Stella’s expression as she looked at Will wasn’t entirely friendly. Whatever had happened between them, Stella didn’t seem particularly pleased with Will. Kai concluded that Will’s friendship wouldn’t be of any help in Stella’s relationship.
“No, we don’t know each other,” Kai responded, and simultaneously, Will’s white eyebrows quickly rose and fell.
“You don’t know each other? But why did you say that earlier?”
Stella’s voice was filled with suspicion. After all, she wouldn’t ask how an unfamiliar person ended up here.
As Kai pondered how to answer smoothly, Will spoke up first.
“I was merely curious about how a young knight ended up in the castle where the princess resides.”
Taking a hint from Will, Kai responded calmly.
“I was also curious about how an old knight ended up in the castle where the princess resides.”
Meanwhile, Stella was horrified by Lois’s blunt comment about the topic of junior knights, wondering if he lacked any tact. Even though Will wore an old knight’s attire, it wasn’t due to a lack of money. Moreover, no matter how worn it was, Stella could recognize that his armor was made of high-quality material.
Stella was worried that the powerless junior knight Lois might incur Duke Will’s displeasure. Life wasn’t already a bed of roses for him, and if he were to displease someone higher up, Lois’s life would become even more challenging. His path to promotion might be obstructed. Stella never had the desire to please Will, but now she was more concerned about Lois’s future than her own image.
“Please understand, Duke. Lois is a junior knight at the bottom of the hierarchy, but he’s a grateful person who helps me in various ways. Despite appearances, he is genuinely kind and warm-hearted.”
Stella found it fascinating that Will, who believed her to be a junior knight, and Kai, who pretended to be a junior knight while hiding his true status, were both intriguing characters. Although she didn’t know what had transpired between the two, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something interesting was about to happen.
“It’s not fair to blame a young man for his limited knowledge. Since you, Princess, have spoken so highly of him, I will overlook it.”
Will spoke graciously, seemingly understanding, and Stella let out a sigh of relief. Then, she nudged Lois’s side with her elbow.
“What are you doing? You should thank him!”
Will nearly burst into laughter, feeling like he was witnessing an older sister scolding her naive younger brother.
Seeing Will’s eyebrows furrow, Kai closed his eyes, took a short breath, and respectfully lowered his head.
“I apologize if I made you feel uncomfortable.”
“What could make me uncomfortable? I just mentioned that you’re old.”
Listening to Will’s words, Kai suddenly recalled a saying that goes, “If you call a fool a fool, they’ll feel bad.” Will’s stern tone reminded him of the time when a ground fairy visited him, and if you called a fool an idiot, they’d get upset.
Upon hearing Will’s critical remarks, Kai couldn’t help but find his act of pretending and playing along somehow amusing.
“By the way, what brings you here at this hour?”
Stella, who thought she had barely overcome Lois’s impoliteness, asked Will. Despite her question, she still maintained a wary attitude towards him.
Ignoring Kai, who was glaring at him like a hedgehog with his quills raised, Will asked, feigning ignorance.
“I came to deliver a message specifically for Princess Stella.”
“If it’s about the last time, I have nothing more to say.”
Stella felt uneasy, fearing that Will might take away her pickaxe. Her mouth dried up from anxiety. She couldn’t keep mentioning the tower and expressing curiosity about its contents. Moreover, the more they shared, the more she felt it could be disadvantageous to her.
“What do you mean by ‘the last time’?”
Kai, as if asking what was going on, opened his eyes wide and looked at Will, but Will still pretended not to know and turned his head away.
With his fiery temperament, by now, he probably would have persistently questioned what the matter was, but the Emperor was surprisingly good at suppressing his temper.
Will became even more interested in Stella’s presence, which had led Kai to this state. At the same time, he felt a desire to tease the Emperor a little more.
“It seems not appropriate to discuss matters here. Not to mention sharing suitable information in front of someone unfamiliar.”
Will gave Kai a meaningful look. It seemed like he was suggesting that it was time to leave. However, Kai, just like Will did earlier, pretended not to know and stood there unfazed. But…
“Lois. Is today’s practice over? Thanks. Oh, before you go, stop by Lian. I asked her specially. She made various things for you, including a pie. She’s waiting with them. Take it when it’s still warm and eat it. Got it?”
Stella’s behavior, patting my arm as if soothing a tantrum-throwing child, left Kai bewildered.
However, what was even more bewildering was the moment Kai realized that there was a pie made at Lian’s request. Involuntarily, saliva accumulated in his mouth.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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