“Honestly… your dad always seemed like no ordinary man. He had a good look and an upscale aura. But you look just like any other person. Especially with your chubby appearance.”
“Hey, chubby? My dad always called me ‘my lovely rice cake.’ Said I was pretty.”
“Your father was always too nice.”
“Want to die by my hands?”
Yeoreum raised her fist jokingly, and Mirae quickly shook her head.
Both burst into laughter.
“Ah, Yeoreum. This isn’t something to laugh about.”
Mirae suddenly became serious again.
“Right.”
“Are you going to be okay?”
“I have to be. No choice.”
Yeoreum grinned.
“I always told you to come to Seoul, but not like this…”
“Still, it’s good to see you. It cheers me up. Anyway, that’s why I couldn’t contact you. Oh, remember to jot down my phone number.”
Mirae quickly entered her number into the phone Yeoreum handed her.
“Finally, I feel relieved.”
Yeoreum happily saved Mirae’s number.
“Why do you look at me like that? Do you pity me?”
“Wouldn’t I? What’s the use of being a rich heiress? You’re like a real Cinderella. Seriously messy.”
Yeoreum laughed, and then Mirae’s phone rang.
“It looks like you’re busy, so I’ll leave now. I just came to let you know I’m alive.”
“I wish we could have a meal together, but I’m swamped today.”
“It’s okay. I’m in Seoul now. Go ahead.”
“Then, Yeoreum, let’s talk tonight.”
“Okay.”
Mirae looked sorry, but she had to return to the bank.
Lying leisurely on the music room sofa, listening to opera music, Jungmi’s brows furrowed.
The door flung open and Sophia entered.
“Didn’t I tell you not to come in when I’m listening to music?”
“Mom, now’s not the time for that.”
“What is it?”
Sophia handed her phone to Jungmi.
It looked like a video circulating on the internet, titled ‘Resort Wine Lady.’
“It seems like the young lady has caused trouble again.”
“What?”
Sophia emphatically pressed play, and a familiar voice filled the room.
Then, Haeun’s face appeared on the screen.
Startled, Jungmi quickly sat up and snatched Sophia’s phone.
It was definitely Haeun causing a scene at the resort pool, splashing wine around.
“What’s this? Why is our Haeun here?”
“It’s obvious. The young lady got drunk and acted out.”
“You and your mouth!”
“Mom, that’s not important right now. This video is spreading on the internet, and it’s only a matter of time before it gets to the chairman. Call the young lady right away. She’s not answering my calls. We need to handle this quickly.”
Jungmi was right. She grabbed her phone and dialed Haeun’s number.
―Why?
“Where are you?”
―Rise Hotel.
“You skipped work to go there?”
―I was feeling down today.
Jungmi felt her blood pressure rising.
“Come home right now!”
―I have a lunch appointment with friends. Can’t.
“Damn it, you brat. Your video is all over the internet. The one where you made a scene at the resort! It even reached me!”
―…What?
“So come home right away! Got it?”
Jungmi ended the call abruptly and stormed around.
“Just calm down.”
Sophia called the house manager.
Soon, she entered with a glass of cold water.
Jungmi snatched it and drank it down furiously.
The house manager stood quietly to one side, sensing the tension in the room. This was no ordinary matter, and he needed to be aware of it.
Shortly after, Haeun burst into the music room.
Jungmi stood up quickly.
“I told you not to get drunk and make a mess! And if you’re going to hit someone, do it quietly! Why did you have to make such a scene and get caught on camera?”
“I got rid of the CCTV! But then that video came out!”
Haeun sounded almost wronged.
“I can’t live with you anymore! If this gets out, you can’t marry into Hanseo Group! You can’t marry Kim Jung-rok, the one you’re crazy about!”
“I tried to handle it quietly! But that damn Jeong Yeoreum wouldn’t listen! I’m going crazy! I’ve been so depressed lately!”
Jungmi’s voice suddenly softened.
“What did you just say? Jeong Yeoreum?”
“Yeah, that one!”
“The one in our house? Jeong Hyun’s daughter?”
“That’s right! She filmed me and even uploaded it online and sued me!”
Sophia and the house manager were equally shocked.
“Is this all really her doing?”
“Yes! She’s the one behind the mosaic!”
“What?”
“Mom, she’s a real menace! Even when I try to scare her, she doesn’t budge. She keeps demanding an apology!”
Jungmi let out a hollow laugh, joined by Sophia.
The house manager then intervened.
“Madam, if we leave Jeong Yeoreum as she is, it could lead to bigger problems.”
Jungmi turned to him.
“Jeong Yeoreum, despite her appearance, is very cunning. She must have provoked our innocent young lady, who then reacted. Right?”
“Exactly! That’s what I’m saying!”
Haeun agreed eagerly.
“Madam, how about we completely expel Jeong Yeoreum from this house?”
“Indeed, mother. It might be better that way.”
Jungmi gritted her teeth.
“I tried to be nice, but it seems that won’t work.”
“What do you plan to do?”
Jungmi’s brows furrowed.
“What else? Even if we have to expel her, we need to teach her a proper lesson first.”
After meeting Mirae, Yeoreum wandered aimlessly through the streets.
She had no particular destination in mind and didn’t want to return home just yet.
Mirae’s confident handling of customers at the bank counter had seemed impressive.
She truly looked like a professional, a real member of society.
Had things gone as planned, Yeoreum would have been standing at the lectern herself, but now that was just a pipe dream.
Feeling more and more despondent, her steps slowed.
Then, a delicious smell tickled her nose.
There was a street food cart ahead.
‘Huh?’
A man in a padded jacket caught her eye.
His tall stature and back were familiar, especially his feet in flip-flop slippers.
Without a second thought, Yeoreum sprinted forward, shouting.
“Sanha!”
The man, about to bite into a long fish cake stick, paused and slowly turned around, looking bewildered.
But Yeoreum, calling his name as if the alleyway itself was leaving, ran towards him.
“Sanha!”
With a leap, Yeoreum lunged to embrace Sanha.
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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