[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone":3,"chapter-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-211":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Shut Up, Young Lady, Obediently Hand Over The Money And Don't Confess!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1798564,2397,"Chapter 211 : Do I Love Him?","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-211",211,"\u003Cp>Linda felt a pang of sorrow as she heard Adeline’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A girl like Adeline—so beautiful, so kind, so resilient, and from such a good family—was now asking,“Do you… do you think I still have a chance to win him over?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah… the pain of love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course you do. You’re not thinking of giving up, are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline traced slow circles on her leg with her fingertip, leaving pale marks on her skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“B-But… Felyn already said he doesn’t like me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He said you two weren’t suited for each other, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, he did. But doesn’t that mean—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He never said he hated you. He never said you weren’t his type. That’s why I think you still have a chance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… still have a chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline lowered her head and curled up in the chair, resting against her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then do you want to give up on him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you want to see him surrounded by other girls, andyounot among them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No… I don’t. I really don’t.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. At least now you know how Felyn feels about you. That’ll save you from wasting time going down the wrong path.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linda gently encouraged her not to give up on Felyn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason she didn’t try to convince Adeline to let go or move on—was because Linda herself was someone who believed in chasing love, no matter what.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been fooled so many times by older women pretending to be shy young boys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, a love story between a rich girl and a poor boy had always been the kind of romance Linda dreamed about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You still have time to be with Felyn before he graduates. All you have to do is make him fall for you before then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Felyn graduates… make him fall for me…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline repeated Linda’s words in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there wasn’t much time left. Just like with Miss Viloti, once the contract ended, Felyn would probably go out of his way to avoid her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which meant she only had two months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months to make Felyn fall in love with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But was that even possible? Could she really do it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you… do you think I can?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Linda let out a sigh and held up a mirror in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lady, look at yourself. Red eyes from crying, messy hair, your nose all pink… You’re this beautiful, this gentle and considerate. If I were Felyn, I’d be heartbroken just seeing you like this. Ifyoucan’t win him over, then who can?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline stared at her reflection, thinking carefully about Linda’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…But there’s one more thing,” Linda said, unusually serious for once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that you know Felyn doesn’t love you, can you still love him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline met her eyes and was suddenly struck by a question she’d never truly asked herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I love Felyn because he loves me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I love Felyn because he’s been kind to me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do I love the Felyn from the contract… or the one from that little house in the Mist District?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, the contracted Felyn always said the words she wanted to hear, did the things she liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if that was all it took to win her heart—just some sweet words and a good performance—then could someone as intelligent as her really fall for that alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the way Felyn chose to act out his role was, in itself, a reflection of who he was inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After staying a bit longer and confirming that Adeline had calmed down, Linda quietly took her leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Linda was gone, Adeline took a warm bath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She changed into a simple white nightgown, pulled out her chair, and sat at her desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that her emotions had settled, she began to seriously consider something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I were Felyn… would I fall in love with a girl like Adeline?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, I am Felyn…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She began running through possible thoughts and motivations in her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have a client. She thinks I love her, so she’s always asking me to do unreasonable things. And she believes I do them because I love her… always trying to please her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying it out loud made her feel sick.Was that really me? So full of myself…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I spend every day kneeling beside her or sitting at her feet, clinging to her like a child with old wounds. I have to kneel for at least half an hour at a time. I cook for her, prepare her fruit, listen to her complaints…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only now did Adeline realize how excessive her demands had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t need to run the full simulation to reach a conclusion. Felyn had no reason to like someone like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the illusion of“He loves me,”all she saw now was a boy quietly enduring her endless selfishness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were me… I wouldn’t like her either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spoke softly, her fingers brushing through her still-damp hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all this time… I’ve been hurting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, Felyn had never made her feel unwelcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still made her smile every day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of her, he never showed fatigue, never let any impatience slip through. He always gave her his best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He bore the burdens of the entire Sorester family, yet not once had he shown even a hint of negativity in her presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Felyn, you always say I’m strong. But you… you’re the strongest person I know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it’s that Felyn… that I truly, deeply love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Felyn doesn’t know that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline picked up her pen and began writing in her notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we’re being realistic, our social status doesn’t match. Being with me would bring shame to the Claude family. And Felyn… would be accused of being a gold-digger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And worse, Felyn probably thinks the version of him I love is just the fake one created by our contract. But…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But through their long time together, Adeline had come to understand his real self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was exactly because of who Felyn was inside that she had grown to like him. Everything else—the illusion that he loved her—had come later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But Felyn doesn’t know that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So I have to meet him outside of contract hours. Let him see the real me. Let me see the real him… and fall in love with him all over again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking it through, Adeline came to a clear conclusion—there were two things she needed to do next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, she had to help Felyn gain a social status equal to hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most realistic way to achieve that would be helping him get accepted into the Royal Capital Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, she had to change how she treated him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She needed to spend time with him genuinely, apologize properly, and truly get to know who he was beyond the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only had two months left. If she missed that window, Felyn would disappear from her life entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two months… to make him fall in love with me again. Can I really do it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From kindergarten until now, she had never once failed. But tonight, she had failed in the thing that mattered to her most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline was filled with uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Late into the night, she got up to pack her things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was leaving for the Royal Capital early the next morning, so she began folding her clothes and organizing documents into her suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, Felyn would do this for her. But with him gone, she had to handle it herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smoothed out the wrinkles on her clothes and gently patted them down inside the suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“All packed. Let me check if there’s anything else…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She picked up the plush pig by her bed, gently brushing her fingers over it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a gift from Felyn, given to her after he moved to the Royal Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you go home, there’ll be another little pink pig waiting for you. The two of you will make a perfect pair.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she whispered those words, her rose-tea-colored hair slipped forward and veiled her face, hiding her expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But I… But I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark, uneven droplets began to bloom on the pale blue fabric at the top of her suitcase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears, clear and steady, dripped one after another onto the clothes inside, soaking through the fabric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adeline knelt in front of her suitcase, hands resting on her knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the silent room, the only sound was the soft patter of her tears falling onto folded clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1411,"2026-06-09T04:36:14.214Z",1,"novelbin.me","978a85a87c637173f6cff46b527e228d42b60946b8adc628c93aa6eb8cfdb0a8","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-212","shut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-chapter-210",727,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshut-up-young-lady-obediently-hand-over-the-mone-cover.jpg"]