Following last week’s “friendly” squash match with Tae-min, Tae-ho announces that he’ll step back and give Hyo-shim some (much needed) space rather than bother her with his feelings — like Tae-min does. But “space” doesn’t mean Tae-ho is not going to have Hyo-shim be the face of the company’s winter-wear line. Nor does it mean he won’t attend the gym’s 3-day workshop and flirt with Hyo-shim throughout the trip… A trip Hyo-shim can’t properly enjoy because Mother Dearest won’t stop calling her every two business hours for one flimsy reason or the other. Tae-ho advises Hyo-shim to move out and become independent from her family. Although for a minute there, he almost seems to envy Hyo-shim who still has her mum around unlike him with his late parents.
If Tae-min is upset about whatever is going on between Tae-ho and Hyo-shim, Hyo-sung is even more upset when he finds out that Hyo-shim is going to model for their brand. He doesn’t trust any of the Kang cousins and he swears to make them pay if they hurt his baby sister — that’s if he doesn’t throw his back out first. But Hyo-sung should be more worried about his brothers. It’s Hyo-joon’s last attempt at the bar exam, and he’s got no choice but to take Mi-rim’s discounted tutorial. Mi-rim’s teaching style is a bit… well, I actually don’t mind her twisting his ears from time to time. Someone has to. As for Hyo-do, he is once again on the run from loan sharks. At least he’s got a bit of shame and pride keeping him from crawling back to Tae-hee — whose business is doing well.
I find it suspicious that Sook-hyang’s lackey, MR. YEOM, keeps hanging around Tae-hee. Tae-min is also suspicious of his mom’s relationship with Yeom. But Mr. Yeom and Sook-hyang barely have time to worry about Tae-min’s suspicions as they’re too busy trying to marry him off to Soo-kyung ever since Halmeoni “called from the grave” to warn Sook-hyang not to mess with Tae-ho by threatening her with Tae-min. Soo-kyung, on her part, is done with dangling carrots, and she’s now on her stick phase with the Kang family. On her news broadcast at her family-owned TV station, Soo-kyung announces that the network is looking into Tae-ho’s late parents’ accident. And this news sends Chairman Kang spiralling back to his shoeshine shop. Aigoo! There’s never an uneventful week around these parts.