“Since he’s William’s friend, I was curious about him. Turns out he’s an interesting guy.”
Ginevra burst into laughter. She was in a particularly good mood, at least until she heard what Larisa said.
“Oh, earlier you told me to marry you, Jimmy!”
“What? No, Lara can’t. Lara already has a mate… sniffle!”
William covered Ginevra’s mouth effortlessly. He had already caught up with his mother’s height.
With a grin, William easily covered Ginevra’s mouth and said, “Haha, Mother cherishes Larisa a lot.”
“I’ve never seen you laugh like that, William.”
“Anyway.”
William quickly leaned over to Ginevra’s ear and whispered, “Stop saying strange things. Please.”
“Got it.”
Ginevra, with a disappointed look, turned away but stopped and emphasized once again, “Lara is off-limits.”
Her expression was so intimidating, making James involuntarily break into a cold sweat.
“Wow, your mother is unexpectedly scary.”
“Don’t make fun of someone who’s scary.”
“Did I make too much fun?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, going after a younger guy was a bit much, huh?”
Although playing with Lara was more irritating, William kept his mouth shut. He didn’t want to hear such remarks, even if they sounded like brotherly teasing.
“Anyway, will Lara come to this year’s academy festival?”
“Academy festival?”
Larisa’s eyes widened.
“I knew it would be like this. William didn’t tell you, did he? If I hadn’t come, no one would have known. There’s a festival every spring. The Knight Department wears the Academy Knights’ uniform during the festival.”
“Wow, really?”
“Yeah. And while wandering around, checking security and helping ladies.”
“How do you help?”
“Knight, please help! If they say that, you just go and help with anything.”
“Wow, that’s cool!”
Larisa imagined becoming a magnificent knight.
“If Lara comes and says, ‘Knight, help me!’ everyone will run to help because she’ll be so cute.”
“Don’t come. It’s nothing special.”
William intervened and grumbled. Larisa, pouting, retorted to William.
“It’s your first festival, William. How would you know?”
“I just know. It won’t be fun. Predictable.”
“I want to go. I really want to!”
As Larisa insisted, James chuckled and joined in.
“Sure, come and tease William a lot. When else would you have the chance?”
Larisa thought to herself.
‘He’s always being teased, isn’t he?’
But Larisa was a mature girl who wouldn’t say such things out loud. Anyway, she vowed excitedly to herself that she would go to the festival.
‘William keeps saying not to come, so I have to get permission from Mother first!’
Thinking about bringing Ginevra to the festival, Larisa anticipated that William would pretend not to like it while secretly enjoying it. With such thoughts, Larisa was filled with expectations.
On Monday, as William left for the academy, Larisa headed to Ginevra’s laboratory with excited steps.
‘By now, she’s probably having tea, right?’
Larisa deliberately knocked on the door of the laboratory during the afternoon tea time. She didn’t want to disturb Ginevra’s research. Larisa was well aware that Ginevra was extremely busy.
‘But since she’s like a mom, she must want to see William’s impressive appearance!’
How fun would it be to go to the festival with the two of them? Larisa knocked on the silent laboratory door again, full of anticipation.
‘Both of them might feel embarrassed but secretly enjoy it, right?’
However, something was strange. Even after knocking twice, there was no sign of Ginevra’s voice. Larisa tilted her head and knocked once more.
“Mother? I’m here. It’s Larisa!”
By now, it should be time for her to open the door. Larisa felt a strange sense of unease.
“Mother?”
Was it okay to open this door? Clutching her anxious heart, Larisa grasped the doorknob. She had heard rumors that if you opened this door without permission, you would be thrown out the window. But…
‘It should be okay. Mother has no reason to be angry with me.’
Recalling Ginevra’s always affectionate and warm attitude towards her, Larisa closed her eyes. Contrary to the terrifying rumors, Ginevra had always been kind and loving to her.
And when she opened the door,
“Mother!”
Ginevra was collapsed.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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