After washing up, Yeonju headed to the kitchen.
Though she lacked appetite, she still needed to eat dinner, especially since she had to take her herbal medicine after eating.
Yeonju took out several vegetables from the fridge. She made porridge by putting chopped vegetables and soaked rice in a pot.
She served the hot porridge in a bowl and brought it to the dining table. Sitting down, Yeonju scooped up a spoonful of porridge.
The meal, eaten more out of necessity than desire, didn’t taste good.
Yeonju’s gaze briefly settled on the empty living room.
The house was dark and silent with her alone inside – a familiar quietness that had persisted since the start of her marriage.
But it was a quietness she didn’t want to grow accustomed to.
A life of eating alone as a norm. A life of not waiting for her husband late into the night. She didn’t want to live her entire life being comfortable with such times.
‘Will it become lively with a child?’
Probably better than now.
It’s said that with children, there’s rarely a quiet day… That would surely be the case.
After reluctantly finishing her porridge, Yeonju picked up the herbal medicine that the housekeeper had reminded her not to forget. She poured the double-boiled herbal medicine into a cup. A bitter smell wafted through the house.
As Yeonju brought the cup to her lips, she realized she could no longer taste its bitterness due to frequent consumption.
Just as she set down the empty cup,
“Rrrrr[Dash][Dash][Dash], Rrrrr[Dash][Dash][Dash].”
The ringing phone made Yeonju turn towards her phone left on the table.
‘Who could it be at this hour?’
Wondering if it might be a call from Jinwook, Yeonju walked over with some hope. Picking up the phone, her expression hardened as she checked the screen.
[Grandmother]
The caller was Gyeongok.
“Rrrrr[Dash][Dash][Dash], Rrrrr[Dash][Dash][Dash].”
Yeonju let out a deep breath and pressed the call button.
“……Hello.”
[I’m calling. Why did you take so long to answer?]Just hearing the voice made Yeonju feel oppressed.
[Are you alone? Where is Cha Seobang?]“He’s on a business trip. What’s the call for?”
There were only two reasons Gyeongok would call after Yeonju’s marriage.
It was either related to money or her son.
Today’s purpose seemed to be a combination of both reasons.
[He’s hiring a lot of people and expanding the office. The construction scale is big and it seems like it will cost a lot.]“So?”
[So? You’re the daughter-in-law of LM Group, a wealthy family. Ask them to invest in your family’s business.]“….”
[Just talk to Cha Seobang about it. If our business goes well with their investment, it’s good for both families.]It was essentially asking for investment from Jinwook’s side for Dahan’s business expansion. In reality, investing in Dahan, which had recently failed in its ventures, was akin to a donation.
Yeonju replied in a cold tone.
“That’s not possible. We already helped with the last business. We haven’t even received back the previous investment. How can we ask for help again?”
“No. I don’t want to be involved in Dad’s business anymore.”
[You ungrateful X, listen to how you talk.]Gyeongok lashed out fiercely.
[You sit in a rich family’s house thanks to whom? Have you forgotten who’s kept your mother alive until now?]“….”
[Why does your father have no money now? It’s because all the money went to your mother’s hospital bills!]“….”
[You begged for money for your mother’s hospital bills, and now you look down on me and your father? This is why you should never take in black-haired beasts.] Every time Yeonju didn’t comply with Gyeongok’s demands, she always heard the same reproachful words.And whenever her mother was mentioned, Yeonju always felt defeated.
‘Father, Grandmother, please save my mother.’
‘My mom is still alive. I’ll do anything you ask. Please, just save her.’
The image of her eighteen-year-old self, kneeling and begging, flashed through her mind.
Yeonju closed her eyes tightly. She bit her dry lips and finally spoke.
“……Alright. I’ll talk to him. But this is the last time. Don’t call me about Dad’s business again.”
[Alright, I understand. If only you had been this cooperative from the start.]Gyeongok clicked her tongue and then continued.
[By the way, is there still no news?]Yeonju knew this topic was inevitable.
Yeonju, with a weary expression, touched her forehead. In response to her silence, Gyeongok began to scold her.
[How come you, being so young, can’t have a child? Some people are having children well into their forties.]
Her voice rang in Yeonju’s ears.
[I can’t face the in-laws because of you.]Nausea and dizziness overcame Yeonju. She felt breathless and broke into a cold sweat.
[If you had a child by now, we could have been more confident…]“……Stop it……”
[What?]“Stop it already!”
Yeonju, in pain, shouted.
“Why is everyone making such a fuss about my pregnancy?!”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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