Miss Pendleton (Update to C.222 END) - Chapter 133
This was the story.
The protagonist of the novel is a twenty-five-year-old woman, working as a typist in a publishing house. Her appearance is ordinary, but she is a charming woman who always dreams of travel and romance.
One day, a woman appears before her. She is a widow whose husband, long missing, has been declared dead.
Despite wearing black mourning clothes, she is strikingly beautiful and wishes to write a romance novel. However, having lost her right hand in an accident, she struggles with writing. The protagonist agrees to assist her as a side job, visiting the widow’s mansion every weekend.
Every weekend, the protagonist becomes the widow’s dedicated typist, faithfully transcribing the stories that flow from her lips onto paper. But something is off. The widow’s tale is not a love story but a story of murder, written from the perspective of a killer.
The murderer is a sharpshooter with a perverse obsession with leather, a bizarre madman. After killing, he skins his victims and displays their hides on the wall.
The typist is dazed by the shocking plot but cannot stop typing. The story is vivid and gripping, and she has already fallen in love with the widow.
The black dress, black hair, black eyes, and the black glove covering her prosthetic hand—everything about her captivates the protagonist. On the day the novel is completed, the protagonist confesses her love to the widow. The widow then leads her to a place she had previously kept off-limits.
There, astonishingly, an array of stuffed animals and their hides are displayed.
The widow confesses that, since childhood, her obsession with leather led her to hunt animals and spend much time taxidermying them. Her hand was injured during a hunt. But what she truly desires is human skin.
Despite the chilling confession, the protagonist still loves her. She proposes that the widow may skin her if they can live together for one year. Overjoyed at the prospect of finally obtaining human skin, the widow agrees.
They spend a dreamy, blissful year together, boating, cooking, and making love every night. The protagonist savors happiness without regret.
When the promised year ends, the widow prepares to skin the protagonist. The protagonist accepts her fate calmly. But the widow finds herself unable to go through with it.
Unbeknownst to her, the widow has also fallen in love with the protagonist. They confirm their mutual feelings and decide to leave for Africa.
The two depart England happily, leaving the mansion empty. Years later, an unprecedented downpour triggers a landslide behind the mansion, washing something down to the village.
Male lead Asks for a Divorce Every Day
It’s not often you come across a plot like this in the female-dominant genre — make sure to check it out!
This is a novel I’m planning to reread as well.
The male lead is strong, skilled in martial arts, and not the usual fragile type you often see in matriarchal novels.
Meanwhile, the female lead is a scientist—rational and logical. Even when she falls for the male lead, she doesn’t let her emotions cloud her decisions.
If you push through the first few chapters, you’ll gradually find the story really intriguing.
It has a mix of mystery, detective elements, and romance.
The author’s writing style is like crafting a puzzle—except they deliberately leave out a few pieces, making it hard to predict what happens next, yet keeping you hooked.
In the end, everything will come together and be explained.
One-sentence summary: Wife, stop playing with beakers and look at me!
In a laboratory accident, research scientist Zhu Wansheng accidentally travels to a matriarchal world. The original owner of the body is an eighteen-year-old only daughter of a wealthy rouge merchant, already married with a handsome young man.
Zhu Wansheng grins: Nice! She always said she was heaven’s favorite granddaughter. After a life of toil in her previous life, she can enjoy blessings in this one.
However, her joy lasts no more than three seconds as bad news arrives: the original owner’s family is about to go bankrupt, and her husband wants a divorce.
Even worse, she’s stuck with a research system full of restrictions.
Zhu Wansheng: ? Is this the destiny of a research dog?
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Faced with this mess, Zhu Wansheng pours herself a bowl of wine to drown her sorrows. In her drunken haze, her husband arrives.
His figure is imposing, holding a long sword, with a dignified air that captivates Zhu Wansheng.
Gu Yingqing, however, looks at the alcohol-reeking Zhu Wansheng with undisguised disgust and coldly asks, “Divorce or not?” The intoxicated Zhu Wansheng mumbles vaguely, “I think… it’s not… it’s not… impossible!”
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The next day, after sobering up, Zhu Wansheng is full of energy, rolling up her sleeves ready to make a big move. As for yesterday? She has no memory of it.
Zhu Wansheng is ambitious; a research dog fears nothing!
Upgrading rouge, extracting fragrances, producing perfumes, researching lipsticks… all shall bow to the power of modern technology!
The original owner’s dying rouge shop is revitalized. Her mother is pleased and with a wave of her hand, passes on the family business to her. As she takes control and her experimental results gain popularity, it’s the pinnacle of her life…
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But there are always those who can’t stand to see her doing well. Jealousy, scheming, assassination attempts – they want nothing less than her life.
The person who has always kept his distance from her suddenly holds her tightly in his arms, eyes full of concern.
She is unharmed, but he falls into a pool of blood…
Zhu Wansheng feels guilty, “I can grant you one wish.”
Gu Yingqing tentatively circles his arms around her, carefully resting his head in the crook of her neck, pleading softly, “I regret it. Can we not divorce?”
Zhu Wansheng: ? When did I agree to a divorce?
[Small Theater]
The newly developed rouge is beautifully packaged, and Zhu Wansheng is eager to try it.
Gu Yingqing suddenly appears: “My lady, may I apply it for you?”
Cool fingertips lightly brush her lips. His Adam’s apple bobs as he leans in for a light bite.
Zhu Wansheng: ?
Gu Yingqing: It smells so good, I wanted to taste it…
On a warm spring day, Zhu Wansheng tries a new perfume: “Spring Night.” Gu Yingqing corners her against a wall.
Warm breath lingers on her neck.
“My lady, from now on, may I test the fragrances for you?”
[Humorous female scientist vs scheming live-in son-in-law male lead]
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Such thoughts made him feel not thirty-one, but sixty-one. The lethargy he felt
Only a young man who has experienced the hardest side of falling in love knows the danger of that love ending in separation.
He rubbed his cheek against her small hand.
he’s seriously acting too cute, they are an adorable couple (^o^)/
“I need to confirm she’s human.”
lol Ian with his imagination. Maybe he had read too much novel when he was young 😂
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Mrs fairfax is unique lady..the noblewomen has her own way to raise her children without stress
Laura make it kore awkward but she know that Henry’s interests in her not only fleeting moments