Yeonju entered the building and headed towards the event hall. From the entrance, she saw familiar faces. Influential people from politics, business, and various sectors were all gathered.
“Welcome.”
The staff greeted her respectfully. Recognizing her face, they let her into the hall without checking her invitation.
Inside, the hall was even more crowded. People in splendid attire engaged in relaxed conversations.
Yeonju approached Aeran, who was surrounded by the most people.
“Mother. I’m here.”
Aeran turned at Yeonju’s greeting. She looked Yeonju up and down and asked,
“Good, you’re here. Where’s Jinwook?”
“Jinwook said he probably couldn’t come because of work.”
“It seems like Jinwook is doing all the company’s work alone. I wonder if his father even knows how hard our son is working.”
Aeran sighed as if she felt sorry for her son, always buried in work.
Then Yeonju’s gaze met Aeran’s sister and Jinwook’s aunt, Hyeryeon.
“Hello, Aunt.”
Yeonju greeted her, but Hyeryeon turned away, ignoring the greeting and starting a conversation with someone else. It was an overt snub.
“…….”
Yeonju looked down awkwardly.
Being ignored by Jinwook’s family was a common occurrence. They had never welcomed her since she first married Jinwook, and as her family’s fortunes declined and she failed to bear a child, the disregard became overt.
As if accustomed to their indifference, Yeonju calmly said to Aeran,
“I’ll go greet the others, then.”
“Yes, do that.”
After bowing her head once, Yeonju turned away. As she wandered through the crowd, no one approached her for a conversation.
Her heart felt heavy. Among so many people, there was not a single person with whom she could share a heartfelt talk.
As she stood in a corner waiting for time to pass, someone approached her.
“Are you here, Sister-in-law?”
Yeonju turned her head at the familiar voice. There was Chaerin, sporting a somewhat artificial smile, and beside her stood Inhyeok with a bored expression.
Although they were not exactly welcome figures, Yeonju bowed her head as a matter of courtesy.
“Hello.”
Chaerin scanned Yeonju and then asked,
“Did you come alone?”
“……Yes.”
“Jinwook must be busy today too.”
“Yes. He seems to have a lot of work these days.”
“Even if he’s busy, shouldn’t he think of you and at least show his face for a moment?”
“……”
“Always going around alone like this, you know how people talk.”
Yeonju’s face hardened. What kind of stories were going around?
Noticing her darkening expression, Chaerin feigned concern and said,
“Oh dear, if my words upset you, I apologize. I was just worried.”
“…….”
Chaerin glanced at Inhyeok and said,
“Honey, could you step aside for a moment? I have something to discuss with the ladies.”
Inhyeok obligingly moved away. Chaerin moved closer to Yeonju.
“I’ve been wanting to give you some advice whenever I saw you, so I asked Inhyeok to leave us alone.”
She spoke in a secretive tone.
“It’s about that secretary you mentioned before. It would be wise to be cautious of her from now on.”
Yeonju’s eyes narrowed. The secretary Chaerin referred to must be Minhee, whom Yeonju had talked about during their encounter at the gynecologist’s.
“You know, there are many cases of scandals with secretaries. After all, they spend more time together than wives do.”
Her voice continued in a hushed whisper.
“Spending so much time together, it’s not unusual for feelings to develop, right?”
“…….”
“If I were you, I’d fire that female secretary first.”
Yeonju bit her lip silently for a moment, then looked firmly at Chaerin.
“I appreciate your concern, but my husband and I will handle our matters ourselves.”
Yeonju spoke emphatically.
“I hope not to hear this kind of talk again. Please don’t interfere in our marital affairs.”
Chaerin’s brows furrowed at the unexpected response.
“Then.”
After a brief nod, Yeonju turned and walked away. Watching Yeonju’s retreating figure, Chaerin’s face twisted in anger.
She muttered under her breath,
“Insufferable b…….”
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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