The fourth episode of “The Golden Spoon” begins with Tae-yong wondering if Seung-cheon was the person who sent him the creepy text. He calls the number and Ju-hee’s phone rings just then. Tae-yong grows curious about her, and also finds the envelope from the old lady in his notebook but her letter is missing. ..
According to Dong-kyung, it was he who put the envelope there. He gets defensive when he thinks Tae-yong is blaming him for theft. Tae-yong wonders who the person who sent him the text was.
When the class is empty, Tae-yong looks for Ju-hee’s phone. Yeo-jin asks Ju-hee if she was flirting with both Seung-cheon and Tae-yong when she claims that she only like Seong-cheon.
Yeo-jin reveals that she is going to pursue Tae-yong from now on. Ju-hee recalls forgetting her phone in class and goes back to look for it. She finds Tae-yong trying to open the phone and asks her who called her earlier that day. He learns that it was Ju-hee’s father who called her and apologises for snooping.
Tae-yong claims that he was prank-called and he and Ju-hee discuss the text while Seung-cheon grows concerned that both of them are not in the science lab like their other classmates. At break time, Seung-cheon warns Tae-yong asking him to stay away from Ju-hee.
Tae-yong is having a meal alone when Young-sin joins him and asks him to concentrate on his studies instead of the shareholders’ meeting. He ignores her and mockingly thanks Young-sin for her concern asking the servers to bring coffee to his room. The maid and Young-sin are both shocked by the demand for coffee which is a first.
Ju-hee calls him when she is in the room and Tae-yong arrives at the police station with her. The police have caught Na-ra’s father for attacking Ju-hee and they claim that it was Yeo-jin who reported the man to the cops. Tae-yong asks her to meet him and confronts him about the text message. He is sure that Yeo-jin is Na-ra who turned her life around by using the golden spoon.
Tae-yong asks her about Na-ra and she does not seem bothered. Ju-he, on the other hand, worries about why Tae-yong wanted to visit Na-ra. She also ends up getting the same shady message as Tae-yong and seems worried. Tae-yong confronts Yeo-jin asking if she was the person who sent the text to him. She states that she also had received a similar text from an unknown number.
All of the students in Seung-cheon’s class received the same text message from Jang-un. He claimed that the message was from him and that he was playing a joke on all of his classmates. ..
Jang-un and Seung-cheon are in class when Jang-un asks Seung-cheon about the golden spoon. Seung-cheon recalls that he has no idea where it presently is. However, he looks around for the spoon at home and does not find it. Jang-un asks Seung-cheon if he is sure that he doesn’t have the spoon and Seung-cheon confirms this with a shake of his head.
He wants to get his mother a gold ring once he finds it and he wonders if he left it back at Tae-yong’s house. Tae-yong checks up on the spoon in his drawer and finds that he has 7 more days left for his first chance at exchanging his old life for Seung-cheon back.
Tae-yong starts by imagining living with Seung-cheon’s real family in his apartment. He agrees to buy the property but Young-sin’s PI snaps photos of him.
Lee Cheol is back at work as a redevelopment evacuator when he gets beaten up by his boss. The man assaults Lee Cheol for protecting the residents instead of kicking them out of the houses. Tae-yong wonders why Lee Cheol only decided to start working now and not years ago when his family needed it the most.
Lee Cheol is confused at the words coming from his son’s friend but asks him to keep this a secret from Seung-cheon. Seung-cheon is at Tae-yong’s house and he makes himself comfortable as Ju-hee has a meal with Tae-yong thanking him for helping her. Ju-hee mentions the school shooting incident Tae-yong was involved in years ago.
Tae-yong says that he would like coffee and Ju-hee is alarmed. Seung-cheon is offered coffee at Tae-yong’s house when he declines and asks for Elderberry tea instead leaving Young-sin shocked. Tae-yong pats Ju-hee on the head and he is flustered.
She asks him to end their engagement but Tae-yong asks her to continue to agree for a little longer. Young-sin asks Seung-cheon to play the piano and wonders how he is making the exact same mistake as Tae-yong. Young-sin asks him to wait for dinner but he claims that he does not want to eat. ..
She is shocked and states that he had already eaten two meals at the house with the golden spoon. Seung-cheon is familiar with the house and makes himself at home as he visits Tae-yong’s bedroom. Just as he is snooping around the room, he looks for the secret drawer. ..
He wonders why Tae-yong has drawings of Ju-hee and finds the spoon too. He is about to take the spoon with him when Tae-yong rushes to stop him. Watching Tae-yong flustered as he snatches the spoon back, Seung-cheon does not prod him further. Tae-yong gives Seung-cheon the medicines and claims they are supplements.
On his way out, Seung-cheon runs into Hyeon-do and starts having a panic attack. He rushes away his attack keeps worsening. Seung-cheon calls Lee Cheol and the father rushes to help him. Seung-cheon collapses on the bridge and Lee Cheol finds him. He helps Seung-cheon focus on his breathing and helps him calm down.
Young-sin tells Hyeon-do how she and her husband, Mun-ki, believe that Tae-yong may have been involved with Seung-cheon. Mun-ki does not seem to be very interested in helping Hyeon-do with this information, however.
The next day, Jang-un scolds Yeo-jin for letting him make a fool of himself in front of the school because he claimed that he was the sender of the text. Yeo-jin asks him to wait patiently claiming that his time to destroy Tae-yong will come soon.
In a flashback, Yeo-jin films Tae-yong and Seung-cheon’s fight and is the one responsible for calling the cops. As it turns out Yeo-jin actually is Na-ra and watches as her biological father is taken to be incarcerated.
Mun-ki is at Seung-a’s salon where he tries to lure her into renting the apartment Tae-yong purchased. Just then, Joon-tae, Young-jin’s brother, greets Tae-yong. After the meal, Joon-tae and Tae-yong leave first. Joon-tae grabs Tae-yong by the collar and starts choking him as a warning leaving the latter shocked. ..
Lee Cheol arrives home from work and is happy to see that his family members will finally be able to eat their fullest. A scared Tae-yong runs to Seung-cheon’s (his own real) house and watches the entire family eat a hearty meal.
After mentioning Mun-ki’s name, Seung-cheon declines the offer. Tae-yong is upset as he watches the family have fun in each other’s company despite not having money. Tae-yong notices that it was finally the day when he could go back to his old life as Seung-cheon.
In a heated argument, Seung-cheon tells his younger brother, Tae-yong, that he will not trade his parents for money and that he would rather live in poverty than have them move into his apartment. The two boys argue about money and their ideas clash as Seung-cheon claims that despite being penniless, he would never trade his parents for money.
Just then, Seung-cheon is told that his father, Lee Cheol was in a brutal accident. Tae-yong is shocked and rushes along with Seung-cheon and Ju-hee. The trio arrive at the hospital but Tae-yong addresses Lee Cheol as ‘appa’.
Yeo-jin is shocked to see Hyeon-do there who is just as shocked seeing his son address another man as his father. Yeo-jin opens a locker to put the letter she found at Tae-yong’s birthday party. Inside the locker, there is another golden spoon. ..
Na-ra’s life takes a turn when she meets Yeo-jin, her childhood friend. He had always suffered from leukemia and Na-ra decides to take over his life in order to save him. However, he dies soon after she takes over.
This episode was full of surprises. Na-ra changed her life as a child, and turned into Yeo-jin. This was a big shocker, and I am sure that the one poor woman we saw in the last episode could be connected to her in some way.
With the way Tae-yong is affected by Lee Cheol’s accident, I am sure there will be a switch soon. I wonder if Tae-yong made accurate choices so far to ensure that Seung-cheon’s family can live in the apartment he purchased.
Despite the potential for chaos, we are here for every second of it. Ju-hee and Seung-cheon may have the chance to connect now that there is a possibility of a switch again.
