“Do not leave alone…”
“Do not make me hear a story of you dying alone in a place where I am not present.”
Benjamin didn’t forget the knights who were dying on the suppression front.
“Why would I die?”
“Soldiers on the suppression front are always close to death.”
“I am neither a mercenary nor a knight.”
“You held a sword. Even if I told you not to, you still held a sword.”
Benjamin grasped Sharlov’s hand.
“Put down the blade that tears my grip apart.”
“…”
“I know you, Sharl.”
When you need to let go of something.
You will be the first thing you let go of.
“The suppression front is closest to death. And, having experienced many deaths, I know.”
He knows because he remembers the warriors who died on the suppression front.
“You resemble them.”
“What do you mean by resembling them?”
“I will never tell you.”
“Why?”
“When I say it, you will realize it yourself. You will inevitably walk the path I told you not to.”
That you, who are easiest to let go of, don’t realize.
“Were you worried?”
“Is that what you call it?”
“I knew the suppression front was dangerous. I never treated it lightly.”
“…”
“It just felt heavy, as if the front of my eyes was covered with water.”
Sharlov whispered softly.
“It was hazy, as if buried in water.”
“Are you okay?”
“It’s still a bit hazy.”
Benjamin touched Sharlov’s forehead.
“You have a fever. If you ran through the night to break through to the Purfuta and expected your body to be intact, that would be greed.”
“It’s a bit hot.”
“Take care of your body. Even though I’m next to you, you seem to have no interest in your own safety.”
Sharlov awkwardly scratched her cheek. Benjamin flicked her cheek with his fingertip.
“You wished for a comfortable path, yet you worry me by choosing a thorny path.”
Sharlov touched Benjamin’s cheek. The cheek was cold.
“Don’t worry.”
“I’m worried.”
“I’ll be careful.”
“If you had been careful before stepping on the suppression front, I would have worried less.”
Sharlov briefly kissed his lips.
Softly,
she enclosed his lower lip as if stealing his breath. She reached out with both arms and groped him. Certainly, his jawline was thick and firm.
Because he had been on the suppression front, the skin was rough. While feeling that, Sharlov whispered softly.
“The skin is rough.”
“Because I just climbed up the suppression front.”
Benjamin’s words were unclear due to the sudden kiss.
“Uh-huh.”
Benjamin wordlessly wrapped his arms around Sharlov’s waist.
Sharlov, who had been sitting in front of the dressing table, swallowed her breath quickly.
With a floating sensation in her body, her two legs lifted.
Sharlov wrapped her legs around his waist.
Benjamin held Sharlov and went to the bed. The bed creaked slightly.
Instead of long words, they explored each other. Benjamin lowered his lips to Sharlov’s collarbone. A hot heat brushed against her.
It’s hot.
No, the body is hot.
The hazy body gradually became feverish. Bubbling. Like water boiling as it reaches the boiling point.
The throat trembled, and a sigh mixed with tears burst out.
Pahrr.
Eyelids trembled.
“…It’s the first time.”
“What?”
“I couldn’t breathe. It felt like my breath was rising to the tip of my chin. It was as if my body was half-submerged in water. My breath was blocked, and my vision became dim. I lost the awareness of whether I was breathing or not… but you came to mind.”
You, who held a sword on the suppression front.
“It seemed like I had to come here.”
“…”
“I should be by your side.”
It seemed like I could breathe behind you.
“I have to hide by your side.”
“…”
“So I can breathe. Because it felt like you would rescue me buried in the water.”
Either because the eyelids were heavy, or the delicate body kept closing and opening the eyes while drowsy.
“Are you sleepy?”
“My body is tired.”
“Sharl.”
“Stay by my side.”
Sharlov fell into a doze with a grumble.
This was nauseating.
‘I’m tired now.’
‘I’m exhausted.’
‘Let me go.’
Like inflammation eating into the flesh, there was inflammation in life.
It’s all over.
I’ve ended everything, my bones and flesh.
My death is the end and freedom,
forgetfulness is my consideration, and asking you to forget me.
Don’t wake me up.
This moment of rest is my repose.
Forget everything.
Forget and live. Forgetfulness is my last…
No, it’s my last plea.
“Those who wield swords find life to be tiresome. Life as a swordsman is all like that.”
Pedelin approached limping.
Outside, the view was blurred by thick clouds. As if covered in fog, the front was dim and obstructed.
Considering the distance between the Marquisate and the suppression front,
right now, the suppression front would be even more chaotic with poisonous fog mixed with the corpses of dead monsters.
“This old man’s back seems to be bent.”
“Even though you can put down the sword and retire.”
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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