The General Regrets It After the Prince Leaves

A strong female lead story. The heroine loves herself most of all and can abandon the male lead for her own sake.

He struggled to lift his heavy eyelids, his unfocused gaze barely settling on Su Mu’s furious face. His throat was raw and stinging with blood, every word agonizing to force out, yet he managed a frivolous, sly smile. His pale lips curled slightly, making him seem all the more flippant and loathsome.

“What... could I possibly be after?”

His breathing was faint, but he deliberately made his voice soft and teasing, provoking Su Mu’s anger. “I... just covet the general’s power. I covet your high rank and the troops under your command. I covet the chance to cling to your side every day and live under your protection, instead of being trampled like an ant in the capital.”

“I was greedy before, wanting power and riches. Now that I’ve lost my prospects and influence, all I can do is cling desperately to the general, my only support.”

The instant he finished speaking, the last trace of restraint in Su Mu’s eyes shattered completely.

A faint, almost imperceptible doubt had lingered in her heart. How could someone who had once been so ruthless have fallen so low, reduced to begging so humbly?

But hearing these shameless words, all her doubts turned to bone-deep coldness and disgust.

So this was what he had been all along: a shameless climber with the heart of a wolf! Before, he betrayed her entire family for power. Now, he grovelled for the sake of survival. He had no integrity and no trace of their past affection!

“Fine. Very fine!”

Su Mu laughed in fury, frost bursting in her eyes as the five fingers around his throat suddenly loosened.