“Didn’t you just eat? And why are you here again? Besides, I thought I banned cake.”
“Yipe yipe.”
I just came to look around.
I feigned nonchalance, whistling innocently. But why ban cake if he’s trying to fatten me up?
Puffing up my cheeks, Hadal tapped them gently with his finger.
“Such a troublemaker.”
“Yipe?”
I’d caused trouble, true, but I also cleaned up after myself.
Seeing that it wasn’t a joke about the cake ban, Hadal carried me away from the cart. Desperately, I whimpered goodbye to the cake.
‘My cake~’
I should’ve run faster to sneak a bite. What a shame.
Thus, dangling from Hadal’s grip, I was brought back to his room. In the bathroom mirror, I realized why he called me a troublemaker.
‘Gasp.’
I was a mess. My paws were covered in dust and ink, and my tail was no longer pink but black.
‘That’s why they said I looked different.’
Surely, Hadal had described a white stoat with pink markings, not black.
“Getting this dirty… I can’t take my eyes off you.”
“Yipe.”
That’s my fault.
‘He wouldn’t ban me from going out just for this, would he?’
If he imposed a one-day outing ban for getting dirty, I wouldn’t sit still. I’d wreak havoc in this room.
“First…”
First?
Hadal placed me in a dry sink. Then, with a crisp tone, he announced,
“Let’s clean up.”
“Yipe yipe!”
What an impulsive action. Watching Hadal shed his clothes in one fluid motion, I shut my eyes tight.
Talk first, then undress!
Hadal had abruptly left the office because of news that the annex building of the castle had frozen over.
Initially worried about a possible monster invasion, he went out with a grave expression, only to find out that it was just an unused building where rainwater had seeped in and frozen.
‘That was startling.’
There had been an unusual quiet this year regarding monsters, giving a foreboding, calm-before-the-storm feeling. It seemed not just Hadal but others were also sensing this.
‘Feeling uneasy even when no monsters appear.’
How long must one live in such constant anxiety? Hadal, feeling a sudden wave of fatigue, pressed his fingers against his eyelids.
Walking beside him, the secretary let out a sigh of relief.
“At least it was just a harmless incident.”
“Indeed.”
The conversation ended there. Feeling the awkward silence unsettling, the secretary quickly opened the office door, then gasped in surprise.
“Huh!”
Tensing up for another issue, Hadal briskly entered the office only to let out a chuckle at the sight.
Tiny stoat footprints were chaotically scattered all over Hadal’s office.
‘What mischief is this?’
The little footprints led from the door and out into the corridor.
The plush carpet in the hallway soon absorbed the prints, making them vanish. Hadal looked back at the desk.
‘I thought it would be a mess with spilled ink, but the desk is surprisingly clean.’
Had the stoat dipped its feet into the inkwell? It seemed plausible, considering the creature’s cleverness.
The secretary, surveying the office, sighed.
“That small one sure got around.”
And that was certainly the case. The tiny footprints were everywhere – near the window, on the desk, and all over the floor.
The floor and windowsill were particularly concerning, being made of marble.
‘Cleaning this will be a task.’
Just as the secretary was about to fetch a mop to clean up, Hadal spoke in his blunt tone.
“Leave the footprints as they are.”
“Sir?”
Why would he want to leave them?
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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