“Beware of the silver wolf!”
Rumors had been circulating among the palace guards for some time that a wolf had been spotted.
But the man didn’t believe it. A wolf in the palace, a wolf with silver fur at that.
Such an outrageous story was a first in his 20 years of guarding the palace.
“Show yourself if you dare!”
As he crossed the forest of the palace, he shouted defiantly towards the darkness filled with rain.
The returning sound was just the fierce sound of rain hitting the leaves.
He was about to turn around triumphantly, knowing this would be the case.
Flash!
A thunderbolt struck, and something sparkled brilliantly among the bushes.
“…A silver wolf?”
The man’s expression, which was tense and watching, gradually turned into confusion.
The one who rose from the bush was a beautiful man with silver hair soaked in rain all over.
Moreover, he was naked, not even wearing a thread.
“A nobleman enjoying an affair with a lover?”
Meanwhile, the man was getting closer and closer, and the man who lifted the lantern finally saw the blood all over his picturesque face.
There was no expression on the man’s face as he wiped the blood off with the back of his hand.
His deep bluegray eyes were also chillingly indifferent.
“Wait! Now that I think about it, isn’t this…?”
The man, who was unknowingly retreating step by step with goosebumps, tripped over something fluffy and fell.
“This, this is!”
The corpse of a deer that had not yet lost its body temperature.
Hiss…
That was the moment.
Something rushed out quickly from the depths of the black forest, shaking the trees and bushes.
It was when the man, who instinctively felt fear, was startled and looked.
The black shadow that popped out charged brutally.
“Ahhh!”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Happy birthday, Your Majesty!”
As the emperor and empress revealed themselves atop the spiral staircase, the nobles took turns coming forward to pay their respects. Alongside them were servants carrying various gift packages.
Luxury ceramics, silk, expensive jewels, rare medicinal herbs, highpriced art pieces….
Numerous gifts were piled up like a tower next to the emperor.
Finally, it was Adel’s turn.
Clatter, clatter…
As she crossed the banquet hall, silence pervaded. People’s chatter, laughter disappeared. Some people even stared while holding the wine they were drinking.
In the silence as if time had stopped, Adel slowly approached the emperor.
Her walk was as arrogant and proud as if she were the protagonist of this banquet hall.
Beneath her neatly coiffed black hair, her unusually thin and white neck shone. Her deep green eyes were mysterious and captivating beyond belief.
However, it wasn’t just her beauty that people lost their minds to.
“My goodness! Isn’t that mourning attire?”
Someone’s whisper came, and as if it was a signal, they began to murmur all at once.
“Wearing mourning clothes at His Majesty’s birthday. She really is out of her mind.”
They must be talking about the black dress that Adel wore.
Of course, she expected such a reaction.
Every year at the end of the year, the emperor’s birthday banquet, which doubled as a yearend party, was held. It was the biggest and most glamorous party in the Kalim Empire.
The women of noble families said they prepared the dress they would wear today throughout the year. Because the dress they wore today would be the talk of socialite women for a year.
Whether to envy or to ridicule.
Therefore, no one dared to wear a black dress.
Adel did that hard thing!
“But what is that she’s holding?”
“Is that a funeral urn by any chance?”
“There’s no way… but I think she could do that.”
Adel looked down at the box in her arms.
It was a gift to the emperor but… looking at it like this, it looked just like a funeral urn in both shape and size.
Mourning clothes and a funeral urn, what a perfect match.
“Why does His Majesty invite such a woman every year?”
That was what Adel wanted to ask.
Why does the emperor invite her to this banquet every year?
The reason was said to be that she was the wife of a former duke of a prestigious family.
But why would they insist on a place where no one, including herself, welcomed?
“There’s no evidence. That she poisoned her husband.”
“But still. Everyone knows about it, how can she walk around so shamelessly showing her face?”
People chattered as if they wanted her to hear it.
The more they did, the more Adel held her head high and wore a brazen expression.
When Adel first attended the party in blissful ignorance, she was hit hard by this dreadful rumor. But about 8 years passed, and she had developed a thick skin for all the slander.
That didn’t mean Adel deliberately chose a black dress. No matter how much abuse one received, she was not perverted enough to enjoy it.
In fact, she had only one highquality silk dress. Originally creamcolored, she had dyed it pink the next year, then red the year after, making alterations as needed.
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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