“M-Marriage?”
“Yes. Marriage. Like having a wedding ceremony like Aunt Ayla, exchanging rings, and Shu Shu being the flower girl. Um, also…”
I cleared my throat, flustered by the child’s words.
‘Marriage… with Jade.’
As I hesitated, not knowing how to respond, the child spoke again.
“I’m sorry for being demanding… I was just asking.”
The child’s voice had become much more gloomy than before. And she kept watching my reaction.
‘Why does it hurt my heart when Blanche is so cautious? She doesn’t need to apologize just for asking.’
She didn’t even throw herself on the floor crying, yet she’s apologizing for being this demanding.
I cupped the child’s cheeks and gently shook them.
“No, Blanche. I was just a bit surprised, so I paused to think for a moment. You don’t need to apologize.”
“Really…?”
“First, can I ask why you thought about this? I’m really curious, so don’t feel pressured.”
Of course, from the child’s perspective, she could have doubts about why her dad and mom weren’t married like other families.
‘It’s too sudden.’
Somehow, I felt like something must have happened.
“When Lirin’s dad hugged her, I felt envious. When Diel asked Shu Shu who her dad was, I couldn’t tell him.”
“…I see.”
How much did she want to be hugged to say she was envious?
She must have felt sad not being able to tell her friends who her dad was.
“And… I don’t want Mom and the Marquis to separate. When you get married, you become a real family, right?”
A real family.
‘Even if I don’t marry Jade, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re his daughter and family.’
However, that wasn’t an appropriate answer in the current situation.
‘I can’t promise to get married right away, so it won’t be much comfort.’
Then what exactly should I say?
The child forced a yawn and said,
“Mom. Shu Shu is sleepy.”
“…Lie down here. I’ll wake you up when we arrive.”
I laid the child on my lap and stroked her hair. It was clearly visible that she was pretending to be sleepy.
‘Marriage, marriage…’
Because I had no memories, I wondered why my past self didn’t marry Jade.
‘Now my relationship with Jade isn’t bad, did we fight? No, why did I run away to Le Cach with the child in the first place?’
It would be better to ask Mary when we get back.
‘Anyway, I should find out how Jade feels about marriage.’
Marriage.
It might not be a bad choice for the child’s sake.
[This is the timeline separator]“Blanche?”
“…”
As the carriage stopped and I tried to wake the child, I paused at the sound of deep breathing.
‘Looks like she really fell asleep.’
As I carefully carried the child out of the carriage, Jade was waiting in front of the main gate.
“Jade? Why are you here?”
“…You always come around this time.”
Jade gestured for me to hand over the child and took her.
The child buried her face in his shoulder.
“It’s hot, why are you out here? You should be inside.”
I had forgotten that he said he wouldn’t come today because of a tea party.
‘He must have been hot.’
I took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
“That handkerchief, you still had it.”
“Handkerchief?”
Jade nodded towards the handkerchief.
‘It was Jade’s. I just noticed it now.’
At the end of the handkerchief, Jade’s initials were embroidered very small.
This was a kind of keepsake, the last thing his mother, the late Marchioness Rowe, had made for him.
‘I should have recognized it and returned it earlier. When did I borrow it?’
I had been using it because it was with me at some point, but I didn’t realize it was his handkerchief.
I held out the handkerchief to him.
“I’m sorry. I should have returned it right away.”
“…You don’t have to give it back. Keep it.”
Wasn’t he asking for it back?
I didn’t know why he was refusing, but I put it back for now.
Only then did Jade’s face soften, and he let out a satisfied groan.
The hot sunlight fell on the child’s face, making her mumble in her sleep.
He immediately put his hand over the child’s face to shade it.
‘Jade is such a good father.’
Even though he must be hot from waiting outside, he didn’t lower his hand.
“Ah, next week I’m planning to take the children to a villa in Luxembourg with Sorority.”
“You must have gotten quite close to make such plans after just one visit.”
“It’s more for the kids than for me. There’s a friend the same age as Blanche, and they seem to get along well.”
“Same age? Is it a boy?”
Jade immediately narrowed his eyes.
“It’s a girl. And what if it were a boy?”
“No way.”
I intentionally hid the fact that there were two more boys because of his firm response.
“There are already some annoying guys…”
“Annoying guys?”
“There are. I don’t even want to mention them.”
Even so, those ‘annoying guys’ would probably be around the same age as the child.
“It’ll be a big problem when Blanche grows up and brings home a man to marry.”
“How did you know? I might kill him on the spot.”
“…”
It wasn’t a joke. Jade’s eyes said so.
“You might be hated for that.”
“…I think I’m already hated enough.”
Though I said it playfully, Jade’s expression quickly darkened.
“You think Blanche hates you?”
“I did such things. Even now, if she’s not asleep, I can’t hold her like this or even approach her.”
So that’s why he immediately asked to take her when he saw the sleeping child.
Because he couldn’t hold her otherwise.
“If she really hated you, she wouldn’t have said that to me earlier.”
“What did she say?”
“She said she wishes you and I would get married.”
“…Marriage?”
Jade was greatly surprised, then rolled the word ‘marriage’ around in his mouth several times.
His liking for the idea was clearly visible.
“She seems to have been envious seeing her friends. She told me she wants us to become a real family.”
“…Larien, what about you?”
“W-What about me?”
“If we get married, we’ll become not just the child’s parents, but husband and wife.”
I thought it wouldn’t be bad if it was for the child’s sake.
“Husband and wife…”
I deliberately tried not to think about the issue he mentioned.
Perhaps it was obvious, and the most important thing.
“So, I’m not saying we should get married right away, just that the child said that. Let’s talk about this slowly later.”
“Slowly? When?”
I guess I shouldn’t have brought it up.
If I had known he would be this persistent, I should have asked a bit later.
“…Whether it’s for the child or not, you still don’t want to marry me.”
When I couldn’t speak, Jade seemed to take it as a rejection.
‘Still? It seems there was talk about marriage before.’
Maybe I rejected him then, so he’s saying this now.
“Jade. I didn’t say I don’t want to. It’s just not something to decide hastily, so let’s wait and see for a bit. After I become closer with Blanche first…”
It seemed better to put off the marriage talk for now to avoid unnecessarily fighting with him.
“What if your memories return by then?”
“What?”
Last time, Jade said he hoped my memories wouldn’t return.
“You. You’ll definitely say you don’t want to get married. If that’s the case, let’s do it now so you can’t take it back later.”
I wonder what happened before I lost my memories for him to be like this.
I was extremely bewildered.
“…Jade. I don’t know what happened between you and me, but-”
At that moment, as if about to wake up, the child slightly raised her head with her eyes still closed.
Jade then handed the child to me and turned around.
“Where are you going, Jade?”
“The child will be afraid of me when she wakes up.”
With those words, he stepped away and left completely.
The child, still unable to open her eyes, sniffed repeatedly as if smelling something.
“Mom. Shu Shu smells like the Marquis.”
“Ah, yes. The Marquis came by for a moment. Blanche. It’s hot, so let’s go inside now.”
I hugged the child and went inside.
A corner of my heart felt uncomfortably tight.
[This is the timeline separator]Ler Viscount’s residence, dining room.
“Yuck. I hate broccoli.”
“Lirin. Who taught you to act like that in front of food?”
Viscountess Ler rubbed her forehead, exasperated by her daughter Lirin, who was sticking out her tongue while pushing away the broccoli.
“Ho ho, Lirin. Dad will eat it for you.”
“Really? Dad’s the best!”
“Dear, you too. When you indulge her like that, Lirin keeps acting spoiled.”
Viscount Ler winked as he put the broccoli in his mouth, receiving a sharp look from his wife.
“She’s still young, what’s the problem? By the way, Lirin. Did you have fun playing with your friends earlier?”
“It was super fun. I want to meet Blanche again. So we decided to go to a villa in Luxembourg next week. I’m going to sleep with Blanche there.”
Lirin chatted away about Blanche.
Her eyes were really like the sea and so pretty, and her rabbit doll’s name was Jeje.
“To a villa? Blanche, is that the friend we saw earlier?”
“Earlier, when Diel collapsed with a nosebleed, we decided to go to the villa in Luxembourg together for some recuperation.”
Since Lirin didn’t give a proper explanation, Viscountess Ler spoke instead.
Viscount Ler nodded as if he understood.
“Oh, I have a concern.”
“A concern? Tell me about it.”
“Should we contact Sharlin and invite her too?”
Viscount Ler shrugged his shoulders while drinking wine in response to his wife’s concern.
“Hasn’t Lady Winst not been coming to gatherings lately, and been unreachable? Even if you tell her, would she come?”
“Still. Our Sorority has five members, and it feels strange to leave just one out.”
“That’s true.”
“I should let Sharlin know. That we’re going to the villa.”
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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