It was Jane, who had loved her like a younger sister. Rozete crawled on her knees to hug Jane.
Jane felt warm to the touch, too vivid to be a dream.
‘I’ve come back.’
Only then did Rozete let out her pent-up tears.
“Rose? Why are you crying? Did you have a nightmare?”
Rozete shook her head in Jane’s embrace.
“No, I’m happy… happy to see you again.”
Jane had died over a decade ago for some reason. Seeing Jane again made Rozete feel that she could right everything this time.
‘I’ll change everything.’
Jane’s future, the Duke Adrian’s family’s future.
‘And that man’s future too.’
But the most immediate concern was Jane, right in front of her.
Rozete vividly remembered the old memories, still fresh even after 13 years.
Months before she was adopted by the Dallas family, Jane was accused of theft when she went to the village. The trouble started with the dress she wore.
The villagers mistakenly accused her of theft after seeing the dress that Jane had legitimately bought with money she earned from delivering milk.
Where did you get that?
Did you steal it?
To make matters worse, the dress shop owner, who had sold it to her, had either genuinely forgotten or pretended to, and also accused Jane.
I bought this with money!
How could you afford it!
I saved up from delivering milk!
Jane earnestly argued her innocence, but no one believed her. They even tried to strip off her clothes.
When Jane curled up in defense, they started throwing stones at her. How could they hit such a small, ten-year-old girl?
At the time, Rozete had gone out looking for Jane, who hadn’t returned, and witnessed the scene.
…!
Rozete knew better than anyone that Jane wasn’t a thief. But she couldn’t step forward in front of the crowd, fearing she too might be stoned.
So she just hid from afar and watched the scene unfold. Despite the blood running down from Jane’s head, Rozete didn’t shout even once to stop it.
And Jane, bleeding profusely, passed away before she could receive medical attention. Rozete crouched beside her later, bursting into tears.
Rozete regretted that incident until her death.
‘Of course, even if I had stepped in, probably nothing would have changed.’
In the worst case, Rozete might have been stoned and ended her life just the same.
But still, she always thought that if she had stepped in, things might have been a little different. That thought always haunted Rozete.
“I’m so, so sorry, sister.”
Rozete murmured the apology she had always kept in her heart. Tears fell again.
“I’m really sorry.”
Fortunately, or unfortunately, Jane didn’t take her apology seriously.
“What, was it another dream?”
Rozete vigorously nodded her tear-streaked face. It was a dream, in a way. All those terrible things became events that never happened since Rozete turned back time.
But just because the future was erased didn’t mean the incident never happened. If things stayed the same, Jane would again be falsely accused of theft and die.
‘But I can change it.’
Save Jane. And escape from Duke Dallas. Then she wouldn’t be used by him, nor would she kill Duke Adrian.
First, Rozete asked Jane about today’s date.
Thankfully, Jane answered without suspicion, seemingly excited. She had been teaching Rozete numbers recently.
“January 5th! You just started learning numbers, so it’s confusing, right? Yesterday was the 4th, so today is the 5th!”
Jane had always been interested in teaching Rozete since they were young. Other children looked at her disdainfully, wondering what use a letter or number would be to an orphan, but Jane had ambitions.
She learned a little bit at a time from the somewhat friendly bookstore owner in the village and taught everything to Rozete.
Rozete’s ability to follow lessons easily at Duke Dallas’s house was all thanks to Jane.
“My birthday is coming soon.”
Rozete’s birthday was January 22nd. Since her exact birthdate was unknown, the day she first came to the orphanage was chosen as her birthday.
At Rozete’s muttering, Jane seized the opportunity with a sly smile.
“So, Rose, how old will you be after this birthday?”
That was the reason for this lengthy question-and-answer session. But instead of saying that, Rozete guessed her age based on her appearance.
“Six… years old?”
“Bzzt! Six is one less than seven. You’re seven now, so you add one.”
“Ah, eight years old.”
I’m going to be eight soon. I’m smaller than I thought.
Rozete vaguely thought and suddenly shivered, realizing something.
‘Good heavens, if I’m eight years old…’
Surely, Duke Dallas came to find her in the spring of the year she turned eight. And Jane died before Rozete was fully eight.
That meant Jane was destined to die in a few days. If she had returned to a slightly later date, she might not have been able to save Jane.
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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