The amusing part was that even her stubborn insistence on handling everything on her own seemed beautiful to me. Especially when she displayed her love for Yoo Shi Woo, she was beyond beautiful.
She was beautiful. Because she was beautiful, I liked her. I liked Yoo Da Jung.
I know that I’ve already revealed my feelings through my speech, expressions, and other cues. But, I haven’t once said that I like her.
Soon, there might be a good time to say those words, but now was not the time.
What if Yoo Da Jung hadn’t run away five years ago?
At least, I wouldn’t have allowed this frail woman to carry all her burdens alone.
If I were to speak as Cha Jung Hyuk, I was someone who couldn’t stand the idea of anyone touching what was mine.
“If Yoo Da Jung was mine, if I was in Cha Jung Hyuk’s shadow, yesterday would never have happened.
Jung Hyuk wiped his dry face.
He knew well how hard his choice would make Yoo Da Jung. He had tolerated her bratty behavior because of it.
For Yoo Da Jung.
But now he can’t even allow her to insult and hit him.
He wiped his aching cheek with the back of his hand.
“Yoo Da Jung. What are you going to do now.”
Evidence in clear plastic bags were lined up on the table.
“It seems they hid a camera in the fire extinguisher in the hallway and cracked the door lock code. We’ve confirmed from the CCTV that they secretly took the fire extinguisher at night and returned it.”
The detective’s words weighed heavily on the faces of the chief detective and the police station chief. The chief, who had been rubbing his greasy forehead, licked his lips.
“So, what’s the condition of the suspect?”
The detective blinked at the irritated question.
“Well… four broken ribs, a fractured nose and orbital bone, a ruptured knee ligament, and five broken teeth. He can’t even hold a spoon at this point, so he’ll have to be hospitalized for a few months. He’s almost in a vegetative state, but the strange thing is that his life is not in danger.”
“Ugh! Everyone out!”
The sighing chief drove everyone out.
Eventually, the chief’s resentful gaze flew to the face of a man who looked as relaxed as if he was watching a fire at someone else’s house.
“Geez! How can you nearly kill a kid like that!”
The chief’s tantrum had begun.
“It’s noisy enough these days, if word of this gets out. Excessive force and what not, our station is in chaos!”
While hearing the nagging words in one ear and letting them out of the other, Jung Hyuk gingerly rubbed his earlobe.
“Executive Director Cha. This is clearly an assault. Even if you crossed the line, you should have done it moderately!”
“Ah, this is also annoying.”
A sigh mixed with languid voice cut off the chief’s words.
“What did you just say!”
The chief bristled.
“Well, you know. I caught the criminal for you and raised your performance, so shouldn’t I get something like a bravery award for this.”
His blunt gaze caused the chief’s mouth to fall open in shock.
Police Chief Jang Man Soo.
Even as of yesterday, he had been quite cooperative with Jung Hyuk. After all, who would refuse the opportunity to build a rapport with the royal family of a chaebol?
But after hearing the report that Seo Nam Sik had been severely beaten, his attitude had changed completely. He could afford to give favors, but not to the extent of turning his world upside down.
So, due to the rampant rumors since dawn, Jung Hyuk had to personally step in to listen to the chief’s tantrum.
After a moment of heated argument, Jung Hyuk adjusted his posture and sat down.
“Can’t be helped. Shall I go and make some inquiries to the reporters? The victim was retaliated against because the child kidnapper was just released without a proper investigation into the criminal record. Good scenario, right?”
“That’s because it was covered up since the victim knew the person!”
A frustrated look crossed over Chief Jang’s face as his voice started to raise.
“Chief. It’s about the victim and the perpetrator of the incident 14 years ago. If you had looked at the records carefully, you wouldn’t have done the foolish act of bringing the perpetrator in front of the victim and asking if they knew each other. Couldn’t you have thought that the victim might have been exposed to implicit threats or intimidation? The police these days sure are comfortable. Right?”
“Look at this, Executive Cha!”
At the insulting remarks, Chief Jang’s face hardened in displeasure.
“Anyway, it’s clear we missed a potential criminal. When it leaks, reporters will swarm like a pack of dogs. After the first crime failed, he installed a hidden camera to find out the password. And then there was breaking and entering, robbery, even an attempted rape of a mother and daughter in a house with a child. After neglecting such a heinous criminal… Ah, I wonder if our chief can handle all this backlash.”
Chief Jang’s stern face gradually turned ashen. His voice fell a notch.
“Executive Cha. Why are you doing this? We didn’t even take a statement to prevent secondary harm to the victim, didn’t we accommodate everything? What I’m saying is, it’s too much for us to take the blame for assaulting the suspect.”
Despite his cold demeanor, Chief Jang was boiling inside. It seemed he had taken a real blow.
“There are still years left until retirement, and it looks like heads will roll. It’s not just me, I’m worried about those under me who would have to strip down because of this.”
It was almost pitiful. Jung Hyuk, who had been listening intently, shrugged his shoulders.
“Sure, I understand the chief’s hardships. But it’s frustrating. An ordinary citizen almost got stabbed for catching a criminal instead of the police, and our chief just grumbles.”
“Stabbed? You said stabbed!”
Chief Jang’s eyes widened in surprise. Looking indifferently at his face, Jung Hyuk snapped his fingers resting on his chin.
“Someone came at me with a knife. Wouldn’t I have to fight back for my life?”
Jung Hyuk crossed his legs and sat at an angle.
“I don’t want to make it hard for the chief either, so let’s say a brave citizen caught him, not the police. That makes it easy to pass as selfdefense. The criminal has a record and wielded a knife, so his sentence will naturally increase, and our chief won’t have to strip down. Isn’t it winwin?”
A sigh flowed again from the wideopen mouth of the chief, oblivious even to a fly entering.
“Do you think that makes sense? Then where’s the weapon?”
“Whether it’s a weapon or evidence, our chief should draw the picture. I just hold the pencil.”
Jung Hyuk’s mouth curled up in a playful smirk. Oh dear! To soothe his burning stomach, the chief gulped down a glass of cold water.
Jung Hyuk, who had been observing intently, fiddled with his earlobe again.
“If you don’t like it, go and have an interview with the reporters right away.”
Understanding the rough idea of his words, the chief opened his mouth with a thoughtful face.
“What exactly do you want?”
“Well, he’s clearly a scoundrel. What can we do? People like us have to implement justice. I don’t ask for much. Roughly…..”
As he lazily muttered and rubbed his earlobe, Jung Hyuk’s eyes lifted.
“I’d like it if he rotted for about ten or so years.”
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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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