“Did you see her again?”
“Yes. I messed up nicely.”
Why did the mention of messing up evoke laughter?
Hye Ji, whose smile almost reached her ears, tried hard to hide her exposed expression by forcing down the hot tea.
“What exactly are you looking for?”
“A woman I can touch.”
“Pfft.”
At his unexpected words, Hye Ji barely managed to block the tea that was about to spurt out of her mouth with her palm.
“Ah, sorry.”
Had she spurted, she would have been chased away by now.
“Do you perhaps… have a unique preference? Something difficult for ordinary people to handle?”
“You’ve been watching me for 10 years.”
“Do I have to know such things even after 10 years? And it’s 13 years, not 10.”
For some reason, as Sun Woo watched Hye Ji’s face turning red, he squeezed a generous amount of hand sanitizer he had pulled out of his pocket into his hand.
“You know, my chronic disease.”
Then, he rubbed his palms together and raised his eyebrows.
“Ah. That.”
“Yes, that.”
She had momentarily forgotten. He despised the touch of others to an extreme extent.
Even normally, he would wear gloves or keep his hands in his pockets to prevent touch.
To others who didn’t know Sun Woo’s circumstances well, a man who had looks, wealth, and even the ability as a doctor, often seemed haughty.
Hye Ji lowered her head to look at her hand that was touching the teacup. Suddenly, she felt as if her own hand was dirty and clenched it tightly.
It wasn’t just others’ hands that he couldn’t touch, her own hands were the same. Once again, Hye Ji’s gaze was drawn to his long and slender fingers.
Was he looking for a woman who could touch his hands? Could that not be me?
“So how are you planning to get married?”
“I’m thinking of at least trying.”
“Is that trying?”
“What can’t be done?”
Without answering, as Sun Woo sipped his tea, Hye Ji, seemingly frustrated, pushed her bangs back and asked bluntly.
“What’s the reason you want to get married so much?”
“The hospital.”
Seeing Hye Ji’s spirit, which had been heatedly giving a speech just a moment ago, cool off so suddenly, Sun Woo’s mouth inexplicably soured.
“Ah… The chairman has really put you in a difficult position.”
Yeah, even you can see how dire my situation is, right?
Unable to respond, Sun Woo hid his bitter expression and took a sip of his herbal tea.
“You can establish a clause about skinship.”
“This is the twentyfifth failed arranged date up until today. Do you think I haven’t tried?”
“They didn’t like it?”
“You’ve never seen me being cursed with eyes, have you?”
After hearing Sun Woo’s words, Hye Ji couldn’t hold back her laughter. After laughing for a while, she wiped away the tears that had seeped out with her finger and resumed talking.
“That’s true… But you know, chairman, you can’t have skinship with your bare hands.”
“I’m doing well in my medical career, and that’s not an excuse in front of my grandfather.”
“You’re not going to live your married life wearing gloves…”
At Hye Ji’s words, Sun Woo smiled bitterly and leaned slowly against the back of his chair.
“You know, our grandfather is sharp. We need to look like a real couple in his eyes. I want to try, even if I’m not a loving husband.”
If he had to get married anyway, he wanted to do at least something similar to what others did. At the very least, he wished for a woman who he could hold hands with.
Then, was that too much to ask for?
If it was that woman, all of this might become possible.
Due to the woman who didn’t leave his thoughts all day, Sun Woo’s brow furrowed.
Hye Ji’s eyes widened as she quietly listened to his words.
“Do you want to become a real married couple?”
“I agree that I’m rushing into marriage for the hospital, but I don’t want to pretend to be a windowshopping couple…”
Sun Woo faintly trailed off his words and fiddled with his ear. Then, as if something came to mind, he casually tossed a question towards Hye Ji.
“By the way, weren’t you planning to leave earlier?”
“Yup. I royally screwed up.”
“Blind date?”
Hye Ji didn’t answer, sipped her tea, and wiggled her eyebrows in affirmation.
“That explains the outfit.”
“What about my outfit? Were you surprised because it’s too pretty?”
Sun Woo, who was holding a teacup, scanned Hye Ji’s outfit.
“Can you objectively comment?”
“Do you want to see me cursing with my eyes again?”
“Either you or me.”
A smile surfaced on Sun Woo’s previously expressionless face.
Watching Sun Woo, Hye Ji chewed on her lip as if to say something.
Then, she blurted out impulsively.
“Sun Woo, will you marry me?”
Coincidentally, the ringtone of Sun Woo’s mobile phone overlapped with Hye Ji’s words.
As if he had been waiting for the call, Sun Woo said “Just a moment,” showing the palm of his hand to Hye Ji.
“Have you found it? Ah, no. I’m heading to the hospital now. Yes. See you later.”
It was somewhat impulsive of her to say that, and Hye Ji was a little anxious about whether he had heard it.
Sun Woo asked as he impassively stuffed his mobile phone into his suit jacket pocket.
“What did you say earlier?”
From the way he was acting nonchalantly, it seemed he hadn’t heard what she’d said earlier. She wasn’t sure whether this was a good thing or not.
“Nothing.”
He rose from his seat without hesitation, clutching his wallet and car keys on the table.
“Doctor Ju. I need to go. I’m heading to the hospital, I can give you a lift if you’re going in the same direction.”
As Hye Ji shook her head, Sun Woo gave a nod as if to say understood.
Hye Ji, who was watching his retreating figure without regrets, swallowed the bitter herb tea in her mouth, which tasted even more bitter today.
“That jerk, he should ask me one more time.”
She walked into the professor’s office, holding the business card she had received on her way up.
She laid her body long on the sofa and stared at the paper with the contact number on it.
“What should I ask?”
What’s her name? Is this her contact number?
Or, where does she live?
If I ask why do I need that, what should I answer?
Her mind was filled with endless question marks.
“I’d rather not tell.”
Having made two children like that, it’d be a blessing if she didn’t retaliate.
A knock on the door interrupted his thought process, which had been caught up in contemplation while holding his head.
Sun Woo slowly sat up, pressing the bridge of his eyebrows.
“Yes.”
“Professor, you’re here? I came to leave a memo because you didn’t answer the phone.”
“I just came in. Come in.”
It was a voice full of fatigue.
As Sun Woo gave permission, the nurse opened the door and came in.
“A woman called you. She repeatedly said to make sure to convey the message to you.”
“Who was it?”
“It’s Ji Eun Jae.”
Sun Woo let out a small breath.
“I don’t know such a person.”
“Okay. I will convey that.”
The nurse turned around with a smile.
Once the door closed, Sun Woo leaned back on the sofa again, rolling the somewhat familiar name around in his mind a few times.
Ji Eun Jae? Seems like a name I’ve heard before.
Is it a patient’s name?
Ji Eun Jae, Ji Eun Jae.
Sun Woo, who had been leaning lazily on the sofa, jumped up as if he had been shocked.
“Ji Eun Jae?”
In an instant, Sun Woo, who had opened the door to the professor’s office and left, shouted at the nurse who was only a few steps away.
“Nurse, just a moment! What did you say the name was?”
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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