Finally, the day of the meeting arrived.
I packed the clothes and cosmetics and left the royal palace. My destination was a shabby inn room in a back alley of the bustling area.
Soon, I emerged from the inn, transformed into a slender beauty.
“Phew…”
I was confident in my disguise, but real-life situations always come with uncertainties, so I was a bit nervous.
I pursed my lips tightly and slightly lifted my chin. Walking briskly tends to attract less attention. I focused on looking straight ahead.
“Let’s go.”
Clutching my handbag like a lifeline, I cautiously started walking.
Our meeting place was a bench by the river. It was winter and cold outside, so there weren’t many passersby.
We had agreed to recognize each other by wearing distinctive hats as a secret signal. I chose a hat with a flower, and Rumi, one with feathers.
“Hmm.”
Fortunately, I spotted Rumi from afar. He wore a large-brimmed hat suitable for summer, adorned with feathers. I grumbled inwardly about how conspicuous it was.
I approached Rumi.
“Hello.”
“!”
Rumi’s makeup-free face shot up in surprise. His eyes widened the moment he saw me.
“Could it be… Jin?”
With my hair dyed a darker shade of honey-brown and styled neatly, coupled with the dramatic makeup of an actress, my overall appearance had drastically changed.
I started the conversation coolly.
“We can’t stay long, so I’ll keep it brief.”
“No, wait, Jin. Can I talk first? I’m really sorry. I mean it, I want to apologize.”
Rumi interrupted me urgently.
I decided to listen.
“Well, you were right. I made a mistake. The male lead rejected me. Even before I could confess.”
Rumi spoke in a defeated tone. He looked quite unwell.
“So, what now?”
“Uh, so, I’m sorry. I realized my mistake. I took this transmigration too lightly. I should have listened to you…”
Tears welled up in Rumi’s eyes.
“Anyway, you’re the only person I can rely on here. I don’t need to hide anything from you, we can trust each other as friends…”
I let out a bitter laugh. How contradictory, considering he once said my knowing everything about him was a problem.
Yet, I also felt pity for him. After all, he was desperately reaching out for help, and it would be too cruel to reject him harshly.
Rumi shed tears like tiny pearls.
“Listen, Jin. I really want to be happy here. I’ve never been happy before, so at least in this world…”
I felt conflicted.
In reality, Rumi had every opportunity to be happy.
But he left it all behind to enter this novel. Would this life truly bring him happiness?
If it was possible, he should have done it by now.
“Rumi.”
“Yeah…”
I took a deep breath before speaking.
“The best thing to do is to stop obsessing over this failed transmigration and return to real life.”
“……!”
“You said it yourself. There’s a gate to go back.”
“Jin…”
Rumi clasped his hands almost pleadingly.
“Here is better than there. And if I go back through the gate, it’s like I never existed!”
“What?”
I asked, wide-eyed.
“What do you mean?”
“It means the story progresses as if Elphriede was never possessed.”
“Huh?”
I couldn’t quite understand. What was he talking about?
Rumi paced restlessly, his expression fraught with frustration.
“I just managed to make an impression in the male lead’s mind, but if I leave through the gate, it’s all for nothing!”
His face crumpled.
“In this novel world, no one will remember me!”
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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