Duke Adrian laughed heartily at her response and then lifted Rosette, placing her on his knee.
“How did you know about Joseph Oser’s matter?”
“I asked Pippi. I told Pippi to let me know if something happened to our family. That day, Pippi was flying around the mansion and informed me that there were suspicious people!”
[Pip!]Pippi flapped its wings on the bed as if in agreement. Rosette’s voice softened as if she was a bit embarrassed.
“I wanted to protect our family.”
Duke Adrian looked thoughtfully at Rosette’s head, as if weighing something in his mind.
He still had a few points that did not quite convince him. Was the real reason Rosette specifically warned only Daniel to be careful because of what she said? And why did Rosette specifically ask Pippi to patrol the mansion?
However, on the surface, Rosette’s answers seemed to lack nothing. So, Duke Adrian did not probe any further and just stroked his youngest daughter’s head.
“Yes, you did well.”
“Really?”
“Of course. I should give you a reward.”
[Piiit!]“Yes. Pippi, I’ll give you a reward too.”
[Pip, Pip!]Watching Pippi puff up its feathers contentedly, both Duke Adrian and Rosette burst into laughter.
The wind coming through the slightly open window had become much warmer.
It was a full-fledged spring.
“Miss, are you alright?”
“I heard you saved the Duke. That’s really remarkable.”
“Is your body okay?”
The next day, as Rosette entered the training ground in the morning, the knights, who were in the middle of physical training, flocked to her all at once.
Now quite accustomed to the knights, Rosette was not intimidated by their large statures. In fact, she felt good.
‘They were really worried about me.’
She hadn’t realized before how nice it was to have people worry about her.
Reassured by Rosette’s bright smile, the knights bombarded her with questions again.
“But are you sure you should be training already?”
“You seem to have gotten even smaller. Are you eating properly?”
Rosette clenched her fists tightly, seeing their worried faces.
“I can do it. I’m eating well.”
Last night, after being told by Celine and the physician, ‘You can train, but…’ Rosette decided to resume her early morning training right away.
Even Lucas, who had been training her harshly, argued, ‘Are you sure? Let’s rest a bit more!’ But she was determined not to change her mind.
‘I’ll quickly build up my strength and grow my mana core.’
After this accident, Rosette had painfully realized one thing.
No matter her innate abilities, she was still a tiny eight-year-old girl.
She was well-versed in the formulas to immediately use high-level magic, but unfortunately, her body couldn’t keep up.
Her mana core was small enough to barely cast simple spells, and her physical strength was weak.
Luckily, this time she managed to avert a major disaster by summoning Pippi, but there was no guarantee it would always be so.
To safely protect Adrian from Dallas in the future, she needed to grow up as soon as possible.
‘This time we couldn’t expose that Duke Dallas was behind it. He might be plotting something again soon.’
As Rosette’s face turned serious and the knights made a ruckus, admiring her cuteness, Lucas, holding a wooden sword, spotted her surrounded by knights from a distance and hurried over.
“Didn’t I tell you guys? If you crowd around her like that, our youngest will get scared.”
Lucas, who had quickly approached Rosette, swung his wooden sword in the air with quite a menacing air, causing the knights to step back.
“I’m warning you. If anyone even shows the slightest interest in our youngest, I won’t let it slide.”
Ah, there he goes again, thinking it’s something like that.
Rosette, shaking her head at Lucas’s overprotectiveness, spotted Joseph with Melody in a corner of the training ground.
“Melody, why are you up so early instead of sleeping more?”
“I like being with my brother more! Do you not like being with me?”
“Of course, I love being with you, Melody. But you should sleep well to grow tall.”
“I slept a lot, don’t worry too much!”
Rosette smiled warmly at the affectionate siblings.
Feeling her gaze, Joseph, noticing her, quickly bowed his waist in greeting. Melody, following her brother, also bowed.
After straightening up, Joseph mouthed something indistinctly. Although Rosette couldn’t make out everything, she understood that he said ‘thank you’ at the end.
Just as Rosette was about to respond, Lucas spread his arms in front of her.
“Come on, kiddo. Don’t look over there, start running. You said you’d do your morning training yourself, so you’ve got to stick to your word.”
Lucas apparently still misunderstood Rosette’s interest in Joseph.
‘He still thinks that way even though it’s not like that.’
Shaking her head, Rosette bit her lip and began to jog slowly around the training ground.
It was a peaceful day.
“I heard there was a big incident with your master,” Joshua said to Daniel when they met after a long time. It was before the servants even brought out the tea.
Daniel, recalling that harrowing day, smiled bitterly.
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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