Hyuk-ju spat out, his expression contorted.
Though his statement was ambiguous, Young-ran didn’t challenge it.
If a husband used such words upon confirming his wife’s infidelity, the implication was clear.
Young-ran knew better than anyone that Eun-su wouldn’t do such a thing. However, the truth wasn’t important right now.
It was about preserving the family she had nurtured over the years. Eun-su was no different from any other pawn, easily sacrificed when needed.
Exactly like this moment.
Approaching the desk, Hyuk-ju examined each photo.
Young-ran smiled confidently, trusting Hyuk-ju to make the logical decision she expected.
It was just a fleeting storm, and soon, the Myung-jin Group family could revert to its former state.
Young-ran’s face, brimming with anticipation, glowed with vitality.
“I thought of burying this forever since she said she’d leave on her own.”
Young-ran spoke with a subtle tone. She even bestowed a benevolent smile, as if she had resolved to shoulder this burden alone for everyone’s sake.
“If you had thought of burying it forever, you should have done so till the end…”
Hyuk-ju tilted his head slightly. He then returned the photos to the envelope and laid it before Young-ran.
“I didn’t think you’d employ the same method on me that you used on my father.”
“…”
“I hoped you wouldn’t resort to such dirty tactics anymore, but Aunt, you always defy my expectations.”
The color drained from Young-ran’s face, which was flushed just moments ago. Hyuk-ju’s eyes brimmed with fury as he looked at her pale face.
She felt like turning the study upside down.
However, after taking a slow breath, Hyuk-ju calmly said without any emotion,
“Do not meddle in my family affairs anymore.”
Hyuk-ju then left the study.
Bang. Young-ran watched the closing door with hollow eyes.
The world that had always moved as she had hoped suddenly started to wobble.
Unable to comprehend, Young-ran shook her head vigorously.
Why? What did I do so wrong?
She had expected Hyuk-ju to respond indifferently, just as he did during the Seo-yeon incident. She did find it odd when he asked about Eun-su’s whereabouts but believed it was just a passing emotion.
“What did you say to Hyuk-ju when you met him!”
It was evident from her sorrowful face that she had shed a lot of tears.
How dare you! To breach our agreement and bring things to this point.
Young-ran reached for her phone and dialed Director Hwang Hyun-kyung’s number. However, there was no answer.
At the end of the extended ringing, an automated message stated that the recipient wasn’t answering.
Whoever Director Hwang Hyun-kyung was, she had always immediately answered Young-ran’s calls, like a dog eagerly awaiting its owner.
“Could it be…”
On a whim, Young-ran tried calling again, but the second attempt yielded the same result.
“She doesn’t know gratitude!”
Unable to control her anger, Young-ran repeatedly pounded her fist on the desk.
Thud, thud, thud.
The loud noises resonated throughout the study.
Despite the noises emanating from inside, Hyuk-ju seemed unphased.
Seeing Hyuk-ju, who appeared to be suppressing his anger, the employees couldn’t even greet him properly.
Hee-jung, who intended to inform Hyuk-ju that Eun-su’s belongings were at the Gangwon-do villa, was left in hesitation.
As she was about to follow Hyuk-ju, she heard Young-ran’s voice coming from the study.
Hee-jung had no choice but to delay delivering her message to Hyuk-ju.
After leaving the house, Hyuk-ju immediately called Director Song.
— Yes, Vice-President.
“Increase the surveillance team for Director Moon Young-ran, Chief Jung Gi-seop, and President Oh Ju-hwan. Especially focus on Chief Jung.”
— Should we keep the same number for Director Moon?
“The main mover is Chief Jung, so focus more on him.”
— Understood.
After ending the call with Director Song, Hyuk-ju briskly crossed the vast garden.
He had to minimize his time in Seoul. He needed to wrap up his tasks quickly and return to Jeju-do, where Eun-su was. Thus, he was in a rush.
Halfway through the garden,
Hyuk-ju stood still as he saw his father, Chairman Moon, walking from the opposite direction.
“You’ve arrived.”
“Yes.”
Chairman Moon slowly nodded.
His expression was indifferent, as if disinterested in worldly affairs.
There was a time when he too was a loving father. However, after the death of his wife, he had completely crumbled.
On the surface, he seemed fine, but internally he was devastated, enduring each day. It might have been apt to say he was living because he couldn’t die.
“Did you meet Aunt on your way out?”
“Yes.”
“It must’ve been noisy.”
“It probably still is.”
Hyuk-ju intended to continue on his way after speaking, but he halted at his father’s next question.
“Did you meet Eun-su?”
“Yes.”
“She’s in Jeju-do, I heard. What are you doing here then?”
Hyuk-ju’s eyes narrowed at his father’s reproachful tone. It was an entirely unexpected reaction.
Before Hyuk-ju’s confusion could settle, Chairman Moon added,
“A couple shouldn’t be apart like that.”
Regret filled Chairman Moon’s voice, as if he was trying to correct a mistake he had made a long time ago.
“Go to Jeju-do right away. Your father will take care of the rest.”
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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