“Seems like you’ve gotten quite close to Henea.”
Shuher made the comment, recalling the quick friendship that had blossomed between the two in a short time.
“Is that so? I personally would like to get closer. It feels like we’d get along well.”
Evenel wore a pleasant smile thinking about Henea, before suddenly remembering something she had forgotten.
“Ah!”
“What is it all of a sudden?”
“My gun. I was supposed to pick it up from there today.”
She had completely forgotten the purpose of her visit to Earl Eunice’s residence while meeting Henea. Just as she was floundering in a sense of failure, Shuher’s voice reached her ears.
“I picked up the gun Her Highness will use.”
“Really?”
Her face instantly regained its color upon hearing his words. Shuher drew the gun from within his garments and extended it towards her.
Evenel, who had been filled with anticipation, showed a vague response upon seeing the gun. Her face was filled more with questions than satisfaction.
“Your Majesty, this is….”
“A gun.”
“I know that. But this is your gun.”
The gun had a familiar purple snake pattern on it, a gun he had used before. Why had he pulled out this particular gun?
“Her Highness will use it going forward. It’s freshly serviced.”
“Really?”
Taken aback by his unexpected statement, she alternately looked at Shuher’s face and the gun several times.
“So your visit to Earl Eunice’s residence today was to…”
“I left the gun for servicing and went to pick it up.”
Even after hearing Shuher’s explanation, Evenel merely stared at the gun in his hand. His expression subtly hardened in response to her nuanced reaction.
I hope she’s not dissatisfied with it.
“Did you expect a better gun?”
“No, it’s not that.”
“If you don’t need it, you don’t have to use it…”
“No!”
As he moved to withdraw the gun, Evenel hastily grabbed his hand along with the weapon. Only then did she reveal the emotion she had been hiding behind her confusion.
“I really like it!”
Hearing the word ‘like’ while his hand was tightly gripped, Shuher’s gaze momentarily wavered. Unaware of his reaction, she hesitated before saying,
“It’s too good for me. I’m not sure if I should really use it. It looks too precious.”
She had felt the same way when she used it last time; it didn’t look like an ordinary gun. That made it both awe-inspiring and worrying, in case she damaged it like before.
That’s why she couldn’t easily accept it earlier.
In spite of her earlier hesitation, Shuher responded in a voice not much different from before.
“The owner of this gun is me, and I decided to do so. So, what will Your Highness do? You only have one chance.”
Entranced by the words that implied she could take it if she wanted, Evenel took the gun from his hand.
“Thank you… Actually, I fell in love with it when you lent it to me last time. I will use it carefully.”
Unable to understand his reaction to her grin, as if she had received a precious jewel, he wondered if it was something to be that happy about.
“Is it that good?”
“Of course. It would have been nice if you gave me a heads-up. It feels like receiving an unexpected gift. But what about you if I use this?”
“I’m more comfortable with a sword. I can manage without it.”
Come to think of it, even though he had decent shooting skills, he had only used a sword in the Perty domain.
“If you gave it to me generously, you can’t take it back. It’s mine until I decide to return it.”
“I don’t know why you hesitated so much in the first place.”
“Then was then, now is now.”
Shuher silently watched Evenel, who couldn’t take her eyes off the gun. In fact, he had no initial intention of giving it to her. But after conversing last night, the thought occurred to him that it might be good to give her the gun.
It was a perfect match for Evenel, who paid no attention to anything else while shooting. Seeing her overjoyed face, Shuher didn’t find it too bad.
He might have slightly anticipated her making such an expression.
Feeling reluctant to directly enter the palace upon seeing the busy shops lining the streets, Evenel thought it was a waste since it was her first time coming out of the palace.
However, there was no way Shuher would allow that.
‘Should I at least bring it up?’
He had noticed her sneaking glances at him quite early on.
“If you have something to say, just say it.”
“Then, without reservation, could we perhaps explore the streets before going to the palace…”
“Rejected.”
Cut off by a single word, Evenel was at a loss for words. She hadn’t even finished speaking.
“I mean, you said I could say what I want.”
“I said you could speak, not that I would listen.”
“Really…”
Although she was boiling with rage inside, there was nothing she could say in her situation. She had to follow Shuher’s control here anyway.
‘So, let’s not speak.’
Thus, she turned her gaze out the window, yet her eyes clearly conveyed her disappointment. She had always been curious about the outside world, having only ever been in the palace.
“I wanted to see with my own eyes how people live, not just read about it in books.”
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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