“Those five people! Just five people, and they’ve completely destroyed this empire!”
The Helium Empire had always seemed peaceful. But in recent years, the empire had been completely plunged into chaos and ruin. It all began when the former crown prince Ashud ascended to the throne.
Ashud was a tyrant in every sense. He thoroughly trampled anyone who opposed him and ceaselessly instigated wars. Since Ashud became the emperor, the empire had not known peace for even a moment.
“The mansion…!”
“Miss! You must avoid it!”
Commoners and nobles alike lost their homes and lives to Ashud. The resentment of the nobles and the people surged like a tidal wave. But Ashud didn’t even blink. On the contrary, he eliminated these opposing forces. Terrified nobles began to liquidate their mansions and properties in the imperial city and take refuge in other empires.
It was a slaughter and war without purpose. The once proud Helium Empire had thus toppled. Even the streets of the empire were desolate.
“The mansion, the mansion…”
Delina, watching the mansion engulfed in flames, muttered in despair. It happened in an instant. The memories and stories that had been built over a long time turned to ashes and disappeared in a flash.
“Hey! Snap out of it! Are you going to be dazed like that?”
The one who brightened Delina’s pale vision was her brother, Gideon.
“Hurry up and get on. Hold the reins tightly!”
“Brother, what about you?”
“I’ll hold back those coming from over there, you go ahead.”
Quickly lifting Delina onto the horse, Gideon gritted his teeth at the sight of the bandits approaching from a distance. The enormous number of them made his hand grip his sword tightly. Blood was slowly oozing from Gideon’s side.
“No! You must come with me!”
“Stupid girl. If we both ride in this horse’s current state, we’re likely to fall. That’s why I told you to lose some weight.”
Just in case Delina would try to come down, Gideon firmly held her body and faintly lifted the corners of his mouth.
“I, really. You never called me brother until now.”
“…”
“Make sure to call me that when we meet later. Don’t just call me by my name. You never listen till the end.”
“O…”
“Now go.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gideon struck the horse’s hindquarters with all his might. The horse began to run faster than anyone else, and Delina’s cry came along with the sound of the hooves.
“Brother!”
At that moment, one of the bandits, who had suddenly come up behind Gideon, swung his sword at Gideon’s back. Gideon turned around and blocked the sword, but soon dozens of bandits attacked him.
Their attacks made Gideon bleed and fall to the ground. His body didn’t move at all and was mercilessly trampled under the bandits’ feet. At the sight of her brother’s tragedy, tears flowed endlessly from Delina’s eyes.
“!”
But Delina couldn’t go far either. A spark from the wind hit the horse’s hindquarters, and the startled horse began to thrash about.
“Ah!”
Delina, who had fallen off the horse in an instant, was thrown to the ground, and soon the sound of the horse galloping away was heard. She needed to catch the horse again and ride, but her body felt like it was shattered and couldn’t move.
I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe…
The street was engulfed in flames. The fire was coming toward Delina, but all she could do was cough dryly.
Her vision began to blur, and at the same time, she saw people standing on the other side of the flames.
Emperor Ashud…
Seeing Ashud’s blazing golden hair, Delina recognized the people near him.
Callis, Noah, Vincent, Zen…
The tyrant Ashud and those who had shaken the empire into ruin and chaos, looked at the street being consumed by fire with emotionless faces. Watching them, Delina’s breath grew ragged.
How, how did it come to this…
Before she knew it, Delina’s fist clenched tightly. In her hand was the seal of the Floren family, now reduced to ashes.
Just, I only wanted to protect my family and people……
But the reality was, there was only his dying body and the burned family crest.
“…… Just once, just one more time……”
Give me a chance. Please.
The streets turned to complete ashes and the disappearance of the family. That was the last sight Delina saw before closing her eyes.
(This is a time separator.)
“Heuk!”
The flow of air that had made it impossible to breathe through the flames changed in an instant. Delina’s eyes shot open at the changed air, and she quickly got up from her spot.
“Here, here……”
Only after getting up did Delina gaze at her lightened body for a moment. Her entire body was soaked in cold sweat, and her breath was rough, but where she was now was very different from before.
“My room……?”
It was precisely the room she used in her childhood. At that surprising sight, Delina hastily crawled out of the bed.
“!”
But even that wasn’t easy. Delina’s arms and legs, having misjudged the distance, struck the air and fell to the ground.
“Oh dear, Miss! Are you alright?”
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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