Interest Compounds on Revenge (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 172
Lea sprinted down the dark, narrow path, running and running again toward the light visible in the distance.
‘If I have to choose, of course it’s Terren.’
It didn’t matter anymore if she could never return to being Lea Hamilton.
Grace Bizac was already herself, and her life was truly her own—so she would choose a life where she could always be with Terren.
‘Terren, please wait for me. I’m coming.’
She ran, slowly exhaling the breath that had risen to her throat.
Yet her consciousness grew increasingly hazy. Her vision blurred, and her mind felt tangled.
This must have been why Grace told her to hold on.
‘I won’t lose.’
She couldn’t afford even a moment’s delay—Terren and the children were waiting for her.
‘My man, my children—and my life.’
But the life Lea was desperately trying to protect seemed to be losing its light more and more.
Only then did Lea realize: she didn’t have much time left.
If she didn’t hurry, the darkness chasing her would swallow her whole, and she’d never return to Terren again.
‘No! I didn’t live so fiercely just to collapse like this!’
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.”
This is sounding less like a punishment and more like a privilege.
Sometimes this novel’s inability to reflect anything close to realism frustrates me. Let’s reward arson and attempted murder! (Can’t help but point out the lack of creativity with Mr. Baker’s name.)