Yeol Mae and Ji Hoon start dating. While she admits to herself she's enjoying the fun and laughter in this relationship, she's honest enough to recognize there's no real spark. (When it's not there, it's not there.) This calls for a slumber party with the girls. As they all lay in Ji Hee's bed, Yeol Mae regales them with a story Ji Hoon told her from his days at the orphanage. It puts Ji Hee and Jae Kyung to sleep. (I'm not going to regale you with his story from the orphanage because it is rather boring.)
Ji Hee, Kim Tae Woo and another woman from where they work are out at a restaurant. They hear a string quartet playing to a table nearby and guess that a marriage proposal is being made. The quartet finish and leave, giving us our first glimpse of the couple in love. Thanks to the comments over at Viki I learn these two are characters from the first season of the show. The man is Kim Duk Soo, Ji Hee's first man. The woman, Kang Hyun Joo, has something to do with Tae Woo.
Ji Hee and Tae Woo hide behind one menu as they eavesdrop on the first season couple. It's actually Hyun Joo doing the proposing, but Duk Soo is worried about his situation (I don't know what it is - I guess he's poor) and doesn't feel he's worthy enough to marry her. Hyun Joo insists she doesn't care about that and believes they can make it together. Then she and Duk Soo both turn and stare at Tae Woo and Ji Hee. Our season two couple quickly make excuses and leave the restaurant.
Outside the restaurant Tae Woo talks about what a good woman Hyun Joo is. Ji Hee talks about what a good man Duk Soo is. They decide to go to another place and drink copious amounts of alcohol. Seriously, there's like twenty beer bottles on their little table. I don't know what I admire more - Korean livers or Korean bladders. Ji Hee is the calmest drunk I've ever seen. She starts crying over the bones of the chicken they just ate and insists on giving the bird a proper burial. Also Peru is somehow involved in this. It makes perfect sense when you're drunk. Tae Woo follows after her until she passes out (neatly, on top of newspapers) next to the river and stays to watch over her.
Jeong Min asks Jae Kyung to live with him but she turns him down. In the next scene we learn she's actually homeless and having to live down at the warehouse where her shoes are stored. Yeol Mae offers to take her in but again Jae Kyung refuses. She feels she needs to make her own comeback without any help.
Seok Hyun and Na Hyun are going to see a movie together. Yeol Mae starts pining for him again so she goes to the theater as well, totally forgetting she was supposed to meet Ji Hoon at a coffee shop. Only hours later does she remember him. She runs to the shop and can see from outside that he is still in there, patiently waiting for her. Yeol Mae checks her cell phone and sees a message from him saying it's alright if she's late, he'll just read a book. (Ji Hoon, you so need to get away from this woman. She is useless.) He sees she's outside and goes out to see if everything is all right. Yeol Mae calls him a fool for waiting for her. He replies it doesn't matter how long it took for her to arrive, she still came. (Run, Ji Hoon, run. She does not deserve you. I am so anti-Yeol Mae by this time.)
The two go for a bit of moon watching and finally Yeol Mae's heart begins to thaw a bit. Meanwhile, Na Hyun works up the courage to confess to Seok Hyun. He carelessly deflects her affections. She asks if he's still in love with Yeol Mae and he doesn't come right out and deny it. Ji Hoon drives Yeol Mae home and before she gets out of the car he pulls her in for a nice long kiss. Just then Na Hyun and Seok Hyun drive up. He's asleep in the passenger seat and doesn't see the other two kissing. Na Hyun quickly turns off the car lights. When Seok Hyun wakes up, Na Hyun grabs his head to keep him from looking forward. She apologizes for what she's about to do and then she kisses him. One of her hands presses against the car horn which makes Ji Hoon and Yeol Mae break apart to see what all the commotion is about. In this short amount of time Na Hyun manages to keep blowing the horn, hold Seok Hyun's face in her hands, and turn the inside light on so Yeol Mae can clearly see them kissing. (This girl can do some serious multi-tasking. That or she's got several arms.)
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