I Ended Up Living Next Door to My Ex-Husband (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 13
“Your Highness Bi, do you truly not know about ‘the Demon King’s Gift’?”
I had stepped out, feeling stiff all over, thinking a nighttime stroll might help.
When I scolded Adrian for not even bringing a single candle, he chuckled softly and asked me that.
“‘The Demon King’s Gift’? I’ve never heard of it before.”
At my reply, Adrian turned his gaze toward the flowers spread widely across the garden.
Deep violet blooms swaying gently with every breeze.
Their sight was as beautiful as soft waves rippling across a moonlit sea.
“That’s the name of those flowers. They originate from the demon realm and don’t exist in the human world.”
“No wonder… I thought it strange they kept blooming in the flowerbed even in this cold weather.”
“There’s more to their wonder than just that.”
Adrian offered me his hand with a gentle smile.
“Would you care to walk through the flowerbed with me?”
I took Adrian’s courteously extended hand and began walking slowly forward.
And just as we reached the boundary where the violet field began—
“Stretch your other hand toward the flowers, Your Highness Bi.”
“Toward the flowers?”
Bewildered by Adrian’s sudden request, I hesitantly reached my hand toward the blooms.
Feeling the soft petals brush against my palm, I had taken just a few steps into the flowerbed when—
I let out an exclamation of awe at the breathtaking sight unfolding before my eyes.
“Wow… What on earth is this…?”
Wherever my hand touched as I walked through the flowers, they began to emit a mysterious violet glow.
Beneath the night sky, countless flowers softly shimmered, stitching light into the darkness.
I kept stroking the blossoms like a delighted child, each time marveling anew at the magical radiance they released.
Watching me, Adrian smiled contentedly.
“The forests of the demon realm are profoundly dark. If you ever lose your way and happen upon these flowers, you’re considered quite fortunate. Hence, they’re called ‘the Demon King’s Gift.’”
“I see… Then why has no one ever told me before? Not Mina, nor even you, Adrian—it’s rather disappointing.”
Adrian silently watched me, my attention wholly captured by the flowers.
“…Because these blooms are so exceptionally beautiful, in the demon realm people often gaze upon them together with their beloved and exchange vows of love.”
“…”
“So perhaps everyone assumed, naturally, that Your Highness Bi already knew.”
Adrian’s eyes lowered slightly.
“After all, Your Highness has… His Grace the Grand Duke.”
Only then did I understand why Adrian had looked at me with such compassion.
“So even in something like this, it shows plainly that I never received Cedric’s love.”
Feeling awkward, I turned my gaze vaguely toward the distance.
“Now that I know, it’s alright. Even if we’re not lovers…”
As soon as my heart settled, I looked back at Adrian and smiled.
“My loyal butler Adrian told me—so I’m even happier for it.”
At my words, waves of emotion quietly stirred within his pale violet eyes.
“Your Highness Bi… do you truly mean that?”
I nodded with a smile still lingering on my lips.
Then Adrian gave a faint smile and plucked a single bloom beside him.
“Then, since I’ve already overstepped… allow me one more impertinence…”
So saying, he gently tucked the flower behind my ear.
The moment his fingers brushed lightly against my earlobe as he swept back my hair—
“In the demon realm, lovers sometimes place this flower behind each other’s ears.”
“…”
“So they can see their beloved’s lovely face even more clearly.”
Adrian stepped back slightly and looked down at me, eyes crinkling warmly.
“The people of the demon realm are surprisingly romantic, aren’t they?”
Embarrassed, I snapped back petulantly, and Adrian let out a soft chuckle.
“Haha… I suppose so.”
As I watched his pleased smile and began to lift my own lips slightly—
Creeeak—
Thud. The sound of a window closing echoed softly through the stillness.
“Is someone still awake at this hour…?”
The noise seemed to come from the House of Light.
I turned my head quickly, but only tranquil silence greeted me there.
[This is the timeline separator]The next day, in the Grand Duchess’s dressing room.
As my adornments neared completion, my lips kept twitching uncontrollably upward, and I kept bowing my head slightly to hide my secret smiles.
“So soon, I’ll finally get to meet Bianca…”
Bianca, the young princess of the Twins Grand Ducal House and Cedric’s youngest, belated sister.
Of course, to survive, I needed to earn Bianca’s favor.
But even without that reason, I would’ve still wanted her to like me.
Because…
“Our Bianca is just toooo adorable! Absolutely precious!”
Bianca was my second-favorite character after Cedric himself.
Truly, she had been the epitome of sweetness, always trailing after Lady Lobelia and showering her with affection.
Above all, her charm lay in her fair, fluffy cheeks.
Whenever Lobelia gently caressed those plump little cheeks, Bianca would beam as if she owned the whole world.
“In the original story, I thought I’d never see her again because Rebecca had already left by the time she returned… huuh…”
Lost in happiness, my facial muscles began twitching wildly—
“B-Bi, Your Highness…?”
The maids’ faces had gone ghostly pale, as if they’d seen a specter.
Apparently, my naturally sharp features had twisted my innocent joy into something terrifying.
“I suppose my expression really is a bit fierce. Better rein it in—Bianca might get scared too.”
But contrary to my resolve, my cheeks kept soaring higher and higher.
“In the novel, Bianca was nine years old. Since this is just before the original story begins, that would make her roughly…”
Eight?!
“If she was that cute at nine, then at eight… her cheeks must be even puffier! Ugh, I’m going mad…”
My lips wouldn’t stop trembling.
I quickly lowered my head, hiding my mouth just in time.
At that moment, in my lowered field of vision, I saw Mina’s skirt trembling faintly.
When I slowly lifted my gaze, Mina was staring back at me, utterly petrified.
“Y-you—you’re really displeased about attending Princess Bianca’s welcome reception, aren’t you? Right?”
Mina’s voice rose unnaturally high as she forced a strained smile.
“Haha, well—if I were you, I’d be furious too! Imagine your in-laws rushing back the moment you leave the manor!”
“…”
“Absolutely! By no means! It’s definitely not because Your Highness Bi has a nasty or ill-natured temperament, nooo…”
Though she sounded subtly insulting, she was clearly trying her desperate best to empathize.
Apparently, Mina and all the other servants believed I was furious about Bianca’s return.
My face, twitching with joy, had only poured oil on their mistaken assumption.
“Well… I suppose it’s only natural they’d think that.”
In the original story, Rebecca had deeply disliked Bianca.
Which likely meant the current Bianca was probably terrified of me.
If that were true, I might not even get to see her sweet smile, let alone exchange a proper word with her…
“No way… I don’t want that…”
I murmured, nearly whimpering, and Mina’s face instantly mirrored my despair, her lower lip jutting out.
But then a quiet determination hardened in Mina’s eyes.
“Your Grace, don’t worry! I’ll make sure to deliver a firm message to the House of Light right away!”
“Deliver what?”
“Princess Bianca is still very young—she might make a mistake, after all!”
Mina bit her lip resolutely and nodded sharply.
“Just in case… I’ll make absolutely certain the Princess never, ever comes near Your Highness Bi!”
“What…?”
“This won’t do! I need to go right now and beg the House of Light’s staff on my knees to—”
“No! Absolutely not!”
I shot to my feet, shouting, and Mina’s eyes went wide with shock.
“Mi-na… Seriously, you should be kneeling to beg her to come near me, not the other way around…”
I barely calmed my racing heart and grasped Mina’s hands firmly.
“Mina, listen carefully. I intend to get along well with Princess Bianca from now on.”
“…Yes?”
Mina gave a hesitant, disbelieving laugh, as if her face read, ‘Did I hear that wrong?’
“I plan to mend my relationship with Princess Bianca. So, don’t you dare interfere, understood?”
“Ah? Y-yes…”
Mina still looked deeply skeptical.
And the surrounding maids seemed just as unconvinced.
They clearly didn’t trust me yet, but they’d see in time.
“I need to go ahead now.”
Checking the time, I hurriedly rose from my seat.
“Mina, go find Adrian immediately and tell him to bring what I requested straight to the House of Light as soon as it’s ready.”
[This is the timeline separator]Bianca’s arrival time was drawing near.
As I hastened my steps toward the House of Light—
I saw a row of senior servants lined up before the main gate.
And standing before them, speaking with an aide, was Cedric.
“Come to think of it… it’s been ages.”
Cedric looked exactly as I remembered him.
His frame, perfectly suited to a tailored suit; his unhurried demeanor; that overwhelming aura that carried a subtle tension.
Seeing him again, I suddenly recalled Cedric’s captivating eyes gazing at me on that garden path.
“Does this mean… you’re finally letting me go?”
Just as I unconsciously paused in my steps—
“Rebecca, you came.”
Spotting me, Cedric gave a slight nod, as if inviting me to stand beside him.
As I drew closer to where Cedric stood, the servants behind him bowed their heads, each with a fearful expression.
“Cedric, have you been well?”
“…Thanks to you. You seem to be doing well yourself.”
I walked naturally toward Cedric.
Soon, Adrian, who had followed me, placed the gift before us both.
It was the grand floral wreath I’d specially ordered from Adrian—a magnificent arrangement shaped like Princess Bianca’s initials.
“The welcome gathering for Princess Bianca seemed too plain, so I asked Adrian to prepare a wreath separately.”
Everyone present glanced alternately between the wreath and me, clearly astonished.
It seemed unbelievable that I’d not only attend Bianca’s welcome ceremony but had even brought a special gift.
Yet oddly, Cedric’s gaze kept drifting repeatedly toward Adrian.
Even as Adrian walked toward the group of servants, Cedric’s eyes remained fixed firmly on him.
“Hmm… It seems Cedric’s taken a liking to my capable butler… Maybe I should show off a bit.”
I turned slightly toward Adrian and continued.
“Our Adrian has excellent taste. He understands my preferences well—I can trust him completely.”
“…Ours?”
At the sudden, alluringly low voice, I turned back—and met Cedric’s eyes directly.
His gaze, sharp enough to feel sensual.
In that moment, his uniquely intense stare settled even more deeply upon my face.
“No.”
“…?”
“You don’t like lilies.”
Cedric’s lips parted once more, slowly.
“Unfortunately, it seems I know you better than ‘your’ Adrian ever could.”
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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It had to be something like this, Original Rebecca sounds pittiful
He’s going to be soooo surprised when the new Rebecca comes back
LOL I KNEW IT. LOVE IT. I’M IN LOVE WITH THIS NOVEL!!!