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Atia sat and stood repeatedly on the gym ball.

“You don’t exercise at all, so it’s good to start with this.”

“Ah.”

Atia picked up another ball from the side and said,

“This is a mini ball.”

“Mini…?”

“Try lying down with this on your stomach.”

“Yes, madam.”

She put the mini ball under the constipated Kesha’s stomach.

“The mini ball will stimulate your intestine.”

“The intestine?”

“Right here.”

Atia gently pressed Kesha’s stomach.

“Ah.”

“It seems that your intestine is full of gas.”

“Madam, I am embarrassed…”

“Now, follow me.”

Atia first put the mini ball under her stomach and rolled it to demonstrate to Kesha.

“Put strength in your core and move in a clockwise direction.”

“Huh!”

“Breathe in slowly, and exhale.”

Kesha was in the middle of hard work following Atia and rolling the ball.

Buk! Buuk!

A strange sound popped out from somewhere.

“It seems like we just heard the voice of Mother Nature.”

“Oh, madam…”

“I’m just joking, joking.”

“Can you please ignore it!”

Kesha, with her face flushed, bit her lip.

“It’s like a skunk.”

“Oh, really! Madam!”

“Ha ha ha! Laughing reduces belly fat.”

Seeing Atia laughing playfully, Kesha also burst out laughing after holding it in.

“I’m going crazy, ha ha ha…”

The start was light, but the end was truly painful.

“Ha… ha. Ha… Huk.”

Kesha, soaked in sweat, fell to the floor and was gasping like a fish out of water.

Atia spoke with satisfaction.

“You’ve worked hard. Let’s do it again later.”

“No, again?”

“Do you think this is the end?”

“Madam, please…”

Kesha, drained of all energy, halfclosed her eyes and cried out, ‘Oh God.’

‘On second thought, she wasn’t an angel, she was a devil.’

From Kesha, a liquid that could not be distinguished whether it was tears or sweat kept flowing out.

Kesha wondered how much longer she had to do this, but the certainty was that the parts of her body that used to ache were now okay.

“Let’s try again. Hoo…”

“Good, let’s go! Let’s get it!”

Kesha, with a nearly breathless face, wiped off her sweat.

Atia clapped her hands with her eyes folded beautifully, meaning to start again.

[This is the time separator]

“Is the young master not coming out again today?”

“Well, I don’t know. He hasn’t been out of his room for several days.”

The servants tilted their heads.

It was strange that the jester of the usually noisy Wellington family has been unusually quiet these days.

.

.

.

Leo was sitting on the head of his bed, biting his lips.

“Sheesh, I’m irritated.”

Leo had tried every method to avoid encountering Atia for the past few days.

He was in a state of getting startled just by the sound of Atia’s ‘Ah’.

Over the past few days, he felt as if he had experienced all the embarrassments he would ever face in his life.

So wrapped up in shame, even when Leo crawled out of the blanket, the blanket retained its rolledup shape.

He didn’t even go outside, fearing he might run into her.

He had vowed to bring her to her knees.

‘Only you understand my heart.’

Leo clenched the bottle on the table.

He poured the lemonade, which he had bottled to soothe his loneliness, into a glass and gulped it down.

The drink flowed down his throat swiftly.

Leo emptied the glass in no time.

Bang!

“Gosh~ it’s bitter, bitter.”

Taking the fizzy soda as his companion, the thirteenyearold Leo narrowed his forehead and let out a faint breath.

The strong scent of lemon wafted from his breath.

“Why should I be the one to avoid her?”

Leo mumbled, wiping the corners of his mouth stained with lemonade, making a face as if he was already drunk.

The face of a thirteenyearold who had tasted all the bitterness of the world on his tongue.

“I didn’t do anything wrong?”

He didn’t ask to be pulled out of the water, and he didn’t beg for his life.

‘She saved my life on her own, didn’t she?’

When he was dying in the frozen lake, and now all Leo had was embarrassment and anger.

Leo’s current goal was one.

To become stronger than anyone else.

To surpass his brother Casus, and even his father Haideger, who is hailed as a legend of the Felzen Empire.

For that, first and foremost, he planned to bring down Atia, who seemed to be the weakest opponent.
“I must have been mad for a moment. Foolishly cooped up in the room because of such a woman.”

Leo poured the remaining drops of lemonade into his mouth, frowning.

“I’ll grow taller and bigger, so it’s just a matter of time before I win.”

Books he had been reading while locked up in his room were scattered on the bed, blown by the wind.

It was the title of the book written in large red letters.

There was a particular section that Leo particularly liked enough to fold the corner of the page.

[1] Stare at the opponent’s eyes without ever avoiding them first.

[2] Inflate your size as much as possible to look threatening.

[3] A leisurely walk and expression are key.

[4] Enter the competition thinking, ‘I’ve already won.’

[5] Imagine the most humiliating and shameful appearance of the opponent.

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Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)

One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!

Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.

The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.

The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.

Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.

Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.

…

Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.

Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.

After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!

Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”

The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.

It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.

When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…

Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.

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