Having heard Clements’ entire story, I began to explore the mansion.
And I easily resolved his concern.
“How could he not find this?”
I found a wooden toy goose meticulously crafted, lying in a corner of the hallway.
This was Clements’ concern. That he had lost a cherished toy.
“I have a toy I really cherish. It’s a wooden goose, but I lost it.”
“A toy?”
“Yeah, but no matter how much I look for it, I just can’t see it…”
He sighed deeply as if this was a significant concern.
In fact, it was a little unexpected.
I thought his worries would be about the family’s honor or the political situation, but it turned out to be quite trivial.
“Did I judge him too harshly?”
Seeing this made me wonder if I had been too prejudiced.
I took the found toy and went to find Clements’ room. But even before I could knock, the door swung open.
I was startled and froze. Seeing me, Clements asked brightly,
“Diane, you’re here?”
“How did you know I came?”
“Huh? Oh, I didn’t know, I just happened to open the door and there you were. By the way, what’s that you’re holding?”
Clements casually changed the subject. My eyes narrowed slightly, but there was no evidence to doubt his words.
“Um, is this the toy you lost?”
I confidently extended the item I had found.
“Wow! Thank you so much!”
As expected, Clements was visibly pleased when I handed him the toy. Seeing that made me a bit proud.
“Maybe now Clements will think better of me?”
I never thought Clements would be so distressed over such an issue.
Well, even though he’s the heir to a duke, he’s still an 11yearold kid.
“Even villains grow up to become so later.”
Seeing this, I thought, should I not be too cautious yet?
“You’re really amazing. How did you find it?”
It was nothing special… I thought so, but seeing him happy made me feel strangely touched.
“It was lying in the hallway. You just need to look at the floor when you walk, at first it was in…”
Seeing him happy, I got carried away and explained how I found it in great detail, even though he didn’t ask.
It was only after finishing that I realized I had gone on too long.
“I got carried away…”
What was fortunate was that, contrary to my worries, there were no signs of boredom or impatience from Clements.
“Wow, you really know everything.”
For a moment, he seemed far removed from the image of a villain. Remembering how I had only thought ill of him before made me uncomfortable.
“No, he’s still a child destined to be a bad villain. I must remain cautious.”
“I’m so grateful, what should I do to repay you?”
I shook my head.
“I’m fine.”
“In return, take this.”
Clemens extended the goose toy he had been holding toward me.
It was the very toy I had just found for him. I tilted my head.
“Didn’t you say that was something you cherished, Clemens?”
“Oh, I did, but I realized I have more that are similar.”
Just minutes ago, he had been distraught over losing the toy. Now, it was as if it didn’t matter.
As if unattached, he handed the toy to me.
‘If he has so many, why did he want this one so badly?’
It was odd, but I had nothing to say if he said it was okay.
Still, taking back a recently found object seemed a bit off…
‘I should probably give it back.’
But soon, I was taken aback when I looked into the eyes of the goose.
‘Is this, is this a gemstone?’
Embedded in the goose’s eyes were intricately crafted transparent minerals.
If my guess was correct, this was possibly…
“What are you looking at?”
“Its eyes…”
“Huh? Oh, you mean the diamonds?”
Clemens replied nonchalantly, causing my heart to sink.
My hand, which was about to give the toy back, clenched tighter. I held the goose, embedded with two diamonds, close to my chest.
“So, you’re really giving this to me?”
It was far more valuable than anything I had stashed in my bag. Clemens nodded.
“Yeah, it’s my way of thanking you. You’ll help me out next time too, right?”
“Uhhuh…”
I could only nod blankly at his words.
A toy embedded with two diamonds.
‘He might not be that bad after all…’
From that day on, Clemens often, no, frequently, practically every day, came to me with problems.
“I’ve lost my pen.”
“It’s a golden ball, can you find it?”
“The way it looks is…”
All the troubles Clemens brought were about losing objects.
He never failed to mention how cherished each item was to him.
Seeing him sigh heavily and speak with a serious expression, I couldn’t ignore him.
It wasn’t just because he would give me valuable toys or trinkets in return.
“Okay, wait a moment.”
Fortunately, most of the things he lost were easy to find.
But that was only once or twice.
By the tenth day of Clemens seeking me out, I couldn’t help but be suspicious.
Today, he said he had lost a brooch embedded with a ruby. Sitting beside me, he sighed deeply.
“Where would I even find that?”
“…”
I looked at him with narrow eyes.
“Clemens, do you have amnesia?”
By now, I could read his real expression hidden behind his facade.
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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