In an unexpected situation, Sosa blinked her eyes.
Jakal, without a change in expression, looked at the children and coldly asked, “Who ordered the surveillance this time? Was it the village chief again?”
“Oh, no! I’m sorry! I didn’t intend to do anything like surveillance…”
“Then?”
Jakal carefully examined the faces of the children one by one.
As the children received his sharp gaze, they began to sniffle and whimper, some even shedding tears and wiping their runny noses.
Now that she looked, they all wore shabby and worn-out clothes with guilty and sly expressions.
Jakal, who had suspected that they were using children for surveillance, discovered familiar faces among the children and slightly furrowed his brows.
“Do you guys happen to know Aisha Camellia?”
At his words, the children were surprised and asked, “Huh? Do you know our sister Aisha?”
Sosa, too, realized something at that moment and looked at Jakal with widened eyes.
These were the children who had been used in the fake disappearance case, the ones Aisha had taken care of when she stayed in the minority village.
Jakal put aside his suspicions, relaxed his expression, and said, “Aisha talked about you guys.”
“Aisha…?”
They jumped up like puppies meeting their owner as soon as they heard the welcome name.
“Where is sister now?”
“She’s in the palace. She’s a noble Bannet, after all.”
“Oh, right. I remember now.”
Though Jakal said so with a sarcastic tone, the children’s faces turned slightly gloomy.
But they quickly changed their expressions and asked, “Mister, if we go to the palace, can we eat lots of delicious food and wear nice clothes?”
“Of course. Aisha is living very well, enjoying plenty of prosperity.”
“That’s a relief!”
The children smiled brightly with missing teeth.
They were children who lived such a difficult life, struggling to have a proper meal every day, yet they smiled so brightly without showing any signs of relief, as if they were really fortunate.
Jakal, watching their expressions, seemed to understand why Aisha had cared for and looked after these children so much.
After a moment of silence, he asked, “But what’s going on here?”
“Oh, that…,”
The children’s faces looked awkward, and suddenly a loud “snicker” sound echoed loudly from all around.
It was a sound loud enough to be sufficient to replace an answer.
Jakal turned around and went inside first, saying, “…Come in.”
The children hesitated, their eyes widening, but when Sosa kindly urged them to come in again, they followed him into the house like a flock of chicks.
They discovered numerous dishes on the dining table and exclaimed, “Wow!” in admiration.
When Jakal gestured for them to sit, the children, like a group of chicks, hurriedly sat down at the dining table.
“Do you eat well? Aisha was quite worried about you.”
At the mention of their sister’s worry, the children quickly and bravely replied, “Yes! Please tell her that we’re okay!”
“That’s right! We even know how to hunt now! During the day, we go to the mountains to catch animals.”
“Great hunters!”
As Sosa smiled and said so, the children blinked their eyes as if receiving praise for the first time, then their faces lit up with pride, and they began to boast even more loudly.
Jakal, quietly listening, said, “Stop making noise and eat. If I keep listening to your stories, the food might get cold.”
He added expressionlessly, “I can’t stand noisy kids.”
Upon hearing his words, the children looked embarrassed, quickly fell silent, and began to eat quietly.
Sosa was about to scold him for speaking so harshly, but she just sighed and glanced at him instead.
Even so, Jakal ate his meal much slower than usual. It was an act of conceding so that the children could eat their share.
In reality, he hadn’t been eating much since coming here because he believed that as long as he ate enough not to die in extreme situations, it was sufficient. To him, this place was just another extreme situation or exhibition.
The way they hastily ate made it seem like they were starving.
On days when the hunt failed, they must have gone hungry.
Their faces were filled with happiness as if they were truly enjoying warm and delicious food for the first time in a long while.
Images of Naji’s face involuntarily came to mind.
Watching those faces quietly, Jakal said, “Feel free to come here every day from now on and have meals with us.”
“Really?”
The children, with their mouths full of food, asked with widened eyes, with food sticking all over their faces.
“Yeah. No matter what happens, you should always eat your meals. In return, every time the meal is over, tell me how Aisha has been living in the village. This is a deal. To become true hunters, you must learn the art of negotiation.”
The children shouted with bright faces, “Yes! Thank you, sir!”
“Not sir.”
Watching Jakal firmly saying that, Sosa stifled her laughter.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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