“Did you enjoy the show? If you have so much free time, go clean the stable or something!”
One maid scowled while clenching her fist.
“Vainty, when did you start treating the Lady so well? Did Meiana threaten you?”
Vainty’s lips twitched, and the fact that she had been threatened was true!
That damn button… Vainty wanted to bury that precious button she had carefully placed in the prettiest soapbox in the garden. If only that hadn’t happened, things wouldn’t have turned out like this.
At that moment, the employees who had been mocking Vainty with scornful expressions suddenly flinched and stepped back.
It was Meiana. Vainty, who had stepped forward to protect Ariante with her body, looked at Meiana, who was facing each person one by one with a mocking smile.
“What threat? Vainty is just doing her job faithfully. I wonder how her thoughts turn in that direction. Oh, maybe it’s your story? Did you receive threats and work here because of that? Oh, how pitiful.”
The face of the maid who had been the first to mock Vainty turned red. She tried to step forward to confront Meiana, but others standing by grabbed her shoulders, gesturing to stop.
Meiana seemed to resist all those reactions, standing firm. In a verbal fight, there was no one who could defeat her.
As the onlookers disappeared, Meiana quickly turned her body to check Ariante’s condition. Looking at the bloodstains on Jocelyn’s face, horror and worry rushed in simultaneously.
“Lady, what on earth…”
“Where were you!”
It was not Ariante but Vainty who shouted. Meiana picked up Ariante, who seemed absent-minded, and spoke.
“I went to the kitchen. I wanted to find out today’s Lady’s meal menu.”
Meiana, bending down, whispered as if only Vainty could hear.
“And I need to watch Grete closely today.”
“What? What…”
Meiana’s finger touched her lips. Then she gently glanced at Ariante. Vainty had an uncomfortable and frustrated expression, but wisely chose to remain silent.
“Lady, you need to go wash up.”
Ariante, who had been silent, replied.
“I hate Jocelyn. I wish she were gone.”
Meiana’s and Vainty’s eyes met. At that moment, Vainty began complaining, pointing to the overturned bucket and cloth on the floor.
“That woman made the Lady clean the wall! Can you believe it? She even threatened to whip and chase the Lady away if I sided with her! She’s really an insane woman.”
She’s not insane. Meiana thought. That woman hadn’t been in her right mind for a very long time. Even knowing that, the people in this house pretending not to know were all problematic.
Now that Ariante caused an accident, how will that woman come out of this?
Meiana took Ariante to the bathroom to let her wash up, cleaned her face stained with blood and dirt, and changed her into clean clothes. When she finished, Ariante, with an expressionless face, touched her lips with her fingers.
“Lady, why are you doing that? Are your lips hurting?”
“No…”
Ariante replied briefly, then said.
“My tooth is loose.”
Meiana, with wide-open eyes, made Ariante open her mouth.
“Where, let me see. Ah…”
Meiana gently touched the tiny tooth. She could feel it lightly shaking. Ariante covered her mouth with a pale face.
“My tooth is falling out? What should I do?”
“It’s okay, Lady. When a baby tooth falls out, an adult tooth grows in its place. Haven’t you heard of it before?”
“I don’t know. Oh! Sharks lose their teeth every day. Professor Bimon told me.”
He taught such useless things. Meiana chuckled inwardly, recalling Professor Bimon’s stern face. Besides, it didn’t seem like he taught anything properly.
“People lose teeth too. Right now, Lady, your tooth is a baby tooth. After each one falls out in order, strong and beautiful adult teeth will grow. Don’t worry too much.”
“Does it hurt when the tooth falls out?”
“No, it won’t hurt. Still, don’t keep touching or shaking it. Got it?”
“Yeah…”
Even though she answered, Ariante kept absentmindedly touching the small tooth with her fingertips.
As they went outside, Vainty was pulling back the curtains in the living room. Bright blue stripes and intricately embroidered silver thread sparkled dazzlingly in the sunlight.
Vainty still seemed surprised and angry, but when she saw Ariante, she awkwardly knelt and greeted her.
At that moment, a mischievous smile crossed Meiana’s face. When she whispered something small and secret into Ariante’s ear, Ariante looked at Meiana with widened eyes, as if questioning her sincerity.
“Is that necessary?”
Meiana nodded.
“Yes, please do that.”
Vainty stood there without understanding what the two were talking about. In fact, the vivid image of Ariante fiercely biting Jocelyn’s leg lingered in her mind.
Also, the image of Jocelyn, who had knocked down little Ariante, lingered. Dark sides that she had never paid attention to seemed to sweep over her all at once like a storm.
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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