I calmly countered, “If giving away money could solve poverty, wouldn’t everyone do that? I didn’t do it because it’s not a fundamental solution.”
I must not raise my voice in front of the agitated Lumie. To maintain composure, I stared at Lumie with an expressionless face.
He tightly clenched the hem of his skirt, and the delicate fabric got wrinkled.
“Have you ever received unemployment benefits? Even basic living assistance recipients get money! What’s the problem with the welfare policies that are always providing some kind of support fund?”
Lumie’s words made sense too.
Honestly, welfare benefits for unmarried youths like Lumie and me weren’t extensive. Moreover, due to a lack of social experience, I was aware of only a few welfare policies.
As you know, Lumie believed firmly that the 1,000-kroon project was a good thing.
However, in modern times, not everyone could receive welfare policies that involved giving away money.
“Unemployment benefits aren’t given to everyone. There are conditions.”
I disliked Lumie’s ignorance, thinking he could easily receive unemployment benefits without experiencing a job.
“And basic living assistance? That’s not as large an amount as the 1,000 kroons you’re distributing. It’s an amount just enough for someone not to starve to death, really.”
“Who said they give out 1,000 kroons every month? It’s given in three installments, and the total amount is 1,000 kroons. For someone in a poor village, that money might be urgently needed. And originally, my relief project wasn’t a wrong thing to do!”
Lumie pounded his chest in frustration.
But he was missing the most important point.
“Lumie, you shouldn’t persuade me here; you should persuade the Crown Prince. Anyway, the leading role is feeling extremely upset, right?”
“……!”
Lumie, who had been bouncing around, abruptly stopped moving.
I shrugged my shoulders.
“Yeah, your argument does have some basis. But rather than me advocating for the 1,000-kroon project on your behalf, it would be more effective if you explained it yourself. If you push too hard, it might cause unintended consequences, so pushing and pulling should be balanced.”
“If I have to give a reason for that, by doing so, you might have more chances to meet Klaus more frequently. Besides, wouldn’t it be more effective for your intellectual charm to be revealed as you explain your project in your own words rather than hearing about it from someone else?”
Lumie hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.
“…But the atmosphere was really bad yesterday. No matter what I said, he responded with short answers.”
In truth, it wasn’t entirely Lumie’s fault. Klaus was icy partly because of me.
But if I told Lumie that he received a confession from Klaus, Lumie might end up killing me right here.
Should I momentarily become the kind Ji Ni?
“So, don’t just go to meet him outright; try expressing your feelings to the Crown Prince through a letter first. Ask him honestly. It seemed like he was very displeased when you met him. Ask him if something’s bothering him, if he’s mad at me, or perhaps it’s because of the 1,000-kroon project.”
“And then?”
Fortunately, Lumie listened well to my words. I continued with relief.
“That’s when you request a meeting with Klaus. If there are any misunderstandings about the relief project, you want to clarify them. Promise to answer any questions he asks and ask for a chance to thoroughly explain about my project.”
“If there’s a difficult question to answer?”
“Well, then, you need to thoroughly prepare and study to prevent such a disaster! That’s why I gave you that book. Study, please, I beg you!”
I firmly urged Lumie, who was getting anxious.
“What seems like a detour is often the closest way. Don’t clumsily imitate Eveline and end up failing like this time. Please, start from the basics and climb up step by step. If you read the original work, you should understand Klaus’s personality properly.”
Lumie grumbled with a bored expression.
“I really hate studying…”
“If you want to capture Klaus’s heart, you have to do it even if you hate it. And don’t trust Marquess Mecklinger too much.”
“Why?”
He asked as if he really didn’t know.
I need to answer carefully here.
Since there’s no hint that the Crown Prince is trying to curb Marquess Mecklinger, I need to lay the groundwork for Lumie to cooperate with the Crown Prince instead of the Marquess.
“After all, you’re the one who knows the most about the Crown Prince. Moreover, if your father is plotting against the royal family, your dream of becoming the Crown Princess will be shattered. So, you always have to be cautious and watch him.”
“Umm…”
Lumie didn’t answer right away. I spoke sharply.
“Have you forgotten the original work by now? Think carefully. In the original work, Marquess Mecklinger was an enemy of the Crown Prince, right?”
“Well, he’s the antagonist…”
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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