“What are you doing?”
Rascal spoke to Pippi.
His voice was soft, almost a whisper, but it somehow carried a somber tone. Perhaps it was because the moonlight was too pale. His golden eyes seemed more prominent against the pale blue moonlight.
“Peep.”
Rasilia was slightly scared, but Pippi was unfazed. Pippi plopped down onto Rascal’s palm as if to say, this is how I will sleep.
“Why are you here? Go away now.”
Rascal’s white teeth were exposed. Pippi turned its head to look at Rasilia.
“Peep. Peee.”
Pippi fussed for attention, asking to be stroked until it fell asleep.
‘Is he doing this on purpose…’
For some reason, Pippi didn’t like the Emperor. The feeling was mutual.
“Don’t you hear me telling you to go away?”
“Peep!”
Rascal reached out his hand toward Pippi. His mouth opened involuntarily.
“Your Majesty!”
“…?”
Rascal hesitated.
“It’s too harsh to treat a little bird like that.”
“…”
“I am not being harsh.”
“It seems harsh to me.”
“Why?”
Rascal was dead serious.
“Pippi is small. It doesn’t take up much space. There’s plenty of room for all three of us on the bed.”
“That’s not the problem.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
“If it stays like that…,”
Rascal hesitated.
“Then?”
Rascal’s eyes moved towards Rasilia’s hand, against which Pippi was comfortably leaning.
“…I won’t be able to hold your hand.”
“Ah…”
Why would holding hands matter when we’re asleep?
Rasilia involuntarily furrowed her brow.
“We held hands today, didn’t we? Are there more instances that we promised?”
“…No, that’s not it.”
“Then it shouldn’t matter.”
“…?”
His golden eyes rolled slowly. Rasilia didn’t know, but that meant Rascal was desperately trying to find a reason to hold her hand.
“No, there might be a reason.”
What does that mean, ‘there might be a reason’?
Rasilia looked at Rascal as if urging him to continue.
“So if I fulfill your request… Ah, I called for a tailor.”
“What? I never asked for a tailor.”
“I heard half of your wardrobe was empty.”
Rasilia didn’t know such trivial matters reached the Emperor’s ears.
“I have plenty of clothes.”
“So I can’t hold your hand?”
Again, the Emperor was incredibly serious about this strange topic.
At first, it was amusing, but not anymore. His seriousness seemed contagious.
“…Sigh, no.”
She was defeated by his seriousness.
Though she had given unwanted clothes to Yvette, the fact that the Emperor knew this and called for a tailor was somewhat tickling.
‘…He does always ask for something in return.’
But if filling her wardrobe meant holding hands for the night, it felt too modest to refuse.
“Let’s do it this way. This hand for Your Majesty, this hand for Pippi.”
“Pippi?”
“Peep!”
Both responded in entirely different ways, leaving Rasilia surprised.
“You named it Pippi?”
“Peep! Peeppeep!”
Neither looked particularly pleased. Pippi emphasized multiple times that its name was not simply Pippi, and that Rasilia was the only one who called it that.
The Emperor couldn’t understand why he felt displeased.
“Naming…it?”
Rascal furrowed his brows and fiddled with his temples before speaking again.
“Call me by my name too.”
“What…?”
“Peep!”
Whether it was the Emperor requesting to be called by name like the bird or the bird objecting vehemently, neither made sense to her.
“Is there anyone who calls Your Majesty by name?”
“Not anymore.”
“Then it’s inappropriate, isn’t it?”
“You can.”
“No, I can’t.”
“You can do anything.”
“…?”
It was strange.
The unsettled feeling in her heart now felt heavy.
She didn’t fully understand what ‘you can do anything’ meant, but her heart felt inexplicably heavier.
‘Why do I feel this way… It’s uncomfortable.’
Rasilia subtly averted her gaze.
“I’ll have to think about it.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m not yet familiar enough with Your Majesty to call you by your name.”
“So you’re saying it might be possible later?”
“I can’t say for sure. I really don’t know.”
“Why don’t you know? You even named the bird.”
“Because it’s just a bird.”
“What’s the difference?”
“How can a bird and Your Majesty be the same? And I’d like to stop talking now. I’m worried our noise will keep others awake.”
“Peep! Peep!”
Pipi flapped its wings noisily. It was saying to stop making useless noise and go to sleep.
“Fine, I’ll settle for holding hands today.”
Settle for what?
Rascal took Rasilia’s hand and held it. Pipi puffed up its small, fluffy feathers in annoyance.
Rascal smirked at Pipi and then kissed the back of Rasilia’s hand.
“If it’s not the right time yet, I’ll wait for the day you call my name.”
“…”
Feeling the soft touch of lips on the back of her hand, Rasilia bit her lower lip.
‘Oh, please… I wish you wouldn’t do this.’
It would have been easier to deal with an outright kiss. That she could have pushed away.
But when the Emperor acted this courteously and thoughtfully, it was harder for Rasilia to respond.
‘Just… It’s an unexpected situation, that’s all.’
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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