Terion stared at the person standing in front of him with a baffled expression.
Lenisha Lotera.
The Empress of the Empire who had thrown away her crown.
Terion swallowed his saliva.
So, after all the faith in Lotera, was it Casius who caused this trouble?
Maybe not coming back all night was for committing such madness.
Terion turned his head to stare at Casius.
Terion pulled Casius closer.
He knew it was rude, but he had to say something he couldn’t in front of Lenisha.
Terion, who secured a distance from Lenisha, spoke in a low voice.
“You’ve gone mad!”
“What?”
“You’re going to run away with Her Majesty the Empress, are you? Do you want us all to die together?”
“No way.”
Casius shook his head shortly.
“I’ve finally become a duke, and Hiloshain has become mine.”
Casius, with a tired face from not sleeping, handed the parchment in his hand to Terion.
Terion looked at Casius with suspicious eyes and unfolded it.
As Casius said, he had become a duke.
“And as you say, the Emperor intends to marry me. This is all a play led by the Emperor.”
“…Ah.”
Terion groaned shortly.
Things had really happened as he had guessed.
The Emperor had passed his wife on to Casius.
Lenisha stood in the desolate garden with a dignified expression, with her people.
“Is the conversation over?”
Lenisha asked softly.
“Sir Casius.”
At her call, Casius quickly went to Lenisha’s side.
Terion looked blankly at the scene.
He heard Casius’s voice answering like a loyal puppy.
“Yes. Please enter. It’s humble, but I hope you will stay comfortably.”
Lenisha smiled with her eyes.
As if to bring a spring breeze to Casius’s chest, she shone brightly.
“Yes. Excuse me in this humble place.”
Lenisha, who spoke playfully, entered the chaotic mansion with her people.
Terion stood still, thinking.
‘This is a dream.’
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Tasha rolled her feet.
‘What, what is happening?’
Why is Lenisha here…?
Her mind seemed to go blank in a situation she had never even thought about.
Tasha stared at her toes.
Lenisha had come. To where Tasha was.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]The onceinsignificant mansion was quickly tidied up.
The people who came with Lenisha skillfully found the work they had to do.
The knights dwelling in the mansion couldn’t adapt to the sudden change and ran out to the training ground.
The knights who were huddled together scratched their heads.
“What on earth is happening?”
They, unlike Terion, who hadn’t guessed, were even more confused.
“The Empress?”
“The princess of Lotera?”
“Why is that woman here?”
“Can’t it be Sir Casius… no, I think he said Duke Casius.”
“You should call him Your Grace, the Duke!”
“Goodness. I don’t know what all this is about.”
The knights held their heads.
“There are more women in the mansion.”
“They said they’ll live with us here?”
“No. They said they’ll leave soon.”
“What?”
“They were granted a fief. They will go there!”
“Anyway, there are more women in the mansion.”
The knights simultaneously became grave.
It was different from the occasional visits from Madame Turiel and her staff.
These were people who would live with them here.
And it would be the same in the fief where they were to leave.
It was an unfamiliar situation in many ways.
And one of the ones who pushed the knights into confusion in the training ground appeared.
“This is the training ground, I see.”
“Aaahhh!”
“Uaaah!”
At the unexpected appearance, the knights jumped up.
As they screamed and were driven to the end of the training ground, Lindei thought indifferently.
“Sheep being chased by shepherds in the meadow, it seems.”
They were exceptionally robust and large to be called sheep.
For some reason, Lindsay liked this mansion.
Lenisha wanted to quickly grasp the situation of the mansion.
Lindsay was looking around the mansion with the permission of Casius and Lenisha.
Although it was old and worn out, it was a mansion with a long history.
If well tended to, it could serve as a townhouse in the capital.
He had heard that they would not leave immediately.
During this time, they could renovate and repair the mansion.
Moreover, were there not strong sheep to roll up their sleeves for this mansion?
Lindsay smiled a wolf’s smile, chasing the sheep.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Terion looked at Casius and Lenisha with a strange expression.
Casius was sitting close to Lenisha.
He looked like Cerberus, protecting Lenisha.
A monster dog that guarded hell.
Though they had exchanged brief greetings and were sitting with a teacup between them, this situation was unbelievable.
He had dressed her finely and sent her to a party, and the next day she had come back with enormous teeth.
Terion swallowed his saliva.
With a trembling hand, he raised his teacup, and Terion came to his senses after he drank the tea.
“Uh …? It’s delicious.”
“Is it? That’s fortunate.”
Lenisha smiled a small smile.
“…So this is what it tastes like.”
Terion put down his cup with a strange face and cleared his throat.
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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