The smiles vanished from Stella and Daelun’s faces.
As the man approached and began to speak, in the brief time available, thoughts like he might be someone from the palace, we might need to run away immediately, quickly crossed their minds.
“What’s going on?”
Daelun asked again with a smile on his face. Since there were many people around, and the man seemed to be alone, they thought they might be able to escape if something happened.
“Top Red Bat Lord Ian Blake, he says.”
The man extended his hand towards Daelun with a gentle smile. Glancing at Daelun, Stella subtly shook her head.
Ian, who had requested a handshake from Daelun, observed their actions for a moment. When their eyes met, he smiled broadly, just like the first time. The even teeth shone brightly between his lips.
“Red Bat Top Lord, what brings you to me…”
Daelun looked at Stella again, and Stella nodded slightly, as if suggesting that Daelun should shake hands. Ian, not being someone from the palace was a relief, but being the Top Red Bat was a different matter. It might be even more dangerous. Daelun tried to hide his tension, but his throat kept tightening.
“Perhaps you’re the one who grew these carrots.”
Daelun glanced at Stella again, and Stella nodded, subtly gesturing approval. Ian didn’t miss this scene either.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“I came to make you a proposal.”
“Oh, I’m legally running a stall by purchasing the vending rights from the Moonlight Guild. You can go and check if you want.”
“It seems there’s a misunderstanding. It’s not about that.”
“…Then?”
“I want to buy all the crops you’ve grown. Of course, I’ll pay three times the price of what you’re selling now.”
“What? Why…”
It was just carrots. Still, offering three times the price was suspicious no matter how you looked at it.
Even if they were incredibly delicious, no one would buy carrots in the market at such an expensive price.
Daelun, who had been in business for only a few days, found it quite suspicious.
“Hey! How long are you going to block the way? Can’t you see others waiting?”
A well-dressed gentleman, clearly a merchant rather than a noble, made some people feel relieved when he spoke, and they responded loudly.
Ian took off his hat with a slight smile towards the crowd. People couldn’t help but be amused by his elegant demeanor, which was not typical of a noble.
“If the conversation is over, please make way now. We need to buy the carrots for our shop.”
“Sorry, could you wait a little longer, madam?”
“Madam, really?”
The lady who was scowling until a moment ago burst into laughter with her lips pursed. Just as she turned her hair behind her ear like nothing had happened, she caught eyes with the person next to her and began patting her clothes as if something was stuck on them.
“Thank you.”
Ian winked at the lady who had been grumbling and then continued his words to Daelun and Stella.
“When the business is done today, would you come to the cafe at the end of this street? There won’t be any losses for you.”
Ian looked at Daelun as he spoke, then turned to Stella. Stella, surprised by the man’s relaxed gaze that seemed to instantly grasp the relationship between us, replied in a calm voice.
“We’ll think about it after the business is done. So, could you please step aside for now? Mr. Ian Blake, the Top Red Bat Lord?”
This time, it was Ian who was surprised. Observing the man who seemed to be gradually catching on, Daelun thought he wasn’t an ordinary person. Ian, for some reason, began to find more interest in these two, or rather, in the woman.
In his heart, he wanted to ask them to trust him and assure them that he was not a strange person. However, doing so might make them even more guarded.
“We’ll wait.”
Now, Ian greeted only Stella. Daelun realized that he couldn’t intervene in the brief conversation between the two.
The man soon left, and Daelun and Stella quickly sold the remaining carrots. Although they had brought as many as four bunches, they sold them at a speed similar to yesterday.
“We seem to have sold much more than yesterday.”
Daelun mumbled with a dumbfounded expression, looking at the bulging pocket.
“Yeah. It ended even faster than I thought.”
Stella’s expression was not one of joy but rather disappointment.
“Princess, if you go a bit further down this street, there’s a shop selling seeds and seedlings. Would you like to go? The market might be open today.”
Daelun impulsively asked, sensing that the princess wanted to stay here a bit longer.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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