However, the outcome was a failure.
“So, did you comfort him, Louis?”
“Uhhuh. I told him what Aileen told me.”
“What did I say?”
What had I said?
Louis was quicker to recall.
“You said it’s not a failure, just that the timing hasn’t come yet. Like flowers bloom in different seasons!”
I remembered what happened on the rooftop from Louis’s words.
“But then my brother cried even more. So, I consoled him for a while and suggested we become friends. Did I make him cry?”
“No. Some people cry when they’re deeply moved. It’s not your fault, Louis.”
“That’s good. I’m glad it didn’t make him sadder.”
Louis nodded his small head.
‘So that’s why he reacted that way towards me.’
The Empress had not welcomed the existence of Mikael.
Her dislike had increased over time, reaching its peak when he failed to awaken.
‘Probably, no one ever said that to him.’
The Empress would not forgive anyone who showed affection towards Mikael.
So, in the end, only those who disliked him remained around Mikael.
“Brother Mikael said he wanted to meet Aileen, so I invited you.”
Now all the facts lined up.
‘I can’t even blame him for this.’
Mikael was wandering through the foggy forest in search of warmth.
Telling him to return now would be like a bolt from the blue.
‘But next year, he will find a partner and be happy. What if he dies by Kashar’s hand now?’
I heard Louis’s crumbling voice even from here.
“Thanks for sharing. Shall we go to your room, Louis?”
“Yeah! Have they learned the game by now?”
“Probably.”
On the way back, Louis and I had a lively conversation.
“Is it okay to stay up late playing games today?”
“Just for today.”
“Exciting!”
Upon arrival in the room, Evan and Mikael were sitting with a board game between them.
Mikael greeted us with a flushed face.
“Have you arrived?”
“Yes. This game is really fun.”
Mikael, who was visibly excited, looked just like a wagging Maltese.
“Now play with me!”
Louis jumped in between them.
While Mikael and Louis were playing with the pieces, Evan approached me.
“Aileen, a moment.”
“Yes?”
It was a small voice.
I lowered my posture to accommodate the child who was asking for my attention.
“I’m a bit worried about my brother.”
“…….’
I had never heard Louis say such a thing. How serious could it be?
I glanced at Mikael, who seemed to sense his defeat just a few minutes into the game.
‘Is it just a lack of understanding?’
He might look naive now, but after awakening, Mikael had shown a stronger side.
‘Something like secondary characteristics.’
Both his appearance and character had been described differently.
I was hoping that he would find a partner soon.
I whispered softly to Evan.
“Then you’ll have to teach him diligently, Evan.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
Finally sensing some responsibility, Evan nodded.
“Fine. I’ll do as you say.”
“Our young Evan is so dignified.”
I pecked the proud child on the forehead.
Upon receiving the kiss, the bashful Evan flushed and returned to where the two of us were.
“This isn’t how you do it.”
“Huh?”
“Ah, Evan, it’s cheating to teach like that!”
The laughter of the two children and the male protagonist intermingled.
The cute commotion ceased only when the dark night arrived.
I turned off the light in Louis’s room.
“Good night to all three of you.”
As I left the room, the hallway was dark.
Dracu was waiting for me.
“Where’s Kashar?”
“He’ll be back in two days, what’s going on?”
“I became friends with Louis at the temple.”
“Huh.”
Dracu frowned at my words.
He knew well that Kashar was hostile to the royal family, especially to the empress’ children.
‘I’ll have to feed him tomorrow… and think about it.’
I returned to my room and lay flat on the bed.
“I don’t want to dream tonight.”
Since arriving in this world, there hasn’t been a single day I haven’t gone to the mart.
‘It’s amazing that I’m not tired.’
It felt like living two days in one. There was no such thing as a miracle morning.
Contrary to my jumbled thoughts, my weary body easily fell asleep.
Soon, only the sound of faint breathing filled the room.
It was the moment I fell into deep sleep.
A yellow light seeped from the body of the sleeper.
The light illuminating the night circled the bed, then seeped into the toppledover teddy bear.
Twitch. The teddy bear that had been twitching several times raised itself.
The teddy bear that jumped off the table wobbled and climbed up the bed.
“Um…”
The owner of the bed tossed and turned.
The teddy bear then climbed on top of him.
[Wake up.]“…”
[Hurry, hurry!]Pat pat.
The cottonfilled arm slapped his cheek.
‘Ah, what is this.’
It felt as if someone was tapping my cheek with a cotton swab.
I said I didn’t want to go to the mart, and now I’m dreaming this?
Struggling, I finally opened my eyes and met the gaze of green gemstone eyes.
“Screeeeech—!”
A monstrous wail shook the ambitious castle.
Swoosh—!
The sound was of the possessed teddy bear flying and hitting the wall.
‘I knew something was off!’
It looked odd, and sure enough, it was a cursed doll.
The real issue starts now.
As in any horror movie, the sprawled teddy bear was rising.
[…Almost died as soon as I got out.]It even spoke.
The height of horror.
“Call the cleric, need to call the cleric…!”
I had to perform an exorcism quickly.
But it was strange. The castle was silent despite my scream for it to go away.
‘Why is no one coming!’
I was about to grab the candelabra in fear.
Wobble wobble. The teddy bear, unscathed, was approaching me.
It was my second scream.
“Don’t come, don’t come—!”
[You’re so noisy!]I closed my eyes tightly, and the voice became even more clear.
‘But why does it sound familiar?’
It was a very familiar, young girl’s voice.
[I thought the stitches would burst. Why are you such a scaredycat!]Carefully opening my eyes, I saw the teddy bear grumbling as it crawled up the bed.
Although it was quite eerie, I didn’t scream this time.
“Are you, Hayang?”
[You just figured it out.]The teddy bear made a sassy sound.
It really was Hayang.
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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