“Compliments are usually mixed with exaggerated words, but am I always living by hearing what I look like? Even when I receive compliments, I don’t feel much.”
“…Ah, that could be true.”
Although I wanted to refute, looking into his eyes, I had to admit the words he spoke.
However, just making such a statement with his own mouth seemed slightly presumptuous.
Still, there was no big resistance since his expression didn’t seem too conceited.
“Instead of the compliments everyone knows, give me a compliment that only you know.”
He looked at me intently and said, “A compliment that only I know?”
“Yeah. It’s not a difficult question, is it?”
As if he already had an answer in mind, he asked me, and I opened my eyes, starting to list his strengths in my head.
“I need to think about it.”
“Why do you need to think? Ah, is it because there are so many that it’s hard to choose?”
“Yeah…”
“If I ask, you should say, ‘Ah!'” and come up with it right away. There’s definitely one outstanding strength you know, right?”
This man… seemed to be expecting a compliment he wanted to hear.
I tapped my Adam’s apple with my finger, deep in thought.
“Even though you experience it every day, don’t you know?”
“Me?”
“Then who would know? Ah, maybe Raphael might have an idea.”
“What could be a strength that only you and Raphael know about me…?”
“Can I have more hints?”
“Sure, give me.”
“Where are we lying down right now?”
“On the bed.”
“Yeah, so.”
Rinel nodded emphatically, sending a look as if to say, ‘I’ve practically given you the answer.’
“…Is that the end of the hint?”
“How can I give you more hints here? Are you asking me to show you directly?”
“Ah! I think I know.”
I clapped my hands and exclaimed.
“Right. What you’re thinking right now is the answer.”
“Sleeping!”
“Yeah, sleep… what?”
“You sleep so quietly, Your Majesty. You don’t even snore.”
His expression suddenly sank.
“…Other than peaceful sleep.”
“Um, then, it’s that, right? That.”
Rinel raised his upper body again with an expectant expression.
“What is it?”
Now was the moment when his true strength would be revealed, so I spread my chest widely, and he quickly swept his body up and down.
“What is it?”
Finally, as he proudly unfolded himself, he looked up and down his own body.
“It’s that thing that always warms my body… right?”
“Hmm, this time it seems correct. It makes sense.”
Rinel smiled contentedly and moved his Adam’s apple noticeably.
“Even if I refuse, you always make me warm… hmm?”
“Well, the detailed explanation will make things steamy, so control yourself, and shout out the answer.”
But why is this man so shy?
I looked at Rinel’s blushing face with wonder and spoke the correct answer rhythmically.
“Fire!”
“What… fire? Why are you making it sound like I’m burning, Empress?”
He said, grinding his teeth.
Really?
“You always cover me with a blanket every night. Thanks to that, I feel warm every day. I intentionally slept without covering myself because my body temperature is high.”
“…Ah, I see, our Empress was feeling hot. But is covering you with a blanket my compliment?”
He smirked and looked at me with an insistent gaze.
“It’s a compliment. You’re very considerate.”
“Considerate? Ha, it might be a good laugh for the servants if they hear that. Is there nothing else? Don’t tell me that’s the end?”
I bit my lips, and he asked again.
“Is that the end of my compliments in bed?”
Rinel’s gaze questioning me looked truly bitter.
“Of course, there’s more. A compliment that only I know and only I want to hear for a lifetime.”
I responded with a refreshing wink.
He mumbled, “Well, that’s true,” and looked at me with a pleased expression.
“But… do we really have to say it out loud?”
“Yeah, don’t we have to hear it in words?”
He looked down at my hands touching the clothes he was wearing and spoke with a sticky voice, gazing at me with a lascivious look.
By the way, how do you take off this assassin outfit?
“Promise me instead.”
“I will.”
“Do you even know what it is without hearing it?”
“Well, anything that I can promise to protect you by your side.”
Moved by Rinel’s words, my hands tore the assassin outfit apart on both sides.
Rip! The sound of clothes tearing echoed in the bedroom.
“Oops.”
He stared down at his exposed chest, wide-eyed.
“Ah… my fiery wife. Just yesterday, your hands were like cosmos, but now you’re blatantly revealing your true colors.”
“I’m sorry. Sometimes I can’t control my strength.”
“It’s okay. Since it’s an assassin outfit, it’s probably right to rip it off as if to kill. Good job, well done.”
Rinel casually commented as he looked at the torn half-shirt.
“Then should I continue tearing it, unless you plan to live the life of an assassin as a hobby?”
“As much as you want. As long as you don’t tear my heart. Anything else can be torn. Now, it’s time to use the power that has been hidden.”
Following his opinion, I tore off the remaining top.
“But… we should continue with what we were talking about. What is it that I want to praise you for a lifetime…?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
