The Price is Everything of Yours (76 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 141
“I wish you a safe journey.”
“Of course. You’ve even lent us an escort guard.”
Joyce and Cledwin exchanged a firm, brief handshake.
Though the siblings’ stay had lasted only a few weeks, the baggage they would take south had already multiplied several times over. Their retinue had grown likewise.
A detachment from Maindlant’s elite Platinum Knights, along with skilled soldiers drawn from nearby domains, had been assigned as escorts and stood ready to depart. The MacKinnon household had also sent a respectable contingent, though as this was a goodwill visit, their number had been limited—yet now their procession appeared truly formidable.
“I hope nothing goes wrong, but even if something does, we’ve sent this many knights with you, so you’ll be fine. Be careful going in, Dee.”
“Yeah! You’re the one I’m more worried about. Don’t get hurt, okay?”
“Understood.”
While Cledwin and Joyce exchanged farewells, Neris and Diane parted with bittersweet reluctance. Neris’s mother watched fondly as the two young ladies embraced tightly.
When the moment finally came to break the embrace, Diane—who had clung to Neris for a long while, unwilling to let go—politely bowed to Neris’s mother.
“Mother, we’re heading in now.”
“Yes, Miss Diane. Please go carefully.”
“I told you just to call me Dee.”
“Very well, Dee. May you arrive safely without any trouble.”
Despite Diane being her daughter’s close friend, the clear difference in status meant Neris’s mother always treated her with formal courtesy. Diane felt a slight pang at this, but understanding its necessity, she deliberately acted even more endearingly.
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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The male lead being so proud of his wife is honestly adorable, even when he gets jealous.
And the female lead is so elegant and beautiful—I can’t wait to see this scene illustrated
Haha, did the ML really just say that to the FL? He’s so cute when he gets a little jealous.
Can’t wait for next chapter
The ML is so considerate of his wife. He treats her with so much care and gentleness, even when she doesn’t say a word—he just understands her. He’s honestly so perfect, I can’t 😭
I really hope the FL can overcome these painful feelings soon. I can’t bear to watch her suffer this much. 💔