In his previous life, when a plague spread through the Empire, Joseph, serving the Duke of Esmain, was despised for his mixed heritage yet deeply cared for the people. But when the Duke distributed fake medicine to save costs, resulting in countless deaths, Joseph, feeling responsible, confessed to the Emperor and was brutally killed by the Duke for the embarrassment caused.
Upon hearing this story after her regression, Amy resolved to bring him along.
‘I was right about him.’
Joseph was a man of integrity. Amy spoke softly, “It’s thanks to the advisor’s apt advice.”
“No, no, it’s not me…” Joseph’s face turned even redder. Ever since Amy first sent him instructions in a letter, he had regarded her as someone from a different realm. This belief solidified as he witnessed her perform near-superhuman feats on their way to the North.
“Anyway, the Duke should be able to settle in smoothly now.”
“Yes, that’s right. Instead of just showing off a little, the Duke outright waived fees, which the people really appreciate. They’re calling him generous.”
“That’s good to hear. It’s a great start,” they agreed, feeling upbeat as they entered the Duke’s castle. Crossing the drawbridge and passing through the large gates, they felt the gaze of many on them. Suddenly,
“Hahaha!”
A loud laugh erupted from the guard post above the gate. Amy frowned involuntarily; it was a laugh she’d heard too often.
“What’s Sir Dwayne doing up there…?” she murmured to herself. A nearby maid, noticing Amy’s interest, hurried forward to explain.
“Sir Dwayne is training the guards. Sir Vernon, the new Captain of the Guard, ordered it.”
“I see.”
If Vernon had ordered it, Amy acknowledged with a nod to the maid and then parted ways with Joseph, heading towards the inner castle.
‘There’s something urgent I need to attend to…’
There was a reason why Amy chose the northern dukedom as the new abode for the Second Prince. She was eager to verify something important, feeling a
Amy looked up at the sky to find the sun descending close to the horizon. Soon the day would give way to nightfall. She felt a tinge of regret.
‘Looks like I have to do it tomorrow.’
As she crossed the vast courtyard towards the inner castle, Melvin, the steward, approached her as if he had been waiting. She casually asked, “Where is His Grace?”
“He’s touring the castle, currently at the training grounds.”
Amy paused in her steps.
“The training grounds?”
It was curious that on his very first day at the Duke’s castle, His Grace would visit the training grounds. Puzzled, she stopped walking, and Melvin promptly guided her to the training area.
“Has the training ground been repaired?”
Worried that Noah might trip on an unseen stone, Amy inquired. Melvin reassured her, “The ground has been smoothly paved with slate, and all necessary equipment like training dummies and wooden weapons are amply provided.”
“Once the blacksmith arrives, we’ll be able to repair simple weapons and shields within the castle.”
Engaged in light conversation, they walked past the storehouse, and the expansive training ground came into view. Seeing Noah standing tall in the middle, Amy squinted her eyes.
‘He’s even taken off his cloak.’
Despite it being early autumn, it was already winter in the North. Amy hastened her steps. Upon entering the training ground, she was taken aback by the unexpected scene unfolding before her.
“This can’t be.”
One of the guards watching from the sidelines murmured in disbelief. His colleagues silently agreed. Nearby, Eden clenched his hands, trying to suppress his emotions.
In the center of the training ground stood the newly arrived Duke, a teenager at best, looking down expressionlessly at a muscular man sprawled on the ground.
“Is this for real?”
Dwayne, who had just been knocked down, rose up laughing. However, his bright smile didn’t match the look in his eyes. Moments before, he had nonchalantly explained the Southern martial arts techniques to Noah and then coaxed him into a sparring match, believing that hands-on experience was the best way to learn.
Noah readily accepted the challenge, and this was the result.
“One more round, please.”
Dwayne, gritting his teeth, addressed Noah, who wore an indifferent expression. Noah let out a light scoff.
“You seem tough on the outside but are soft like pudding on the inside.”
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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