After sending a very large number of candles to the mansion, I had a further conversation with Lady Hades and gleaned some more information.
It seemed that the upcoming candle business was likely to start at the Rinor market.
My brother seemed to be reaping substantial profits from the trade route he acquired through his sister’s strategic marriage.
What about other candle companies?
They were doing business at a cottage industry level.
They appeared too busy surviving day to day to have the energy to start a new business.
Once I confirmed that far, I felt relieved.
Even in a world that allowed wicked deeds, I couldn’t snatch away a jackpot that someone powerless had worked hard to create.
Having grasped this, I was the first to decide to start a candle business.
“In the world of books, the level of candles is too low and relatively easy to make.”
Candle manufacturing itself required little investment. Moreover, there were more than one or two successful businesses in Rinor market, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if I took a few.
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After finishing all my errands and returning home, the lobby of the mansion was piled up like a mountain with the goods and candles I had shipped.
The maids, unsure of what to do, quickly bowed their heads as they saw me.
“Why are you doing that?”
“Madam, we just received a large quantity of items from Lady Hades’ boutique, and we’re worried about where to put them.”
“Unpack everything in my room.”
“All of this?”
“Madam, there’s so much that we’ll have trouble displaying it all.”
“You’re right. It’s impossible. It would be best to display only as much as we can and put the rest in the warehouse.”
They began to list reasons why it wouldn’t work, even though I had given them a task.
“……”
I wonder if they feel comfortable around me these days.
‘Explaining one by one is annoying…… I mustn’t appear too easygoing either.’
I narrowed my eyes and crossed my arms, pressuring the maids with Ellen’s naturally haughty tone.
“What did I order you to do?”
“Gasp!”
The startled maids finally seemed to come to their senses, deeply bowing their heads.
“We apologize, Madam! We’ll take care of it right away, so please calm your anger!”
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I placed a single sofa and tea table in the lobby and sat down to watch the maids move.
They were tearing open the packaging of the large boxes and carefully carrying the small boxes upstairs, moving in unison like an army.
Then Philip appeared and quickly bowed his head.
Waving a hand to tell him to continue, he looked incredulously at the piled goods and asked me,
“My lady, what is all this?”
“Candles. I bought them today from Lady Hades’ boutique.”
“All those are candles?”
Startled, Philip had a maid bring another sofa and sat down beside me.
“Why did you buy so many candles?”
“I’m thinking of doing a little business.”
“Business? With candles?”
“It’s confidential. Anyway, I’m going to start a candle business.”
“……”
Staring blankly at the goods, Philip shrugged.
“Shall I find someone to help you manage it?”
“I’ll hire someone myself to work.”
“My lady, you have no formal experience in business. It will be difficult to find someone suitable for management……”
“Don’t underestimate me based on what you think.”
Taken aback by my sharp response, Philip looked flustered.
“I said that for your sake. Besides, won’t the funds for the business eventually come from this house?”
“I’m planning to do it with the money I have.”
Philip’s brow furrowed. It wasn’t so much that he was upset, more that he seemed to doubt whether what I said was true.
“Is that really enough? Of course, candlemaking itself doesn’t cost much……”
“Yes, I’ll figure it out. I have to live on my own now, whether I have experience or not.”
Soon to be divorced, I must gain experience and stand on my own, regardless of whether I have any.
I can’t become a villainess selling the clothes I have in a secluded alley and plotting evil.
Philip slowly stroked his chin.
“Then perhaps it would be better to look into other fields.”
“Why?”
“Because candles aren’t profitable for newcomers to enter. The materials are so cheap that it’s hard to charge a high price. Besides, hasn’t Rinuar Gong practically monopolized it? Other businesses are quite small.”
“I will take care of that.”
“I’m just saying out of precaution, but there’s nothing in the alimony for business funds.”
“I know that, so why are you talking so much?”
I thought he would stop at a reasonable point, but it was more bothersome than I expected as he kept probing.
Drink this and shut up.
I poured a cup of tea for Philip.
He swallowed softly with a small “Hmm.” He seemed a little taken aback.
“Why?”
“You’ve changed a lot since drafting the divorce papers.”
“Changed?”
“Even starting from the mention of money.”
Philip’s eyes turned towards the teacup.
“You’ve never poured tea for me like this before.”
I thought that because I hadn’t begged for business funds, it was something else, and a different story followed.
Then I realized what I had done.
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!”
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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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