Hanchan was a young maid in the Marquis’s residence, but she’d always been a chatterbox. She could strike up a conversation with even a dog passing through the courtyard.
That changed when the spirited young marquis, who had been away on the battlefield, returned and lay unconscious in bed. The head stewardess said a maid was needed to attend him closely.
All the maids in the residence avoided the job like the plague, afraid they’d be sent to care for the young marquis, who might never wake up.
Hanchan heard the news and wasn’t worried at all. In fact, she felt a little eager: if he was unconscious, he surely wouldn’t complain about her talking too much.
So Hanchan volunteered to care for the young marquis. He couldn’t move, but he was so handsome that she couldn’t help talking to him for hours every day.
Then one day, the young marquis really did wake up because of all her talking. But for some reason, he didn’t seem surprised to see her. Whenever she couldn’t help chatting, he would deliberately put on a stern face and say coldly, “You’re noisy.”
Before long, Hanchan noticed that the maids who used to bully her had mysteriously been sent out of the residence, and that her meals were now made differently every day. Those were exactly the things she had mentioned to the unconscious young marquis. At last, she seemed to understand...
Theme: A heart that burns with steadfast resolve