“Even if something happens between you now, if he regains his memory later… he might forget everything that’s happening now.”
Forgetting everything. Saying this made Eunseo unexpectedly emotional, so she quickly urged Suna to move on.
“We might not get a table at the restaurant. Let’s go quickly.”
[Star Icon]“Honey!”
As soon as she entered the chairman’s office, Yeonhwa threw herself into her husband’s arms, not caring about the secretaries watching.
“Did you cry?”
Noticing her red eyes, Chairman Kwon became anxious.
“Who did this? Who made our Yeonhwa cry!”
“Just, I’m upset about Seungju…”
Leaning on her husband’s shoulder, Yeonhwa shed tears.
“Even if he’s recovering, he could at least tell us where he is or when he’ll come back. How can he be so insensitive to his parents’ feelings at his age, the rascal!”
Yeonhwa was more attached to Seungju than her own son. Chairman Kwon became increasingly resentful towards his eldest son, and finally voiced his long-held thought.
“Call Seunghyun and tell him to come back.”
Yeonhwa feigned ignorance.
“Why Seunghyun suddenly? He’s studying well.”
Her son, Kwon Seunghyun, was thirty years old and pursuing an MBA abroad after graduating in Korea. In reality, he couldn’t get into a prestigious university in Korea and went abroad for an educational makeover. He’s been taking a two-year MBA for three years and still hasn’t graduated.
“He’s almost graduating anyway. We can’t just leave Seungju’s position vacant forever. We’ll have to entrust it to Seunghyun.”
Yeonhwa’s heart raced.
Chairman Kwon never really liked his eldest son, Seungju, partly because he was born to a wife he disliked and because Seungju sided with his mother. But the fundamental reason was something else.
Kang Hyesun, the former wife, was originally the only daughter of the Daewon Group’s chairman. Compared to her, Chairman Kwon Yongcheol’s family only owned a medium-sized enterprise, so when they married 30 years ago, there was a lot of talk about him being a male Cinderella or a kept son-in-law.
There was a reason why Kwon Yongcheol started having affairs early on, despite marrying Kang Hyesun for love. Being treated as an inadequate man who only lived off his wife’s success, he was drawn to Jeon Yeonhwa, who treated him like a king.
Years passed, and after the deaths of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he became the chairman of Daewon Group. However, virtually all the shares were owned by his wife, Kang Hyesun.
After she was declared missing, most of her shares were inherited by Chairman Kwon. Even the shares inherited by Kwon Seungju, her only son, were mostly taken by Chairman Kwon in exchange for paying the inheritance tax.
In essence, he was now both nominally and practically the true ruler of Daewon Group.
Yet, the world still didn’t treat Chairman Kwon with respect. Despite having worked hard enough to raise Daewon Group’s ranking in the business world by over 20 places since becoming chairman, he was still criticized for inheriting his wife’s wealth and becoming a conglomerate chairman, and for shamelessly having an affair.
In contrast, Kwon Seungju, born to Kang Hyesun, was the only grandson with the bloodline of the original chairman of Daewon Group. With his outstanding appearance and business acumen, everyone said that Kwon Seungju was rightfully the one who should become the chairman of Daewon Group. It was as if Chairman Kwon was merely squatting in that position temporarily.
The relationship between this father and son was like that of a king without legitimacy and a crown prince with rightful claim.
This was why the king was so annoyed with the crown prince. Moreover, with a beloved prince born to his favorite concubine, the king had long been desperate to depose the crown prince and appoint this prince in his place.
He had been hesitant because he would undoubtedly be criticized for taking the former wife’s wealth and giving it to his child with his mistress, a child who was originally born out of wedlock.
If he brings Seunghyun back to take Seungju’s place, it would be the first official step in establishing Seunghyun as the successor.
Chairman Kwon firmly stated,
“Don’t even think about covering for Seungju this time. This is all for the company. Even if I’m his father, how can I overlook such ineptitude in handling affairs?”
Yeonhwa tried to calm her racing heart. The goal she had been working towards was now within reach.
“But… what will people say?”
“Since when have we cared about what people say? Let them talk as they please.”
Determination was evident on Chairman Kwon’s face.
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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