She raised her head, welcomed her aunt, who put down her bag, took off her hat, and greeted her warmly.
“I have to go again. That damn family meeting never seems to end.”
“Why? What happened?”
Lady Gordieux sighed deeply and looked at her niece with an expression that said, ‘Don’t you know?’
“The Emperor announced his engagement.”
“What does that have to do with the family?”
Jane responded with an incredulous expression.
“That’s the point. But it seems to have a big impact. It’s causing a lot of commotion.”
“In my opinion, Aunt, the only normal people in that household were my mother and aunt. Did Her Majesty, who doesn’t even care about Lady Alanka and Viscountess Svenya, bother with the family? It’s ridiculous!”
“Oh, your voice is so loud. It seems you’re annoyed, my dear. I also got quite annoyed, so I took a break during lunchtime. Do you have a lot of paperwork?”
Lady Gordieux approached and turned her head toward Jane after looking at the crumpled stack of papers.
“What happened? First, order room service and fill your stomach before you tell me.”
“It’s nothing. Well, it is something.”
After that, Jane remained silent until the hotel staff brought three freshly cooked dishes, laid them out, and left, closing the door. Only then did she speak.
“I don’t want to take on cases related to nobility in the future, Aunt.”
“Don’t you have to handle such cases to become the chief? Are you disappointed because this accident has no clear culprit?”
Lady Gordieux asked as she served a thick slice of lamb onto her niece’s plate. Jane shook her head, sighed, and rolled the fork in her hand for a moment.
“If this is an accident, Lady Alanka will probably be released on bail with jewelry. She has expressed deep regret, confessed, and even settled, and the court is very lenient toward Eastern nobility.”
“But she probably won’t be able to get married. Not being able to have a strategic marriage is fatal for noble ladies. So, your maternal family is excited. She has completely fallen from being a candidate for Empress.”
“They all fell together, so what’s there to be excited about?”
“That’s what I’m saying.”
“…I interrogated Lady Alanka three times, and each time, she cried, saying it was her fault. She was out of her mind, promised to pay for it, admitted it was her fault, and forgot to mention that she transmitted the disease…”
She had to write such contents in the report. Perhaps the lawyer would point to her report, arguing that Lady Alanka deeply regrets her crime.
“She faithfully took her father’s medicine, kept saying it was a mistake. It’s also true that she suffered from the pressure of being a candidate for Empress. No matter how hard she tries, the judge will feel sorry for the lady.”
“Don’t you feel sorry for her?”
Lady Gordieux looked at her niece with interest. Jane mechanically stabbed vegetables with a fork, eating the meal that her aunt prepared.
“Aunt, although I’m a detective who has experienced failure, I still know the basics of investigation. If someone benefits from someone’s death, that person is the murderer unless they confess.”
“Oh, then wasn’t that scoundrel Cedric Lambert benefiting from it? He received a title.”
“He was already the heir, why bother? He’s suffering greatly because he quickly succeeded the title.”
Jane replied with a heavy heart.
“Do you think this is a murder case?”
“It’s a murder case. It looks like a murder case. There’s motive, a culprit, but unless the culprit confesses, it will be considered an accident. It will just be left like that.”
She sighed deeply and gulped down a glass of water.
“Lady Alanka put preservatives in the syrup bottle ‘accidentally’ or ‘intentionally,’ no one knows. We only have Lady Alanka’s word that it was an accident.”
“Oh my, really? Well, that’s how it is. Even if it was intentional, no one would know.”
“Yes, we can only speculate.”
“Goodness, if it was intentional, it’s such a terrible thing! Why would she do that?”
“Well, I don’t know about family matters, but could it be due to the pressure to become Empress?”
Thinking about the pitiable aunt shivering at the thought of such a terrible event, Jane Telot recalled Cedric Lambert’s significant question.
Do you also consider it an accident, madam?
What must it feel like to have a murderer who killed one’s father inside the house? It’s a role one can’t understand unless they are the person involved.
“But, Aunt, I won’t give up. Even if it takes decades, the murderer will eventually reveal their true nature. Now that my part is done, please tell me your story, Aunt.”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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