“Hey. What are you doing?”
Despite being called from behind by Jane, a maid with a malicious expression stood by the bed.
Upon sensing someone approaching, El held her breath even more and feigned sleep desperately.
“If you don’t want to become a disgrace in this house, get lost.”
Jane momentarily stopped tidying the clothes and quickly approached to dissuade her colleague.
However, the maid who had already reached the bedside flicked El’s forehead without hesitation.
Her finger made a snap! sound, accurately striking the center of El’s forehead.
El exerted all her strength not to show a reaction, but how could she be fine after unexpectedly getting hit on the forehead?
Inevitably, her suppressed shoulders trembled slightly, and strength entered her eyelids.
The maid realized that El had awakened.
“Hmph! You insignificant thing.”
She scornfully mocked El more deliberately and turned towards the door.
She pulled the door latch shamelessly, disregarding the astonished look on Jane’s face.
“She must be crazy.”
Stunned momentarily by her colleague’s behavior, Jane quickly followed after, resolved to give her a piece of her mind.
“Ah…….”
Only after the maids left did El open her eyes and rub her chest.
Though she had been hit on the forehead, her chest hurt strangely, with a throbbing pain near her heart.
Perhaps because her chest hurt, her breath felt stifled too.
‘Am I really okay being here?’
Her mouth quivered, and her hand trembled. Engulfed by a sensation she had never felt before, it felt like her throat was being choked.
‘I was overwhelmed and happy, but now I’m not.’
The hard and dry bread felt like it was crammed into her mouth.
A feeling of not being able to chew or swallow, nor spit it out.
Feeling nauseous, short of breath, aching jaw, and stinging cheeks.
El removed her hand from her mouth and rubbed her cheek. Her thin and gaunt cheek distorted here and there.
“Am I allowed to enjoy this? Me, the insignificant one. Me, the defective one.”
El looked around the spacious and luxurious room.
Once again, her throat choked up, and her breath was stifled.
El had never received proper compensation or reward for her actions in her life.
Even when working her hands to the bone and blistering her feet to survive, what she got in return was often just a shriveled piece of bread.
Sometimes, not even that.
Left on the street without her parents knowing, living in a pickpocket’s den in the slums, that was her life.
Having nothing from the beginning and then having that taken away as well.
A life of giving everything even knowing it’s unfair, giving more and more, struggling somehow to survive.
Therefore, El was excited and delighted by the favors she received in Mosteros, but suddenly it became terrifying and scary.
She couldn’t handle the tremendous things that came pouring in when she had nothing.
“What am I thinking? My disguise will be revealed. I shouldn’t be greedy. Most of all, if I become a burden to them…….”
She didn’t want to think about it.
She had not an ounce of desire to be a nuisance or a hindrance to those who had been good to her.
Afraid that her existence would become a burden to them, her hand trembled involuntarily.
El quickly sorted out her thoughts. It seemed like living in the Duke’s house was too much for her.
El decided to leave the Duke’s house.
“But if I say I’m going, they will stop me…… Perhaps it’s better to leave quietly.”
El steeled herself.
But having made that decision, Lapellian’s face suddenly came to mind.
The thought of never seeing him again made a corner of her heart feel empty and regretful.
But El erased his face from her mind.
El pulled away the luxurious bedding she had never used in her life and crawled down from the bed.
She was still weak, but it was not too difficult to move.
Then, a cheerful knock was heard.
El, startled as if caught doing something bad, scrambled back onto the bed.
“Who, who is it?”
“Can we come in?”
The twins appeared through the slightly open door.
“Yes. Come in.”
Though startled by the sudden appearance of the two brothers, El tried to maintain her composure, blinking her eyes.
She thought to herself, ‘It seems that it will be difficult to sneak out at noon. Let’s go out at night.’
Briel and Riello, who had come close to El, laid down the things they had brought on the table and greeted her again simultaneously.
“Hello, I’m Briel.”
“Hello, I’m Riello.”
Their similar voices created a beautiful harmony, reaching El’s ears.
The only difference between the two children was that Briel was slightly shy.
“Hello, Young Masters.”
The two waved their hands, and El got down from the bed and politely bowed her head.
It was the best etiquette El could perform, having not received formal training, but the twins looked shocked.
At that, El became rather flustered.
‘Did I greet them wrong?’
Confused, El rummaged through her memory.
She tried to recall a greeting she had seen from a lady on the street and attempted to emulate it.
El awkwardly bent her knee and clumsily spread the hem of her shirt.
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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