As If Love Doesn’t Exist

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Siyeon had the rug pulled out from under her when she realized that everything in her life was a lie– her parents are not her real parents, her fiance, not really her fiance, and her cousin Eunhye is actually the birth daughter of their household.

Siyeon is resigned to her misfortunes until Eunhye reveals to Siyeon that all of this was planned and orchestrated. Swallowing her tears of anguish, Siyeon makes a fateful wish that brings her 10 years into the past where she may be able to change everything… or can she?

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“Yesterday, I heard something quite unusual.”

Jeong Ijun, the second grandson of Chairman Jeong of Baekya Food, the 16th-generation descendant of the Seorae family.

And Kim Siyeon, who had spent 25 years as the fiancée of Jeong Gwi-hyeon, Chairman Jeong’s eldest grandson.

“Although I occasionally inherited useful things like clothes or items my brother used when I was young, inheriting the woman my brother had been with all along is just too much.”

He knew exactly where to prod to make Siyeon feel uncomfortable, and he was making full use of that knowledge.

“So, you just need to come to terms with the fact that you can’t marry the man you’ve always thought of as a younger brother, and take him as your husband for a lifetime.”

He picked up his coffee cup with a relaxed demeanor.

“…I understand what you mean.”

“I’m glad you understand.”

“You’re basically telling me how could a woman who had always been with the older brother end up marrying the younger brother instead.”

His gaze, which had been fixed on the coffee cup, slowly lifted.

“Exactly.”

It was a neatly delivered response.

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As If There Is No Love
사랑은 없는 것처럼
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faency
faency
Jan 15, 2024
Status: c49
Currently at Chapter 49, as of the date.

So far so good and will come back when more chapters are released.

Misunderstandings on top of another misunderstandings and refusal? To just tell the truth and keep on making more lies on top of another lie.

But thankfully it's not too complicated to the point you as a reader, gives up. It's the type that you, as a reader knows what's going on but the characters here don't, so you'll get frustrated for them and just wished that the characters would just tell the... more>> truth instead.

But there is something that the author used as a suspense for us,
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the carved wooden comb

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As for now... (major spoiler and I wrote this so I could catch up with this later)

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I hate how everything is going on between ML and FL.

It is a whole lot of misunderstanding.

In my opinion, it all started to be complicated when the ML's brother (who FL was supposed to get married with in the first place before she knew she was switched at birth) asked her to break up with ML, when everything was going on well between FL and ML, just because he's insecure of his position as the heir of the company and scared that the combined stock of ML+FL will exceed his, thus making ML the heir instead ALTHOUGH ML has hinted that he doesn't really care much of it. But ML's brother was insecure because the shareholders believed that ML is better for the spot and ML's brother felt like he had nothing worth of himself other than being the first born and held the responsibility to fulfill the marriage promise. He's always inferior in everything compared to ML, and the only thing he's better than ML is playing Go, and the only reason is because ML is not interested in Go and their grandpa didn't really encourage ML to play Go.

So he was feeling so insecure.

That being said, FL's fake parents weren't totally innocent of this either. If they didn't sell the land that ML's grandpa gave to her, the ML's grandpa won't gave her the shares either, of which in turn, caused the ML's brother to be insecure and asked her to break up with ML.

It's so greedy of them to sell her land just because she's not their real daughter. I don't really get why would they do that. The land was given to FL by the Suwon grandpa for FL, ofc with the thought of FL's being the future granddaughter-in-law.

But even if they didn't sell, and asked about it from FL later on in the future when the real daughter comes back, based on FL's personality, I think it would be easier, ofc after giving her the necessary compensation (but I think with the premise of her marrying ML in the future and still being the same granddaughter-in-law albeit just to a different grandson, I think the grandpa would just give the real daughter another land instead, so it would be no problem if they didn't sell the land in the first place.

But I still don't like how ML's brother acted by asking her to break up and now just freely able to 'escape' meanwhile FL and ML's relationship is so much in fcking tatters???Because of him?

Not once but twice, BECAUSE OF HIM?

I'm not mad about how ML's acting right now because among all of them, he's the very victim. Sure, FL is also the victim but FL not actually telling the whole thing and explaining the whole truth is making her not the number 1 victim here.

If she had tried to explain the whole truth from the start and try to make him understand the situation but ML still acted like that, then at least she would be the very victim but she didn't.

Ok, actually she did but the way she did it is like asking for the ML to guess and understand, when the ML is so confused of everything, how can he understands? His feelings towards FL is also complicated how can he mentally progress FL's???

Oh I'm not even going to talk about the real daughter. Sure, she's also a victim of the switching but she's actually gaining more out of this and she even abandoned her fake parents so quickly... Now she's pulling the "i liked ML's first actually when I first saw him back then but then I liked ML's brother too and wouldn't like ML's brother if I knew that they're brothers.." like what's up with her???

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MzDoomsayer
MzDoomsayer
Dec 30, 2023
Status: c65
*Edit* Up to chapter 65

I have to add more as it's come along very slowly but nicely, edited in a spoiler at the end. The FL is still very slow on the uptake and is pretty damaged mentally from what she went through.

I recommend looking for the webtoon/manwha too after reading this if you enjoyed it. The art is beautiful and they bring out more with the visuals.

I love the story but there is a very slow burn with everything. The FL can be a little frustrating at how she... more>> treats the eventual ML but she's been hurt by her "family" and it makes sense. The fact that she went back in time and can screw them over is nice but she does it slowly and with care. So don't expect a quick revenge read. The FL makes some silly assumptions and has a few misunderstanding about the ML but he's a good guy. Her fiancé and family are the villains and especially that evil grandma that believed the monk. I really hate that grandma and the fiancé Gwihyeon is a dirtbag. Don't read this if you have high blood pressure as you will have a stroke before you get to the final satisfying end.

*edited for c65*

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Ijun's grandfather is such a sneak and I love him. He's doing his best to push them together and after so many misunderstandings, Ijun FINALLY has learnt the truth. He's also a little cheeky sneak like his grandfather and has been spoiling himself on Siyeon's novel by reading it when FL isn't looking.

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Now all I'm waiting is for the tea when the fake parents, daughter Eunhye and that B grandmother to get what's coming for them. <<less
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Zennsrx
Zennsrx
Jul 18, 2024
Status: c80
Now that I've finished this novel, I'm feeling nostalgic about this. This novel is just magical, the story is extremely well written and deserves to be read by everyone. This novel shocked me and the ending moved me. I have never been so touched by a novel. The development of the characters and the relationship of Ijun and Siyeon is excellent and provokes in us a morbid curiosity to see how it will end. The story is realistic and thrilling. Thanks again for releasing this banger.
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nekojita
nekojita
Dec 04, 2024
Status: Completed
I meant go give this two stars not five. Honestly it really pissed me off that the ML apologizes to the FL for the misunderstandings when literally 100% of them are her fault. He's being normal, she's the one who went out of her way to hurt him and pretended to cheat on him with his brother and she somehow expected him to not hate her and refuse to tolerate their marriage even though she not only did not explain a single thing, she never once apologized or clarified that... more>> she never once dated his brother at all. Tbh she doesn't deserve a happy ending & he should have left her in the end anyways for being so f*cking insufferable and forcing him to marry a woman who, again, told him she CHEATED ON HIM WITH HIS BROTHER TO HIS FACE. He was physically kidnapped and dragged to the wedding hall with bruises from trying to get away. She's lucky he was just cold and didn't treat her like the worthless s*um she presented herself as. It doesn't even seem like she actually likes him in the first place and was just playing with his feelings since she even had the audacity to tell him she doesn't regret breaking up (for no actual f*cking reason, mind you, and involved telling him she cheated on him) and would do the same thing. The only person I hate more than the FL is the author for writing her to be so incredibly s*upid solely to drag out worthless drama. He didn't even find out what actually happened from her, it was the f*cking grandfather who told him. Yet somehow I'm supposed to believe this guy was in the wrong? It's total bullshit. I believe the ML likes her but the FL doesnt seem to like him that much even by the very end so the whole novel feels utterly pointless. Ultimately she seems like she wouldn't rly give a f*ck if they never ended up together and doesn't care either way what happens which makes the whole romance feel completely hollow and one sided.

IMO this is one of those novel couples who 100% either divorced within five years of the ending or have an extremely toxic estranged relationship by the time they finally die. The FL doesn't care about the ML at all really and he will eventually start hating her for it, its a total waste of time. I recommend reading literally anything else instead, at least with s*umbag ML wife chasing crematorium novels I'm actually convinced they're mutually in love at the end. Theres even a line in the side stories where the FL straight up says "even if she had to cut him out of her life, she wouldn't be deeply wounded or broken, she would survive" like yeah we can tell, frankly speaking I'm not sure you'd be upset at all if that happened <<less
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moonchild.9
moonchild.9
May 06, 2024
Status: c47
I'm sure a lot of people were frustrated with FL cause she's not fighting back but I get why she didn't.
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Hastily inserting herself into her birth parent's life. I understand why she did it but it may cause trouble to her birth parents in the future. That decision give the ML's brother point to blackmail her. All the misunderstanding leading to her break up with ML is kinda frustrating but it moves the plot even further.

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Loving and looking forward to how their twisted fate will be resolve.
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Avakaya3211
Avakaya3211
Jan 10, 2025
Status: Completed
5 star ⭐!!!

I am really surprised why there are very less reviews for this novel! It is a good novel starts tragically and ends with happy note.

1. FL character build - Lonely, Vulnerable and motivated to do everything to protect her parents. You would how FL angst and sympathise with her.

... more>> 2. ML - Stubborn probably he could have tried little more to understand FL. But overall I would rate him good 👍

Rest of characters built well. I never read manga seems it is beautiful. I read this and completed it in 2 days (night).

I like this genre and going to look for more

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1. Child swap (history) causes anxiety, loneliness and at times frustrated

2. FL bio parents till ML pointed out keeps entertaining childish and selfish behaviour of adopted child

3. Hate that inchon dong family -all especially that grand ma

Novel which makes you cry initially will make you happier as it goes to end <<less
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