Looking at Betty’s face clutching my two hands, I was lost in thought. It’s easy to see through people who hate me. Most of them unconsciously reveal their inner thoughts.
But it was difficult to tell whether Betty’s reaction was sincere or not.
‘Why does it seem like Betty isn’t lying?’
I think I’m hoping for that.
‘…It’s sad not to have anyone on my side.’
But the more that was the case, the more calmly I had to think. I had too many stakes to rely on accidental luck.
Betty will talk to Johan about my scar. Because she is a spy assigned for that purpose.
I, who was closing my eyes in the warm water, responded in any way.
“Thank you.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Betty was a person from the fallen family of the Duke of Libertan’s house.
More accurately, she was until the Duke of Libertan discarded her family like a tool. If it hadn’t been for Johan’s grace, she probably wouldn’t have survived.
‘Estelle Libertan.’
The adoptive child of that detestable Libertan.
The woman who has been living lavishly while my family was suffering all the hardships.
Even if Estelle hadn’t done anything, Betty hated Estelle as much as Libertan. Even if she wasn’t the perpetrator, she would be at least a bystander.
She pretended not to know the terrible things happening in the Duke of Libertan’s house.
So, when she was assigned as Estelle’s personal maid, Betty followed the command without hesitation.
“Stay by that woman’s side and get close to her as much as you can.”
“Yes. I understand.”
“Tell me everything you heard from her, without missing a bit.”
A spy position to monitor while staying closest to Estelle. Betty had no sympathy to give to Libertan’s daughter.
Until she met Estelle in person.
“Nice to meet you.”
Estelle, whom she saw up close for the first time, was completely different from the woman Betty had imagined.
‘Is this woman really Estelle Libertan?’
Betty, who acted as a spy, heard more rumors about Estelle than others. Especially among the lowerranking people, Estelle was very infamous.
A woman who acts arbitrarily to her servants, having been lucky enough to become Libertan.
How malicious must she be that her servants changed in just a few days, and their whereabouts became unknown?
‘She doesn’t look like that at all.’
A pretty person who seemed to personify the word ‘lovely’. Especially, her long, white eyelashes were as innocent and dreamy as a white bird made from eyes.
‘She must have a different character from her appearance.’
There were countless such people among the nobility. Especially in the case of Estelle, who had risen from the common people, it seemed to be more so.
But Estelle wasn’t so malicious. Rather, she was even genuinely worried about her wounds.
‘It must have hurt.’
‘You must go for treatment when the work is over.’
While looking at her lovely face like a sugar doll, Betty found her guard constantly falling unknowingly. So, Betty concluded that this innocence had been absorbing and enduring Libertan’s evil deeds and braced herself.
But that resolution kept wavering.
‘It’s the first time I’ve slept in such a nice bed.’
The bedroom that the Duke of Blanchet gave her was dark, and the bed wasn’t of very good quality.
But she didn’t get angry and was genuinely happy.
‘I’m worried if I deserve to be the mistress of such a nice family.’
The woman who was so loved by Libertan.
‘Didn’t she get proper treatment in the duchy?’
The image of the woman created by hatred began to crack. She even expressed condolences at the sight of the black silk portrait that most people would be terrified to see.
“They are very important figures in the Duchy of Blanchet, so important that we cannot forget them. It’s not so scary when I think about it that way.”
“I just feel grateful.”
Estelle Libertan was nothing like a Libertan.
If she had been loved and raised in Libertan from a very young age, she should have resembled that rude and barbaric character.
“But I know who I am. I am not a good person, nor am I capable of doing anything well.”
“So if Betty doesn’t want to serve me at any time, just tell me. I fully understand.”
Rather, she seemed to have not received any love at all. Especially Estelle, who looked so small and weak, standing in front of the painting with a distant smile. A pang of conscience arose.
“Is it right to use her for revenge?”
She was just adopted by Libertan.
Her wavering heart completely collapsed the moment she entered to help Estelle bathe.
“Can I bathe alone?”
Against that hesitant face, she went in anyway, if only to discover a hidden secret.
And the secret that Estelle had been hiding was different from anything Betty had imagined.
“Does it look really ugly?”
A secret that probably no one in the world dared to know.
‘Why……’
Scars neatly carved only on the parts covered by clothes. To anyone’s eyes, it was a sign of severe beatings and trampling. There were even burn marks.
That cruel secret pushed an unbelievable truth.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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