‘Where am I?’
Doyeon shivered at the suddenly cold air and looked around.
Inside the dim tent, women were gathered, sobbing.
‘What’s this? Did I die? I was trapped in a burning warehouse, and it was so hot; how could I not die?’
A dream? Can a person dream even after death?
Or is it the afterlife?
Bewildered, Doyeon searched for the person who seemed the most sane among the women around her and asked.
“Excuse me, where is this?”
At that, the woman asked back with a tired face.
“You, were you captured today?”
Captured?
Though she didn’t understand, Brody nodded for now.
‘Wait, Brody?’
Doyeon was startled.
She was suddenly recognizing herself as ‘Brody’.
Startled, she looked down at herself. Instead of her familiar black hair, she saw light brown hair curving below her shoulders.
Her temples throbbed, and her body began to tremble.
‘What’s happening? I’m Brody? Why is that me?’
Then the woman in front of her asked with concern.
“Are you okay?”
Despite her haggard face, the woman seemed to be someone who cared for others, even in this grim situation.
Brody looked at the woman, feeling a bit of relief.
“Oh……. I, I must have been hit on the head. I’m out of it.”
“Those damn bastards. Hitting a frail girl like this because she resisted.”
The woman spat out bitter words, her face scrunched in worry just a moment ago. She shook her head and then answered Brody’s question.
“This is the prisoner tent of the Icewall Duke. Do you remember the Northern Duke who started the rebellion?”
“Oh……?”
Icewall Northern Duke? Rebellion? Prisoner? What are these words?
Brody wondered again if she was dreaming.
It made sense…….
‘Icewall Duke? Isn’t that an extra in that crappy novel I read while shivering?’
This familiar title was a character from the novel she had read while trapped in the warehouse, waiting for morning.
It was the only novel downloaded on her phone, where there was no WiFi or signal, so even though she didn’t like the content, she read it again and again.
She needed something to help her endure the bonechilling cold, and there were no other options.
‘Now that I think about it……, Brody……? That’s, that’s……!’
As Brody racked her brain, the woman explained.
“The Icewall Duke is as mad as the rumors say. He brings in women to serve him in the tent and treats them cruelly, then kills them in the morning. One woman each day, punctually. Fourteen nights have passed, and…… nobody…… has come back.”
Brody listened to the woman’s kind explanation with one ear, but at the same time, she worked hard to think.
Oh my……. me…….
It seems like.
I’ve been possessed by the ‘villainess’ of a novel.
“Ugh.”
Brody crouched, holding her head. The woman thought she was shocked and patted her shoulder with concern.
Brody felt the monotonous rhythm and carefully reviewed her memories.
I, that is, the owner of this body is ‘Brody’.
, a stupid villainess in the novel.
A hapless villainess who loved the blondhaired male lead ‘Jacks Maccasi’ and was used and discarded!
Brody, who had been gaslit since childhood and willingly used, returned her enormous merit to Jacks.
But Jacks used that merit to meet the empress and fell in love.
“I’m sorry, Brody. I really like you, but you know. We’re like siblings, not lovers.”
After dedicating her entire life but being abandoned by the male lead, Brody goes mad and commits various foolish evil deeds to hinder the protagonist, earning the title of villainess.
But the protagonists only burn with love more because of the villainess.
In the end, the villainess Brody is moved by the angelic female lead, ‘Mila Riley’, decides to live virtuously, and the novel ends with a hearty laugh as she stands as a bridesmaid at the two blonde protagonists’ wedding.
‘I feel disgusted. Playing the role of a wicked Cupid, ugh. What’s so great that you’re entranced, clinging to those two, ugh ugh.’
She continually thought while reading the novel.
She said she would not live like that if she were Brody.
Did her words sprout a seed? So the seed has germinated? Seed, germinated?
Though she couldn’t believe the situation, ‘I who am Brody’ pinched her own wrist and felt pain, spitting curses inside.
‘I don’t know if this is a dream or what. I have to live my way. There’s no reason to live by this messedup novel.’
The girl who had possessed Brody decided. She would live a life unrelated to the two main characters.
‘Ice Wall Duke.’
Remembering, it seemed that she, who was now Brody, had come into enemy territory to assassinate the Ice Wall Duke, the protagonist’s enemy, for Jacks.
‘Why did the possession have to happen at this time? If it had to happen, it should have been before I was captured.’
When she roughly figured out the situation, the tent’s fabric fluttered open.
Outside it was dark, and inside the tent, the dim light flickered, casting eerie shadows that made it difficult to distinguish one another’s faces.
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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