Hadel doesn’t care much, and people from the Northern regions probably think it’s a curse that will disappear someday. But from my cold perspective, there’s a greater possibility that I’ll continue switching back and forth between being a cicada for the rest of my life.
‘With this body, I can’t even dream of giving birth…’
Hadel missed having a family, so, naturally, he should marry a beautiful lady and build a family.
Having reached that point in my thoughts, I shook my head again.
‘To think about having a child, what’s happening to my mind?’
Just as I confessed that I like him now. But a child? Even considering that is delusional.
‘Originally, is Hadel that serious…’
Again, again, again. I naturally start thinking about Hadel. I cut off my thoughts right there.
And I took brisk steps.
“I’m leaving!”
“Huh? Where are you going? His Highness, the Grand Duke, went this way.”
“I’m not going to see Hadel!”
Do they think I’m a chick following behind Hadel?
With a fierce reply, I thought they would be hurt. The maids covered their cheeks with both hands and screamed.
“Kya! She’s already calling him by his name.”
“…….Ah, I see. I shouldn’t just call out his name like that.”
‘It’s better to just chirp like usual than to be misunderstood like this!’
The more I spoke, the more I felt stifled. I quickly moved my steps.
But once I got there, there was nowhere to go.
‘I’m hungry, tired, and want to sleep.’
But I can’t just sleep anywhere, right?
Above all, it was too burdensome that everyone I met stared at me intently.
‘Is there no place to hide!’
In the end, the place I headed towards while wandering aimlessly was Hadel’s room.
‘If the only place to hide is here.’
Even though I had told Hadel to go away, I found myself back in Hadel’s room. What was sadder was that my favorite sandwich and lemonade were neatly placed on the table when I opened the door.
“Hadel!”
This devilishly charming guy! Are you planning to eat me! If you thought you could trap me with this sandwich!
‘Damn it, he knows too much about me!’
…That’s right. I am very weak when it comes to food. In the first place, I approached Hadel as a cicada because I couldn’t eat bugs.
While eating the sandwich with gusto, I couldn’t help but shed tears at the thought of my feelings rapidly leaning towards Hadel. There’s no way to find faults! Moreover, he has a broader mind and deeper consideration than me.
‘In the end, there’s no disqualification reason for Hadel.’
I was just scaring myself, not knowing what to do alone.
‘Ugh, really. Even when I was a person, I never worried about love problems, and now that I’ve become a cicada, I’m overwhelmed with worries overflowing with emotions.’
In my previous life, I got engaged because they told me to, and on the battlefield, I couldn’t think of anything other than surviving. In the end, I am completely blank when it comes to love.
‘It’s such a difficult problem. Teacher, please give me an easier problem.’
While throwing a tantrum and asking an imaginary being for an easier problem, I hugged a pillow from Hadel’s bed, buried my head deeply, and stayed like that for a while.
With a soft click, the door opened, and Hadel quietly entered. I raised my eyes slightly from the pillow to gaze at the incoming Hadel.
‘Again, so smooth all alone!’
It seems like I’ve become a fool while pondering so much.
As I glared at Hadel in frustration, Hadel walked over as if not feeling my gaze, and sat on the bed with light steps. Then, while gently touching my bare feet stretched out on the bed with both hands, Hadel said,
“If you can make clothes to wear, how about making shoes too?”
“…Leave me alone.”
“But your feet are injured.”
Hadel pressed the calloused part between the thumb and forefinger of my foot. It didn’t hurt much, so I tilted my head.
“Doesn’t it hurt?”
“It’s just a scratch from today if you see the clear outline of the blood blister.”
“I’m fine.”
At my nonchalant response, Hadel sighed. Then, while massaging my legs again, Hadel said,
“If you want to be alone, I won’t disturb you, so don’t walk around barefoot. If you want to go somewhere, tell me. I’ll carry you.”
“Do you think I’m a child?”
“I don’t kiss children.”
“…….'”
In an attempt to provoke Hadel, it turned out I was the one left speechless by the returning response.
While silently observing Hadel massaging my legs again, I impulsively asked,
“Hadel, how far have you thought about us?”
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
