Sitting side by side at the back of the bus, Lee Soo spoke to Ji Ho.
“Really? Just for that…”
“Just… I always thought couples sitting at the back of a night bus looked so affectionate.”
Lee Soo smiled shyly, and Ji Ho took her hand.
Lee Soo gently rested her head on Ji Ho’s shoulder.
“Lee Soo, about that photo earlier…”
Ji Ho finally brought up what he had been holding back.
Lee Soo’s previously tense face had been weighing on his mind.
“You don’t need to explain.”
Lee Soo smiled reassuringly at Ji Ho, who was hesitantly bringing up the topic.
“I don’t get insanely jealous like someone. I was fine.”
“Um… that’s a bit disappointing?”
Ji Ho smiled awkwardly at Lee Soo’s joking manner.
“Should I get really jealous and angry?”
“I was actually worried about you. I thought you might be upset because of me.”
“It wasn’t because of you. It was just the thought of all the troubles that come once rumors about your girlfriend start spreading.”
The thought of Yumi weighed on Lee Soo like a heavy stone in her heart.
‘I shouldn’t have seen that photo.’
Feeling uncomfortable at the unintentional secret she had created with Ji Ho, she was at a loss on how to bring up Yumi.
It felt even more daunting because she had never talked to anyone about family matters.
And now, she had to open up about the thing she wanted to hide the most to the person she wanted to impress the most.
She didn’t have the courage to speak up just yet.
To change the subject, Lee Soo pulled out her earphones from her pocket and offered one side to Ji Ho.
The original Korean paragraph contains 35 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation, maintaining the same number of lines:
“Do you want to listen to music?”
“Sure.”
“Listen to this. It’s my favorite singer’s song.”
As Ji Ho put on the earphone, Lee Soo opened the music app and pressed play.
A gentle smile spread across Lee Soo’s face, her eyes softly closed.
Ji Ho looked at her, listening intently.
Soon, a very familiar song that Ji Ho had sung countless times began to play.
The corners of Ji Ho’s mouth curved into a soft smile as he listened.
Surprise and pleasure appeared on Ji Ho’s face, but Lee Soo, with her eyes closed, didn’t see it.
‘Your favorite singer is J?’
Ji Ho bit his lips to suppress a laugh.
It wasn’t that surprising, really. Ji Ho’s songs always dominated the charts, especially popular among women.
There was nothing strange about Lee Soo liking them, but Ji Ho felt an overwhelming sense of joy.
After the new song ended, all the following songs were Ji Ho’s.
During a brief pause between songs, Lee Soo opened her eyes and asked,
“Do you know who it is?”
Ji Ho smiled broadly and nodded.
Lee Soo closed her eyes again.
The expression on her face while listening to the music was incredibly happy, even blissful.
“Do you like it that much?”
At Ji Ho’s question, Lee Soo opened her eyes and nodded vigorously.
“You don’t know anything about them. Not their name, not their face.”
“I like it more because I don’t know. I can imagine freely. Just hearing the voice and filling in the rest with happy thoughts is enough. The song is good, that’s all that matters.”
Ji Ho raised and lowered his eyebrows in surprise at her unexpected answer.
“Aren’t you curious about what they look like?”
“Not really. I’m afraid I’ll be disappointed if they’re different from what I imagined. Better not to know. Besides, I love the songs. That’s enough.”
Ji Ho couldn’t help but smile.
‘I can’t reveal it now, fearing disappointment.’
“Ah, but there’s one thing I regret. Not being able to hear it live.”
Lee Soo’s face turned serious, and Ji Ho nodded understandingly.
“Can’t have concerts with a faceless singer. Besides, they don’t do anything other than release music. I bet it would be amazing live…”
Lee Soo’s face lit up with an imaginative smile.
“Live…”
Ji Ho muttered softly as he gazed affectionately at Lee Soo.
[Star icon][Star icon]“So, Yeon Soo, you’re coming to Seoul this weekend?”
[Yeah. But I have to fly back to Jeju on Sunday evening. So I called to see if you’re free for lunch on Sunday. I thought I should at least see you while I’m in Seoul.]Su Min was chatting with Yeon Soo, who was in London.
Hearing that Yeon Soo was coming to Korea for a sudden Jeju villa contract, Su Min’s voice was excited.
“Of course. I’ll make time for you. But only three days in Seoul? Wish you could stay longer.”
[I’m going for work this time, so couldn’t take out much time. But this summer, you and Yumi should come and visit me in London.] The original Korean paragraph contains 12 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation, maintaining the same number of lines:“Should we? Let’s talk about that when we meet on Sunday. Oh, and can we see Ji Ho too? I haven’t seen him in such a long time and would love to catch up.”
[Of course. I’ll talk to Ji Ho. You come with Yumi too. I want to see her as well.]“Okay, got it. I’ll book a restaurant and let you know.”
Su Min, who was on the phone on the sofa, had a smile brimming on her face.
Coincidentally, this Sunday was also Yumi’s birthday.
Seeing Ji Ho would be the best gift for Yumi.
After hanging up, Su Min quickly opened her phone’s search bar.
She looked for the phone number of the restaurant Yumi had been wanting to visit for her birthday.
As she pressed the call button, a friendly voice answered after a few rings.
Su Min cleared her throat and spoke in an elegant voice.
“I’d like to make a reservation for a 4-person special course this Sunday at 1 PM. Oh, and please prepare a birthday cake as well.”
[Star icon][Star icon]Yumi woke up early in the morning and put extra effort into her makeup.
Today was Yumi’s twentieth birthday.
She was meeting Yeon Soo after a long time and was also planning to meet Ji Ho.
Su Min’s announcement last night about meeting Ji Ho had made her so excited she could hardly sleep.
Carefully styling her hair and dressing up in a bright spring dress she picked out the night before, Yumi stood in front of the mirror.
“Perfect. Even I think I look really pretty.”
Yumi smiled brightly at her reflection.
She had a feeling it would be the happiest twentieth birthday ever.
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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