Je Ho’s decision to visit Geoje was almost impulsive. He had received a call about a problem with the village hall reconstruction in Changwon soon after he started work. When Director Kim said he would go down, Je Ho decided to handle it himself. The problem wasn’t as big as expected, so it didn’t take long to resolve.
He could have taken the KTX back to Seoul, but instead, Je Ho rented a car and headed to Geoje without a clear plan. He wasn’t sure if he would be able to see Yul Li there, but if not, he thought he might at least see the sea in Geoje.
Upon arriving in Geoje, he easily found the campaign site, which was hard to miss with posters all over the small city.
As he approached the stage to get a closer look, he stopped in his tracks. Behind Assemblyman Chae, Yul Li stood like a soulless doll, forced to smile. Je Ho frowned without realizing it.
Yul Li looked unrecognizable to him. He had never seen her like this before. Something about her seemed unnatural and sad. Though she was smiling with her mouth, her lifeless eyes just blinked dryly.
Watching Yul Li’s unfamiliar appearance, Je Ho felt he understood why she agreed to marry Min Woo. Maybe she was seeking refuge from a tiger’s den in a wolf’s den.
The sight of Yul Li wilting like a withered flower upon encountering Assemblyman Chae flashed through his mind again. Maybe, compared to Assemblyman Chae, Min Woo was an easier match for Yul Li.
An overwhelming emotion surged within him. If only he could, he wanted to pull her out of there.
After the campaign speech ended, the assembly members came down from the stage, shaking hands with voters. Je Ho quietly followed them from a distance.
The commotion involving the opposing party happened when Yul Li briefly left. The aides and bodyguards quickly escorted the bleeding assemblyman into a van and left the scene. When Yul Li returned, she looked confused and lost, but no one came back for her.
Je Ho bit his lip as he watched Yul Li making phone calls with a look of increasing despair. He wanted to approach her, but he knew she probably wouldn’t want to show him this side of her. Still, he hoped someone would return for her.
Contrary to his hopes, as the surroundings darkened, no one came. Left alone under the increasingly stormy sky, Yul Li stood motionless like a lost puppy.
Finally, unable to leave her alone any longer, Je Ho ran towards her.
“Are you crazy?”
Before Yul Li could react, Je Ho suddenly pulled her into his embrace. She felt his slender hands gripping her waist tightly. Holding Yul Li close, Je Ho ran to a nearby commercial building to escape the rain.
“What are you doing, getting soaked like this? Are you out of your mind?” Je Ho cupped Yul Li’s face with both hands, gently wiping the moisture with his palms.
“You’ll catch pneumonia or something.”
The moisture in her eyes was too evident to ignore. It didn’t take him long to realize those were tears, not raindrops. The sight of her reddened eyes turned towards him filled him with a sudden surge of anger.
Unaware of Je Ho’s turmoil, Yul Li blinked slowly, her tear-blurred vision gradually focusing on him.
“…Je Ho?”
Her lips, firmly pressed together, slowly began to move.
“…What are you doing here?”
“Is that really what matters now? Why I am here?”
Je Ho spoke with an angry voice, wrapping Yul Li’s drenched body with his jacket.
“First, take off these wet clothes.”
The door clicked open, and Yul Li emerged in new clothes, picked hurriedly from a nearby store. Although far from the latest fashion, the outfit looked impressive on her, like something straight out of a Vogue magazine.
As they got into the car, Yul Li spoke cautiously.
“Thank you. I’ll pay you back as soon as I get to Seoul.”
“It’s fine,” Je Ho responded curtly, glancing at his wristwatch. It was already past 8 PM.
“Did you eat properly today?”
Yul Li shook her head slightly. She had barely touched her breakfast and had a convenience store lunch in the car during transit, but she couldn’t even eat properly due to her tight schedule.
“Heh, anyone would think Chae Yul Li is the by-election candidate,” Je Ho joked.
Although it was a joke, it felt bittersweet to Yul Li. She forced a smile and checked her phone. There was still no contact from Assemblyman Chae. She had seen missed calls, but he hadn’t called back. She was tired of calling first.
Then, a text notification appeared. It was from Assemblyman Chae’s aide.
“Sorry for the late contact. It’s been hectic.”
“One moment, please.”
Yul Li excused herself and called the aide back. This time, the call was answered immediately.
“It’s me, Chae Yul Li.”
[Yes, where are you now?]“Where am I? At the Geoje campaign site, of course.”
There was a stunned silence on the other end.
“The aide?”
[Oh, sorry. I thought you went back to Seoul on your own.]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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