‘I don’t care about anything else, Bohaya. I just wish for our family to be happy.’
‘For our family, truly.’
‘For the family, just once…….’
‘We are family, after all.’
I looked at the familiar green ceiling that always appeared after I opened my eyes.
I had a doglike dream.
[This is a time delimiter.]“Lise, go run an errand!”
Despite a month having passed, Isabelle still entrusted me with errands. For instance, picking up the watch from the repair shop, fetching the dress that was mended two days ago, and so on.
Basic errands suitable for a tenyearold, but tedious and trivial for a noble lady.
Indeed, when nobles sent their children on errands, it was more common to send them to neighboring mansions than to the market.
But after last year’s incident, my errands changed from neighboring mansions to the marketplace.
At that time, Isabelle had sent me on an errand to deliver an invitation to the lady of the Frond mansion, located at the foot of the hill.
‘Hello, Mrs. Frond. I’m Lise Marsen from the Marsen family. I came on my mother’s errand.’
‘Oh, how lovely. Would you like to come in?’
I unintentionally received dessert upon going there. Kind Mrs. Frond, as if to soothe her mundane daily life, asked me boring questions about my studies and social relationships.
Back then, I had complaints about not being able to go to school, so I spilled various stories.
Mrs. Frond, apparently finding my stories more interesting than she expected, even poured tea. By the time the conversation ended, she gave me some candy and invited me to come again.
The problem arose later at the party, where Isabelle and Mrs. Frond met. Seeing me beside Isabelle, Mrs. Frond greeted me with a smile.
‘Last time when you sent Lise on an errand, we had a chat. I heard you had a youngest daughter, but I didn’t know she was so clever. She’s pretty and wise, surely she’ll be an outstanding figure among her siblings.’
‘……Thank you.’
Mrs. Frond’s friendly words created an aftershock. She did not hold back on my praises, showering Isabelle with them until the party ended.
Isabelle’s face remained calm, but I noticed her shoulders slightly tense whenever Mrs. Frond compared me to my siblings.
I wanted to run away at the same time.
Back at the mansion, Isabelle took out her anger on me. She confiscated all the books and belongings in my room and stopped sending me on errands to other mansions.
I even received a warning not to think about going to school anymore.
A year has passed since that incident. Isabelle started entrusting me with ordinary maids’ errands again.
“Here, take this. Hand this card to the master of ‘Mermaid’s Tears,’ and he will give you the item. It’s very expensive, so be careful not to lose or damage it. If anything happens, I’ll take back all the books I gave you last time. Understand?”
She handed me a card with an emerald background and a silver border, containing the reservation number and signature.
“Lise. You need to respond?”
“Yes, Mother.”
“Don’t wander around strange places again.”
“Yes. Of course.”
I left the room before Isabelle could unleash a stern warning. After putting on my prepared goingout boots, I headed to the entrance, where Beaty was waiting for me in silence.
“Let’s go, Beaty.”
“What’s up, Lise? Running an errand again?”
Swell, who came to the entrance to play ball, spotted me and chuckled.
“Oh, I should’ve left sooner.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing.”
“Hmph. It suits you to do a maid’s work. Yeah. It looks just like you.”
“Hmm, I think you’d be suitable for managing the stables.”
“You called me ‘you’? To your older brother!”
As if there’s more than a few months’ difference between us.
“Then I’ll be going. Older brother.”
“What? Who, who’s your older brother!”
It was tiring to deal with Swell.
After quickly leaving the mansion, I went down the hill to the village without a carriage.
As it was a familiar road, my steps moved quickly despite the steep downhill. In contrast, Biti couldn’t keep up with my pace and floundered behind.
“Miss! A little, a little slower, please!”
I eventually had to catch Biti as she nearly lost her balance and fell. Her legs were trembling as she walked, and she only let out a sigh of relief after we had made it all the way down the hill.
“It’s called ‘Mermaid’s Tears,’ right? So it must be around here.”
“You just need to turn left. Miss.”
Unlike earlier on the hill, Biti, who was familiar with the market’s layout, quickly guided me to a sign with ‘Mermaid’s Tears’ written on it.
I looked up at the wooden sign, designed similarly to the business card. It was a famous place that sold the most expensive jewelry in the village.
“Welcome. What brings you here?”
“I’ve come to pick up a reserved piece of jewelry. I have a business card here.”
“Oh, you came for that?”
One of the employees approached me and asked, her friendly tone surprising Biti.
“Excuse me. This is Lise Marsen, the youngest daughter of the Marsen family.”
“What? Th, this person?”
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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