“Eat this…?” Hezhen trembled as he asked.
“Yes, I’ll feed you with all my love. Ahh, open up, Hezhen.”
I took a bite of dessert with my fork and brought it to his lips, relishing his bewildered hesitation.
Eventually, he gulped it down without properly chewing, eyes squeezed shut in apparent agony, as if he swallowed poison.
Amidst this, he pathetically checked his inventory (⭐ an in-game space where players store their acquired items) for an antidote.
‘Thinks I poisoned him?’
There was no change in his body after eating the dessert. Of course, I hadn’t planned on actually harming him with it.
“You can’t just gulp it down like that. Here, drink this.”
I handed him a drink with feigned concern.
“Thanks, Luielle.”
After ensuring he was fine, he sipped the drink more relaxedly. Then, suddenly:
Crack!
His dentures, yes, multiple ones, clattered into the glass.
“Oh my, Hezhen! Your teeth…”
I unfolded my fan to cover my face, feigning shock, though my lips curled up behind it.
[SYSTEM] Lost dentures, resulting in a decrease of -500 in charm. (Charm: 499) [SYSTEM] Acquired the title 【(Rare) Toothless Tiger】. [SYSTEM] Received 2490 experience points as a reward for the rare title. [SYSTEM] Experience exceeded maximum. Level is capped at 10 in tutorial stage. [SYSTEM] New title effect decreased honor by -300. (Honor: 699)
His missing five front teeth drastically dropped his charm.
“Gosh, Lord Hezhen’s teeth…”
“My, five front teeth gone…”
People’s affection for him visibly plummeted everywhere.
I reveled in this, lips twisted in a smirk.
I had peeked at his interface, specifically the [Player Exclusive Shop], a microtransaction system.
His purchase history was unremarkable:
Item 1 piece
A belt worn by the ancient hero Aslan. Increases the player’s charm by 500%.
‘Charm-obsessed jerk.’
Item 1 piece
A ring stolen from the sleeping goddess of fate, Miriam. Reveals characters’ ideal types and love views.
‘Knew about Miriam’s Ring but…’
Item 999 pieces
Famed for its reproductive prowess, this male eel’s tail enhances a player’s virility…
‘This lunatic! Hoarding 999 Lightning Eel Tails? This insane @##%%^…’
Regretting snooping through his purchases, I felt worse.
Perhaps that’s when the system alerted to my increasing murderous intent.
Nothing useful in his purchases except confirming his trashy nature.
His weakness became apparent through his search history.
‘Dentures?’
Seems Hezhen sought dentures but couldn’t find them in the shop.
I had it investigated and discovered he secretly got dentures fitted the day after I punched him.
All five front teeth!
‘Could it be… my punch led to this?’
After catching him cheating, I did punch him in a fit of rage…
“So he locked himself up for three days to get dentures and then belatedly came looking for me?”
Everything seemed to fall into place.
Without teeth, his charm would drop, and so would the affection of the characters he was wooing.
Given his obsession with charm, it made sense.
Knowing this, I immediately hatched a plan to embarrass him.
In the Ajester Empire, dentures are made from the bones of ‘horned ivory’ and attached with the sticky mucus of ‘honey snails.’
And thanks to a side note in his inventory next to the [Honey Snail’s Sticky Mucus], I discovered that [Honey Snail’s Moist Tears] neutralize the mucus’s viscosity.
Item
Sticky mucus produced by honey snails. Can solidly attach almost anything. Loses viscosity when in contact with .
It was quite a task to get [Honey Snail’s Moist Tears], but I’m a powerless princess with nothing but money.
I managed to procure it and added it to the drink Hezhen had earlier.
“How… how could this…”
Hezhen’s face turned a mix of red and pale.
Soon, unable to bear the stares, he used [Ruse’s Footsteps] and dashed away, pitifully collecting his fallen dentures as he left.
Watching his pathetic retreat, I hummed a tune.
My real aim wasn’t to destroy his dentures, but something else – the cooldown time!
That is, the ‘skill reuse waiting period.’
Like other skills, [Ruse’s Footsteps] had a waiting time after use.
Hezhen, always focusing on his charm rather than skill level, had an incredibly long cooldown time.
Thinking he’d use the skill to escape immediately after being humiliated, I figured he couldn’t have gotten far and would soon return to avoid the situation.
“And that’ll be your funeral.”
I retreated to a corner with a sinister smile, hidden behind my fan.
People gossiping about Hezhen’s toothless condition was music to my ears.
I had more business with Hezhen, but he was currently out of reach.
For now, there was something else to do before his return.
I sipped my drink in the corner, surveying the hall.
Prince Orent and Princess Gloria, potential successors to the throne, were gathering attention. Their noble lineage contrasted sharply with mine – a child of unknown parentage.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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