It was because of the servants who wanted to get into Jaina’s good graces by tormenting Teresa.
Jaina knew about the situation as well, but she didn’t particularly care.
But from today, things would be different. As long as I was there, such things could not happen anymore in the ducal house.
[This is the time separator]I changed my clothes and entered the tea room.
“Jaina, come on in.”
“Miss Jaina, welcome.”
Maximilian and Teresa were already in the tea room. I sat across from Teresa and watched the two of them.
The male protagonist, Maximilian, was extremely handsome.
Unlike me, he had delicate features and silver hair that was entirely perfect.
And despite his innocent face, his body was like a perfectly shaped sculpture.
I thought to myself, ‘So that’s what a ‘bagel’ looks like.’
When Maximilian smiled sweetly at me, it seemed like flowers were blooming around him.
‘Is that what it takes for the heroine to hang herself?’
I clicked my tongue and turned my gaze.
There was Teresa, the heroine, who couldn’t even properly look at her brother.
With her cheeks flushed, she was fiddling with her teacup, looking very much in love.
I felt a surge of anger.
I held back the urge to shout, “Don’t be fooled by his face!”
“Jaina, is the tea not to your liking?”
Maximilian spoke to me, who hadn’t even touched my teacup.
No. It’s you that I don’t like.
I continued to observe Teresa with a plump face.
She drank the tea with a truly unaffected face. Surely, she must have played a prank on it.
But how can she drink it like that?
“May I try the tea that Sister Teresa is drinking?”
“Mmy tea?”
Teresa, startled by my deliberate words, pulled her teacup back.
“Yes. It’s Earl Grey from the Mago region, right? It’s trendy nowadays, so it’s hard to find.”
It was a pretext, but it was true that it was trendy.
Shortly after becoming engaged to Teresa, Maximilian had personally brewed tea for her.
The tea leaves used were from the Mago region.
It was not such a famous brand, but as rumors spread that Maximilian had consistently purchased it for several years, it began to trend.
“Are you saying it’s a waste for my sister to drink your tea now?”
When Teresa hesitated, Maximilian said a word.
That bitterlooking mouth of his. How could every word he said be so unlikable?
There was a reason why Teresa was flustered.
Wicked maids had been serving her tea with salt instead of sugar!
They had tormented her in this way many times, but Teresa had never once missed this gathering, all for the sake of meeting that male protagonist brat.
“I’ll bring you a new one, Your Highness.”
The maids, seizing the opportunity of my brother’s remark, approached me to offer a new tea.
But it wouldn’t do. I had to drink that one.
“No. I like that one.”
Ignoring the maids, who were so shocked that their pupils seemed to quake, I quickly grabbed the teacup.
And then…
“Ugh! What is this!”
“Good heavens! Miss, are you all right? Bring some water quickly!”
I spat out what I had been drinking. How on earth did she drink this?
It was almost saltwater.
I wondered if the incurable disease Teresa had contracted in the original work was due to this.
Maximilian, who had tried a little of the tea left in the teapot, also grimaced horribly.
“Who served this now!”
The servants began to falter at Maximilian’s roar. No one stepped forward.
Finally, realizing what they had done, their faces turned pale as if they had come to their senses.
“Bring the girl who brewed the tea. Now!”
At my command, a servant ran out of the tea room in a fluster.
A moment later, the servant returned, dragging a halfcrazed maid with her.
A pretty maid, just a little older than Teresa, prostrated herself before us.
“How dare you tarnish the honor of the Winters family.”
“Master, it w… was a mistake. Please spare me just this once.”
I looked at the trembling maid, clicking my tongue inwardly. I was tempted to make an example of her and move on.
Then, the head maid Megan stepped forward.
Certainly, here’s the translated passage:
“Viscount, the child under my care has made a mistake, so I will also accept the punishment.”
A mistake? I know it was put in on purpose.
I glared at her and said,
“Then you won’t mind being driven out of the house in place of that child.”
Upon my words, Megan’s expression hardened. She must not have expected this.
“Please forgive generously, Miss. The maid has been working for the family for over 10 years.”
Now the butler has stepped forward. Maximilian, too, wanted to get over it, so he quietly held my hand.
But that’s not going to happen.
She made our heroine cry blood, so I’m going to do the same.
“A mistake? All our teacups are fine, but only Theresa’s was like that? Whether someone who wants to sow discord between our family and the Menisil family has received someone’s instigation, how would I know?”
“Jaina, you’re overthinking it…”
Yeah, you be quiet.
“No. Brother, this is a matter related to the honor of the Winters family. In the world, which family treats their fiancée like this and just passes it over as a mistake?”
By invoking the honor of the family, our great male lead closed his mouth.
It must be because I’m right.
Theresa was too kind, so she just let it pass. If it had become public, the duke’s honor would have fallen to the ground.
“Lock up the maid and the child who brought the tea in prison, and check who is behind this.”
Upon my brother’s command, everyone moved quickly. Our sweet, Theresa was at a loss for what to do because of what happened because of her.
“Unnecessarily, because of me…”
“If you know, ugh.”
I stepped hard on Maximilian’s foot. As the representative of the family, it was natural for him to apologize.
He opened his mouth quietly, probably understanding the meaning in my eyes.
“You don’t need to feel guilty. Thanks to your grace, the family’s shame has been lessened.”
Is that an apology?
I clenched my teeth and apologized to Theresa.
“We are all sorry. We will thoroughly investigate the crime and punish it.”
Upon my apology, Theresa’s eyes widened.
Yeah. It’s quite a surprise.
How cruelly did Jaina treat Theresa?
I held her hand tightly and said,
“If there are any difficulties in the future, please tell me.”
“Thank you, Jaina.”
She seemed so touched by my words that her eyes were even filled with tears. Such a beautiful sight.
“Tell me if anything like this happens in the future. Don’t be stupid and endure.”
In such a touching situation, our brother lit a candle.
I must find a better man for Theresa than the garbage like Maximilian.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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