As if they had promised, all the members widened their eyes simultaneously.
Who? Who did she just call?
The wife, who was expected to bring snacks to her husband, begins to call another man’s name and starts running mindlessly.
Under the beautiful sky filled with dazzling sunlight.
Beneath it, Cedric, whose slick muscles were moist with sweat, slowly turned his head.
The garden on the other side of the training ground, across from where she was standing.
There, the man she had called out just a while ago.
The gardener, Kinder, who had worked the longest in this mansion, was tending to the garden.
Cedric turned his head back to its original position.
The woman, who sharply turned direction right in front of the training ground, started to get further away as she ran around the training ground.
‘Did she just pass by her husband whom she hasn’t seen for days?’
Snacks? What about the snacks?
Cedric clenched his fist as if he was going to shatter even the air.
Isn’t this not avoiding, but ignoring?
Ching. Ching.
Now, the members, who were swinging their swords as if they were frozen, exchanged serious glances.
It seemed as though only the spot where their leader was standing was covered with dark clouds and a storm was raging.
They have a ominous feeling that this storm is about to hit them soon.
Cedric, who had been staring at the back of Lamein, who was running excitedly, slowly turned his body.
The members, who had been facing Cedric, quickly found their place.
“What is everyone doing now!!”
As expected, the outburst fell.
Their leader’s eyes are more combative than ever.
“Can you win on the battlefield if you train like this?!”
…There’s no battlefield.
Marriage is a battlefield, after all.
Along with a new realization.
“Start practicing properly!”
A sudden hellish training began.
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“Kinder!!”
Lamein, who had discovered Kinder tending to a tree in the farthest garden from the mansion, started running frantically.
Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.
Kinder, who was pruning the tree, turned his head at the light sound of footsteps tapping on the green grass.
“Kinder!”
Kinder’s eyes widened at the sight of Lamein, who was running towards him with a bright smile.
“Young mistress! What……what’s the matter?”
Is something wrong?
What if she falls as she runs like that?
With various worries, Kinder tensed up his body.
“Haah. Haah. I’ve been looking for you for a while. Why are you so far away.”
Lamein, who had stopped in front of him, was panting and wiping the sweat that had gathered on her forehead.
“Mistress. Why did you run so much? Did I do something wrong?”
Lamein straightened her slightly bent waist and caught her breath. And then.
“What could you possibly do wrong to me, Kinder?”
“Huh? Then why……”
Lamein, who had been looking at the puzzled Kinder, brought her lips into a full smile.
“I have something to give you.”
“Huh? You have something to give me?”
“Yeah.”
Lamein, who had nodded, put down the bag she was carrying and took something out.
“I wanted to give you this.”
There was a small parasol in her hand.
“You came to give me a parasol?”
“No. This is not a parasol.”
The gaze that had been on Lamein’s face fell back to her hand.
It’s a parasol, but she says it’s not a parasol.
“Then what is it?”
“Here. Look.”
She, who had a slightly brighter smile, fully opened the parasol in her hand.
“……?!”
Kinder’s eyes widened as big as a full moon at the sight of the strange object he had never seen before.
Seeing Kinder examining the object in front of his eyes, Lamein gave a satisfied look.
“This is how you use it. I’m going to be a bit rude for a moment.”
“……Yes? Yes.”
Lamein stretched out the hand holding the parasol towards Kinder’s head.
Lamein started to move her hands restlessly as she put a small parasol that children use over Kinder’s head.
“I’ve made some adjustments here… but is it a bit big? I should move it to the next slot.”
Kinder blinked slowly, obediently leaving his head to Lamein.
“It’s done. Lift your head and see!”
With a voice full of anticipation, Lamein took a step back, her violet eyes sparkling.
“Wow!”
Startled, Kinder abruptly raised his head, then quickly bowed it again.
“Why? Is it heavy? I guess it’s too heavy to wear on your head?”
“No! It’s not heavy, just… unfamiliar.”
Kinder slowly raised his head again.
He was stiff, like a robot.
“How about now? Is it uncomfortable?”
Lamein, with widened eyes as if they would fall out, asked.
“No. It’s not uncomfortable.”
Finally, Kinder, who had been tense, began to move his head slowly from side to side, then up and down.
And then, as if he was fascinated or pleased, he gently folded his deeply wrinkled eyes and slowly opened his mouth.
“I’ve never seen such a thing in all my life. It’s fascinating, Madam.”
At that, a faint smile spread across Lamein’s face.
“Right? When I first saw it in the countryside…”
She was about to say how she had been fascinated when she saw an old woman wearing it while working in the fields during her time as a rural doctor, but she quickly shut her mouth.
“…Yes?”
“No, it’s nothing. But, you’re standing now, do you think you could use it while working too?”
“Of course. It’s not uncomfortable at all.”
“That’s a relief!”
Lamein, with her hands clasped together in front of her chest, breathed a sigh of relief.
She had repeated the cycle of making, failing, and remaking over the past few days.
She didn’t know how many parasols she had wasted.
She had even gone into town again to buy 10 more parasols after using up all the original ones.
Lamein, her face full of satisfaction, watched Kinder’s hand, which was still flushed.
“It’s good to work, but you have to take care of your body. Even if Kinder says it’s okay, if your skin is like this, you should find a way to protect it.”
“Ah…”
Suddenly, it seemed that Kinder finally realized why she had given him such a unique gift.
“To block the sun, white is best. Even if you don’t like the color, please understand.”
“Don’t like it? That’s ridiculous! … Ah!”
As Kinder was about to bow his head, he was startled when the round parasol obscured his vision, and abruptly raised his head.
At that, Lamein laughed quietly.
“But, Madam, I’m a bit worried that wearing this might make me seem disrespectful…”
“Ah. Is that so? I hadn’t thought of that.”
Lamein closed her lips tight and slightly narrowed her eyes.
“It’s okay. I’ll practice as much as I can!”
At Kinder’s reply, Lamein’s face brightened and she nodded.
“And, please share these with the other gardeners.”
“Did you prepare for the other gardeners as well?”
“Of course. If I’m going to give, I should give to all.”
Lamein took out the remaining parasols from her bag and handed them to Kinder.
“Thank you, Madam.”
Again, Kinder was about to bow, but abruptly raised his head.
“Ah. And I have one more thing for Kinder…”
The medicine they said they couldn’t easily get.
Even though she couldn’t give it to everyone, she wanted to give it to Kinder, who reminded her of her grandfather.
She was about to take out the sun allergy medicine that she had put in the deepest part of her bag when…
“Madam…”
Kinder’s hesitant voice sounded, his expression somehow strange.
“What is it?”
“Well, the thing is, since a while ago…”
“Since when?”
When she asked nonchalantly, Kinder’s eyes flicked over her shoulder.
“Since a while ago, over there…”
Over there? What’s there?
Kinder’s eyes, which had returned to their original place, flicked back over her shoulder.
“What is… Oh! You surprised me!”
She quickly turned her body around, her shoulders jolting.
‘Why is that man hiding like that?’
Behind a large tree at her back.
Her husband was standing there, with only half of his face and body exposed.
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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