“He’s my husband.”
A moment of silence ensued. Minwoo and Mina both froze, unable to utter a word. After a while, Mina started laughing, saying,
“Yeonju knows how to make jokes. Haha.”
“It’s true. He’s my husband.”
“…”
Silence fell again. Mina looked at Yeonju as if she couldn’t believe it. Then she exclaimed,
“Hey, Yeonju, you got married?!”
Yeonju also had a surprised expression.
“…Did you not know? I thought you were aware that I got married.”
“No. I had no idea!”
How could she not know?
Yeonju had assumed that since Hayoung had asked Mina for help, Mina must know to some extent about her relationship with the person and the circumstances behind it. Even though Hayoung knew about her situation, Yeonju had thought that Hayoung intentionally pretended not to know.
But to not even know that she got married…
Yeonju told her,
“The friend who asked for my help is actually my brother.”
“Really? So Yeonju, are you Hayoung’s sister? Wait, why didn’t Hayoung tell me this important fact?”
“Well… what did she say?”
Yeonju was curious because she didn’t understand. What kind of persuasion had Hayoung used to take care of her without providing a proper explanation?
“Without any other explanation, she just said he’s someone she cherishes.”
Mina, glancing at Yeonju, added,
“…And that he’s a pitiful person.”
She had accepted the request just with that explanation. Yeonju felt both grateful and impressed by Mina.
“Anyway, I agreed to help without asking anything because Hayoung said he was someone she trusts. We’re close enough for that.”
Mina looked at Yeonju with an expression that still couldn’t believe it and said,
“I really didn’t know you got married. Besides, you looked too young, and… I never thought you might have a husband.”
If she knew it would be so surprising, she might as well have told her properly from the beginning.
Actually, it was a story that didn’t need to be hidden, but it was something she didn’t want to talk about unnecessarily. Her goal was to forget about JInwook as soon as possible, so she didn’t want to dredge up the past.
Mina, still unable to calm her astonishment, asked,
“So, did your husband come here to find you?”
“…”
“Why did you leave your husband? From appearances, you look perfectly…”
Seeing Yeonju’s complexion darken for a moment, Mina quickly changed the direction of her words.
“Oh, no. You don’t have to say. I’m not curious about the past.”
Although her face looked as if she were dying to know, Mina shook her head and continued.
“If Yeonju doesn’t say it, there must be a reason. There’s no need to talk about it.”
“…”
“Now, it’s getting late. Let’s stop here.”
When Mina noticed the heavy atmosphere, she decided to end the conversation.
“I came because it was tough.”
Slowly opening her mouth, Yeonju continued.
“I felt like I couldn’t breathe… and if I endured any longer, I felt like I would die… So, I came here as if escaping.”
At that time, it felt like I was going to die, so I ran desperately. I came here to live. I left him behind to live the remaining days properly.
“I tried never to see you again.”
They considered it a wrong connection. They were holding onto each other, despite being mismatched.
“Even if I see you, I was confident that I could push you away coldly.”
She thought there would be no lingering feelings or emotions towards him. No matter what situation arose, she believed she would never return to JInwook. However…
As Yeonju continued her words, her voice trembled.
“But now that I actually see you…”
“…”
“My heart keeps wobbling.”
Even though going back there, she could do nothing,
Eventually, she would have to live passively, receiving unpleasant glances,
But still, foolishly, just by looking at Jinwook’s face, all her resolutions crumbled.
‘I can only choose Yeonju.’
‘I can’t let you go.’
With each uttered word, her heart trembled,
‘I told you. From now on, I won’t miss anything about Yeonju.’
In the eyes completely filled with her, her chest felt itchy.
Feeling the wetness in her eyes, Yeonju covered her face with both hands.
“Now… I don’t know what to do.”
“Ha.”
Yeonju inhaled the cold wind through her mouth and exhaled.
After inhaling the wind, her mind seemed to calm down a bit.
Yeonju stood in front of Mina’s house. A while ago, she had revealed to Mina and Minwoo that Jinwook is her husband. It would have been better if she had stopped there, but she ended up confessing all the pent-up emotions.
‘My heart keeps wobbling.’
“Now… I don’t know what to do.”
She spat out the feelings she had to suppress until the end. She exposed all the emotions she didn’t want anyone to know.
She felt so embarrassed and pitiful. Yeonju, to calm down the suppressed feelings, said she would go out for some fresh air and was standing in front of the house.
“Ha…”
Busy inhaling and exhaling, another sigh flowed out.
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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