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 Chapter 9
 Wanting to Escape&nbsp;(8)
 Ian was blunt and had mood swings ever since he was young.
 He didn’t even care about other people since he always won easily.
 Everyone but Annabelle Nadit wanted to get along with him. That was why there was no desperation and lacking from her.
 Others praised Ian, saying he was handsome, but the Duke and his wife knew the shadow that followed their son’s light.
 It was the indifference and bluntness of not wanting anything from others.
 Although he possessed the common sense and dignity of a noble, he was cold to the point that sometimes he did not acknowledge the shortcomings of others.
 Leslie had never made such an issue of it, but she often thought that the Duke of Wade could end up without a successor like Ian.
 Of course, even if her son lived alone and died, it was inevitable because it was an individual’s choice.
 But she couldn’t believe Ian, who was always upset with everything with the same expression, was showing such a look!
 “Mother, why did you suddenly become interested in Annabelle? You usually don’t care at all.”
 “I thought maybe you were just having a little bit of an inferiority complex. I only thought of it as a nuisance to your way forward.”
 “You know exactly what I mean.”
 Ian smiled and folded his arms.
 “And an interesting conversation? What are you going to talk about with the woman who throws curses me?”
 “That curse was very cute too.”
 Leslie said teasingly.
 “I hope Aaron hears you when you take a bath today.”
 “The curse was too much. I can’t stand it.”
 Ian swept his hair nervously.
 “After this sword competition, there will be no more complications, so I’ll endure until then.”
 “Well, is that so?”
 Leslie grinned slowly over the tea.
 It was fun to see her son go crazy, but she was slightly moved by Annabelle.
 ‘You want to win, but you don’t want others to get hurt.’
 Leslie wouldn’t have thought that if she were in Annabelle’s position.
 It was in Annabel’s true heart.
 “I like her.”
 “So what?”
 “How about you?”
 “I’m not a pervert who gets excited when I get insulted, and there’s no way I can like Annabelle.”
 Ian said with less excitement while Leslie nodded her head.
 “Well, that’s okay. I can’t help it. We’re going to go our separate ways.”
 “What?”
 “Since when did we interfere in each other’s lives like that? The evaluation of a person can be different.”
 Ignoring Ian’s anxious gaze, Leslie continued.
 “Today she wore a gray training uniform. Come to think of it, I’ve never seen her in any other clothes. Like the swordsmanship contest, and the last time I happened to see her at the training ground…”
 Ian did not respond to Leslie’s words.
 Leslie looked at her son’s tightly shut mouth and noticed that her indifferent child had seen Annabelle every day but never thought that way.
 “She said that she was impressed by the food even though it was only a simple course meal… and that she eats only frozen yeper meat every day.”
 “…”
 “Her father, the Marquis of Abedes, is completely indifferent to her, her dead mother was like that too, but even her older brother is thinking of using her as a foundation to feed his own stomach…”
 Ian didn’t say anymore. He sighed once, said goodbye, and left.
 Although Leslie was brief, she thought she had never seen so many different expressions from Ian.
 There was anger, absurdity, embarrassment, and some discomfort.
 ‘It’s interesting. I can’t believe Ian’s emotions, which used to be like a wooden doll, are running through him.’
 She happily drank her tea and then rang her bell.
 Aaron, who had been waiting somewhere, came in with a very excited look.
 “Duchess Leslie.”
 Aaron’s dark blue eyes widened playfully.
 “Did you have fun?”
 “I thought Ian came at the last minute and ruined everything…”
 Leslie replied with a smile.
 “Well, things seem to have become more interesting, yes. It has been the funniest thing since Ian whined about not being able to turn upside down.”
 She then spoke seriously.
 “After that, raising him was easy, but it wasn’t much fun because he was good at everything.”
 “I sincerely congratulate you on finally finding fun from your son after such a long time.”
 “In that sense, I’d like to give Miss Annabelle a present.”
 “Present?”
 “Yes, can I make a reservation for the Rainfield? I just want to get rid of that old gray training suit.”
 Leslie recalled Annabelle, who was eating frantically.
 Wavy light purple hair, dark blue eyes, and dense features… She thought Annabelle would be really pretty to decorate.
 Since Leslie was also a swordsman, of course she could fully understand why Annabelle didn’t care about those things, but this was just her own greed.
 The first time Leslie saw Annabelle was when she was 14 and competed in a swordsmanship competition against Ian in the final.
 In fact, it was hard to even compare the two from birth.
 Ian was the heir to Duke Wade, and the son of two famous swordsmen who swept the era.
 From an early age, he learned to use the sword directly from his father and the head knights.
 Anabelle, who was born out of wedlock, constantly had a different teacher at a simple training ground to learn how to use the sword.
 No one thought it was strange when Ian beat Annabelle.
 Leslie also looked at Annabelle and thought it was amazing to get second place in that environment.
 In particular, she did not like her mother, Caitlyn.
 Caitlyn, who was dressed up in all kinds of jewelry and expensive dresses, sighed without even saying good work while looking coldly down at the young Annabelle in her worn-out training suit.
 It was as if Annabelle was not worth a penny unless she was number one.
 After Caitlyn’s death, Reid seemed to have inherited everything and was abusing Annabelle equally.
 No, she couldn’t believe they were only feeding her frozen yeper meat.
 It was a terrible thing, for Leslie hated starving and then eating tasteless food.
 That was why she began to care about Annabelle.
 “Tomorrow at this time will be great. I want to find clothes and then eat together again.”
 Aaron scratched his ear awkwardly at the words.
 “Oh, I think tomorrow will be a little difficult.”
 “Why? Are the reservations full? Since it’s my request, can you give me an hour?”
 “No.”
 Aaron answered with an unusually cautious expression.
 “Tomorrow is my sister’s anniversary.”
 Leslie exclaimed ‘oh!’ and clasped her hands together.
 “Then, of course, we’ll catch him next time. That is important of course.”
 The Rainfields had a daughter who died as soon as she was born.
 If she was alive, she would probably be the same age as Ian.
 ‘The date is tomorrow.’
 Leslie fiddled with the teacup.
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 Ian kept his mouth shut as he took a shower.
 That was to avoid accidentally humming.
 His mother would have let Aaron go by now.
 Besides, if it were Aaron, he would be the person who would teach the choir the words he hummed and then have them sing rounds every morning.
 After taking a shower, he walked gently on his toes, paying particular attention to his threshold.
 ‘Really, what is this?’
 He didn’t care when he heard the double insult, but Annabelle’s words kept running through his mind.
 “Oh, that’s a surprise.”
 Putting on his robe, he got nervous when he saw a pigeon sitting by the window.
 “Get out now!”
 The dove stared at him sullenly, flapped his wings, and eventually flew away.
 Ian laid on the bed and sighed again. In the end, he never asked why she warned him of the dangers at Hibiscus.
 He got entangled with Leslie and forgot about it.
 “…It’s embarrassing because Ian’s only opponent is me! Only Annabelle Nadit can hurt Ian Wade!”
 ‘Is it really like that? Is there a state where you hate someone so much that you don’t want them to get hurt by someone other than yourself?’
 He thought seriously, then turned his imagination in a different direction.
 The person Ian Wade hated the most was, of course, Annabelle Nadit.
 If he didn’t hate her, then he was not normal.
 But if Annabelle Nadit was injured by another opponent and she got caught up in some kind of attack and got seriously injured…
 “…No.”
 She was seriously injured.
 When he fought with her, he couldn’t hit her as much as he wanted.
 For example, he couldn’t aim at Annabelle’s back.
 ‘Oh, I see.’
 Ian was easily convinced.
 ‘People have to do the opposite.’
 Believing that he understood Annabelle’s psychology perfectly, Ian went to bed comfortably until something tapped on the window.
 It was the pigeon again.
 “No, that damn pigeon again…”
 He nervously opened the window and tried to shoo it out, but the pigeon stuck out its foot while looking at him with a pathetic face.
 ‘Ah.’
 It wasn’t just an ordinary pigeon, it was a messenger.
 And there was only one person who sent him this.
 Prince Robert.
 「Make sure to bring Miss Annabelle to the next meeting. It would be better to change the place. I’ll make a reservation for a table of 3 at the red brick house.」
 Ian read the note several times.
 The pigeon poked at the back of his hand as if it needed a reply.
 Ian bit his lower lip and wrote back.
 「See you then. I don’t know if I can take Annabelle Nadit with me because she doesn’t listen to me. I think it’s better if you think it’s not possible.」
 After writing back and tying it to the pigeon’s leg, he lay nervously in bed.
 He has been in a bad mood, and that seemed to have been the case ever since Annabelle rescued him from the guard procession of the High Priest.
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 One day, as usual, Annabelle remembered the memories of her previous life.
 It was revealed that she has been reincarnated as the second most popular character in a novel.
 She also did all kinds of bad things to the male lead, and in the end, she is the person who will end up in prison!
 ‘In the end, I’ll get caught. It’s crazy!’
 Anabelle begins to save Ian from danger by intercepting the conspiracies that were laid out one by one to prevent her impending doom.
 But in the process, she caught the attention of some unexpected people…
 “Oh my, that’s the spirit of chivalry our family pursues! I like that a lot!”
 Ian’s mother’s eyes began to sparkle at her.
 “Would you like to be my partner to the opera?”
 After saving Ian, the prince keeps flirting…
 “Ian, I’ve decided to quit being your rival and live a new life.”
 “A new life?”
 “To stop paying attention to a man like you who’s always up and down, marry a man with no character, and live a normal life.”
 “Who’s the opponent? And why am I up and down?”
 The male lead, Ian, keeps obsessing over me for some reason.
 “Why do you not talk harshly to me these days…? Do it again.”
 Everyone just seems to be a little weird!
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 [New book "The Blue and Black Flash of Curse" has been released! ] 
 Yang Xiao traveled to My Hero Academia. This era is not the era he is familiar with. When the hell scene five years later appeared in front of him, he knew that he must be fully prepared before the darkest era comes and lead the U.A. High School to solve the crisis! 
 Legend has it that in that unpredictable magical time and space 
 Legend has it that they can change in a thousand ways and show their magical powers 
 Legend still depends on the flow of time but the righteousness remains unchanged 
 Legend has it that heroes emerge in an endless stream in the Hero Academy (funny face) 
 New book: [One Punch Man: Thunder Shazam] has been released! 
 [This article does not have a harem for the time being. The more female characters appear in the scene, the heroine is not necessarily what will happen between the two. Just read it quietly. ] 
 [PS: There is already a million-word book "Hero Academy: The Strongest Personality"]Author's Other NovelsOne Punch Man: Thunder ShazamHero Academia: The Strongest Personality
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 As the number one pill alchemist of the immortal world, Mu Chen had always believed that it was because he had single-mindedly focused on concocting pills that led to him to neglect disciplining his disciple. Which in turn, caused his disciple to be led astray by the seduction of devil cultivation, leading to the three realms to fall to disaster. After his rebirth, Mu Chen resolved to properly teach his disciple, give him the very best resources, earnestly love him, carry him close to his heart, teach him by way of example, and didn’t let him grow corrupt.
 Sure enough, his disciple became more and more “intimate”. Every day his disciple even crawled into his bed, rubbing against his chest and clinging to his thigh. It was just that his expression isn’t exactly quite right……
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 Scheming female assassin transmigrated to become the weak Eldest Miss, her story is wonderful and stunning, attracting peach flowers to blossom open. Cold calculating emperor? Genius bad crown prince? Insidious happy-go-lucky prince? Gentle physician? Ice-cold mystery male? Who is her true love? Haha, but she only eats, definitely will not take responsibility! Beautiful men be careful!
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 Bai Song, 18 years old, seems to be a traveler. 
 After Bai Song was killed by a mud truck, he found himself transported to another world, and he even had a panel that could summon Servants. 
 Before Bai Song could feel happy, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have crossed over to the Type-Moon world. 
 Moreover, it was at a time point under the pen of Gen Urobuchi, the warrior of love. 
 Bai Song smiled wryly. 
 “If I commit su*cide now, I should be happier, right?” 
 And then… 
 Looking at the summoning formation, he saw a blue-gray large cat holding a trophy that read “National Rat-Catching Champion.” 
 Bai Song suddenly realized that the Type-Moon world had become much less terrifying in an instant.
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 When a living person takes up a position in the nether world, they’re known as “Impermanent”.
 Lan He managed to squeeze into the entertainment circle, but wavered constantly around the 38th tier because of his lack of background.
 At first, knowing that he has to work part-time as an Impermanent and live off of the Nether World, he rejected it, until he realised… Why did working part time in the Nether World help him become famous in the Over World?
 Lan He: “It’s me, the darkest rogue in the Nether World, the hottest star in the Over World.”
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 GunGun, as a national treasure(panda), was stolen by thieves and skinned. Once he woke up, he had a healthy body and lots of bamboo leaves. But monsters with glowing eyes surrounded him, most importantly they were floating, have greenish blue faces, fangs, and have no little legs?!
 (⊙o⊙) Oh, the two-legged monster is here again, huh, is this bowl of food for him? These tender leaves are delicious, they should be hidden in the deepest part of the den.
 There was an extra panda cub in the Interstellar Admiral’s embrace which he brought everywhere he goes. The place where a gun was once placed turned into a place for holding a basket full of leaves.
 One day, GunGun became a beautiful boy.
 Pouting face GunGun: Big monster I’m hungry. Huh? Where’s my fur!
 The admiral’s face flushed crimson red being overwhelmed by its cuteness: “!!!!!” My darling!
 ******Small Theater~******
 GunGun who was holding a small bamboo shoot and shivering: It’s so scary, monsters with no heads or tails are floating!
 The admiral who fell from the sky: GunGun, don’t be afraid.
 GunGun who was holding a little apple and shivering: It’s so scary, a glowing green skull is smiling at me!
 The admiral who fell from the sky: GunGun, don’t be afraid.
 GunGun who was clinging to the Admiral’s thigh with wet eyes: Ah, the corpse moved! He said that I’m cute and wanted to touch me.
 The admiral who became fierce: This absolutely won’t do!
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 This story is about a god level player, Li Cangyu, who returns to the game Miracle after being away for several years. The story explores him playing the game and setting up a team in an attempt to finally win a trophy in the Miracle Professional League.
 E-sport God Series 1 “The Strongest God”
 E-sport God Series 2 “God Level Summoner”
 E-sport God Series 3 “The King’s Return”
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 As a small stone on the immortal mountain that carries the spirit for tens of thousands of years in the God Realm, Xing Yun never imagined that one day she would become an accomplice of a mudslide, and even buried the head of the famous God of War in the God Realm… … 
 Not only was she buried, but she accidentally knocked him down after transforming into a human being from the god of war… 
 Why is this legendary first god so brittle? She pondered that she was just a stone, and it wasn’t particularly heavy. Why was he so lost? 
 Is it touch porcelain? ! Can’t afford to play? ! 
 A certain marriage god (commonly known as Yue Lao) who is not too serious about the fun: “He is also your benefactor, if you only care about your own interests and ingratitude and don’t go down to save him, you will be beaten to ashes and become one with this mudslide. Said, these six realms will also be messed up into a pot of thin rice paste! Let’s just wait and finish together!” 
 Xingyun with a confused face: “Then, if I rescue him, what if he takes revenge or beats me to ashes?” 
 Yue Lao firmly patted his chest: “The God of War is magnanimous, wise and martial, and he will never care about a small stone with you!” 
 After all the vicissitudes of life, Xing Yun, who finally rescued a certain god but was counterattacked, said with grief and indignation: “I promised not to hold grudges!” 
 A certain God of War with a monstrous face and a dark belly in the back is as warm as jade, and his face is gentle: “When did I say that?” 
 A certain Shi whispered bb: “I’d better do a mudslide…” 
 [Sweet pet 1v1, I hope to be one of your sources of happiness]
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 After Lin Zisheng, whose whole family was ruined by a white lotus, woke up once more, he discovered that his mind now had an additional so-called ‘system.’
 Lin Zisheng: hehe… …
 And so…
 System: cho-chotto matte! Host-daren, that is the white lotus we are supposed to save, y-you can’t force her onto the road of no return!
 Lin Zisheng: An early death means an early reincarnation, I am freeing her from endless suffering.
 System: … … [Host’s words are highly logical, I actually have no words to retort…QAQ]
 #Early Every Morning I Wake Up And See Host Pushing Male Lead Down A Pit#
 #Host Keeps Trying To Squash Target To Death, What To Do, Waiting Online, Urgent!#
 #Please Spare That Little White Lotus, She Is Still A child#
 #Male Lead-sama, Your Female Lead Is Over There, Please Let Go Of My Host QAQ#
 #Why Male Lead Getting Bent Unprovoked#
 Also…
 #Every Morning Also Sees The System Being Silly (Seeking Death)#
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 Little Red Riding Hood is ill and has only one more month to live, so she decides to live in a hospice. The attitude of the staff here is very unsatisfactory.
 “What kind of service attitude do you have here?” Little Red Riding Hood was angry.
 “You’re a dying person, do you still need to care about our attitude?” The Dean.
 “What happened to serving the dying people? I spent the money, and I demand the best service from you.” Little Red Riding Hood was angry.
 “You’re a dying person, do you still need to care about the serving?” The Dean.
 “Can you stop repeating about me dying here and there? Believe it or not, I will complain about you.” Little Red Riding Hood was furious.
 “You are a dying person with such a narrow mind.” The Dean.
 Little Red Riding Hood cried in anger~~~~
 “Congratulations, you have been accepted into our company.” The Dean
 Underworld Group’s The Honoring Life branch welcomes you.
 What Fortune 500, our headquarters is the underworld…
 –
 The heroine is sick, she is dying, and is admitted to a hospice.
 The dean of the hospice handed the heroine a contract and said, “Come on, sign this and this man is yours.”
 The heroine signed it. Anyway, I’m dying, so I don’t care about doing anything.
 The male protagonist is also sick, and due to the sickness always wants to commit suicide.
 Male protagonist: Why every time I commit suicide, there is always a woman to seduce me.
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 Copy 1:
 The entire entertainment circle knows that Xia Rong and Su Chi seem to be natural enemies. Same period of debut, same period of increasing popularity, opposing each other in their careers, fans constantly ripping into each other in a frenzy.
 Xia Rong began with this thought as well, all the way until he found out Su Chi’s secret —— Su Chi could shapeshift?!
 Su Chi: “The issue of me turning into a cat, help me keep it a secret.”
 Xia Rong: “Why should I!”
 Su Chi: “Since you pet me… … for an entire night.”
 Xia Rong: “… …”
 Copy 2:
 Ever since Xia Rong found out that Su Chi could turn into a cat, moreover, shape shift ignores the location, time, as well as the person in question’s wishes, the other often relies on him to help cover up.
 Former rivals transform into the obedient cat until the palm, Xia Rong happily rubs the cat: “Hahahaha Su Chi, even you have today! Meow… … Meow meow meow ao?”
 Surprises always come suddenly.
 Xia Rong was unresigned: “Meow ow ow ow! Is shapeshifting into a cat infectious?!”
 Su Chi: “Don’t be afraid, I’ll steal cat food to raise you ^_^”
 Some people appear to be well off, in reality, not only do they have a cat in private, the cat is also their boyfriend =v=
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 Feng Qian, a late-stage lazy cancer patient, received the task assigned by the Lord God – to protect His Highness Mu Yan’s soul fragment. 
 Feng Qian blinked. Well, in other words, to be a bodyguard. 
 no problem. 
 However, who can tell her that His Highness is not very cold? Why is the fragment she meets a little obedient, a little arrogant, a little cute, and always likes to tease her? ! 
 Accompanying Feng Qian’s system baby all the way, successfully promoted from system to little matchmaker. 
 “Host, Fragment is very sad, you have to hug him.” 
 “Host, the fragments are arguing again, why don’t you kiss him?” 
 “Host, the fragments are so pitiful, why don’t you marry me?” 
 … 
 System: “# My host is super lazy, how can I break it? # Waiting online, it’s very urgent.” 
 【Sweet pet fast wear 1v1】
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