“W-who do you think you are?!”
Sikar, with one corner of his mouth raised, said, “What’s so amusing, or is it amusing to tease me?”
“Since Vika is on a business trip, I can’t leave your side tonight. So, whether you like it or not, you’ll have to sleep with me tonight.”
“Where did Lady Vika go?”
“She went to find people from your homeland.”
It seemed like Vika, with her exceptional eyes that could identify people from afar, had gone to find people from my homeland. Why did it have to be today?
“I can sleep alone. It’s okay even if I have nightmares, so you go to your room and sleep.”
“I can’t leave your side because not only do we need to find the cause of your nightmares, but we also need to find the cause of your plaza-phobia. Who knows? If we find the cause of your nightmares, we might find the cause of your plaza-phobia as well.”
There was no room for me to respond. Plus, it was so embarrassing to keep looking into Sikar’s eyes, so I covered my face with my hands and said, “Okay, just move aside.”
Sikar moved aside, lying down straight on the bed, and held my hand.
“Lying down like this on the same bed feels like the first time. It’s comfortable.”
Sikar closed his eyes while supporting his head with a seemingly very comfortable hand. However, I was not comfortable at all.
“Go downstairs and sleep.”
“But the bed here is wide, and there’s no need to sleep like this when there’s a small bed in the guesthouse.”
“Well, I’m uncomfortable.”
“No head acknowledgment, huh?”
“What?”
For a moment, I doubted whether I had misheard something. I never expected to hear the word ‘acknowledgment’ from Sikar’s mouth.
So, I asked again.
“Head acknowledgment? Did you just say head acknowledgment?”
Sikar looked at me with a sidelong glance and said, “The floor is cold. I slept on that cold floor back then. Also, I wish you could be a little kinder to me, just like you are to others.”
Although he had a very arrogant expression for someone who wished for my kindness, I didn’t need to be completely ungrateful to the person holding my hand and offering to accompany me through my nightmares.
“Fine. Got it. Just hold hands quietly and sleep.”
“Is that how you kindly tell me?”
“Huh?”
“I asked because I wanted to know if you kindly told me because I asked you to.”
I had just given an order, but Sikar seemed to have heard it as a kind request. Well, let’s call it a kind order.
But why was he suddenly asking for kindness from me? No, rather, did he even know the meaning of kindness?
When I grumbled a little, Sikar suddenly turned towards me.
“Surprise.”
“Why, why are you like this?”
“Can’t you sleep?”
“No, it’s not that…”
“But?”
I hesitated for a moment to say this.
“I just wanted to ask out of curiosity. Why are you suddenly asking me to treat you kindly?”
Sikar momentarily gazed at me, then tightened his grip on my hand and spoke.
“It seemed like you smiled and treated others kindly, but when you see me, you neither smile nor treat me kindly, so I mentioned it.”
Even while saying this, Sikar had an expressionless face, as if he were talking about something entirely unrelated to himself.
“Do you like deals?”
“I don’t like them. I only engage in deals when necessary.”
“Anyway, deals happen when you get what you want.”
“That’s true.”
“Okay. Let’s make a deal then.”
“If you want.”
“I’ll treat you kindly, so you should also be kind and gentle to people, not just me.”
Sikar, who usually listened well to me, furrowed his brow slightly.
“I think that’s too unfair. I wish to be kind only to you, but it seems you want me to be kind to many people. Deals should be fair. You also choose one person.”
An unnecessarily cunning guy.
Choosing a target to treat kindly. It was amusing to think about the current situation where we were lying side by side, holding hands and having this conversation, but I had to choose at least one person.
After a brief contemplation, I quickly thought of the target.
“Okay, let’s go with two people.”
“Two people…?”
“I’m not an adult yet, so at least treat the twins as one person.”
Sikar chuckled as if he knew who they were.
“You must be talking about the twins.”
“Yeah. I hope you treat the twins as kindly as you treat Kian these days.”
“I’ll treat them very kindly. But if you don’t want to see me making the twins cry, you should also be kind to me.”
I turned my head quietly, saying, “Okay.”
“Then, should I kindly hug you to sleep?”
I was about to close my eyes to sleep, but I was horrified.
“What are you talking about! That’s kindness; it’s a different issue!”
“If so, what is it that you kindly ask me for?”
“It’s kind of you to let me sleep in your bed.”
I turned away, indicating that he should stop talking. Behind me, Sikar’s sulky voice could be heard.
“Then, I’ll make a pillow with my arms.”
“That’s also unrelated to kindness.”
This time, Sikar’s plump voice came from behind.
“Then say goodnight to me.”
I turned around as if to say that I should stop talking. After a while, I heard Sikar’s relatively bright voice.
“Sleep well too.”
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
