She had planned everything for this day since she returned a few months ago. And this was just the beginning.
“Let’s go now, Your Highness.”
“Okay.”
The Second Prince nodded at Amy’s words and climbed into the carriage without any hesitation. Leaving the place where he had lived all his life seemed surprisingly unemotional. As Amy followed him into the carriage, she glanced around the palace one last time.
She thought she had found a family here and had devoted her youth to it. But this place had taken her life.
Maybe that’s why leaving felt so light.
‘I’ll bring down the Crown Prince and serve the Second Prince with loyalty.’
Renewing her resolve, she turned away. The grand palace no longer mattered to her.
“Amy, where are we going now?”
The Second Prince, who had been looking out the carriage window, turned to ask. Amy, who had been checking a stack of documents, looked up and out.
“The central market.”
“The central market? That’s right in the middle of the capital. Aren’t we heading out of the city?”
“I have a few things to buy. And there’s something I need to do.”
“Oh, I see.”
His curiosity satisfied, the Second Prince happily returned to his sightseeing. Amy tapped her chin with her pen, lost in thought.
‘Has he never been to the capital before?’
She wasn’t sure. She had only started serving the Second Prince a few months ago and didn’t know much about him. But she knew a mountain’s worth about the Crown Prince…
‘That guy gets athlete’s foot every summer, runs around with a runny nose in winter, and once spat out carrots he didn’t want to eat into his shoes, making him walk funny…’
As she recalled these memories, anger surged within her.
‘And what does Lady Esmaein think, pairing me with such an inadequate man?’
Every time the Crown Prince made a fool of himself, the Empress would whip Amy. And each time, the Crown Prince would cry, apologize, and then forget everything, repeating the same mistakes. So, Amy’s legs were never free from bruises during her childhood.
‘How could I ever love such a person?’
Shivering in anger, her quill pen trembled. That’s when the Second Prince softly asked.
“Amy, what’s wrong? Are you hungry?”
His amber eyes were filled with concern. Across all times and places, a cute and handsome face could always soften anger. Amy relaxed her expression and said,
“Just remembered something unpleasant. But Your Highness, are you feeling hungry?”
“Um… a bit?”
The Second Prince chuckled sheepishly, and Amy joined in with a light smile. Ah, children should eat well. Despite being only three years younger than Amy, the Second Prince, having grown up with poor nutrition, was smaller than his peers.
So, Amy often found herself treating him like a child.
“We might not see such a well-maintained market again after leaving the capital… Shall we look around a bit? We can try some market food.”
“Can we really?”
Hope floated in his small face. Amy suppressed a laugh and nodded.
‘They say he’s grumpy, but he’s just innocent. You really don’t know someone until you meet them.’
Soon after arriving at the market, they left the carriage and luggage at a storage area and entered the market, hand in hand like siblings.
The central passage was bustling with street vendors and crowds. Amy glanced back, concerned for the Second Prince’s safety. The mercenaries she had hired were discreetly surrounding them. The money spent was well worth it. Relieved, Amy continued walking when the Second Prince excitedly tapped her hand.
“Amy, look at this. Such a strange-looking flower.”
“Amy, did you see that? How can a person breathe fire?”
“Amy, Amy. Can we buy that dress we just saw? I think it would look great on you…”
Amy felt like her ears would grow calluses. It seemed she was hearing all the calls she would get in a lifetime, all in one day. The Second Prince tirelessly kept calling her.
“Amy, you know~”
“Yes, Your Highness. Amy hasn’t gone anywhere.”
Amy responded with an enlightened expression, making the Second Prince giggle. Then, as if suddenly realizing something, he tilted his head.
“But is it okay to call me ‘Your Highness’ here?”
“Ah, that’s true. My mistake.”
“No, I mean, not that it’s wrong, but…”
Suddenly, the Second Prince became awkward and avoided eye contact. Amy frowned, wondering why he was acting this way.
Then, the Second Prince said shyly.
“Just… you can call me Noah…”
“Noah? But that’s your childhood name, isn’t it?”
Amy, pondering who Noah was, suddenly gasped and waved her hands in denial. Usually, only parents or spouses could use the royal family’s childhood names.
The Second Prince looked up at Amy with moist eyes.
“Everyone who could call me that is now gone. I’d like it if Amy could call me that.”
His request was timid yet earnest, filled with a longing for closeness and familiarity that had been missing in his life.
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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