The provided Korean text has 21 lines. I will now translate it into English, maintaining the exact same number of lines.
As soon as the drama ended, Wan Hu, who had come down from the executive office to the screening room floor, called out Eom So Yeon.
When she stepped into the quiet hallway, Wan Hu, holding a bouquet of roses in one hand, smiled broadly.
“The initial reaction is really good. For the first five episodes, Eom So Yeon will be the protagonist, and that impact will last until the end. Director Yoon said so.”
“That can’t be true. Oh Min Jung would be upset to hear that.”
“What’s memorable is often tragic, isn’t it? Here, accept these. Congratulations on your drama debut.”
Perhaps due to the earlier fender-bender, as Wan Hu stepped forward, So Yeon stepped back. However, she couldn’t refuse the bouquet. It was a natural congratulatory gesture from the CEO.
“Thank you, Mr. CEO.”
In Wan Hu’s suit pocket was a small box with a ring. Planning to move to a reserved place to give it to her, Wan Hu was about to speak smoothly.
“If you’re thankful, will you do me a favor….!”
At that moment.
People in groups spilled out of the screening room.
Among those leaving the company for a drink, Oh Min Jung, who had spotted the former CEO, quickly appeared before the two.
“Don’t I get anything?”
Min Jung’s gaze lingered on the bouquet in So Yeon’s hands before she turned to Wan Hu with a pointed look.
Her sharp gaze was a mix of annoyance for feeling overshadowed in the drama’s first airing and for being overlooked by the CEO in favor of Eom So Yeon.
Wan Hu, pressured by Min Jung’s impatient eyes for the bouquet, spoke with a stiff smile.
“Oh Min Jung. Congratulations on the first airing of the drama. There will be a company dinner this weekend.”
“Eh, that’s not enough. I have time now.”
As people dispersed like the tide, only the three remained in the hallway.
Caught between Wan Hu, who was reluctant, and Min Jung, who was persistently asking, So Yeon, feeling uncomfortable, excused herself to the bathroom, quickly turning the corner into a narrow passage.
At the end of that hallway, leading outside the building, was a glass door with long, slate-grey curtains. Someone’s feet were just visible under the curtain, but So Yeon, passing by, wouldn’t have noticed them.
After washing her hands in the bathroom, So Yeon, with her small handbag on her elbow, exited. But then, realizing she had forgotten the bouquet from Wan Hu, her steps hesitated to return.
What stopped her wasn’t the forgotten bouquet, but the vibration of her phone in her bag.
“……!”
Her heart skipped a beat when she saw the caller’s name.
Tae Seo Jun.
It was him.
The man she had spent only a few days with, whom she couldn’t say she broke up with because they never officially dated. The man she longed for but couldn’t express her feelings to, who made her feel alone yet not alone.
Standing frozen in front of the bathroom door, So Yeon answered the phone, silently, with even her breathing cautious.
“…….”
[Let’s meet.]……The provided Korean text has 21 lines. I will now translate it into English, maintaining the exact same number of lines.
Even from the other end of the phone, no words were heard. All So Yeon could hear was his soft breathing.
Yet, yearning to hear even that sound, So Yeon crouched down, tapping her aching chest with a small fist. Her knees gave out, collapsing to the floor.
After putting her son to sleep following the production report meeting, she hadn’t cried even when he called her out of the blue. She had to bite her lower lip hard to hold back the tears.
No, since leaving Cardis, So Yeon had never cried.
“Eom So Yeon…”
It was the low voice calling her name that finally broke the dam of her pent-up tears.
“Hiccup…”
Swallowing her dry sorrow and bottled-up grief in small sobs, So Yeon covered her mouth with the back of her hand to stifle any sound.
But the trembling of her shoulders, the longing that couldn’t be contained, was impossible to suppress. Huddled on the floor, crying silently, So Yeon whispered weakly.
Hiccup, I miss you so much…
“I miss you…”
So Yeon yearned for him desperately, to the point of madness, to the point of death. It was an involuntary utterance. And her deep, heartfelt voice reached Seo Jun, standing behind the curtain, clear even without the phone.
I’m right here!
So…
“…Don’t cry.”
Seo Jun, having revealed himself, helped So Yeon to her feet, and they were now outside the glass door.
“……!”
Surprised, she didn’t scream. She couldn’t even blink, fearing he might disappear in an instant, no longer visible.
“Is it really… you?”
“Yes… it’s me.”
Seo Jun, leaning against the wall with his arms, trapped So Yeon with his intense gaze. Her tear-stained face looked incredibly beautiful.
“…?”
This isn’t a dream, right? You won’t disappear like this?
“…”
You missed me too, didn’t you? Just like me…
Their mutual longing, having braved the cold passage, looked deeply into each other.
Slowly, their gazes met without any gaps.
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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