Ascan didn’t enter the carriage. He stayed outside, looking at me through the window, silently sipping water.
“What’s going on?”
It seemed like he was speaking as if it were a simple matter.
Without yielding, I pointed to the seat opposite me in the carriage and replied, “Come in, let’s eat together.”
I heard there was still a considerable distance to the village. Currently, the procession had stopped, and everyone was taking a short break, dealing with a simple meal.
It wasn’t a grand feast, but I wanted to share the dried meat brought from the Brellof family with Ascan. He hadn’t gone through a growth spurt like ten years ago, but I hadn’t seen him eat anything during our journey, making me a bit worried.
‘Is he eating properly?’
Ascan had an ideal physique with a large stature and well-defined muscles. He didn’t look bulky or frail. Anyone could see that he had a robust physique, and there seemed to be concerns about it, but it could also be something unexpected. When busy with work, the first thing to become neglected is often meals.
Ascan responded with his usual blunt voice, “No thoughts.”
In my mind, I couldn’t help but think, ‘As usual.’ Somehow, I felt that if I didn’t take care of him, he wouldn’t eat properly. I stubbornly pointed to the seat opposite me and said, “Sit down. I have something to tell you.”
In fact, there wasn’t really anything to talk about with Ascan, but it was just something to distract him, as they say, talk nonsense to divert attention.
Although I said it absentmindedly, Ascan seemed curious about what I was going to say and willingly entered the carriage.
I quickly sat opposite Ascan and shared all the food I had, including dried meat and fruits. Ascan, who continuously took out food, said, “Are you telling me to eat all this?”
I replied, “Originally, men say they’re hungry after eating and turning around.”
“Even so, I can’t eat all this in one meal.”
Looking at the amount of food I took out, I realized it was quite a lot. Considering the amount I usually ate alone, it would be enough to last for several days.
Scratching my cheek with a puzzled expression, I said, “Then just eat as much as you can.”
Ascan nodded and took a bite of the dried meat. I don’t know why watching others eat makes the food seem even more satisfying. While I was inadvertently watching him eat, Ascan raised his eyebrows slightly.
“Please stop.”
“What?”
“Are you advertising that you like me right now?”
What? What? What did he say? If I had something in my mouth right now, I would have definitely spat it out or choked.
“When did I…!”
“Are you denying it? You took out all the food you have, didn’t even think about eating, just stared at my face?”
Come to think of it, he wasn’t entirely wrong.
“When did I…!”
“No, you’re not? You took out all the food you have, didn’t even think about eating, just stared at my face?”
Come to think of it, he wasn’t entirely wrong.
I kept worrying about Ascan, wanting to take care of him, feeling concerned. However, hearing it directly from the person involved was embarrassingly awkward.
“No! I mean, no!”
In the past, it was you who followed me around claiming to like me!
It felt so unfair that I thought I would go crazy. I felt like I should go to the bamboo forest and shout; otherwise, I might get sick from the frustration.
As if Ascan’s gaze, looking at me, was asking, ‘Do I really like him?’ My face heated up.
“Well, if you deny it so vehemently, let’s say you don’t.”
Why do you keep saying I don’t like him! I don’t!
“You said you have something to tell me. Speak up.”
Come to think of it, I used the excuse of having something to say to Ascan to call him into the carriage a while ago.
Strangely, if it were a little while ago, he would have asked what was going on as soon as we sat down, but now it felt like he had waited quite patiently.
Actually, there wasn’t any particular reason, but I had to say something, so I rambled on about whatever came to mind.
“Um, my leg hurts.”
Suddenly, Ascan’s eyes became serious at my words.
“Is it a lot of pain?”
“Not a lot, just a little. Still, it would be good to see a doctor when we get to the village. It shouldn’t be inconvenient to move continuously.”
Ascan stared at my injured leg. Then, in a subdued voice, he said, “Let me see.”
“What?”
Putting down the dried meat, he took hold of my leg, which was wrapped in bandages.
I was surprised and startled by his unexpected touch.
“It’s not serious. First, let’s have a meal, and… Ah!”
Even with a gentle touch, pain surged, and I inadvertently groaned.
Without a chance to say anything, he untied the bandage wrapped around my ankle. Swollen, the ankle was exposed.
Ascan’s eyes darkened.
“Is this really nothing?”
“It looks a bit bad superficially, but it’s not a bone injury.”
“Wait.”
Ascan quickly got off the carriage, approached one of the guards, and then returned with something in his hands.
In his hands was a small container with an unknown substance.
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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