After having dinner at Duke Alt’s, Ariante and Swan returned when the ground spiders were almost crawling, and the stars were twinkling. Around that time, in a shabby cabin not far from the Duke’s residence, Becker, the escaped forester, woke up, and Aint and Gels were dragging him back like a prisoner.
Ariante and Swan deliberately had the carriage placed a bit away from the main gate and walked together along the scattered path of fallen leaves. Bouncing precariously on the flat cobblestones, Ariante, who was hopping like a dancer, spoke.
“About the card game we played last, how did you manage to win?”
Swan, unable to take his eyes off Ariante, who seemed to be teetering on the narrow cobblestones, answered with a nervous feeling.
“Well, the rule was to win when the sum of the cards is exactly 20. So, I thought about which cards could quickly make 20…”
Ariante, with her small body swaying like a dancer, stood on her tiptoes on the narrow cobblestones.
“Watch out, Ariante!”
Startled, Swan grabbed Ariante’s arm. She didn’t fall, but the ribbon on her sleeve got a bit damaged. Swan tried to re-tie the ribbon with an apologetic expression, but somehow, the more he touched it, the more the knot became a mess.
“Sorry… I tried to catch you.”
Swan, giving up on the ribbon, said ruefully. Ariante shrugged her shoulders quite maturely.
“It’s okay. You can ask Meiana to fix it later. So, about gathering cards that can quickly make 20, I thought about collecting those first?”
“Um, while going around, we put down one card at a time. But not just randomly grabbing anything… we prioritize even-numbered cards. I found it more convenient.”
“Even numbers! Got it. Pick up two at a time, so that there’s no leftover!”
Swan nodded with an impressive expression.
“Yeah, collect even-numbered cards first and then…”
When the two children were almost at the main gate, they heard struggling footsteps and painful groans. The kids simultaneously turned their heads, and they saw Aint and Gels dragging a disheveled man between them.
“Please, please let me go! I didn’t do anything, ugh…!”
As Becker, dragged by the two well-built attendants, stumbled over the cobblestones and staggered, either his knee was crushed on a rock or something, and Becker, holding his leg, started groaning. At that moment, Gels, with a rough attitude, kicked the man’s buttocks.
“Where are you acting up? Get up right now!”
Grabbing the old man’s collar with one hand, Gels forcefully lifted him up. The collar of his shirt was pulled tight, and Becker, with a creaking sound, made a choking noise.
Then Ariante ran forward, shouting.
“Stop it! Don’t torment the old man! I’ll tell my father!”
Aint and Gels showed embarrassed expressions on their faces. Swan also followed Ariante, and looking at the beaten-up Becker, he frowned.
“Why is he so injured?”
Before the two attendants could answer, Ariante stamped her small foot.
“You guys hit him! Don’t bully the poor grandpa! I’ll complain to my father!”
Aint said, “Young lady and young master. This man has committed wrongs against the Duke in the past and has been captured. There’s no need for sympathy.”
At his words, Becker’s eyes widened considerably. He still held Gels’ hand with an astonishing force. Gels tried to grab Becker again, but Becker’s body collapsed to the ground.
“A young lady…?”
Becker’s voice was severely hoarse. His lips were cracked and showed signs of bursting everywhere, as if he hadn’t had a sip of water in a long time. He looked at Ariante blankly as she approached.
“Grandpa, are you okay?”
Ariante approached Becker. From his open mouth, a foul smell emanated, and his clothes and face were all dirty, but the child seemed undeterred.
Becker stared at Ariante’s face as if he had seen a ghost, then mumbled.
“S-Surely… Surely. You’re Lord Verbo’s, V…Lord Verbo’s daughter…?”
Ariante’s heart sank for a moment. She had never heard the name Verbo, so she couldn’t understand why she felt this way. However, she knew what the old man meant. In other words, he asked if she was Verbo’s daughter…
“…That’s not my father’s name.”
Ariante took a step back unconsciously. She felt Swan, who was standing behind her, grabbing her shoulders. At the same time, the attendants on both sides roughly lifted the old man.
“Nonsense. He’s just an old man with a bit of a strange mind.”
Gels said. Becker, being dragged away by them, didn’t resist further, but he kept looking back at Ariante. Ariante felt her heart pounding as if in the gaze of a stranger she had never seen since birth.
While Ariante, sensing something ominous but unable to find a logical way to explain it, Swan was in a state of considerable shock due to the old Becker’s words.
Jocelyn’s words that Ariante was not actually the duke’s daughter… Swan was convinced that it must be true. The problem was that Ariante seemed to have noticed it.
‘Just because Sisi said that…’
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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