Splash!
The culprit had been caught by a school of fish.
As if reading Rasilia’s mind, the school of fish living in the waterway quickly swam up and dived beneath the rowboat.
Just as Li Yan was gathering strength in his feet to jump, the school of fish lifted the opposite side, and the boat flipped over in an instant.
“Squawk!”
Fortunately, the black bird flew away safely.
The ones who weren’t safe were the humans.
Splash!
‘Ah… I can’t swim.’
As soon as she felt herself tilting, she was in the water, sucked into the depths as if being pulled.
“Cartagena!”
“Ah, Your Majesty!”
A name that wasn’t hers was heard. Rasilia instinctively flailed her arms and legs.
Her breath was cut off, and the water weighed down on her whole body. Even though she wasn’t tied up, she felt tightly bound. She needed to struggle more, but her eyes were closing.
“Cartagena!”
When she could no longer feel the sensation of suffocating, someone caught her body.
[This is the time separator]This time, it was a very different dream.
This.
The golden eyes were dazzling. At first, she thought it was the emperor.
But it was slightly different from the emperor. It looked similar, but the ears were pointed. There was a very painfullooking, yet unhealed wound in the middle of his forehead.
A gift.
A gift?
The object that the man who resembled the emperor handed over was a red stone, smaller than an egg.
The nails handing over the stone were as red as the stone. Transparent scales were growing around the hard, steellike nails.
That’s how she knew he wasn’t human.
I have to have something to protect you when I’m not there.
She reached out and took the stone without thinking. The stone was warm, and she could feel a very tiny heartbeat.
It’s an egg.
It was not a stone, but an egg.
What will be born from inside this?
It will be born in the shape you like.
At first, the golden eyes, which seemed only brilliant and very cold and unfeeling, were a little different at this moment.
They were tender and soft. Almost affectionate.
I cut out part of my heart to make this. As long as you’re here, this will not die once it is born. It will protect you forever.
That affection hurt her heart.
That’s a little sad.
She touched her chest, looking for the heart he said he had cut out for her.
He was not human, so the position of his heart would be different, but that didn’t matter. It would be there anyway.
It must have hurt you. It’s sad that you hurt yourself for me.
Pain is okay.
He overlaid his hand on hers, resting on his chest.
If pain is the price I have to pay to be with you, I can be hurt as much as you want.
So she thought.
If you can’t avoid hurting yourself, I wish we could at least be hurt together.
[This is the time separator]“……Cough, choke!”
After throwing up the water, she could breathe.
“You’re alive!”
A big hand embraced the back of her head. Her body was pressed down by someone else’s weight. She could finally breathe, but then she couldn’t breathe again.
“Your Majesty, you really might pass away like this. A little gentler.”
“…….”
Fortunately, after hearing Li Yan’s voice, the pressure on her body relaxed a bit.
“Haa…….”
Rasilia exhaled deeply.
“I… fell into the water.”
“Yes, Your Majesty the Empress. Fortunately, His Majesty pulled you out.”
Not only was she soaked through, but the emperor and the shadow knight were as well.
The emperor, completely drenched in water and still wearing his heavy, splendid robes, looked especially cold, his pale, wet face seeming particularly chilly.
“Your Majesty, you saved me. Thank you.”
“…….”
The emperor just looked at her, his lips tightly closed.
This wasn’t the first time she had seen him make this expression.
But this time, for some reason, her heart churned a little.
‘It’s strange. It’s similar.’
The golden eyes from her dream came to mind.
Somehow tender, somehow affectionate.
And so, somehow, her heart ached.
‘It wasn’t the emperor.’
Who on earth could it have been?
Why did the prophet have such a dream?
The dream didn’t feel like the usual prophecy. It felt like a very distant past.
“Heaveheave…… Her, Her Majesty the Empress really fell into the water…… Heaveheave.”
People were gathering before they knew it. They were the imperial guards and servants who had accompanied them to the garden entrance, among them was a court lady dragged in with her wrist twisted and caught by the guard.
Matching the speed of the imperial guards, a pitifully palefaced court lady who had run with all her might gasped and panted, her complexion changing for another reason.
“No, the person who absolutely hated boats, why would she be in the water……. Ah, anyway, we have to move her inside quickly. We need to warm her body……,”
Before she could finish, the Emperor suddenly lifted her body.
“Your Majesty!”
As the body was lifted, the soaked clothing made a dripping sound, spilling water.
“Move.”
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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