“Let’s go!”
He pushed the swing at the lakeside with all his might. As it reached the peak, the boy on the swing leaped off with a joyful scream. Kirian Istira, who flew like a flying squirrel, landed in the middle of the lake with a splash.
“Wow!”
Kirian spurted out water and floated up.
“It’s exciting! Sister! Sister, you should try it too!”
“I… I?”
She swallowed her saliva. This play was perfect for boarding the bus to the underworld.
This boy, who would become a future sword master and the strongest in this world, would be fine, but for ordinary me, even a slight mistake would be perfect for breaking my neck.
“Yes! Get on the swing quickly! I’ll push you!”
“Uh… Yes… Okay. Wow… It’s going to be fun.”
She reluctantly climbed onto the swing. Even though she hadn’t fallen into the water yet, her body was shaking involuntarily.
“Here we go.”
As Kirian pushed her back with tremendous force, she tore through the air like a North Korean missile that had appeared on the news in her previous life.
“Ahhh!”
Instead of a joyful scream from her mouth, a roar for survival erupted.
Splash!
As she sank beneath the surface with a splash, water rushed into her eyes, nose, and mouth.
“Gah cough, cough!”
She thrashed around but couldn’t tell which way was up or down.
She began to sink.
Oh, it seemed that no matter how much she struggled, she couldn’t escape death.
As she swallowed water and closed her eyes, someone pulled her arm and dragged her to the lakeside.
“Sister! Sister!”
He slapped her cheeks very sharply.
Her cheeks felt like they were on fire.
The future strongest in the world indeed had extraordinary hands.
If he didn’t stop this hand now, her cheeks would become like a hamster’s.
“I’m okay!”
She coughed out the water and waved her hand.
“I’m perfectly fine!”
“Phew… You scared me!”
Kirian pouted.
“You’re playing dead again to trick me, aren’t you?”
“Uh… Yes… That’s right. The joke was a bit much, wasn’t it? I’m sorry, sister.”
She smiled with compassion, holding back tears.
Although her short life had just flashed before her eyes, she must never show it.
She had already become annoying to Kirian, and if she didn’t indulge him, she couldn’t guarantee her future life.
“Sister doesn’t have to play on the swing… I’ll push Kirian hard!”
Kirian’s cheeks puffed up even more.
“Tsk. I want to play with my sister. If you don’t like this game, shall we play something else? Something we can do together!”
A chill suddenly ran down her spine. She didn’t know what the other game would be.
It was better to continue this game where survival was somewhat guaranteed.
“Ah… No. Let’s continue this game. Sister loves this game so much…!”
In her previous life as a graduate student, she put on the smile that made the professor’s absurd demands sound like the absolute truth.
I’m a dog… A dog for the professor no, for Kirian. Woof, woof.
“Woohoo. It’s so fun… no, it’s really fun.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Exactly one year ago, I was an ordinary graduate student in South Korea.
On a Saturday morning when I should have been oversleeping, I was with my lab assistants, climbing the mountain behind the school for the sake of unity.
The professor, who enjoyed mountain climbing as a hobby, was running ahead today, fully dressed with hiking clothes, hiking bag, and hiking stick.
“You guys are so young, why are you complaining so much?” he laughed heartily.
I had come straight from an allnighter in the lab, so just keeping up was a miracle, but,
I smiled as wide as possible and said,
“Professor, you have such good stamina that it’s hard to keep up. You’re really amazing.”
As soon as we reached the top of the cliff with steep sides, the professor was immersed in old memories again.
“Ah, I haven’t changed since I was a student. We should commemorate this with a photo.”
I didn’t hesitate for a second.
I immediately took out my phone, squatted down, and tilted it forward about 15 degrees.
“I take pictures amazingly well, Professor.”
The Professor did not hesitate for even a second.
He immediately took a pose, lifting his foot onto the rock and looking at the distant mountains.
“Is the background coming out well? If the background doesn’t come out, it’s meaningless.”
At the Professor’s direction, I began to awkwardly back away.
“It’s perfect, Professor. Maybe it’s because the proportion is good, but the picture is really coming alive?”
The Professor glanced at me and shook his head.
“Ah, it won’t all come out like that, will it? Can you go a little further back?”
I stepped back one more foot, paying attention to the angle of the photo.
Shielding his eyes with his hand like an adventurer, the Professor began to gaze at the distant mountains again.
“The background from that mountain range to the opposite one is all coming out, right?”
Even though I twisted and turned my phone, the angle did not come out, and the moment I carelessly took one more step back, I slipped, and my foot twisted.
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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