I Think My Daughter Has Regressed (7 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 72
Damian stared blankly at Lucy as she went upstairs, then headed toward the kitchen.
“Head Chef.”
The kitchen staff were thrown into utter panic at Damian’s sudden appearance.
People scrambled awkwardly to their feet, hastily setting down the ingredients they’d been holding as they bowed in greeting.
Eventually, someone fumbled, and a bowl dropped to the floor with a loud clatter.
As everyone glanced anxiously toward the fallen bowl, they all tensed their shoulders and straightened their spines at the sound of the Head Chef’s voice.
“Your Grace… What brings you to such a humble place? Is there something in particular you’d like to eat?”
“It’s not that. I was wondering—does Lucy have any favorite foods? Or anything she especially enjoys eating?”
For a moment, silence fell. The servants’ eyes, fixed on Damian, blinked slowly in unison.
The Head Chef, regaining his composure faster than the others, immediately answered Damian’s question.
“She… she likes cake.”
“Good. Make one, please.”
“Yes, of course.”
As the Head Chef picked up the bowl that had rolled across the floor, he glanced furtively toward Damian.
He’d assumed the Duke would leave right away since he’d only asked for one cake—yet His Grace remained standing beside him, watching intently as he worked.
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.”
Why… God damn I detest this cliché where a previously intelligent and people-intuitive fl turns into an absolute moron, who goes out of her way to cause a major misunderstanding in front of a crowd. No bonus points for humiliating her partner. Maybe I’ll just skip a few chapters.
I do hope so. That guy’s an utter loser who deserves neither sympathy nor pity.
“What the worst that could happen?”, he asked of Murphy, Prophet of the Law.