Today, Countess Plache Yeongae, due to the aftermath of dealing with the Western Sage, was scheduled to stay in the Plache Townhouse instead of returning to the palace.
The light hung in the Shalea Palace was unusually warm, and the sound of children’s laughter filled the palace after a long time.
Keeping the promise that the patriarch would play with excitement, Sia and Bella were so excited that their cheeks turned red. The patriarch, who played with them to the fullest, including horseback riding until exhausted and eating plenty of sweets, was their accomplice.
“Look at her.”
Lou pointed at Bella, smiling. Following her gaze, Hayden found Bella dozing off in front of the table. The five-year-old, who played so much that her hair became messy, dozed off, barely opened her eyes to chew some food, and repeated the cycle of dozing off.
“Hey, Bella.”
Sia, the closest playmate and sister, woke her up in surprise.
“Huh?”
“Don’t sleep.”
“I haven’t slept.”
“After eating, we promised to eat chocolate cake.”
“Yeah.”
Chocolate cake! A special chocolate cake with blueberry and raspberry jam spread generously on chocolate bread and covered with another layer of bread, finishing with a thick layer of chocolate! The dessert chef of Shalea Palace, Lou’s specialty and a chocolate cake strictly prohibited from eating more than one piece by her mom! A chocolate cake finished by piling cherries and blueberries and dusting white powdered sugar!
Bella regained strength. She chewed the food diligently. The patriarch promised her that she could eat a whole chocolate cake today. So she had to wait until she finished eating to have dessert.
“What did they eat today?”
Lou asked Hayden sneakily. While she was lying in the emperor’s bedroom, tired for various reasons, those little kids committed terrible acts almost equivalent to crimes with the patriarch.
“Well, nothing special.”
The accomplice answered faithfully.
“Really? Bella, what was the most delicious thing you ate today among what you ate?”
“Um, um, ice cream!”
Isn’t ice cream nothing special? Lou continued to ask Hayden while looking at him.
“What flavor ice cream?”
“Just white ice cream with honey, lemon? Yeah, lemon!”
Bella answered with her eyes wide open.
“I see. You had ice cream with honey and lemon. What else? What else did you eat?”
“Peach pie…”
“Peach pie! It must have been delicious.”
“I also had cookies and jelly. This much.”
Bella emphasized that she ate this much by spreading her small hands.
“And, what else?”
At her sister’s question, Sia and Bella were in great trouble. Still, as an older sister, Sia honestly confessed to Lou first.
“And, I got a candy jar from the patriarch. It’s a secret from Mom.”
To the older sister, there are no secrets. Hayden, solemnly promising the kids one by one with a candy jar as a gift, revealing it all at once. He chuckled.
“Well, of course, it’s a secret. Normally, you eat candy and jelly secretly from mom.”
“Really?”
“Yes.”
Lou also nodded solemnly. The sister is on the same side! The kids laughed brightly.
“Bella, isn’t your stomach hurting?”
“It’s not hurting!”
“Sia, if your stomach hurts, you should say.”
“I’m fine!”
Wanting to eat chocolate cake somehow, the kids chewed the healthy and balanced meal that came out as their share. Bella held on desperately, rubbing her sleepy eyes. The patriarch, who had watched her since she was born and still found her beautiful enough to pity, would be sad.
“Bella?”
“Yeah, yes, yeah?”
She answered multiple times due to drowsiness.
“If you’re sleepy, why don’t you go to bed first?”
“I don’t want to.”
“Yeah, okay…”
Rather than a huge dining table where adults shared meals, Bella, sitting around a round table with the three of them, firmly declared that she would eat properly. No! She would definitely eat chocolate cake!
“Is the chocolate cake so delicious, Your Majesty?”
Is it really delicious? Even if she was dozing off, how could she endure it enough to eat?
“Yes, Yeongae. How delicious is it?”
“Will you eat it, Unni?”
Sia raised her head sparklingly. Even Bella, who was about to close her eyes, raised her head with a snap.
“Is it delicious?”
“Delicious! Really delicious!”
“Yeah, it’s good! Red… red cherries and blueberries! A lot of them.”
Bella explained earnestly with her small mouth.
“Grandpa said he would give us one each, but I can’t eat a whole one, so I’ll share it with Unni.”
“I’ll share too!”
“Ice cream, cookies, candies, and jelly, plus one piece of cake?”
Lou looked at Hayden in amazement. Hayden avoided her gaze.
“I only had two small pieces. I ate only one piece of ice cream on a small plate.”
The patriarch tried to justify himself. No matter how much the kids eat, he knows it’s not a big deal. He’s just a bit different from others. Hayden felt unjust.
“Don’t let our mom know about this.”
“We shouldn’t get caught for this. Sia and Bella never told the adults. It’s our secret, right?”
“Yes!”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
