“Are you in pain, Lady Iris?”
Erwel responded to Chrisina’s question.
“Don’t you see? What if you ride so ignorantly? Because Lady Iris insists on it. Lady Iris, it’s not embarrassing for beginners to suffer from muscle pain while riding.”
Chrisina spoke as if consoling a child.
Lishi blushed and nodded.
“I was stubborn for no reason. I thought the journey might be delayed because of me…”
“Lishi, I told you to tell me if it’s hard. It’s okay if the journey is a bit delayed.”
“But Kei, I don’t want to be a burden.”
“No one thinks you’re a burden no matter what you do. Here, anyone who thinks she’s a burden?”
Eugene raised his hand.
“The sister-in-law is fine, but I think this foal will become a big burden. Let’s throw her away.”
Eugene seemed to be seriously upset, probably because Windy spat and got annoyed.
“Windy is a sensitive fellow, Lishi. I think he felt that you were having a hard time.”
“Shall we ride now?”
“He probably thinks you’re in pain because of him.”
In the words of a young creature, Lishi felt touched and raised her arms to hug Windy. However, she groaned and got off.
“Lishi, when it hurts, you have to say it honestly. I’m clueless, so I might miss it.”
“I got it.”
Now she knew that she should say it hurts when it hurts, cancel what she was going to do, and there was no one to blame.
But the fear of angering someone, being abandoned, and still causing trouble to someone lingered deep in Lishi’s heart.
Erwel took out a medicine bottle from his bag and approached.
“Lady Iris, I thought it might be like this, so I brought medicine good for muscle pain. Apply it to the painful area, and after about 30 minutes, the pain will subside a lot. I’ll apply it for you.”
“I’ll do it.”
When Kei reached out, Erwel hugged the medicine bottle to his chest.
“I brought it, Your Grace.”
“My wife.”
“Are you my duke’s wife?”
“I know my wife’s body better.”
“I heard about Lady Iris’s bath habits.”
“Envious.”
“Kei!”
Lishi tried to hit Kei’s bicep but groaned and withdrew her arm.
“Come here, Lady Iris.”
Lishi was led by Erwel into the thicket.
After checking that no one was watching, Lishi lifted her shirt.
The medicine smelled of lavender and mint.
Erwel knew exactly where it hurt in cases like this, so he carefully applied the medicine to the areas where muscle pain had occurred.
He said the pain would subside in about 30 minutes, but Lishi already felt her body getting a little more comfortable.
When they returned to where everyone was, Eugene was unfolding a map and checking it.
“We’ll reach Ubl City in about two more hours.”
“Then let’s stay there today.”
“Kei, you don’t have to rest just because of me. The pain is already subsiding.”
When Lishi joined the conversation, Eugene spoke with a serious expression.
“Sister-in-law, do you know what’s in Ubl City?”
“…What’s there?”
“There’s a casino. Let’s go play a game.”
“Eugene…”
“Let’s do that, Lishi. I also want to have some fun at the casino after a long time. What do you all think?”
Erwel and Chrisina nodded in response to Kei’s question.
“I have experience with card games, Lady Iris.”
“You had an experience. You were lucky to win money that time, and you lost everything afterward.”
“He cheated… No, that guy… No, that bastard… No, that person cheated!”
“It wasn’t cheating; you just lost because of your own incompetence.”
While discussing the casino, Lishi’s pain had significantly subsided.
They rode and arrived at Ubl City.
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The casino was fun, and the dinner at the restaurant was delicious.
Ubl City was quite famous for its casinos, so there were many good inns for travelers.
They chose one of them to stay.
While walking through the inn corridor, Eugene said, “Sister-in-law, please accept me as your disciple.”
In the casino, Lishi had gathered a considerable amount of money.
From card games to bead games, there were no failures.
Later, people stopped playing their games and gathered around Lishi to watch.
“Windy, stop and go to your room.”
“Captain, it’s not a problem with my room. Lady Iris hasn’t lost any money today.”
“Windy.”
When Kei narrowed her eyes, Eugene sighed as if there was nothing he could do.
“Sister-in-law, please seriously consider accepting me as your disciple. You won’t regret it. I am confident that I will become the best disciple.”
Pushing away Eugene, who couldn’t let go of his lingering feelings until the end, Kei entered the room with Lishi and closed the door.
“I’m curious too, Lishi. How on earth did you not lose money even once?”
“That’s right.”
Although she replied calmly, Lishi herself was curious.
Lishi didn’t particularly like gambling, and she had rarely tried it.
Even in the game she played with Eugene last time, she rarely lost money, but not losing money in gambling.
‘Something’s weird. How could I not lose money even once?’
Even in the bead game, which depended on luck, Lishi consistently took first place.
She wasn’t good at card games, but she continued to win.
[Dash] “This is the earring of Trisa. It brings luck if you have it.”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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