Danmokchang opened his eyes.
For a moment, he could not realize what had happened to himself.
‘I was surely dining with Yeona.’
He didn’t know that the meal with Yeona had a sleeping fragrance in it. If he had known, he wouldn’t have invited her to the meal.
‘Yeona suddenly collapsed. She had only taken a spoonful of rice.’
So, he was surprised and supported her, thinking of calling a doctor.
‘Suddenly the ceiling collapsed, and that man…’
After that, he had no memory. Perhaps that man had knocked him out. The smiling face with a grin was still vividly recalled.
[Dash]Oh? You seem to have received good fortune since you’ve been behaving well lately.It was too mischievous a smile for a villain who suddenly came to someone’s house and collapsed the ceiling.
‘Is Yeona alright? Did that man possibly take her?’
Suddenly, he couldn’t think of any other reason for a stranger to appear and break the ceiling.
‘If she was dragged away without a chance to resist because I invited her to eat…’
He couldn’t help but feel guilty.
When Danmokchang sat up to check what was going on, he could hear the sound of someone approaching with large strides, and then the door flung open, and a familiar face entered.
It was Danmoksoo.
“You stupid fool!”
“Ugh!”
Danmoksoo kicked his eldest son’s ribs with all his might as soon as he saw him. Having just risen, Danmokchang crumbled weakly.
His ribs ached as if they were broken. Danmokchang let out a groan, but what was important now was not his ribs, but Yeona’s safety.
Danmokchang asked Danmoksoo.
“What on earth has happened?”
Then, as if he had been waiting, Danmoksoo slapped Danmokchang’s cheek and shouted.
“Is it so hard to win over a girl? How can you not even feed her when I’ve set her up for you!?”
Danmoksoo was strong. In an instant, handprints appeared on Danmokchang’s white cheek, and his lips burst, and blood welled up.
Still, Danmokchang looked at Danmoksoo with clear eyes and said,
“Please tell me what happened first, father.”
Since Danmokchang was so calm, Danmoksoo’s anger gradually subsided. Snorting, Danmoksoo turned his head quickly and responded in a surly tone.
“Jegal Yeona was kidnapped. But there’s no way Danmokse was kidnapped from inside the house. Obviously, it was Danmokbi who sneaked her away! You weak fool.”
“…….”
From Danmoksoo’s words, it was clear that the man knocked out Danmokchang and escaped with Yeona.
Danmoksoo, who did not see the man’s ability, seemed to think it was all a play staged by Danmokbi.
‘It seems like a kidnapping.’
But Danmokchang’s thoughts were different. The man’s wild face was very alien, and the clothing was different from that of Jeolgang Province. He must have come from afar.
‘Then he must have targeted Yeona from the beginning and watched her for a long time. I must go and rescue her quickly…’
He was in a hurry to get up, but an electric shocklike pain shot through the spot where Danmoksoo had kicked him earlier. He clutched his side and sank down.
“Ugh.”
Even though he had hurt his son with the kick, Danmoksoo did not feel sorry or guilty but openly scoffed.
“You would have saved face for Jegalse if you had become crippled. You really are clumsy at everything.”
“…….”
That he would even think to disguise it as being injured while protecting Yeona, after injuring him, was a heinous thought. It was even more horrifying that he would think so about his own child.
‘It would be better not to drag Yeona into this hell.’
He bore everything because he was a father, because he was a relative, but was there no reason to do so until then?
“Just understanding my emotions is enough.”
Even to convey such feelings, he had to meet her.
Danmokchang raised his head with a resolute expression.
“I will go after him.”
“What? Do you know where it is?”
“If Danmokbi moved himself, wouldn’t the three warriors know? I will go after him and save Jegalsojeo.”
Danmokchang’s eyes, unusually active, almost for the first time, went up slightly.
Somehow, it felt like something fun was about to happen.
(This is a time separator.)
The bloodrelated Spirit Mage’s interest in the zombielike existence was purely out of personal curiosity.
“Do humans completely disappear when they die? Then, can’t that body be controlled?”
That was the beginning of his curiosity. At first, he connected the thread to the corpse like a puppeteer and moved it, but later he used a talisman to make it move itself.
But that was not satisfying. A zombie moving with a talisman just moved, without any will or emotion.
His ultimate goal was a zombie with a soul that could carry out tasks with its own will.
“And for that, I need a ghost.”
Capturing a soul in this world was not just a matter of a single talisman. A more powerful force was needed, but most mediums with strong power were heavy and large. So, the crumbling body couldn’t bear it.
But the ghost was different. A word, just by arranging characters, could capture the soul; what a wonderful power.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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