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 Chapter 11
 Wanting to Escape (10)
 The stunned waiter looked at Robert and escorted him to the best window seat.
 In an instant, it was evident that all the employees of the restaurant were nervous.
 I sat quietly at the table and looked around.
 ‘Aaron Rainfield truly is rich.’
 The interior of the restaurant was very colorful and beautiful.
 ‘How many people are working…?’
 And this was only the third restaurant.
 Caitlyn and Reid always ate at the main one, so that place would probably be even more glamorous.
 “Excuse me…”
 Out of curiosity, I asked one of the employees.
 “Where is your main restaurant located?”
 “It is at 32 Violidi Street.”
 The employee responded kindly.
 “Please note that there are a lot of people on the waiting list, so you have to make a reservation half a year in advance.”
 Ha, then Caitlyn and Reid must’ve made reservations six months in advance.
 Trying not to be offended, I quickly thought of Aaron.
 When I recalled his playful face, my envy and anger subsided.
 In the Empire, the boundaries between the nobility and commoners were not very clear.
 To be precise, it was more evident in the past, but these days, the rights of the commoners were gradually increasing.
 Even Leslie, who was a commoner, became the Duchess of Wade without any difficulty.
 If you were a wealthy commoner, you had nothing to regret.
 I stared at the menu while swallowing my envy.
 Robert spoke softly as I hesitated for quite some time.
 “If you don’t mind, I recommend course number three. Everything is good there.”
 I quickly saw the price of course number three. It was the most expensive one.
 This was a lot of pressure.
 “Yes, then let’s do that.”
 Even though that price was too much for me.
 I answered lightly and covered the menu. It was embarrassing for me to join Robert all of a sudden.
 But, the reason that I agreed to join him was simple.
 “Of course, I’ll treat you to a meal.”
 Since that was the case, I could save a meal ticket.
 On a very reasonable calculation that I could come again besides today, I entered the restaurant with his escort.
 It was a place where everything glowed except dirt, so no one had worn sweaty training clothes and carried a sword like me.
 But with Prince Robert in front of me, it felt strange as if we were being focused on.
 After taking off his robe, I could also see that Robert was fully dressed in uniform and had an escort behind him.
 “I just wanted to say thank you.”
 In order to understand the situation, I closed my mouth and focused only on eating.
 What a pleasant misunderstanding to say thank you when the original version of the book would involve the assassination of Prince Robert later on.
 Just like the High Priest last time, it would have been better if he mistakenly thought that I saved him like this.
 Ian’s suspicions could also be avoided.
 Robert whispered in a low voice that only I could hear.
 “You wanted to warn me of the attack, but there was no way, so you told Ian, right?”
 “Uhh… what…”
 After hesitating because I couldn’t find anything to reply back to, he seemed to have come to his own conclusion.
 “Of course, I understand Miss Annabelle’s position.”
 Robert said calmly.
 “I won’t ask how you learned about the attack since blood ties can be very complicated.”
 He didn’t ask any more, so I answered coldly.
 “Thank you.”
 It also seemed like he knew roughly what had happened.
 Leslie also misunderstood that I had accidentally learned of the terrorist plan through the Marquis of Abedes.
 Of course, Robert and Ian were the ones who were targeted a lot.
 In the current empire, the battle for the throne was fierce, and the person at the center was the gentle-faced Robert sitting in front of me.
 Unlike his gentle and friendly-looking impression, he was full of political power and his ambition was to the millionth level.
 But if I were the Crown Prince, I probably wouldn’t want to leave me alone either.
 “Please don’t ask any more.”
 In fact, even if I confessed that it was Reid who was targeting Ian, it wouldn’t be beneficial to me.
 I had no intention of being recognized as a legitimate child of the Marquis of Abedes anyway, so the Marquis would be framed for a bit.
 “Oh, that’s a shame. Brothers who share the same blood are trying to hurt each other. I heard Miss Annabel is on good terms with her brother.”
 “That seems to be Reid’s idea, but my thoughts are different.”
 I roughly answered when I saw that all the waiters who brought the food were beautiful.
 It was great that most men met my aesthetic standards here.
 After I finished the swordsmanship contest without any problems and my life was completely safe, I could find a job, get in a relationship, and then get married.
 I wanted to have a really good family myself because Reid, who shared the same family name as me, was trash.
 So it would be a pleasure to get involved with any man here, but it would be troublesome if that man was Robert.
 It was true that Robert was also very handsome like a true prince, but he would be the one who might eventually become emperor.
 His political movements were so complex that his resourcefulness could push the Crown Prince away.
 ‘To be an Empress is not good. It’s too burdensome to have to take care of every move.’
 I wanted a small, ordinary romance. Not a political one.
 Later, even Ian got tangled up because of a relationship, which was quite annoying.
 If someone heard my thoughts, they might ask why I was thinking so far ahead when I didn’t even think about who was going to feed me, but it didn’t matter since it was just my imagination.
 ‘And if you get entangled and then break up…the whole nation will know the love story.’
 Here, every move of the Imperial family was gossip for the people.
 Eating like this now would be all over society by this afternoon.
 ‘You never know. I could date 100 people before getting married.’
 Most of the men here were beyond my ideal type, so there were plenty of options to choose from for my lover anyways.
 It was all about finding a decent, comfortable, and normal man to be around.
 “Originally, Ian and I were going to meet each other.”
 “What? Why?”
 “I thought Miss Annabelle might feel uncomfortable seeing me alone.”
 “Well, not really.”
 I looked around and added:
 “But will you be okay, Prince?”
 I didn’t even have a friend who would ask me ‘why did you eat alone with the prince?’
 So, having a meal with him wouldn’t cause any harm or annoyance to me.
 However, Robert, who would be embroiled in all kinds of scandals, was in a different position. The reason he wanted to eat with me…
 ‘Do you want to warn Marquis Abedes? But the Marquis actually has nothing to do with this.’
 Well, Any political move would have little effect because it was misguided from the start.
 But that was Robert’s problem, not mine.
 “I”ll be fine. Actually, Ian doesn’t seem to like Miss Annabelle very much, so it wouldn’t be easy for the three of us to see each other…”
 “Of course…”
 I asked with a sigh as I ate.
 “Ian hates me a lot, doesn’t he?”
 “Well, I won’t lie.”
 Robert replied with a smile.
 “He doesn’t like it very much if I mention Miss Annabelle’s name.”
 “If you’re a normal person, that’s the way it is.”
 A normal person would admire Ian.
 Ian acted in a textbook-like way like being polite to those who were favorable to him, and ignoring those who acted reckless like me.
 I wondered what I had done to a person who expected all those reactions.
 ‘It’s like a natural disaster that strikes in a perfect life…’
 All I could do for him was to disappear as quietly as possible.
 “You objectify yourself better than I thought, Miss Annabelle.”
 Robert said as if it were funny.
 “Anyways, I just wanted to say thank you for making the decision to take the risk.”
 He closed his green eyes and smiled beautifully.
 “In the sense that I look forward to your kind cooperation in the future.”
 “Right.”
 After answering indifferently, I concentrated on the food again.
 There was a reason why Robert was determined and treated me so well.
 If I thought this would happen again in the future through Marquis Abedes, he wanted me to keep him posted.
 ‘You want to have me on your side.’
 Robert was a very political man and a type who never did anything that didn’t benefit him.
 He always had a kind, gentle-looking, and friendly expression, but you should not be deceived.
 ‘The answer is to just not get entangled with powerful people.’
 I had to leave Ian Wade and Prince Robert and live far away in the heavens.
 A decent life that only a second-place swordsman from the commoner world could live.
 “What would you like to have for dessert?”
 Robert asked at the end of the meal.
 “Cake.”
 I ate cake in the morning, but I thought I should eat cake because it was a birthday meal.
 “The Ice cream tastes better here.”
 “I’d still like cake.”
 I said resolutely while scratching behind my ear before adding.
 “Actually, it’s my birthday today.”
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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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 Ai Qian, a street-crazy author who wakes up every day because of her own poverty, is bound by the system! 
 The system is obedient: Host, you are the daughter of a rich family, you are a billionaire female president, you are a superstar… Are you happy? 
 Ai Qian: Hehe, I might be happier if there is no hero who can kill me at any time.
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 The protagonist is the editor of a women’s literature website.
 Because of his straightforwardness, he has offended many authors of Mary Sue novels who want to sign.
 “Sorry, your writing is exaggerated, and has not yet reached the signing standard.”
 “Sorry, the plot of your work lacks logic and has not yet reached the contracting standard.”
 The resentment of the rejected authors of Mary Sue novels gathered to bring the protagonist to the world of Mary Sue’s novels.
 This is not the worst. The worst thing is that these authors’ exaggerated and terrible descriptions were faithfully restored by the novel world.
 The protagonist rushes to the speed of a hundred meters every morning, looking for a toilet in a huge villa with an area of 100,000 square meters.
 The protagonist did not dare to shed tears, and even dared not yawn hard, because the tears in the book were all diamonds, and the eyes would be embarrassed when he cried.
 When the protagonist is happy, rose flowers float on top of his head. When he is not happy, cherry blossoms fall on his head. The protagonist resolutely shaved himself, but set the overbearing, and the hair grew out after ten seconds.
 The protagonist’s father recharges the bus card of the protagonist every time for 10 million yuan. The protagonist wants his father to buy him a Ferrari. His father kindly refuses because the author did not write it.
 The worst thing is that the protagonist has been engaged to Murong, the son of the world’s largest consortium. Murong is from a mixed country of eighteen countries. He is one year older than the protagonist. He claims that when he was a month old, he fell in love with the protagonist who was still a fertilized egg. Every time the protagonist sees him, he wants to beat him out, but he still has to be soft in Murong’s arms to follow the plot.
 This is actually a Mary Sue novel with an anti-Mary Sue coat…
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 One day, a secret was revealed. 
 Zhang Xueyuan is a girl. 
 The younger brother who was once beaten up by him to the point of doubting his life sneered: “Impossible! Which girl have you ever seen who can pull up a weeping willow?” 
 The man who used to be his nemesis sneered: “Impossible! Which girl have you ever seen beaten up so many people without changing her face?” 
 The Xueba, who once ‘attempted’ to save him, said calmly: “We analyze from the existing facts… Although he wears women’s clothing, it is obvious that he just has a women’s clothing addiction, not…” 
 Someone who was a boss in a certain Mary Suwen exhaled slowly and cocked Erlang’s legs with pretence. Hey, the number of younger brothers has exceeded the standard today.
 Content tags: Time travel, women disguised as men 
 Search keywords: Protagonist: Zhang Xueyuan ┃ Supporting role: ┃ Others: 
 One-sentence introduction: To be a big boss is just one word, cool!
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 A con-man and policewoman that are legends of their respective professions suddenly die, then are reincarnated and return to the Tang Dynasty of ancient China as little kids.
 Accepting their second chance and forced restart, they choose to use the modern knowledge and specific talents that they have in their previous lives in order to live comfortably in this new life.
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 Song Yi is a sweet and gentle scum who grew up wandering up to the sky.
 Gu Xingchuan is a suave male god whose beauty crushes everything.
 For the same white moonlight affection, the two have fought for many years.
 Until Song Yi changed from a man with eight pack abs to an OMEGA exuding the scent of sweet milk.
 In front of everyone, Gu Xingchuan pinned Song Yi against the wall and smiled disdainfully, he then lowered his head and sniffed the warm, soft smell.
 “Your pheromones smell exactly the same as White Moonlight’s, I’m sure you’re seducing me.”
 Song Yi: “…”
 Gu Xingchuan: “If you are not seducing me, why can’t I help but want to kiss you?”
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 After she had transmigrated into the body of an abandoned wife of a little marquis in Ancient China, Su Nuan Nuan, a modern-day food lover was delighted!
 She can finally achieve her dream of not caring about the outside world and focus on what she loves best — eating!
 But the good times did not last long.
 Her husband was curious about these new and exciting dishes, and threw her back into the inner palace.
 Then… all hell broke loose!
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 Next Door is, “The Stand-in Refuses to Become a Regular” an extended version.
 A year after the Stand-in became a keep man, the President’s White Moonlight returned and the Stand-in fell into an unemployment crisis!
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 The past life Ji Anran: “Geng Yan, let’s get back together.”
 Geng Yan, who was dumped: “I refuse. You have powers anyway, and you can live well without me.”
 After rebirth, the weak chicken Ji Anran: “Geng Yan, let’s get back together.”
 The dumped Geng Yan: “I refuse.”
 Ji Anran, lying dead: “I have no power, you don’t care about me, just let me get cold1.”
 Geng Yan: “… …” The unsuccessful Geng Yan can only take away the weak chicken, one cannot put sand on the wall2 Ji Anran.
 Later… what about the ordinary person without the strength to truss a chicken?! Who’s the guy in the day?
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 Sinan Ke is a young talented writer of small, very dark *beep* novels. He is a gold medal author on a famous meat* novels website and he has a multitude of fans. However, he is still, after all, a wretched writer who puts the main character in his stories through great torment; so on this day, he got his retribution…
 System: Welcome, Visitor No. 039, to the virtual punishment worlds of the Great Harmony Department. You are in scene XY0358, your current status is a student currently taking an exam—
 Student Sinan Ke: What? ! ! (⊙?⊙)
 System: Please save the various youths who have lost their way, otherwise, you will not be able to break away from the virtual punishment world.
 This is the story of a small author of small *beep* novels being punished to go through various small *beep* worlds. He was tasked to save the protagonist who, because of said author, was turned into an obscene *beep* toilet.
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 Bai Junzhuo wakes up to smoke, realizing that she is surrounded by fire. But didn’t I just die? She thinks to herself. And now she’s been reborn. Before she died of an infection by an ancient bacterium, she was a microbiologist. After being saved by a servant, she learned that she was the daughter of Dr. Bai Gonglu. However, her concubine mother, Lin Bailian, took away all of the Bai Clan’s property after Dr. Bai Gonglu’s death, leaving a huge debt behind. When the debt collector came to ask for money, they set everything on fire. Before Bai Junzhuo could catch her breath, two men carrying knives found her.
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 Ever since Su Tian had transmigrated, she received a “Villainous Bosses Mentoring System” that could automatically identify villainous bosses IN THE MAKING.
 As for her missions, they were a little more complicated. For example:
 Stopping the boy in her class from deviating onto the path of becoming a villain;
 Turn the boy who was going to create a global financial crisis into Jack Ma of the new world;
 Talk the strange girl working at the toy shop out of her spending habit, because she will be the cause of hyperinflation!
 And the boy from the countryside that she ran into, please give up on developing bioweapons! Why don’t you focus on the Nobel Prize instead?
 Just when Su Tian thought all the little villains were growing straight up into upstanding people under her “education of love”, the small villains brought about a big villain…
 The young man has slender arms and legs and he cornered her into the restroom. He looked deeply into her eyes said, “I also need …”
 Su Tian shuddered, “What… what do you need?”
 “The education of love,” said the young man meaningfully!
 Ten minute later, Su Tian… was educated.
 System: This system is only responsible for identifying villains IN THE WORK. Matured villain are outside of its parameters.
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 Left out during elementary school picnic.
 Left out during middle school camp.
 Left out during high school trip.
 I finally became a college student and what? I’m left out from the entire humanity?
 Yu IlHan who protects the earth alone while everybody’s away in other worlds.
 His legend starts after humanity comes back and meets the Great Cataclysm!
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