The Ghost Lady Of The Duke's Family (20 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 65
Contrary to expectations, he realized the affection the boy had shown stemmed not from genuine fondness but from subtle pressure he had long endured from the servants.
He also discovered that the former steward’s son had merely hoarded the embezzled sum without actually spending it.
Even so, Lutis had no intention whatsoever of allowing a dangerous element into his mansion. Even if circumstances led to a lenient punishment, he would never place the boy by his side again.
“…For now, stop that.”
“But—!”
“I’ll bring you paper and ink. So stop it.”
Yet, having witnessed this situation directly, there was only one feasible option left besides killing the former steward’s son.
This was unlike the craftsman he’d summoned earlier under the pretense of stonework for Aeli’s grave—whom he’d silenced afterward.
If rumors spread that the coffin had been tightly wrapped by roots, it would merely fuel ominous gossip—but the moment even a whisper leaked that the heir of Rattleleaf had used magic, those questioning his legitimacy would emerge to threaten his position.
Whether the boy had done this knowingly or unknowingly remained unclear… but Lutis’s worries only deepened.
From that day onward, beyond investigating the hallucinations he’d heard and the boy’s unusual behavior, there was now one more thing he needed to ascertain.
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This was precisely why Lutis had decided to visit Rattleleaf territory earlier than his usual schedule for estate inspections.
He had already examined every ancient text in the capital mansion.
Moreover, when Aeli’s health had first begun deteriorating, he’d compressed his itinerary ruthlessly—scouring Rattleleaf’s secret archives within two days before returning.
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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HE. SAW. HER. He saw her! He must be in such shock.