Got it. Cedric finally understood how Jocelyn made Vervo and Liria lose consciousness in the middle of the lake. There was no way Liria went to the kitchen to make sandwiches and prepare the basket herself.
Jocelyn must have drugged the food while making that basket. Or perhaps she secretly opened a basket prepared by another maid… It wouldn’t have taken much time. Just a few drops would have been enough.
“And when you two went to the lake, Jocelyn, the housekeeper, came looking for me. With an axe! And she told me to leave immediately. If I didn’t, she said she would kill me right away. So I…”
Becker sobbed, saying that was all he knew. Cedric closed his eyes, rubbing his forehead.
“Jemero, take him away. Keep him locked up so he can’t escape. Also, continue monitoring Aint and Gels, make sure they do not escape. And bring the herbalist from Negrion. Keep him detained as well.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
Becker shouted, “Your Grace! Please spare me! Please spare this old life, Your Grace…”
Cedric glared sharply at Becker with sharp and dark eyes.
“It depends on how you handle yourself, Becker. You should say the same thing in front of me now as you would in front of anyone else. Without missing a single detail. Do you understand?”
“I, in front of anyone… What does that…”
“You don’t need to know. Jemero, take him out.”
When Jemero opened the door, Aint and Gels entered and dragged Becker out. The old man seemed to have no strength left, and he was dragged away as if he had collapsed.
Cedric didn’t think he would be shocked, but that wasn’t the case. He felt the energy draining from his body as if he himself was surprised. From the moment Jocelyn intentionally destroyed the boat until Vervo and Liria boarded it… How much time had passed? If Becker had just shouted once.
Understanding his fear yet feeling an overwhelming urge to kill him right away, Cedric suppressed the boiling anger, thinking, “It’s not the time yet.”
The fingertips holding the armrest trembled. The roots of tightly clenched teeth were sore.
“Your Grace, it’s Mayana.”
Jemero said. Cedric exhaled like a sigh of relief, closed his mouth for a moment, and then said, “Let her in.”
When Mayana entered, Cedric turned his head quickly. The urgent pace of her footsteps indicated that something was wrong. Something urgent and serious.
Cedric got up from his chair the moment Mayana entered the room. She looked cold and somehow angry. Her cheeks were pale, and her gathered fingertips were busy and energetically moving. There was no doubt. Something was definitely wrong.
“Mayana, what’s going on? Your face…”
As he reached out his hand, Mayana shook her head and stepped back. When Cedric was surprised, she said, “Your Grace, you need to go to the Duchess right now. Prepare yourself mentally. Quickly.”
When Cedric entered Ariante’s bedroom, she was sitting on her bed, chin resting on her hand, staring out the window.
Swann was sitting in a small chair next to her, and when she saw Cedric, she quietly stood up, looking at Ariante. As he reached out his hand, Mayana shook her head and stepped back. When Cedric was surprised, she said, “Your Grace, you need to go to the Duchess right now. Prepare yourself mentally. Quickly.”
When Cedric entered Ariante’s bedroom, she was sitting on her bed, chin resting on her hand, staring out the window.
Swann was sitting in a small chair next to her, and when she saw Cedric, she quietly stood up, looking at Ariante. If Ariante knew everything, then Swann and, of course, Cedric should think the same thing. The thoughts that they had known everything he had hidden so far, that sooner or later the truths had to be revealed, were now in front of his eyes, in front of Ariante’s eyes, and in front of Swann’s eyes.
[Please note: As per your instructions, I’m providing the English translation with the names and genders of the characters accurately and consistently.] [Children always grow up eventually. I’m not unaware that you love and cherish Ariante as your own daughter, but you shouldn’t think that the child will remain unaware of the truth forever.]That was the meaning. Cedric repeated King Elmerat’s words in his mind like a soliloquy. He thought he had understood at that time, but seeing the situation with his own eyes was completely different from simply understanding it in his mind.
“Swann, could you step outside for a moment?”
As Cedric spoke, Swann, with a worried expression, glanced at Ariante once again and nodded. Ariante slightly raised her arm, as if reaching out to Swann, then nodded silently without saying a word.
Some kind of bond had formed between the two children, and Cedric couldn’t penetrate this type of connection. Therefore, he waited in silence.
Swann slowly moved, intending to pass by Cedric, but suddenly she looked up at him. Seeing a concern inappropriate for her age in her eyes, Cedric gave a faint smile.
“Thank you.”
Ex-husband Wants Reconciliation
One-line summary: Chasing the wife to the crematorium (making an effort to attract someone who has become indifferent), the female lead doesn’t look back, the second male lead takes the position.
Intro:
To repay the kindness of the older generation, Su Mu crossed into a female-dominated world and became a live-in daughter-in-law of the Yan family, single-handedly saving the Yan family from fire and water.
But her husband, Yan Jiyue, the eldest son of the Yan family, treated her with sarcasm and never showed her a good face.
It wasn’t until after Su Mu’s death that this pampered and arrogant young master shed a few fake tears and pretended to want to die for love.
This life’s kindness was enough. If there was a next life, she would definitely kick Yan Jiyue away.
Who knew that the heavens would be so kind as to allow her to be reborn, returning to the time when she had just married into the Yan family.
Su Mu glanced at the Yan eldest son, who still spoke coldly to her, and threw a divorce letter in front of him.
“Let’s divorce!”
***
Yan Jiyue never imagined that he would be reborn. He happily went to find Su Mu, wanting to make up for the mistakes he had made in his ignorant youth.
Wasn’t the reason the heavens allowed him to be reborn to let him reconcile with Su Mu?
But when he pushed open the door to Su Mu’s room, the person lying on the bed was another man.
Su Mu’s personal attendant, Xie Yi.
Yan Jiyue hated him so much that his teeth itched. In front of Su Mu, Xie Yi was a gentle and considerate whisperer of sweet nothings, but in reality, he was vicious-hearted and deliberately sabotaged their husband and wife relationship.
In the previous life, it was he who secretly hid in Su Mu’s coffin and committed suicide, stealing a step ahead of him to be buried with Su Mu.
Yan Jiyue’s eyes were filled with hatred as he cursed, “What kind of thing are you? Your background is lowly, what right do you have to occupy Su Mu?”
Xie Yi looked at the sleeping Su Mu and no longer pretended to be a whisperer of sweet nothings.
He proudly stuck out his belly, “I have the right because my belly is capable of giving the Wife-master a daughter.”
***
Yan Jiyue was consumed with jealousy. He spread rumors that Xie Yi had once been branded with the mark of a “harlot” on his chest.
But on the night Xie Yi cut off the flesh bearing that mark, Su Mu suddenly realized something was amiss.
“How did you know the exact moment I was poisoned? And why did you show up a month early?”
Xie Yi remained silent, blood from his wound soaking through his robes. His sapphire eyes brimmed with anguish – or was it just a flawless act?
Between a once-arrogant husband now seeking redemption, and a gentle soul willing to die for her – who truly held the darkest secrets? And could it be that Su Mu and Yan Jiyue weren’t the only ones given a second chance at life…?
[Reading Guide]
1. True divorce, chasing the wife to the crematorium, the female lead doesn’t look back, the male lead is Xie Yi.
2. The ex-husband did not cheat, he just realized too late and didn’t realize that he liked the female lead.
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