“Do you really have no intention of waiting in my bed tomorrow?”
“You seem to think that today’s kiss might be the last one.”
“It’s a joke. Why are you so serious?”
“Goodnight.”
Ramein laughed softly, and Cedric, with laughter flowing, kissed her lips once more.
The eye contact between the two standing face to face remained silent for a moment.
“Sleep well, Ramein.”
“You too.”
Leaving behind a lingering whisper, Cedric left the room.
One week later.
Ramein set out to meet Duke Haribo.
Unfortunately, Cedric had other commitments and couldn’t accompany her.
The carriage carrying Ramein turned onto a quiet country road after leaving the city.
“It’s a bit far.”
Although it was a bit far from the capital, it was a safe place, as mentioned in the letter sent by Duke Haribo to avoid the surveillance of the Chian-dae.
After a while, the carriage arrived at its destination.
As the coachman approached, opening the carriage door.
“Lady Roger, we have been waiting for you.”
Duke Haribo, who had been waiting, greeted her.
“Duke Haribo, hello.”
Ramein, who got off the carriage, greeted lightly and looked around slowly.
A small village with several large buildings lined up.
It felt like a space similar to an industrial complex.
“Please come this way.”
Guided by Duke Haribo, she walked towards one of the buildings.
“This building is currently used as a perfume factory, and this building is the one we will use in the future.”
Duke Haribo pointed to two buildings side by side.
“To build a new building, you need permission from the royal family, so I chose a location next to the building I have been using.”
It was to receive less attention.
Duke Haribo, who had reached the front of the building, opened the door of the building to be used as the alchemy workshop.
“Please come in.”
“Yes.”
As they entered the building, several doors lined a long corridor.
“As the construction is still in progress, be careful as there are dangerous items.”
“Yes, I will.”
Following Duke Haribo, who was moving forward, they entered the building.
“As Lady mentioned, we have maximally separated the interior, and the space to store the potions is connected to the outside without being noticeable.”
Duke Haribo stopped his steps and opened the first door.
“The workbenches and necessary equipment are also somewhat prepared.”
Although debris from the construction remained as the construction was not finished, it was ready to start work immediately.
“Thank you, Duke. I didn’t expect you to prepare so quickly.”
Ramein exclaimed, and instead of replying, Duke Haribo smiled lightly and continued walking.
They checked several rooms in order and headed to the second floor.
A space divided into several rooms, just like the first floor.
Duke Haribo stopped in front of the innermost door after passing through several doors.
“This is the space for you, madam.”
Ramein widened her eyes.
“Do I have a separate space to use?”
It was an unexpected development.
“Of course, we need to provide a special place for someone who will oversee all the work. I must tell you in advance, it’s nothing fancy.”
“Just having a space to use is enough.”
Duke Haribo, pushing up his glasses lightly, opened the door wide.
Inside the room where the construction was not finished, wood and construction equipment blocked the way in front of the door.
“I’ve somewhat finished the first floor, so it’s less organized than the other rooms. Please be careful when entering.”
Duke Haribo utilized the gap between the door and the wooden materials, slipping into the room.
Ramein, lifting the hem of her dress, cautiously passed through the gap as well.
As he had mentioned, it was a simple but tidy space with a desk and bookshelves.
“The furniture and wall finishing are not completed yet, but it will be finished in a few days.”
Ramein nodded as she surveyed the room.
“If you need anything, please let me know anytime.”
“I have enough for now, but if something comes to mind, I’ll let you know.”
Turning around, Ramein, who faced Duke Haribo, smiled faintly.
“Thank you once again.”
Duke Haribo, with a calm gaze, raised his eyebrows slightly.
“I don’t understand why you keep thanking me.”
“…….”
“Aren’t we business partners?”
It meant that gratitude was unnecessary for matters that were mutually beneficial. Ah, Ramein lightly opened her lips. In her urgency, she had forgotten that her goals and Duke Haribo’s goals were different.
“Of course, but responding to my request to hurry makes me think I can express gratitude as a business partner.”
Duke Haribo tilted his head slowly.
“Lady, I have one question.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“May I ask why you are in such a hurry?”
The man’s red pupils penetrated deep as if trying to uncover something.
Feeling a strange tension for a moment, Ramein quickly spoke up.
“Do you dislike fast progress in business?”
“No, not at all. However, it seems that money is not your primary goal. I’m curious about the reason for your haste.”
The man was asking where she intended to use the requested potion instead of money.
Ramein tightened her eyelids slowly.
“I have never said that money is not my goal.”
And she answered clearly.
“Come to think of it, that’s true.”
Duke Haribo, without changing his expression, gazed at her for a long time and then nodded slightly.
“Shall we go down to the basement now?”
Duke Haribo turned lightly.
“Yes, let’s go.”
Ramein, releasing the tension she had momentarily held, took a step forward.
In a small gap where the door and wooden materials were piled up.
As when she entered, she carefully slipped out, grabbing her dress to avoid snagging.
A sharp sensation grazed her back of the hand.
“Ugh!”
Uttering a short groan from the pain of being cut, she lowered her gaze.
Between the wooden materials, a pointed nail protruded, deeply cutting into her back of the hand.
Thud. Thud.
In an instant, drops of red blood fell to the floor.
“Lady, why are you doing this?”
Duke Haribo’s voice made Ramein snap her eyes open.
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
The wound would heal soon.
It shouldn’t have happened that Duke Haribo witnessed the situation.
She quickly hid the injured back of her hand behind her back. At that moment, as she extended her toes over the bloodstains on the floor to conceal them, the shadow of the man who approached right in front of her engulfed her.
“That’s blood you have there.”
The shadow of the man who had come right up to her swallowed her.
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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