The Returning Ex

However, John didn’t think much of her reaction while he said, “Your stomach must be acting up because you have been overexerting yourself. I’ll go buy you some medicine later on. You’ll feel better after taking them.”

Waving him down, Sophia told him, “You don’t have to. I’m not going to take them.”

With a sigh, John tried to persuade her otherwise. “That nausea will persist if you don’t take the medicine. You have been suffering from it for years, and you know how excruciating it can be, so you should take the meds.”

Without a word, Sophia rinsed her mouth with some water in the kitchen before telling John, “You should eat up while I take a short rest.” Her nausea faded as soon as it came, so she was feeling better after a few moments, after which she returned to the house. There was no dining room in her house, except for a table in the kitchen. She walked up to the table while instructing, “I can’t stand the smell of pickled cucumbers, so take them away.”

With a grunt of assent, John left the pickled cucumbers on the shelf by the door. Sophia felt better after taking a deep breath, so she went over to the table to start eating her bowl of noodles. After they were both done eating, John washed the dishes before leaving the house once again, as he wasn’t accustomed to doing nothing.

probably went out to meet the other villagers, Sophia thought. The meal left Sophia feeling drowsy, so she took a nap

examining it. He realized it was an underdeveloped area with not even a hundred families, and all the houses looked the same. Now

in fact a wealthy man. He even promised to donate some money so that the villagers could pave their roads. Therefore, the villagers began exclaiming, “Sophia is in luck to have found herself such a rich husband despite hailing from a village in the mountains.

on his face, John approached them. “I already had my meal, sir. By the way, I’d like to pay my respects to Sophia’s grandfather. Do you know where he is buried?

while replying, “You

loss as to what to do when he passed away. Hence, it

pay your respects. It’s impolite to