Deciding that gambling wasn’t worth it if Geon decided to attack, they didn’t want to take unnecessary risks.
“These guys! Don’t they know they won’t get paid if I’m not safe!”
Suddenly, Bae Young-gam’s words seemed to register with the henchmen, who flinched.
Not receiving the reward was a separate issue.
However, under Geon’s sharp gaze, the henchmen immediately lowered their tails.
Fighting against Geon would almost certainly lead to death, so they weren’t foolish enough to exchange the reward and their lives.
The henchmen, under Geon’s watchful eyes, began to slink away.
“These rascals! If I don’t come out unscathed, you won’t get paid!”
“!”
Only then did Bae Young-gam’s words seem to be absorbed, causing the henchmen to twitch.
Not getting the reward was another problem.
However, no one cared about Bae Young-gam’s futile struggle as they watched the henchmen leave.
Geon grabbed Bae Young-gam’s back and started dragging him somewhere.
“I have a place to go.”
“Release me! I said release me!”
Bae Young-gam, filled with fear, struggled to break free from Geon’s grip, but it was futile.
The henchmen just stared blankly as Bae Young-gam was dragged away.
The place where Bae Young-gam was helplessly taken by Geon was a secluded area deep in the mountains.
The forest, where no one’s footsteps reached, emitted an eerie atmosphere.
“W-Where are you taking me?”
To Bae Young-gam’s terrified question, Geon made no response.
Upon reaching their destination, Geon tied Bae Young-gam’s hands with a rope.
Then, at the entrance to a cave about half the height of an adult, Geon pushed Bae Young-gam in.
“Aaah!”
Bae Young-gam crumpled, and his face was slammed onto the ground.
Then, with a foul smell, a repulsive and unpleasant sensation touched Bae Young-gam’s face.
Judging by the smell, sensation, and appearance, what had smeared on his face was undoubtedly the excrement of a wild beast.
In Joseon Paldo, there were not many animals that left such a repulsive and large excrement.
Bae Young-gam, filled with fear, trembled his purplish lips.
Then, he desperately shouted towards what would be outside the cave.
“P-Please spare me! Didn’t I promise to live quietly?”
As Bae Young-gam became the unfortunate one, his tone changed.
However, since Geon had left a long time ago, there was no one to hear Bae Young-gam’s cries.
“I’ll give you as much money as you want! Please, just take me away!”
Bae Young-gam’s desperate voice echoed through the cave.
Inside the dark cave, only a pitiful echo reverberated.
“Please… Ugh! Please let me live…”
Half-given up, Bae Young-gam started sobbing.
At that moment, from behind him, an unfamiliar yet threatening sound was heard.
“Creak…”
“…!”
Chilled to the bone by the eerie voice, Bae Young-gam’s body stiffened.
With rough breathing sounds, the owner of the sound approached Bae Young-gam step by step.
When Bae Young-gam slowly turned his head, he met the shining eyes of a tiger in the darkness.
“Oh, don’t come!”
Terrified, Bae Young-gam took a step back, but with his limbs bound and the injury to his buttocks, there wasn’t much he could do.
Instead, provoked by such actions, the tiger, revealing its sharp teeth, growled.
Soon after, having intruded on its territory, the tiger swung its fierce claws toward Bae Young-gam.
“Aaargh!”
Bae Young-gam’s scream echoed through the cave, resonating through the mountains.
After that day, Bae Young-gam never appeared in front of Yeon-woo again.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
