“No, Mom. Do you really think Min Tae-eun can become Jangwon’s daughter-in-law?”
Even if he’s a different younger brother, he’s only seven years old, and there’s no way he can call her sister.
An impudent brat.
“Well, our mom has quite the dream. Dare I say it’s unthinkable.”
“Is that so? Did I dream too recklessly? Son, but then again, not really, right? Even if she doesn’t know anything else, she has a face that’s half-and-half. Maybe she’ll change her mind with Seo Woo-jin.”
“That’s true. Min Tae-eun strangely exudes an atmosphere that attracts men. Still, even though the opponent is Seo Woo-jin, Mom’s ambitions are too much.”
“Well, it doesn’t matter. Winning is winning, whether it’s like this or like that.”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“If Seo Woo-jin’s eyes turn determined to marry Tae-eun, it’s good for us to form a bond with Jangwon’s family. Even if Tae-eun resents it, I can endure this excuse to act wicked and, along with that, withstand the tiresome old woman. This time, what can your father say?”
“Whoa!”
“This is hitting two birds with one stone, isn’t it? That’s why I don’t care about the result. I just needed a pretext.”
“Wow… chills! Seriously, chills! Our mom is completely genius!”
At that moment, Tae-eun, who had been barely holding on, felt her legs wobble. Only now did she understand the real reason behind this absurd blind date.
Jung Ji-eun needed a pretext, literally. A precise excuse to cut off both her and her grandmother. It was a crafty and truly cunning tactic typical of Jung Ji-eun.
Jung Ji-eun didn’t torment Tae-eun without reason. When Ji-eun punished and scolded her, there was a clear reason that even her father, Min Gyeong-hoon, had to agree with, so Ji-eun’s actions were justified. The problem was that all those reasons were manipulated by Ji-eun.
Ji-eun was always like this. Although she had suddenly faced a financial crisis, she was deeply immersed in the play of being an elegant chaebol’s wife, as if it had been in her bones. Her acting skills were top-notch. Thus, externally, Ji-eun appeared to be a generous wife who brought home an uncontaminated daughter and cared for the former wife’s mother. In reality, she was nothing more than a third-rate actress.
And now, Ji-eun had once again taken her as a subject and stepped onto the stage.
He gritted his teeth.
To think he had considered this blind date merely as a means for Min Gyeong-hoon to enter the political world. After experiencing Ji-eun like this, he fell for it again.
Tae-eun staggered out of the corridor connected to the kitchen, using her unsteady steps, and returned to the living room. Upon seeing her, Yangju said, who was helping with the housework, surprised, “Oh, when did you come? Mom has been waiting.”
At Yangju’s voice, Ji-eun and Ji-hoon came out of the kitchen and saw her. Finally, the curtains rose on the stage according to Ji-eun’s script.
“No, have you already come? What time is it now? Did you end the blind date as if roasting beans over a fire?”
“Well, got rejected, huh? Even without watching, it’s probably on video. Men don’t waste time and money on women they don’t like.”
“Really? Well, sit down first.”
Ji-eun gestured to the sofa with a tilt of her chin. Since her legs seemed like they might collapse at any moment, Tae-eun silently sat down.
“Tell me with your own mouth. How did it go? Did you get an after-request? What will Seo Woo-jin do?”
At Ji-eun’s question, she clenched the hand on her knee tightly.
What should she say?
In reality, until the moment she left the restaurant, the man’s determination to marry her hadn’t changed. However, she didn’t answer and returned because he wasn’t a man she could handle.
“Why can’t you say anything? Did you really get rejected?”
“Because I did, Mom. Why ask like that? Can’t you tell just by looking?”
“Are you crazy? Didn’t you hear me say not to crawl home if you didn’t get an after-request? Where is this place for a rejected subject to crawl into? Oh, my! It’s bursting inside!”
Ji-eun’s chest-beating acting began.
Words stacked up inside her, attempting to overflow from her throat, but Tae-eun remained silent. In moments like this, she stayed silent, knowing from past experiences that touching Ji-eun would only make things explode even more.
“This, this… crazy… I can’t even eat the meal I prepared with my own hands! What happened! Get out! Right now! Right now!”
Ji-eun shouted hysterically, displaying her excellent acting. At that moment, the doorbell rang. Yangju hurriedly came out, glancing around the living room atmosphere, and opened the front door.
“Madam, a guest has arrived.”
Naturally, Tae-eun thought it would be Min Gyeong-hoon, but it wasn’t.
“A guest? What guest? No one…?”
“Hello. I am Director Park Jae-hoon, who serves Seo Woo-jin, the executive director of Jangwon Group. I apologize for coming at such a late hour. However, our executive director wanted to convey something to Miss Min Tae-eun, so I came here despite the inconvenience.”
Ji-eun’s raised eyebrows at the unexpected guest quickly found their place. Tae-eun was equally surprised.
Why is that man here?
“Well, you came from Jangwon?”
Surprised, Ji-eun quickly composed her expression and went to the entrance. When delivering venom to Tae-eun, she was always ready, but the perfect lady disguised as a perfect mother showed a one-of-a-kind benevolent smile to Director Park.
“Perhaps… Did our Tae-eun make a mistake to Executive Seo?”
“No, not at all. It’s just that he was worried because you didn’t eat and went in without having a meal today. This is abalone porridge made by our Jangwon Hotel’s head chef. Please have it and rest well.”
“Oh, my… What, all of this…”
Stunned, Ji-eun couldn’t continue her words.
“Also, since it would be inappropriate to come empty-handed, these are for the family to enjoy.”
Director Park brought in a large gift prepared outside. A luxurious fruit basket, premium ribs with wine, and even a hard-to-find Korean ginseng set.
Ji-eun’s mouth hung open. She looked at Tae-eun as if asking, ‘What’s going on?’ But even she had nothing to say. She had never imagined such a situation.
“Oh, and the flowers. He specifically asked to give them to Miss Min Tae-eun.”
At Director Park’s words, Ji-eun gestured towards Tae-eun, who was standing in a daze. When she approached to receive the flowers, Director Park smiled as if to say he had fulfilled his mission.
“Well then, have a good night.”
Director Park stepped back. However, the place where Director Park had come and gone was now a cauldron of excitement.
Ji-eun’s expression, which was almost restless a moment ago, came to mind. Beside her, Ji-hoon was in chaos.
“What! Wow! Did Min Tae-eun do this?”
“No, it’s not like that…”
She had to speak. The moment expectations and empty hopes escaped from them, the aftermath was entirely her responsibility.
However, before she could finish speaking, Ji-hoon discovered a small card among the flowers and grabbed it.
“Wow! Amazing! Mom! Min Tae-eun got a proposal! A proposal!”
“Oh my! Really? Is it true?”
Surprised, Tae-eun snatched the card from Ji-hoon’s hand and looked inside.
The powerful handwriting, presumably from a man, entered her eyes like a needle.
Because it seems like I haven’t heard the answer yet. Will you marry me?
There was no doubt, it was a clear proposal.
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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