“Princess Stella!”
It was Rudina’s voice. Stella let out a sigh of relief and got out of bed. The carpet felt too soft and velvety under her feet, almost like she was stepping on something that should be worn, making her feel apologetic and guilty every time.
“Come in.”
As soon as Stella finished speaking, Rudina entered the room with a cup of warm milk. Drinking warm milk right after waking up was an old habit of Stella’s. Though a maid could do it, Rudina, Stella’s lady-in-waiting, always took it upon herself to do this task.
“Thank you, Rudina.”
The milk, heated just right, was incredibly rich. Despite knowing that Stella was not the daughter of the queen but of a woman who died due to alcoholism, Rudina always treated her with utmost devotion.
However, the room Stella was given to stay in was smaller, darker, and damper than her previous one.
The king had called Stella into the castle simply because she was his blood, then neglected and hid her away where no one could see.
While Stella drank her milk, Rudina opened the curtains and the window wide. Seeing the blue sky for the first time in a long while, Rudina’s face brightened.
“It’s been cloudy lately, but today the sky is blue. Ah, that startled me!”
As Rudina admired the sky, she suddenly jumped back from the window.
“What’s wrong? What happened?”
Stella put down her cup on the table and asked.
“I felt something brush against my hand. What was it?”
Rudina searched the window sill and the floor beneath it but found nothing.
“Oh, that scared me. Sorry. It felt like an insect came in, but I can’t find it anywhere.”
Rubbing her hand, Rudina looked around once more. That’s when it happened.
“What’s on the hand?”
“What’s on the hand?”
Someone mimicked Rudina’s words.
Stella quickly turned her head towards the source of the sound but saw nothing.
“What’s the matter? Is there an insect there?”
Rudina, who had been frantically looking around moments before, asked with a distressed face. From her expression, it seemed she would be easily caught by a bug herself.
“There’s nothing. I must have seen it wrong.”
Stella tried to sound nonchalant but felt oddly uneasy.
Rudina, relieved, suddenly remembered something and ran off, then hurried back to Stella with a small box.
“Happy birthday, Princess!”
“What’s this?”
“It’s your birthday today! They say wearing this brings good luck.”
Stella looked dumbfounded, so the impatient Rudina opened the box to show her. Inside was a bracelet made of blue beads. Although not a precious gem, the bracelet shone brilliantly in the sunlight, as if it held all the light in the world.
“It’s really pretty!”
Stella exclaimed with genuine admiration.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes, very much! Thank you.”
As Stella was about to put on the bracelet, Rudina quickly took it and tied it around Stella’s wrist. Rudina seemed even happier than the person receiving the gift.
The cool touch of the beads brought a smile to Stella’s face. The round beads were as blue as Rudina’s eyes.
“I wanted to be the first to give you a birthday present.”
Listening to Rudina’s excited words, Stella smiled bittersweetly.
After all, no one but you remembers my birthday.
Stella swallowed the words that almost slipped out. Saying them wouldn’t be hard, but knowing Rudina’s sensitive nature, she would likely cry all day. To Stella, Rudina was more than just a lady-in-waiting.
When her mother fell ill, the lady-in-waiting her father, the king, sent reluctantly was the most precious and kindest being Stella had ever received.
Stella smiled more brightly for Rudina, who put in so much effort for her, and Rudina did the same for the lonely Stella.
The bracelet suited Stella’s slender wrist beautifully. Stella, pleased with it, raised her wrist above her head to admire it from different angles, beaming broadly.
“Rudina, it’s the same color as your eyes.”
“It means I’m always watching over you, Princess. Hehehe.”
Rudina shrugged her shoulders to her neck and chuckled mischievously like a villain. Amused, Stella laughed heartily.
This wasn’t the first time Rudina had given Stella a gift from the market. Although Rudina came from a noble family, her family had fallen into ruin years ago, and the members were scattered.
Rudina knew where the rest of her family was but had no idea about her sister’s whereabouts. Every time she saved enough money, she hired people to find her sister, but the only news that came back was that her sister was nowhere to be found.
Every spring, Rudina would weep, wishing just to know whether her sister was alive or dead. Stella sincerely hoped that one day Rudina would be able to give the gifts she bought every year to her sister.
Rudina had volunteered to be Princess Stella’s lady-in-waiting when no one else would, and the two became as close as if they had known each other since birth. Stella had finally found a true friend.
“I’ll cherish it.”
Stella smiled as she replied, but then a small shadow flickered across the table. Stella’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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