I understand that Hee-Joo is pretending to her husband that she can't talk, but she talks openly in front of her father and staff from the nursing home (the old and the new facility), despite the fact that her husband (Sa-Eon) is involved in taking care of his father in law.
What if he knows Du Na is the missing daughter? He's been planning revenge, so he must know. I wonder if he will…
Wait, you got the point there. So Ji-seok might find out that Duna is chairman Shim's missing daughter, and that Eun Chong is her grandson. So he might want to use Eun Chong as part of his revenge plan, and doesn't want Ha Na to be involved. Or as what you said, he might want to use both Eun Chong and Hana together for his revenge plan.
It's been implied that she passed away, a lot of things happen behind the scene for her character idk why
Tbh, I think her death was not implied on screen either. Duna is presumed dead based on the synopsis I read, which might not be accurate. Based on what I read:
- Duna was adopted and then moved to the US with her adoptive parents. - Duna was then involved in a car accident. (not too sure if she's dead due to the car accident)
From Namu Wiki (Google-translated):
==== Yoon Yoo-jin/Lee Doo-na
After disappearing at the beach, she is adopted and immigrates to the United States with amnesia. With fragmented memories, she goes back to her childhood home but gets into a suspicious car accident. ====
Another thing that makes me think Duna's dead is that no adult actress is portraying the character in the cast list and relationship table.
But yes, there's a possibility of a plot twist that YuJin/Duna might still be alive and make a comeback in the later part of the drama. Her character as a child is so lovely.
But if you ask my personal opinion, I think she will not be back. The story would be more on the relationship between Eun Chong (Duna's son) and his biological grandmother (chairman Shin Yeo Jin), as well as with Hana as Eun Chong's guardian (and probably adopted mother).
From Namu Wiki (Google-translated):
==== Lee Eun Chong
He is smart and precocious, but at the same time, he is innocent and unpretentious as a child.
Eun-gong's dream is to become his aunt (Hana)'s son. He thought that if his aunt became Cinderella, he would be adopted and happy too... But the lives of adults seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Eun-Chong are really funny and complicated. ====
Jiseok might hate her for being kind and always caring about others rather than herself.despite not being blood…
@karou @mari1227 agree with @Shir49, this remains to be seen. I don't see any clue that Jiseok likes her adoptive elder sister. He seems to hate her very much.
I'm sorry; but does koo ji seok like his sister? I hope that's not, i just started watching this series and i…
No, I don't think he likes Hana. He hates his adopted sister due to several reasons:
1. Their parents died while on the way to watch Hana's piano performance, so he partially blamed Hana for the death of their parents.
2. After the parents' death, he wanted Hana to be out of his and his younger sibling's life, but Hana insisted on staying and took care of the 3 siblings.
3. It seems that during the time skip, he doesn't like Hana's relationship with Duna and he especially doesn't like Hana taking care of Eunchong after Duna's death. We don't know the reason as yet.
That's what I understand for now, as of episode 10. I haven't watched episode 11 yet.
It's been implied that she passed away, a lot of things happen behind the scene for her character idk why
It was implied that Duna/Yujin died during the time skip, and Hana took care of her son, Eunchong. However, this is not shown on screen, and as of episode 10, the details of how Duna died and how Hana took Eunchong are still unknown.
I feel the last two episodes to be quite bland and slow. It seems to be losing the direction where the drama would be heading, making us viewers confused. I might be wrong, though.
Gangju might be one of the most unfortunate ML characters in any KDrama. The writer-nim is really hitting him hard continuously.
When can we see Gangju be happy? OMG. How almost everyone in the drama has mistreated him boils my blood.
- He put the money back under the mattress to save Darim's family of thieves. - He had to put up with how his stepfather treated him. His father called him back home for coffee only to tell him that he'd lost the position to Tae Woong and he had to clear his things at home so Tae Woong could take over his room in the house. Even I had a big shock seeing how Chairman Ji treated him. - He had to put up with how Tae Woong and Cha Rim treated him when he had to vacate his office for Tae Woong. - He had to lie to his mom about the money. - He had to lie to the Love Company gangsters about the money. I am worried that this might cause an issue for him later. - Last but not least -- he loves Darim but after all this while, Darim still doesn't have feelings for him. Yes, she is very grateful to Gangju, sympathises with him for losing the director job, and wants to support him in his new business, but yeah that's all for now. His love for Darim is not yet reciprocated.
When can we see Gangju being happy? Why he is so unfortunate and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for him?
Jiseok might hate her for being kind and always caring about others rather than herself.despite not being blood…
Yes I remember Jiseok didn't want Hana to be in charge of him and the younger siblings after his parents' death. That might be the reason why he moved to the US.
But I still don't understand why Jiseok shunned Eunchong like that. He is just a little kid. I am sure he was still a baby when Jiseok left them for the US five years ago. What has the little kid done wrong to him?
I still don't get it. Either the writing doesn't make sense or Jiseok's thinking is really flawed as what you said.
I also want to express my appreciation for Kim Geon-u, the child actor who portrays Eunchong. He is still 5 years old, going to be 6 years old at the end of this month, but his acting skills are amazing for his age -- especially his facial expressions.
So Jiseok wants to pull his younger siblings off Hana not because he hates her for causing their parents' death. It's because Jiseok hates Duna and Eunchong, and doesn't like Hana raising Eunchong.
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I understand that Hee-Joo is pretending to her husband that she can't talk, but she talks openly in front of her father and staff from the nursing home (the old and the new facility), despite the fact that her husband (Sa-Eon) is involved in taking care of his father in law.
What if the husband finds out?
- Duna was adopted and then moved to the US with her adoptive parents.
- Duna was then involved in a car accident. (not too sure if she's dead due to the car accident)
From Namu Wiki (Google-translated):
====
Yoon Yoo-jin/Lee Doo-na
After disappearing at the beach, she is adopted and immigrates to the United States with amnesia.
With fragmented memories, she goes back to her childhood home but gets into a suspicious car accident.
====
Another thing that makes me think Duna's dead is that no adult actress is portraying the character in the cast list and relationship table.
But yes, there's a possibility of a plot twist that YuJin/Duna might still be alive and make a comeback in the later part of the drama. Her character as a child is so lovely.
But if you ask my personal opinion, I think she will not be back. The story would be more on the relationship between Eun Chong (Duna's son) and his biological grandmother (chairman Shin Yeo Jin), as well as with Hana as Eun Chong's guardian (and probably adopted mother).
From Namu Wiki (Google-translated):
====
Lee Eun Chong
He is smart and precocious, but at the same time, he is innocent and unpretentious as a child.
Eun-gong's dream is to become his aunt (Hana)'s son. He thought that if his aunt became Cinderella, he would be adopted and happy too... But the lives of adults seen through the eyes of seven-year-old Eun-Chong are really funny and complicated.
====
Oh Hyun Kyung was a very caring mom in Suji & Uri, I was shocked to see how she treated her daughter here.
And Chae Soo Bin is very cute!
1. Their parents died while on the way to watch Hana's piano performance, so he partially blamed Hana for the death of their parents.
2. After the parents' death, he wanted Hana to be out of his and his younger sibling's life, but Hana insisted on staying and took care of the 3 siblings.
3. It seems that during the time skip, he doesn't like Hana's relationship with Duna and he especially doesn't like Hana taking care of Eunchong after Duna's death. We don't know the reason as yet.
That's what I understand for now, as of episode 10. I haven't watched episode 11 yet.
https://easyclaire.com/
https://asianwiki.com/Kim_Geon-U_(2018)
Name: Kim Geon-U
Hangul: 김건우
Born: December 27, 2018
He's not yet 6 years old and his acting skills and facial expression is already amazing.
Apparently, there is another actor with the same name and born in 2011. MDL might have that wrong info.
When can we see Gangju be happy? OMG. How almost everyone in the drama has mistreated him boils my blood.
- He put the money back under the mattress to save Darim's family of thieves.
- He had to put up with how his stepfather treated him. His father called him back home for coffee only to tell him that he'd lost the position to Tae Woong and he had to clear his things at home so Tae Woong could take over his room in the house. Even I had a big shock seeing how Chairman Ji treated him.
- He had to put up with how Tae Woong and Cha Rim treated him when he had to vacate his office for Tae Woong.
- He had to lie to his mom about the money.
- He had to lie to the Love Company gangsters about the money. I am worried that this might cause an issue for him later.
- Last but not least -- he loves Darim but after all this while, Darim still doesn't have feelings for him. Yes, she is very grateful to Gangju, sympathises with him for losing the director job, and wants to support him in his new business, but yeah that's all for now. His love for Darim is not yet reciprocated.
When can we see Gangju being happy? Why he is so unfortunate and there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel for him?
But I still don't understand why Jiseok shunned Eunchong like that. He is just a little kid. I am sure he was still a baby when Jiseok left them for the US five years ago. What has the little kid done wrong to him?
I still don't get it. Either the writing doesn't make sense or Jiseok's thinking is really flawed as what you said.
"Love Next Door" is the English title. "Mom's Friend's Son" is the translation of the Korean title.
He will be going places when he grows up.
The question is, why?