World Rank 0, Please Stop! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 7
‘By the way, I really don’t know.’
What did I do wrong to Yoo Hee-na?
No matter how much I thought about it, nothing came to mind.
Because I didn’t do anything wrong!
‘Sigh, I don’t know. Let’s just wait.’
If I’m not going to talk, what can they do about it?
If they’re really desperate, they’ll speak up first.
The stares coming from all directions were a bit burdensome, but once I got used to it, it was bearable. I kept my mouth shut and pretended to be distracted.
But Yoo Hee-na was a formidable opponent.
‘What, you’re still not going to talk?’
Even though it felt like quite some time had passed, Yoo Hee-na remained unmoved.
I sneakily glanced at Yoo Hee-na.
Yoo Hee-na stood with her arms crossed, glaring at me with a sulky expression.
‘…….’
Looking at that face reminded me of the day I first met Yoo Hee-na.
‘I was really shocked back then.’
And for good reason—‘villainess’ Yoo Hee-na was nothing like I had imagined.
Light brown wavy hair.
Pale skin.
A pretty face.
Up to that point, it was fine.
The problem was that Yoo Hee-na looked way too young!
‘How is that face the same age as me?’
That’s right.
At 17, Yoo Hee-na looked like a middle schooler, or even an elementary schooler at worst.
Even now, with two lackeys by her side, honestly, she only looked like an older sister with her younger siblings.
Of course, Yoo Hee-na was the younger one.
Maybe that’s why I was so shocked, having assumed the ‘villainess’ would naturally be a mature beauty due to my preconceptions.
At the same time, I thought,
‘No wonder the male lead is always swayed by her.’
I ended up understanding the male lead without meaning to.
Truthfully, when I first read the original story, I didn’t like the male lead.
It was because Sung Ji-chan, the male lead of this novel, was particularly frustrating and indecisive.
Of course, the virtue of male leads in this era was generally being exasperating… but Sung Ji-chan took it to an extreme.
‘A guy like this is the male lead…….’
No matter how bad Yoo Hee-na’s actions were, Sung Ji-chan never got angry.
In fact, even when the villainess threw the first punch, he’d show up just as the heroine was fighting back, see only the heroine hitting her, and take the villainess’s side in an utterly despicable act.
As a reader from the 2020s, I couldn’t understand it at all.
What exactly was the male lead’s charm?
Why was this guy the male lead?
Why was the male lead like that?
And all those questions were answered the moment I saw Yoo Hee-na’s face.
‘It must’ve been hard to seriously get mad at that face…….’
Even now, with Yoo Hee-na pouting, she didn’t look scary at all—just like a child throwing a tantrum.
Maybe the male lead didn’t think of Yoo Hee-na as anything more than a little sister.
If so, it definitely made sense.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can give back his male lead qualifications.
‘By the way, is she really not going to say anything?’
In the end, I couldn’t hold back and opened my mouth.
“Um, sorry, but… I really don’t know, so could you just tell me?”
Even though I knew we were the same age, honorifics came out naturally.
Scratch what I said about her looking like a younger sibling.
I’m naturally weak to the strong and strong to the weak.
At my words, Yoo Hee-na’s eyes changed completely.
“Don’t lie! Who are you mocking right now?”
As if!
I had no idea what button I’d pressed, but Yoo Hee-na suddenly charged at me with ferocious intensity, like a switch had been flipped.
Her sharp voice echoed through the alley.
“Here! Look at this! What you did! There’s evidence, and you’re still going to deny it?”
Yoo Hee-na aggressively shoved her phone forward.
It was practically about to smash into my face.
At this rate, I couldn’t see anything even if I wanted to. Sorry, but could you please consider me a little?
I struggled to pull my neck back.
‘Alright, let’s see! What exactly is this about?!’
I barely managed to look down.
After all that effort, the phone screen showed a single photo.
It was a picture of me and Sung Ji-chan standing close together affectionately.
…….
Huh?
‘What is this? Am I crazy?’
Unable to believe the sight, I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them again.
It was still the same.
Maybe it’s a dream?
I blinked once more.
The photo on the screen still hadn’t changed.
“Now do you have something to say? Then explain!”
I don’t know how she interpreted my dumbfounded expression, but Yoo Hee-na shouted even more triumphantly.
No, forget having something to say… What even is this? A composite?
The quality was so bad I couldn’t even tell if it was edited or not.
No one would bother doing something pointless like that with me, even if they might with Sung Ji-chan, so it probably wasn’t edited.
‘Then when was this taken?’
To begin with, today was the first time I’d even seen Sung Ji-chan up close.
……Ah.
That’s when I realized how the photo was taken.
Earlier, when Sung Ji-chan snatched that guy’s phone, he had leaned slightly toward me. It must’ve been taken then, 100%.
‘They snapped that.’
It was just a split second, but someone happened to capture it.
My luck was truly abysmal.
Plus, that lunatic guy, Ban Ha-min, and Seonwoo Jin—who knows where they’d been sold off to—weren’t even in the photo!
‘This is fraud!’
Whoever took this photo was clearly dead set on screwing me over.
And they even sent it to Yoo Hee-na.
The malice was overflowing so much I could feel it from here.
What exactly did I do to deserve this!
“What did you talk about with Ji-chan? What’s your relationship? Since when? Does Ji-chan not talk about me? Do you really have nothing to say to me?”
Yoo Hee-na relentlessly interrogated me as I stood there, stunned after realizing the truth.
I looked at Yoo Hee-na weakly.
So she dragged me all the way here thinking something happened between me and Sung Ji-chan…? Just like she did with the other girls…?
In short, I was currently experiencing the heroine treatment.
And forcibly, at that.
‘This is insane!’
At this point, the heavens must’ve truly abandoned me.
There’s no other way my luck could be this bad.
I reflected on everything that had happened today.
Starting with that lunatic guy, then meeting Ban Ha-min and Sung Ji-chan, and now facing Yoo Hee-na. All the people I’d been diligently avoiding—I’d run into every single one today.
“Fine, you don’t need to say more. It’s probably not anything special. Plenty of girls have gotten this far before.”
I haven’t even gotten that far……
I never wanted that kind of relationship to begin with, but I still felt a bit wronged.
While I was dazed, Yoo Hee-na was already wrapping up the situation on her own.
“You’re just one of them. So don’t read too much into today.”
Hey, sorry, but could you stop jumping ahead like that? I’m not mentally prepared yet!
Even as I thought that, Yoo Hee-na kept talking excitedly, drumming and cymbaling all by herself.
“Yeah, that’s right. I’m not even curious anymore. You’ll probably say the same thing as the others anyway. I’m different from them. I’ll be Ji-chan’s last. Something like that. But you know what? How many girls like that have I met? And in the end, what happened? …Never mind. No need to say more. One last question. What did you two talk about?”
After her long, long monologue, Yoo Hee-na finally asked.
I carefully recalled everything that had happened today.
First, that lunatic guy grabbed my arm, and soon after, Ban Ha-min rushed over and pulled him off.
Sung Ji-chan and Seonwoo Jin arrived a bit later. After arriving, Sung Ji-chan chased the guy away with words, and then……
When my thoughts reached that point, I suddenly went speechless.
“……I didn’t talk to Sung Ji-chan?”
That’s right. I had never once spoken to Sung Ji-chan!
I was certain. I had only ever talked to Ban Ha-min.
Sung Ji-chan didn’t even react when I thanked him!
……Come to think of it, that’s kind of infuriating. Couldn’t he at least acknowledge a thank-you?
“Don’t lie!”
As expected, Yoo Hee-na didn’t believe me.
“You expect me to believe that when there’s a photo like this?”
But that’s exactly what happened……
I felt wronged. I was only telling the truth.
Should I explain in more detail?
But then I feared a barrage of questions like, ‘Why would Ji-chan help you? Who are you to him? He helped you, and you didn’t say a single word? Are you lying to me?’
……Still, I needed to say something to end this madness. Where should I even start?
Thinking too much was starting to overload my brain.
That’s when it happened.
“This won’t do.”
Yoo Hee-na suddenly signaled to the friends on either side of me with her eyes.
The two nodded, snatched the bags from my hands, and left the alley.
What’s going on?
“You come out too.”
Yoo Hee-na grabbed my arm and pulled me along as I stood there confused.
The street had already grown dark.
The neon signs of the bustling area flashed brightly.
Yoo Hee-na took a few more steps, then casually dumped me on the street and said arrogantly,
“It looks like this is going to take a while. We need to change locations. Wait here until the kids come back.”
What is this really about?
I briefly worried she might be taking me to a bar or something, but I quickly relaxed.
Even at her best, Yoo Hee-na looked like a middle schooler.
In a novel world, minors might sneak into bars left and right, but even so, I doubted they’d let someone like her in.
As if confirming my guess, Yoo Hee-na said,
“We’re going to a quiet café. Somewhere no one can eavesdrop. It’ll take a bit to find a place like that, but the kids will find one. When we go, I’ll at least get you an Americano.”
“…….”
I was completely speechless.
No… you’re supposed to be a villainess, but isn’t this a bit too cute?
As I stood there with a blank expression, Yoo Hee-na glanced at me, then huffed and turned her head away arrogantly.
For someone saying that, no matter how haughty she tried to act……
Suddenly, I realized Yoo Hee-na’s true nature.
‘She’s just a kid!’
Yoo Hee-na wasn’t just young on the outside. Her inside was just as young. Actually, looking at her now, her inside seemed even younger. I was seriously starting to doubt Yoo Hee-na’s mental age.
‘Now I think I can kind of understand Sung Ji-chan…….’
Yeah, it would’ve been hard to say anything harsh to a kid like this.
Plus, if they’d been close since they were young, she’d really feel like a little sister.
At the same time, I think I understood why Sung Ji-chan couldn’t love Yoo Hee-na. It’s a shame, but still.
‘No wonder.’
Despite Yoo Hee-na stirring up trouble everywhere, she didn’t have many enemies, and now I knew why.
‘But why did she go that far in the original story?’
The ‘Yoo Hee-na’ I remembered from the original story was sloppy but undeniably deserving of the ‘villainess’ title.
For a person to change that much in such a short time, what happened in between?
Something did happen. The heroine’s appearance.
……As expected, the power of love?
That’s when it happened.
“Hey! Over there!”
A man’s shout cut through the street, ringing out loudly.
At the sudden commotion, everyone in the bustling area turned to look at once.
Then, a group of men came charging, pointing somewhere.
“We finally found her!”
“Hurry and grab her!”
“Don’t let her get away!”
The tips of their fingers were pointing right where Yoo Hee-na and I were standing.
What, did someone dine and dash or something……? I didn’t know, but it seemed like a huge mistake had been made.
‘What on earth did they do?’
I looked around to find the target.
Then I suddenly realized.
Everyone on the street was staring at me and Yoo Hee-na.
“……Huh?”
Three seconds later, I understood the situation.
“Us?”
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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I am seriously wondering the whose spreading every remor whether about fl or ml or ogfl or ogfl is the real mastermind 😂 lol
Huh? Seriously don’t they have test or assignment from school to do how do they even get time 😭
Yeah maybe a misunderstanding but fl is so stupid he clearly likes u