After sending Levanfell to the bedroom, I headed to the Damascus Palace with Karayan. Karayan, who I thought would refuse to stay in the imperial palace, surprisingly followed me quietly.
“Teri, will you stay in the Empress’s palace?”
“No, I will stay in the main palace. His Majesty has made a separate bedroom for me near his bedroom.”
A cold shadow fell on Karayan’s face. As soon as I returned to the bedroom, he seemed eager to call the spirits and rush to attack Levanfell, so I hastily sat down.
“Brother, I have decided to stay here.”
“I knew that much.”
What? Knew? How did he know?
As I opened my eyes wide and tilted my head, Karayan nonchalantly answered while looking around the Damascus Palace.
“Teri, you’re not the obedient type. If the King had told you to be a candidate for the Empress and you didn’t like it, you would have run away.”
Blush. My brother really knows me well.
“I can know that you stayed here by choice. What I don’t like is that you were forced to make that choice. You chose to stay here over your house and your family.”
“Brother.”
Karayan avoided my eyes and lowered his head in selfreproach. I patted my only family’s back and comforted him.
“It’s comfortable here. His Majesty is not as bad a person as the rumors say. You saw earlier. He treats me well, and the people are nice here. This place…”
I don’t starve, and I can leisurely drink tea. I don’t get frostbite from handwashing, and I don’t sleep with bugs.
I don’t have a sore waist on the stone floor, and I’m not cold because of the holes in my clothes. I don’t have to deal with dirt from not bathing, or being scolded for walking around, or needing to be careful.
“It’s comfortable here, brother.”
I swallowed all the words and replaced them with a smile and brief words. Anyway, Karayan has always been on my side. Always on my side, my family.
“……It’s the first time I’ve been here since I was a child.”
Karayan changed the subject by looking around the Damascus Palace. Knowing he did it on purpose, I still followed his topic.
“You’ve been to the Empire when you were a child?”
“Don’t you remember? All the imperial and royal families of the continent, except the harem, gathered for the Continental Peace Accord. You came along too. You cried because you didn’t want to be separated from Mother, and I had to console you. Later, you sneaked out to play with your friends, and I was upset when you came back late at night.”
“Did that happen?”
I tried to recall Karayan’s words, but no memories came to mind.
As I shook my head, Karayan comforted me.
“It was just after you were very ill and had just awakened, so that’s why. You lost a lot of memory and were in pain back then.”
“Yeah, I guess so. I feel like I came here for the first time.”
“At that time, I, the heir, stayed here with the King, and other family members enjoyed shopping in the Empire at the townhouse. You stayed with me because you didn’t want to be separated.”
Karayan recalled the faded memories and smiled joyfully. I wish I had memories of that time too. Unfortunately, there was nothing.
‘…Did Levanfell clean up well?’
Instead, something else came to mind. That Levanfell was related to the Ferdiak experiment and had been caught by Jerim.
‘The chance he didn’t see it for a moment…’
Hmm. None.
Jerim’s expression earlier was that of someone who knew everything.
And Jerim is smart, so he might even have noticed that I used divine power to restore Levanfell to his original state.
‘Please, he covered it up well.’
If Jerim were to report it, my neck would fly off too. So all I could do was hope that Levanfell kept Jerim’s mouth shut.
“Teri, what are you thinking about?”
“I’m, I’m tired. I guess I’m sleepy.”
I couldn’t just sit and wait, thinking that my neck might be in danger. I had to rush to Levanfell right away and check if he had managed to keep Jerim’s mouth shut.
“Brother, then I’ll go to sleep now. You sleep well too.”
I quickly got up from my seat with an awkward greeting, but Karayan still sat there.
“You shouldn’t have come across the border without saying anything and even summoned a spirit. You know what I mean?”
I stepped back and kept cautioning and advising Karayan until the end. Karayan’s emotionless expression met my eyes.
Certainly! Here’s the translation of the provided text:
“Oppa knows how much you care for me, but even if this marriage is annulled and I go back, I will eventually marry someone. The king will not leave me alone. So this might be better.”
“……”
“You don’t see it because you can’t watch, but I made my family kneel and dance with this power. How exhilarating……”
“Teriel.”
Karayan cut off my words. But I ignored it and slowly retreated.
I wanted to hurry to Levanfell and check if the conversation with the advent was over.
Then,
“Didn’t you try to hide that you’re a saint?”
“……!”
But my feet, which were slowly stepping out, stopped as rooted like a tree.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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