Love You, Love You Not (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 051
At the “Night of Lineva” event held by renting an entire building of a town school near the Lineva River, Plidas sat with a perpetually sour expression, unmoved by the host’s attempts at humor or the cheerful laughter of the crowd around her.
She couldn’t confide to anyone about her heated argument that morning with a nun at Payone Abbey, and the frustration weighed heavily on her chest.
After all, no sane person would join her in cursing out a nun. Besides, that nun had spoken as if she knew Plidas wasn’t truly Princess Erwin.
“Is there truly a reason you must tarnish Her Highness Princess Erwin’s reputation in this manner?”
“Sister, why would I ever willingly damage my own image? I escaped the Teshia Empire solely to serve the people of Ebern—I’ve finally made it this far… Yet I fear there may be others who think like you do.”
Though she replied calmly, refusing to show she’d been cornered, her heart still dropped for a split second.
If Ezra discovered she wasn’t the real Princess Erwin now, he might very well kill her.
Ezra sat beside Plidas, acting as if he were the princess’s personal protector, dropping hints everywhere that they would soon be married.
She loathed the idea of marrying scum like Ezra, yet returning to the Teshia Empire was impossible—now that Alan had become emperor, he’d never let Ludrager’s man go unchallenged.
Lately, Plidas’s head ached constantly from scheming how to escape Ezra, so her gaze toward him could hardly be kind. Seeing her utterly fail at masking her irritation, Ezra shot her a menacing warning.
“Are you even looking at me properly?”
“If you’d speak properly, I’d be happy to look you straight in the eye.”
“You—!”
At that moment, the crowd turned their attention—and applause—toward the two of them.
Before the opera began—specially renamed from “The Bride of Farsade” to “The Bride of Ebern” to commemorate Princess Erwin’s return—the host deliberately prompted the audience to applaud for Plidas.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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Now they are best friends hahaha so ezra is end now?
Haaah, can understand the reason for this novel is “love you, love you not” it was so hard for that words to be spoken
Yup, he was traumatised hahaha i guess the duchess would hate scatha bcs she was lie to her son.