There Is No Paradise Where I Ran Away To (14 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 23
“Thirty thousand mori? Isn’t that quite a large sum for you right now, Miss Ebelline?”
Gideon scratched his head in great bewilderment, seemingly taken aback by the unexpectedly high amount. Seeing his will and enthusiasm falter, Vivian grew anxious.
“Regardless of why you need such an amount, living as you are now, under the Duke’s protection, is probably the only way to avoid a miserable fate.”
His reply was utterly different from what she’d hoped for, and she sank into deep disappointment. Noticing Vivian’s sharply downturned lips, he realized his blunder but still scooted closer, his eyes pleading.
“There was a time when the old money openly shunned the new money, preventing them from even gaining a foothold in high society. Though people’s attitudes have changed enough now to even grant titles, who knows? Behind closed doors, they might still be calling new money vulgar and crude. But do you know why they acted that way?”
Vivian hesitated briefly, then shook her head.
“Because earning money is considered a dirty business.”
The Baron’s answer only plunged her deeper into confusion.
Why would earning money be dirty?
To Vivian, who had only recently come to understand that money was essential for eating, clothing, and shelter, this answer felt utterly contradictory.
“You can’t possibly imagine the humiliation and indignities I endured just to collect payment after selling a carriage.”
Gideon smiled faintly, sifting through memories of a distant past laid out before his eyes. Even though they weren’t happy memories, the joy of looking back on the path he’d walked always made his heart race.
“I’ve been slapped, knelt outside mansions all night, and even been dragged off by constables more than once.”
“But isn’t receiving payment for selling a carriage only natural? Why would you, my Lord Baron, suffer such humiliation?… I truly don’t understand. It’s those who refuse to pay who should be hauled away by constables—not honest sellers.”
Seeing her innocent, bewildered eyes—as if she viewed this incomprehensible world as something from another realm—Gideon suppressed a laugh that threatened to burst out.
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The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
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