Now she understood Heathcliff, who asked her how he should respond to her proposal. And things he had done that were incomprehensible until now were clear.
Why he left it alone while talking about marriage with Byung Hwa, even though he wanted to possess Yuri Hsien; why he was looking for an opportunity to belittle her while trying to respect her; why he tried to take her body without permission, even though they were lovers.
“Huu…….”
Yuri Hsien let out a calm sigh.
Heathcliff seemed to be agonizing and conflicting while looking at Yuri Hsien, who loves him.
Whether he loves ‘me’ or the ‘savior’.
To Heathcliff, they were different entities, but to Yuri Hsien, they were the same. So he couldn’t ask, and just accepting it would be a flaw to him, who wants to be dignified as an emperor.
It was funny to understand Heathcliff’s vacillation.
‘Yes…… the Emperor must have had a hard time…….’
Thinking so, suddenly, the words said by Uljorgen when she was about ten came to her mind.
[Yuri, isn’t it? People empathize with those who hurt them when it’s too hard.] [Really?] [Yeah. It must be an unavoidable selfprotection, a defense mechanism.] [But…… I don’t think so. Because when Count Bendel Youngsik tripped and fell, avoiding people’s eyes, I hated Count Bendel Youngsik. Am I a selfish person?] [Ha ha, how could that be? If that’s being selfish, I want you to be a selfish person. That you will think and love yourself a little more. I think it’s a very healthy selfishness.]My most precious night, lovely Yuri.
Even the voice of her younger self, who had promised to do so because she liked the whispered pet name.
“…….”
Yuri Hsien’s expression, which had opened her eyes before she knew it, looked much better than before.
Heathcliff had been deceiving Yuri Hsien for himself until now. This unbelievable truth was now too clear.
Yuri Hsien looked back on the cold past as if enlightened.
Heathcliff, who took full advantage of her devotion, even though there’s no reward for devotion. How many times had he enjoyed Windsor’s favor before Uljorgen went missing? But he can’t even answer the question if he loves Yuri Hsien.
‘Not even a single empty word.’
What can this speaking be?
The inside of her mouth felt bitter and her perfectly healthy tongue seemed to split with thirst. It was needless to say that this thirst was due to the heat coming from her feelings for Heathcliff.
‘The person who gave me the breakup notice may not be the Emperor, but the person who broke up with me is the Emperor.’
A bitter thought passed through her mind. It was a sad pain and farewell that was too sorrowful.
“Let’s go back.”
Yuri Hsien spoke in a cracked voice, quietly. Daisy moved without reply, supporting Yuri Hsien as they walked.
(This is a time delimiter.)
Having checked everything, Yuri Hsien left her seat. Benjamin, sensing this, looked at Heathcliff, who had been trembling alone without uttering a word of love all this time, with a look of disgust.
“Such an exceptional and determined person who managed to find the Duke of Windsor even while locked in the attic, why do you become so powerless only in front of him?”
In the wine bar, on the terrace, and even now.
‘Why didn’t you come in, Yuri Hsien?’
Benjamin said, chewing his words.
“It’s natural to become flimsy in front of the one you’ve loved for 15 years.”
Thinking about it twisted his entire body with guilt, and it seemed that even if he chewed up and ate the idiot standing in front of him, his anger would not be appeased.
‘It should have been me who saw that weak side of Yuri Hsien Windsor.’
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
