As Yeowoon was about to leave, Seol Jio also stood up. He looked at Yeowoon with a slightly disappointed expression.
“What if I want to be jealous? I’m so popular.”
“Really. Who doesn’t know that you’re popular? Stop kidding and go to the shoot quickly. Aren’t you late?”
“I’m late.”
When Yeowoon returned his phone, which he had held while taking pictures, Seol Jio shook hands with her.
“Do well in the shoot, and let’s contact later.”
“Yeah. I’ll contact you.”
The moment of parting was always regretful. Seol Jio briefly looked at Yeowoon’s back and then turned away.
Then, suddenly, he looked again at the writing on the coffee truck banner.
‘SeoHwa Yoo-Up Seo Hyejeong Executive Director’
What on earth is she thinking?
At a glance, Executive Director Seo seemed to be around the same age as him. If that were the case, she should avoid doing something like this to prevent troublesome scandals.
Seol Jio opened his phone and found Executive Director Seo’s number. The signal beeped, and shortly afterward, Executive Director Seo answered the phone.
[… Mr. Seol Jio?]It was a businesslike tone. While answering the phone, sounds of shuffling paper continued, suggesting she was busy with work.
“Yes. Executive Director. This is Seol Jio.”
[What’s the matter?] “You sent a coffee truck. I wanted to express my gratitude.”The paper rustling behind the handset stopped.
“…Coffee truck? From me? Just a moment.”
Seol Jio was momentarily perplexed. It seemed like Executive Director Seo was questioning as if hearing the story for the first time.
Executive Director Seo spoke with someone for a moment before answering the call again.
“Oh, we sent it from our team.”
“Yes. But, Executive Director.”
“Yes?”
“It came in the name of Executive Director Seo. I’m a bit worried it might cause unnecessary scandals.”
It was a point that needed to be delicately addressed.
At that moment, laughter could be heard from the other end of the line. Executive Director Seo responded, indicating she understood.
“I’ll be more careful in the future. Well then.”
The call ended abruptly. Seol Jio stared silently at the disconnected phone.
He didn’t know what it was all about, but at least Executive Director Seo’s arbitrary action seemed not to be a problem. However, there was something subtly unsettling, something that touched a nerve.
What could it be?
Seol Jio squinted his eyes, pondering what he might have missed.
The shooting of the movie ‘Arrow’ was coming to an end.
Since Seol Jio was the protagonist, there were no easy scenes from start to finish. Especially the character ‘Chun Suho’ had distinct differences front and back, and that had to be convincingly portrayed through acting. As the climax of the play approached, scenes with heightened emotions demanded a lot of physical stamina.
Today’s shooting was also challenging. Moreover, the fact that Min Ji-wook, the man standing in front of the camera, was Jeong Min-ji, occasionally distracted his concentration.
“Okay. Seol actor, that’s it for today’s shooting. Good job.”
“Thank you.”
Seol Jio greeted and went out of the lighting. Then the chief director announced a break loudly, and Seol Jio slowly approached Min Ji-wook.
“Director.”
“Yes, go on.”
Min Ji-wook answered without looking at Seol Jio, keeping his gaze on the 5-inch monitor.
Seol Jio raised the corners of his mouth while looking at Min Ji-wook, who didn’t even glance at him.
“Director, can I talk to you for a moment?”
Only then did Min Ji-wook raise his head and look at Seol Jio. It was an expression asking what he had to say.
Seol Jio, without revealing his emotions, spoke to him.
“I have something important to tell you.”
“…Wait a moment.”
Min Ji-wook called the shooting team, gave some instructions, and then stood up.
The place where the two were heading was a secluded area behind the building.
It seemed that what Seol Jio was going to say from now on wasn’t something to be said publicly, so they deliberately chose a place where there were few people.
Min Ji-wook looked at Seol Jio with his characteristic expressionless face. The gazes of the two, whose eye levels were similar, collided in the air.
Min Ji-wook was the one who broke the silence.
“What do you want?”
It was a characteristic tone of Min Ji-wook, who didn’t speak much. Seol Jio wiped the inside of his cheek with his tongue and immediately got to the point.
“I like Yeowoon.”
Min Ji-wook’s forehead tightened. It was an expression of sudden confusion, as if thinking, ‘What is this about?’
“Yeowoon likes me too. We’re not just friends. We’ve been dating for quite a while.”
“……!”
Min Ji-wook’s eyes widened a bit. After staring at Seol Jio for a moment, blinking, he turned his head.
His gaze fumbled through the air, unstable.
Seol Jio squinted his eyes and looked at him.
He had somewhat anticipated this, but perhaps not to this extent.
“You confessed to Yeowoon, did you say?”
It wasn’t intentional, but there was a hint of laughter at the end of his words.
Whether Min Ji-wook interpreted it as ridicule or not, his gaze became noticeably colder. However, Seol Jio responded with a relaxed expression.
Since he had Yeowoon, this was a fight he had already won from the beginning.
“Fold your feelings before you get hurt more.”
Although it sounded like a concern, in reality, it was more like a warning.
A warning to the male who dared to harbor feelings for his woman.
Min Ji-wook, for a moment, seemed to lose his words, silently standing there. Then, he burst into a bitter laugh.
The current situation must have been embarrassing for Min Ji-wook as well. He wouldn’t have dreamed of hearing such things from Seol Jio in the middle of the shoot.
But Seol Jio had no intention of being considerate.
“I hope you won’t call Yeowoon separately from now on. It’s quite uncomfortable from the boyfriend’s perspective.”
The words scratched at Min Ji-wook, who swallowed his saliva. His displeasure was clearly visible.
He licked his lips with his tongue, then looked straight at Seol Jio.
“I’m also uncomfortable.”
“Yes?”
“I confessed my feelings to Yeowoon, but suddenly Seol Jio appears out of nowhere, claiming to be her boyfriend in a hostile manner.”
Min Ji-wook’s gaze became piercing.
“Is it really true that you’re her boyfriend?”
Seol Jio laughed, genuinely finding his words amusing.
“Do I look like someone who would lie?”
Min Ji-wook didn’t answer. Instead, he asked something else.
“Can you protect Yeowoon?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Seol Jio, you’re a famous person. If your relationship with Yeowoon is exposed, it won’t be easy for Yeowoon to handle the damage. Can you properly protect her?”
For a moment, Seol Jio’s gaze became intense.
“Why can’t I protect her? She’s my woman.”
With a sharp edge in his tone, Seol Jio confronted Min Ji-wook without backing down. The intense gazes of the two men clashed in the air.
At the end of the tense silence, Seol Jio was the first to speak.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something. It’s not because of me, it’s because of Yeowoon that we’re keeping it a secret.”
“…….”
“An entertainer? I can quit that right away. I became an actor not for acting anyway.”
It was sincere. Even if he quit acting immediately, it wouldn’t affect his life, and originally, he hadn’t become an actor for the sake of acting.
Seol Jio turned his head slightly and raised the corner of his mouth.
In his relaxed expression, Min Ji-wook’s face twisted. Seol Jio took a step closer, lowering his voice.
“All I want is Yeowoon. I can give up everything else. Director… Can you do that?”
It was a question born out of certainty.
Someone like Min Ji-wook could never follow the depths of my heart, even halfway.
Seol Jio added like driving a wedge. To ensure that the man in front of him would never again covet his woman.
“Give up. Yeowoon is my woman.”
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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