“If you talk to them for too long, they’ll try to drag you underground. But don’t worry. If they appear, just ignore them, and they’ll give up and go elsewhere.”
As Esta, pinching Ark’s chubby cheek, nodded in agreement, Ark flailed his fists in protest but couldn’t reach.
Stella’s mind grew troubled.
If her mother hadn’t slapped her in childhood, if she hadn’t disliked talking to land spirits, what might have happened? The thought sent shivers down her spine. Did her mother know all along?
Seeing Stella sitting dazed, Uhura approached and asked,
“But what about this noble pickaxe?”
“I don’t need it. You can take it.”
Stella extended the pickaxe to the land fairies, but Uhura shook his head.
“The noble pickaxe has already chosen its master. We weren’t chosen by the noble pickaxe.”
“It chose me? It looks like a regular pickaxe to me.”
Stella’s response made Uhura and the land fairies flush red as if deeply offended.
“Don’t insult the noble pickaxe. That’s like insulting us.”
Uhura’s usually kind demeanor turned stern. Realizing she had no choice, Stella sighed deeply and irritably jabbed the pickaxe into the ground.
Then, something strange happened. A deep, exhilarating thrill ran from her fingertips. It felt like being struck by a pleasant lightning bolt.
“Why is it doing this?”
Stella jabbed the pickaxe into the ground again. Her fingertips tingled, warmth spread through her body, her heart thumped excitedly, and strength surged in her hands.
“I want to keep digging.”
Unaware, Stella began to furiously dig the ground next to her with the pickaxe. As the thickly grown grass was uprooted, the soft and damp soil shyly revealed itself.
“Blessings of the noble pickaxe!”
“Terra’s blessing!”
While Stella jabbed the pickaxe into the ground to the chants of the land fairies, Mila sighed deeply upon seeing Stella, now covered in dirt from her dress hem upwards.
In her experience, princesses rarely returned from the garden covered in soil.
Confronted with Mila’s disapproving gaze, Stella awkwardly smiled, hiding the pickaxe behind her back. She felt like she shouldn’t be caught with the pickaxe by Mila, or by anyone for that matter. It was just a pickaxe, but Stella felt an irrational attachment to it.
Truly, it was a strange day.
Entering her room, Stella hurriedly opened the window. Although her room was on the fourth floor, she remembered the fairies visiting before and felt relieved they could reach her.
Waiting briefly after opening the window, five land fairies hopped in through the open space.
While the others easily jumped down from the windowsill to the floor, Ark struggled several times before giving up and clumsily slid down the curtain.
Seeing this, Stella caught Ark in her hand and gently placed him on the floor.
“Thanks!”
Ark’s round face flattened as he beamed a wide smile.
“How did you get up here if you can’t even climb down?”
There was no fixture on the wall that the fairies could have used to climb up.
“Oh, I can go up, but I can’t come down.”
“Why not?”
“It’s scary.”
“But going up is scary too.”
“It’s okay. If I don’t look down, it’s not scary.”
Stella thought about asking if it wouldn’t be scary to climb down without looking, but decided against it. It seemed like an unnecessary intrusion, and Ark would probably figure it out on his own.
As Stella sat on the sofa, the land fairies sequentially climbed onto the table. Ark had no trouble climbing up, which was intriguing. The fairies standing side by side resembled a set of toy figurines.
“Stella, since you helped us, we are obligated to fulfill your request. Tell us anything you need. We’ll do everything within our power to help.”
Uhura was the first to speak, his expression more serious and solemn than ever.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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