“Where are they? All these people around…”
Riz looked around and trailed off. There were no onlookers; everyone had turned away.
But more embarrassment was felt by Riz than when she was being watched.
Her face turned redder than ever.
“Please put me down quickly. I’m not a child or anything…”
“But you’re carrying a child.”
At those words, Riz, who had a momentarily stunned expression, soon widened her eyes. The gaze from Hercesis looking down at her softened gently.
“Don’t go to the resort and rest by my side. I’ll take care of you.”
“But you… you don’t want a child, right?”
“Do you remember what I did when you had Cain?”
“……. ”
“I consider you more important than anything else. That’s why I said I don’t want a child anymore. As long as I don’t lose you, I’m okay.”
Riz felt her vision blur.
Recalling her secret concerns and inner struggles about prenatal education, emotions surged within her for a moment.
Tears that had been held back fell down her cheeks.
Everything was a misunderstanding. Riz had interpreted his consideration as selfishness.
“I’m sorry. I misunderstood.”
“It was a situation where misunderstanding was possible. My acting skills played a part too.”
“Hug me too, Dad! Not just Mom.”
Cain tugged at Hercesis’s clothes and hopped up and down.
Hercesis sought permission from Riz with a gaze, and she naturally nodded.
Riz descended from his embrace, and in turn, Cain climbed up.
Cain, with his bottom perched on Hercesis’s strong arm, giggled happily.
Thinking of their similar family relationship, Riz suddenly asked a question.
“But, are you really okay? You said you didn’t want to divide your love for Cain in half.”
To this, Hercesis pondered for a moment, then grinned.
“I still don’t like that idea.”
“……. ”
“The love for Cain should belong entirely to Cain. And for the second child, it should receive another complete love.”
“……. ”
“Love for you and Cain should be different, like that.”
Hercesis embraced Riz with one arm and the other arm holding Cain.
Cain, laughing, wrapped his arms around Riz’s neck.
Under the gradually reddening evening glow, the three people entwined in love couldn’t help but hug tightly.
It was a sticky familial bond that couldn’t be easily severed.
“Should we choose the child’s name in advance this time too?”
Hercesis suggested.
“But we don’t know the gender yet.”
“Then we’ll choose both.”
Riz burst into laughter, nodding her head.
“Sure, let’s do that. What if it’s a son?”
“Yurian.”
It was his father’s name. Since Riz had also considered the name before, she readily agreed.
“Okay. Then, if it’s a daughter?”
Hercesis detached himself, gazing alternately at Riz’s eyes with a gentle expression.
“Cyan.”
“……. ”
A smile slowly appeared on Riz’s face.
Her expression wavered between confusion and a smile. Was this really a coincidence, or was it a confusing face?
“Cyan… really?”
The name from her past life, which she hadn’t called for a long time, felt awkward for Riz.
“Why that name… It’s not a common name…”
“That’s why. Because it’s uncommon, I wanted to give it. Is that okay? I like it.”
Hercesis smiled and once again spoke that name.
“Cyan. Isn’t it lovely?”
It was too clear to be a mere coincidence. It was unimaginable that he could be someone related to my past life.
However, as Riz heard her old name from his lips, she felt a strange sensation.
In his sweet and gentle voice calling her name, Riz felt a sense of healing from the wounds of the past.
It was a feeling of finally comforting the child who had been crouched in a cramped room, tormented by self-loathing.
His sweet and kind voice illuminated her past.
For her, the past was no longer a moment she wanted to remember.
It was the foundation that made her current self, the starting point of everything.
‘I don’t think this is the end.’
Like the words of that friend, the first love that was so precious, there is no end. There is no completeness. Every moment is just a part of the journey of life, and as time passes, we learn how to walk the path of life more smoothly.
“I like it.”
Riz smiled, revealing her neat white teeth.
“It’s beautiful. Cyan.”
“Cyan! Cyan!”
Cain echoed like a parrot.
Looking down at the modest houses gathered like a cluster of red-roofed buildings under the reddening sky, the three people embraced each other tightly once again.
No, now they were four people.
Male lead fell into her trap — and shattered when she walked away
This is also on my reread list!
This one is a slow burn, but when it burns, it burns hard.
Definitely worth a read, y’all!
The story follows a thousand-year-old seductive spirit who, on a bet, sets out to charm the male lead—a once-promising but unfortunate cultivator.
But just when she succeeds in making him fall for her, she heartlessly leaves, driving him to madness.
Determined to find her at all costs, he captures her, keeping her by his side no matter what, even if she hates him.
I love this kind of trope—I enjoy watching the male lead suffer in agony.
The ending drags a bit with unnecessary filler, but that’s fine.
As long as I enjoy the beginning, I’m good.
Intro
As an enchantress, Su Heng possesses captivating eyes and charming beauty, easily manipulating the joys and sorrows of living beings at her fingertips.
But to enchant a god, making him taste the bitterness of love’s separation, long-lasting resentment, unattainable desires, and inability to let go…
Do you dare?
Su Heng assists a divine lord in his cultivation, aiming to make him experience all the sufferings of love, so that he can attain the Great Dao.
Only after being chased down from the heavens by the divine lord, confined and completely possessed by him, does she realize how successful she has been.
The once gentle and polite youth has transformed into someone she no longer recognizes.
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