If Yurik and I become awkward or distant as adults, this ring will remind me of Yurik. It will become a precious keepsake.
‘A play, huh…’
Though there are similarities, reality is different from a play.
Unlike a play where happiness peaks and trials end, reality is a series of unhappiness with fleeting moments of happiness.
Father and Rodney returned to the mansion before dinner.
“Father, you’re back?”
Although the brothers greeted them at the entrance, the excited father ignored them and went by, engrossed in his conversation with Rodney. Rodney, however, paused and greeted the brothers with a glance.
“But father, there is something I want to talk about.”
“Is that so? Then to the study…”
“No, it’s something for everyone. Could you all please sit on the sofa?”
At Rodney’s suggestion, the smile quickly faded from father’s face. Looking at the family gathered at the entrance, his expression hardened.
“You seem uncomfortable. You sense that something unusual is about to happen.”
“Firstly, it’s nothing major. Father, I don’t know if you are aware, but in the empire, each prestigious school selects one excellent student. They’re given the emblem of the empire and act as temporary diplomats, touring and studying the continent for a year.”
“Of course I know. It’s not just studying abroad, it’s studying while staying in the royal palaces of each country. It’s very difficult to get selected. Only looking at those who’ve received this opportunity, there are people like Duke Mond and Count Sel…”
Father paused and looked at Rodney.
“You’re not thinking of trying it, are you?”
“No, I had no such intention, but I received a recommendation. I’ll probably go next year.”
At Rodney’s words, a smile gradually appeared on father’s face. Even Isabelle, who had been quiet, looked quite surprised.
“What? Why are you only saying this now?”
“It’s a long way off until next year. It’s almost confirmed, but I was hesitant in case things didn’t work out.”
“You’ve done well! Really well! You’re my son, Rodney! You’re going to be a great man! You’ll make the Marsen family prosperous, and the most esteemed family in the empire! I must tell this to your grandfather right away. He’ll be very pleased, Rodney!”
Father’s smile seemed as if it would split his face in his happiness. He excitedly moved, as if ready to pop a bottle of wine right then and there. I too was happy like my father, but at the same time, I was worried. Did he call us here for this story?
Is there nothing else to talk about?
“Father, there is something else to discuss.”
“Go ahead. Say anything! Anything!”
Father sat back down and looked at Rodney’s face. Rodney’s face gradually turned serious, and a tension appeared on his features. He was about to bring it up now.
“Father, I want to be someone important, just like you said. Someone who has influence in this empire. I’ve been studying and working hard for that.”
“Of course, you’re my son. You should! I hope you do! And you will become someone important!”
“But there’s an obstacle.”
Rodney’s voice was low.
“An obstacle? Who or what is it? Speak up. I’ll take care of everything.”
“Exactly, Father can solve it.”
“So speak now, Rodney.”
“The Marsen family.”
“……What?”
Father froze. Rodney’s words made my heart sink. What did he just say?
Rodney looked at Father with a careful and determined gaze, as if to say it was no joke.
“It’s the Marsen family, Father.”
“……Rodney?”
“So, I wish Mother and Father would divorce. That’s also why I came home.”
Did he take some strange medicine?
Rodney spat out those terrifying words as if it was nothing. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to say those things so naturally.
“Rodney.”
“Mother, I know everything. I am……”
“Rodney.”
“……”
“Do you wish for Father and Mother to divorce? There are plenty of reasons too. I will support Mother. So please separate from the Marsen family and go to the Polong family.”
“Rodney.”
Rodney softly held Isabel’s hand and cautiously began to speak. Isabel, who also didn’t anticipate this situation, only called Rodney’s name.
I never wished for something like this. I wanted the lively mansion and happiness that filled it like yesterday or this morning. I thought it could last for a long time with Rodney around.
“Rodney, what is all this?”
Father’s voice rose.
“It’s as I said, Father. Divorce Mother. Father on your own, and Mother on her own. You didn’t marry for love in the first place, did you?”
“You, you, you, what on Earth!”
“Also, I will renounce the Marsen title and accept the Polong title.”
“……What?”
“Not just me, but Bernard, Felicia, Swell, Silke, and even Lise will all accept the Polong title.”
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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