The dining room of the Mardeleine Duke’s family. Having finished his meal, Conrad wiped his mouth elegantly and said,
“……Much better now. Thank you, Madam.”
Even the taste of the food that had been off was back to normal.
“Don’t mention it, young master.”
The stoicfaced Countess Monik accepted the thanks.
It was all thanks to those who had left. The account books and crucial bill payments were handled by Viscount Baishan, and the unsettled atmosphere of the mansion and the subtle changes in the meals were sorted out by Countess Monik.
They who had helped until Olivia took over the internal affairs had returned the Mardeleine to the Duke’s residence Conrad knew.
Now the Mardeleine Duke’s residence had regained its trajectory. A faint sense of relief was rising.
“I have told Miss Eshella about the meal management and the theme of the Duke’s summer decorations. Since she is quite clever, there should be no major issues. If you permit, I will come often to check.”
However.
Countess Monik paused for a moment. And as if choosing her words, she took a sip of tea from her cup.
“……I didn’t know Miss Eshella had an interest in tea parties. She’s always been a person uninterested in social engagements, so I thought I should tell you, young master.”
“What’s that…….?”
Conrad asked unknowingly. Countess Monik swallowed her inner knowing and explained nonchalantly.
“It’s probably not a big deal. My daughter also had no interest in social engagements but became interested as she approached her debutante.”
At those reasonable words, Conrad calmly nodded his head. But his mind was not calm.
Eshella was interested in social engagements? It was the first time he heard it.
In his heart that suddenly sank, Conrad unknowingly clenched his fist tightly.
Well, what conversation would reveal it? When was the last time he had a normal conversation with Eshella?
Conrad thought hard and swallowed the overwhelming breath that rose up.
At some point, Eshella had changed. She no longer attended dinner with her father, claiming discomfort, and gradually reduced her conversations with him.
The last time he had spoken with Eshella was a few days ago, over dinner, when Jade, who had been visiting, was about to leave.
“Eshela, what’s been going on with you lately? I hardly see your face. You’re even skipping dinner.”
“I just feel uncomfortable these days.”
The gentle and sunny Eshela. The lovable youngest was still affectionate, but she had learned to cut off the conversation coldly.
As soon as the brief conversation ended, Eshela went up to her room.
Conrad just watched her.
He couldn’t even ask what was uncomfortable. No, in fact, he didn’t want to hear it. The words of his lovely youngest sister Eshela seemed to overturn everything he had believed in at once.
He had thought that with the help of the gods, the Duke could return to his orbit.
Evidence that he was wrong appeared everywhere. Even the aftertaste of the meal that had been satisfying until a little while ago tasted strangely bitter.
Conrad maintained a barely smiling face. How bitter he was inside, he knew all too well.
(This is a time divider.)
Meanwhile, late at night at Duke Vicander’s castle.
“Is there a separate god in charge of financial management in the Duke’s house?”
It was an unexpected question. Bethany, who had been adjusting the lady’s bed until the last minute, pointed to herself as she looked back at the lady.
“There is no separate god in charge of the Duke’s financial management. Since I manage the magical seal, it would be fine if it’s me.”
The lady laughed brightly at that. Her smiling face looked much more comfortable than when she first came to the castle.
Facing her smart, twinkling green eyes, Bethany suppressed the sudden longing that came up.
“Then, Bethany. Can you do me a favor?”
“What fun thing are you planning now?”
The very person who had been hostile to the lady, Dian, eventually took her side. Bethany looked with curious eyes, recalling the recent events that had shaken the castle.
At that, Olivia shook out a document that she had tucked deep into her desk drawer.
“The Duke’s couple’s property is jointly owned. I want to give Edwin a surprise gift. Will you help me?”
Her cheek turned red as she laughed playfully.
A surprise gift. How much did she want to surprise him? Bethany’s face turned pale for a moment. Olivia, apparently unaware, took the document out of the envelope and flipped through a few pages.
“It’s my pocket money. Of course, it’s not of great value now, but it will improve if I manage it, right? I want to register it as joint property without Edwin knowing in advance.”
Her excited voice became heavy and distant. Bethany couldn’t even breathe properly as she stared at the document in Olivia’s hand.
It was a document she had never forgotten for a moment.
The white crystal mine.
Something she had wanted to get back so much.
It was the ownership of the last treasure of the princess, of Lowell.
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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