I was in a state of wearing a white wedding dress by the palace maids.
Although it wasn’t a wedding, I wanted to argue if there was a need for such attire, but I couldn’t say anything due to the snake’s paralysis venom.
As if that wasn’t enough, whenever the venom weakened even slightly over time, the snake crawling inside my body would bite my flesh like a ghost.
It was an annoyingly clever snake, trained in a way that irritated me.
‘What should I do? Am I really going to spend the first night like this?’
My heart raced with anxiety.
In my heart, I wanted to ask for help from anyone, but there was no one to help me, and I could only roll my eyes.
Finally, as I entered Helcion’s bedroom, an indescribable sense of despair engulfed me.
The palace maids who didn’t know me placed me neatly on the bed, tidied up the wedding dress, and then left.
Alone in the room, it was so quiet that I could hear my own breathing, and the maids’ voices murmuring outside the door were faintly audible.
“Brellof lady. Isn’t it a bit strange? Having a snake crawling on her body, not moving or speaking at all…”
“Hush! Be quiet. What if someone hears? His Majesty ordered that the Brellof family has such a first night.”
“What? Is there such a peculiar custom?”
“I don’t know either. They say bad luck comes if you mix words with others. Anyway, being a noble of the Arwen Empire, she might be different from us.”
Even I was taken aback by the customs of the Brellof family that I had never heard of before.
The palace maids, who initially treated me with suspicion, now looked at me with understanding eyes, which I realized belatedly.
Helcion seemed to intentionally present the current situation as a strange custom to make it seem like I had accepted the proposal.
I was afraid of falling into the trap he meticulously set.
At that moment.
With steady footsteps, Helcion’s voice was heard from outside the door.
“Everyone, withdraw.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
The maids nearby seemed to move away. Perhaps not only the maids but many others cleared the place to avoid interference.
Wrapped in despair, as I stared at the door, Helcion entered.
Like me in a wedding dress, Helcion was also wearing ceremonial attire. Absurdly, he looked like a groom preparing for a wedding.
The time I had hoped would never come instinctively felt like it had arrived.
Helcion looked at me and gave his peculiar, wry smile.
“My empress, I expected it, but you are indeed beautiful.”
I didn’t know it would be so frustrating not to be able to speak. I wanted to spit out a curse or something refreshing, but unable to do so, a thousand flames burned in my chest.
However, Helcion chuckled as if he sensed those emotions from my eyes.
“Still with that rebellious look, it’s amusing indeed. Thanks to the Empress, it hasn’t been boring for a while.”
This bastard!
Who’s your Empress!
Though I was enraged to the point of wanting to blow up this entire place, in reality, I sat quietly on the bed, waiting for Helcion.
Helcion leisurely poured a drink from the bottle on the table and took a sip.
Despite wanting to avoid him approaching the bed, I couldn’t move at all.
Helcion, who had somehow gotten so close that I could feel his breath, gently caressed my cheek. With lustful eyes gleaming, he spoke.
“No need to be too frightened.”
Suddenly, the scenery changed in an instant. Helcion had pushed me backward, and now he was on top of me.
I felt his hot breath as he approached. Involuntarily, my spine stiffened, and chills ran down my entire body.
‘Ascan, Ascan, Ascan!’
In this moment, the only person that came to my mind was Ascan.
Unknowingly shedding tears, in my heart, I was screaming for Ascan.
Bang!
The bedroom door violently swung open, torn apart as if ripped apart.
Even though my vision was blurred with tears, I could clearly recognize Ascan standing by the door.
‘Ascan…?’
Is it really not an illusion?
Before I could be sure of his appearance, Ascan approached in an instant. Then, swiftly drawing the Kalspelliwer strapped to his waist, he swung it.
“Uwaaaaah!”
Helcion writhed in agony, falling off me.
Something hot splashed, and it was red blood. Looking closely, Ascan had severed Helcion’s right arm, the one that was reaching for me.
Ugh! I was surprised, but my tongue was numb, and I couldn’t even groan.
Helcion wriggled on the floor with his right arm severed. Ascan didn’t spare a glance in that direction; he supported me.
Feeling Ascan’s familiar touch, relief flooded over me, and more tears flowed than before.
Wiping away my tears with his large hands, Ascan spoke softly.
“It’s okay now. I’ve come.”
His brief words brought a sense of relief, almost like a lie. If only I could, I wanted to cry my heart out in his sturdy arms.
Then.
Sshik! Sshik!
The snake, venomous and sly, hissed as it slithered through my body with paralysis venom.
Ascan, with keen hearing, seemed to detect the subtle movement and immediately tore through my wedding dress, revealing the snake.
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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