The lady’s expression softened.
It was because if Rachel’s words were true, it made sense that Ariana had been locked in the attic.
Ariana had been waiting for this very moment.
“No, Mother. I didn’t steal the necklace.”
“Ariana, that’s enough now, take care of yourself. You are very sick.”
“Really, Mother. Where would I hide that precious necklace? I really didn’t steal the necklace. Why don’t you believe me?”
“Ariana.”
Rachel called Ariana’s name, syllable by syllable, and glared at her softly.
In her past life, Ariana would have bowed her head in fear of Rachel’s momentum. She would have acted as her mother wanted, not wanting to incur her anger.
Rachel thought Ariana would do the same.
But Ariana ignored her mother’s gaze and spoke to the lady.
“Grandmother, please believe me. There is nowhere in my room or on my body to hide the necklace, so why doesn’t anyone believe me? Is it because I’m not Duke Bronthe’s real daughter?”
Rachel gritted her teeth.
Rachel glared at Ariana, who looked just like her father, with eyes full of hatred, then quickly softened her expression, feeling the lady’s gaze.
“Do you have evidence that she stole it?”
“The necklace is probably hidden outside the mansion. Several times her lies have caused trouble, and now she’s stolen the necklace that my husband gave as a wedding gift…”
“If it’s the wedding gift, you mean the necklace studded with diamonds?”
“Yes, Grandmother.”
The lady looked at Ariana suspiciously.
Ariana, seemingly troubled by the lady’s gaze, finally spoke as if she had just remembered.
“Ah! The diamonds… last time Luigi said… No, it’s nothing. Just consider it stolen by me, Grandmother.”
As Ariana bowed her head as if in fear, the lady urged her.
“Don’t do that, speak up. What were you trying to say?”
“That is…”
Ariana glanced at Luigi as if she was looking for clues.
“Ariana. Is that maid scarier than this old lady?”
“It’s not like that, but… I’m not sure. But Luigi told me last time that he was a rich man with dozens of diamonds.”
“When did I!”
Luigi shouted back.
The lady glared at Luigi, and he quickly knelt down.
“Grandmother. That child… No, the young lady is lying. How could I dare to steal the master’s necklace?”
“That’s right, Mother. Maybe I raised her wrong, but Ariana lies all the time… You shouldn’t blame Luigi just because you believe her.”
As Rachel defended him, Luigi looked at Ariana smugly, then was taken aback.
There was a mocking smile on Ariana’s lips.
But the smile disappeared quickly, and Luigi thought he had seen it wrong.
“We’ll know whether Ariana’s words are right or wrong by searching Luigi’s room.”
At the lady’s words, Luigi slightly lifted his chin.
Helena had stolen the diamond necklace, and Luigi had hidden it in Ariana’s desk drawer two days before.
Now Ariana was about to receive a big punishment from the lady for lying as well.
The lady sent the maids to Luigi’s room.
When they returned a while later, the maids said they hadn’t found anything in Luigi’s room.
Rachel and Luigi’s mouths turned up, and deep wrinkles appeared on the lady’s forehead, when one of the maids whispered in the lady’s ear.
“Lady Duchess, the diamond necklace is a valuable item, so it wouldn’t have been left anywhere. If Luigi really stole it, he would keep it preciously.”
The maid’s words made sense, so the lady ordered her maids to search Luigi’s body.
With nothing to be caught, Luigi confidently handed himself over to the maids for a search.
“I found it!”
But things did not go as Luigi had thought.
One of the maids found the diamond necklace in Luigi’s inner skirt pocket.
The necklace densely studded with large and small diamonds was an expensive item that anyone could see was not for just anyone to own.
Luigi’s eyes bulged, and Rachel’s face twisted.
The lady took the necklace from the maid and glared at Luigi with cold eyes.
“Is this yours?”
Luigi only licked his lips and did not answer.
“Am I not asking you! Is this your necklace?”
Luigi’s pupils turned toward Rachel as if seeking help.
But Rachel too found it difficult to understand what was happening now, so she didn’t have the time to shield Luigi.
Rachel suspected that Helena, who regarded Ariana as an eyesore, had taken the necklace to frame Ariana.
Though it was an expensive item for use, Ariana had no way to sell it, so she thought the necklace would soon return to Rachel’s hands.
So she had left Helena to her own devices, but she never dreamed this would happen.
Rachel glared at Ariana, the root cause of all these problems, but Ariana just lay expressionless on the bed.
Realizing that Rachel had no intention of helping, Luigi knelt before the lady.
“It’s a false accusation, my lady. It’s a false accusation.”
“A false accusation?”
“Yes, I’ve never seen or touched that necklace. Miss Ariana is framing me.”
When the lady glanced at Ariana, Ariana struggled to get up.
“You think I’d steal my mother’s necklace and frame you?”
“If not, how could it be in my pocket!”
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
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Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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