Men of the Harem (137 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 173
For a moment, La Til and the Grand Minister simultaneously held their breath. La Til looked down at the earring resting on her palm—or rather, what had once been an earring.
The pendant had crumbled into fine sand like the white grains of a seashore, leaving only the needle-like part meant to pierce the ear.
La Til heard the phantom screech of a violin. Her throat felt parched and dry. What had the Grand Minister just said about this?
Her head spun dizzily, yet her mouth automatically blurted out an excuse.
“This one’s way too weak.”
Her voice fortunately sounded cheerful—but overly so, the complete opposite of how dryly she’d been replying just moments before.
La Til scolded herself internally, but the Grand Minister, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly snapped out of his stupor at her words and laughed aloud as if nothing had happened.
“See? I told you it was nonsense.”
Could he possibly be deliberately taking my side? La Til couldn’t even lower her palm or brush off the powder as she studied the Grand Minister.
In moments like this, she desperately wished she could hear what he was truly thinking. Yet her unpredictable ability—exhausted from trying to penetrate Sarnet’s tightly sealed thoughts—refused to manifest now.
The Grand Minister stared intently at the crumbled stone on La Til’s palm, then lifted his eyes when he sensed her gaze. When their eyes met, his pupils softened with warm amusement.
“But it didn’t turn black, did it? According to legend, it’s supposed to turn black before shattering.”
He seemed to be gently reassuring her, knowing she was nervous—and since his words were also factually correct, La Til felt slightly relieved.
Right. It was supposed to turn black before breaking. Yet the powder on her palm resembled fine, pale-yellow sand—there wasn’t a single trace of black.
“Right? This thing’s just weak, isn’t it?”
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
I can’t wait for latil and her son to meet
I can’t wait for latil and her son to meet