My Husband's Cinderella (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
The information Chloe received from the knight was as follows.
Jane had been found fallen beside the river in the forest. Judging by her injuries, it was presumed she had fallen from the cliff above.
Given that height, they said her head should have been crushed to death—it was miraculous she was still alive. They guessed her bracelet must have caught on a tree branch, creating a delay in her fall.
Since the forest was famously dark, it seemed highly likely she had stumbled off the path while walking.
Chloe couldn’t accept that explanation.
According to the witness who discovered the incident at the time, Jane’s luggage bag had been left on the mountainside, near where she was presumed to have been. No one would leave behind a bag full of belongings while walking—and especially not if it contained valuables.
They’d even considered the possibility of wild animals, as people often suggested, but since there were no bite marks, this theory was dismissed as well.
The only plausible explanation left was an attack by someone else. Yet, since the luggage remained untouched and intact, it likely wasn’t connected to any other criminal act.
‘First, I need to find out why Jane went into that forest.’
Once back at the Duke’s residence, Chloe decided to start by tracking down the coachman who had driven Jane on her journey home.
If the coachman couldn’t be found, it would surely reveal the hand of either him or an anonymous person who had bribed him.
‘I must find out myself.’
Chloe, gazing blankly at the sleeping Jane, made this resolve.
Jane was barely past her coming-of-age ceremony, still radiating an unmistakable youthful innocence.
She had said she’d earned enough money and wanted to return to her village to do what she’d always dreamed of…
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
Shoulda done it and then ended the war. Shame about that.
Someone sure is still smarting from the previous day’s smackdown!
That’s an interesting turn of phrase. Quite neat; I like it.