“A massage parlor? I thought you went to your parents’ house today. Ju Hyuk canceled our meeting today because he said you had urgent business at your parents’ house.”
“Ah! Uh, mom, that’s how it went. I was going to go to my parents’ house, but….”
Hye Mi stuttered, her earlier lie about being too lazy to visit Young Suk in the morning now exposed.
She used to enjoy the delicious food prepared by Hyun Seo, but as she lost interest, her visits gradually decreased. Therefore, she had come running after hearing this intriguing news while casually getting a massage.
“Hmm, well, who said that at the salon?”
“It seemed like it came from the wife of a Jinseong employee.”
“What were they blabbering about?”
“They were complaining that the compensation was too little. Saying that a mere 1 billion won is nothing for the daughterinlaw of Jinseong.”
“Crazy! What has she done after coming to our house to deserve that? Too little, what is too little!”
As Young Suk fumed, Hye Mi added fuel to the fire.
“But mom, you said my brother wasn’t going to take the compensation.”
“He said so, but he must have fluttered his eyes at Do Ha and accepted it. That foxlike girl.”
“So, you’re just going to let it go?”
“Let it go, are you crazy? I have to go and retrieve it.”
Young Suk hastily unlocked her phone screen.
“Oh, right. I was blocked.”
“Blocked?”
“She’s not taking my calls. Hye Mi, you can make the call. Hurry.”
“What should I say?”
“Just tell her to hand over the money.”
“Ah! In that case, mom!”
Suddenly, as if a thought crossed Hye Mi’s mind, she lowered her voice and whispered.
“How about getting the money from my brother and keeping it as your emergency fund instead of giving it to the grandfather?”
“Really? Oh, that’s a good idea since Do Ha won’t know. I need to go see Hyun Seo right away. He might not meet me if I suggest it, so you should suggest it.”
“Then I’ll give him a call.”
Hye Mi hurriedly rummaged through her bag, pulled out her phone, and dialed Hyun Seo’s number.
The number you have dialed is not in service. Please check and dial again.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
“What’s the matter?”
In front of a puzzled Young Suk, Hye Mi tried calling again, but the message was the same.
“Mom, it says the number is not in service.”
“What? Oh dear! That bastard must have changed his number after getting the money.”
“So, what do we do? We can’t get in touch, and we don’t even know where he might have run off with the money.”
“What do we do? We have to go to Do Ha’s office. I must tell Do Ha right away!”
They searched everywhere. Despite their efforts, they could not find Hyun Seo.
He had disappeared without a trace, not even using a cell phone registered under his name or a single credit card.
As time passed, Do Ha couldn’t hide his increasingly desolate feelings.
Could something have happened?
Knock knock
Along with the knock on the door, his secretary informed him of Director Choi’s visit. He had arrived a while ago, but Do Ha’s meeting had run long, so he was only now able to report.
Do Ha rose from his seat and headed toward the couch, instructing them to let Director Choi in.
“Come in. Any news?”
Before Director Choi could even greet him, Do Ha asked about Hyun Seo.
“Yes, we’ve been checking on whether he might have left the country, and it’s confirmed that he departed for Taiwan not long ago.”
“To Taiwan?”
Do Ha raised his eyebrows. Taiwan?
Knowing well that his wife, whom he had been married to until recently, had no connections in Taiwan, he had not expected this at all.
However, a sigh of relief escaped Do Ha as he heard Director Choi’s words. At least, it was confirmed that Hyun Seo was alive and unharmed.
But why had he gone to Taiwan?
“Can we find out more details?”
“Actually, Sir, we wanted to find out more, but strangely, apart from his departure, we couldn’t find anything else. It’s as if he’s intentionally hiding something. Maybe he’s just on vacation?”
“If it’s possible to find out more, please investigate further.”
“Yes, understood.”
“Good work. You may leave now.”
But intuitively, Do Ha felt he knew. Hyun Seo had not gone to Taiwan for leisure.
He couldn’t know why he had gone to Taiwan, but from his intuition, it seemed like Hyun Seo had completely left Korea.
‘Did he leave to abandon me?’
If he was intentionally hiding overseas, it wouldn’t be easy to find him.
The bond he had been desperately trying to hold onto seemed to be drifting further away than he thought.
It felt as though the protective shield that had been enveloping him had shattered. Hyun Seo was the only warm light in his world, and it seemed like it was going to disappear forever.
It was at this moment that he realized that he had taken the love he had received from Hyun Seo for granted over a long period.
Suddenly
Suddenly, the office door swung open, without going through the secretary.
“Hey, Do Ha, Do Ha!”
The owner of the earpiercing voice was his mother, Young Suk. Hye Mi was trailing behind her.
“You two, what’s the matter all of a sudden?”
Seeing Young Suk hastily approaching, Do Ha furrowed his brows.
“It’s a problem when you open the door like this while I’m in a meeting in my office.”
“Son, that’s not the problem! Did you give alimony to Hyun Seo?”
The flustered secretary, hearing this, quickly closed the door so no one else would hear. Do Ha stared at his mother with a hardened expression.
“Did you come to question me about that now?”
“You, did you really give it?”
“Stop it now!”
“You jerk, uh, I mean, he definitely told me he wouldn’t take it and left with a big fuss, and you ended up giving it to him? Where is he now! We need to go after him immediately!”
Young Suk ranted on. Seeing the calm face of her son, she realized it was true.
“Hyun Seo, he’s not here anymore.”
“What do you mean, ‘not here’?”
But then her son said something strange she couldn’t understand.
“He’s not in Korea anymore!”
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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