“I’m sorry. Because of Shasha…….”
“You don’t need to apologize. The fault is theirs. You’ve done nothing wrong.”
I continued to feel pained at the sight of Shasha, who was still wary.
At an age where a bright smile would be insufficient, seeing Shasha only mindful of her family’s eyes, I thought I couldn’t watch this any longer.
“It doesn’t matter if you often fight with your mother. You can fight with such a worthless person. But I don’t think you can live in this house any longer.”
Shasha’s emotionless smiling face changed in an instant. With genuine surprise, the child stared at me intently.
“Huh? What…? What are you talking about?”
There was still an opportunity to revive the child’s emotions. The irredeemable family was lost in money and had lost their feelings, but not Shasha.
A child who is observant and afraid to express her feelings. Now, it seemed, I could let such a child grow like an ordinary child.
I couldn’t stand to watch my family becoming more greedy than in my memories or the novels.
“Si…ster? The words about not living in this house…….”
I clenched my fist as I looked at Shasha, who was asking again.
“What I mean, Shasha, is that we will live in another house. A very spacious house.”
“Huh? A spacious house? Are we moving? Then Shasha will work hard, right?”
“No. Shasha just has to stay still. You don’t have to go to the circus against your will anymore. Now, your sister will step in.”
I stroked Shasha’s head, which was tilting as if she didn’t understand.
‘Running away, if done, is enough. What will they do?’
Letting a child grow up under such a family itself is unthinkable. So, I tried to soften the words about running away as elegantly as possible, but no good idea came to mind.
Just packing my bags and leaving like a child didn’t seem like it would change the situation now.
‘Escape, to a faroff country?’
But I quickly abandoned the thought. At 20, Isabella had never earned money. I lived luxuriously thanks to Shasha. That means I have no money.
Because I was busy squandering what Shasha earned. Selling a few jewels might raise enough to run away, but after that, if they pursued us, we’d be done for.
“Sister… how will you step in……?”
In the meantime, whether she became anxious, Shasha quietly touched my arm, which was lost in thought. I claimed to step in coolly, but a good trick doesn’t come to mind.
“Don’t worry. Your sister’s mind is indeed brilliant.”
Yes, with this brilliant mind.
How about exploiting Shasha to the parents? I’ll have to think quickly with a mind that turns cleverly enough to propose that.
Simple escape isn’t enough. How can I make it so my parents can’t touch Shasha and me? I want to escape from those people who think of Shasha as a host and suck her blood like mosquitoes. I want to protect her.
‘Hmm…… And not just now, but if I think about Shasha’s future…….’
It’s not a problem that can be thought of simply.
The current goal is to escape from the fence of parents. To make Shasha no longer exploited, and unable to be exploited. Even if they find us, they won’t easily catch us.
A goal for the future is to prepare a plan so Shasha won’t be exploited by the crown prince.
‘Why don’t I have any abilities?’
If I had the power that Shasha has, I could escape this situation somehow. Like ordinary people, I am powerless.
And it’s not like I know all the situations in the original work. If I knew that, I would try something.
“Sigh…….”
It was then. While I was deeply sighing over the unsolved problem, Shasha stroked my head.
“Ah…… I’m sorry…… Sister.”
“No, no. Are you patting my head to cheer me up?”
“It’s said that doing this gives you energy.”
Did she know I was worrying for her sake? The Shasha who trembled before the Countess, the Shasha who doubted my intentions, was smiling again.
“Thank you. I feel very energetic!”
Such a cute child. Such a lovable child.
“But still! I hope my sister didn’t have a hard time because of me. I’m fine now! But everyone still… needs me…”
It’s just for the money, but when they grow up, how can I just leave them when their hearts will be full of scars? As much as it may be called cowardly kindness, I wanted to protect Shasha.
“No. I will not let you be exploited anymore.”
A protection so strong that even the parents cannot touch the child must be given.
The palace and the temple will certainly not do. If in the future we want to prevent the crown prince from falling in love…
‘No. There’s no need to prevent love from happening. It’s Shasha’s heart. It would be nice if I could change the nature of the crown prince.’
As long as he’s a normal human, as long as he doesn’t exploit my sister…
Suddenly, a lightning bolt struck in my mind.
“My goodness! Why didn’t I think of that?”
“What’s wrong, sister?”
I must get married. To that man.
The only man who can keep Shasha away from my parents, the temple or the palace, and ensure that the grownup crown prince will think like a normal person.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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