Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 171
In mid-June, Ariadne had nearly finished purchasing wheat.
“Lady de Mare. Here is the interim financial report.”
Representative Caruso handed Ariadne the report. He had come to the de Mare mansion specifically for this interim settlement. Sunlight streamed softly through the arched windows, filtering through linen curtains to gently brighten the study.
Beside Ariadne, who was carefully flipping through the report, sat Petruccia. Her hair was still short, but unlike when she had been at the Bocanegro Trading Company, she now wore a girl’s indoor dress. Dressed in well-fitted clothing, she appeared far more at ease.
While Ariadne reviewed the report, Representative Caruso casually asked,
“Hey, kid—how are you holding up?”
At first, when Ariadne demanded his cooperation, Caruso had assumed it was merely a warning—just the Lady de Mare enforcing discipline to prevent Bocanegro from spreading rumors about the “Heart of the Azure Sea.”
But soon he realized how naive he’d been. At midnight that very day, when he arrived at the de Mare mansion with Ducato coins and the contract, he found his daughter wearing a girl’s dress.
He instantly grasped that Lady de Mare had known everything all along and taken Petruccia under her wing—and that his daughter was now effectively a hostage.
“She’s putting in two, even three layers of safeguards.”
Unaware of her father’s inner turmoil, Petruccia beamed brightly.
“Papa, I love it here! I don’t have to lie anymore!”
Ariadne, still reading the report, added kindly,
“She’s bright and quick-witted. She learns fast. You’ve raised a wonderful child, Representative Caruso.”
“Th-thank you,” he replied, flustered. Ariadne set the finished report down on the desk.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
I’m still curious of what Alphonso meant by the last chapter
So Alphonso is misunderstanding now?