The little girl’s mother asks her to stop addressing Ji-woo as her dad as they wonder how Seo-joon knew Ji-woo. The woman states that Seo-joon was a big actor and would bring up the mood in the neighbourhood with his presence.
Meanwhile, at Ji-woo’s house, the chef tells Seo-joon that he should ask what he was there to ask and leave. The actor shares his anger about being abandoned by Ji-woo for a year without a message. Ji-woo asks if Seo-joon wanted him to apologize for leaving but the actor wonders if he ever wronged Ji-woo during their relationship to deserve a breakup like such. ..
Ji-woo finally lists down his issues with Seo-joon and states that he was frustrated dating an actor. He states that Seo-joon woke him up in the middle of the night because he was bored and disrupted his normal life. He states that the actor would get sensitive about certain things from time to time and mentions how he was fed up with the temper tantrums thrown by Seo-joon over the course of their relationship. ..
The chef regrets not listing down his reasons for breaking up with Seo-joon as that is what prompted him to visit Ji-woo. Seo-joon is hurt by Ji-woo’s words and asks if he moved all the way to get away from him. The chef states that he had only come back to his hometown. Seo-joon is upset but leaves Ji-woo’s house. ..
The actor notices that Ji-woo had laid out one of Seo-joon’s shirts on his bed. Seo-joon asks Ji-woo why he was holding on to his shirt when the latter states that he did not know it belonged to the chef. Seo-joon takes the shirt with him and asks the chef about what he had done to the couple ring Seo-joon had gifted him in the past.
Ji-woo tells the story of how he threw a rock from a mountain and embarrassed the actor further as he left his house. The next morning, Ji-woo followed his usual path to work and set up shop at his restaurant. The village chief was accompanied by Seo-joon as they made their way to Ji-woo’s restaurant.
The chief explains that since Seoul was hours away, he let the actor crash at his place for the night as the two feasted on meokgolli (rice wine). Seo-joon orders a ‘hangover soup’ as the chief explains that the menu of Ji-woo’s restaurant was hard to decipher for the locals. Ji-woo is visibly annoyed that Seo-joon is getting close to the local chief but still prepares the food for his guests.
The chief is surprised by Ji-woo’s delicious food as him and Seo-joon chomp down on some goulash. After the two have had their meal, Seo-joon pays for the food and explains why he stayed the night. On his drive back, the actor thinks how he actually broke up with Ji-woo after a year. The young girl, Han Yoo-ha arrives to Ji-woo’s restaurant after school and tells the chef that villagers had been singing praises of his food.
Ji-woo, a recent graduate of college, is struggling to find a job. He goes to the restaurant where Seo-joon works and asks him to take away his belongings. Seo-joon tells Ji-woo that if he were the one to take them away, a controversy would take place considering his status.
On the first day of the new school year, Seo-joon calls Ji-woo to ask him to take his stuff away. The actor goes as far as to ask the village chief to share his message with Ji-woo which finally convinces the chef to go back to Seoul.
The next day, Seo-joon is working on his ad shoot for the jewellery brand as he keeps gazing at the door waiting for someone to show up. Another flashback shows Ji-woo coming out to one of Seo-joon’s shoots where the actor tries to hook up with his boyfriend.
Ji-woo, who had been living in Japan for a year, finally returns to Seoul to meet his former business partner Hyung-ki and TB Entertainment’s CEO Pil-hyun. Hyung-ki wants to return the money he had extorted from Ji-woo about a year ago after blackmailing him about Seo-joon’s relationship with Ji-woo. ..
He hands over the money to Ho-min and Pil-hyun and leaves stating that he would now be moving to Italy soon. However, Ho-min Ji-woo informs him that Seo-joon would not let the chef into his house in his absence.
Sung-yoon, the head of design for the brand, is confused by Seo-joon’s gaze and turns around to see Ji-woo.
The two friends from the past, Seo-joon and Ji-woo, end up becoming friends after they interact more. Ji-woo starts asking questions about their relationship and Seo-joon is curious about it. They go to each other’s houses to finish their shoot together, but Ji-woo shuts Seo-joon down and asks him to finish his shoot before they go.
In the prologue, a flashback of Ji-woo and Seo-joon fighting with each other shows how the chef usually fails at stating his frustrations with the actor. Seo-joon explains that Ji-woo should just let him know when things are not in the right order instead of holding back on his anger as the couple then makes up. ..
The Episode Review
The second episode finally gave fans a better understanding of why Ji-woo broke up with Seo-joon, but it seems like there is more to the story than what was shown. Ji-woo still has feelings for Seo-joon and it is clear from his actions.
It is heartwarming to see Seo-joon sticking around to make things work, and it’s also helpful for young viewers to learn that every relationship is a two-way street that can’t be saved by one person alone. ..
With that being said, it seems like the problems in this season are implied in order to make conflict even if there isn’t any. Hopefully the characters are able to move forward from this minor hiccup in their relationship and get back together soon.
