She was bathed and dressed in fresh clothes, lying pale and still.
Roderick removed his black leather gloves and gently touched the tip of her nose.
Her breaths were so faint it seemed as if they might stop at any moment.
Her delicate breathing made him uneasy. He didn’t understand why such fragile breaths could suffocate him.
Roderick watched her peaceful face for a long time.
“Diana Beatus.”
Even his whisper did not stir her.
He remembered being petulant because she never called his name.
Diana. Diana Beatus. Rolling her name on his tongue felt like he was drawing closer to her.
‘Can you hold me tight before we part?’
‘I fell for you at first sight.’
‘I worked so hard to escape! If you die, it’s all for nothing! I need you!’
Her voice, yearning for life, shone through. She always gave her all.
This small, frail woman had an unyielding will to live.
Roderick softly held her hand. Its lifeless chill settled in his palm. He longed for her warmth.
“Why…”
He was confused. Unfamiliar emotions churned uncomfortably in his hollow chest.
He couldn’t define them.
He just wished she would live. That was Roderick’s thought.
“Wake up. You wanted to live, didn’t you?”
I’ll make it happen. Wake up.
He didn’t realize his voice had softened.
Diana’s presence in his heart grew, yet unknown to anyone, its extent remained a mystery.
She was aware of being in a dreamlike state. There was no pain, no one else in sight.
Floating in a dark space, she grabbed a book drifting alongside her.
What captivated her as she read the book was the story of a villainess.
A villainess, by definition, is a cruel and brutal woman.
However, in most stories, the villainess is foolishly obsessed with a man, blaming others for his infidelity.
Thinking everything is the fault of the heroine and seeking revenge.
But why? Doesn’t it occur to her that the man is at fault?
He’s the one who cheated without resolving the relationship.
Yet she still desires him? What does she see in that man? What’s so special about him?
Please, broaden your perspective.
Sister!
As if being sucked into the book, the words transformed into images, then reality, changing the scene before her eyes.
In a sea of blazing red flames stood the majestic imperial palace.
Against the backdrop of the partially destroyed main palace, the crown prince and the villainess faced off.
“If I can’t have you…”
The villainess, shining brilliantly, smiled like a rose laden with poison.
“Then you must come with me, Your Highness.”
She reached for the prince’s neck, intending to poison him. But the prince’s hand was faster.
Before the poison on her sharp nails could touch him, a long sword pierced the villainess’s heart.
The villainess, shunned in the prince and saintess’s love game, Vanessa Beatus of the Beatus family, died like that.
Everything froze. Everything crumbled.
The woman, stabbed in the heart by her love.
The woman who even attempted to assassinate the emperor.
The woman, merely a pawn of the prince, fell,
And with her, everything else.
Succumbed to darkness.
The villainess’s world collapsed.
Pitying the now kin-like villainess, Diana embraced her and cried profusely in her dream.
Is it a nightmare?
Tears overflowed and fell from beneath her quivering eyelids.
Roderick, with his bare hands, tenderly wiped her cheeks, moved by her incessant weeping.
His affectionate gesture stunned those who knew Roderick well, leaving them speechless.
It had already been five days since they arrived in the North.
Diana had not awakened for quite some time.
“Sir, I need to change the water in the bowl.”
Feliche, standing by the wide-open door, gave a subtle smile and raised his index finger to the maid, signaling her to leave quietly.
Occasionally, people curious about Diana’s condition came to visit, and this young maid seemed to be one of them.
Audacity. The disobedience to the master’s orders was becoming rampant.
Feliche’s expression hardened as he closed the door.
His transformation into a more serious demeanor began after his return from his escape.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
