“It’s blindingly bright.”

The aged Emperor sat in the bedroom, gazing at the woman and opening his mouth.

She had an extraordinarily lovely appearance.

With soft silver hair that seemed to cling to the touch and clear green eyes, she was radiant. Her white and pale skin seemed to gleam, and her lips were as red as freshly bitten pomegranate.

Even the Emperor, who had seen women to the point of satiety, was mesmerized by her beauty and became faint of mind.

Admiration was brief, and the impatient Emperor reached for her dress with dry lips.

“I heard you’re twentyone this year. Surely, that’s when a woman is at her most beautiful.”

At the wriggling of the throat and the gesture of hastily trying to undress, Seliya felt like yesterday’s meal would come back up.

Seventy bringing twentyone into the bedroom.

Seliya faintly smiled at the Emperor, who must embrace a young woman in order to sleep, even if it means death soon.

Age does not seem to diminish lust. Looking at the lower body pointing towards the ceiling, Seliya held back a chuckle.

The family, blinded by money and power, had sent Seliya, who was only twentyone, into the Emperor’s bedroom to reveal her charms.

They were not real family, not even a drop of shared blood.

‘The reason they picked me off the street was purely to sell me off at a high price.’

Seliya silently laughed.

Beasts in the guise of family. They would probably never know.

Even if they did know, pretending to know nothing, pretending to obey, it was all for today.

“The rumors do not even touch the hem of the reality. I thought you were only beautiful in the face, but your body too…….”

Tearing off the thin dress Seliya was wearing, the Emperor licked his lips.

“What else might be hidden inside this shift, it indeed makes me anticipate.”

Looking at Seliya, clad only in a white shift, the Emperor bared his teeth in laughter. The wrinkled hands of the Emperor touched her cheek, delicate neck, and collarbone in turn.

Seliya made a living smile. Enchanted by that smile, the Emperor tried to kiss Seliya. However, Seliya turned her head to refuse the kiss.

“…Dare you defy me?”

Seliya lowered her head and fluttered her eyes.

“How could a lowly one like me dare to defy Your Majesty?”

The Emperor’s mind was swayed by her soft and gentle voice. Even the voice of the sirens that lured and devoured sailors with their song would be nothing but unpleasant noise compared to this beautiful woman’s voice.

“You understand your place well. Then let’s see if you can satisfy me.”

At the Emperor’s arrogant and haughty words, Seliya nodded slightly.

With a soft smile, Seliya pushed the Emperor onto the bed. Then she lowered her face over the Emperor’s torso and touched his body with one hand.

The Emperor exhaled a hot sigh at the small hand that clung to his bare skin and the sight of Seliya looking down at him from above.

Seliya reached for her hair ornament. When she untangled the flowershaped hair ornament, her fine silver hair flowed down and tickled the Emperor’s wrinkled forehead.

At the same time, the scent of hyacinth filled the room completely.

The Emperor’s eyes, aflame with desire, suddenly lost focus and became cloudy.

Seliya, looking down at such an Emperor, tugged at one corner of her mouth.

“Your Majesty, I’ve waited only for the day to meet you.”

There was a faint click. It was a sound from the hair ornament in Seliya’s hand, but the Emperor, entranced by Seliya, did not hear it.

Seliya opened her hand holding the ornament. What she held was no longer a hair ornament.

It was no bigger than slightly less than her palm, but the object, clearly a blade, shone with a sharp light.

The finely honed blade was pointed enough to easily take a life.

Without any hesitation, Seliya brought the blade to the Emperor’s throat.
The emperor with a cloudy face stood dumbly with a knife at his throat, without even resisting.

A deep hatred appeared on Seliya’s face.

“You must feel the pain even as you go.”

Seliya muttered softly, quickly absorbing the hyacinth scent that filled the room. As the scent disappeared, focus returned to the emperor’s lifeless eyes.

“…Gu, guards!”

The emperor called for his guards belatedly, but Seliya’s hand moved faster than they could burst into the room.

Thud!

With a slashing sound, red blood spurted from the emperor’s throat, and crimson blood splashed all over Seliya’s body.

Shaking his body in grievance, the emperor looked at Seliya, who had slit his throat without a hint of laughter on her face.

“Chu, chukherk!”

The emperor spat out red blood and died, his eyes rolled back. Seliya, who had confirmed the emperor’s death, blankly looked up at the golden ceiling.

She had finally killed that disgusting emperor with her own hands. How long had she hidden her true feelings, lying flat on the floor?

The days worse than death briefly flashed through her mind.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to be embraced by His Majesty the Emperor rather than becoming the wife of a man from a mediocre family?’

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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