“It’s like you didn’t hear a word I said.”
“I did.”
Skeptical, Sa Rang pouted her lips. Do Han watched her for a moment, then proved he had been listening.
“You ate lunch with Jiwoo in the engineering department. The library is crowded because of the upcoming finals. You were disappointed not to see a celebrity who was shooting an advertisement at our school a few days ago.”
Sa Rang was at a loss for words. Everything was correct.
She had planned to act upset, wondering why he was thinking of other things while with her, but her plan fell through.
His listening skills were commendable.
As she was about to let it go, her phone rang.
“It’s Hye Ri unnie?”
“…What?”
Do Han stopped in his tracks, his eyes widening in disbelief.
Unaware of his reaction, Sa Rang answered the phone casually.
“Hello.”
[Dash] Is it okay to talk now?“Yes, I’m on my way home.”
Do Han’s eyes flickered as Sa Rang spoke on the phone as if with a familiar person.
He was anxious about how Hye Ri got Sa Rang’s number and what they had discussed so far.
[Dash] I tried calling Oppa, but he didn’t answer. I wondered if you were together.“Should I pass the phone to him?”
[Dash] No, it’s okay. Just tell him I’ll go home first. A friend is dropping me off.“Okay, got it.”
[Dash] Sorry for bothering you with the call.After assuring it was okay, Sa Rang relayed Hye Ri’s message to Do Han.
“She said she’s going home first because a friend is dropping her off. She called me because Oppa didn’t answer his phone…”
Do Han took out his phone from his pocket.
As expected, there were no missed calls.
Realizing Hye Ri had deliberately called Sa Rang, Do Han’s grip on his phone tightened.
“Since when have you two been in contact?”
“The day we had ice cream together. I got a call from an unknown number, and when I didn’t answer, she sent a message. She asked for my number from Oppa. She asked if she could call me if she couldn’t reach Oppa, right?”
There was a hint of hurt in Sa Rang’s voice.
Knowing how much she cared about Hye Ri and feeling a bit let down that he had given her number without telling her.
“I’m sorry. I really didn’t expect her to contact you.”
Do Han had no choice but to say that.
If he said he didn’t give her the number, it would complicate things further.
“Don’t answer her calls. You don’t need to bother with her every time.”
“How can I do that? And she doesn’t call often. This was the first time since that day.”
Do Han felt sorry for not preventing this situation.
He wasn’t sure how Hye Ri got Sa Rang’s number, but he reproached himself for not being more careful.
This call was a warning to him.
If he didn’t break up with Sa Rang, Hye Ri would intervene directly, a threat in itself.
Understanding her intentions, Do Han already felt distant from Sa Rang.
It was time to make a decision.
Impulsively, Do Han decided to confess his sins to Sa Rang.
He was too young, he hated his father, and now he regretted it.
He wanted to explain before Sa Rang heard everything from Hye Ri.
But Sa Rang spoke first.
“About that cousin brother.”
Do Han tensed up, feeling his heart drop, not even knowing what she would say.
“How can a cousin abandon his sister like that?”
Sa Rang frowned, unable to understand.
Do Han struggled to speak.
“I was in sixth grade…”
He tried to excuse it as a mistake of youth, but Sa Rang shook her head.
“A sixth grader knows better. It was a rural road. It must have been planned.”
Do Han couldn’t argue.
He had meticulously planned it at thirteen, knowing a secluded place and pretending to go to school with Hye Ri before boarding a bus.
Sa Rang shuddered as if chattering with teeth.
“What if you had gone missing? It’s scary to think that a mere sixth grader could harbor and plan such thoughts.”
She couldn’t fathom how much someone must hate to commit such an act.
“How is that person living now? Like nothing happened, living well?”
She thought the victim, Hye Ri, was still haunted by that day’s memory, while the perpetrator might be living unperturbed.
Sa Rang wished for that cousin brother, whom she had never met, to be punished.
“I don’t know.”
Do Han barely managed to respond.
His throat ached as he uttered those words.
Living well as if nothing happened?
How am I living now?
“He should at least apologize to the victim.”
“Would that be enough for forgiveness?”
Do Han had never apologized to Hye Ri for that day.
Saying sorry felt like coercing a response of ‘it’s okay.’
He believed he had no right to do so.
Saying sorry for something unforgivable seemed wrong.
“It’s not about him being forgiven.”
Do Han looked at Sa Rang with a slightly surprised expression.
What else could be important?
“Giving Hye Ri unnie a chance to forgive is important. If he doesn’t even do that, then he truly is a bad person.”
A chance to forgive.
Do Han repeated those words in his mind.
Would Hye Ri have forgiven me if I had apologized?
Would she not hate me, not wish for me and Sa Rang to break up?
And not have fallen ill with such a terrible disease?
Walking Sa Rang home, Do Han couldn’t stop thinking.
“I have plans with Jiwoo to go to the supermarket, so I guess we can’t have dinner together. What should we do?”
Sa Rang regretted not being able to spend more time with Do Han.
She had a prior commitment and had to let him go.
“It’s okay.”
“See you tomorrow, then.”
She smiled brightly, but Do Han couldn’t respond.
Instead, he grabbed her wrist as she turned to leave.
Sa Rang looked at him, wondering why.
Then he spoke.
“Just once, let me hug you before you go.”
Sa Rang blinked several times in surprise.
She doubted her ears.
Do Han, who would hug and kiss her anytime, anywhere, was asking for a hug.
Though she couldn’t believe it, she didn’t ask anything and stepped forward.
Opening her arms towards Do Han.
Whatever the reason, he seemed to need comfort right now.
With that thought, Sa Rang pressed her face against his chest and embraced him tightly.
Do Han also enveloped her in his arms.
He held her for a long time, as if trying to remember her warmth and scent for the last time.
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.
[Touch the gear icon in the bottom right corner of the screen to move to the next chapter if you want.]
