“Director, there shouldn’t be such a thing, but… truly, if things go wrong, you could be arrested.”
In this situation, the idea of him being arrested was absurd, but given all the unlikely events that had happened so far, fear overwhelmed him.
Moreover, he didn’t want to hand Songkang over to someone like Prosecutor Yoon Nansul, who would wield the law ruthlessly.
“So… think again about telling me to back off in this matter.”
The fact that she was uncomfortable saying “back off” in this situation was a relief to him. But on the other hand, in a world filled with treachery, Line, who had such pure passion, seemed out of place.
“What’s good about getting involved in this mess? If you hand it over to Attorney Cha Haein, Prosecutor Jin Line can wait comfortably.”
Songkang asked with a slightly less forceful tone, but Line’s body remained tense. She shook her head.
“No, I can’t. Absolutely not.”
“Alright then… Can I, for a moment, relieve your shoulders?”
“What? Oh… yes…”
Line didn’t understand what he meant, so she answered first. Songkang let out a deep sigh and then placed his hand on Line’s small, tense shoulders.
“Alright… relax a bit. People might think I’m taking away something precious from Prosecutor Jin Line.”
Thanks to his large, warm hand, it felt like the tension was draining from her shoulders. Line blinked rapidly, not knowing where to direct her gaze. Eventually, she looked at him.
“Actually…”
Whenever she acted like this, she seemed like a big child to him, and it made his heart melt. Even though there was no reason to smile, her lips seemed to want to curl upward… He wanted to pat her head or something.
“I’ll approve sharing the information with Attorney Cha Haein. Let’s prepare for the defense.”
Songkang withdrew his hand from her shoulder and took out his phone to send a text to Haein. Not long after, a notification for an email popped up on Line’s phone.
“Let’s gather the materials you received earlier and the necessary documents and go. Given the circumstances, it would be best for Attorney Cha Haein and us to have a direct meeting. However, there are some appointments today that cannot be canceled, so it would be a good idea for the two of you to work on an urgent strategy first.”
“Yes, we’ll do that.”
Songkang set up a meeting for Line and Haein, then left to attend to the prior commitments.
Line didn’t pay any attention to Haein and sat uneasily, as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
“It seems Director Na Songkang has thoroughly become a different person.”
In response to Line’s question, Haein’s entire body stiffened. She had submitted the report, thinking it was a standard procedure, but it seemed to have turned into an ordeal.
“Ah… I have a duty to report everything related to this case to Director, so I had to do it. I apologize to my senior.”
“I don’t think you need to apologize to me for anything. I understand the structure of Taesung Corporation well enough. I asked because I was curious whether Director Na Songkang had truly become this person. Even during the investigation, I felt that around Director Na Songkang, there were many people pursuing wealth rather than loyalty.”
Haein nodded in acknowledgment, as if she agreed with Line’s assessment.
“It’s true that it’s difficult to trust people in Director Na’s situation. Even I might be the same. Still, I want to be Director Na Songkang’s person.”
Upon hearing her response, Line finally looked at Haein.
“Do they pay you a good salary? Or do you have ambitions for success? If you’re Director Na Songkang’s person, it shouldn’t be a big deal to train a junior lawyer.”
Doubts still filled her face.
“As for Taesung’s salaries, people in the know are well aware. Especially in the legal department, the starting salary for a junior prosecutor is about 17 times higher than that. I received a good salary even before becoming Director Na’s person.”
Line was even more skeptical of the overly pure answer. Haein felt that she needed to clear up Line’s doubts.
“Director Na Songkang is a good person, the more I see him. I want to do my best to do the work and help. Well, not really help, because I’m being paid for it. And I learn a lot more by being by his side.”
Listening to Haein’s story, Line seemed to be drawn into the image of Director Na Songkang that Haein was portraying, involuntarily shifting her gaze back to her notebook.
“Well, I understand the meaning.”
“Oh, Senior. And please feel free to address me casually. I’m your junior by a long shot.”
“Since when did you see me as your senior?”
Haein felt a bit embarrassed by Line’s cold reaction, but she still smiled warmly and showed her goodwill.
“Let’s think about how to prevent the prosecution from going as they please and how to get the arrest warrant rejected.”
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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