As she is leaving, Ji-yul gives her his bicycle to ride back home. He leaves stating it was great to see her and Ja-young gets flustered. The next morning, Ji-yul is busy working when he hears the women from the village talk badly about Ja-young being an orphan.
Mal-geum rushes to the house of his mother’s friend, the old woman, to seek her help. The old woman is all alone and her pet dog is collapsing. There are no other vets in the town, so Mal-geum’s mother has to go get them.
Ja-young tells him that she knows a shortcut and could take her there. Ji-yul takes her aside and tells her that the women from this town were badmouthing her but Ja-young tells declares she would be driving and he hesitantly agrees to go. Ja-young states that the dog was innocent and should not suffer because of the woman’s bad attitude.
They argue about their ideologies, but still manage to have a good time on their drive. Ji-yul checks up on the dog and treats it. Ja-young notices they have a flat tire and takes the car to a mechanic from far away who tells them the repair would take some time since he was busy.
The two then go to the docks to kill time. Ji-yul is apologetic for dragging Ji-yul along when he was so busy already. Ji-yul jokes that it the view compensates for it and states that despite the unpredictability he does not hate being in the town altogether.
The two friends Ji-yul and Sun-woo spend some time on the beach together and Ji-yul does cartwheels and they fill themselves up on snacks. Once back in the car, the two are back to being friends. As they arrive in town, they talk to each other and bid each other farewell when a woman approaches them.
Ji-yul’s girlfriend, Min, comes to see him and they discuss how he’s been doing. Ji-yul is surprised to see her and Min says she misses him. Ja-young leaves them be and goes back to work. Ji-yul’s boss also arrives at the animal clinic and greets Yeong-suk.
Min says that she is back in Korea and would not go to the states and wants to start seeing him again. Dr Choi apologises to Ji-yul for letting Min know where he was however, Min is adamant about winning Ji-yul over.
She tells the men from town that she will be living in the town for a week and will try to win them over. The women from town are at Ja-young’s house as they thank her for letting them use her house. The bed-and-breakfast was under repairs and they had a girl visiting their town.
The girl who will be sharing Ja-young’s house is Min and the women in town are shocked to learn she is Ji-yul’s girlfriend. They don’t hear his explanation and assume that Min and Ji-yul are still together and keep teasing him.
Just as Ji-yul is about to say something, Sang-hyeon returns from Seoul and greets Ja-young. The villagers introduce Sang-hyeon as Ja-young’s boyfriend.
Sang-hyeon is happy to see that Ji-yul has a girlfriend. Ja-young takes Min on a tour of her house and Ji-yul talks to Sang-hyeon outside. Ji-yul clarifies that Min is not her girlfriend and Sang-hyeon is happy to hear this.
Ja-young leaves for her errand, and Sang-hyeon joins her on the way. Ji-yul is frustrated with Dr. Choi for showing up unannounced.
Dr. Choi helps Ji-yul figure out his feelings for Ja-young and how he does not have any feelings left for Min. He leaves to go somewhere as Ja-young and Sang-hyeon are on a walk with Nurungji.
Ja-young is about to give Sang-hyeon an answer for his proposal but Nurungji runs away and the two run behind the dog. Ja-young finds Ji-yul on the street and both Sang-hyeon and Nurungji are shocked to see him there. ..
Ji-yul comes up close to the two and blatantly tells Ja-young that he is not seeing Min. He clarifies that he does not have a girlfriend at all leaving both Sang-hyeon and Ja-young shocked.
The Episode Review
The lack of a romantic relationship between Ji-yul and Ja-young was not a hindrance to the sweetness of this episode. In fact, it showed that the two are exploring a new friendship/relationship without needing to confess their feelings for each other. ..
Looks like Ji-yul just confessed his feelings for her as he made sure to mention he was very single and not actually dating Min. It seems like Min and Ja-young will not get along and it sucks for them to be living under the same roof for the next however-many-days.
The potential romantic relationship between Sang-hyeon and Ji-yul is under threat, as Ja-young could try to make each other jealous using Min.
