And she put the letter, torn into small enough pieces to make the content unreadable, into the wastebasket.
“The child is already thinking about dating.”
Friends were only a hindrance to Su Hee’s acting career.
She didn’t know when they would get distracted and quit acting.
Su Hee, who hadn’t accomplished anything yet, couldn’t make friends.
That could wait until after she had succeeded as an actress.
“I’ll definitely make you successful as an actress.”
Like me, even a cooler actress than me.
((()))((()))((()))
As soon as they left the audition hall, Ae Ran took Su Hee and left the building.
As Ae Ran stroked Su Hee’s head, she asked,
“Did you act well?”
“……”
Su Hee couldn’t answer right away.
She wasn’t feeling well, whether it was the kimbap she had for breakfast, and couldn’t perform her act properly.
But Su Hee, who couldn’t tell the truth, just nodded her head.
Ae Ran, with the face that seemed to have the world, embraced Su Hee.
“You’re definitely going to make it. They’re announcing the successful candidates tonight, let’s go home and buy a cake.”
Ae Ran seemed to firmly believe that Su Hee would surely pass.
At that, Su Hee became frightened.
Ae Ran always remained in a lowpressure state on the days she failed auditions.
Moreover, if Su Hee made even a small mistake, she punished her without mercy.
She wanted to run away. She wished tonight wouldn’t come.
“Mom, can I go meet some friends then?”
“Friends? Which friend?”
If she said she was going to Busan to meet Seung Jo, Ae Ran would surely stop her.
But Su Hee wanted to get away from Ae Ran, even if just for today.
She planned to hide until Ae Ran’s anger subsided.
“I’m going to meet Yeong Ju.”
Su Hee named one of the kids in her class.
When Ae Ran nodded her head, Su Hee slowly backed away.
“I’ll be back.”
“Alright, don’t be late.”
Su Hee, who lied to Ae Ran for the first time, felt as heavy as if a stone was laid on her chest.
But to avoid getting scolded by Ae Ran today, she had to run away far enough not to be caught.
Su Hee found her way to the intercity bus terminal.
Getting on the bus to Busan by herself, Su Hee couldn’t erase the excitement that was blossoming.
It had been a whole year since she had met Seung Jo.
She had sent many letters in the meantime, but not once did she receive a reply from Seung Jo.
She wondered how Seung Jo was doing.
Soon, the driver sat in the driver’s seat, as if the bus was about to leave.
As Su Hee was about to buckle her seatbelt, someone entered the bus.
And the seatbelt slipped out of Su Hee’s flustered hands.
“Get up, hurry.”
Ae Ran, who had approached before she knew it, was looking down at Su Hee with a scary face.
Swallowing dry saliva repeatedly, Su Hee, trembling, rose from her seat.
“Get out.”
In a low voice, A Ran was the first to get off the bus, followed by Su Hee.
Without a word, A Ran hurriedly walked away, and Su Hee followed her in small steps.
It was only after they had completely left the terminal that A Ran abruptly stopped.
Su Hee nervously watched A Ran’s back.
“Are you happy because it’s your mom’s wish?”
A Ran turned around to face Su Hee and asked again with an angry face.
“Is Yeong Ju in Busan?”
“Mom… I’m sorry.”
“You shouldn’t have done something to apologize for!”
Startled by the loud outcry, Su Hee shrunk.
Tears rolled down from her eyes.
“Promise you won’t do it again.”
Su Hee couldn’t answer A Ran’s almost demanding words.
“Oh Su Hee.”
She called Su Hee’s name in a warning tone.
Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Su Hee, who had been nervously wringing her hands, finally gathered the courage to speak.
“Mom, I miss my friends. Can I go back to Busan?”
“Su Hee, do these friends help your acting career?”
“….”
“Forget about it. You don’t need them.”
But she did need them.
Joy, sorrow, happiness. Her friends taught her about these emotions.
“…I don’t want to.”
It was a defiance she couldn’t resist anymore from the pressure and weight she felt at her young age of thirteen.
“I want to go to Busan. I want to see my friends.”
All the emotions disappeared from the angry face of A Ran.
Su Hee, who expected a quarrel, waited for A Ran’s words.
“Fine, meet your friends.”
Before Su Hee could be happy, A Ran added.
“But throw your mom away.”
Su Hee, not understanding the meaning, looked at A Ran with a puzzled face.
“If you like your friends, live with them, not with your mom.”
“….Mom.”
As Su Hee was about to cry, A Ran turned her back.
“Go to Busan. And don’t come back home. I won’t open the door even if you do.”
If it were other kids, they would think it’s a word their mother said to persuade them.
So they might have even gotten on the bus defiantly.
But not A Ran. Su Hee was scared because A Ran wouldn’t say things she didn’t mean.
Scared of being abandoned by her mom.
Su Hee ran to catch up to the departing A Ran.
“Mom!”
The more she tried, the further A Ran went with faster steps, and Su Hee got more desperate.
Running Su Hee tripped on a stone and fell to the ground.
Despite her knees bleeding profusely, Su Hee stood up again and ran towards A Ran.
As Ae Ran, who was walking away in the distance, halted, Su Hee sprinted towards her without even pausing to catch her breath.
To prevent Ae Ran from escaping, Su Hee spread her arms wide and embraced Ae Ran.
“Mother, I did something wrong. I won’t do it again. I won’t go to Busan.”
Only then did Ae Ran turn to face Su Hee and squat down.
While wiping Su Hee’s tearstreaked cheeks, Ae Ran sternly told her,
“Crying won’t give you anything. So, don’t cry.”
With great effort, Su Hee swallowed the sobs welling up in her throat.
Ae Ran gently stroked Su Hee’s head as if she was proud of her for holding back her tears.
“You did well, Su Hee.”
Despair and surrender are also emotions you should experience.
They will certainly help your acting.
Su Hee, I will make you the best.
((()))((()))((()))
The memories that were once precious and shining had faded deep into Su Hee’s unconsciousness.
It was because of Ae Ran who kept desecrating and trampling on Su Hee’s memories every day.
At the age of twentysix, Ae Ran had made Su Hee into the best actress as she had wanted.
Love calls were pouring in from everywhere to the point where she no longer needed to watch countless auditions.
Then one day came. That day, she received a phone call from Ae Ran to come home and she complied.
Upon opening the front door and entering, Su Hee turned on the living room light to illuminate the dark house.
Then, she saw Ae Ran slumped down in the living room, which she had thought was empty.
Shattered glass and broken household appliances were scattered around Ae Ran.
Through her disheveled hair, Su Hee could see Ae Ran’s tearstreaked face.
“Quit acting.”
“….”
“If you don’t want to see me die.”
Just as Ae Ran had created the actress Oh Su Hee back then, it was Ae Ran who was now trying to destroy the actress Oh Su Hee.
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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