The Plan of the Terminally-Ill Wife's Divorce (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 50
“What good would it do to tell Barbarossa now that the father of the woman he’s seeing might not actually be you?”
Lady Maud let out a hollow laugh.
“Do you really think that boy, who went from woman to woman out of the insecurity of being a bastard, would confront a woman who claims to carry his child and demand she clearly name the father of her baby?”
A man who sought women due to emotional deprivation, yet precisely because of that, couldn’t bear to make his own child a bastard.
“No. Once something like that happened, Barbarossa was the type who’d force himself to take responsibility out of sheer pride. And I hated that.”
“…As you yourself said, my lady, you’ve done more than enough. It’s unfortunate that Barbarossa grew up yearning for maternal affection, but it’s hardly your fault.”
“It was necessary to deliver a new shock—better yet, something that would give him a reason to cling to the path of knighthood—rather than let him become the father of a child whose paternity was uncertain and abandon knighthood over it.”
Thus, Lady Maud showed Barbarossa a path.
She told him, ‘Your stepmother, with whom you had an uncomfortable relationship, actually despises you deeply and wishes you’d never become a knight. Therefore, you must become a knight precisely to thwart what she desires.’
This was the true story behind the question, “Why did Barbarossa, once a promising knight cadet, walk away from the order just before his induction?”
“I’d like to ask how you’d have handled it if Sir Danau had caused the same problem… but Sir Danau wouldn’t cause such an issue. He isn’t a bastard, so he doesn’t carry that inner hell.”
It was selfish motherhood. Or perhaps, as she’d repeatedly stated, it was a decision she could make precisely because she never considered Barbarossa her own child.
A patronage relationship. That was the accurate description.
Yet as his patron, Lady Maud had made the choice she believed most beneficial for Barbarossa’s future, devoid of personal emotion—and her actions ultimately didn’t unfold as she’d planned. As a result, Barbarossa spiraled out of control.
When the woman he’d decided to marry suddenly turned her back and said, “Sorry, but actually, your stepmother put me up to this. Did you really believe I loved you?” he grew disillusioned with the world and threw everything away. It was a ridiculous situation—someone willingly played the villain, yet no one gained anything from it.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
MANGA DISCUSSION
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This is so disgusting! Why is the heroine running after him? If it were another story, he would be a despicable scoundrel, but here they’re whitewashing his vile actions.
Hahaha, poor Darius, Annette never gives him a chance to get close to her.
Hahaha, that’s a huge misunderstanding! I hate this accumulation of misunderstandings. Can’t they just be honest?
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Miioo
What is this, Annette? She’s contradicting herself! She’s changing the events of the original novel, taking everything the heroine would do, and then wants to leave Darius, claiming he belongs to the heroine. What nonsense! She’s making me angry.