So when is it?
What do you…
When are you going back to Seoul?
I guess you already heard.
In about 15 days.
I know.
Telling you how I feel when I know I'm leaving soon…
You must be confused.
I deserve to be rejected.
I know, but--
Hey, Little Doctor.
I put together a list of drugs for inventory,
and a list of ones to order.
-Could you take a look? -Sure.
Let me see.
Well,
it all looks good.
Good work.
Thanks.
Is everything okay?
Yes. I don't think she saw you.
If Yeong-suk saw us together earlier,
she would have fainted right there.
We have to keep this a secret, right?
Us dating.
Date…
Dating?
Dating…
You know how this village is.
If word gets out that we are dating,
they'll probably start preparing for our wedding.
Everyone we run into will have something to say.
So we should try our best to keep it a secret.
I think I'll be fine with whatever they do or say.
But since you want to keep it a secret,
I'll do my best as well.
You've never had it happen to you.
Once you do, you'll probably feel different.
I don't think I will.
Don't worry. I'll be careful. I mean it.
I guess I'll call you after work.
This is bad for my heart.
This dating thing.
Dating?
Oh, gosh.
Nurungji.
Nurungji, come here.
Have you been good, Nurungji? Come here.
Come here, Nurungji.
I'm going to let you in on a secret.
I'm dating Doctor Han.
Did you get that? You can't tell anyone, okay?
Okay? It's our little secret.
Okay, my baby?
There, there.
I'M HAN JI-YUL. I'LL COME BACK. LET'S BE SECRET FRIENDS AGAIN!
Adorable.
-Here you go, Little Doctor. -Right.
The medical records that you asked for.
This box contains the past five years' and older ones are in there.
So why do you need these?
I am technically practicing as a large animal veterinarian at the moment.
I want to take a look at what Grandpa did and study them.
But you're going back to Seoul soon.
You won't be seeing large animals even if you want to.
I guess, but…
I just want to be good at everything.
What?
Wait.
That wasn't Director Han's suitcase?
I asked someone to send me some clothes I used to wear in Seoul.
I didn't want to keep wearing the same clothes.
You got more of your stuff sent? But you're leaving so soon.
I had to wash my clothes too often, and it was getting tiresome.
They don't dry so easily either.
It's so strange.
You looked like an exile counting his days to go back.
I felt bad for you.
This town must have grown on you.
I wish it would have sooner. It's sad when you're leaving so soon.
Had I known this would happen, I would have bought some sheet masks.
What is it?
It's just weird for us to be together at this hour.
I was in such a bad mood this morning.
I feel the same way.
This feels surreal.
I'm on cloud nine.
Someone's changed their attitude all of a sudden.
You were getting on my nerves to no end like a total…
Rude person.
And that "*" is now being all sweet and only saying nice things, right?
You must have wanted to hear me say I liked you.
I should have told you sooner.
Aunt Yeon-hong used to warn me to be careful with men from Seoul.
She said that they are all a bunch of smooth talkers.
Maybe I should reconsider this before it's too late.
It's too late. You can't take it back.
So are we going somewhere?
Now that you mention it…
Where can we hang out without other people knowing?
Want to go to Seoul?
Right now?
Can I have one of these?
Sure. Go ahead.
It's tasty.
To think we're going to Seoul at this hour.
And to hang out at that.
It's the safest place.
And it's closer than you think.
I'll show you around my hospital.
DR. CHOI ANIMAL HOSPITAL
So this is where you usually work?
It hasn't been even that long, but it feels so unfamiliar.
I must be getting used to the veterinary hospital.
I'll show you my office.
What do you think?
It's so neat.
VETERINARIAN HAN JI-YUL
This guy looks like a handful.
It's not that far, don't you think?
Honestly, you can't say it's not that far.
It takes over four hours.
Look at this.
Today is already over. It's past midnight.
I suppose we should have left a little sooner.
But those four hours did feel very short.
I almost didn't want it to end.
I'm really okay.
If eight-hour round trips were going to be a problem,
I wouldn't have started this.
I brought you here to shake off your worries,
but I guess I was worried about nothing, Ms. Ahn Ja-young.
Of course.
I'll do better
so that eight-hour round trips feel like nothing.
You're so pretty.
How did you get so pretty?
I think I'd be even prettier if I had something to eat.
Shall we go grab a bite then?
Let's go.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-It's good. -Wow.
You really did get prettier.
You can really eat.
-I have a question. -What is it?
Have you ever brought someone else there?
Let's talk about something else.
-I don't think this could end well. -What?
Anyway, Officer Ahn.
-Yes. -You look cute in that T-shirt.
This?
It's not from your middle school days, is it?
-That shirt. -Yes?
Is it the same one as back then but in a different color?
I mean, when I work at the hospital…
-Sang-hyeon dresses really well. -Sang-hyeon…
Why did you stop talking?
Hang on.
When did you start liking me?
It wasn't exactly love at first sight. I gradually grew to--
"Wasn't exactly love at first sight"? What do you mean…
You don't have much time left to sleep. Go in now.
You go get some sleep too, Doctor.
When will you stop calling me "Doctor"?
We can work that out over time…
You said you'd rather die than call me oppa.
In that case…
How about "babe" or "honey"?
You must have gone mad from driving all night.
You should go home now.
-Bye. -Bye.
Nurungji, you were awake?
Were you? You weren't sleeping, Nurungji?
Seriously, Han Ji-yul.
Come here.
Babe.
What?
Does it sound weird to you too?
Are you cringing?
Seriously, how can I call him such things?
I can't believe him.
What's with her?
I'm not sure. She's a little…
Yes, this is Ahn Ja-young.
Rats are going in and out of the hole?
Okay. It shouldn't be too hard to catch them.
Later today?
I'll be off work by then, so it might be a little difficult.
Okay, then instead of this evening, I'll be there tomorrow afternoon.
Did she really just put something off because she has to get off work?
I think she did.
Has she ever done that before?
Did you go to work?
You must be so tired.
I'm okay.
This is my first time texting you. It feels strange.
Shall I make it even stranger?
Hello!
What brings you in here so early?
Hello.
Hello, Officer Ahn.
Hi.
Good morning.
You said you'd come pick up dog food for Nurungji, but you didn't come.
I did say that, didn't I?
It's really heavy,
so I think I should drop it off at your place.
I need you to unlock the door. Can you spare a few minutes?
-If it's heavy, I could carry-- -No, go ahead. You can go.
Dog food can be really heavy. Go ahead.
-Okay. -Shall we go?
Bye.
No. It was fine.
"Okay."
That was smooth.
Do you think we'll be okay?
I'm really worried.
We'll be fine.
I was kidding.
So where's the dog food?
I don't see it.
I actually came to see you.
-Hello. -Hello.
-Hey. -You were here too, Ja-young.
Yes.
Hi.
-Looks like you two made up. -Yes.
Looks like you also made up with the doctor.
Did we make up?
I guess we did.
Why am I here?
He's giving me a ride for some work I have to do.
I see.
We decided to start dating.
-What? -What?
Since it's all thanks to you,
she said we should tell you about this.
Please keep this a secret from the other grown-ups.
It'll be such a headache if others find out.
You know what the people here are like.
Have these.
They taste funny.
-Thanks. -Okay then. Have a good day.
You too, bye.
Wow. Seon-dong's wish came true.
You see?
Even nine-year-olds know instinctively
how risky it is to date openly.
Are we really going to be okay? I'm so worried.
They'll just think that you got a ride from me.
They're just kids.
Just a moment.
Yes, Ms. Lee.
Yes, I understand.
Let's have dinner together later.
My goodness.
It's so hot!
We don't want Ja-young to get a heatstroke. It's hot, isn't it?
Is it hot?
I feel fine.
It's just so nice and sunny today.
I don't know if it's the sweat, but your face has this glow.
I think you're suffering from a bad case of heatstroke.
I can almost smell the peach wine from all the way over here.
-It's working! -My goodness!
-That's our girl! -There goes Ja-young.
Is there anything you can't do?
-My gosh, it's so cool. -It is.
By the way,
I'm sorry that you had to be here fixing a fan
when it's so "nice and sunny," Ja-young.
You really should go out somewhere nice with someone
on such a "nice and sunny" day.
I don't have anyone to see.
That's right.
You haven't taken a day off this year, have you?
Should we all go somewhere nice and cool with Sang-hyeon?
-That would be great! -It would!
Why would we go in such a large group? It'd be stifling.
Come on. Do you think they would go just by themselves?
We should all go together…
-My goodness. -…and set the mood for them.
I'm telling you, that's not how we do it.
Let's just cook a nice chicken dinner for Sang-hyeon.
And for Ja-young…
No.
It's Seon-dong. Seon-dong sent me a funny text.
Oh, my goodness.
Hey, Ja-young. Are you doing some work over here again?
Jeez. Nothing gets done in this village without this girl, does it?
Stop working her day and night!
What did you say? Seriously.
Hey, what do you want? Why did you come here?
You came to spy on our peach farm funding, didn't you?
Spy on you? Nonsense.
I'm not like you, okay? I have a lot of work to do.
Ja-young, you know Mr. Cho who runs the tire shop, right?
You're close to him, right? I wanted to ask you to call him for me.
I heard that he'll give a nice discount if I go through you.
You just yelled at us for working her too much.
-That's a double standard at its finest. -Hey!
I'm just asking for a simple phone call. What's so hard about that?
-How dare you liken me to you! -What?
Also, you know very well that she likes to be needed for help!
Naturally, people who lack affection…
-What? -Lack affection?
You little…
-You have no filter whatsoever… -What are you doing?
-…on that mouth of yours! -My goodness.
-What are you going to do about it? -You better watch yourself!
You're right. I used to love it when people needed me.
But I guess I've changed.
You came for my help, but I'm not happy about it.
Oh, no. I didn't mean it like that--
All this time, I've been worried
about people disliking me or people not needing me anymore.
But now I'm thinking "Who cares if some people dislike me?"
It's strange.
I'll give Mr. Cho a call.
But not to make you like me. It's out of respect for my elders.
Stop fighting.
Ja-young, are you all right?
-Maybe her feelings were too hurt. -It's so scary.
Did I do something wrong?
Hey. What is it?
Ji-yul, Ji-yul, Han Ji-yul. What's up? Are you busy?
What is it? Did something happen at the hospital?
What could happen at the hospital? It's always the same.
What is it then?
Do you need money?
-Video shoot? -Oh, come on, seriously.
Ji-yul, does it make you feel good to have such a dry take on life?
What's with you? You're creeping me out.
What is it? What have you done this time?
Just tell me.
I don't need a reason to call you.
-I'll call you back later. -What?
It's strange.
What?
I feel like I'm a really good person when I'm with you.
I get all this confidence for no apparent reason, you know?
Is this one of those positive effects of being in a relationship?
-It makes me-- -It makes you…
want to be an even better person.
-Right? -Yes.
I was feeling tired, but now the fatigue is all gone.
I'm going to treat you to a delicious meal.
Where should we go?
What took you so long?
-You should visit more often. -We've been too busy.
You can't be that busy.
-You want to eat here? -Yes.
No, we can't.
The owner of that restaurant is quick to notice things.
Auntie!
Oh, my gosh. It's been so long, Ja-young!
Have you been well?
Of course. I missed your bean soup noodles.
Good to have you here.
Have a seat.
Oh, my.
Hello, Doctor Han.
Hello.
Fancy meeting you here.
Are you by yourself?
Yes, of course.
I see. Shall we sit together then?
Shall we?
Weren't you expecting somebody?
Well…
-Apparently not. -Well, then sit down.
All right. I'll have what he's having, Auntie.
You got it.
What is this?
Sorry. My mistake.
-Enjoy. -Okay.
Thank you, Auntie.
I wasn't planning to eat two bowls.
Now my belly feels like it's about to explode.
There isn't anyone around anymore. Can we turn the light on?
Oh, sure.
Should we
make pet names for each other?
Something no one would suspect?
You really are a cop.
You're really thorough, Ms. Ahn.
Since you're a veterinarian,
you can use animal names to stay under the radar.
What would be good?
I don't know. No matter how hard I think about it,
I can only come up with things like "cutie" and "*y."
Are you insane?
Hey, you have a mole here.
Right.
You also have one on your nose.
Right there.
Then, we should just go with Dot and Spot.
They totally sound like puppy names, don't they?
What's wrong?
Do I have something on my face?
A mole.
We should
pick different names.
Okay. We will. But please give us some space.
I need to talk to him alone.
So you've decided to date him.
Yes.
You finally did it.
Thank you.
Talking to you really helped.
I'm in this for the long haul. I'll always be right here.
What do you want me to say?
"I'm happy for you. I wish you a lifetime of happiness."
-Is that what you want to hear? -Yes!
You don't have to mean it.
You baby.
You want to hear that I'm okay, right?
What about you?
Are you happy?
You're happy, all right.
Yes, I'm happy.
Then I'm happy too.
-Really? -Really.
Han Ji-yul will be stressed out from now on.
Because I'll be giving him a very hard time.
Don't you dare.
Gosh, seriously…
This is just great.
How do you feel now that you've told him?
I'm grateful.
And I feel bad.
But also relieved. A lot of different feelings.
I could have given you a ride home in my truck.
If you keep driving by my place too often,
people might get suspicious.
I guess that's true.
I'm making such a fuss about dating, aren't I?
It's not like I'm a celebrity. Sorry about that.
It's actually kind of fun.
It's thrilling.
Also, you're pretty much a celebrity in Huidong.
I'm dating Ms. Ahn Ja-young, who gets everyone's attention and love.
I can't complain over something like this, don't you think?
Oh, please.
I'm telling you not to feel sorry.
If you're happy,
I'm happy too.
Should we try what Hui-won gave us earlier today?
I used to eat these all the time when I was little.
These are bribes to keep our mouths shut, aren't they?
A hundred percent.
This tastes exactly the same as what I had as a kid.
It feels so funny.
Let's go to an early movie. I think that would be the safest.
But I thought there was nothing scheduled for this morning.
Hey. We need you to come in.
-Ms. Gil! -Ms. Gil, where are you?
Has it been two weeks since he went back?
I'm worried that he'd get annoyed if I call too often.
That he'd end up not liking me anymore.
What's the point of dating if you don't bother each other?
Why won't you give me a chance to worry about you and comfort you?
How do you think it's going to end?
-Did you hear from him at all? -From whom?
Well, from Doctor Han.