Long Live the Emperor, Minus Me (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 38
The Grand Duke never asked me to become his true friend. This is a transaction. After all, we’ve never genuinely “played” together.
The Grand Duke merely wanted to show the Emperor and Empress that he was an ordinary boy with ordinary peers, and I simply needed a shield to protect myself.
We meet once or twice a month for appearances’ sake, sharing tea and conversation, but if you ask whether any emotional exchange has occurred between us, the answer is no.
Yet, considering that, the Grand Duke has given me far too much. He assigned me five gardeners, provided custom-made clothing for all four seasons, paid twenty times the market price for a horse, and even funded the entire environment needed to raise it—all without demanding anything in return.
My long-standing curiosity finally overflowed. The Grand Duke looked at me with a puzzled expression, clearly unable to understand why I was asking such a question.
“So. Are you dissatisfied?”
“It’s a question.”
Even when adults show kindness to children, it’s never truly unconditional. At the very least, they expect the child to be obedient, endearing, or charmingly affectionate.
Yet the Grand Duke asks for none of that. Still, his support never ceases—not even for things I never requested.
Why? I simply couldn’t understand.
The Grand Duke’s hand, which had been stroking his chin, stopped, and silence settled between us. Fortunately, he didn’t seem displeased.
Just…
“…Well, perhaps.”
It was as if he himself had only just realized it.
“I seem to be rather weak toward people like you.”
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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