“Right! It’s freezing winter just a few steps outside, but it’s so warm here!”
Erica, Mary, and Judith – their faces lit up with excitement as they admired the petals falling from the trees in the breeze.
Bianca watched her friends, smiling awkwardly.
“I’m glad everyone likes it…”
Her voice was much weaker than her friends’.
Judith observed Bianca thoughtfully.
“Bianca, why so listless? Aren’t you happy we’re here?”
“Huh? No, that’s not it…”
Judith, from the Montoran noble family, was a pretty but somewhat annoying young lady.
As her gaze continued to rest on Bianca, Bianca’s head drooped even lower.
The other children joined in with indifferent expressions.
“Is that so? But Bianca has always been timid.”
“Yeah! It’s nothing special.”
Judith tapped her chin thoughtfully as the children’s attention gathered.
“What is it? Tell us!”
“Curious, Judith!”
Her lips curled up smugly.
“Bianca is unhappy about leaving the civilized capital to come back to this uncultured North!”
“Really?”
The children all turned their gaze to Bianca.
Bianca was used to the subtle disrespect and teasing of the capital’s noble young ladies. But having her homeland and family’s place of birth ridiculed was hard to bear.
Clutching her dress tightly, Bianca closed her eyes and raised her voice.
“That’s not true! There are many wonderful things in the North…!”
However, Bianca’s courageously spoken words were not further pursued due to her friends’ lack of interest in her story.
“Actually! Judith’s words have some truth! The North does feel a bit backward.”
“Backward…? You know the famous technologies in the capital were all developed in the North, right…?”
“…”
“Rather, it’s the technology in the capital and the southern regions that’s more backward, not the North…”
Though her tone lacked confidence, Bianca clearly conveyed her point.
Her words momentarily silenced the chattering Judith and friends, who had hit a sore spot.
After a while of silence, the children, sensing Judith’s discomfort, rushed to speak up.
“Anyway, what does it matter! The North is close to the demon world!”
“Right, right! Being close to the demon world feels somewhat creepy!”
Bianca, flustered by the children’s onslaught, froze for a moment.
Meanwhile, Judith, regaining her composure, dramatically blinked as if on a theater stage.
“Mary! Surely Bianca isn’t scared of the demon world?”
Then she aggressively flipped her blonde hair back.
“Bianca is a half-demon. Not like us, born under the blessing of the gods…”
Judith hurriedly covered her mouth after speaking.
“Oh dear! I’m sorry, Lady Bianca.”
Though her expression conveyed an apology, it was still exaggerated.
Bianca could only bite her lip and hold back tears.
In the suddenly awkward atmosphere, the children exchanged glances.
“Judith just made a mistake, Bianca.”
“Yeah, right. If you don’t let it go, you’re just being petty.”
“And honestly… it’s not like Judith was entirely wrong.”
“That’s right… even my mother often says that.”
The words pouring out of their mouths were things that true friends of Bianca would never say.
The children’s superficial friendship with Bianca was the result of their parents’ urging, hoping to leave a good impression on the Emperor and Cedric.
Perhaps that’s why.
Among the children, genuine affection was hard to find.
Only roles of a queen bee, handmaidens, and a victim existed on their stage of ‘friendship’.
“Honestly… maybe Lady V dislikes Bianca because she’s a half-demon?”
“I think so too. Being prejudice-free against half-demons as humans is quite challenging.”
Bianca’s arms, tightly holding the rabbit doll, grew more tense.
“No, no… Lady V said I’m a lovable child…”
Bianca bit her lip, struggling to clarify but soon stopped.
‘Could it be… Lady V disliked me all this time because I’m a half-demon?’
Bianca, with a crestfallen look, drooped her head.
At that moment, a gentle voice sharply pierced the ears of the children.
“Oh my! What interesting things our young ladies are saying?”
As they instinctively turned towards the sound, their faces instantly turned pale.
“Lady V!”
“…Gasp! Cough, cough!”
The shocked children saw Rebecca slowly approaching them, a smile spread across her face.
A face clearly smiling, yet Rebecca’s eyes held a subtle chill, reminiscent of a predator before a hunt.
Reaching them, she gently placed her arms around Judith and Mary’s shoulders.
“I’ve been listening for a while, and quite an intriguing conversation was going on?”
Rebecca’s smile somehow exuded an unexplainable sense of intimidation.
As the frozen young ladies’ lips began to quiver, Rebecca continued.
“Now, who wants to tell me… who dared to make our Bianca cry?”
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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