The original Korean paragraph consists of 50 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation with the same number of lines:
During lunchtime, Dohan went to the smoking booth on the company building’s rooftop.
After hearing Sarang’s words about marrying Jeong Yunjae, he desperately needed a cigarette.
He had resumed smoking, which he had quit after their breakup.
He hadn’t let go of it a single day since then.
Not a day passed without thinking of her.
After exhaling the last smoke, he crushed the cigarette.
Stepping out of the booth, he faced a bitterly cold wind that chilled his hands instantly.
Dohan lingered there for a while.
Unsure if he could face Sarang alone in the office, he doubted his ability to maintain decorum.
He wanted to seize her and confess his longing, love, and desire for one last chance.
He wished to explain why he had fled, apologize for the pain caused, and hold her.
Scared to tell her the truth in case she hated him more.
Afraid she’d stop liking him if she knew what kind of person he was.
But he had realized too late that not seeing her was a greater torment.
Yet, he couldn’t approach Sarang, who had someone to marry.
Leaving her once was selfish enough; to unilaterally convey his feelings now wasn’t considerate.
While exhaling a long breath, the rooftop door opened.
Dongsik appeared.
“What are you doing alone here? Came to smoke?”
“Yes.”
Dongsik, usually alone on the rooftop for smoking, approached Dohan cheerfully.
“But really, you won’t tell me? Who that woman is?”
Dongsik, aware of Dohan’s real reason for joining Seohan Electronics, was curious about the woman.
He wondered what kind of person she was to keep Dohan from dating for five years.
A love so great that he’d abandon a thriving business to follow her to her workplace.
Dongsik had asked several times at the dinner, but Dohan never spoke up.
Even indirect threats using his position were futile.
“I’m sorry.”
“How can someone be so tight-lipped? Perfectly suits the nickname ‘Relentless.'”
Dohan let out a wry smile, hearing the nickname after a long time.
“That woman told you not to even call her name. What now?”
“I don’t know what to do.”
“You entered our company without a plan?”
He was talented enough to succeed in business at a young age, so Dongsik had high expectations. But seeing him indecisive about love was perplexing.
“I can’t do anything. I treated her terribly. I’ll never be forgiven in this lifetime.”
“If you won’t do anything, why did you come?”
Even while talking to Dongsik, Dohan couldn’t get Yunjae, who came for Sarang yesterday, out of his head.
He should’ve drunk today, not yesterday.
The cold wind wasn’t enough to clear his mind.
“I’m selfish. I came because I wanted to see her, though I don’t deserve to.”
“If you’re not qualified, make yourself qualified. Forgot the special forces motto already? If it’s impossible, make it possible!”
The original Korean paragraph consists of 50 lines. Here is the verbatim English translation with the same number of lines:
When three men gather, military stories are inevitable. At yesterday’s dinner, Dongsik was excited to learn that Dohan was a special forces veteran.
Despite the 22-year gap between their service, it was the first time Dongsik met a military junior at work. They reminisced about the past and shared stories.
As Dohan smiled faintly, Dongsik let out a small sigh.
Maybe because youth is like spring, when fresh sprouts emerge.
In those days, everyone had their tender stories, breaking through the hard ground.
“It’s cold, go down first. I’ll stay a bit longer to smoke one more.”
Dongsik gestured for Dohan to leave, and Dohan nodded.
“Cigarettes are harmful to your health. Quit smoking, Team Leader.”
“Ha, that’s rich coming from you.”
Dongsik chuckled and confidently entered the smoking booth.
Dohan’s lips curved softly as he watched him.
According to Suho, who had briefly worked in an office, finding a good boss was harder than winning the lottery. It seemed Dohan fell into that rare probability.
After finishing her work, Sarang left the office, followed by Dohan.
They shared an elevator, but she didn’t mind since he was going to the underground parking lot. It was her last morning taking his car.
But Dohan also got off at the first floor and kept following Sarang, who was heading to the hospital.
Eventually, she stopped and turned around.
“Why are you following me?”
“I’m going to the hospital with you.”
“Why would you, Dohan?”
“The Team Leader ordered me to closely protect you until your bandage is removed. Got scolded for not having lunch with you.”
Knowing he wouldn’t ride in his car, he had no choice but to follow her on foot.
It’s cold, might as well ask Jeong Yunjae to take her on the weekend.
Dohan was clearly displeased with Sarang heading to the hospital alone.
She didn’t want his protection any day sooner.
“Let’s go, or we’ll be late for the appointment.”
Dohan walked ahead, and Sarang let out a breath of exasperation.
How can someone be so brazen?
My Arch-enemy Sealed My Memory and Said That He is My Husband
This is an incredibly captivating story that you absolutely shouldn’t miss! I’ll give a brief introduction here, and below you’ll find a detailed synopsis of the plot.
The female lead is a fierce and powerful demon king. The male lead is a once-in-a-millennium celestial lord, admired by the entire cultivation world.
They are equally matched, legendary rivals who have battled for centuries.
In the final duel, the female lead is gravely injured. The male lead saves her, seals her memories, and hides her true identity. He tells her that he is her fiancé. His entire life has been flawless—except for the one thing he never expected, never controlled, and never wanted to control: falling for his greatest enemy. She is his inner demon, his obsession.
When the female lead regains her memories, she is furious at his deception.
She makes his life a living hell.
And somehow, the male lead—possibly a total masochist—doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he’s happy she’s paying attention to him.
Yep, we’re back to my favorite trope: male lead suffering. If you love this kind of story, jump into the pit with me now!!!
Intro
Dong Xia lost her memory.
Her handsome and extremely powerful fiancé Li Qing comforted her: “It’s okay if you can’t remember. I’ll always be with you.”
Everyone thought Dong Xia’s ancestors must have burned incense to get such a perfect fiancé. He was the number one person in the immortal realm, yet he remained chaste and only loved her.
…
The day before marrying her fiancé, Dong Xia finally remembered everything.
She wasn’t suffering from memory loss at all.
Her arch-enemy had made her fake her death, destroyed her cultivation, replaced her memories, and pretended to be her deeply in love fiancé.
No wonder he said, “It’s okay if you can’t remember”!
Dong Xia laughed coldly as she pulled out her long knife: Li Qing, prepare to die 🙂
*
Li Qing, as the supreme being of the immortal realm, was the people’s shining beacon.
The only unknown stain in his life was his affection for Dong Xia, the ruler of the demon realm.
In the final battle of the war between immortals and demons, the sky collapsed and the earth shattered. The ruler of the demon realm was finally slain under the sword of the supreme being of the immortal realm, and everyone in the immortal realm applauded.
The cultivation world lost a ruler of the demon realm.
And in the back mountain of Li Qing’s cave dwelling, he secretly hid away a fiancée.
Notes:
1. The female lead is white on the outside, black on the inside, and the queen of flattery; the male lead repeatedly tests the edge of darkness, a VIP guest at the crematorium.
2. Fantasy cultivation world setting.
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