Really, what does it matter that I was the first to save Fernando? Now Fernando knows I saved him this time.
“Aren’t you still unable to control water?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Tsck, pitiful.”
Duke Schupraher’s reprimand made Fernando keep silent. His father had caused today’s incident because Fernando was slow in mastering water control.
Annoyed, the Duke had ordered a knight to lure Fernando to the lake.
“How long will you dawdle?”
“Please wait. I’m doing my best.”
“Hmph, doing your best…”
Duke Schupraher snorted at Fernando’s reply. He knew his son was speaking the truth. Fernando hadn’t left the water even at the risk of death, but the lack of progress made his confident attitude seem absurd.
However, the Duke’s expression soon narrowed with interest. Unlike before, when Fernando would have been anxious and jumpy at his words, today he was calm. Intrigued, the Duke leaned slightly towards his son.
“You seem to have learned a lot today.”
“Yes. I’ve realized quite a bit.”
Fernando nodded confidently.
“I will surpass just doing my best. Even if the path is arduous, I feel I can endure it. And…”
Today, Fernando could have escaped on his own but chose not to. He had decided that if he couldn’t master his ability this time, it would be better to perish.
Moreover, Fernando realized that if he were truly in danger, someone among the guards would have inevitably rescued him. Suddenly, a white hand reached out and embraced his neck just as he was about to lose consciousness.
He wanted to see who it was, but unfortunately, Fernando lost consciousness for a moment.
When he regained his senses, Fernando saw a face as beautiful as the white hand. Red hair clung to her pale, drained face.
Her upturned eyes looked slightly challenging, but they were filled with concern for him.
Just as a newly hatched chick imprints on the first living being it sees, Fernando’s heart was indelibly marked by Etienne’s face, the first he saw upon awakening.
“I’ve realized that I don’t have to endure it all.”
“Even though my holding onto you doesn’t fully acknowledge you as the successor?”
“Then cast me aside.”
“What?”
Fernando, who had always been anxious about losing his position as the successor, surprisingly spoke out of character today.
“I found myself wishing you hadn’t intervened earlier. If it weren’t for my father, I could have become Etienne’s husband…”
“Did you forget the part about being used as a servant or a knight?”
“He’s handsome enough to be a husband.”
Fernando’s matter-of-fact reply left Duke Schupraher momentarily speechless. It felt like he was dealing with a son he hadn’t known. Or perhaps his son had finally broken out of the eggshell that surrounded him.
“Should I thank the Claire family child for changing my son so much?”
“That’s unnecessary.”
Fernando cut off his father’s interest in Etienne.
“I’ll manage my own training.”
“On what basis should I entrust this to you?”
“If I can’t satisfy you, then do as you please. I’ll forge my own path now.”
The Duke chuckled. Threatening to cast him aside was pointless now. Fernando, having already challenged that notion, wouldn’t be swayed by such threats.
Just then, Duke and Duchess Claire, along with Etienne, entered the dining room. Fernando smiled upon seeing Etienne, an unusual change that narrowed Duke Schupraher’s eyes.
“Etienne.”
Without looking at the Duke, Fernando stood up and walked straight towards Etienne, extending his hand with a shy expression.
“I worried you had gone home. Are you okay?”
His voice, previously emotionless towards his father, was incredibly gentle towards Etienne.
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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