Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 48
The tavern, which had been extremely noisy just moments before, fell silent the instant they stepped inside.
When everyone seated inside turned to look at them, Idren realized this was no ordinary tavern.
He grabbed Ophelia to stop her from stepping any further forward.
“Step back.”
Places like this were usually hotbeds for drugs and black-market dealings—absolutely no place for Ophelia, for any reason.
One of the unshaven men seated inside stood up and approached them. Idren tried to pull Ophelia toward the exit, but she refused to budge.
“We’re closed. What do you want?”
Idren noticed the tattoo beneath the man’s eye and realized he was a pirate. He gripped the hilt of his sword—though he’d thought pirates had been completely eradicated, he hadn’t expected to find one still lurking in District 7.
“Huh? If you’re closed, then get lost.”
The man swung his hand toward Ophelia. Idren hastily yanked her back and drew his sword—but Ophelia was even quicker.
Snatching a glass from the nearby table, she flung its contents straight into the man’s eyes. The liquor stung his eyes, and he let out a scream.
Before the scream had even faded, Ophelia grabbed the candlestick from the table and thrust it toward him. With a sizzling hiss, the tips of his beard caught fire and burned away.
Idren watched in stunned silence as his delicate, noble wife—who’d never held a blade in her life—tried to set a man on fire.
At that moment, someone rose from his seat.
“Miss, that’s enough.”
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
Bitch he should’ve given up on you long time ago 😒😭😭
My poor man 🥺😭 You suffered a lot but give her a chance
Like? He doesnt like you… He adores you and love you 🤦🏻♀️ lucky girl