After the funeral was over, Ji Han wordlessly opened the driver’s seat of his car.
I was planning to go to Uncle Hyun Ik’s car, which was parked not far from his.
“Get in.”
Ji Han’s low voice caught my step.
Holding the car door, he pointed to the empty passenger seat with his chin as he looked at me trying to pass by.
“I’ll go alone.”
“Get in, just like that. I have something to talk to you about anyway.”
I gave a faint smile, as if to reassure the worried-looking uncle.
And even after I got into the passenger seat, Ji Han just silently looked straight ahead.
“Are we going to the newlywed house?”
“No, I’d like to go to the main house in Seongbuk-dong.”
“…Why the main house?”
Only then did Ji Han turn his head and meet my gaze.
“Seems like it’s that damn formality that’s the problem again.”
He lowered his head as if he were fed up with my unwavering, resolute gaze.
Ridiculously, it seemed he believed that I was doing this because of external image concerns.
I wondered how it would be if I declared an official divorce to him soon.
Ji Han’s distorted face naturally came to mind.
He must feel like he was hit in the foot by the ax he trusted.
To see that ridiculous face, it was worth exercising a little patience.
“If it’s uncomfortable for you because of me, go to the newlywed house. I’ll be out.”
“Alright, then.”
I didn’t have the confidence to face the traces of the family who would be staying at the main house anyway, so I reluctantly nodded.
On the way to the newlywed house, Ji Han didn’t say a word.
Had we been driving for a while? Ji Han’s car slowly came to a stop as it entered the familiar apartment complex.
I didn’t want to thank him, and I was about to get out of the car.
“Wait a minute, let’s talk.”
“Go ahead. If you have something to say.”
I stopped getting out and turned to face him.
I could feel his frustration as he untied the necktie around his neck.
“Did you have to cause such displeasure today?”
“…Displeasure?”
His face tightened, and it seemed he was talking about the shareholders’ meeting.
“Why are you trying to deal with the dirty work while I’m here? Running a business isn’t that easy.”
“…”
“If you’re not going to be directly involved in the company’s affairs, you should merge with Hojin. You’re going to become part of the Hojin family now.”
It sounded like a dog barking. He was really good at talking nonsense.
I didn’t even feel it was worth responding, so I just stared at him blankly.
“You won’t be able to handle the elderly shareholders on your own.”
“I’ll handle it myself.”
“Ha, Yeo Jin! These people have been in this business for decades. What do you think you, who knows nothing, can do in front of them?”
Ji Han, unable to get through to me, seethed and grabbed my shoulder.
As I furrowed my brows in pain, he finally let go.
“Trust me. I’m the man who’s going to be your husband. No, think of me as your husband.”
I trusted you, my husband, and look what happened to me in my previous life.
“You’re wise, aren’t you?”
Now he was using persuasion, murmuring sweet words and asking me to trust him.
“If I succeed, it’s good for you too. We’re a couple.”
“A couple, you say…”
“Yes, a couple. We need to register our marriage as soon as possible. It’s too risky to leave you alone.”
The cause of the unease wasn’t me, but the huge fortune in my hands.
And the relationship with Chae Seo Rin, which could be exposed at any time.
Brushing aside the hair that poured down, I showed a smile to him, who was revealing his impatience.
He must have already promised a merger through the deal with Vice President Kim Young Min.
If he had my permission upon marriage, he would swallow up W in one go.
…Just like in the past.
I used to listen to everything Ji Han said.
I thought that was my duty and role to bear as a person inside Hojin that I considered myself to be.
Since I was submissive, Ji Han must have been sure that he had already won the game.
But not anymore.
I had made up my mind to change and to alter the future.
I would no longer be played between Seo Ji Han and Chae Seo Rin.
“You’re right. It seems Ji Han should attend the shareholders’ meeting after all.”
“You made the right choice. Don’t worry.”
Finally hearing what he wanted from me, Ji Han smiled and hugged me.
My hand holding the hem of my dress trembled, but I endured it.
“Just get some rest without thinking about anything. I’ll take care of all the complicated matters.”
My heart pounded until the moment I got out of the car and entered the apartment.
His hypocritical smile kept coming to mind, and I felt my anger rise several times inside the elevator.
The cold air settled in the house, and the lights turned on, illuminating the surroundings brightly.
The sight of the clean house filled with new furniture eerily felt familiar.
The five years spent with him here passed by like a revolving lantern.
“A couple?”
I picked up the wedding photo placed on the living room shelf.
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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