The moonlit face of Noah was vividly visible. Delina’s eyes widened.
“When did you come? Just now?”
“Yeah. Just now.”
“Then why aren’t you coming in? What are you doing there?”
“I was going to come in, but I heard your voice.”
Hearing that, Delina asked cautiously.
“…What did you hear?”
“Everything from talking with Bejewel to saying you want to see me.”
“…”
“Did I really want to see you that much?”
“W-well…”
Delina’s face turned red. Smiling as he watched her, Noah took a step forward.
“I’ll come up now.”
“Now? Right away?”
“I really want to see her, so I should show up close.”
With those words, Noah entered the building. Finally realizing that Noah had come, Delina, in a hurry, detached herself from the window and checked her clothes and hair in front of the mirror.
“Jewel, how is my hair now? My face? The clothes? Is everything okay?”
“…Chirp.”
“Should I tidy up the room a bit?”
Delina hurriedly began to tidy up various places in the room. Although the room was usually tidy thanks to Betty, Delina felt the need to tidy up a bit more. Watching Delina’s movements, Jewel chirped and quickly escaped through the window.
“…!”
Meanwhile, a sound came from the door. Delina, checking her hair again in the mirror, cautiously opened the door.
“…You came?”
“Yeah.”
It wasn’t the first time Noah entered her room. However, Delina, trying to conceal her tension, guided Noah towards the sofa.
“Did you greet? The servant said you were in the training grounds.”
“Oh, right. I forgot about that. Yeah, I said I would go there… Ah, hahaha.”
Even Delina, who was awkwardly laughing, sat opposite Noah.
“Felic said you’d come around tomorrow. Did you come so soon after finishing work?”
“Yeah. I came right after wrapping things up.”
“Really? You must be tired; sleep and come tomorrow. It would be better to rest and come with more energy.”
“Anyway, since it’s not for such a good purpose that you come to the Grand Hall, Delina said with concern. Noah then nodded his head.
“I thought about it, but I came quickly because I wanted to see you.”
“Oh, really?”
In response to Noah’s sudden words, Delina twitched her shoulders. Noah, enjoying Delina’s reaction, leaned forward.
“You wanted to see me too.”
“…….”
“So, I came quickly for you to see the face you like. Won’t you praise me?”
“Well, someone liking….”
“Why, am I saying I’m the most handsome?”
Having said that, it couldn’t be denied. Delina, who had been looking at Noah’s face for a while in a daze, quickly snapped out of it and shook her head.
“No, um! That’s not it! But, um, I have something to ask.”
“What is it?”
“About us, I mean… Are we officially dating, right?”
“Why? Don’t tell me you want to pretend it never happened?”
“No, of course not. It’s just that it was too chaotic at that time, and we’ve returned to the capital, having a proper conversation like this for the first time. So, I want to make sure a bit more.”
Accepting that, Noah nodded.
“Yeah, that’s right. At that time, I couldn’t give a proper answer.”
Then Noah mumbled quietly.
“But I haven’t made it yet.”
“Huh?”
“No, it’s nothing. Anyway, if I have to answer your question now… Yes. That’s the kind of relationship we have.”
“Yeah, so, does that mean we really…”
Delina recalled the day when she and Noah were alone in the forest, her words trailing off. The memory of that day was still vivid.
However, it seemed as if it was hard to distinguish whether it was a dream or not. Moreover, being alone in the room with Noah made her nervous, and she involuntarily twiddled her fingers. Whether Noah knew that Delina was frozen or not, he casually looked around the room.
“Come to think of it, it’s been a long time since I entered your room.”
“Yeah, I guess so. But I don’t think much has changed. I haven’t decorated anything special.”
“Right. It looks that way.”
Soon, Noah found a piece of paper and a pen on Delina’s desk.
“You said you were dying to see me, but have you been writing letters during that time?”
“…It wasn’t for you. I sent it to Aelih. There’s something I don’t understand among the new techniques I acquired, so I asked for help.”
Momjeong>
‘I still don’t get it, what does that mean?’
Delina displayed the keyword on the window and furrowed her brow.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
