“What are you doing right now?”
Yeonju looked at Jinyook without much agitation.
She calmly responded while putting another book into her suitcase.
“You’re home early.”
“I’m asking you what you’re doing.”
Yeonju zipped up the suitcase and stood up to face Jinyook.
“Like I said yesterday, I no longer have any reason to stay in this house.”
Yeonju spoke with the composure of someone who had finished preparing everything.
“I’ve already spoken to your mother. She has accepted my decision and said she would explain everything to the rest of the family on my behalf.”
“…….”
“And I promised to leave this house as soon as possible.”
Jinyook, usually quick to grasp situations, couldn’t immediately understand what was happening.
In contrast, Yeonju’s actions were unhesitating. She handed him an envelope, saying, “I’ve put all the necessary documents from my side. You just need to prepare and add yours.”
Jinyook opened the envelope she handed him. Inside were several documents, with the words “Consensual Divorce Application” most prominently visible.
Seeing this, Jinyook let out a hollow laugh. With a darkened face, he said to Yeonju, “Stop this joke right now.”
“I’m not joking.”
“So you’re really going through with a divorce?”
“Yes. I conveyed my intentions clearly yesterday.”
Yeonju picked up the suitcase. As she started to leave the room with it, Jinyook grabbed her arm, causing the suitcase to fall back to the floor.
Jinyook spoke, “How can you just decide to divorce so easily? It’s not something that ends just because you decide it does.”
He looked at her, puzzled.
“How can all this be so simple?”
“…….”
“Suddenly saying you want a divorce and leaving the house in a day, how am I supposed to accept this?”
Yeonju faced him squarely and said, “It’s not ‘sudden’.”
“…….”
“I’ve always wanted to escape from here.”
“…….”
“I only endured for my mother’s sake. I was never happy here.”
She endured a dismal everyday life, clinging to vain hopes. She had wanted to leave this house countless times if it weren’t for Mi-hyun.
“I finally voiced out what I’ve been holding in my heart all this time.”
“…….”
“It may be sudden for you, but for me, it was inevitable.”
An indifferent husband. Disparaging in-laws. Her meaningless existence in that place.
For Yeonju, her marriage was something that could end any day. She was even prepared to leave the moment Jinyook suggested breaking up.
Yeonju looked at Jinyook seriously.
“You know in your head that this is the best way.”
She continued in a calm yet firm tone.
“I’m unlikely to have children, and staying by your side won’t help. I might even be a hindrance.”
“…….”
“For both your sake and mine, divorce is an unavoidable choice, the most logical solution.”
Having said enough for Jinyook to understand, Yeonju picked up her suitcase again.
“Let me know once you’ve prepared all the documents.”
As she was about to leave the room, Jinyook snatched the suitcase from her. He raised his voice.
“Who says this is the best way?”
For Jinyook, divorce was the worst option, the absolute last resort he never wanted to use.
“Right now… what are you doing?”
Yeonju looked at Jinyook but didn’t show much disturbance.
She continued packing another book into her suitcase and replied calmly.
“You’re home early.”
“I’m asking you what you’re doing.”
Yeonju zipped up the suitcase and stood up to face Jinyook.
“Like I said yesterday, I no longer have any reason to stay in this house.”
Yeonju spoke with the composure of someone who had completed all preparations.
“I’ve already spoken with your mother. She has accepted my decision and promised to convey it to the rest of the family on my behalf.”
“…….”
“And I’ve promised to leave this house as soon as possible.”
While Jinyook, usually quick to grasp situations, was struggling to understand the current one, Yeonju’s actions were clear and determined. She handed him an envelope, saying, “I’ve put all the necessary documents from my side. You just need to prepare and add yours.”
Jinyook opened the envelope she had given him. It contained several documents, with a “Consensual Divorce Application” at the front.
Upon seeing this, Jinyook let out a hollow laugh. With a darkened face, he told Yeonju, “If this is a joke, stop it now.”
“I’m not joking.”
“So, you really want to divorce me?”
“Yes. I communicated my intentions clearly yesterday.”
Yeonju then picked up the suitcase. As she was about to leave the room with it, Jinyook grabbed her arm, causing the suitcase to fall back to the floor.
Jinyook said, “How can you decide on a divorce so easily? It’s not something that ends just because you decide it does.”
His incredulous gaze was on Yeonju.
“How can all this be so simple?”
“…….”
“You’re saying you want a divorce and to leave the house in a day. How do you expect me to accept this?”
Yeonju squarely faced him and said, “It’s not ‘sudden’.”
“…….”
“I always wanted to escape from here.”
“…….”
“I only endured for my mother’s sake, but I was never happy here.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
