Life After Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 73
“Ah, how boring. It’s not even a mining site—companies are just too monotonous for my liking.”
When he thought a considerable amount of time must have passed since she left for the meeting, Edmund furrowed his brows at a sudden voice. His eyes drifted downward.
A freckle-faced guard knight, seated on the ground, had somehow appeared—when exactly, no one knew. He was idly killing time, using a twig as a pen, his chin resting in his hand.
The knight looked up at Edmund and wrinkled his nose.
“Aren’t you bored stiff here? How about the Duchy of Mipidian? Loads of battle-hardened folks over there—way more fun, right?”
Edmund brushed him off with a glance and pulled out his pocket watch.
Etricia’s meeting was running long. Moreover, they hadn’t yet received a definite coordinate message from Tale, leaving them no choice but to wait.
Edmund lifted his gaze toward the window of the meeting room. Her velvety hair swayed as she passionately debated with the executives.
Back then, whenever their eyes had met like this, Etricia had silently mouthed an apology, suggesting he go grab a meal.
Remembering that side of her—so unlike her usual aloof and reserved demeanor—he let out a faint smile. But then, as if struck by sudden realization, he slowly wiped his lips.
His eyes, slightly dazed, flickered.
Since when had he started smiling like this?
He felt utterly unfamiliar with himself—yet the sensation wasn’t unpleasant. Perhaps he was rediscovering the self he’d forgotten over the past nine years.
“How about just flirting with some passing lady or goofing off for a bit? With your face, she’d fall for you right away.”
Just then, the knight’s flippant remark drifted over unexpectedly.
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
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Just as I let out a long sigh to calm myself, the sound of a carriage reached me
cant believe your best friend didn’t make an appointment.
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oh man girl, using your self as bait never goes well! just kiss the man instead