“Incredible!”
Forgetting her surroundings, Da Hee clenched her fist in excitement. She hadn’t anticipated the result of the interview she attended two weeks ago to be released today.
‘I made it to the second round? I thought the intense competition would be against me…!’
Having faced rejection from several interviews in the past, she had kept her expectations low for this one. But this sudden approval felt almost dreamlike.
‘And it’s with Siberia! Among all the companies I applied to, it had the toughest competition and the best salary offer…!’
The unexpected news left Da Hee elated.
Siberia was an abbreviation for Survey Korea. Like DataSys Korea, it was a research company headquartered in the US and a titan in the domestic mobile research industry.
They were fierce rivals with DataSys Korea. Especially since Kang Ju Won had joined DataSys Korea and the gap in their business achievements started widening, Siberia began offering above-average salaries to attract talent.
Da Hee’s advancement to the second interview round might have been influenced by her long tenure at DataSys Korea.
“Wow… Cheon Da Hee, you’re still in the game.”
She re-read the email several times, tapping her foot with excitement. Though it wasn’t a final job offer, reaching the executive interview stage nearly assured her of a positive outcome.
“This is unreal.”
She had sincerely told Seung Won a while ago that she was considering a job change. In fact, she had started job hunting right after they broke up.
The breakup with Seung Won was a factor, but a bigger issue was Hye Ju.
Da Hee believed that once the two recognized their mutual feelings, their passion would be intense. She expected them to fall deeply in love, perhaps to make up for the time they had lost.
And Da Hee couldn’t bear to witness that.
She imagined the clandestine messages she used to exchange with him would now be shared with Hye Ju. They would probably linger until everyone else left, holding hands, a routine she had, now shared with Hye Ju.
Rumors can spread so messily.
Rumors about a change of heart, love triangles, and all sorts of strange stories would circulate. If Seung Won were to step out and clarify, Da Hee would be the one hurt.
‘I’d find it hard to show my face if it becomes known that I meddled between two people who had feelings for each other.’
Sensing an obvious outcome, Da Hee began writing her resume daily from that day. The unexpected second round approval uplifted her greatly. Since she had passed the challenging practical interview, she was just one step away from the final confirmation.
Da Hee browsed through her phone contacts. But soon enough, reality hit.
‘I have no one to contact…’
Her heart was soaring high, yet there was no one to join her in her celebration. She couldn’t contact the separated Seung Won or the estranged Hye Ju. And she couldn’t even call her mother, who was at the temple.
“Sigh…”
Lost in thought, Da Hee began habitually scrolling through Hye Ju’s SNS, a routine she had long held onto.
“I’m just looking because I’m bored, that’s all.”
Murmuring as if to justify herself, Da Hee checked the latest uploaded posts. Hye Ju wasn’t an active SNS user, but occasionally she would post something.
“Huh?”
Da Hee came across a rather intriguing photo.
It was taken by the Han River.
“She went with a guy?”
The photo, posted without any specific comments, displayed two shadows.
Ordinarily, someone might have simply thought, ‘Oh, she went to Han River,’ and moved on. But not Da Hee. Her eyes focused intently on the large shadow next to Hye Ju’s foot. She scrutinized the photo meticulously.
“It’s nighttime. There seems to be a hint of ramyeon by the Han River… She’s wearing sneakers, maybe they went for a walk? Late at night, with a man?”
A single photo held much information. As Da Hee pieced the situation together, she turned her attention to the man’s shadow.
It’s impossible to discern facial features from a silhouette, but the vague outline looked strikingly handsome. His broad shoulders and well-proportioned torso were evident, even in the shadow. After confirming the slightly rolled-up sleeves in the shadow, Da Hee muttered to herself,
“Even the shadow looks so handsome.”
Suddenly, someone came to mind.
There was only one man close by with such a handsome shadow!
“Could it be…?”
Hye Ju’s circle of friends was narrow yet deep. The only man she might have walked by the Han River with at night was Seung Won. Da Hee had initially suspected the shadow to be Seung Won, but she would undoubtedly recognize his shadow.
‘So, who could it be?’
Racking her brain about which man in Hye Ju’s life might fit the bill, only one person seemed to match all criteria.
Kang Ju Won.
He had some connection to Hye Ju, always wore a watch, had a habit of rolling up his sleeves, and even his shadow was handsome.
‘How did this happen? I did hope they’d date, but knowing Hye Ju’s cautious nature, their relationship couldn’t have advanced without a significant event… What on earth happened?’
Suddenly, memories from the past flashed through her mind.
The day she became Ju Won’s partner as Ruby’s substitute, the day she audaciously confessed to Ju Won at the last train after a company dinner, and the day when she asked him why they couldn’t date and he reacted more intensely than expected…
‘And lately, Seung Won has been in a bad state. I thought he’d date Hye Ju right after our breakup, but that’s not it… What is it? Could it be that Oh Hye Ju is actually dating the CEO?’
The thrill of imagination surged within her.
‘If it’s really like that, then Kang Seung Won has just missed out big time! Does that mean there’s still a chance for me?’
Just then, Seung Won returned after finishing his meal. With a demeanor suggesting he didn’t want to engage in conversation, he entered looking only at the floor. However, Da Hee stopped him.
“Kang Seung Won, did you know about this?”
Suddenly, she thrust her phone towards him.
On the brightly lit screen, there was a photo showing the shadows of two people.
Seung Won’s facial muscles tightened instantly.
“What’s your point? Are you now stalking Hye Ju’s SNS?”
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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