When the fever subsided and I opened my eyes, the first person I saw was Rehart.
Again, it was different from my past life. Originally, I would have met my mother’s eyes and heard about the death of the Crown Prince, but he was alive and boldly in front of me.
“This feeling is really strange.”
“What kind of feeling?”
“Living life without knowing the future?”
To ordinary people, it might sound obvious, but to Etienne, it meant not knowing what happened before my death. Because the future had changed.
When Etienne tried to get up from the bed, Rehart quickly placed his hand on her back and helped her.
“I didn’t know you would help. I thought you would tell me not to get up.”
Certainly, perhaps due to a long illness, her vision became dizzy when she tried to get up.
“I feel like I want to get up. If I feel dizzy and try to fall, you can catch me.”
As if knowing everything about my feelings, Etienne smiled weakly at his words.
“Why are you smiling?”
“You take care of me better than I thought. You know my condition well.”
“If you care, even the invisible becomes visible. But I’ve only helped you get up now, and you’re saying I’m good at nursing just for this?”
“No.”
As Etienne shook her head, she felt a strand of hair falling from her face.
“Every time I woke up in between, I heard the voice of the Prince.”
“Hmm… I thought you wouldn’t know anything because of the fever.”
“That’s right. I know everything now.”
As Etienne smirked, Rehart suddenly handed her a cup of water. Just as she regained consciousness, the thing she wished for the most was water. After drinking lukewarm water, her body felt noticeably better.
Etienne took a long breath and met eyes with Rehart.
“I told you not to come.”
“When did I say not to come? To be precise, we both agreed to endure it well on our own.”
Rehart corrected what Etienne said, but suddenly his expression turned into one of exaggeration.
“But this is too much.”
Etienne had a puzzled expression, wondering why I was getting scolded.
“I knew it would hurt in advance. Couldn’t you have avoided it then?”
“This is unavoidable. If you’re a direct descendant of Claire, you experience it once when you become an adult.”
“Growing pains?”
“…Why do only our direct line have to go through it? Everyone grows up. Prince, in particular, continued to grow even after becoming an adult.”
“So I had a lot of knee pain at night.”
Continuing this playful conversation, Etienne gradually squinted her eyes and stared at Rehart, who, as if surrendering, spread his hands as if to show something.
“I told you I was going to die. So I thought about how to endure it, but it was scarier than I thought.”
“Sca…ry?”
“Even though nothing happened, because I knew that my original self died, my feelings are strange. Also, I don’t know how Ludvík might kill me. It might not be a fall; something else could happen. So, I came here to hide.”
Rehart revealed the reason he came here.
“Thank you. I survived because of you, Etienne.”
“Because I nursed you and stayed here?”
“Yeah.”
“Alright. I’ll accept that gratitude. But don’t you have to explain too?”
When Etienne gestured for him to speak more, Rehart still couldn’t immediately understand what caused it this time.
“You knew I would refuse.”
“Well, it seems like I said something similar before.”
“Before, you said there was excitement waiting for that day. But when you mentioned the possibility of refusal, your voice didn’t sound great, you know?”
“Did I?”
Rehart smiled as if he didn’t remember well. Then, as if something came to mind, he asked Etienne.
“So, do you remember what you said about liking me?”
“I’m not sure about that.”
This time, Etienne evaded the question with a nonchalant response.
“If you keep hiding or avoiding like this, we won’t be able to have a conversation.”
“I still haven’t fully recovered, so let me lie down a little longer.”
Etienne lay down on the bed, turning away from Rehart.
“Huh?”
Reacting to this, Rehart looked at Etienne suspiciously and said, “It’s even more suspicious when you pretend not to know and act nonchalant like this.”
“I feel like I need to rest a little more right now. So please wake me up in the afternoon.”
Even though Etienne had turned away and couldn’t see him, he tightly closed his eyes.
“I doubt you’ll be able to sleep.”
In response to his words, Etienne remained silent. Just as he said, her eyes were restless, and sleep eluded her.
“I guess I have no choice but to sing a lullaby.”
A lullaby. Etienne made a bewildered expression, and her gaze met Rehart’s reflected in the window. Whether the curtain was drawn or not, Rehart’s face reflected in the window was blurry due to the bright surroundings, but she couldn’t pretend not to notice the eye contact.
“Then you might be able to fall asleep.”
Rehart’s hand gently moved up to her shoulder, and he lightly comforted her.
“Now that you don’t have a fever this time, you should be able to sleep well.”
“…Knowing that I can’t sleep.”
“That’s why I’m singing you to sleep.”
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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