Chapter 428

Aurelia answered without a second thought, “The female lead should replace a way to save herself. Shecan't just wait for the male lead to sacrifice himself for her, can she? Women should be self-reliant,not waiting around for their demise. Plus, you can’t count on men. can you? What if the femalelead falls for the antagonist and leaves her behind? She'd be doomed.”

“Huh?” Yuna wore a look of surprise, somewhat admiring Aurelia’s unique train of thought.

Aurelia quickly realized she was getting too caught up in her analogy and offered an awkwardchuckle. “I'm just making an example. In the book, the male lead must stay true and committed, butin real life, men like these are not scarce.”

Leopold was one of them.

When she was lying in the ICU, teetering on the brink of death, he was rekindling his old flame withhis ex.

Did he have any hidden reasons? No, he was just fickle and cold-hearted.

Moreover, he had never truly loved her. He had no real feelings for her. When she wasn't appealinganymore, he kicked her to the curb and moved on.

Yuna shot her a sidelong glance. “Aurelia, don’t you think the female lead should keep her cool, waitfor the male lead to replace the antidote, and recover before she seeks revenge on the antagonist?”Aurelia popped open a bottle of apple juice and took a sip., “Your arrangement could work, but if itwere me, I couldn't bear to see the female lead living on borrowed time, watching her man marryanother woman and have sex with her. By the time she’s recovered, the antagonist might becarrying his child. It's unwise for a woman to put her life in a man’s hands. A woman shouldn't relytoo heavily on a man. The person you can trust and rely on the most is yourself.”

"Okay." Yuna scratched her head. “I'll give it some thought.”

Aurelia flashed an easy smile. “My advice is FYI. The key is to cater to the readers’ preferences.”

She didn't know that her words had reached Leopold's ears in real time.

Her reaction was his worst fear.

He was grateful he had held back from revealing the truth to her.

They still hadn't established a bond of complete trust. She had never believed in him, not even alittle.

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If she were to know the truth, she would be freaked out and constantly doubting him. Shewould never patiently wait for him to bring back the last dose of antibiotics,

She would surely try to save herself secretly, taking risks behind his back and potentially fallinginto the enemy's trap.

He ran a hand through his hair, feeling frustrated and restless.

The thought of her moving on and being close to another man lit a spark in him like a powder kegready to explode at any moment.

At this point, Aurelia returned to Blossom Villa.

William was in his room building a model, with Chirpy fetching him materials.

It was a perfect teamwork between a boy and his bird.

Upon seeing Aurelia, Chirpy fluttered over to her, chirping, “Mommy's back.”

Aurelia reached out her hand, allowing Chirpy to perch on it, gently rubbing its small head.

It then flew back to the table, resuming its play with William.

“Mommy, I'm building a spaceship that can fly beyond the Milky Way and defeat the Trisolarans,”William announced, revealing his clean and neat teeth in a wide grin.

Aurelia kissed him on the cheek. “What classes did you have today?”

“Math, physics, and design,” William replied in his childish voice.

He was on a half online, half offline schooling schedule.

Dr. Alan was William's homeschooling tutor in Goldstone, specializing in the education of giftedchildren. After William returned to Elysium, they continued their classes online.

Aurelia changed into a fresh set of clothes, came down from upstairs, and settled on the couch withsome cherries.

Avery came over and sat next to her. He was back in the morning, having just finished filming hisnew series.

“Aurelia, I heard that the young heir of the Cooper Group is pursuing you. Is that true?”

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