The members of the organization coughed conspicuously and murmured wistfully at the sight of the two.
“Our leader finally has a spring day…”
They misunderstood that the two were going on a date after training together…
Upon arriving home, Jackal sharply surveyed the surroundings once to check if anyone was tailing them, and then quietly locked the door.
With a slightly cautious face, Asha asked, looking at his back.
“Why are you locking the door…?”
Jackal looked back with a meaningful expression.
“Because your identity must not leak out.”
“What…?”
Asha blinked her eyes.
“They say all butterflies carry the spirit of the wind in their hearts.”
When he brought up butterflies out of the blue, Asha was slightly taken aback.
Jackal calmly asked.
“I saw the wind stirring around your hand earlier. Was that the first time?”
“Ah, yes.”
“It seems like you used the wind’s ability that the spirit has.”
“The ability of the wind…?”
Asha asked in surprise, but Jackal still spoke calmly.
“You saw it earlier. The arrows were hitting the target dead center.”
“But that might just be because I have talent in archery…”
Asha trailed off, somehow feeling embarrassed by what she had said.
Jackal also chuckled, smiling.
“Even if you have talent, how many people in the world can hit the dead center consecutively with arrows they’re shooting for the first time?”
“Didn’t you do that, Captain?”
“……Somehow, that makes me feel bad.”
Jackal frowned slightly with a perturbed face.
Asha looked down at her hand, recalling the wind’s energy that had lingered on it earlier.
Had she been too focused only on the target? She hadn’t even realized she’d used the power of the wind.
Jackal spoke.
“Among all weapons, the bow is most affected by the wind. Master archers are people who have naturally learned to read the flow of the wind by endlessly drawing the bowstring over a long period. In your case, you can control the wind freely, so it seems unnecessary.”
Asha muttered in a daze.
“Then… did I really…”
Use the power of the butterfly.
It felt both thrilling and disconcerting.
In her previous life, she hadn’t even known that she had such an amazing power.
Although she was a butterfly, she knew no more about her abilities than others.
That’s because, as soon as the butterfly mark manifested, Asha was dragged to the palace and had little opportunity to learn about her abilities.
No, she hadn’t even thought to explore them.
All she had to master was the ability to ‘enlighten the Emperor’.
As if her existence was solely to make the Emperor bloom, nobody expected or hoped for anything more from her.
But in the end, Asha failed to enlighten him and was ridiculed and scorned by everyone.
Just as those around her did not treat her preciously, she also did not value herself.
Those days she felt utterly useless were indeed bitter.
Noticing Asha’s face suddenly looking like she was about to cry, Jackal asked.
“Why that expression? It seems like something to be happy about.”
“…I’m just too happy. I’ve always wondered. Why me… Why was I, who can do nothing, chosen as the butterfly?”
“…”
With desperate eyes, Asha looked at him and asked.
“I have… value as a butterfly, right?”
Jackal said, looking straight ahead.
“Your value is not determined by others, but by yourself.”
Asha’s eyes widened slightly.
Such a thought had never occurred to her, and she felt like she’d been struck on the head.
Jackal quietly added.
“Live freely like a butterfly. Don’t be bound by anything or anywhere. You were born a butterfly to do so.”
Asha’s eyes softened.
Certainly, here is the translation of the passage:
The person who told me this was the first.
Asha soon spoke in a choked voice, whispering softly.
“Thank you… Mr. Jackal.”
Asha’s archery skills improved day by day, reaching the point where she could skillfully shoot an arrow even on a galloping horse.
Watching her effortlessly hit the target while riding a brown horse, like an elf, the lieutenant quietly approached Jackal and said,
“Do you think she’s ready to try real action?”
Jackal, with his arms crossed, didn’t answer, but his expression agreed.
Asha was no longer a vulnerable woman they had to protect, but an excellent Lycan.
That evening, after finishing the day’s work and returning home, Asha’s eyes widened to find a new hunting outfit laid on her bed.
It was a hunting outfit made of pure white wolf skin that fit her perfectly.
As Asha absentmindedly stroked the white fur, a voice came from behind her.
“It’s your personal hunting outfit.”
Asha turned around in surprise.
Jackal was leaning against the door.
“I had it made from a wolf I caught on the recent hunting mission. The village chief said to take the skin as a reward along with the payment. Wear it for our first hunt tomorrow.”
The words “first hunt” made Asha’s eyes widen.
Jackal calmly said,
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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