Heon-tae got up from the sofa, approached the desk, and opened a safe deep inside, taking out a white envelope. After looking at the envelope for a moment, he sighed briefly and walked to the sofa, extending it to Jae-ho.
When Jae-ho looked at Heon-tae with a puzzled expression, Heon-tae gestured to open it.
“I received a ridiculous letter. Someone left it secretly. Your little father, it says, killed your dad.”
“…This, this is unbelievable… I heard that my father’s accident was an accident.”
Jae-ho slightly raised his head. He exerted force on his eyebrows as if trying to deny the thought.
The father, who fatefully died in a traffic accident shortly after he was born. According to Mi-jeong, who heard the news through the newspaper while holding a newborn baby, she cried loudly.
“Do you believe it? Grandfather, do you consider this claim to be true?”
He didn’t think the little father, despite having an unusual ambition for power, would be reckless enough to plan murder. Jae-ho’s usually calm eyes shook for a moment, not without some surprise.
“Well, it’s probably best to investigate that first.”
Jae-ho didn’t particularly like the little father, but aside from that, he somewhat understood his anger.
Getting hold of the nickname was just a matter of time, and suddenly someone claiming to be his brother’s son had rolled in. How angry would he be? Moreover, the nephew turned out to be smart, eventually taking away the successor’s position. It was clear why Jin-hyuk couldn’t like him.
However, if the little father eliminated his brother for power from the start, the situation is different.
Jae-ho looked back at the letter, saying, “It’s a very old incident. It won’t be easy. There was no black box at that time either…”
“We can’t investigate it like the prosecution. We may have to do something illegal. Still, will you try, Jae-ho? It’s your father’s matter.”
The face of a father he had never seen came to mind.
Mi-jeong always spoke only of her father’s good side. So, when she was young, she thought her dad was really watching over her from heaven. She firmly believed that her father loved her.
Did he really love her? He didn’t even know about the existence of his child.
“Does Director Jung do a good job of finding people? He’s good at hiring at least. If needed, Chief Choi will help. Support anything without sparing. Even if it’s illegal.”
Still, if he had known, he would have thought that he was loved.
He said he had abandoned everything and planned to run away with Mi-jeong. Despite not believing in that determination, the woman left. However, Jin-woo was meticulously organizing real estate and accounts.
How did it feel when he knew Mi-jeong was gone? Just as Yun Dajeong was everything to Jae-ho, Kim Mi-jeong would have been everything to Jin-woo.
He wanted to ask how it felt to lose everything. If Jae-ho couldn’t live without Dajeong, Jin-woo endured for another year. If there hadn’t been an accident, he would have survived even longer.
After losing Mi-jeong, he became curious about the meaning of Jin-woo’s life that survived.
Did he completely forget and start a new life, or did he have the determination to recover someday? If he were alive, he might be boasting about various dating stories in front of his son.
“I won’t oppose you investigating her just because you couldn’t find her. But I want to try my best once. I’ve never looked into Jin-woo’s life in my entire life.”
Heon-tae’s voice was locked in hesitation.
“Would you do it for me? Even if my son sees, it can have some meaning.”
It was time to look back on the days of the father who was said to have the same eyes and gaze. Suddenly, his hands were sweaty.
“…I’ll give it a try.”
Upon leaving the study, Jae-ho immediately called Dajeong, but she didn’t answer. It was still early evening. Continuous absence triggered dizziness. Jae-ho went up to his room on the second floor where Director Jung was waiting.
“Director, we need to check on Dajeong. Are there guards around?”
“Yes.”
“Approach the accommodation. Check for any signs of activity. If there’s none, tell them to ring the bell or open the door and check inside. It seems like something is wrong.”
Jae-ho, spouting words without much meaning, circled the surroundings, and Director Jung watched him silently.
When Jae-ho returned from the U.S. and struggled to find Yun Dajeong, he looked exactly like this. Logic and reason disappeared, leaving only worry and anxiety. Director Jung feared that Jae-ho’s mental state might become unstable again. Trauma had gradually eaten away at his mind, starting from dreams.
Only after finding Yun Dajeong did the profound nightmares stop. Director Jung wiped his face once and grabbed Jae-ho’s arm. He hoped Jae-ho wouldn’t become like that again.
“She might just be sleeping early. I’ll call the pension caretaker couple.”
“Oh.”
“The guards going in the middle of the night will startle them.”
“Ah… That makes sense. Please do that then.”
“Don’t worry too much.”
Jae-ho finally stopped and turned to Director Jung. They had met during the most challenging times. Director Jung also lost his younger brother in the Jeju Resort Fire incident. They became another family, sharing the same pain.
“Jae-ho, it will be okay.”
Jae-ho finally regained some composure.
“I feel crazy without Yun Dajeong. Hyung.”
Watching Director Jung make a call to the pension caretaker couple, Jae-ho loosened his stiff lips a bit. The caretaker couple agreed to visit the pension immediately.
“By the way, is Hajaewoo still around? I have a mission from Grandpa, and I need to find Hajaewoo quickly for another task.”
“There’s no sign of any response. It’s not easy.”
Director Jung replied with a heavy voice.
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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