“I should tell him you rescued him? No, I’ll just say I found him in the forest and treated him.”
“Please tell him you found him in the forest and treated him,” I requested.
“Alright, I found him and… huh?”
“Just in case… pretend I was… like, an assistant or something.”
Uncle Haven gave me a puzzled look.
“Why such a request, huh? Even someone as reputedly cold as the Duke would want to repay a favor! You could ask for money as repayment…!”
‘You wouldn’t understand…’
That such a gesture might cost me my life.
“You’re worried about the Count’s family finding out about your outing?”
“Well, yes…”
“If that’s the reason, I’ll explain it well to the Duke. So, I’ll reveal that you saved him.”
“No, absolutely not! Please don’t say anything.”
I couldn’t explain about the original story, how getting entangled would mess up the story’s progression, and ruin my escape plan. So, I vaguely brushed it off.
“I didn’t rescue him expecting anything in return… I just… don’t want to get involved with someone like that. I know it’s hard to understand, but please, Uncle…”
“Hmm… or I could take the money and give it to you on his behalf…”
“No, no! Please don’t accept anything from the Duke. Please.”
Even a small connection could entangle me again. It’s best to nip any possibility in the bud.
“I’ll visit again when I gather more money. You understand, right, Uncle?”
“Ah, well… alright. I get it.”
I might have revealed my identity if it weren’t for Leus. Uncle’s suggestion to get some money for my new identity and settlement funds in Belliata was a golden opportunity.
But the person I saved was Leus.
The mad villain from the original story! The cause of my demise!
So, avoiding any involvement was the best choice.
‘I can’t get entangled with a villain like this.’
I worked so hard to not disrupt the original story! I didn’t plan to let this incident ruin everything.
‘Maybe a little… just a little deviation lately… but it’s very minor.’
What could possibly go wrong now?
But as always, things in life don’t always go as planned.
It only took a week for me to realize this newfound truth.
Fortunately, I returned home safely. But due to dragging Leus to Anas, I spent almost four days mostly in bed, using muscles I hadn’t used before.
Despite no news from Leus, I was relieved that Uncle Haven had handled it well.
But there was still a problem to solve.
‘What about the money?’
I went to Anas that day to pay the final installment for my new identity.
But I ended up spending all that money on Leus’s medicine!
In a moment of panic, thinking a person might die, I made the wrong decision. Not that I regret saving a life, but…
The problem is that the person I saved was Leus, my nemesis.
Instead of distancing, I inadvertently created a bond. No news so far didn’t mean I could relax completely.
‘So, I need to gather the escape funds faster…’
Since Leus wouldn’t know I saved him, he wouldn’t be returning any money.
‘I wish I could ask Uncle Haven for help, but…’
He was just an employee managing one of the many branches of Anas, so he couldn’t just give me money or things for free.
No matter how much I thought about it, no good solution came to mind.
“What should I do now?”
The money I had painstakingly saved over months can’t be gathered again in a few days…
Then suddenly, an idea struck me.
“Ah…! My birthday!”
There’s my birthday next month! It’s one of the few days when my usually busy father pays attention to me.
Would he give me jewelry like last time? Even if it’s an inexpensive necklace compared to what Verodica usually wears, it would still be a significant amount of money for me.
‘Selling it might cover a good part of the money.’
Then I could gather the money faster than I expected.
Now the most urgent problem is…
The letter I hastily sent directly to the Earl of Ersian, declaring my desire for a divorce.
‘The letter must have already reached the Earl’s house by now.’
Getting caught by Feria was just a matter of time.
What worries me the most is, if Feria, angry upon learning this, decides to lock me up somewhere.
Now that I’ve recovered a bit, the sense of crisis is finally hitting me.
‘First, I need to check with Eni if there’s a chance the letter didn’t reach the Earl’s house…’
But then, suddenly, the door to the old attic room burst open.
“Roel!”
Feria, who never used to come near the annex, let alone my room, appeared. It meant that, one way or another, a response had arrived from the Earl.
‘Damn it.’
As I clumsily got up, Feria strode towards me and slapped my cheek with tremendous force. My head jerked to the side from the impact.
“Explain! Did you really send that letter to the Earl of Ersian?”
“…….”
“Why aren’t you speaking! Answer me, did you send it?!”
Unable to reply, I received another slap from Feria. I covered my cheek and staggered, but Feria, not tolerating even that, roughly grabbed my wrist.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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