“Ahh…”
Amy felt a cold sweat break out on her back. This bold prince, treating his father, the Emperor, as if he were dead.
“Uh? Is it not okay?”
The Second Prince, Noah, tugged at Amy’s hand, pleading. Overwhelmed, Amy bit her lip but soon nodded in agreement. As Noah’s face brightened, about to call her, Amy sternly said,
“But only when we’re alone, you know. If someone finds out, I’d be severely punished. Disrespect to the royal family is punishable by immediate execution.”
“Got it~!”
Noah quickly nodded, his black hair fluttering like wings. He then looked up at Amy with sparkling eyes, as if urging her to call him. Amy chuckled helplessly. It was just a name, but he seemed so delighted.
“Well, ahem.”
Amy cleared her throat and said solemnly,
“Lord Noah.”
“…”
But instead of being happy, Noah’s face fell. Why so? Amy tilted her head in confusion when Noah pouted and grumbled,
“I thought you were just going to call me Noah.”
“Aren’t you essentially asking me to sign my death warrant?”
Amy exclaimed in shock. Noah shrugged slightly and then nodded in understanding.
“So, from now on, it’s always ‘Lord Noah,’ right?”
“Only when we’re alone. Why are you trying to broaden the scope sneakily?”
“Hehe, you caught me.”
Noah playfully stuck out his tongue. Amy narrowed her eyes at him. She had thought him to be just a delicate boy, but after a few months together, she noticed he could be quite brazen with a cute face.
‘Should I be stricter with him when we’re in the North…?’
Amy pondered for a moment but then shrugged it off, attributing his behavior to a lack of companions to spoil him.
‘It’s not like he’s caused any major trouble. I just need to be cautious.’
In truth, Noah’s appearance, starkly different from that of the Crown Prince, had softened her heart. When she first saw his unmasked face upon coming to the Second Prince’s palace, the shock was still vivid in her memory.
‘The Empress was famous for her beauty in her princess days in the Southern Kingdom…’
She had thought Noah only inherited his mother’s black hair, but it turned out he had her beauty too. Ironically, since the Empress’s death ten years ago, the Emperor and Crown Prince had hardly seen Noah’s face.
‘Love between men and women is so fleeting.’
Amy’s sympathetic gaze lingered on Noah and then dispersed into the air. The Empress had fallen in love with the Emperor at first sight during his visit to the Southern Kingdom and gave up all her rights as a princess to become a mere consort in the Empire.
But the Emperor’s love for her didn’t last even five years, vanishing like dandelion seeds in the wind.
‘That’s why I couldn’t trust the Crown Prince.’
Like father, like son. Her conclusion had been confirmed by her death in the previous life. Amy lifted her gaze to look at Noah again.
“Why, Amy?”
Noah smiled, his golden eyes sparkling with trust and affection for Amy.
“…It’s nothing.”
Amy licked her lips and turned away. “Well, the Second Prince also carries the Emperor’s blood, so he might become a notorious figure in the world someday. And he’s handsome too.” Amy, having tasted bitterness in her past life, now found such people enjoyable to watch but dreaded getting entangled with them.
‘Though he also has the pure blood of the selfless Empress, I hope he’s at least half as good as her.’
She paused mid-thought.
‘Come to think of it, I heard something about Lord Noah before my regression…’
Amy stared at Noah for a while before shaking her head, wondering why she was having such thoughts about someone still so young. She then joined in Noah’s exploration of the market with a smile.
“You’re a bit late.”
A man stood before them, bowing politely. Amy nodded casually and examined him closely.
“Looks like you managed to escape without any trouble?”
“Yes, well…”
The man, Joseph, adjusted his glasses with a reluctant tone. He was the former nominal aide exploited at the Esmaine Duke’s estate.
“Anyway, you’re 8 minutes and 40 seconds late.”
“Yes, sorry about that. I did mention several times that I had to hurry because the person waiting is not someone to be taken lightly. But someone insisted on eating skewers right away.”
Amy unapologetically threw Noah under the bus. Joseph stared intently at the boy pushed forward before him, his lips smeared with sauce. Noah coughed awkwardly.
“Are you Joseph, the one who contributed to this matter?”
“…Gasp!”
Joseph finally recognized Noah and gasped in shock. The thought of the Second Prince himself coming to the market was beyond him! He started trembling like a flower in a storm, but Noah spoke sheepishly.
“Sorry about that. It’s my first time trying these, want some?”
Amy’s lips drooped. Oh dear, he must be sorry. After gobbling the skewers like a dog with a bone, it seems his appetite is satisfied.
The flustered Joseph wiped his hands on his pants and accepted the offer politely. Noah stared at him as he hesitantly took the skewer.
“…”
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.
*
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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