I Decline the Ex-Boyfriend of the Regretful Male Lead (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 48
Early morning.
The spot beside me in bed was empty.
Hertian had thought I was still asleep and tiptoed away with great care, but I had watched him all the way until he opened the door and left.
‘So yesterday’s incident is still bothering him.’
Ever since he came out of the wardrobe, our conversations had noticeably dwindled. It felt as though I’d crossed a line—no, leapt far beyond it. I realized anew just how sensitive Hertian was about such matters.
‘Have I grown so used to sleeping with Hertian already?’
Suddenly, sleeping alone felt unbearably lonely.
I swept my hand across the empty space beside me. For a moment, I grimaced at the cold, lifeless touch.
Knock knock.
I lifted my head at the sound of someone tapping on the door.
Hertian?
“Your Grace the Duchess. I’ve come to attend to you.”
A middle-aged palace maid carefully opened the door and stepped inside. I was relieved I hadn’t called out for Hertian—after all, who knew what gossip the serving maid might spread outside.
“I offer my greetings. I am the palace maid assigned to serve Your Grace the Duchess during your stay.”
The maid set down the washbasin and bowed deeply.
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
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Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
Wow, are prophetesses so common in this world that there are multiple renowned ones?