At the End of Ruin, There You Are (56 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 26
The North was land conquered by the Empire hundreds of years ago.
Though natives and newcomers now coexisted, intermingling with one another, relations with the Emperor—who strictly forbade anyone from moving out of the region, even as he allowed immigration into it—remained strained.
The Northerners claimed the Emperor, who had ordered them to stop the Mad Dragon Guosalante, kept provoking Guosalante himself. Proud as they were, they despised the Emperor for abandoning the young Pheon here without proper support.
Moreover, their insular nature bred strong localism, coupled with deep-seated resentment stemming from the belief that the capital continually ignored them. The target of this resentment became the young Grand Duchess, stripped of her title and cast out.
At least Pheon had the pride of having been raised by them. He had arrived as a child and literally grown up rolling around with Northern soldiers, learning Northern customs. He was their proud son and their representative who could break into the capital.
But the Grand Duchess who came to Lusenford after turning twenty was not the same. To them, she was merely another sophisticated noble from the capital who looked down on them.
“You don’t need to accept greetings like this. Don’t worry about it.”
Pheon’s face was already hardened as he spoke clearly and firmly to the new Grand Duchess.
Damn these stubborn, thick-headed people. Swallowing the curse that lingered on his tongue, he slowed his pace, dragging his heavy cloak behind him, worried she might struggle to keep up.
Since the people of Lusenford Castle trailed behind in a group, he deliberately used even more respectful language toward Caella.
Now that he’d returned, he finally saw many things clearly. Indeed, Pheon ruthlessly judged himself to have been such a hopeless fool that he needed to die properly at least once to come to his senses. And the Lusenford people were even worse.
Challenging the Grand Duchess, who was seven years younger than the Grand Duke, by making her stand outside in the cold?
Granted, before his return she’d been a Grand Duchess with no family to fall back on, but now she was the only daughter of the wealthy Duke Ostein and his heir apparent!
‘So you dislike the Grand Duchess regardless of whether her background is illustrious or humble. I understand.’
Understood. He understood their thoughts perfectly well. Pheon was utterly fed up—he’d grown sick to the point of nausea. It hadn’t been easy for him either to soothe and coax these stubborn people, propping up their pride just enough to forge them into an elite force.
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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See !!! You are no help!!! Caela 😱😭
Caela honey …..😭😭😭
You should have done that before Caela was hurt again !!! You useless
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Hearing that “It’s alright” again made Pheon’s blood run cold. He had a grim cer
You were the one who made her like this and now you expect her to behave like nothing has happened
She refused to grant the governess the “end” she herself longed for.
I thought she was sparing her because of the fear in her past life. Turns out, it was revenge
In Darinka’s eyes, the Grand Duke deeply cherished his Grand Duchess, who was co
Darinka is the only one who actually has some sense and uses her brain, thinking logically in this duchy full of idiots.
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Basically hypocritical fools