“It seems my son has seen the frame of your mother talking.”
“Yes, but…”
“What do you see?”
What do I see? Nari touched her chin for a moment and answered as she saw.
Things her mom helped with, seemed to have a good personality, and other such stories. Nanhee spoke to Nari.
“What thoughts come to your mind when you see my son’s eyes?”
“His gaze? Well, I don’t look that closely, so…”
As Nari stared at the frame, puzzled, she twisted her hair. Nanhee smiled at Nari.
“Your mom was clueless in matters of love too. Ordinary people notice that first. That’s why your dad disliked my son.”
“…That kind of gaze?! Ugh!! I hate it!!”
As if Nari got chills, she covered my shoulders.
People say other people’s love stories are sweet, and their parents’ love stories are like aged honey. But this was not sweet at all.
‘Oh, I thought what that guy talked about last night was a joke. Seems like it was serious. What should I do…’
Nari, who had such thoughts, made an astonished expression. Nanhee chuckled and said, “Rest assured, your mother and father have never committed adultery. Both of them are like honey dripping from their eyes. My son has never crossed any lines either.”
“Well, still!! It’s a bit awkward!! Not crossing any lines… it’s a relief, but…”
Nari finally calmed down at the assurance that they had never committed adultery. Well, human hearts are inevitable.
Moreover, her mom was originally beautiful, kind, and strong, so it might have been inevitable for others to fall for her.
“Anyway, not being able to notice such things from that side seems to be a trait of you mother and daughter. Judging by looks, your taste in men is similar to your mother’s, right? Disliking bad guys, being submissive and blind to oneself, and yet being skilled at handling you like a jewel.”
Looking around, Nahee laughed with a teasing tone. Thinking of Gang Ihyeon at her words, Nari blushed, stuttering as she replied.
“Ugh…! W-What does that have to do with anything! Does that mean I’m completely clueless in pairs?!”
“Seems like there’s someone like that around you?”
“I-Ignore that!! I-I, it’s not like that!”
As Nari got excited and protested, Nahee chuckled again, pressing Nari’s shoulders as if telling her to calm down.
“Ah! S-Sorry.”
Nari, realizing that her words could be interpreted as rude, belatedly apologized.
Suddenly, seeing Nari’s submissive behavior, the Dominator of Chaos sent an indirect message.
[Nari… Why have you become so soft like this?]‘I-I don’t know. That grandma is really perceptive…’
Watching Nari continue to fluster and then calm down, the usual feisty Nari had long disappeared.
Seeing Nari like that, Nahee chuckled.
“It’s because of the nature of a god. Born to disregard the emotions others feel. There’s probably nothing significant about those emotions that others perceive. There’s a lot to do.”
“…The nature of a god?”
Nari asked slowly at Nahee’s words.
“People with vessels large enough to be bestowed with a mission by gods. You probably have it too. You, too, will undoubtedly leave something in the world as a representative of your Seat.”
“…I don’t have anything like that.”
In response to Nahee’s words, Nari tightly grasped her hooded jacket and turned her gaze to the side. A long silence followed. Unable to endure the awkward atmosphere, Nari finally asked a question.
“Did our mom also have something like that?”
“Yeah. Probably.”
“What was it? What did our mom leave behind?”
Nahee hoped that the failure of the East Grade 1 gate wouldn’t be something remembered by the world. Seeing Nari in such a state, Nahee chuckled.
“I think someone who has seen your mom directly and spent a long time by her side would know better than me.”
At those words, Nari, who was stubbornly pulling on her jacket, stopped her hands.
She had a sense of who the person Nahee was talking about was. Nari’s expression became contorted.
“I hate it.”
“Why?”
“Do you know what that guy did to me after Mom died? And he even started a new family right after Mom’s death. He already has no interest in our mom. Do I have to contact that man?! I won’t. I will absolutely not see him again. Never!”
Nari’s words accelerated. Listening quietly to her rapid outpour of words, Nahee suddenly touched Nari’s head with a tap.
And she stroked it a few times.
The refreshing power of the aura seeped into her entire body. With a slightly relieved feeling, Nari clenched her fists. Nahee calmly spoke.
“Did you come here because you want to find out about Mom’s actions?”
“…Yes.”
“We also have a mother that you don’t know about. Only your father would know that. Take your time to weigh the options. Decide whether it’s more comforting to leave it as it is or to dig deep and find out, even if it hurts.”
Upon hearing those words, Nari only looked down at her own shoes.
Digging deep even if it hurts, or just leaving it be. Nari herself was certain that she could never tolerate the latter.
Nari raised her head and spoke.
“I haven’t completely trusted you yet. I haven’t made a decision, whether to trust you or not.”
“Sure, you’re a kid with a lot of doubts.”
“Is that necessarily a bad thing?”
Nahee looked down at Nari. Standing tall, with her black eyes staring intensely.
Nahee, who thought that this aspect resembled Kang Ha-na, smirked and gently stroked Nari’s head again.
“No, doubt and verification are just a small step apart. Blind trust without suspicion may prevent you from standing firm on your own.”
“Well… That’s a bit unexpected. Everyone seems to dislike being questioned about themselves.”
Nari, upon hearing that, narrowed her eyes. Nahee, looking at Nari like that, snapped her fingers.
Doubting itself is not a bad thing; it’s the survival technique that has kept you alive until now. The real issue is how you use that technique.”
After finishing her sentence, Nahee looked around, and following her finger, a dimensional gate leading outside the tower became visible.
The time had already passed morning, and the temple bell was ringing.
Deep in thought, Nari sighed deeply and headed towards the dimensional gate.
“Well then, I’ll go to verify. That way, my mind might ease a bit.”
“If you find the answer, come back here to say hello again. I can’t leave this place.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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