“Alarms are supposed to be set, especially in the morning.”
“That’s what I’m saying. Don’t do that now. Oh, I can hear it, but where is it?”
“Oh, it’s here!”
With a body smaller than Jun’s, I easily slid down to the floor like slipping under the bed, grabbing the phone scattered on the floor. I pressed the screen with my finger, and the alarm sound that had been echoing throughout the room suddenly stopped.
“Now it’s done. Iha-ru, now come up…”
After barely regaining my senses thanks to the alarm, I stepped on the stairs without looking back. First, I created a gap that wouldn’t be immediately noticed by Jun.
“Kim Jun, pull yourself together and come down quickly. Do you always have such thoughts only when you see me?”
Just a moment ago, Jun looked puzzled by my words, pretending not to know about my recent feelings toward the sea. Worried that he might catch me trying to get off the bed, I turned around and ran down the remaining stairs, yelling softly to make sure.
I stood where I could see the calm sea. On this day, the wind, the sea’s close friend, seemed to have gone out for a drink, playfully creating ripples in the sea.
Right here is where today’s shoot will take place.
In the direction facing the sea, and in the direction the sea flows, a foot bath stretches out. A foot bath surrounded by light orange bricks that come up to the knees. The hot spring water inside is slowly cooling while flowing down the long path.
The morning sun sparkled like stars here and there on the sea. Whether the wind accidentally painted the sky with watercolors, turning it pink, even in the evening filled with the sunset. You could choose any spot in this long foot bath to dip your feet and look at the sea.
No, actually, all these descriptions and adjectives might be unnecessary. At least for me, it was a place that resonated with a different meaning.
Just standing still brings back memories of the clear summer with twenty-year-old Jun.
In those memories, twenty-year-old Jun would quickly appear, take my hand, and suggest going to see the sea that you like so much.
A place like that for me.
I cast my gaze to the right as I followed the hot spring water-filled foot bath. A group caught my eye at the end of that gaze. The filming team preparing for the foot bath scene was busy.
I got busy too, trying to find one person in that group. As the gaze that casually passed by each staff member in the group slowly settled on a man, it gradually focused on Jun.
Perhaps he felt my gaze, or maybe my love for him was so great that the sea breeze instantly flew towards him.
While the wind is blowing towards you now, Jun’s gaze turned towards me. The faint smile you just made also flew with it. It was a moment when the smile that had risen above my face as soon as your eyes met me began to swell even bigger.
“Haru noona.”
“…What?”
It felt like all the winds that were carrying our smiles to each other suddenly dropped below. The awkward smiles Hyunsoo and Juyeon were making, who knows since when they were here, were lumpy.
“I love you.”
“What? Kim Hyunsoo, what are you saying now…”
“Just now, you were saying that to the director with your eyes, right, noona? I was anxious that the staff next to the director might turn their heads when we came all the way here.”
“Ah…”
“Haru, even though it’s a movie about your love story, please don’t over-immerse yourself at every opportunity. What sin have we committed to make our hearts skip a beat several times a day, fearing that you might find out?”
“Well, the crime of possessing a kind heart that worries about the love affairs of an over-immersive friend?”
“Sigh…”
“No, I mean… It’s been a while since I came here too. My face just naturally looks like this without me knowing.”
I couldn’t say anything more to Hyunsoo’s smiling face. As for Haru, she only received a blunt remark from him, asking her to please be more aware of the crisis.
“Jungeun noona, it seems like you mistakenly aimed an arrow just now. Haru noona should be the one aware. I saw it earlier. Sending hearts so blatantly with your eyes when everyone was around.”
“That’s true, but Hyunsoo, you’ve always been oblivious, so while we’re at it, I thought I’d let you know.”
“Hey, that’s absurd…”
“Writers, are you all gathered here?”
Our heads turned in unison toward the sound. Minseo, who appeared at some point, smiled warmly and walked toward us.
With an open space, we couldn’t tell from which direction someone was approaching. Thanks to that, we seemed a bit awkward. Even the hastily made smiles would have looked awkward.
In the midst of contemplating whether Jun’s story got mixed into our recent conversation, Minseo spoke.
“Even though it’s an early morning shoot, everyone came out. You could have come out more leisurely since we’re still preparing for the shoot.”
“I prefer to watch the shooting scene leisurely rather than coming out leisurely. Besides, I had imagined how Haru would act, even though I’ve seen the script. I’m curious about how you’ll express it in reality.”
In response to my affectionate words, Minseo sent an even more affectionate smile.
“The foot bath water is hot, so did you intentionally schedule the time early in the morning? Well, anyway, I’ll finally see that scene in person.”
In response to Hyunsoo’s words, Minseo replied, “Yes, finally, today,” and a faint tension was visible on her face.
Is it okay? I looked at Minseo with a worried expression, but suddenly, my gaze fell on the script that she held dearly in both hands.
A script that contains Jun’s feelings, something I have never seen before.
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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