” What’s up? Who calls at this hour?”
Ha Joon pressed the speaker button and Ji Young’s annoyed voice filled the hotel room.
“What were you going to say at lunch?”
Now? If you’re curious, eat with me tomorrow.
With this statement, everything was clarified. Ha Joon hadn’t met Ji Young that day.
“Did you know that your father came to our hotel?”
Did you meet him? I found out today too. He said he had a golf gathering.
“I had a few drinks with him in the evening.”
I figured. So, I thought about going, but I had prior arrangements with friends. Do you want to come too?
Seo Ah’s pupils subtly trembled. Why did Ha Joon speak as if he was with her? It seemed malicious.
“I met Seo Ah at the café in the morning.”
Huh?
Ji Young was slightly taken aback. She thought there wouldn’t be much conversation between Ha Joon and Seo Ah.
Ha Joon was naturally a man of few words, and she thought Seo Ah would be suffering silently because she found Ha Joon difficult.
“I rejected lunch, but you never mentioned dinner together. Why did you speak as if we would eat together?”
Ji Young hoped there would be a misunderstanding between them. Upon hearing her father was coming, she assumed that even if she couldn’t invite Ha Joon to the gathering, he would be held up by her father.
She sincerely wanted to have lunch together, but Ha Joon said he was busy and didn’t meet her. However, she felt fortunate that it seemed like she couldn’t eat with Seo Ah either.
Ji Young tried to speak calmly.
When did that happen? I clearly said ‘just in case’. Just in case Ha Joon comes in late, please understand. Why? What did you say?
Seo Ah’s pupils shook, unable to find a foothold. Did he just wiggle out like that? Then what am I…?
However,
“Why would you ask for understanding? Even if it should be done, it should be me.”
At his unexpected response, Seo Ah’s heart pounded wildly. She could easily feel that she had interfered,
That, that is…….
“And, you didn’t even tell me about your gathering with colleagues.”
I was about to ask, but you seemed busy at lunch, and I thought you’d be busy in the evening too……
Ji Young’s previously confident voice gradually weakened.
Seo Ah, who had been just listening, also started to feel embarrassed.
“Tell me directly next time. I’m hanging up.”
The call ended before Ji Young could say anything.
((()))
While Ji Young was on the call with Ha Joon, her friends whispered to each other, glancing around.
“Didn’t Ha Joon come to Jeju Island with Han Seo Ah today?”
“Did you see the article? They said it was a honeymoon trip.”
“That’s what I’m saying, didn’t Ji Young come to see Ha Joon, perchance?”
“What?”
A friend raised her voice, then looked surprised and glanced in the direction Ji Young had left before lowering her voice again.
“Really?”
“No, it was strange that she suddenly wanted to come. Ji Young was in the article’s photo, so didn’t she intentionally take the same plane?”
“Hey, she must have given up now that they’re married.”
“Well, it seems like Ha Joon is still on good terms with his mother.”
“So you mean Ha Joon is going to get divorced? From Tae Sung Group? I don’t think perfectionist Kang Ha Joon would create the only flaw in Tae Sung Group…….”
“Divorce is not a flaw these days, and even if it wasn’t before, there’s no rule that it won’t be in the future.”
“But it won’t be Kim Ji Young…… She’s riding high right now, and if she becomes the lady of the top business group, she’ll probably do even more……”
“That’s true…….”
The friends weren’t pleased with Ji Young’s highhanded behavior.
She was dismissive of her friends, and if she wanted something, she used her friends to get it. They had seen many friends suffer continuously once they got on her wrong side.
Moreover, she was so full of lies that it was confusing what the truth was.
They couldn’t express their feelings in front of Ji Young because of her background and abilities, but they always badmouthed her behind her back.
In front of her, they said they didn’t understand why Ha Joon married Han Seo Ah, but they thought it was a blessing.
“Hey, maybe not. The photos in the article looked like Ha Joon and Han Seo Ah were sincere.”
“You felt that too? I hope they are sincere.”
At that moment, they saw Ji Young, who had finished her call, approaching and hurriedly changed the subject.
“Shall we go swimming tomorrow?”
“Shall we?”
“Ji Young……”
Before her friend could ask ‘Do you have plans tomorrow?’, Ji Young cut her off.
And she spat out words that were neither asked nor of interest.
“I was on the phone with Ha Joon. He said he’s here with my dad. My dad also came because he has a golf gathering.”
“Ah…… is that so?”
The friends exchanged glances and forced an awkward smile.
“Ha Joon came for a honeymoon trip…….”
“That’s what I’m saying. Ha Joon was here for work. It’s business. Business.”
((()))
Feeling awkward looking at Ha Joon’s face, Seo Ah bowed her head and nervously fiddled with her fingers. It was because she had misunderstood from only hearing one side of the story.
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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