His uncomfortable curiosity about Miju turned into a thought of needing to meet her for work.
Work. It might be an excuse, but so what? He needed a female business partner immediately, and she seemed in need of work and money. It was not a bad deal for either of them.
And at the end of that thought, he wondered how she would react if he proposed the job.
‘She might not accept.’
It wouldn’t be easy, so Siyun would understand if she refused.
He hesitated for a moment, fiddling with the card in his fingers, and then dialed the phone number.
He hadn’t meant to memorize it, but Miju’s number was already stored in his mind and quickly typed out.
The call connected, but it seemed she wasn’t planning to answer. The monotonous ringtone continued.
‘She hands out cards saying she’ll do anything, but why doesn’t she answer the phone?’
As the last ringtone was about to end, Siyun threw the phone on the sofa in frustration.
It wasn’t something to be angry about, but his temper flared up. He took a moment to calm down.
Suddenly, his thigh vibrated from the phone. Siyun looked down at the screen.
It wasn’t a saved number, but he recognized it as Miju’s right away.
He didn’t pick up immediately but lowered his hand holding the phone to the sofa. A pleasant tremor continued in his hand, and just before the call was about to end, Siyun swiped the screen and answered the call.
“Hello?”
A cheerful female voice came through. Just hearing her voice seemed to bring a smile to Siyun’s lips.
“Hello.”
The sudden sound of Korean made the person on the other end pause in silence. But soon, a calm voice responded.
“Hello?”
“I saw your card and called. You know who I am, right?”
It seemed she might know. Miju’s heart was pounding just like when she had encountered that man recently.
“Yes, aren’t you the person I met in the embassy parking lot? Mr. Kim Siyun.”
Hearing his name from her lips, Siyun smiled slightly. She still remembered his name.
“What brings you to call?”
Miju’s voice seemed a bit shaky.
She had decided during these days of contemplation that if the man contacted her, she would stand as a witness as many times as needed.
She was embarrassed about thinking of exploiting someone’s misfortune for money. And she had resolved not to sell her convictions or morality for money due to her difficult circumstances.
“Do you need a witness?”
“No, not a witness…”
A faint laugh could be heard at the end of his response. Miju felt relieved at his words.
“That’s good. You haven’t been troubled by that incident, then.”
Was she worried about it? Hearing her say ‘that’s good’, Siyun felt an inexplicable itch somewhere again.
Had he been working too hard recently, causing overstimulation of his prefrontal cortex? Siyun blamed some unknown part of his brain for these feelings and continued speaking.
“I wanted to ask you for a favor. A service errand.”
Miju hesitated for a moment.
She was willing to help him as a witness, but she didn’t want to meet this man for any other reason and didn’t wish for it either. She felt her heart wavering.
But his next words shook Miju’s resolve again.
“I’ll pay you well.”
Money. It was the most tempting word for Miju. Rent, car insurance, gas, textbooks. Others might not understand the struggle of managing these expenses, but for Miju, an orphan sustaining herself through years of study abroad, it was not an easy task.
The only thing she could cut down on was food expenses. Not that she lacked food, but she had to give up eating to afford other things. Could people understand such a life?
In front of a wealthy man who attended embassy parties, she suddenly felt shabby. Thinking about money while having to save on every bit of food, how ridiculous would she appear to him?
“Ah, an inferiority complex.”
It was absurd that she felt inferior and shrunk in front of someone who probably didn’t care at all. Yet, she still tried to maintain her pride in front of the man with ridiculous excuses.
“What to do. I don’t take jobs from Korean people.”
“You don’t take jobs from Koreans?”
“Um… Based on my experience, Koreans often expect extras, favors, and services. Of course, Kim Siyun, who looks wealthy and cold, might not be like that, but I have to work as usual. I don’t take jobs from Koreans.”
Miju responded firmly.
“Is this racism?”
Sensing that she might reject any excuse he made, Siyun spoke forcefully as if to preempt her.
“Racial discrimination? What a frightening thing to say.”
“If you don’t want such misunderstandings, let’s meet and talk. I’ll send you the address.”
“……”
“If you’re ready to do anything, then Everything Helper Service. I’ll pay for your travel.”
Siyun wondered what expression she might be wearing on the other end of the phone, his voice laden with arrogance, as if he was ready to pay any amount. Would she really respond to anything if it involved money?
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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