Aera8

The preview showed that Chairman did not propose to Lucia.

Gyeongchae and Seonjae were too complacent and delayed getting rid of Lucia earlier.

Lucia's demeanor now is awful like a Wicked Witch. Can't blame her because she HAS to transform into one.
But she did not need to try very hard to look like one......
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Are you referring to Manager Gong and Gyeongchae as allies in Sujeong's biological mother's death?  Or allies now?

Edited: Sorry for so many typo errors. 😆

Deb and I think the same, that Manager Gong and or Gyeongchae killed Sujeong's biological mother.
What do you think ?

That part is very confusing. But IF they made it up, then they would say "We should make the sisters quarrel or kill each other if we made Sujeong think that Gyeongchae killed her biological mother." But they did not put it that way.
These are the Mins' family secrets which even Koreans are not even aware. How would Stella who was living in the US know?
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Right! Seongjae will turn out to be a baddie.
When Jihyeok returns, Eunoh will slowly withdraw from Seongjae, making him angry with Jihyeok. Friends will become enemies.

At least you agree with me. Seems like I am the only one who sympathise and empathise with Jihyeok.

Actually, my eldest brother also had to sacrifice a lot so as to reduce financial burden on my father. I feel so sorry for my eldest brother who was a brilliant student.
But of course, there was no money-marriage proposal. 😄

Was that scene meant to be comedic? 😁

Deb, I said Manager Gong and/or Gyeongchae are the ones who did Sujeong's mother in. 
But then why are the both of them, not killing Lucia yet?  There is no attempt to kill her at all even though Lucia was already showing her fangs.
Gyeongchae's plan was to kidnap Lucia, not kidnap and kill Lucia?  Makes no sense to me. 

Quite a few recent incidents are not making sense like Seonjae holding the ledger and the tablet but Lucia still manage to snatch them back. 
That Blockhead always appears whenever Lucia is in trouble. 
Story is becoming very repetitive and predictable.  The element of suspense is evaporating.

I thought my ears were out of order.
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Her lovey dovey words were soooo cringey that I had to hold my belly as I LOL. Chairman stared at Manager Gong for a few seconds, lost his appetite and walked away in astonishment.

Thanks for re-watching. I will not re-watch because those are very sad scenes to me.
So answer is Jihyeok was scolding himself.
Ok!

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I commented after watching the raw episode. The subbed comment is available many hours later soooo, I was impatient.
I've edited my comment. You may also edit yours, otherwise it would be confusing.

Thanks for the heads up.

I beg to differ. 
Seongjae's mannerisms to the down-and-out Jihyeok has changed suddenly. 
Jihyeok was still eating and he asked him whether he was done. 
Jihyeok was in such a pathetic state that he collapsed.  As old friends, Seongjae's behaviour was cold and uncaring given that he knew Jihyeok was broken emotionally. Jihyeok was also the one who endured the school bully's beating just to protect Seongjae from being beaten. 

He knew the financial situation of Jihyeok's family was bad as there was no one holding a stable job. 
NO incoming income but there are 6 family members.  He could have been more empathetic to his old friend for his bad decision on the money-marriage proposal.

After telling him to return to Seoul, he said he was leaving.  Did you notice that he did not ask Jihyeok where he was living or did he have enough money?
Although he did give Jihyeok one million won, shouldn't he talk to Jihyeok about his long-term plans.  If I were Jihyeok, I would have preferred someone to discuss my issues with. 

Even if Jihyeok was stubborn previously, that was then. Jihyeok was currently in a very bad state. One does not give up easily on one's old friend. One will try and try agajn to talk him round.

Seongjae's apartment -
Jihyeok was not in any position to be presumptuous now and asked to live in his company's apartment.  The offer has to come from Seongjae. 

In my opinion, Seongjae is likely to become a villain.  It is just a matter of time.  Hence, Eunoh will not be paired with him. 

That was a lot to differ from! 😅
I've said my piece.

Like other countries, South Korea has a mandatory retirement age of 60 or older. Jihyeok's father looks over 65.
He did not choose to retire but had to retire. But some companies will 're-hire' them at a lower salary.
His new Advisor job is created just for him by the CEO who is now very sick and cannot help him anymore.

Without his salary, the family has to rely on Jihyeok's salary. At that time, Jiwan has not lost his job yet. But remember the two younger children are not contributing to the family's expenses. I also don't understand why Jihyeok's father is not pressing his daughter to find a stable proper job. He even asked her if she needed allowance after the Advisor job fell through. Absurd, isn't it?

Seonjae has been written as a Blockhead in the last few episodes. The video footage was already in his hands, but Lucia could still snatch it back. It is ludicrous as they weren't standing close and he was facing her too.

Gyeongchae may be kicked out of Mingang as well as the home.

Lucia is on her way to 'swallow the sun' and become Queen Lucia soon.

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Incredibly Idiotic!
Seonjae managed to snatch the tablet from Lucia in the elevator but when they stepped out, Lucia could still snatch it back from him easily even when he was facing her. 😳
Seonjae deserves to be thrown under the bus by Gyeongchae.
But Gyeongchae herself will be in the deep end of the pool.

This Writer likes writing repetitive scenes - snatching of the ledger & tablet and Taegyeong saving Lucia REPEATEDLY. She is incapable of taking revenge on her own. 🫤

Have enough rest and sleep, chingu acowen. 😁

I was pondering about dropping this drama but now, I am dying to know how Jihyeok overcome his woes and also realise that Seongjae is not a friend.

Yup! 😄  Whoever it was Jihyeok was scolding "Fool", he was so pathetic now as he got punched and misunderstood for using that word. 

He was going to kill himself but I am certain that his saviour will appear and help him pull himself together.  He has to...

Joetoca, I don't understand why his mother did not stop him from leaving home.  In fact, not a single family member stopped him from leaving. Sigh!

"It's hard to force a grown man to do something unless he wants to do it."

You got it wrong.  As both of them stood outside the restaurant, Seongjae said to Jihyeok that he was leaving and walked to his car. 
Then Jihyeok started to IMAGINE that Seongjae turned back and persuaded him to return to Seoul.  He was then jolted back to reality and watched in bewilderment as Seongjae drove away.  Jihyeok, with tears brimming in his eyes, then said "He abandoned me." 

So Jihyeok was waiting for Seongjae to persuade him to return to Seoul and he wouldn't resist if Seongjae indeed did that... but Seongjae has other plans for himself and Eunoh.

Seongjae's company apartment -
After Jihyeok resigned, he pretended to go to work and spent the whole day at the cafe.  Then that staff ticked him off for making Eunoh uncomfortable for staying at the cafe for hours.

Now Seongjae did ask him to spend his time at his company's apartment instead of at the cafe.  He could have told Jihyeok to return to Seoul and live at his company's apartment but he did not. 🤷🏻‍♀️

acowen, I have a bad feeling about Seongjae. 🤨

Yes! Now that Jihyeok is out of the way as well as down and out, Seongjae struck while the iron is hot.
How underhanded is that? Why didn't Seongjae strike the iron when Jihyeok was doing well in his career?
And Seongjae left Jihyeok after he has just been discharged from the hospital.... with 1million won.
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A true friend would drag Jihyeok back to Seoul. But Seongjae wanted Jihyeok far away as he pursues Eunoh.