Joo Ri can only watch in horror as her mother gets all snarky on Chae Won and Se Yoon. "Congratulations on your new job. He must have gotten it for you. You should treat me to lunch as a thank you for getting you two together in the first place. Did I mention my son will be marrying an ultra rich woman this time?"
At that moment Se Yoon's dad is walking by and calls out his name. Not just his first name but his entire title of Director Lee Se Yoon. Yeah, I know, it just doesn't sound natural coming from a parent. The point is for the first time EMIL learns that Se Yoon is the man her daughter has been stalking. I do appreciate the view of EMIL with her mouth agape. Wish I could provide a screencap.
Chae Won introduces herself to her staff. They (all women) give her the bitch cold shoulder. Guess they also think she got her job because of Se Yoon.
EMIL returns home and has a hundred year's of flashbacks of Se Yoon.
Joo Ri comes to Chae Won's office and demands her former sister-in-law resign immediately. Chae Won goes from one bitch to a group of bitches as she once again butts heads with the kitchen staff. I don't know about Chae Won but I'm already on bitch overload.
Chul Goo stops by Hong Ju Ma's yoga class. He doesn't want her pursuing him anymore. On a scale of one to ten he puts her about midpoint although he does acknowledge her body is in great shape.
Se Yoon comes down to the cafeteria for lunch. Chae Won, knowing what everyone else is thinking, makes it a point to ignore him. Se Yoon doesn't really help her out here. The customers start complaining that the squid is too spicy. (Just recently I had squid and yes, it was a bit hot. No, Chae Won wasn't working at the restaurant where I ate. At least, I don't think she was there.) Se Yoon, because he can't taste since the car accident, eats away like there's nothing wrong at all.
Joo Ri comes home early from work so she can run to her room and cry like a teenager who didn't get tickets to the Justin Bieber concert. EMIL offers to have her matchmaker find a better, richer man but Joo Ri proclaims she doesn't want anyone else but Justin Bieber Se Yoon.
As part of her spin control to fix the damage she's done, EMIL calls Clingy Mother to arrange another tea date between them.
Chae Won works late to get her paperwork done. Just as she thinks she can go home she gets a call from someone's secretary reminding Chae Won not to forget the very important breakfast meeting for 6 AM tomorrow. With everyone else from the cafeteria gone home, Chae Won alone starts peeling a shitload of onions so they can make onion soup in the morning. (Mmm, I could go for some onion soup myself.) Se Yoon sees she's still at work and he joins in helping her to peel. He accidentally gets onion juice in his eye (been there, done that) and when Chae Won hands him a towel he mistakenly grabs her hand first. That's first base in Kdramaland.
Chae Won goes to make him a batch of fried rice. She twists her hair up in a bun and uses a chopstick to hold it up. This causes Se Yoon to have a flashback to Dead Girlfriend who also put her hair up that way.
Chul Goo has been driving around and is surprised to find himself outside the noodle house. Before he can leave, though, another car drives up. It is Se Yoon giving Chae Won a lift home. Of course neither one of them sees the other car that's RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM. Chul Goo starts to get out to confront the pair but then he makes monumental strides towards accepting he's not part of Chae Won's life anymore. He does cry a bit for her but at least he doesn't get out and make a fool of himself like he normally would have.
Chul Goo returns home to hear from his mother that Ju Ma (or is it Hong Ju?) and her family want to meet to discuss wedding plans. I knew things moved fast in a Kdrama but this is ridiculous.
There really is an early morning breakfast meeting. (I was suspicious the "secretary" calling was setting Chae Won up.) Se Yoon's dad thanks Chae Won for the delicious meal. Joo Ri seethes. After the bossman walks on, Joo Ri does the wrist grabbing thing and drags Chae Won out for another talk. She offers Chae Won money to go start her own business if only she'll leave this job (and Se Yoon) immediately. Chae Won points out to Joo Ri that she's just like her mother and thinks if she throws enough money around her problems will be solved. Before Joo Ri can retaliate, Se Yoon shows up.
Chul Goo meets one more time with Hong Ju Ma. She admits to him the main reason she wants to marry him is simply to get away from her family. Seems she's the product of her mother's affair and so the rest of the family has treated her like dirt. Expensive dirt, but dirt all the same.
Chae Won is at work and wearing a horribly ugly shirt that even Marcia Brady would turn her nose up at. She (as in Chae Won) gets a call from EMIL who is outside the office building and wants Chae Won to come down for a moment. EMIL, prodded earlier by her daughter, is here to give Chae Won a large amount of money as a bribe to get her to quit.
During all this, in the background is Se Yoon's mother just arriving at the building. She recognizes EMIL from afar and starts walking towards them. She gets close enough to hear Chae Won passionately declare she doesn't care how much money EMIL tries to offer, she's not going to quit her job!
I still want some onion soup.
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