. Even though it wasn’t particularly cold, goosebumps formed on Meiana’s spine in an instant.
“Cediloy!”
The moment Meiana cried out as if to burst into tears, a water spout erupted in front of her. If Cediloy’s arms hadn’t tightly embraced her waist, Meiana might have lost her balance and fallen backward.
Wobbling, Meiana screamed, ra
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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