Hyunseung paced nervously in the room. He had been embezzling company funds through collusion with Yun Chang-sik from the planning office using fraudulent accounting, and recently, the company’s audit team caught on. Yun Chang-sik was charged, underwent police investigation, and he would soon be arrested.
“How did they find out?”
It wasn’t a large sum, and the bookkeeping was flawless, making it unlikely to be discovered without someone deliberately looking into it.
“Do we have a spy in our department?”
Come to think of it, a newcomer who joined a few months ago through a special recommendation bothered him. This person had a friendly attitude towards him, similar to how Yun Chang-sik treated the chairman’s son.
But as he observed more closely, there were subtle signs of something hidden. It seemed like the person was ingratiating but at the same time trying to find something out.
Then, he remembered a few instances where the person, during a casual gathering, said some unnecessary things while drunk.
“Could it be that guy?”
Hyun wondered if that employee used him to keep an eye on him. However, it seemed unlikely that Hyun would be monitored through that employee, and it led him to another thought.
“Could it be Cha Kang-hyun?”
If it was Kang-hyun, there was a possibility. Despite claiming to yield everything to his brother, he might not want to miss the opportunity to take over Woosung. Perhaps he had strategically placed people around.
“I should have been more careful, as Minsook said.”
But Hyun needed money. After losing a significant amount in a casino during his study abroad, he engaged in various manipulations, avoiding the eyes of Chairman Cha and Minsook, which eventually led him to touch company funds.
He rationalized it by thinking that it would eventually become his company. But now, he was caught in this situation.
“I hope it doesn’t get worse.”
Although he promised Yun Chang-sik a reward, it was uncertain whether he would turn things around in his favor.
Yun Chang-sik ended up losing everything in the stock market, and his house went up for auction due to mounting debts. That’s why Hyun promised to provide a place for Yun Chang-sik’s family to live. Still, Hyun didn’t have the money for it.
“If I delay, Yun Chang-sik might change his mind. Should I talk to Mother?”
It was overwhelming for him to handle alone. However, thinking about the shock Minsook would receive, he couldn’t bring himself to say anything. But there was a more significant issue.
“If Father finds out…”
Even the thought of it was horrifying. If Chairman Cha learned about it, everything would be over. Chairman Cha was not a person who would welcome his son causing harm to the company. He would likely cast him out without hesitation.
“I can’t collapse here. I must find a way out.”
Hyun put on his clothes with trembling hands.
It was the day of Hosik and Oksun’s housewarming. Hosik’s younger sisters, Geumja and Eunja, arrived with their children.
“Oh my gosh! It’s so spacious.”
Geumja couldn’t close her mouth after seeing the house.
“How many square meters is it?”
Eunja’s eyes widened as well.
“But when did you prepare so much food?”
Geumja commented while picking up the prepared food.
“My husband, Cha, sent people to help, so I didn’t do anything.”
Suddenly realizing that, Geumja and Eunja murmured.
“Enjoying a luxurious life in your old age?”
Both sisters were envious when they heard that Hyun and Yun got married. Moreover, they only recently discovered that Yun was the daughter of Congressman Seo. Perhaps that’s why they were upset.
“No, how can you not brag about it?”
Geumja and Eunja mumbled.
While appreciating the house, they busily wandered around. For a family that had lived a frugal life, Hosik and Oksun’s comfortable house was undoubtedly a source of both joy and discomfort.
Especially because of Oksun. The fact that she married and settled into a nice house after continuously criticizing other people’s houses while she was at home was particularly irritating.
“Well, you see…”
Oksun hesitated. In front of her sisters, Geumja and Eunja, Oksun always felt inferior. It was partly because the two sisters were strong-willed, but she also felt a significant sense of guilt for breaking the family line.
Oksun almost died giving birth to Yun’s mother. Both the child and the mother barely survived, but for some reason, Oksun couldn’t conceive again afterward.
Moreover, since Hosik was an adopted son, there was always the risk of drawing attention from her in-laws. Eventually, her in-laws even went so far as to bring a woman into the house who could give birth to their grandson.
In response, Oksun considered leaving the house with her daughter. However, at that time, Hosik willingly sided with Oksun. He readily rejected the woman, claiming he no longer needed children.
While Oksun was grateful for such a husband, she couldn’t help but be conscious of her in-laws’ opinions. Consequently, Hosik decided to live separately from his parents.
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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