The ladies who were about to open their mouths one by one closed them, and after that, Anbuh’s incessant chatter filled the table for a long time.
“…ni ka yo. Ha ah.”
The lady who sighed, unsure if it was an exclamation or a sigh, finally closed her mouth and without realizing it, a lady who seemed bored made a face and raised her teacup to hide her face.
And as if it were planned, the other ladies all raised their teacups simultaneously to hide their faces without uttering a word.
The main topic of Anbuh’s endless chatter was only the fateful encounter between Olivia and Cryer and their love shrouded in mystery.
Even though she poured out so many words, it was remarkable that she did not mention at all the influence the scandal between the princess and the knight would have on politics or diplomacy.
“And then…”
The moment Anbuh opened her mouth again after having a sip of tea and catching her breath like the other ladies had done,
“My goodness!”
“How long has it been!”
“My word. It’s really been a long time.”
They all welcomed the lady who had shown up at such a gathering after a long time, but no one asked why she hadn’t appeared for so long.
Because most of the people gathered here knew that her family had been in a difficult situation, almost impossible to recover from.
The hostess quickly prepared an extra seat, and soon the lady found herself sitting in the center of the table.
“I’m so glad you came.”
The lady who sat next to her, who had been quite close with her, held her hand tightly under the table.
But all she did in response to the warmth from the hand was give a bitter smile.
“Congratulations!”
A cheerful congratulatory message cut through her thoughts. Anbuh added with a bright smile,
“I heard everything’s been sorted out, right?”
Faced with Anbuh’s confident question, the lady reluctantly opened her mouth.
“Yes… it’s… resolved.”
Her voice was weak and her smile even more so, but it was still an answer that everything had been resolved.
But the others who had intended to congratulate her saw her not looking too happy and only hesitated while looking at each other.
But as always, there are exceptions. Anbuh grabbed the lady’s hand and shook it vigorously with a big smile.
“I’m so glad. How lucky!”
“Yes…”
The lady, who had awkwardly smiled and managed to pull her hand away from Anbuh as naturally as possible, was feeling extremely complicated.
She wanted to wipe away the part where Anbuh’s unabashedly enthusiastic hand had touched, and yet, she wanted to hold it tight again.
Yes, it had always been like this.
The relationship with Anbuh Taren was a series of coincidences and confusions from the beginning to now.
“I’ll help you.”
Anbuh, who had accidentally heard of her difficult situation, really gave her everything to help her, and her family was able to escape from the mire.
Because it was a problem that started with money, it could be solved with money.
If the Taren family hadn’t been one of the richest people in the empire, or even the continent, they would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.
But human greed has no end, they say.
Her parents, who had been indulging in luxury and pleasure until their family was on the verge of ruin, badgered her to somehow squeeze more money out of the Taren family.
She never thought she would run into Anbuh at a gathering she attended to escape from her parents…
“I’ve confirmed everything’s okay, so I’ll get up first.”
She also waved back at Anbuh, who left a genuinely bright smile and waved her hand gently.
Eventually, when Anbuh’s pink hair could no longer be seen.
“Huuu…”
Someone let out a sigh, and that was the start of sighs of fatigue ringing out here and there.
Then another someone spoke in a bored voice.
“She’s a young lady truly devoted to love.”
Someone opened their mouth and closed it again.
Because saying that the successor of the enormous Taren family being ‘only’ devoted to love was impressive, was close to sarcasm.
However, maybe the words that someone was about to say out loud were the true feelings of everyone.
Then someone with an ambiguous smile spewed a somewhat refined speech for a while.
“Indeed…… Truly, a clear innocence.”
To her, who was blankly staring at the spot where Anbeuh had left, someone asked cautiously.
“Are you really okay?”
Even while looking at the genuine face of the innocence that had been quite close to her, she could not dare to answer that she was okay.
As she kept silent, silence fell on the scene again.
Ordinary silence is supposed to be positive, but they couldn’t nod their heads that it was okay, looking at her shadowed face.
“I……I don’t know. The urgent issue is resolved for now.”
She paused for a moment, gasping for breath as if suffocated.
“Soon there will be another problem… because we’ve discovered such an easy path.”
Maybe they had a faint idea.
The fact that even if the problem was solved this time, it’s only a matter of time before the same problem recurs like a revolving door.
And the next problem won’t be solved this easily.
Someone’s favor is not eternal.
Pure goodwill that doesn’t expect any return is even less so.
Even if they managed to squeeze out Taren’s innocence and take Taren’s money according to their parents’ words, what about next? And after that?
She stared at the empty spot where Anbeuh had left with dry eyes.
What would have happened if Anbeuh hadn’t reached out and helped her then?
Instead of sitting here, she would have been writhing on the floor in unimaginable, horrifying pain.
Knowing that, she also didn’t reject Anbeuh’s hand, but held it.
With a bitter smile, she pushed back the refreshments that Anbeuh had pushed towards her.
“The goodwill of Taren’s innocence is indeed beautiful and grateful……”
But she didn’t want to experience that a matter that started with pure goodwill could bring destruction in the end.
She bowed her head and scratched the teacup.
“How long will Taren’s innocence’s goodwill last.”
The small question, barely audible even to herself, didn’t reach anyone and simply dissipated into the air.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
