“You’re still lying! Here’s my initial!”
“A is my initial too!”
That was true. The children who were watching murmured. Both Alecto and Angarad begin with A.
Neris coldly laughed to herself. That’s exactly why she chose Alecto.
If it were M, L, or I, Angarad would have quickly apologized and said, ‘I was mistaken because they look the same.’ But if there’s room to insist, Angarad will insist as much as possible. A stigma once affixed will never disappear for life.
As it had been with Neris.
But just such insistence implies intention. Alecto’s face turned red with anger.
“The embroidered stitch is my maid’s. Try it with your maid and our Rina. The owner of the stitch that embroidered A is the owner of the ribbon. Got it? If you lose, I will tell my father! Your father lost it!”
If it were a conflict between Earl Islani and Count Nine, the word fight would be an understatement. Earl Islani is not very remarkable among the nobles in the Earl’s ranks, but he does have the power to hold that title.
Angarad sat down on the spot and wailed. The children who saw him cast a cold glance at him. Diane tilted her head.
“Why take someone else’s ribbon?”
“Well, usually, if you lose your ribbon, you don’t think that what’s on someone else’s head is yours, right? Maybe he thought he wouldn’t be caught.”
Diane was convinced by Neris’s explanation.
“Liz is right. So how did Alecto know that the short ribbon was his?”
“Right?”
Neris naturally shrugged, questioning back. She, of course, knew all the circumstances.
It was two days ago. Alecto’s maid, who had lost her master’s ribbon in the student laundry room of the dormitory, searched the vicinity thoroughly.
Just then, a very similar ribbon was thrown nearby. It was a ribbon with a lavender scent and a stain.
Not every student used the student laundry room. Since laundry is hard work, most people who had no servants entrusted it to a laundry shop in town. Neris had recently stopped by the entrusted laundry pretending to drop off her laundry.
And she spoke to the launderer there.
“I’m sorry, but I think I lost my ribbon since I came here. It’s the only luxury I have, and I’m worried it might be mixed with someone else’s.”
The launderer believed Neris’s talk of ‘only having one’ by looking at her dress and brought out a few ribbons that had just come in. Among them was Angarad’s ribbon, where the stain had not yet been fully removed.
Neris, who stole the targeted one while the worker was distracted, politely said, ‘It doesn’t seem to be among these, I might have dropped it somewhere else,’ and left the laundry. And she waited for the day Alecto’s maid would do the laundry.
Finally, she stole Alecto’s ribbon from the laundry basket in the dormitory laundry room while his maid was away and threw Angarad’s ribbon nearby.
The entrusted laundry shop was surprised that ‘a ribbon was missing’ and searched the inside, and Neris ‘accidentally’ found the creamcolored ribbon beside the laundry tub when she went to pick up her laundry last evening.
The ribbon was cleanly laundered, and the launderer quickly sent it to Angarad.
It was just before the party. Angarad’s maid, who was busy alone decorating the banquet hall and cooking, had no mind to see something like initials embroidered with inconspicuous colored threads.
Even if she had seen it, she would have thought that she could exchange it again after the party was over since it was sent mixed up from the entrusted laundry shop.
Today’s trap, which could have ended in a misfire if Angarad hadn’t worn the creamcolored dress, was not a concern for Neris.
Because today, Angarad really spent a lot of money. Wanting to fit in with the children, she spent all the money the house had given her on a party, wondering what to do if she did not wear the jewelry that her father had bought her from the royal road.
She never expected the party to end like this. Neris sat down and watched Angarad cry without missing a single movement.
If Diana’s servant hadn’t spilled the lavender drink at the last party, she would have had to find another way to dirty Angarad’s ribbon; it was a fortunate thing.
Because just putting a spider in the punch was rather weak.
“Riga, didn’t you drink the peach punch earlier? Too bad.”
Diana suddenly seemed to remember, and covered her mouth. Neris received her gentle gaze and nodded impassively.
“Can’t be helped.”
“You’re too nice.”
Diana clicked her tongue, and Angarad screamed at Alecto with a trembling voice.
“I, I …! I didn’t steal it! The laundry room gave it to me! I thought it was mine …”
“You lie! Then why did you throw away your ribbon? Why is my ribbon in the laundry room? Unlike you, Rina handles my laundry exclusively! You ruined your ribbon and stole mine! You did it because you didn’t want to get in trouble with Dad, right? How can you steal someone else’s?”
The children found the words reasonable.
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
