Had there been an accident when Earl Fennel kidnapped Riccardo? If not, he was definitely pretending to have lost his memory. My head started to ache from the complexity, but I shook off the thought, focusing on a simpler objective.
“No, I don’t know if he’s lost his memory, but he definitely doesn’t talk about his past.”
Then Riccardo was deliberately hiding his existence… Maybe even the Duke of Rochester was a threat to him.
Luckily, the Riccardo I met again in the empire was clearly the heir of the duke’s family, meaning he hadn’t suffered greatly at the duke’s hands.
“Are you done?”
Having organized my thoughts, I got up and went over to her, picking up the test paper. Tsk, nothing correct.
“Fractions are hard.”
“You’re the one who told me to understand fractions.”
Glancing at the time, I realized the arithmetic tutor would arrive soon. I quickly corrected the answers and explained them, though I wasn’t sure if Sabrina understood.
“I intentionally got five wrong. Can’t make it obvious.”
“Five?”
Suddenly, the door burst open, and a stern-looking woman entered. I had missed the chance to leave, as she arrived earlier than usual. I stepped aside and greeted the tutor respectfully.
“You had a guest.”
I waited for Sabrina to introduce me, but she remained silent. Glancing over, I saw her face had turned pale.
“I am Lienne Lowy Fennel.”
I introduced myself, prompting a flicker of surprise on the tutor’s face, but it quickly turned to displeasure. A familiar reaction.
Regardless, I am a Fennel. If I introduce myself first, it’s only right for her to return a small greeting. But the tutor immediately averted her gaze from me and stood in front of Sabrina.
“Please leave now.”
There was no reason for me to be treated with such disdain by outsiders, even if it was common within the family.
“No, if it’s not too much of a bother, I’d like to observe the lesson.”
“What are you talking about…?”
“I hope you’re not saying that because I’m a bastard, I can’t even observe the lesson?”
I interrupted the tutor. I couldn’t leave Sabrina alone, who had been trembling since earlier. My instincts were screaming that I shouldn’t leave her alone with this woman.
“As you know, I still don’t have a tutor.”
The tutor, with a face full of things to say, turned around and sat down to start grading Sabrina’s test paper. A hint of suspicion crossed the tutor’s face as she graded. I realized I needed to be more careful in the future about how many answers I got wrong. Then, I heard a rustling noise.
Turning towards the sound, I saw Sabrina standing up, lifting the hem of her skirt. What I then saw was unbelievable even to my own eyes.
I quickly ran to Sabrina and examined her calf carefully.
“You, what is this, did you get hit?”
“Yes? Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I got it wrong.”
I sharply glared at the tutor, but she just held her head high, looking down on me.
“Hit for getting it wrong? Explain exactly.”
My voice rose without realizing it.
“I get hit with a cane for every mistake. That’s the rule.”
“Rule?”
The candidates for private tutors were specific. Most were unmarried women from baronial families. Occasionally, there were tutors from viscount families, but there were hardly any women who became tutors unless they were in dire straits.
But in a society with clear social stratification, how could a woman from a baronial family lay hands on a young lady of an earl’s family?
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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