Interest Compounds on Revenge - Chapter 10
As expected, the reaction was exactly as anticipated. However, Terran was a bit different. He nodded calmly, seeming to agree with Grace’s answer.
“It’s not… entirely accurate. I learned it when I was very young.”
“Wow!”
Pauline put down the teapot and clapped her hands.
If Grace developed like this every time she was sick, it might not be so bad after all.
“I’ll need a dictionary too. There are many words I don’t know.”
She had grasped most of the content. It was just two or three difficult words.
“He’s sending five camels as a gift.”
Terran tapped his forehead with his finger, looking perplexed.
“Wouldn’t refusing the Sultan’s gift be a great discourtesy?”
James spoke with a worried tone.
“That’s right. In their culture, it’s an extremely generous gift. If we refuse, they might never want to see us again.”
There was no benefit in antagonizing Turkey, and who knew when and where a war might break out. They had received a lot of help from Turkey during the war with Wales.
“Can camels survive in Lubeck?”
Pauline tilted her head and asked.
If they killed them, they’d be criticized, but Terran wasn’t sure if camels could be kept in Lubeck with its cold winters.
“I have an idea.”
Lea spoke up hesitantly after reading the room, and all eyes turned to her at once.
“We could write a polite reply.”
“Is that all?”
Pauline showed signs of disappointment at Lea’s ordinary suggestion. Terran and James felt the same way.
“A polite reply is just the basics.”
Terran took another sip of tea, as if there was nothing more to expect.
“What if we ask for camel hair instead of the camels?”
Lea’s opinion drew everyone’s attention back to her.
“Camel hair? What would we use that for?”
Terran showed his doubts.
“We can just accept it and throw it away, can’t we?”
James agreed, saying it was a good idea.
Still, Terran was curious about Grace’s intention. He wondered what she was thinking and how much more she would surprise people.
“Fabric made from camel hair is called camel hair cloth. You can collect soft down from camels during their spring shedding and blend it with wool to make fabric. It’s a very high-end product.”
“Well, there are many textile factories in Lebon, so it would be easy to use that hair.”
“That’s a good idea, Grace, Pauline.”
Terran praised both of them. Lea was newly surprised by this situation.
In Galdensia, servants weren’t allowed to speak when nobles were conversing. However, the Duke’s residence seemed to have a more open atmosphere compared to other noble houses.
“We could make coats or cloaks from that fabric and sell them at high prices.”
This time too, Terran was surprised by Grace. He was so confused that he wondered if this was really the Grace he knew.
But if not Grace, who else could it be? Denying it would be more far-fetched.
“Let’s proceed as Grace suggested.”
Terran respected her opinion. No, if possible, he even asked her to write a reply to the Turkish Sultan.
“Lord Courtois, may I go to town with Pauline tomorrow? I think I need to check if there’s a Turkish dictionary at the bookstore.”
“Go ahead, but instead!”
“Yes?”
“Go with me instead of Pauline.”
Everyone was surprised by Terran’s suggestion. Especially Pauline and James had the strongest reactions. It was shocking to see if this was really Terran, who usually showed no interest in anything.
‘When the young lady changes, the Duke changes too. Why are they both acting so strange?’
To be more honest in evaluation, it seemed like the situation had reversed from before.
The Grace who used to cling to Terran had disappeared. Instead, Terran was now actively approaching Grace.
‘Wherever they go, however they change, it’s good if things work out well for both of them.’
Pauline smiled contentedly as she watched the two.
* * *
The next day, Lea came to a bookstore in town with Terran.
‘This turned out well. I need to get closer to the Duke anyway.’
Fortunately, they found a Turkish dictionary at the bookstore, quickly accomplishing the purpose of their trip to town. With light hearts, the two stopped by a nearby café for coffee.
It was a café with a very exotic atmosphere, featuring a blue awning, white arched windows, and rustic wooden tables and chairs.
Despite the warm coffee in front of her, Lea was so absorbed in the dictionary that she didn’t even touch it.
Terran leisurely observed her, his arms folded.
The sunlight streaming through the window touched her blonde hair, making it seem as if her body was emitting light.
Her delicate jawline, the wisps of hair falling around it, her pink lips, and even her small, slender fingers carefully turning the pages of the book – it was like a painting.
Especially her eyes, occasionally visible between her thick eyelashes, seemed particularly clear and bright today. When her chest rose and fell with each breath like a small bird, it even evoked a sensual feeling.
Just then, Lea looked up at Terran.
“Lord Courtois, what should we do?”
Lea’s face was flushed.
“Why? Is there a problem?”
“The dictionary isn’t a new edition. Um, I think I brought the wrong one. There was definitely a new edition at the bookstore.”
“Then we should exchange it.”
“I’ll go quickly and come back.”
“Just stay here. I’ll go.”
Terran left the café with the dictionary. Only after watching him disappear through the window did Lea pick up her now cold coffee cup.
‘Making such a ridiculous mistake.’
She had unnecessarily troubled Terran. Just then, the café door opened and customers came in.
Lea raised her head towards the door, thinking Terran had returned so quickly, but it wasn’t him.
‘It’ll take at least ten minutes to get there.’
In that case, she should think about the letter content until Terran returns.
Since it was a letter to be sent to the Sultan of Turkey, not just anyone else, she needed to use sophisticated words to show respect.
However, she quickly realized that things in this world don’t always go as one intends.
“Hello, miss?”
A strange man approached Lea and spoke to her. It was the two customers who had just entered. They sat opposite Lea without permission.
“Who are you?”
“We saw a beautiful lady and wanted to say hello.”
“We’re absolutely not suspicious people. We’re students at the Imperial University.”
The two men had fallen for Lea at first sight as soon as they entered the café. It had been a long time since they’d seen a woman beautiful enough to captivate their attention in an instant, despite their frequent visits to town.
“I’m sorry, but I’m expecting company.”
Lea firmly refused.
She didn’t want to idly chat with strange men. Moreover, she acutely realized just how beautiful Grace must be.
Honestly, this was something Lea Hamilton had never experienced before. Not that she had been dissatisfied with her appearance or lacked confidence.
‘Being pretty can be inconvenient too.’
Come to think of it, Allen’s gaze at her during the funeral wasn’t much different from these men now. He had shown genuine interest, not the artificial praise he used to give to Lea Hamilton.
‘I was such a fool, not realizing it was just empty flattery.’
Lea felt a surge of resentment in her chest as she thought of Allen.
She had always considered herself quite intelligent. But in the end, she too had been blinded by her own emotions and failed to see the truth.
One-sided love tends to numb reason and cloud judgment. Lea had realized this truth far too late.
“Let’s chat until your company arrives.”
“We’ll make it fun for you.”
The men persisted stubbornly, and Lea stood up from her seat.
“Then, excuse me.”
It was wise not to engage with them at times like this. Give them even a little leeway, and they would become a nuisance.
Lea left the café and headed towards the bookstore to find Terran. All the while, she kept reminding herself inwardly.
‘I’ll never fall in love again. There’s no place for love in my life.’
She quickened her pace. But soon she found herself blocked from both front and back. The men who had followed her from the café were blocking Lea’s way.
“If you’re Imperial University students, you should act like gentlemen.”
“We really just want to chat for a bit, that’s all.”
“We fell in love at first sight, what can we do?”
Lea burst into laughter at their words.
‘Bullshit!’
She almost cursed out loud, disgusted by their cheap talk of love.
Lea pretended to go right, then quickly moved left and ran straight ahead without looking back.
She didn’t want to spend even a second chatting with them about love or whatever.
However, she had run too far and found herself in an unfamiliar street. She had lost the men, but worse, she had left her handbag at the café in her haste.
Lea felt hopeless, without even a single coin in her possession.
The sun would set soon and it would get dark, making it very dangerous for a woman to walk alone on the streets.
‘I should go back to the bookstore.’
After calming herself down as much as possible, Lea retraced her steps and fortunately arrived at the bookstore without much difficulty.
But no matter how much she looked around inside the store, Terran was nowhere to be seen. It seemed he had already exchanged the book and gone back to the café.
‘Should I go back to the café?’
She might run into them on the way, all sorts of complicated thoughts troubled her.
* * *
Terran hurried back to the café after exchanging the book. But when he got there, Grace was not inside.
Looking at the coffee cup, it was barely touched. Then, some strange words caught his ear.
“It’s such a shame. To think there’s such a beauty in Lebon.”
“I know, right? We let her slip away right in front of us.”
“If we’re going to regret it this much, we should have just grabbed her and not let go. Who knew she’d run away so quickly like a squirrel.”
“I think so too. We should have at least found out her name. When she refused, it just made me more determined and frustrated, you know?”
“Should we open her handbag? See if there’s any clue?”
Just as the two men were about to open Grace’s handbag, it disappeared from their sight. Their gaze then turned to a man dressed in black.
“Did you steal this handbag?”
“No, absolutely not. A young lady left it behind, so we were trying to return it…”
They denied it, waving their hands at Terran’s question. But Terran’s face became even more distorted.
“You dared to lay hands on my woman?”
“Your woman? Uh… that is. We’re sorry.”
They apologized, seemingly finally grasping the situation.
“No need to be sorry. We’ll start with you getting hit first.”
Terran said, roughly loosening his tie.
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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