At the gentle care of the Baroness, Riley silently took her seat. She chuckled at her own embarrassment but didn’t feel like playing along, and quietly began her meal.
Meals with stale bread and cold soup alone in her room were no longer served. It was nice to be able to enjoy a lavish spread.
However, the reason it didn’t taste as good might have been because her taste had been elevated at Blestige.
The course meals she had with Gibnen were really delicious.
Plus.
‘Disgusting.’
The meal itself was disgusting, not the food, but the people she was dining with. They were hypocritical. Pretentious.
Being recognized as a member of this family was something she had longed for, but this situation was not pleasing at all. Instead, it made her feel like throwing up.
“……I’ve had enough.”
“Why aren’t you eating more? You’re not even eating enough.”
“My digestion isn’t great. Maybe it’s because it’s more than I usually eat.”
At Riley’s words, Claire jumped up in anger.
“What? What kind of way is that to talk? As if we never properly fed you?”
Her aunt broke out in a cold sweat and tried to calm her down.
“Child, what kind of way is that to talk to your sister?”
“Mother! Look at the way she talks! How can I not be angry?”
“Calm down.”
“……Why are you all like this? Being nice to her now, will that erase what you’ve done before? Why the pretense, all of it!”
“Sit down.”
Unable to watch any longer, Ryan narrowed his eyes and scolded Claire.
“What mannerless behavior is this?”
“Father, the one without manners first is Riley…….”
“Sit down, I said.”
“……Yes.”
“Riley, you may stop eating. There’s no need to force yourself. Just ignore Claire’s words, as you know she’s still immature and senseless.”
Claire bowed her head, her fists tightly clenched.
Her shoulders were trembling. Was she crying, or was she enraged?
Riley looked at Ryan.
She thought he was a cruel man. Realizing that a nobleman so obsessed with advancement could coldly neglect his own daughter overnight made it all the more real. He would even abandon his family for the sake of advancement?
Was his affection for his daughter so shallow?
Then, was the reason I was treated like a mere tool all along not simply because I wasn’t his real daughter, but because he judged me less useful than Claire?
He probably thought Claire, who had been educated from a young age, was far superior to the daughter of a mere local lord.
Not being happy about her changed situation overnight, instead, her contempt and distrust for them grew.
‘To them, I am nothing more than an expendable being that can be discarded at any time.’
Riley, hiding her discomfort, stood up from her seat.
“Then I will get up.”
Riley glanced at Claire.
‘……Poor thing, you too.’
Never thought the moment would come when she would feel sorry for Claire.
“Just a moment, Riley.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Starting tomorrow, a home tutor will visit.”
“……A home tutor?”
“Yes, I don’t know if you will like it…… but since I’ve managed to find someone, please be nice to them. Though it’s late, you must at least receive basic education from now on. After you’re married, if you show any flaw in that household…… won’t it be difficult for you?”
Are you sure it’s not because you don’t want to be shamed for sending off a daughter who hasn’t even received proper home education?
“Though time is short, learn as much as possible. You do know that you lack the qualifications to become the mistress of the Lianster family, don’t you?”
“…….”
“If you show too many shortcomings, Lord Lianster might change his mind. The opposition from that family might grow stronger, too. There’s already a big difference between the households; don’t you have to do well to close that gap even a little?”
Riley stifled the words rising to her throat and smiled.
“I understand.”
There was much she wanted to say, but she didn’t want to unnecessarily scratch and create a wound, so she decided to hold back.
After all, she did want to receive etiquette education.
Feeling painfully the gap in family status and educational level. Ryan’s words were unpleasant, but they were not wrong. It was rather a too realistic piece of advice.
Compared to him, who lacks nothing, I know I lack so much.
No one would understand even if I complained that it wasn’t my fault.
The rights that should have been naturally granted are only now being given one by one, and it’s sad.
A lot has changed, so why am I not happy? All these things have been what I’ve desperately wanted, so why is nothing joyful?
I feel like a buoy drifting aimlessly in the vast ocean.
(This is a time separator.)
What is this man about?
“Why are you looking like that?”
“Just…… curious.”
“What?”
“I thought you would rush off to see Miss Riley, whom you sent away so quickly. You looked affectionate.”
He returned to his usual workaholic appearance.
He handled the mountainous pile of work brilliantly. Plus, he secured a deal with Forenco’s mining king.
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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