The doctor faintly furrowed his brows and looked at the purplish bruise on the forehead. Marianne, catching his eye, spoke in a timid voice.
“It’s nothing. Inspector Nicholas ordered me to go.”
At those words, the expression momentarily disappeared from the doctor’s face. With eyes lost in thought, he fixed a blank stare on her, and then slowly narrowed his eyes. The large eyes disappeared, and only round laughter lines remained.
Marianne unknowingly stared at him.
“Are you the detective who’s new to the police station?”
“Do you know me?”
When she opened her eyes wide, Liam let out a light laugh. His expression softened considerably. If one had to describe it, it was a goodnatured face that looked as if it couldn’t kill even a single bug.
“Officers come here often. And they prattle on with trivial stories while receiving treatment. You can’t even imagine how talkative those rough men are. You’ve been the hot topic for several days.”
“I was that famous, huh?”
Marianne drooped her eyes sadly. The rumors surrounding her didn’t seem to be good ones.
“Call me Liam. We’ll see each other often.”
“We’ll see each other often?”
“I’ll just tell you that the regular customers keeping our clinic going are Maksim and Yan.”
“Then see you often, Doctor Liam.”
Marianne nodded her head with a resigned face. Hahaha, Liam finally bent over in hearty laughter. It was a laugh that even made the onlookers feel refreshed. Eventually, Marianne joined him in laughter.
“That’s likely the case. Inspector Nicholas’s team mainly handles serious cases. As advice, if you want to do this job for a long time, it’s best to take care of your body.”
“I heard that from Inspector Nicholas too.”
“Oh. That was what I said when I first met that friend, but he beat me to it.”
Liam made a playful expression as if he was a step too late.
Marianne liked him a lot. Even though they were meeting for the first time, he felt as comfortable as a very old friend. It must have been due to the gentle atmosphere surrounding him.
Only then did she realize that there was no one in Blauverg to confide in. No, not just here. It was the same in the capital. The only person she could confide in was.
Veronica.
Suddenly, without warning, the face of her dear younger sister came to mind. The adorable child with whom she shared secrets she couldn’t even tell her parents. The pitiful child she could never meet again.
“Miss Habek?”
Cautiously peering at her expression, Liam called Marianne’s name. She, who had been momentarily lost in sadness, habitually twitched the corners of her mouth.
It was more Mrs. Schneider’s than Marianne’s. A smile skilled at hiding emotions.
“……Call me Marianne. We’ll see each other often.”
“I’d like to see you often, Miss Marianne, but seeing me often means there’s something wrong with your body. I must wish for such a thing not to happen. However.”
“?”
“If you’re throwing yourself into catching a jewel thief, you won’t listen to my advice, will you?”
He narrowed his eyes and smiled. Marianne faintly furrowed her brows and shrugged her shoulders. There was a halfresigned air about her.
“How far has that rumor spread?”
Liam looked at her with round, curved eyes. It was a warm gaze, comforting the other person’s heart.
“You can come anytime, Marianne.”
Marianne silently stared at him. Suddenly, a deep fatigue pressed down on her shoulders. For some reason, she felt her life was terribly hard.
It was understandable. A lot had happened in a short time. Veronica’s death, divorce, a new life in a strange place.
“There will be many difficulties ahead. More mentally than physically.”
“I know.”
Marianne slowly nodded her head. Making her way among the men wouldn’t be an easy task.
The town doctor even knew the rumors about her, so there was no telling how far the gossip had spread. For a while, her every move would be the talk of the gossipmongers.
Jeered when inept, scorned when competent.
It was a familiar thing. It wasn’t much different from Mrs. Schneider.
The moment Marianne, who had been a commoner, rapidly rose in status, all sorts of envious rumors followed her. Mocked when clumsy, scorned when skilled.
Had she married another nobleman, she might not have suffered this level of humiliation. The position of being Christoph’s wife, coveted by everyone. The one seated there was the unexpected Marianne Clozier.
Thanks to that, she had to practice hiding her expressions. Because every time her face showed pain at their ridicule, she had to listen to talk about Mrs. Schneider’s qualities.
“If you want, I can listen to your story as much as you want. So come by often even if you’re not feeling ill. I’ve completed my training in psychiatry, after all.”
“Are you trying to attract a psychiatric patient this time?”
Hahaha, Liam burst into laughter again. His laughter had the power to ease the other person’s guard.
Because he’s a psychiatrist?
A joyful laughter flowed between Marianne’s lips too. Then she realized how long it had been since she last laughed, and lowered her gaze with a bitter expression.
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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