Duke, This Will Sting for a Moment (30 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 76
At the very moment when the Grand Duke and Duchess were displaying their passionate marital love, drawing the full attention of all the nobles packed into the Golden Hall,
Airy sat on the roof of the Forest Warden’s villa beyond the Imperial Palace—the blind spot of the black magic circle Cassandra had discovered—and let out a deep, frustrated sigh.
[“I never realized just how terrifying ‘The Rapturous Night’ really is. Confessing to the Grand Duke? Even going so far as to pounce on him?”]
Gaius, seated beside Airy, slowly nodded his small head.
[The Grand Duke is indeed admirable. An ordinary youth would have crossed the line, unable to resist the temptation of ‘The Rapturous Night.’]
[You silly Popo—how dare you praise him when the Grand Duke is the Lord of the Magic Tower’s sworn enemy?]
[Of course I must praise him. Thanks to that, my child still has a chance, doesn’t he?]
[Wake up. Yuriella already asked the Lord of the Magic Tower to become her sworn sibling. Ricarion, even if he chugs ‘The Rapturous Night’ from a crate, will die a lonely old bachelor.]
Popo bristled, her shell standing straight up.
[My child is the master of the great holy sword Gaius—and a tenth-circle archmage, appearing perhaps once every five hundred years! With that power, he saved Yuriella twice!]
[Hey, Nero! You can’t just eat anything!]
Ignoring Popo completely, Airy swooped down toward Nero, the black cat munching on weeds, snatched him by the scruff, and hauled him back onto the roof.
—Nyaow!
Nero yowled indignantly, his emerald-green eyes narrowing vertically like gemstones.
Airy yanked Nero’s eyelids wide open.
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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How sweet of him! Trully, when did he noticed???? Because it always said that there was something off but he was too in love to notice.
Isn’t he too much???! He knows she loves him and who she was!
I know he has made a lot, but he should step away.