My Insolent Shadow (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 23
“This way… isn’t this the guest wing, not the maid’s quarters?”
She had never needed to enter the maid’s quarters herself, but from the butler’s previous explanation, she had a rough idea of the layout.
Since the maids usually headed in the opposite direction, she surely hadn’t made a mistake.
Moreover, having passed through this manor several times before, she’d glimpsed that this western wing was filled with exceptionally grand rooms.
“Isn’t this the guest area?”
“Yes, it is.”
The butler, as always curt and speaking only what was necessary, continued walking without slowing his pace.
Jane tightly held onto Yuriciel’s hand as she followed behind.
Yuriciel gently squeezed her mother’s hand, which had clearly grown tense.
All the while, her mind churned with confusion.
“Why the guest wing?”
“Then again… perhaps there’s a maid’s room here too.”
Her thoughts stretched longer with every step.
For the past several days, her thoughts had linked together like a chain, and they still hadn’t broken.
Why had the Young Master summoned her to this manor?
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 really appreciate the artistry in the writing, it’s so pretty and draws you in, not to mention increase my vocab lol
Also I feel so bad for Hael knowing the fate that await 2nd ML T.T