Sister, I'm the Queen This Life (330 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 476
The Citizens’ Representative cried out as if spitting blood.
“Bandit gangs have run rampant, crossing our borders and reaching deep into the interior! We’ve repeatedly sent pleas for help to His Majesty the King through several local lords, yet we’ve received no reply whatsoever!”
The Citizens’ Representative was someone engaged in overland trade between the northeastern region of the Kingdom of Etruria and the Republic of Porto as well as the Kingdom of Galico. It was a small-scale land-based counterpart to Unaisola, which had established itself in the central-western coast, shifted to maritime trade, and eventually broken away from its former liege lord.
“It’s true that those Acireto scoundrels have often disguised their nationality, sailed in secretly, and raided our coastlines before.”
Between the Kingdom of Etruria and the Principality of Acireto lay countless uninhabited islands whose exact ownership remained ambiguous despite both sides asserting claims.
Some of these islands were settled by unidentifiable Etruscans and Aciretoans, transforming them into inhabited isles.
However, not a single one of those islands was fertile.
Those who settled on them almost invariably turned to piracy, raiding Etruria’s fertile coastal regions during harvest season. The Etruscans firmly believed these raiders were purely and entirely from Acireto.
“Those ruffians never used to venture this far inland. But recently, perhaps because food has grown scarce along the coast, they’ve sailed up rivers and crept deep inland, plundering not just merchants but even ordinary farmsteads!”
This shift owed much to coastal merchants—once scattered and engaged in maritime trade—who had now banded together under Unaisola.
Once these merchants gathered in Unaisola, situated in the middle of marshlands, built walls, and began traveling in organized caravans, they ceased to be easy prey for pirates.
Coastal pirates, seeking softer and easier targets, thus began infiltrating inland.
“Are you certain your reports reached His Majesty?”
Alfonso briefly allowed himself a hopeful thought.
Perhaps the local lords, caught up in their own petty rivalries, had simply neglected to inform the central authority altogether. He hoped, against hope, that Leo III couldn’t possibly be so utterly neglectful as to ignore even foreign incursions.
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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