This time, Stella pointed at Ryo’s pants and shouted.
“Aaaaah!”
Ryo unceremoniously took off his pants, leaving only a single piece of underwear, and kicked off the discarded pants with his foot.
The white legs floundered urgently in the air. When the chilly pants fell back to the ground where he stood, Ryo recoiled in horror.
“It’s a real mouse!”
Somewhere, a child’s voice popped out. At the same time, two dark gray mice that had emerged from under the pants quickly fled into the crowd of people.
They were about the size of two fingers. The shrieks of the women standing on the side where the mice escaped echoed.
Having personally confirmed the mice with his own eyes, Ryo, finding them smaller than expected, cursed under his breath.
“Oh, damn it! You scared me for no reason!”
“I did well, right? Stella.”
A voice boasting from Stella’s shoulder was heard. The owner of the arrogant voice was Esta.
One of the four fairies had decided to accompany them on the way to the market. After drawing lots because everyone insisted on going where they wanted, Esta could join Stella only then.
Although she wanted to go out earlier, Stella told her to wait. As soon as they received the signal, Esta called the mice and made them go into the guy’s pants.
“Yeah, totally.”
When Stella praised her, Esta spoke with an even more confident expression than before.
“It’s all thanks to Stella. Breaking the cursed jar allowed me to follow you all the way here.”
“Didn’t they say you could only use your powers within the imperial city?”
“It’s okay here; it belongs to the imperial city. Of course, my power weakened, so I could only summon two mice. If I get a bit stronger, I can summon four.”
With her four fingers extended and eyes wide open, Esta looked incredibly cute. Her small and delicate fingers were chubby at each joint.
“Still, thank you so much.”
Stella expressed her gratitude with a voice only Esta could hear. Although she was not even a handful of friends, it felt like she gained a reliable ally.
Stella, whose courage suddenly soared, looked at Ryo, who was wearing only underwear, and said mockingly,
“Instead of my dress, it seems like you should start by putting on some clothes over there.”
“What?”
Only then did Ryo realize that he had casually taken off his clothes in the midst of people’s buzzing.
“Oh, my goodness!”
It was when Ryo was about to grab his clothes in annoyance.
“Ryo, you scoundrel!”
A loud and sturdy voice came from somewhere. At the same time, people standing on the side where the voice came from split apart as if they had made a promise.
The man who emerged between the divided people was short and stout, with gray hair. When people saw him, they bowed their heads in greeting.
“Sir, have you come out?”
“Hello, sir.”
On a different day, he might have smiled and greeted the people who came to say hello or asked how he was doing. However, now he was glaring at his son, who was wearing only underwear, with a piercing gaze as if he wanted to kill him.
“Oh, Father! How did you get here! It’s not what you think, suddenly there were mice! That woman did some spell!”
While Ryo was speaking incoherently, suddenly Jack popped out and pointed at him with his finger, speaking in a rattling voice,
“That guy tried to grab and hit my sister’s head! Everyone saw it!”
“You jerk! What do you know to blurt out nonsense!”
Ryo shouted in frustration, but Jack didn’t bat an eye. Jack, who quickly realized who the stronger one was, swiftly went behind the fierce old man and hid.
“That man is scary. He tried to hit me last time, but I ran away because I can run faster.”
“You, you rascal! Come here right now!”
Although the person was small in stature, their presence was formidable. Stella and Daelan, who hadn’t done anything wrong, felt pressured by the man’s force and wondered if they should apologize for no reason.
Ryo, as if blaming Stella and Daelan for all this, glared at them and walked stealthily towards his father.
Not knowing it when he took off his clothes out of fear, the air had become quite chilly. Despite feeling cold and shivering all over his body, he couldn’t put on clothes under the pressure of his father’s presence.
The man, glancing disapprovingly at his approaching son, politely bowed to Daelan and Stella.
“Young folks, I apologize. Raising my only son too leniently has made him less mature. I have caused a great offense.”
“Father, that girl behaved insolently!”
“This wretched guy!”
With the fist he had raised, the man struck Ryo’s head loudly. Ryo wrapped his head with both hands, making sounds like he was about to die.
Thud!
However, his fist struck Ryo’s head once again, and Ryo, shedding tears, trembled with his numb hands.
“As a gesture of apology, may I treat you young folks to a cup of tea? If it’s convenient for you, that is.”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
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After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
