The Runaway Female Lead Doesn't Run Away (13 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 23
Thick smoke from Clayton’s cigar billowed out and spread hazily through the air.
Perched on the armrest of the sofa, Clayton slowly scanned the three men before him.
Even through the hazy smoke, his piercing red eyes shone with the sharpness of a predator.
Had they all just been silently watching each other? Just as the room’s temperature seemed to drop so low it chilled them to the bone, Jackson finally opened his mouth.
“Y-your Grace! This is a misunderstanding! What we said was merely…”
“Merely?”
At the icy tone, Jackson rubbed his palms against his trousers and continued.
“It—it was just idle banter, the kind young men naturally exchange when gathered together! Your Grace surely knows we had no real intention behind our words!”
It was a pathetic excuse.
Gone was their earlier confidence—they now fidgeted like puppies desperate to relieve themselves.
Clayton let out a soft, mocking laugh at how swiftly the men’s demeanor had flipped, as if it amused him.
“Idle banter… I suppose that’s possible.”
Unexpectedly, Clayton seemed to accept their explanation, and the four men’s expressions visibly relaxed.
Seeing Jackson’s words apparently being accepted, the others quickly chimed in one after another.
“Yes! It was just idle banter. We’re all young and full of vigor; a little crude joking among us isn’t unusual…”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
I am gonna cry. This is so ridiculous. You are a Duke clayton. You have to be smart. But you did everything wrong
İ can’t help but hate clayton really dahlia did everything she can to avoid bad ending and he just couldn’t trust her once
İt’s obvious now dahlia is from royal family i wonder how this will be known