It was hard to recognize him from afar with his hat turned all the way down to his head, but up close, it was clearly Walter.
Things I hadn’t noticed the last time we met due to the situation caught my eye.
The tall, straight nose and jawline, and the nicely tanned skin were clearly a man’s. However, traces of a boy remained on his face.
“I’ve proven that I can deceive Sophia first, now tell me what you know, Edith.”
I was suddenly surprised by the soft voice he spat out. It was certain that if others heard him addressing himself this way, he would be doubted even before forming an alliance.
“Walter. Everyone now thinks I’m the fourth wife of His Lordship—.”
“Ah, you’re the Lady now.”
Walter lightly flicked his eyebrows as if he knew.
“I came as His Lordship’s faithful servant on behalf of another fellow who received Lady Sophia’s order, so don’t be surprised.”
“…….”
His face was as dignified as any nobleman’s, yet when he used honorifics, he gave off a strangely arrogant feel. It was embarrassing to behave like a lady when there was nothing to it.
‘He said he’d never been in charge of serving the higherups. So that’s why?’
I felt relieved inside, though I didn’t know how he found out about my touring the castle. This rebellious man wouldn’t listen to whatever Sophia ordered.
“I want to start by looking at the garden on His Lordship’s east side.”
“…….”
Walter extended his hand, holding the reins of the horse with the other. Edith quickly grasped his hand and climbed into the saddle to avoid the eyes of other servants.
He led the way, holding the reins. As the distance from the mansion grew, he spoke with a sudden smirk.
“You were said to have cherished the few gold coins received from Sophia and taken them back to your room.”
“…….”
Edith was momentarily speechless. That he knew what happened that morning was astonishing.
Had it not been for Ann and Marie’s prior inquiry, Walter might have peeped through the mansion’s windows without any trouble.
‘Everyone must have seen my surprise at holding so many gold coins at once.’
It wouldn’t have been unreasonable for Walter to misunderstand her if he had heard about that situation.
The woman who loathed everything about His Lordship until yesterday now appeared today, gathering gold coins, wearing expensive dresses and jewelry.
To Edith, all these actions had no other choice, but it seemed not to appear that way to this man.
“Walter. I have something special I want to propose to you.”
“I suppose Lady Sophia taught you the refined way to speak. It suits you surprisingly well, should I say?”
Walter looked at Edith with a stern face. Her blue eyes were still clear, but he didn’t like the fact that they had been touched by the greedy hands of Sophia.
‘Did she fall for the money after all?’
If she had treasured the gold coins that Sophia gave her, it would mean she intended to join her plans. To Walter, who wanted the downfall of Portrion more than anyone, this was very irritating.
“You begged other men not to touch you yesterday, but now you act like a lady and say you have something special to propose to me…….”
Walter slightly closed in on her face, trying to read her expression.
“It sounds like you’ve changed your mind, wanting to have a child according to Sophia’s will, and have just thought of me when you needed a man.”
At the words that followed, Edith was momentarily speechless and looked at him. It didn’t take long for her to fully understand Walter’s meaning.
He was implying that she had thought of him as the man to impregnate her.
Her face was flushed with heat from the teasing words the man had spit out.
She didn’t need a man. She hadn’t even thought of him.
“I didn’t ask you to spend the night with me. I have no intention of being swayed by Sophia’s plans. I wanted to make a deal with you—.”
“What did you want to buy from me for such a high price?”
Walter nonchalantly tossed and then caught a gold coin. Edith hastily reached into her pocket. She must have dropped it while mounting or dismounting the horse.
“This much payment is just for assisting madam in sleeping soundly, I suppose.”
“Give it here. I brought this gold coin to use on another man, not you.”
“That comment makes it sound like I’m not even worth spending money on.”
Walter’s eyes sparkled with a mischievous smile, like a naughty child who had found someone to play with.
“I’m a devoted servant of Portrion who doesn’t shy away from dirty work, so if madam needs a playmate or someone to spend money on, I’d be more appealing than the other guys.”
Edith’s mouth dropped open, and she froze. The man’s lewd joke made her head spin. Did Walter believe that using honorifics would lend dignity to his words?
And calling himself a devoted servant, of all things. It was unbelievable.
“I know you’re not a stable hand.”
“…….”
“Your scars and callouses tell me that you’ve been honing your sword skills for at least several years. Not the hands of a stable hand.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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