“Bella!”
“I can’t hear you.”
And then I quickly went to bed and lay down. The countess woke me up, shaking her body at my resolute appearance, but I didn’t move a bit.
“Ha… So this is how it is. Alright, fine. You did as you pleased, so I’ll do as I please. Let’s see who wins.”
“……”
“Don’t regret it later. Bella. You must know that your mother did everything for you till the end.”
“Honey… Talk to Bella properly. The empress’s position isn’t bad either…”
“It’s terrible! If you’re going to talk nonsense, pack your bags and leave too. How can you selfishly save yourself in that situation… The people in this house are no help at all!”
With that, the countess went out, bustling. Peeping out my eyes to watch her go, I pulled the blanket over my head.
So as not to hear her, should she nag again.
I lay down, turning the blanket over my head to escape the countess’s nagging, and soon fell sound asleep.
(This is a time separator.)
There was no particular work to be done, so there was no one to wake me up. Just a daily routine of getting up when I was hungry or when the time came. Today should have been the same.
But it wasn’t the same. Today, someone was there to wake me up.
“Sis. Sis.”
A clear, crisp voice.
“Ouch! Are you dead, sis? It’s way past lunchtime and you’re not up yet…….”
The owner of the voice opened my eyes with her fingers. What I saw was Shasha, smiling broadly.
“Oh! You’re not dead.”
“Good morning.”
“No, sis. It’s lunchtime now.”
“Is it already that time?”
I opened my eyes wide and looked outside. The sun was in the middle of the sky, not just warm but blazing hot.
I stretched out and got up.
“Yes! Shasha was worried. In the morning, you were lying down, and even after visiting the temple, you were still lying down. So I was worried!”
“I feel good because Shasha was worried.”
I sat down on the bed and hugged Shasha, who was sitting next to me.
“Yes! I have something for you, sis.”
“Something for me?”
Shasha, who stood up from her seat, approached me with an excited face.
I can hardly see the timid person who was afraid of people before. I couldn’t tell if she was trying to be okay.
“What is it?”
Shasha, who was shaking her hightied hair, pulled my hand.
I opened my hand to see what it was, and something fell on it.
“What’s this?”
An unidentifiable object.
“I brought it last time too, but I couldn’t give it to my sister because of mother… I wanted to give it to you this time, so I waited all this time. I really wanted to give it to you!”
Only after saying that did Shasha remove her hand.
With a joyful heart and anticipation, Shasha, who was smiling, looked at the object that had fallen into my hand and opened her mouth in disappointment.
“Wh… why does it look like this?”
“Huh?”
“It was definitely… definitely pretty….”
Tears welled up in Shasha’s disappointed eyes.
“Why Shasha…?”
“When I went to the temple… they said it was specially ordered… it was a pretty chocolate… I brought it to give to you…”
Shasha, whose voice was on the verge of tears, stared at the object that had fallen into my hand for a long time. How adorable she was, bringing it to give to me.
She must have clutched it tightly so as not to lose it, not realizing that it had changed shape.
“Did you?”
“But… it’s ugly.”
“No, it’s pretty. Shasha’s warm heart for thinking of her sister must have melted the chocolate.”
“I didn’t know it would melt… it’s not pretty…! What should I do?”
“Just eat it! It must be delicious!”
I opened the wrapper as if I would eat it right away. Because her heart was so beautiful. But.
“It looks like poop.”
That one word closed the mouth I had opened wide. Of course, the chocolate had felt like that all along. In appearance and color. But I had tried not to think of it that way until I said it.
Looking at that, Shasha looked even more gloomy.
“You can’t eat it either, sis?”
“No, I can eat it.”
“Like poop?”
“Yes, yes! If Shasha gives it to me, I can eat even that.”
“Really……? Am I such a precious person to you?”
Shasha looked at me with a moved expression.
“Of course. You’re such a precious person.”
Then I ate the chocolate that had become a little misshapen. How tightly it must have been gripped to melt and stretch, losing its original shape. However, contrary to its shape, the taste was exceptional.
“Wow, it’s delicious.”
“It’s tasty?”
“Yes! Shasha, did you bring it without even eating it?”
“Shasha is happy if my sister eats.”
The child who grinned broadly smiled and smiled again. What made her so happy was too lovely. A child who gives ten, no, 100 hearts if you give one heart, her innocence is too good.
“Next time, let’s go eat something delicious together. It will be more delicious if you eat with the person you love.”
“Yes! Shasha likes that!”
I stroked the head of the child embracing her cheeks.
“Shasha.”
“Yes! Have you already decided when to go?”
The child’s smiling face was reminiscent of my younger sister. My sister smiled so beautifully too. My sister was so adorable too.
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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