The next day.
Arin stepped out to leave the house. Just then, her phone in her hand vibrated.
“Oh, Ji-yoon.”
[Are you going out now?]“Yes, I’m just about to leave.”
If everything had gone as planned, Arin would have been on a flight to Jeju Island today. However, she was troubled by yesterday’s family matter.
She tried calling her brother and father, Mr. Choi. She couldn’t hear either of their voices. Her phone remained silent all day long.
Therefore, she asked Yu-hyun for understanding. She might need to stay in Seoul a bit longer…
As Arin talked on the phone with Ji-yoon, she walked to the bus stop in front of her officetel.
[You’re going to the bookstore first, right?]“Ah, yes. Planning to.”
[Don’t stay out too late and go home early. I’ll also go home early today.]Arin smiled at Ji-yoon, who scolded her like an older sister.
“Okay. I will. But when did you leave? I was going to prepare breakfast. You must be tired. We talked late last night.”
[Ah, sorry. I had to go somewhere early today. Left two hours earlier than usual.]“Two hours earlier?”
[Yeah, so I’m a bit tired.]“Is something wrong?”
[…Huh?]Ji-yoon was taken aback by her question, which seemed a bit odd to Arin.
[Ah, actually… Sigh. I’m at KK now.]Arin was surprised this time.
“At KK?”
Choi Seong-han, who harassed her at Yu-jung’s wedding, was the son of the chairman of KK Food Group.
And now, Ji-yoon was there?
Arin feared it might be because of her.
“Is it because of me?”
[Actually…]Ji-yoon honestly opened up.
[Yes, it’s because of you, Arin. But don’t worry. It’s not bad for us. It might be bad for them if the contract breaks.]“Breaking the contract? What do you mean?”
[We can’t just let them get away with what they did to you.]“Who exactly?”
[Who else. Well, I never liked them, but I genuinely welcome this decision.]“…Is it Jaehyuk?”
Arin was a bit puzzled. Jaehyuk was a man who clearly distinguished personal and professional life. His current actions were incomprehensible based on what she knew about him.
‘Breaking a contract over personal feelings… He doesn’t seem like the man I knew.’
Confused, Arin listened as Ji-yoon continued.
[Yes. Honestly, it’s not even related to the PR team’s work, but after what they did to you, we couldn’t just stand by. I came with the legal team to kick them in the shins.]“…Ji-yoon.”
Arin felt a surge of emotions. She tried to suppress the rising feelings.
[So don’t worry about running into them anymore. You kept tossing and turning in your sleep last night. We’ll make sure Choi Seong-han can’t appear before you again. Have you talked to your brother?]“Yes. Thank you.”
[Arin, no more ‘thank you’s between us.]“But I am grateful.”
[You say it too often. It feels like drawing a line between us.]“That’s not my intention.”
[I know. But still, don’t. I want to say ‘thank you’ this time. If it weren’t for you, Ji-yoon, I would have gone back to Jeju Island feeling uneasy.]Memoria was busiest during July and August, the peak season for tourists in Jeju Island. She had already missed a day for Yu-jung’s wedding but couldn’t afford to miss more.
Ji-yoon, sensing Arin’s unspoken apologies, contacted Yu-hyun on her behalf. She told Yu-hyun everything that happened to Arin yesterday.
[You’re right. I should be the one apologizing. If I had been there, you wouldn’t have faced such an ordeal. Leaving you alone was almost like causing it myself.] Ji-yoon’s voice, heavy with guilt, came through the speaker.“Ji-yoon, it’s not your fault.”
Arin didn’t think that way at all.
In fact, it was neither her fault nor Ji-yoon’s.
It was the fault of that man who had done such a thing.
Arin hoped Ji-yoon wouldn’t feel guilty.
“Seriously. Don’t talk like that.”
After a brief silence, Ji-yoon tried to sound cheerful.
[Okay. I got it. Oh, if anything comes up, call me. I’ll answer no matter what. You wouldn’t believe how mad my brother was after I hung up with you.]“Yu-hyun got mad?”
[Yeah, he only acts all sweet in front of you. A total fox. But in front of me…]Yu-hyun was always kind, smiling warmly, never angry no matter what mistakes she made.
It wasn’t that Ji-yoon and Yu-hyun didn’t get along. In fact, they were very close siblings.
Whenever Yu-hyun and Ji-yoon met, they would bicker, but those who knew them well understood that they cared for each other more than anyone.
Arin felt the same.
Maybe because she knew their relationship too well.
She chuckled at Ji-yoon’s words.
[Yeah. I really got an earful from my brother. Why wasn’t I watching over you? Sigh. Did I go out to play? Anyway, he’s only sweet with Choi Arin. When it comes to you, he doesn’t see his sister or anyone else.]Ji-yoon’s voice became a little agitated.
[Ah, I should go now. I’ll come early and wait for you after work. Let’s eat what we missed yesterday.]“……Okay.”
As she hung up and looked up, the bus she needed to take was arriving.
Boarding the bus, Arin put her phone in her bag and looked out the window.
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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