“I never expected to discover such fun now.”
Even when I had a whole nation at my fingertips, it wasn’t as enjoyable as this. Why is it that a single person’s change brings such joy?
For a moment, I thought about paying more attention to the others like Ael. However, no matter how I thought about it, it seemed that no one could give me as much pleasure as Ael.
Ael, who momentarily turned her head, didn’t hide her puzzled expression. After a while, she discreetly cast her gaze through the curtains, as if she wanted to look outside.
“How much longer until we arrive?”
“If we go straight there, it’ll take about another hour. But we have to make a brief stop along the way, so it might take a bit longer.”
“A brief stop?”
Ael’s eyes widened in surprise, as if she hadn’t heard about it before. Kalon chuckled as if to ask if she had been unaware.
“Didn’t Ino mention it?”
“Ino didn’t say anything about it. She just said she had to double-check some copies of the torture orders sent by the Marquis…”
“Ino, that lad.”
As he frowned, Ael tensed. What’s this? Is there something else important to be done?
“Where do we need to stop? Do we need to meet someone?”
The joy of traveling disappeared in an instant from Ael’s face, and Kalon lowered his head.
“We don’t need to meet anyone. It seems Ino didn’t think it was particularly important to mention. The place we’re stopping by is the land we’re planning to purchase this time. You don’t have to go, but since it’s on our way, it might be a good idea to stop by.”
Ael nodded in response to his words.
Upon Ash Society’s investigation, it turned out the Marquis was selling the land for the sake of his five children. In most cases, the eldest son inherits most of the family’s wealth and titles, but it seemed that the Marquis had a deep affection for all his children and wanted the younger ones to live comfortably.
In that case, there was no choice but to sell the estate.
They needed to clear out the relatively low-tax fringe lands since they couldn’t sell the central estate that supported the Marquisate.
That alone wouldn’t bring in a large sum of money. However, there were people willing to pay several times the average market price for that land, and among them was Ash Standen.
Although they sold the land for money, if it were possible, they wouldn’t want to sell the inherited estate. So…
“They would want to sell it to someone who appreciates their land,” Ael thought.
In that case, it would be best to see the land firsthand to have a more enjoyable conversation with the Marquis and his wife.
The carriage, which had been running for a while, came to a stop.
“From here on, we have to walk. The carriage can’t go any further.”
He got off first and then extended his hand inside the carriage.
Having practiced this many times, Ael took his hand as a matter of course and stepped out of the carriage.
However, just before her feet touched the ground, a gust of wind caused the carriage to sway slightly. Because of that, Ael’s body also shook, losing its balance.
Just as she thought she might fall, Calon, with one arm, gently lifted her and carefully placed her on the ground. It happened so quickly and smoothly that Ael only realized what had occurred after her feet touched the ground.
“Are you okay?”
“Yes? Yes!”
“If you’re tired from the long carriage ride, let me know. It’s better not to push yourself. And if walking is difficult…”
Difficult? Should she just wait in the carriage? As Ael was about to shake her head, he calmly suggested:
“Should I carry you?”
“No!”
Ael recoiled in shock.
However, the hand holding her waist didn’t release its grip. It wasn’t overly forceful, but it wasn’t easily released either.
Ael eventually tried to remove his hand that was holding her with her own hand.
However, she couldn’t believe how strong his fingers were. Instead of taking his hand away, she found herself fumbling with his fingers.
“Please let go of my hand.”
“Why? I used to practice this often during social gatherings.”
“There’s really no need for it right now.”
“If I don’t help when my fiancée is about to stumble, when should I help?”
She wasn’t really his fiancée.
She could have just pushed him away and said so, but Ael couldn’t bring herself to say those words. Even if it was a lie, she enjoyed this moment of being together.
It wasn’t like she was longing for Kyle’s affection or his always warm body next to her.
She wasn’t audacious enough to want something so personal and significant.
She had always imagined him by her side, so if this engagement were real, perhaps her fantasies could become a reality.
However, no matter how good it felt, imagination was still just a fantasy.
So Ael had to grasp her wandering thoughts and anchor them to the land of reality, no matter how many times they tried to float away.
Despite her efforts, whenever Kyle acted like this, the reason she had fought so hard to hold onto her sanity would soar back into the sky.
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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