I drove for two hours from Seoul to Inje.
As I approached the destination and followed the navigation’s guidance to make a right turn, a three-story school building, painted in various pastel colors, came into view.
Jiho slowed down and passed through the school’s main gate, entering the playground.
The clock in the car showed it was half-past eight.
As soon as he entered the playground, he saw someone standing under the streetlight near the playground.
Even from a distance, Jiho immediately recognized the woman who turned her head briefly towards the car under its headlights.
It was Isu.
Smiling with joy, Jiho’s face crumpled as soon as he saw the man standing in front of her.
Instinctively, he felt it was Minjae.
Jiho turned off the car and rolled down the window.
Since the distance was far, their voices couldn’t be heard.
Sitting in the driver’s seat, Jiho tightly gripped the steering wheel.
Should he make a call or get out of the car?
Why would those two be together at this time?
Curiosity surged through him.
He wanted to run and bring Isu right away, but there might be some reason for Isu to act like that.
Jiho exhaled slowly as he leaned back against the seatback, keeping his eyes fixed on the two.
Deeply leaning on the backrest, he didn’t take his eyes off the two people.
After what felt like several hours, although only ten minutes had passed, the two people walked towards the school.
Jiho picked up his phone and called Isu.
**
Even though it was an empty playground, Isu felt embarrassed as soon as her lips touched his, belatedly feeling the rush of shame.
She might not have noticed any signs while being captivated by sweetness.
Leaning against Jiho’s chest, she took deep breaths, trying to calm her rapidly beating heart.
Jiho silently held onto Isu for a long time.
Isu spoke first.
“What are you thinking?”
Jiho gently stroked Isu’s head and replied.
“…about you.”
Isu smiled slyly.
“I never imagined you would come.”
Raising her head, Isu looked at Jiho with moist eyes.
A few hours ago, while talking on the phone, Isu had said she missed Jiho a lot.
Now, as Jiho appeared right in front of her, it felt like a lie.
No matter what Jiho said or did, he always exceeded Isu’s expectations.
“Did my arrival touch you?”
Tilting his head, Jiho asked with a gentle smile.
“Yeah. A lot, really.”
She wanted to use every word available to express how touched she was.
Still, it was not enough to fully convey her feelings.
With a triumphant expression, Isu looked at Jiho with shining eyes.
Jiho’s face looked indifferent, as if he didn’t find it remarkable.
“Wow. I’m moved because you like it so much.”
Isu’s half-moon eyes, smiling brightly, gave a refreshing feeling.
Jiho brushed Isu’s hair that flowed down her face and spoke.
“Get in the car.”
Jiho held Isu’s hand and went back to the front of the car, opening the passenger door for her.
Isu smiled and got into the car.
Jiho’s scent filled the still-cool interior of the car.
While Jiho returned to the driver’s seat, Isu’s gaze stopped at the playground visible in front of her.
‘He probably saw everything with Minjae earlier.’
In the joy of meeting Jiho, she momentarily forgot that she had just been with Minjae.
“Phew.”
Perfect timing.
Meanwhile, Jiho got into the car.
“Should I turn on the air conditioner if it’s hot?”
“No, it’s okay.”
Jiho rolled up the open window.
“…Jiho.”
“Yeah?”
A shallow sigh escaped from Isu.
There was something she needed to say to Jiho, weighing heavily on her heart.
‘Even saying nice things is not enough…’
Turning towards Jiho, Isu sat down with a heavy heart.
It seemed that even after Jiho’s car arrived, he talked with Minjae for a while.
She couldn’t remember what she said about Yumi in the conversation, but she was stunned.
Isu looked at Jiho with a downturned heart.
With a gentle smile, Jiho, who had just been talking with Yumi, seemed to be unconcerned.
“Did you see them over there a while ago?”
Although Jiho didn’t express it first, he couldn’t pretend not to know.
Maybe he was waiting for her to say it first.
Isu pointed to the playground with her fingertip.
“Yeah.”
At Jiho’s brief answer, Isu sighed involuntarily.
She didn’t want to talk about unnecessary things and felt irritated that she had to.
Everything seemed to be Yumi’s fault.
If it weren’t for Yumi, Minjae might not have talked like that.
“Even when I came here, I found out they were here before when I met my friends before…”
“I know. You mentioned Minjae.”
“Huh?”
Isu looked at Jiho with an expression of how did you know.
“I heard someone calling out the name loudly just now.”
“Ah…”
Knowing that Jiho already knew, Isu was momentarily at a loss for words.
Why didn’t he ask first when he already knew everything?
‘Is he angry?’
Isu cautiously observed Jiho’s expression.
“If there’s something I must know, tell me.”
Jiho had no intention of prying into Isu’s feelings about the story she didn’t want to tell.
He didn’t want to waste the time they spent together talking about someone else.
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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