Selected as the New Stepmother (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 22
A special edition newspaper spread through the streets: those who had gone on border patrol had returned. They came back just two days earlier than scheduled.
‘What an odd turn of events.’
I visited the agency because I couldn’t find anyone to hire at the mercenary guild, and considered temporarily hiring a wandering knight despite the high cost. There, I unexpectedly ran into my friend who had frozen my father’s account—and my debtor. He greeted me warmly the moment he saw me, but my voice didn’t sound nearly as kind.
Hearing the full story, he flew into a rage and asked what I meant. Then he accompanied me to the Artenbach Bank to prove that he had been paying interest properly all along and had never been late.
That’s how I learned the bank had made an error: his account had been suspended due to a missing record.
As compensation for being unable to use his account for several days, I received additional interest calculated day by day from the suspension date until now.
…I nearly seized an innocent man.
‘Good things keep happening.’
Even a letter arrived from Blackswan—Lanson had inquired about our terms.
Since he’s already affiliated with the art museum, his asking about conditions suggests he’s seriously considering breaking his contract and joining us. My heart fluttered.
‘Now I can bring in not just Lanson, but other talented people too!’
I have sufficient funds. I’ve already hired someone to repair the mansion, and I plan to make plenty of carrot purée—my father’s favorite.
‘I wish today could last forever.’
It had been ever since the Kid slept over at the Viscount’s residence. The future I’d thought was hopelessly tangled and impossible to untangle had, like magic, begun to unravel.
“Miss, the repairman says he’ll arrive at the mansion soon—what should we do?”
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After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
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