Hastening, Seonwoo skillfully parked the car’s wheels in line with the parking space. As the side brake went up and the engine turned off, Seonwoo quickly got out of the car and headed for the underground storage.
The entrance to the underground storage wasn’t far from where he parked the car. In just a few steps, Seonwoo arrived in front of the underground storage, hesitating for a moment as he looked at the sturdy iron door.
Perhaps the rabbit doll might hold something crucial that could turn everything around. On the other hand, as certain evidence, even if it meant reluctantly acknowledging the wrongdoing of the craftsman, it would become an irreversible event.
Please, let my intuition not be wrong.
With a fervent wish, Seonwoo, who had tightly closed his eyes, opened them and placed a small card on the door lock. With a click, the lock made a solid sound as it opened.
The underground storage was originally created to store Grandfather’s books. The moderately cool space, with minimal light and consistent humidity, was the optimal place for preserving old books in the best condition.
Until Grandfather’s health deteriorated, it had been a space with not a speck of dust. He used to examine books and read here every morning, only coming out late at night. Unlike back then, dust now scattered everywhere he stepped.
Perhaps because it wasn’t a completely sealed basement, light seeped in through long vents at the walls and ceiling. It seemed unnecessary to illuminate with a light, and Seonwoo approached slowly to the walnut bookshelf with a gentle color.
When Seonwoo took the hospital elevator down to the underground parking lot, he received a call from Taegyu. He asked why Seonwoo was in such a hurry and if he intended to inspect the large bookshelf right away.
[You know the large bookshelf you see as soon as you go in, the one Grandfather cherishes so much. There are piles of books knee-high in front of that bookshelf. Behind them, there should be a box.]
Recalling Taegyu’s mentioned stories during the call, Seonwoo easily found the box hidden among the stacks of books.
Placing the box near the desk, Seonwoo, who was rubbing his lips with his palm as if anxious, calmed his mind and slowly opened the box. A blue bag, a present from his father for entering elementary school, was revealed.
It was here.
“I found it.”
For the first time in a while, a smile that resembled a genuine laugh spread across Seonwoo’s lips. As he looked at the small school bag, when Seonwoo’s hand was about to reach for the zipper, he heard a sudden noise.
“Seonwoo? What are you doing here?”
Startled by the unexpected presence, Seonwoo quickly closed the box and placed it back where it originally was, turning around hastily. Eunjeong was fumbling with books on the opposite bookshelf.
“Oh, when did you come?”
“In the morning. In the morning, I saw Eunjae.”
“Why are you here…?”
“Your father asked me to.”
As Eunjeong reached out precariously towards the high-placed books, Seonwoo, who had approached behind her, effortlessly lowered the book that was at Eunjeong’s fingertips. Eunjeong turned around with a satisfied smile.
“Thanks. Later for dinner… Oh, why is your hand like that?”
As Eunjeong, who had taken the book in her hand, finally noticed Seonwoo’s bandaged arm, Seonwoo also realized it. He looked down at the injured arm and let out a small sigh. With a complicated mind, he swept away the thoughts that seemed to create untimely excuses.
“It’s not something to worry about—”
“It’s your right hand, the one you use for work. How did this happen without being careful? What’s going on?”
To prevent Eunjeong from prying further, Seonwoo grabbed Eunjeong’s shoulder and pushed her out of the underground storage. Seonwoo’s regretful gaze occasionally glanced at the box, but there was nothing he could do.
“It’s really just a minor injury. Don’t worry.”
“Just a minor injury, and you’re wearing a cast?”
Seonwoo laughed lightly, as if making light of the situation, and loosened his tie with his left hand.
“It’s really okay.”
“Good job.”
Eunjae cleared the plates after finishing the filming, diligently noting today’s schedule in his notebook. Today, there were many vividly colored foods. Perhaps because he was deepening his knowledge in the field of interest rather than just working, he found joy in working as the days went by.
After the continuous filming ended, Eunjae, sitting down with a sigh, couldn’t take his eyes off the shopping bag Seonwoo had given him in the morning.
One moment he tells me to eat well, and then to run away.
“Are you telling me to go or not?”
The meaning of him handing me a new phone in my hands, whether it was the first time we met or now, was absurdly the same, making me laugh.
Yesterday, Eunjae easily read the anxiety in his eyes. Perhaps to him, I have always been such a presence from the beginning until now.
As the bustling noises around receded, my ears were suddenly filled with the stories he told yesterday.
“You keep making me look like a bad person.”
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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