Having completed the long and arduous journey, it felt like returning to a sanctuary.
The impatience that had made her toes curl and the anxiety that felt like her breath would stop – all vanished without a trace in Jiho’s warmth.
With just the fact that she was in contact with him, the hellish reality felt like heaven. Nuzzling her face into his chest, she murmured, “Mother will wake up soon.”
Instead of a brief answer, she nodded her head. Then, she deeply inhaled his scent.
“Mr. Jiho, like this…”
“Surprised? Haeun provided the flight information, so I came to pick you up.”
Despite having left Haeun alone at the airport, Haeun went out of her way for her. Unexpressable gratitude shimmered in La Jin’s eyes.
“Let’s go by car for now.”
He wrapped his arms around La Jin’s shivering shoulders like a blanket.
“It’s okay. Lean on me if you’re tired.”
He regretted that he couldn’t carry her all the way to the parking lot due to the eyes watching them. Then, he walked with La Jin, supporting her with one arm.
“Hojin has been to the hospital for your mother.”
“Sis?”
“Although she is in a coma, the response seemed quick as she is already hospitalized.”
On the way to the parking lot.
When a gust of wind blew from behind, he warmly embraced her. Jiho told La Jin about the information she hadn’t heard because she had hurriedly come.
The events of the night with hyperventilation and the shock that occurred in the morning unfolded like a detailed incident file.
“On that day, Kim Yujun came?”
La Jin, who had just sat down in the passenger seat, asked in astonishment.
“Hojin checked it in detail. There was no physical harm done.”
She didn’t want to accept it, but perhaps that was the case. Even if Kim Yujun wasn’t in his right mind, he couldn’t have gone too far in a place where there was a caregiver. If that had happened, the caregiver would have alerted others to his suspicious behavior.
But why?
Why did he visit the hospital? Normally, she wouldn’t even mention her mother’s story.
Now La Jin felt like she had drawn on her palm with a pen. There were no clues associating Kim Yujun with her mother’s seizure, but an indescribable unease lingered.
“Ms. La Jin.”
With a gentle call, he cautiously lowered La Jin’s mask.
“Can I hug you now?”
La Jin opened her arms widely. The arm that had sliced through the air touched his firm shoulder, and the straight bridge of his nose nestled into her tender neck.
“How much I missed you, I don’t know.”
At his sigh-like words, La Jin’s spine tingled.
“I missed you too. So much.”
Turning her head, La Jin kissed his cheek. His jaw muscles trembled against her lips, dried out from worry.
“Even if you go to the hospital now, you won’t be allowed to visit.”
“!”
In an instant, La Jin felt like she had been slapped on the head.
The visitation hours in the intensive care unit were common sense, but she had forgotten about it. She thought everything would be fine if she rushed to the hospital without a plan. Now, the fact that she couldn’t freely meet her mother left her dumbfounded.
“And one more thing.”
He patted La Jin’s back and pressed firmly.
“O Jonghyuk is out.”
“Is it because of our mother?”
“Yes. He’s at the hospital now, using nursing as an excuse.”
The story continued that he even brought his luggage to an empty hospital room. Mother wandering around in agony, and Jonghyuk occupying her empty bed? Even though it was just for a moment, La Jin’s heart ached painfully.
Then, he chewed on the dried lips as a habit. Without missing such a small movement of La Jin, Jiho gently kissed her lips.
“There’s more that La Jin should know.”
He accurately and honestly revealed what had happened during the five days.
O Jonghyuk’s remarks about La Jin during the investigation, the grudge he held. And the fact that the manager is also at the hospital. The more she heard, the more it felt like falling into a pit.
Visiting the hospital was useless as the visitation hours were over, and next to it, a stepbrother cosplaying as a filial son was waiting eagerly. Was he flying all the way just to see her like this?
A feeling of emptiness was so overwhelming that not even a hollow laugh came out.
“Of course, we should go to our mother’s hospital first.”
He hesitated for a while before opening his mouth.
“There are two ways.”
“Two ways?”
“Number one is to go secretly and see your mother from a distance without anyone knowing.”
Detective Kang Jiho added an option to wait in the hospital parking lot until La Jin came out.
“Even if you leave now, you won’t arrive in Seoul until after 10 p.m.”
For the first time, he pursed his lips for a moment.
“Today, let’s rest at our house, and how about going early tomorrow morning?”
This time, a suggestion came up to send someone to secretly check her mother’s condition.
Even if she went to the hospital now, if she would only hear harsh words from Jonghyuk, there was no reason to go. La Jin pulled Jiho’s shoulder tightly. Then, she whispered softly in his ear.
“Let’s stop. Let’s go home.”
“Are you okay?”
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 🙂
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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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