The three froze for a moment.
Then Ji-hyeok moved first and stepped outside. As soon as the front door closed, Yeong asked, “Why is Oppa coming out of our house?” Confusion and bewilderment were apparent on Yeong’s face.
Tae-seok simply glared at Ji-hyeok. He knew that Ji-hyeok and Yeoreum were close, but he hadn’t expected them to come and go from the house so naturally.
Discomfort, feelings of defeat, disgrace, and anxiety all surged with the force of a punch to the end of his fist. Tae-seok, who had lived easily acquiring everything he wanted, found these unfamiliar emotions quite overwhelming.
He couldn’t define the emotions swirling inside him, but they churned up everything inside, filling up to the throat and threatening to burst out.
There was an overwhelming desire to grab Ji-hyeok by the collar immediately, to go inside and question what they had been doing alone in the empty house.
“What were you two doing in the empty house? Since when have you been together?”
Ji-hyeok looked at Tae-seok with a sharp gaze.
“… What’s happening, hyung?”
Regarding himself as an uninvited guest, Ji-hyeok treated Tae-seok as a stranger. And that attitude further scratched at Tae-seok’s insides.
“What about you?”
“Where is Yeoreum unnie?”
Yeong intervened.
“She’s asleep. Since she was sleeping, don’t make a fuss.”
Ji-hyeok answered while looking at Yeong, but everyone knew it was directed at Tae-seok. Yeong understood the situation in an instant from the sharp atmosphere and the gaze of the two men.
‘How can this happen? Both of them with Yeoreum unnie…’
Eyes filled with sadness lost their light.
“Yeong-ah.”
Ji-hyeok called Yeong.
“…Yes.”
“Yeoreum unnie met me today. We ate something delicious, had a drink, and she seemed quite tired from playing hard. Let her sleep until morning.”
Yeong, looking up at Ji-hyeok, seemed as vulnerable as a candlelight about to extinguish. Almost as if she were about to burst into tears, she hurriedly pressed the password and disappeared into the entrance as if being sucked in. The two men left in the corridor stared at each other somewhat harshly.
“Who are you to come and go to Yeoreum’s house?”
Tae-seok said.
“Who am I? Probably closer than you, hyung?”
Ji-hyeok nonchalantly pressed the elevator button and walked. Tae-seok, staring at his retreating back, grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.
“Ji-hyeok.”
Tae-seok hesitated for a moment.
The little rascal had some cute aspects. His audacious side was likable, and his openly ambitious attitude seemed honest and good.
So, he had been paying attention and fostering him, even thinking about casting him, but to end up competing over a woman…
“Don’t like Yeoreum.”
Knowing it would turn out like this, he wished he hadn’t shown any special affection.
Men among themselves constantly contacting and chatting felt awkward, and although they only saw each other a couple of times a year, there was always a supportive feeling. Still, he didn’t want to engage in a conflict with that guy.
“Why. Who is this hyung?”
Ji-hyeok tossed a remark, and they both got on the elevator. Tae-seok followed, and the door closed.
“Hyung, don’t bother with Choi Yeoreum. She finds it quite burdensome.”
“…What?”
“She swears a lot at you, hyung.”
However, there’s a limit to understanding, and unfortunately, Tae-seok didn’t have much understanding when it came to Yeoreum’s relationships with men.
In the end, his patience snapped.
“Nonsense. There’s no way.”
“There is a way. I’m serious.”
If he could just say, “She’s my girl, don’t mess with her,” like that, it would be enough, but the words didn’t come out like soaked cotton in his throat.
He was constantly questioning himself if he had the right to say such things, and Tae-seok hadn’t found an answer yet. His vision flickered white, looking like it might go out like a fragile candle.
“For Yeoreum to treat me like that…”
“I like Noona, and I’m going to treat her well. I don’t expect your support, but don’t interfere, hyung.”
“…?”
“Don’t act all gruff on set. If you do that to Noona again, I won’t hold back, hyung.”
After that, Ji-hyeok quickly returned with the car. He forcefully opened the door, kicked the front seat with his foot, and spat out curses.
The manager, who was quick-witted, started the car without saying anything. Ji-hyeok, after venting his anger on the chair for a while, turned his gaze out the window.
The black waves of the Han River twisted endlessly. What could be in that murky water? Uncomfortable because you can’t know what’s inside. It looked as ominous as Seo Taeseok’s heart.
“Choi Yeoreum. Liking her alone.”
With the instincts of a male, Ji-hyeok instantly recognized his rival. Moreover, he intuitively sensed that the rival was a higher-level predator than himself. So, his feelings twisted, and his stomach turned.
“Choi Yeoreum, you’re a fool, innocent.”
Ha.
His stomach, already completely empty from drinking, felt hollow.
“Two years ago, maybe Choi Yeoreum had a one-sided crush alone, but not now. Look at those eyes of Hyung.”
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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