“Sigh, safely passed.”
External outings, violation of curfew, there were so many things that could give away my secret. I don’t know how anxious I was, fearing I might get caught for anything.
[Home! I want to go back to my room quickly! Hurry and bring it out!]“Okay, be quiet, you chatterbox.”
[I’m not a chatterbox, I’m a sinner!]“A chatterbox sinner, I guess.”
It was all because of Greed, who incessantly complained inside the sealed stone, making it hard to focus. I didn’t notice the shadow standing in the corridor.
Hastily heading towards my room, I suddenly couldn’t move forward anymore.
“…Li.”
“…Huh?”
I was being held by the hand, and when I turned my head slightly, I saw Yan Xi’s face.
“Brother?”
The conversation we had the night before we left for the Heybod Territory was the last conversation I had with Yan Xi. It was about not getting too close to Felix Hicklmayer. Even though we clearly set boundaries, he came without a care. Perhaps he didn’t know that there was no benefit in paying such attention to me.
“If I startled you, I apologize.”
Yan Xi, who had been laughing with a relaxed voice, suddenly stiffened.
“Li Li, your face [Dash].”
Having experienced it once with Duke Ferdia before, and since conversations could lead to trouble, I quickly changed the topic.
“What’s wrong?”
“Why are you hurt?”
“I just want to rest because I’m tired…”
“Li Li.”
Our words couldn’t mix and only evaded each other.
Despite giving clear signals that I didn’t want to talk, Yan Xi didn’t flinch.
[When are you going in? When are you going in? When are you going in?]Moreover, Greed, who had no sense, urged me, making my head ache.
“I got scratched while playing with a friend. That’s all.”
“Did you apply medicine?”
“I’ll apply it when I get in.”
So, I thought it would be nice if he let go now when I looked down at the hand that was held tightly.
Yan Xi called me with a voice that had no trace of laughter.
“Li Li, listen.”
“Yes.”
“Am I bothering you?”
The tone was so indifferent that I was taken aback.
It was the first time I felt awkward with such a question. Moreover, Yan Xi Ferdia, who usually only pretended and never cared about my feelings, made me even more surprised.
Without saying anything and just standing there, I felt Yan Xi’s thumb subtly stroking my back of the hand that he held.
“Li Li, are you uncomfortable?”
Feeling overwhelmed by this unprecedented expression of emotion, I raised my eyes wide.
I was taken aback because it was the first time he asked such a question. Moreover, that he was revealing his genuine emotions made it even more surprising.
‘I wish he would let me go now.’
“Li Li, you know.”
“Yes.”
“Am I annoying?”
As Yan Xi’s face remained emotionless, it felt unfamiliar.
Even his complete lack of pretense and the way he bared his true feelings were surprising.
‘I feel uncomfortable.’
I didn’t want to know Yan Xi Ferdia’s true face. I didn’t want to see such a face that was only visible to me.
But the more Yan Xi showed me his raw self, the more I couldn’t hide my feelings.
Because if Yan Xi found out about my guarded inner thoughts, I wouldn’t know what he might do.
So I said,
“There’s no way that’s true, Brother. I’m just tired, that’s all. It’s a misunderstanding.”
I transformed into a naive and foolish younger sister, knowing nothing, and smiled brightly. However, Yansi just looked at me without any expression. The more he remained silent, the more anxious I became. I wondered if Yansi, the villain in the original work, might consider me irritating. “So why did you come? Shall we go inside and talk?” I intentionally spoke brightly and led Yansi’s hand, but Yansi didn’t even blink. “…Brother?” “I just wanted to see you.” “Yes…?” “That’s all. Is that not okay?” There was no way that was the case. Yansi Ferdia didn’t come all the way here just because he wanted to see me. No, the statement that he came because he wanted to see me was undoubtedly a lie from the beginning.
‘Why is this happening?’
Being kind, then not, pretending, then showing one’s true self…
“It can’t be helped. After all, you are my precious family, brother.”
I smiled brightly, mimicking the ‘precious family’ remark that Yansi often used. It was all an act to portray the foolish younger sister who believed, without any meaning, in everything she said.
Whether my acting had an effect or not, Yansi’s expression gradually softened. Soon after, Yansi, who had returned to his affectionate self, gently patted my head and bid me goodnight.
“I’ve seen your face, so it’s enough. I’ll be going now.”
“Yes.”
“Apply the ointment properly and sleep well, Liri.”
“Oh, yes. Goodnight, Brother…”
Then, truly treating it as a matter of seeing my face, Yansi shook both hands, as if saying goodbye to a person who had some business with my face. Even as I entered the room, I felt bewildered.
‘Why did he come?’
With that question in mind, the door closed, and simultaneously, the tension eased.
Click, thud.
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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