Even among the maids and attendants dressed splendidly, a woman shining particularly brightly was gracefully walking towards Kei. Seeing her doll-like face and sweet smile directed at Kei, who she hadn’t seen in a long time, brought back memories.
“Kei.”
Approaching, she opened her arms wide and hugged Kei’s neck. The sweet scent of her perfume stimulated Kei’s sense of smell.
“It’s been a while. I missed you. Really.”
Her delicate voice that could easily waver tickled Kei’s ears. Kei carefully took her arms off and pulled away.
“Nice to see you again, Princess.”
“Oh my. Why are you acting so formal? It creates a sense of distance.”
“As a princess of the Minas Arik Kingdom, it’s only natural to be formal. We’re not children anymore, either.”
Maeri raised her eyebrows slightly and wore a gloomy expression. Her large eyes shimmered as if tears were about to fall any moment.
Still, witnessing Maeri’s determined effort not to cry, attendants, maids, and knights couldn’t help but express sympathetic faces.
Kei knew that this expression was Maeri’s significant weapon.
“Don’t treat me so awkwardly, Kei. Everyone knows about the connection between you and me.”
The connection between you and me.
Maeri mentioned the favor she had bestowed in her childhood, rendering Kei unable to move.
“Princess, though we were close when we were young, we are adults now and should act accordingly. It’s not appropriate to visit so unexpectedly without any news.”
“Please don’t say that I need to convey news when I visit the house of my precious person. You and I don’t have such a relationship.”
“Now we do. I have a wife now.”
“Oh my.”
Maeri covered her mouth with a fan.
“Is your wife so jealous that she doesn’t even allow an old friend’s visit?”
Maeri’s entourage made tsk-tsk sounds, sticking out their tongues.
Kei was starting to feel uncomfortable, but he persevered and smiled.
“That’s not true. She is the most generous and lovely woman in the world.”
Maeri’s eyes widened and then returned to normal. It seemed like she might burst into tears at any moment, but this time, tears didn’t flow.
“If she’s such a generous wife, then I’d gladly stay at this mansion for a while as your old friend.”
Kei was taken aback. He didn’t expect that the words he used to push Maeri away would come back in this manner.
“If your wife and I want to get along well, I’ll cherish her just as I cherish you.”
“Princess, that’s…”
“I like it.”
Interrupting Kei’s embarrassed words, Rishi’s voice came from behind.
Kei was surprised and turned around. Elegant in a black dress, she stood there with a graceful smile.
“Iris Green greets Princess Maeri Ketben. Rumors about your beauty have always been heard, but seeing you in person, the rumors fall short of your actual beauty.”
Rishi’s voice was composed and calm. Though she slightly bowed her head, it didn’t seem humble; instead, it exuded a sense of arrogance, as if a superior was addressing an inferior.
Maeri seemed to sense it, narrowing her eyes briefly, but quickly relaxed her expression and smiled brightly, hiding any traces of discomfort.
“The flower of the Witleylo Duchy, Iris Witleylo, has also been the subject of many rumors. Seeing you in person, you are truly deserving of being called a flower.”
Princess Maeri also knew about the severed connection between the Witleylo Duchy and Rishi.
Even though Kei mentioned it with the intention of gauging Rishi’s reaction, Rishi’s elegant smile remained unshaken.
“Please, it’s too much. I will prepare a room for the princess soon. In the west wing…”
“No, I will stay in the main wing. Lady Witleylo. Prepare a room in the main wing.”
It was a commanding tone, as if she were ordering a servant. Moreover, she referred to her as Lady Witleylo, not the Green Countess.
It was understood by everyone present that she didn’t acknowledge being the Green Countess.
Everyone expected Rishi to show signs of embarrassment or displeasure. Even Kei, who knew Rishi well, anticipated that her expression would falter.
However, Rishi defied everyone’s expectations.
“Princess, perhaps you haven’t heard the news yet. I am Iris Green. Call me Lady Green, the Countess.”
It was a gentle yet firm tone, like scolding an ignorant child.
Maeri’s expression stiffened, and this time, she couldn’t hide it.
Maeri’s pumpkin-colored eyes glared at Rishi with anger. Rishi calmly met her gaze.
After a while, Maeri regained her composure and fixed her expression.
“Oh my. I didn’t know you were a woman who cared about such titles. I’m sorry. Call you Lady Green Countess as you wish.”
Even with the pointed words, Rishi smiled without any signs of displeasure and gently placed her hand on Kei’s arm.
“Thank you, Princess. I am a woman with a narrow heart, as you can see, to be called Lady Clumsy by Lady Witleylo.”
Among the things Rishi had said so far, this one scratched Maeri’s heart the most. It revealed the close relationship between Kei and her, enough to exchange such banter about titles.
Moreover, the hand that grabbed Kei’s arm. The natural yet firm position of that hand, announcing that this man was hers, agitated Maeri’s insides.
But Maeri didn’t reveal those feelings outwardly.
“There’s plenty of time.”
Maeri had no intention of easily leaving this mansion.
“I expected her not to be an easy woman.”
During this time, Maeri had gathered and read all the newspapers that had articles about Rishi. Just by reading the articles, she could tell that Rishi was not a flower grown in a greenhouse.
“But Iris Witleylo, I am not an easy woman either.”
From the moment Rishi appeared, Kei’s gaze never left her.
The place where Rishi stood right now was the position that Maeri had always wanted.
“I have never not gotten what I wanted. No matter what method I use, that position will be mine.”
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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