The sharp smoke, dim lighting, deafening noise, and staggering individuals under the influence of alcohol.
Taejo passed through the narrow corridor like a cave and stopped in front of a secluded room.
‘What should I do? Yeo-ri unni, you entered at 11 yesterday and haven’t come out until now. Even though I said it would be inconvenient if you stayed here continuously due to an early morning schedule, you didn’t listen.’
Remembering the embarrassed voice of the manager, Taejo glanced at his wristwatch.
3:54 AM. In just two hours, the sun would rise.
Taejo rubbed his stiff neck and walked to the room the manager had pointed out.
As he turned the doorknob, the pungent smell of alcohol struck his nose first. He frowned at the chaotic scene before him.
Tables cluttered with various belongings and snacks, shattered bottles and two men fighting, exchanging curses as if in a brawl, scattered on the floor.
The person Taejo was looking for was sitting in front of the fighting men. She, too, seemed intoxicated, clapping her hands while watching the men fighting.
Seeing that, a sudden fatigue overwhelmed him. Irritably sweeping his hair back, Taejo approached the woman.
“Come out.”
The woman, swaying her liquor-filled glass from side to side, looked up at Taejo approaching her.
Her lips, wet with alcohol, stretched thinly. Ignoring Taejo’s words, she simply tilted her glass.
“……. ”
Taejo looked at her with an expression.
It wasn’t the first time such a thing had happened, so it wasn’t particularly surprising. He was just tired of this repetitive situation and irritated.
Taejo grabbed the woman’s arm, who resisted, not wanting to go. When her arm, which was held by Taejo, began to hurt, she reluctantly stood up.
“Hey, what’s this?”
As Taejo tried to leave the room with the woman, one of the men who had been fighting casually spat out curses.
The man who had just stood up put his hand on Taejo’s shoulder. And it was at that moment when Taejo turned around.
Thud!
“Argh!”
A sharp cracking sound was followed by a shrill scream. As Taejo was unexpectedly hit on the head, he staggered slightly.
Behind the excruciating pain, he felt the nauseating smell of blood and the hot liquid flowing down his skin.
“Taejo!”
A muffled voice calling his name was heard as someone shook his body roughly. As his consciousness, which had sunk, floated back to the surface, Taejo’s eyelids slowly rose.
Blinking his stiff eyes a couple of times, a blurry view of a mare’s face looking at him came into focus.
“Are you okay? I woke you up because it seemed like you were having a nightmare.”
“……. ”
Taejo, squinting one eye, pressed his temple with his thumb. It still felt like his head was throbbing strangely.
“Is your head hurting? Should I get you some headache medicine?”
As Se-gyeong tried to get out of bed, Tae-jo grabbed her arm.
“Did I wake you up?”
“No, it’s just my stomach hurts a bit…”
“Your stomach?”
At the mention of pain, Tae-jo sat up abruptly. When he looked at himself with concern, Se-gyeong assured him that it was nothing, waving her hand.
“It’s normal sometimes during pregnancy. It seems like the baby is making its space. I’m fine now.”
“If it hurt, you should have woken me up.”
“It wasn’t that painful to wake you up. It was just a slight pull in my stomach.”
Feeling uneasy about whether he had unnecessarily disturbed her with his baseless worries, Se-gyeong lay down on the bed and tapped the space next to her. Responding to the gesture, Tae-jo smiled and lay down beside her.
“What kind of dream did you have?”
Tae-jo’s hand, which was brushing against Se-gyeong’s belly, momentarily stopped.
Perhaps it was because he heard about Yeo-ri’s story from Ye-ryeong. Unfortunately, the unpleasant incident from that day had appeared in his dream just by thinking about it.
“…I don’t remember.”
A lie.
Se-gyeong, squinting one eye, stared intently at Tae-jo. She seemed to remember the moment he hesitated earlier. Still, he didn’t want to forcibly inquire about the content of the not-so-pleasant dream. Until he woke up, Tae-jo seemed to be in pain in some unknown way.
“Yeah, it’s better to forget bad dreams quickly.”
Se-gyeong burrowed into Tae-jo’s embrace. As if grateful for not digging too deep, Tae-jo pressed his lips to Se-gyeong’s forehead.
“What time is it now?”
“It’s about six. Don’t you need to get up soon to go to work?”
“Yeah.”
“Shall I prepare breakfast? Do you want to eat something simple before you go?”
Se-gyeong asked with a gleam in her eyes. It seemed that she had woken up earlier than Tae-jo probably due to her stomach ache.
“Are you hungry?”
“I ate dinner early yesterday, so I’m feeling a bit…”
As a small growling sound came from her stomach, Se-gyeong blushed in embarrassment. Tae-jo, momentarily lost in thought, sat up.
“Then, how about having breakfast outside?”
“At this hour? Where?”
“At that galbitang place I bought last time. They open at 7. They also have a separate breakfast menu, so let’s go there and eat. If we go early, there won’t be many people.”
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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