His head was still throbbing, despite having eaten hangover soup. Tae Jo checked his schedule while pressing on his temples.
It was an excellent choice to have left the morning schedule empty, anticipating the previous day’s entertainment. Thanks to that, there was no major work to be handled right away, except for the external meeting at 3 o’clock.
“What about Director Ji? I think he said he would be coming to Korea today or tomorrow.”
“I contacted him this morning, and he says his schedule is fluid. The director plans to stay in France for another week. As soon as he comes to Korea, I will arrange for a meeting immediately.”
Saying so, Tae Jo made a hand gesture as if telling him to go. But Secretary Kim, who had finished his report, stood still on the spot.
Tae Jo, holding a tablet, looked up at him as if asking if there was anything else to say.
“Why, do you have anything else to report?”
“If your headache is severe, should I bring you some medicine?”
“I wonder if headache medicine would help with a hangover……”
Mumbling to himself like talking to no one in particular, Tae Jo tilted his head. Secretary Kim, recalling the previous day’s schedule, sighed softly.
“Ah, then I’ll go and buy a hangover cure.”
“That’s alright. I’ve already got one.”
Tae Jo shook a hangover drink that he had placed on his desk.
“It should get better in a while. Don’t worry about me and do your work.”
“Yes. If you need anything else, please call me.”
As Secretary Kim, who bowed his head, left the office, Tae Jo opened a file he had downloaded on his tablet and skimmed through the documents.
It was a list of works that had been lined up from this year to the year after next.
After completing the schedule, some works had already gone into production, but among them, a few hadn’t gone into shooting after completing the script work because they required high production costs.
Tae Jo picked out a few works to propose at the meeting and put down his tablet. Then he called Woo Hyun and asked him to bring the proposals and scripts for the chosen works.
I’ll get them ready and come up within 30 minutes.
“Alright.”
Tae Jo, who put down the receiver, picked up the drink he had left on his desk. Whether it was the aftermath of the heavy drinking, he constantly felt a dry sensation in his mouth.
He wet his parched throat and leaned into the chair. Rubbing his heavy eye sockets, he decided to take a nap.
He intended to close his tired eyes for a moment until Woo Hyun came up.
How long had it been?
In the pitchblack darkness, a scene flashed before his eyes like a still image and disappeared.
“……!”
Tae Jo, who had opened his eyes wide, suddenly got up. Lowering his head, he groped below his neck with his hand.
It seemed as if someone was peeling off his wet shirt……
The clothes that touched his palm were not damp but completely dry.
What? Was it a dream?
Tae Jo, with a puzzled look, turned his head towards the desk. He picked up his cell phone after looking over the beverage bottle, which was about one third empty, the tablet, and so on.
He unlocked it and started looking through the call list.
He wondered if he had called or received a call from someone while half asleep, but apart from a text message from Moon Seok Ju, there were no other contacts.
“It’s not like I was possessed by a ghost.”
Or did Moon Seok Ju undress his shirt?
“……That’s creepy.”
Tae Jo, who shivered at the thought alone, put his hand in his pocket.
Something bulky caught his fingertips. When he took it out, it was one of the earrings he had found on the hotel bed.
Tae Jo examined the earring as if it were evidence found at a crime scene.
It felt familiar, yet not.
Although he brought it just in case, it would be hard to find the owner of the earring if it was a massproduced product.
Tae Jo tossed the earring onto the gold tray on the desk. Soon, along with a knock on the door, Woo Hyun entered.
“Let’s get going.”
Woo Hyun, shaking the bag in his hand, gestured for him to hurry up.
Tae Jo, who had put on his jacket, took his cell phone and left the office. Then he saw an employee refilling drinks in the pantry and changed his course.
“What are you putting in there?”
At the sudden appearance of the CEO, the employee, who had been arranging items, answered in a fluster.
“We’ve stocked orange juice and carbonated drinks like cola and cider.”
“Juice and carbonated, you say.”
Tae Jo stroked his smooth chin. Woo Hyun, who was following behind, looked at him suspiciously as if questioning his sudden intervention.
“Then let’s also buy a few bottles of Houttuynia cordata tea and put them there.”
“Eh? Houttuynia cordata tea?”
When Tae Jo nodded and got up, the administration team employee looked at Woo Hyun with a puzzled look.
It was not corn silk tea or barley tea, but Houttuynia cordata tea. The look in their eyes was saying, who on earth would drink that?
“……”
Woo Hyuk, who was caught in their gaze, rolled his eyes. Then, he remembered the Houttuynia cordata beverage Tae Jo had in his hand this morning and muttered to himself.
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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