“Come over anytime. I’ll send you the address once I unpack.”
“What’s the United States, your next-door neighbor? Feel free to come over anytime.”
“But still…”
“I know. I also plan to go whenever I have the chance.”
At the airport, Sanghwa, who didn’t let go of Jaein in his arms, wiped away tears, pouted, and then glanced at Taeseo, who was standing behind Jaein.
“Our Jaein is not without relatives. I will be the overly enthusiastic stepmother, the annoying stepbrother, and whatever else is needed for Jaein.”
“Well…”
“So, stop thinking that our Jaein has no one to take her side and just make her feel sorry for herself.”
“That’s because I also don’t have parents who I want to side with.”
“…Right.”
Sanghwa suddenly realized his slip of the tongue and apologized with regret in his eyes, but Taeseo paid no attention.
“So.”
As if he couldn’t stand being apart any longer, Taeseo wrapped his arms around Jaein’s waist and pulled her closer. It was delicate to softly stroke her eyes, which had become reddened from crying.
“I hope you stop thinking I will harass Yoon Jaein. Of course, I won’t avoid harassing her either.”
Taeseo’s eyes, having said that much, turned cold and sharp. The eyes that conveyed what kind of harassment and teasing he did were so teasing that it was almost embarrassing.
But, because she was sobbing, Jaein didn’t listen properly to Taeseo’s words and instead raised her cheek and bowed. Amber, Ted, Sanghwa, and Director Jang were the only ones with widened eyes and fake coughs.
“Taeseo, I’ll wash up and be back.”
“Yeah, sure.”
As Taeseo, whether others saw it or not, lowered his lips to his lover’s forehead, expressing regret that he couldn’t continue, he let go of Jaein.
After checking until the end Jaein’s back entering the nearby restroom, he finally turned around. Despite knowing that there were three female guards accompanying Jaein, his vigilant gaze was intense.
There was no need to worry anymore about Jodaehoon and Jiseunghee, who were busy blaming each other, Jo Yoori, who was hospitalized in isolation in a local hospital, or Jung Jaehoon, who was barely surviving in a nursing home.
But Taeseo didn’t show any gaps until the end.
Because Chairman Kang Shinjae’s silence was uncomfortable. Since the day Taeseo left the Yeonryu-dong main house, there hadn’t been any contact from the Yeonryu-dong side.
Taeseo didn’t bother asking his grandmother about Chairman Kang Shinjae, and his grandmother didn’t contact him either.
Instead of asking about that situation, Taeseo fortified protection and made preparations. Even though the risk factors had decreased, instead of withdrawing the guards who had been placed doubly around me and Jaein, he increased their number and strengthened them. He also didn’t forget to check the people planted around the chairman.
The instruction to report progress and contracts without omission related to work and contracts in each regional office of E&K in the United States was another aspect of it.
Every morning and evening, starting online meetings with each branch manager was also a measure to prepare for any possible attack from Chairman Kang Shinjae.
Chairman Kang Shinjae was not someone who moved from behind; he was the type to investigate everything, find the weaknesses, and then attack head-on.
So, Taeseo was busier than ever these days. He didn’t want anything taken away from him, be it his people, his company, his territory, or anything he had built with his own hands.
“Anyway, it’s not harassment on the bad side.”
Taeseo, who had put on a fresh expression towards Sanghwa, suddenly smiled.
“I told you. I’m trying to be on Yoon Jaein’s side. Fit in.”
“…Right.”
“Now, if there’s no Yoon Jaein, I can’t live. So, don’t worry. It’s sad to live without friends, isn’t it?”
“Why doesn’t Kang Taeseo have any friends? You have Amber and Ted.”
“Friends, what’s that? And do you think Amber or Ted would take my side? They all just say how pretty Yoon Jaein is.”
It wasn’t a tone expressing sadness that everyone only finds Yoon Jaein pretty. It was the tone of someone who wanted to say that only Yoon Jaein is pretty but couldn’t and spoke out of frustration.
“…Well.”
“Sanghwa, Taeseo and I are not friends. We have a completely business relationship. If I borrowed even a little money from Taeseo and ran away, wouldn’t he report it to the police right away? I have a reason, so I won’t even think about it this much! If I catch you, you’ll have to pay right away, won’t you?”
Agreeing with Amber’s words, Taeseo nodded his head.
“With interest.”
“Look at that. Look at Ted too. Living completely dependent on Taeseo, but what about friends? They’re also just business relationships. People who pay money to get things done and people who get paid to do things.”
Ted, who roughly understood the words, also quickly nodded his head.
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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