Joseph Oser flinched and turned around.
“Miss Rosette?”
Approaching him closely, Rosette’s eyes widened.
“What are you planning to do with the carriage?”
In the dark, Joseph’s eyes trembled.
“I… I was just…”
“What are you doing here at this time, Joseph Oser?”
Rosette asked sharply, without her usual timid demeanor. Taken aback by her change, Joseph stammered.
“I was just out for a walk at night…”
“Lies. You were going to do something to the carriage.”
“…”
“Are you being threatened?”
“….!”
Rosette looked straight into his eyes with a soft expression.
“Tell me the truth. I’ll help you.”
Joseph, visibly unsettled, ran his hand through his hair.
“How could you possibly know…”
He looked as though he needed more explanation, but Rosette cut to the chase.
“That’s not important right now. I’ll help you. Just explain why you were about to do that.”
There was a brief silence.
“I couldn’t do it,” Joseph finally said, kneeling down in front of Rosette with tears streaming down his face. His tearful countenance reminded Rosette of Joshua’s last moments, making her step back slightly.
Joseph, noticing her reaction, hesitated. Was Rosette really aware of what was happening, or was she just guessing?
If she knew, how much did she know?
Could he really tell her everything?
“I had decided not to do it,” he confessed resignedly.
“What?” Rosette asked, not immediately grasping his words.
“I couldn’t harm anyone to save my sister. I returned the potion they gave me.”
“But then your sister…”
“I was prepared to die after her.”
Tears fell like rain from his eyes. Rosette calmed him gently.
“Why did you come here tonight then?”
“There’s another spy in the manor. I thought they might do it instead, so I came to check on the carriage.”
Rosette processed the situation.
Perhaps someone else had damaged Daniel’s carriage in the past.
She was relieved that Joseph wasn’t the culprit and thankful she wasn’t too late.
“Don’t cry. Your sister will be safe.”
She helped him up.
“How can you be so sure?”
“There’s a way to know everything.”
In the past, Joseph had left Adrian’s household to work for Duke Dallas, coerced because his sister was a hostage.
So, his sister must still be alive.
“Everything will be okay. Let’s check if the carriage is alright. Daniel is still asleep.”
“Lord Daniel?”
Joseph repeated her words as if hearing the name for the first time, then mumbled in realization.
“They were targeting the Duke…”
That was odd. It was supposed to be Daniel who got into the accident…
Both Rosette and Joseph entered the carriage storage, looking around in the darkness.
“It’s gone.”
The carriage that the Duke usually used was nowhere to be found.
“About the master?”
Sebastian, the butler, gazed questioningly at Rosette, who was up at this hour but answered diligently.
“He left a little while ago.”
“Why at this time?”
“I’m not sure, but it was something to do with Miss…”
“Where did he go?”
“To a village in the northern part of the capital… But why do you ask? Is there something you need to tell the master?”
Instead of Rosette, Joseph spoke.
“The carriage might be broken.”
“What do you mean by that?”
Joseph briefly explained what had happened. Hearing this, Sebastian immediately sprung into action.
“I’ll call for help right away.”
After Sebastian left, Joseph tried to calm Rosette.
“Miss, we should go back inside…”
“No, we’ll be too late.”
Rosette bit her nails anxiously before asking Joseph.
“Joseph, can you ride a horse?”
“Yes, I can but…”
Taking a deep breath, Rosette spoke firmly.
“Let’s go.”
“What?”
“Take me to my father.”
“I can go alone if that’s the case.”
Rosette shook her head.
“No, I need to go myself.”
It was crucial for her to be there in case something happened.
“Hurry.”
Unable to dissuade the determined Rosette, Joseph accompanied her to the stables.
Even as he helped her onto the horse, Joseph looked uncertain, but he spurred the horse on.
Rosette, clinging tightly to Joseph’s waist, thought to herself.
‘It’s all changed because of me.’
In the past, it seemed Daniel had taken the Duke’s carriage and had an accident. Now, because of Rosette, the Duke had taken that carriage.
Joseph drove the horse at full speed, fast enough to catch up with the carriage.
Eventually, the white carriage appeared in the distance.
“Father!”
Rosette shouted, but her voice didn’t reach the Duke. Joseph increased their speed.
That’s when it happened.
The carriage wobbled, a wheel came off, and it flipped over, igniting in flames. The fire engulfed the carriage instantly.
“No!”
A wheel breaking shouldn’t cause such an immediate blaze. It must be magical fire, likely enhanced with a flammable substance.
“Ugh!”
Joseph stopped the horse. Rosette leaped off, heading towards the carriage, but Joseph caught her from behind.
“You can’t go, Miss!”
“Let me go! I have to! I can…”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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