Rebirth of the Film Emperor's Beloved Wife

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Jungkook was thrilled.

He ran his eyes over her face, his gaze brimming with excitement and tenderness as he tried to engrave her semblance into his mind.

Did she really say all of that? She was willing to work on her relationship with him? She was going to do her best to be a good wife? He couldn’t believe it. Was he hallucinating again?

Jungkook told himself to calm down, hold back his excitement, and not make Lisa think he was being frivolous.

Once he managed to do that, he carefully processed her words and instantly noticed something: She hadn’t responded to his joke about her liking him. It seemed like she was deliberately avoiding the topic.

His excitement dampened a bit, which prompted him to sigh at his own discontentment. He’d clearly gotten so much tonight, and yet he was brooding over the little things he didn’t get. He shouldn’t be acting like this.

However, thinking about it now, he realized that what he wanted wasn’t necessarily a harmonious marriage—it was her love.

But her love was still far out of his reach. He didn’t dare wish for it.

Nevertheless, he understood that this was a step forward, and he knew to appreciate it.

The second step would only follow after the first step, and right now, he was probably on the third or fourth step. As the saying went, the waterfront pavilion gets the moonlight first1.

Lisa’s acceptance meant that he now had an entire lifetime to spend on making her like him back!

A silly smile had overtaken his countenance, and after staring at it for a while, the amused Lisa finally prompted, “Is there anything else? If not, I’m going to rest.”

The man responded stiffly, “No. You should rest early, goodnight.”

Despite his best attempts to suppress his smile, his glee was self-evident.

Soon after he left, Lisa finished getting ready for bed and turned off her lights. Her eyes closed shut.

One second later, they snapped open again.

She stuck out her slender foot and sent the little golden tortoise flying out of her bed with a discourteous kick.

When did it even get there?

The little tortoise landed soundly on the floor. It didn’t stop moving and by started to spin in circles on the floor, just like a little spinning toy.

When Lisa turned on the lights and saw it spinning like that, she was exasperated and amused at the same time.

This little tortoise was stupid and clumsy and always making trouble. It was only useful for gaining Jungkook’s fancy.

After watching it spin for a while, she finally decided to be kind and pick it up. Then, she left for Jungkook’s room.

At the start of their marriage, she settled him in the bedroom furthest from hers because she didn’t like to see him. However, they resided on the same floor, so the furthest bedroom was actually nothing more than a few extra steps away.