No Evil Lady in the World (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 23
Without realizing it, Jocelyn, who had raised her voice at Sediloi, had her expression harden stiffly. She looked at Sediloi with a deeply flustered expression, but despite her attitude as a mere servant, he showed no particular reaction.
The clear midsummer sunlight fell over Sediloi’s hair as he stood with his back to the window. His deep, almost black, bark-like brown hair stood out strikingly. In contrast, his blue eyes, like a deep lake, appeared somewhat darker.
Sediloi silently gazed at Jocelyn, who was staring intently at his face, and then spoke.
“I’ve always wondered, Jocelyn, why you’re so devoted to this household.”
Jocelyn frowned for a moment, as if she didn’t understand his words. But soon, she returned to her usual impassive demeanor, slightly raising her chin and said,
“Because it is my duty.”
Sediloi gave a short laugh.
“Is it because you’re a descendant of the Stafford family, who have served the ducal house for generations? I could understand if it were your eyes, hair, or perhaps your temperament… but is loyalty something that’s inherited?”
Jocelyn, her thin lips faintly twitching with wrinkles, spoke.
“I believe so, Your Grace. I believe that the blood flowing in me exists solely for the well-being of the Valterminster ducal house.”
“That’s quite peculiar, Jocelyn.”
Jocelyn’s eyebrows furrowed.
“Peculiar, you say?”
Sediloi now stood fully facing Jocelyn, his back completely to the window. His broad shoulders, resting against the window frame, partially blocked the slanting sunlight.
“What I mean is the true source of your loyalty. That loyal blood you say flows in you… it doesn’t just come from nowhere, does it?”
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
It was her who made that old lady blind?? What an awful person……or maybe not, but still she is really disgusting.
BOY DONT PLAY WITH ME. OMG NO WONDER THE CHILD IS BEHAVING LIKE LOOSE GOOSE
Very matured. Just blaming anyone but yourself on your inadequacy.