I Beg Your Forgiveness (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 22
Jan drooled slightly and muttered, “I didn’t get lunch either…” But no one paid him any attention.
Nicholas subtly averted his gaze from the intimate, tingling atmosphere, while Maxim and Florian narrowed their eyes sharply, as if trying to pry into the nature of the two’s relationship.
Ugh.
Marien bit her lip without realizing it. Her heart fluttered. She must be getting tipsy—the hastily downed alcohol had already surged through her veins.
Otherwise, her heart wouldn’t be racing like this. Her cheeks wouldn’t be burning like this.
“……”
She silently glared at Christoph. Receiving her reproachful look, Christoph frowned awkwardly, then scratched the tip of his eyebrow with his index finger.
“Did you dislike sandwiches?”
His voice sounded uncertain. Instead of the sandwich, Marien brought the remaining alcohol to her lips.
“So, what exactly is your relationship?”
Maxim asked casually, as if testing Christoph. Florian pretended indifference but pricked up his ears, while Jan, looking startled, echoed, “Huh? Relationship?”
“With that kind of cluelessness, how do you even call yourself a cop?”
Maxim clicked his tongue in exasperation at oblivious Jan and turned his gaze back to Christoph. Scolded, Jan pouted sulkily.
But Christoph had no intention of answering. Instead, he scanned the unfamiliar tavern with his eyes—a rowdy bar filled with commoners loudly celebrating the end of their workday.
“Tch.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
Wah! Disgusting. What does he do?! Whatever the blood or not, how to lick something on a corpse. Liam is weird.