The Runaway Female Lead Doesn't Run Away (13 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 76
After the lavish and intricate wedding ceremony came to an end, the after-party naturally began.
The men gathered at Caven House, chatting idly and raising their wine glasses.
Normally, Clayton rarely attended such gatherings, but today was different. He, too, sat among the group of men, silently sipping wine.
He had decided to stay away from Dahlia, fearing his thoughts would grow tangled—but unfortunately, distance from her brought no miracle of clarity or simplicity to his cluttered mind.
Amid the murmuring of many voices gathered in small clusters, a loud exclamation suddenly drew everyone’s attention.
“By the way, I heard Viscount Moncel recently welcomed a second child.”
“Haha, yes indeed. A sturdy little boy.”
Viscount Moncel rubbed beneath his nose, his shoulders seeming to lift ever so slightly with pride.
“Oh, that’s truly cause for celebration! A family needs a son, after all! You must finally feel relieved, Viscount.”
“To be honest, I thought I’d be happy with either a son or a daughter—but now that a boy has been born, I feel strangely moved. My little girl only ever adores her mother, so I sometimes felt lonely.”
“That’s because you don’t know better, Viscount. My boy also adored only his mother—at least when he was little.”
Listening to this pointless, utterly meaningless, and tedious conversation made Clayton’s head throb faintly.
Even his necktie felt uncomfortably tight around his throat. Without uttering a word, Clayton simply kept drinking.
After cycling through countless emotions—plummeting and soaring repeatedly within a short span—he was now mentally exhausted.
And a significant part of his current distress stemmed from the fact that both the Crown Prince and Dahlia possessed matching pendants, seemingly serving as private tokens between them.
When male lead is the homewrecker
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
I’ve read the novel below twice already. Girls, I’m highly recommending it to you!
The female lead? Not a good person.
The second male lead? Not a good person.
The male lead? Willingly plays the third party, breaking up the female and second male lead’s relationship despite all the warnings from his friends—so yeah, he’s definitely not a good person either.
Basically, nobody in this novel is simple-minded or without scheming.
The female lead starts off as the male lead’s secretary, but don’t worry—later on, she takes over the company while the male lead steps back to support her. He won’t steal her spotlight, overshadow her, or dull her shine.
I love novels where men are out here snatching wigs, tearing each other down, and going to war just to win the female lead’s affection. And this is exactly that kind of novel. Most of Hai Dai Ran’s works have this dynamic. You’ll see the male characters’ emotions being pushed to the absolute extreme.
There’s even a scene where the second male lead exposes the male lead online for being a homewrecker. The brotherhood immediately gangs up on him, dragging him through the mud. I find it compelling —it completely flips reality on its head, where usually, women are the ones fighting over a man and getting torn apart by the sisterhood.
For me, female leads in the novels I read should only struggle in their careers, not in love. But if the brainless romantics in the story are all men? I have zero complaints.
I’ve pretty much read all of Hai Dai Ran’s novels and even translated all of them—her works are just my thing. I’ll slowly upload everything here. One day, when my website is official, I hope I can invite her to join as one of the star authors.
Here’s the story synopsis:
One-line summary: She is his lifelong obsession, to the point where he was willing to be a third wheel, scorned by society, just to wedge his way into her relationship with her fiancé.
Cold-hearted and indifferent female lead + Scheming and subservient CEO male lead
Intro 1:
“I know she doesn’t love him.”
With blood trickling from his clenched fist, Rong Xiu gazed at the woman before him, his eyes clouded with anguish. Hidden in the wardrobe, he had witnessed Fan Xia – the woman he desperately loved – in an intimate embrace with her fiancé. Yet his heart still yearned for her, defying all reason.
Fan Xia, the elegant and composed assistant, carried something mysterious in her eyes whenever she looked at her fiancé, Wen Lan Sheng. Strange occurrences began to surface – secret meetings with the young Gu Jin Yi, an unexplained withdrawal of 5,000 yuan… Then suddenly, her fiancé’s sister, Wen Jing, violently attacked her.
In this matriarchal society, Rong Xiu had risen to become the chairman of a powerful healthcare conglomerate, breaking through gender prejudices. But for the first time, he willingly stepped into the shadows as the other man, disregarding his friends’ warnings to become her secret lover.
Because he had discovered the truth – Fan Xia wasn’t the pure angel everyone believed her to be. And perhaps, he was the only one capable of helping her execute her mysterious plan…
Intro 2:
Rong Xiu’s biggest regret in life was missing out on Fan Xia.
He secretly loved Fan Xia for 7 years.
Watched her go public with her boyfriend.
Watched her kiss her boyfriend at their wedding.
Until that man blissfully nestled in Fan Xia’s arms, obtaining everything he could only dream of.
The crazy jealousy stripped away his hidden secret love, layer by layer, burning like wildfire.
Fan Xia, how can I have you!
【Reading and Trigger Warning Guide】
1. Female dominant, male submissive, male pregnancy
2. Male lead schemes his way to the top, male competition
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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