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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 13 Recap

Last episode: Do Jin asks Yi Soo to spend her future with him.

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Every time one gets heart broken, the four go drinking to comfort each other by saying “A woman needs another to be forgotten. You’re forget her.” One time, Tae San has to leave to study somewhere else, at the farewell, he is embarrassed that he does not have a girlfriend to share a tearful farewell with. His friends give him hugs but ask if they could use his things while he’s gone. This anger Tae San and he does every rude action in every country and swears with all the words he has ever learned.

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Yi Soo’s first reaction is “Why did you speak informally?” And continues that they don’t know each other well enough yet. They have only started dating for a while. 

“Is time a problem? We still have the future to know each other.”

“Whatever. My answer is still no.”

She turns around and goes home. As soon as she closes the door, she begins to squeal and scream and Se Ra asks her what’s wrong. 

“Me? I’m in love~ Do Jin asked me to spend my future with him.”

“I heard something like that too. But I broke up with him instead.”

Yi Soo is shocked and wonders out loud if it’s because one didn’t love the other enough. 

Dong Hyub’s other teacher complains to Yi Soo that he didn’t try at all. Yi Soo looks at his answer sheet and saw that he wrote out the things from the book that  she told him to copy out, and confirms that he actually read it all.

Jung Rok gets an SMS to notify him that Min Suk is at the bar right now, he was about to enter with Choi Yoon and female lawyer when he got it, and so he quickly turns around and leaves. The female lawyer tells him that she would like to spend some time with Choi Yoon (like having dinner somewhere else) anyway and asks him if it’s okay.

“No problem.” But when they leave he mutters “What… Meari is better than that…” And he calls Meari, telling her his plan.

Meari arrives at the restaurant and sees Choi Yoon and the female lawyer. She asks him about Meari but he answers “I don’t want to talk about her… I don’t think she’ll like it if I talk to other women about her.”

And then they notice Meari sitting down on a nearby table, drinking soju straight from the bottle.

“Ya YOU - “

“You’re such a weird ahjussi. Why do you talk to people sitting on other tables?”

He is about to go to her to stop her but she comes over instead and complains that it’s not fair for the female lawyer to be so pretty/tall/fit and gets to work with Choi Yoon too. Choi Yoon tells her to be quiet and stands up to stop her but she collapses. 

Choi Yoon is then forced to take care of her. He carries her to his car and waits for her to wake up. Choi Yoon sits in the driver’s seat and gets irritated and feels uncomfortable and gets up and goes for a walk. After a while, he goes back but he cannot help but feel hot and stuffy (okay exaggeration but you know what I mean). When suddenly, Meari sits up and says “if you’re not going to do anything to me, then just drive me home. I need to pee.”

Tae San goes home and sees Choi Yoon with his sister. He gets off his car and Meari immediately she goes “I was being annoying and insisted on Yoon oppa to give me a lift home it’s not his fault.”

“I didn’t say anything. Go inside, it’s cold.”

The two friends greet each lightly and Choi Yoon hurries off.

Once inside, Tae San starts on his sister “If something like this happens again then I’ll - “

“Like what? Like Yoon oppa giving me a lift home? So what if it happens? My life isn’t yours! Why do you have to control it?”

“You - Yoon and you have a 17 year age gap. When you’re 33 he’s 50. And his past…”

“So? I DON’T CARE! I WILL LIKE HIM TILL I DIE!”

“You can do that. But Yoon doesn’t like you. I’ve known him for 20 years. He’s not going to like you. As a 41 year old, he cares more about getting old than love.”

Meari starts crying loudly and messily, but Tae San ignores her and goes to his room. Colin hears everything from the kitchen.

Do Jin is snipping up the ball of red wool happily, and singing aloud to the radio. Choi Yoon comes home and tells him that they have a baseball game coming up. In an extremely good mood, Do Jin accepts. 

Jung Rok complains to Tae San that he doesn’t want to play and he wonders why Do Jin isn’t complaining this time. But then Jung Rok notices that Tae San has all these medicinal things stuck all over his arms and his neck (the ones that ease muscle pain?) and reluctantly accepts.

Meari witnesses Se Ra being criticised and tries to help, but it didn’t work. Se RA asks if she wants to grab dinner together but Meari replies “I don’t eat alone with females.”

“Me neither. I’m going now, bye.”

Meari mumbles to herself after she leaves “Why is she so fierce and demanding to my brother when she doesn’t dare speak any louder than a whisper to others.”

Se Ra goes home to Yi Soo shaving her legs. Yi Soo doesn’t look up to greet her friend but Se Ra goes on “Do Jin’s here too.”

Embarrassed, Yi Soo pretends that she’s blow drying her hair. (ok so this must be super high tech idk if she’s really shaving her legs but she was pressing it on my legs idek what it is i shave my legs with a razor) 

Do Jin smirks at her getting flustered. Behind his back, she mimes to Se Ra, complaining that she just randomly brought him in. She excuses herself, and Do Jin tells Se Ra that Tae San has so many patches on him that you can’t tell if he’s wearing them or are the patches wearing him.

Do Jin tells her to get ready for dinner, he goes outside to wait for her. But Yi Soo receives a call. She gets ready and tells Do Jin that she cannot eat with him today. She makes up an excuse that her colleagues are here to meet her.

“Male or female?”

“Male teachers…”

“I’ll drive you over, where are you meeting?”

“Don’t worry, I’ll walk over there.”

Do Jin is still worried, and follows her over.

Yi Soo enters a cafe and two men greet her. 

“We’re here about your mother.”

“Who? You must have made a mistake. Just because she took care of me for 12 years and you 23 years doesn’t make her my mum. Do not ever contact me ever again.”

Yi Soo leaves and starts crying. Do Jin appears and asks her if she’s okay, and what happened. Yi Soo continues sobbing.

“You don’t have to tell me now, but when you need it, I will always be there to help.”

“Now. I’m hungry.” Yi Soo wipes her eyes dry. Do Jin smiles and takes her to dinner.

Tae San gets a hair cut and he goes drinking by himself, thinking about the times with Se Ra. Jung Rok gets worried about his friend, but he doesn’t understand why he’s so upset when there are so many other women in the world. Tae San gets annoyed that he doesn’t understand and goes to the baseball court and practices hitting. Se Ra goes to the pit and watches him from afar. 

The four have lunch together the next day and Tae San suggests that they should send Colin back to Japan. Choi Yoon agrees but Jung Rok says that Eun Hee would be really upset if they did that and says that he will take care of him. Do Jin looks at him “Excuse me, you’re under my care right now.”

Jung Rok goes to Meari and asks her to call Min Suk out. Meari tells Min Suk that Jung Rok has totally changed but Min Suk notices that Meari is lying straight away. Meari gets a call from Colin and Min Suk asks who he is, and then she goes to Jung Rok and asks if he’s his son. 

Later, Jung Rok tells the others that they should really send Colin back now. Choi Yoon asks if Jung Rok has her number.

“I did until you deleted all my contacts off my phone!”

They then got Colin to come over and ask for his mother’s number. Colin says that he has packed already and will leave to go back to Japan tomorrow. He says that tonight he will spend it somewhere else, but the four gets worried and Do Jin tells him to spend it at the hotel/apartment thing. 

Colin asks Do Jin who he thinks among the four of them liked his mum the best.

“Me. Your mum didn’t make all of us fall for her. We did it all ourselves.”

Later, Colin lies on his bed, looking at photos of Jung Rok and Tae San (with Meari), the magazine page of Do Jin’s interview, and Choi Yoon’s name card.

“If Im Tae San is my father, then Meari is my aunt. If Lee Jung Rok is my father, then … no way. If Choi Yoon is my father, then I may have started liking the woman who may become my stepmother. (WHAT!!!!!!!111 he likes Meari omg lol if Tae San/Yoon is his father lol how screwed up but ofc do jin has to be his father lol) If Kim Do Jin is my father, then everything should stay as normal.”

Do Jin tells Choi Yoon that he wants to propose to Yi Soo soon.

“WHAT? I thought you liked being independent. It’s been about 20 years since I’ve seen you fall for a woman this hard…”

“From now on, Seo Yi Soo is my everything. Are you jealous?”

“Before I was quite envious of Hong Se Ra… Now I’m more envious of Yi Soo. Okay in my next life, can I be your lover? Do Jin ssi~~~~~~~~”

The annoying teacher keeps trying to set Yi Soo up with her brother in law. 

“Seriously, I’m dating someone at the moment.”

“Don’t be like this… you could get dumped soon.”

“I’m really not going to break up with him!”

“Or maybe he already dumped you but you haven’t realised yet… That perfect looking man… how could he - “

And they see Do Jin waiting for her at the school gate. Yi Soo instantly starts smiling sweetly at him.

“Omo, why is he here? I told him not to wait for me here~ Oh he can’t not see me for one day <3”

They go out for lunch at a restaurant and Do Jin mentions about living together again. Yi Soo refuses again and they are interrupted by a bunch of girls shouting “Omo omo Jung Yong Hwa (CN Blue)!!!”

They turn around and see Yong Hwa, and Yi Soo says “Oh! It’s our Yong Hwa!!”

Our Yong Hwa? Are you an aunty fan?! Pfft, I know celebrities too! Hmmm I wonder if Tae Hee is doing well these days (Kim Tae Hee), oh I wonder if Bin (Hyun Bin) is used to the military life yet…”

“Why are you so jealous… Hey since he’s here anyway, maybe I should flirt with him a bit…”

She turns around and waves at Yong Hwa. Yong Hwa sees her and quickly goes to their table. Turns out she was Yong Hwa teacher when he was in high school. She introduces him to her lover, Do Jin. 

“Nice to meet you.”

“You too. You don’t need to speak formally to me at all, you are a generation older. Please.” And he brings up a chair and sits at the table.

“How have you been Yong Hwa? Heard that you went to Hong Kong recently.”

“Who hasn’t been to Hong Kong before.” 

Yi Soo ignores Do Jin and says “I’m really proud of you! You’ve always tried really hard to reach your goals.”

“Idols are always playing around and partying everyday.”

“Does he always mumbles to himself like this!?” Yong Hwa asks Yi Soo.

“Um I don’t know, we haven’t been going out for a long time. Oh, I really love your songs! I can sing a few too!”

And then Do Jin starts singing “I’m singing my bluuuuuuuuues. Paran nunmure, paran seulpeume gildeullyeojyeo~” (Big Bang’s Blue as opposed to CN Blue….)

“Did I sing the wrong song? But this is the one she sings all the time!”

“Oh Ssaem you like Big Bang? I liked you a lot in high school though.”

“Oh really? I’m going to show it off to people!”

“Hey you! The people you came in are waiting for you. They are loners. (CN Blue’s I’m a loner)”

After Yong Hwa leaves, Yi Soo tells Do Jin that she wants to continue their conversation from before. She doesn’t want to live with him yet, because she wants to date with him at the time being. She wants to be bathed in pure and innocent love.

Se Ra needs money (Idk for what? sponser?). But no one would lend her any. Because she’s desperate, she goes to Park Min Suk. 

Surprisingly, Min Suk agrees. “How much do you want?”

Se Ra gives her her car key as a guarantee. 

Do Jin goes to find Colin to drive him to the airport but he is nowhere to be seen. He goes his fiends and tells them that he’s gone. They meet at the cafe and deduce that he may have left during the night, because he does not want to go back to Japan. 

Jung Rok reckons it’s because he’s fallen in love. 

“Who?”

“Meari.” And Jung Rok asks Meari if she spoke to him recently. 

Turns out, he called this morning. He asked her if busking works in Korea and she replied that he can try at Hong Dae. Upon hearing this, the four men hurry and leave.

Colin is watching a girl busking (I think she’s Juniel?). He goes on after she leaves and starts playing his guitar and singing the Dooly song (it’s like Pororo but another cartoon that’s a dinosaur?) He successfully grabs the people’s attention. 

He then starts singing CN Blue’s My Love (OST). The four men find him, and he makes eye contact with Do Jin. Do Jin listens to the lyrics… 

He finishes and the two still doesn’t break eye contact. 

“You sang really well.”

And the other 3 start to complain that he’s being irresponsible etc.

And then Colin says “I’ll tell you my purpose of coming to Korea now. Among the four of you, one is my father. Who could it be?”

They stare at the kid, and Colin looks at Do Jin.

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omg the preview lol MEARI/YOON AND JUNGROK/MINSUK hahahahahaha

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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 8 Recap

A/N: I’m on this movie phase so all I’ve been doing is torrent them and watching them. I watched Xmen 1, 2 and 3 yesterday, instead of kdramas hehe.

Last episode: Meari is celebrating Choi Yoon’s birthday with the others but she was mocked by a couple of older women and she cries. Tae San drags her sister towards the door but Choi Yoon reaches out and stops his friend.

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Back in the days when the 4 men were in high school, they went out to meet with other girls but turn out being really… weird (hahaha like fat and ugly and stuff) and there were 3 of them. So each of the men tries to think of the best reason to excuse themselves. Jung Rok tells them that he’s come last in school every single year; Choi Yoon brings out the mummy’s boy act; Tae San suddenly starts shaking uncontrollably and tells them that it sometimes happens when he’s nervous; and Do Jin starts to speak with a lisp.

(OH MY HAHAHAHA IT WAS SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!) 

However, suddenly, a girl arrives and apologises for being late. The 4 men instantly have their eyes on her. She introduces herself as Eun Hee and they are all smitten.

(BTW, they were all wearing clothes that mimics Seo Tai Ji and the Boys.)

Yi Soo opens the new laptop she received from Do Jin, and the desktop wallpaper was Do Jin’s bed, with her bikini photos printed on his bed sheets. At that moment Do Jin calls her but she drops her phone on to the ground, and when she picks it up, she sees the box that contains the gloves she bought for Tae San, and ignores Do Jin’s call. Do Jin goes up to join the gathering after Yi Soo ignores his call.

(Fast forward to Tae San dragging Meari towards the door and Choi Yoon reaches out to stop him)

Choi Yoon stands up “Let go. If you have anything to say, talk to me. There are people whom we’re not very close to here still.” And he asks Do Jin to take care of Meari. And Jung Rok offers to drive the two guests home. 

Do Jin asks the girl where she wants to go, but she tells him to go up and check on  her Yoonie oppa. Do Jin grimaces at Meari’s faked smile, but the girl walks away saying that she’s not a child anymore, she can look after herself. 

Choi Yoon tells Tae San that he will wait for him at Jung Rok’s bar. Do Jin drives Tae San to the bar and Tae San says “Choi Yoon told me to let go of her hand… How has she grown up so much now? How did I manage to raise her?”

Se Ra comes home and Yi Soo offers to go out to avoid her, but Se Ra asks he to stay so they can talk. She apologises to Yi Soo, saying that she did too much, and thanks her because now she knows how much she likes Tae San. Yi Soo accepts and asks her friend for a favour - that is to not let Tae San know that she knows of him aware of her crushing on him (IDK HOW TO PHRASE THIS basically don’t let Tae San know that Yi Soo knows that he knows she likes him? IDK) Se Ra agrees. 

Yi Soo goes out and throws the gloves away. Do Jin and Jung Rok are watch Tae San and Choi Yoon from a distance, but the two men aren’t talking at all. 

Tae San finally speaks up and says “I know this may sound really old fashion, but I trust you.”

“Don’t worry. What you worry about won’t happen. I’m working on it, even though it’s been a while.”

Jung Rok asks Do Jin if he drove Yi Soo home but Do Jin says that Meari wouldn’t let him. Jung Rok dials her number but it’s turned off. Do Jin says that it’s not hard to guess who she’s with, but the problem is that the person isn’t picking up my calls either. 

Yi Soo and Meari are at the sauna, as Meari says that she doesn’t want to see her brother. The two decides to spend the night there. Yi Soo goes to sleep first and Meari uses her phone to send a text to Do Jin saying where they were. 

Jung Rok reckons they should go and check on them. Meari lies to Yi Soo saying that someone is here to pick them up, and Do Jin and Kung Rok arrive. Yi Soo asks the girl why they’re here and Meari says awkwardly “Um… actually you were the one who asked them to come…”

Jung Rok offers his house for the two to stay but Do Jin cuts in saying that Jung Rok is kicked out of his house anyway so his house is better. But Jung Rok asks Meari to help him beg his wife to let him go back. Meari then says that Yi Soo doesn’t have a place to stay either. Do Jin offers to take Yi Soo back to his house but Meari says that they come in ‘a set’. 

Tae San goes home and finds that Meari hasn’t come home yet, but he receives a text from Do Jin saying that Meari is with him and she’s fine. Choi Yoon also receives the same text. 

And again, they arrive at the hotel/service apartment. Jung Rook introduces himself to Yi Soo and brings her in. However, at the same time, Jung Rok’s wife witnesses her husband entering the building with Yi Soo and follows them. 

Jung Rok leads Yi Soo to the wrong way but Yi Soo corrects him. Jung Rok realises that Yi Soo has been here before… Someone rings their doorbell and Yi Soo opens the door to see Jung Rok’s wife. She asks who she is but Yi Soo is confused. Jung Rok comes out of the bathroom and asks “Honey, why are you here?” And his wife tells Yi Soo that this is always the first thing he says, he always act innocent when he’s caught in the act. She mocks Yi Soo saying that she didn’t even act surprise in seeing her. 

But then Do Jin comes out of the bathroom and Meari comes out of the bedroom. And Meari greets Jung Rok’s wife with glee. Min Suk suddenly realises that she’s wrong and Jung Rok explains what happened tonight. And Meari explains that Yi Soo is her teacher from high school. And finally Min Suk leaves and Jung Rok follows her, happy that he has finally ‘proven himself innocent’. 

Yi Soo bursts out laughing after they leave and says that she has seen Min Suk before, at Choi Yoon’s office on Christmas eve. She was curious why she wanted to get a divorce on Christmas eve and wondered who her husband was, now she knows. 

But then Jung Rok comes back, upset that his wife actually still hasn’t forgiven him… Meari goes back to the room, saying that she wants an early night and Yi Soo follows her but Do Jin stops her from going in, and asks Jung Rok to ask room service to get some wine.

Meari sits in bed, looking at Choi Yoon’s graduation photo, and Choi Yoon is grocery shopping at the super market, but he keeps thinking about Meari…

Yi Soo is drunk and starts to sing (Big Bang’s Blue hehehehehe). Jung Rok complains that she’s really bad at singing and tells Yi Soo that the wine bottle graphics is designed by Yi Soo. Jung Rok asks them if they’re going out but Yi Soo quickly shakes her head. But then Jung Rok’s phone begins to ring and he goes into his room. 

Yi Soo and Do Jin are left alone, and he asks her if she has found a younger guy yet. He holds her hand and asks her why she doesn’t like him.

“I’m good looking right?”

“Yes.” 

And Do Jin smirks at her quick answer.

“I like your confidence.”

“This has boosted mine so much. Why don’t you just let go of your mind and follow your heart? How about handing it over to me.”

And Do Jin leans in ever so slowly, and is about to give her a kiss when Jung Rok comes out of his room, and Yi Soo falls on to the floor, pretending that she’s asleep. Do Jin asks Jung Rok if they can use the room together and he sleep on the sofa tonight. Do Jin picks her up bridal style while she fidgets and refuses to go inside. He dumps her on the bed and she says “Why did you bring me in!? Now they’re going mistake us sleeping together!”

“If you don’t want to be mistaken, then let’s really sleep together.”

She asks him to carry her back to Meari’s room but he says that she’s too heavy for him to carry again. She messes up he hair and acts like she just woke up from her sleep and walks to Meari’s room. 

Do Jin goes home to see Choi Yoon finish making breakfast. 

“Where did you get the floral apron. This house doesn’t need another brightly coloured thing besides me.” 

Choi Yoon answers that he bought it at the supermarket and tells him to quickly sit down and eat but Do Jin tells him to shut up because he sounds like he’s his wife.

Choi Yoon tells him to taste his cooking and after a sip of the soup, Do Jin stares at him with a blank expression. Choi Yoon tries it himself and quickly says “Um… there’s still bread in the house.” 

Do Jin goes to Jung Rok’s cafe and tells him that Choi Yoon should start dating. Jung Rok tells him to be quiet but Meari turns around and says “I already heard it.”

Tae San is outside in his car, watching his sister smiling cheerfully and decides to not give her a call, and he drives off.

Yi Soo checks her phone and sees that she received a text from Do Jin saying “Tae San-ah… I just carried Yi Soo on to the bed… And now she asked me to carry her again.” 

Tae San and Do Jin is trying to solve a problem caused by a crazy client who is complaining about some really retarded things to avenge his humiliation by Do Jin. Do Jin reckons that they should act crazier to scare him off. They succeed.

Yi Soo receives a call saying that Se Ra is in hospital. Yi Soo arrives and asks if she’s okay, and if she has contacted Tae San. Se Ra says that there’s no need but Yi Soo does anyway. Tae San asks if Se Ra made her call him, and Yi Soo answers no. He asks if she’s okay and if she’s next to Se Ra, Yi Soo says no and he tells her to pretend that he never picked up his phone and hangs up. Yi Soo pretends that Tae San is away so he cannot visit her. 

Tae San goes home and finds Meari in her room. He tells her to send a text say good luck to Se Ra and that he has something to say to her. Meari says that she knows what he’s going to say. 

“It’s about Yoon oppa isn’t it.”

“No. But in the two years that you were gone, I missed you every day. Don’t make me do it again.”

Meari cannot stop herself from crying.

Min Suk is at a gathering with her ‘friends’ and they ask her where he husband is. They mock her and says that she must have gotten a divorce to look so dimmed and glum.

Choi Yoon is practicing pitching at night and sees Tae San. He says that even though it’s a bit late, “Happy Birthday.”

They go to Jung Rok’s bar and Jung Rok asks them how much money will they give as respect at his funeral and if they could pay it in advance, because he wants to use it to pay Min Suk when they divorce. They laugh and say “But 300,000won isn’t enough for Min Suk, is it?” 

Jung Rok is angry that they are only going to chip in 100,000 won each but then he receives a text from his wife telling him to come to her right now. 

He arrives and all of Min Suk’s friends’ eyes are drawn to his young and chic fashion sense. Her friends are all jealous at his good lucks and model-like figure and are instantly ashamed at their own husband’s old fashion-ness and vulgarity. 

Se Ra is practicing golf and bumps into Min Suk, they casually bitch to each other (hahahaha). 

Se Ra prepares for the tournament on the next day and receives a good luck text from Meari. Yi Soo is worried about her health but Se Ra is still holding a grudge and tells her that she must be happy that she gets the house all to herself for the next week, but Yi Soo ignores this remark and wishes her luck.

Meari goes to Choi Yoon’s office with a present but Choi Yoon tells her to take it back. The annoying female lawyer comes in and says someone left him a lunch box for his birthday. Meari starts whinging about him accepting gifts from another woman but Choi Yoon says that it’s from his mother-in-law.

Yi Soo takes out Tae San’s photo and sticks it back inside the graduation album she asks Meari to bring out. She says that she wants everything to go back to how it was before. Meari says “By sticking back the photo, does it really make everything go back to the way they were before?”

“I just want the person I like to be happy.”

“Adults are really different… How can they hide their feelings so well?”

Once again Yi Soo ignores Do Jin’s calls, and Do Jin sends her a text.

“Tae San-ah… Yi Soo isn’t answering my call again. I shouldn’t ask her why right? Unrequited love is so difficult…”

Tae San tells Do Jin that Yi Soo is home alone and that he is going to go over and keep her company. Do Jin eyes his friend suspiciously “Are you testing me?”

“No, I’m testing myself.”

They arrive at Yi Soo’s house. 

“Why are you acting so weird?”

“Because Yi Soo likes me. I also heard that you knew from the beginning too. Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Even if I told you it’s not like there’s anything for you to do. It’s not like you’ll be moved.”

“What if it did?”

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 

I DON’T WANT THEIR BROMANCE TO BE RUINED. :(((((((( 

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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 7 Recap

A/N: Hopefully this will be shorter so I can do another recap later. Don’t know which one I would do first though :3

Last episode: Tae San tells his friends about the incident with Yi Soo.

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The four men besides Jung Rok remember Jung Rok’s wedding. As they take photos, Jung Rok’s wife gives he husband a death glare and he grimaces, as a result, everyone is smiling in the photo except for the couple.

Yi Soo takes a bath and thinks about the kiss with Do Jin. She cannot stop thinking about it, and complains that he has messed up her life. She wonders if she pushed him away at the right timing - if he got the message that she didn’t like him. She keeps talking to herself, but Do Jin’s pen is still recording as Yi Soo took his jacket home.

Do Jin looks around for his pen but fails in finding it. He goes downstairs and asks Choi Yoon what happened last night. Choi Yoon looks at him in surprise “Did it happen again?”

“Yes… It’s been 1.5 years since it did. What happened?”

Turns out Do Jin has completely forgotten about everything that happened yesterday. He even thought that today was the 18th when it’s actually the 19th. 

Tae San asks to speak with Do Jin in private. Tae San apologises to him for what he did yesterday. But Do Jin asks him how he looked last night because - 

“Did it start?” And Do Jin nods. 

Tae San tells him that his jacket is with Yi Soo and the heels that he bought, he gave to her too. 

“What? Why did I give her so many things? Did she do something really cute…?”

His mood is lightened when he learns that Betty (his car) is back and he drives to Yi Soo’s school. Yi Soo’s trouble students whom he fought with last time recognises Do Jin. They walk up to the man and asks him if he’s here for revenge. Do Jin replies saying no and the kids kicks his car when Yi Soo arrives and tells them off. 

Yi Soo walks up to him and asks what he’s there for, and he asks her to get in his car. In the car, Yi Soo wonders why he hasn’t started speaking so she speaks up and asks where they’re heading to. 

“Home. I left my jacket at your place didn’t I?”

“What? So you’re here to get your jacket back?”

“Why are you so scared? Did you steal my jacket?”

“…What!? … Don’t you have something to say to me?”

Yi Soo takes out his jacket and gives it back to him. He turns around to leave but she stops him. 

“Are you just going to pretend nothing happened?”

“Did something happen to us?” 

“You bastard. Pfft. I thought that I was starting to have some feelings but - to me, it wasn’t nothing.”

“Did we sleep together last night?” 

Yi Soo stares at him in disbelief but her phone rings. It’s Tae San but Do Jin answers for her. After hanging up he tells her that he’s in a hurry and will continue their conversation later. 

Do Jin goes back to his office and listens to the recording. When he gets to the part where they kissed, he realises that he made a mistake today.

Yi Soo meets up with Choi Yoon and she finally learns that the pen is a recording device. She also learns that Do Jin has a weird condition that when he is really stressed or upset, he forgets what happens for a short period of time. This started a long time ago, when Do Jin suffered through 3 massive blows in his life, hence he started to record everything, 24/7. All of a sudden, Yi Soo remembers what she said out loud last night, and left. 

Do Jin’s doctor advises him to start dating, with love, to make himself more relaxed. 

Do Jin continues listening to their conversation and imagine Yi Soo there walking around in her room, mumbling to herself. But he hears her taking off her clothes and he tries to ‘peek’ at the imaginary mosaic-ed Yi Soo. 

At the moment, Yi Soo rings his doorbell and asks if he’s heard the whole recording. He asks her back why she’s so scared, did she say anything that no one should ever hear? 

“Which part are you up to?”

“Um.. the part where we kissed.”

“OH REALLY? That’s great, all’s good.”

And she asks where his room is to get the pen, he points her to the right direction but he tells her that the pen isn’t there. It is lying on the table and he grabs it and puts his hand out of reach from Yi Soo. She tries to snatch it from him but she falls on top of him and they land on the sofa. He forces her to not move (in the very awkward position) and he smirks at her embarrassed expression. 

“Listen carefully. I wasn’t pretending that nothing happened, but I just forgot about it. Hey stop moving! Or I’ll see your kitten underwear.”

“What? You heard it?”

“I like that. I prefer cat woman to wonder woman anyways.”

Yi Soo rests her head on his shoulder in attempt to look away in embarrassment. He realises their position and he holds her hand and tells her to leave.

“Go. Or I don’t know what I would - ” And Yi Soo runs away.

Yi Soo goes home and asks Meari to come over. She returns the red party dress that she received from her. Meari insists that the dress wasn’t expensive and Yi Soo asks her what ‘cheap’ means to her. She replies saying that it was under 100,000 won, because she doesn’t have that much money. She explains that even though her parents are rich, her brother makes his own living and she is just their daughter that they won’t give pocket money anymore. Yi Soo thinks about what happened at the hotel bathroom, with Do Jin’s bare chest pressed against her…

Tae San wonders what he should do now that he learns that Yi Soo’s 20 second man is him. He calls Se Ra but she refuses pick up, saying that if she does, he’ll stop looking for her. Tae San ends up going to the restaurant and asks her to leave with him. 

He walks her home but he leaves before they arrive at the gate. She asks him if he’s scared of meeting with Yi Soo and he says that it’s better for him to not see her. They fight and she screams asking him why he doesn’t look sad at all. He replies saying that why he should feel upset when Yi Soo, who is such a nice girl, has a crush on him. He asks her why on earth she is risking her friendship with Yi Soo just to test her out. 

He receives a call from Yi Soo and arranges to meet up with her and leaves. Yi Soo tells him that she just wants to talk about the incident last night, as she is worried that Se Ra might be upset. Upon seeing her faked smile, he says “I really like Se Ra.”

Yi Soo’s smile disappears “Yeah I know.”

“You know this, but it seems like Se Ra doesn’t.” 

Yi Soo goes home and sees Se Ra drinking. Se Ra hands her the jacket Tae San gave her as a gift but Yi Soo tells her to stop acting like that. She then asks what she talked about with Tae San just then. Yi Soo tells her that Tae San says that he likes her a lot.

“He didn’t say that he likes you?”

“What are you talking about?”

“The gloves under your bed. Are you glad that we fight? Do you hope that one day we’ll break up? Or are you already having an affair?!”

“I’m sorry that I didn’t tell you about my feelings. I’m sorry that you had to find out yourself. But I didn’t expect anything from him.”

“I know. So I told him myself.”

Yi Soo is shocked that her friend told Tae San about her crush and tells her that she bought the gloves for Tae San the day she wanted to confess to him. But when they met, he asked me for your number… 

“And I told him… Why do you have to do this? Why are you ruining my relationship with Tae San? Why are you like this?”

“Why can’t I do that?”

“Because we’re friends. I should have confessed to him just then. I shouldn’t have tried to comfort him when he was worried about you.”

“Do you think that Tae San will accept you if I didn’t exist?”

“If he doesn’t accept me, he would at least be moved about it.”

Yi Soo turns around and leaves. She goes to the park and think about what Tae San said. She realises that he was trying as unsuspecting as possible to tell reject her.

Jung Rok and Meari goes to work at the same time and a coworker asks them why they came together. Meari answers saying that he got kicked out of his own house by his wife so he’s living with her. Jung Rok interrupts saying that it’s Tae San, his friend’s house, not her house. And he goes on to tell her to stop acting so arrogant because he is reminded of his wife.

Yi Soo lectures her student again for sleeping in class, and asks him what on earth he was doing at night for him to be so tired. He replies cheekily that he sleeps at night too, that’s why his skin is nice. 

“Compared to a man with nice skin, I prefer one who is smart. Do you even have a purpose in life?” And she makes him write lines. 

Choi Yoon leaves his office and sees Colin standing outside, waiting for Meari, and he overhears him inviting her to dinner. Meari turns around and sees Choi Yoon standing there, and he walks right past her without any sorts of acknowledgement. 

He asks her what her name is and she replies, and also tells him her brother’s name. But then he asks her if he’s married, and she pauses. 

“I know that you’re interested in me… but I know that you’re not interested in me in that way… Oh crap, did I let slip to you that I’m really rich that night when I’m drunk? Is that why you want to get close to me?”

He ignores her and asks her for a favour. 

Yi Soo doesn’t want to go home and see Se Ra, so she waits outside in her car until she’s asleep before heading in. Do Jin arrives and sees her all alone and he gets in her car. 

He asks her why she isn’t answering her phone, and she asks him why he’s here. He hands over a brand new laptop “You can upload more new bikinis photos now!” She hands him the 30000 won that she owes him and says thank you briefly without any emotions.

“What’s wrong?”

“Se Ra found out that I liked Tae San.”

He tells her that her hopes being crushed with Tae San is a good thing to him. But she says that she hopes to never see him ever again, because from now,  even though Do Jin is a really good guy, there’s one thing that he cannot satify her, as she wants to date people who are younger… 

He goes home and is deep in thoughts about what she said and Choi Yoon is also thinking about something… He tells Do Jin that Meari might be dating someone younger than her… Do Jin is surprised because Meari has always liked old men. (HAHAHA) 

Jung Rok and Meari fight over everything. Meari complains that Jung Rok is using to many towels at the same time. She whines to Tae San and Tae San complains about him as well. 

“Also, why do you wear my panties?”

Jung Rok replies, in a matter-of-fact tone “Because Meari’s are too small.”

“Ahhhhh I see…”

“AHHH?!?!” Meari stares at him in shock.

Jung Rok arranges a meeting with his wife at a church. He kneels in front of the statue and says how unbelievably sorry he is and praises his wife. He says that the only mistake he has ever made in life is falling in love with her, and leaving her at home alone all the time. 

(cringe cringe cringe i’ll just skip the rest of his cheesy lines…) 

She tells him to stand up and he takes her hand, thinking that she is forgiving him, but she pushes him away. 

Yi Soo tells Meari to say sorry to Choi Yoon that she can’t go and celebrate his birthday. The girl arrives early and prepares the cake, when Jung Rok, Choi Yoon and Tae San arrive. Meari says that Jung Rok insisted her on coming, so she’s here. Choi Yoon completely ignores her existence and asks where Do Jin is. 

Do Jin arrives and Jung Rok introduces the guests that he brought along as the model friends they met at the funeral (in episode 1). One of the woman asks why the four men are still single. The 3 friends look at Jung Rok in disbelief…

Meari suggest that they should start singing the birthday song and lights the candles. Jung Rok asks her why she’s so skilled at using a cigarette lighter and says that she must smoke. She replies saying that her bigger ambition is to be a cafe arsonist - she has been practicing. 

She tells them to start singing so Choi Yoon can make a wish but the two model women giggles. 

“Didn’t know 40 year olds still made wishes after blowing out candles!”  

Meari looks up, upset. And Tae San tells her to just go home now that it’s 10pm, it’s late… She cries saying that he should stop treating her like that.

“Making wishes aren’t silly! Why do you have to make me leave? You know I like Choi Yoon oppa!” 

(AWWW MEARI IS SO CUTE WHEN SHE CRIES SHE’S REALLY LIKE A LITTLE KID :3) 

Her brother drags her up but she shouts saying that it hurts but he ignores her and goes for the door. However Choi Yoon reaches out and grabs Tae San’s hand and tells him to stop.

He stands up and looks at his friend “Let her go.”

The three men stare at the birthday boy man.

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AWW CHOI YOON HAHA YAY FINALLY ADMIT THAT YOU LIKE LITTLE MEARI! :)  

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I was on twitter and I saw that A Gentleman’s Dignity is the top WWTT?? 

- 120625 

Apparently because it achieved 20.3% ratings? Now I would like to continue watching it haha… like I was always going to continue, but yeah, I’ll watch whatever episode I’m up to tonight! 

/edit: Sorry guys apparently Twitter changed my trends to “tailored” ones so this did not become the top WWTT… sigh

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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 5 Recap

Last Episode: Se Ra finds out that Yi Soo’s 20 second man is Tae San, and Do Jin hears her muttering “I’ve never realised how nicely Tae San and Yi Soo match each other.

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The four men are discussing members of Girls Generation at Jung Rok’s cafe. Do Jin believes Tae Yeon is the best; Tae San likes Yuri; Jung Rok likes Tiffany. Choi Yoon tells them to stop embarrassing themselves, when Jung Rok sees Soo Young outside. 

The others follow his gaze and all stare at Soo Young, all entranced by her beauty. Jung Rok says that now her favourite is Soo Young and Tae San is quietly debating with himself whether he should go up to her and ask for an autograph… He turns around and asks Choi Yoon to help him get it when he notices that Choi Yoon isn’t sitting next to him anymore.

They look up and see him talking to Soo Young at the counter already. He rushes back and gets a pen and a notebook for her to sign. He tells her that his favourite member in Girls Generation is her, and proceeds to doing the Hoot dance, “Shoot shoot shoot~~” then “Gee gee gee gee” with the famous kick. The others are all disgusted at his actions… their mouths left hanging.

Se Ra drops Yi Soo’s stuff by accident and when she bends down to pick them up, she sees a photo of Tae San in Yi Soo’s diary. Do Jin comes over and helps her pick up the things. Se Ra asks him why he’s here and he answers that he heard that there are many beautiful women here today. Se Ra shakes her head and bluntly says that he’s here to see Yi Soo.

“Yeah, I didn’t come to see her only. But wherever I look, I only see her.”

From the audience stand, Se Ra sees the interaction between Yi Soo and Tae San. Do Jin doesn’t know what to say and Se Ra suggests that the four of them should have lunch together later. Se Ra tells Yi Soo to sit next to Tae San, as she wants to sit opposite Tae San.

Tae San lightly comments that he doesn’t mind sitting next to a beauty, to which Yi Soo slightly blushes. Se Ra catches Yi Soo staring at Tae San absentmindedly. Do Jin sees also sees that whenever Tae San reaches over to grab a tissue or whenever they have near skin contact, Yi Soo blushes. (COME ON GIRL CAN YOU BE MORE OBVIOUS… SIGH)

Se Ra keeps trying to coax Yi Soo to say who the man she likes is but Yi Soo keeps on avoiding her. She asks her if he plays baseball too? Do Jin cannot bear to see this anymore, and tells her that no, the man does not play baseball.

Se Ra stares at him, and he continues “The man is actually me.” Yi Soo quickly tells them that Do Jin isn’t the man. So Do Jin says “Is it the man whom I found out from ages ago, or is he the one I saw at your house (Se Ra’s friend) a few days ago?” 

Yi Soo says that both of them she has liked, and awkwardly says that she’s a playgirl. Tae San doesn’t believe her but Do Jin says that he’s seen both of the men, and so has Se Ra. He also says “It doesn’t matter to me, because neither of the men likes Yi Soo. So you, Seo Yi Soo, can try and like me.” Tae San asks him if he’s confessing to Yi Soo, and he lightly replies saying that he says that to her every single time.

Yi Soo leaves the restaurant and Do Jin follows her. She tells him to stop being so annoying and stop trying making her seem like a woman who sleeps with any men.

“You think I’m being annoying? Don’t you realise that I just saved you? I thought you wanted to keep it a secret, so I helped you cover it up.”

“Yes I do want to keep it a secret but you weren’t helping!?”

“I’m not helping? From the baseball game till just now, whenever Tae San is within your sight you only have eyes for him. Stop doing stuff that makes it obvious to other people.” He goes on to tell her why she doesn’t try and confess to Tae San. Is she afraid of getting hurt?

Se Ra goes home and sees Yi Soo, she tells her that her brain must be in a mess right now. Yi Soo asks her what she means and Se Ra says that Do Jin just confessed to her, why doesn’t she try and accept him even though he deserves someone much better but still, he confessed to you of all people. 

Do Jin can’t help but worry about Yi Soo for getting caught because she has a photo of Tae San in her diary. But then he looks at the hamper and reads the card again. The handwriting does not look like Yi Soo’s at all. 

He goes to Tae San’s house and sees Choi Yoon there instead. They question each other’s presence. When suddenly Meari appears. She sees Do Jin and asks him aggressively why he’s there, but when she sees Choi Yoon, she changes to her tone “Oppa~ Why are you here?”

Do Jin asks Meari to write a few words and confirms that it is she that wrote the card. He then asks her if Yi Soo has ever talked about him. She says “You two have already been to the hotel… Why don’t you ask each other?”

“Aish… Does she tell people everything? What was her tone like when she told you about it, was she happy? excited? rejoicing? or depressed?”

“Um… I don’t know, something in between?”

She tells him to get out of her room now because she wants to spend some time with Choi Yoon. He tells her he’s not finished yet, and asks her if she wants Choi Yoon’s high school photograph. But she takes out her phone and her wallpaper is exactly that.  (OMG HAHA IT’S MASSIVE) He tries to blackmail her by telling her his password to his house (because Choi Yoon now lives with him) and she quickly takes out the graduation album. He tells her that all their passwords to their houses are the same. 

He leaves and Choi Yoon goes with him. She tries to make Choi Yoon stay by using all these random excuses but somehow all the things she asks him to do, Tae San can do better anyway… Do Jin chuckles, and tells her to stop using these practical tasks to stop him. He’s a lawyer, so she should use some other excuses.

Se Ra goes out to practice golf in the morning when Yi Soo comes out of her room. Se Ra asks her why Tae San’s number is 3 digits as oppose to the normal double digit. She goes on a long and detailed explanation about it. Se Ra cuts in and says “Wow. Even I’m confused too. Who’s Tae San’s lover? Me or you?” (omg seriously Seo Yi Soo STOP MAKING IT SO OBVIOUS YOU IDIOT)

Se Ra goes to Do Jin’s office and asks him who the man Yi Soo likes is. He just told her to stop screwing up her relationship with Tae San, he knows that man he saw the other day isn’t Yi Soo’s friend. Se Ra leaves angrily and tells him to not tell Yi Soo that she came to talk to him.

Yi Soo is eating lunch at the school cafeteria by herself when another teacher came over and sits with her. She keeps asking all these questions and kinda interrogates Yi Soo and asks about her love life/family and how she has no boyfriend and how she has two sets of clothes for hiking pink and orange and asks if she could borrow it and says thank you before Yi Soo says anything BLAH BLAH BLAHHHHHHHHHHHH. 

Yi Soo receives a text from Meari and instantly the other teacher asks her if it’s her boyfriend and how she got one and how come no one ever realises etc. Yi Soo asks her if she still remembers Meari and she replies, oh yes, the girl from the rich family. Yi Soo laughs and says that no, Meari isn’t from a rich family, her parents are just normal business people. The teacher says no, Meari’s family is blah blah blah. 

Meari bumps into Jung Rok’s wife, Min Suk, and they go shopping together. She casually mentions her disapproval of her liking Choi Yoon, but she also says that it’s not really her business to butt in. She asks Meari why she wants to get a part time job and the girl replies that she wants to experience normal life. 

She notices that people keeps looking at Min Suk and asks why. She says it’s because they all recognise her as a big property owner. Meari asks her how many properties she own to get this much attention. Min Suk tells her that you know the coffee shop at the corner that I’m letting you work at? Up till there. Meari is shocked that she owns all the properties on the whole street. 

Do Jin learns that one of his colleagues is hurt during work. So he rushes up to the client who threw the glassware and puts his hand on a glass cup and picks it up. He throws it at the the wall and his client gets scared. He then proceeds to rip the contract in half. 

Later, Do Jin bumps into Tae San and tells him that he can help him to go to Se Ra’s house again to get more measurements. Yi Soo opens the door and let him in. Her computer freezes and Do Jin tells her to let him have a look. 

He tells her that the computer freezes usually because the person watches too much porn. She sneers and tells him to repeat that. He tells her to go and get him a drink. He fixes her computer and sees her blog appearing as default. He scrolls through it and sees many pictures of her and he gets to photos of her wearing a bikini. He keep staring at them over and over again. He enlarges them and stands up to peer down her cleavage. She asks him what he’s doing and he panics and throws her cup of coffee over the screen. He stutters “I thought coffee was really dark… so it could cover up the screen…”

She tells him to buy her a laptop, and he says “You’re angry because I wrecked your laptop?”

She asks him why she would be angry about him seeing her photos in the bikini when the whole point of the uploading the photos was for him to see. He laughs and tells her that she should stop hiding her body, especially when she has such beautiful collarbones. He leaves her room and she tugs the collar of her shirt down and examines her collar bones in the mirror. Do Jin walks back in and she pulls her shirt up by the collar to cover up her collarbones but instead, the shirt rises up so much that her bare stomach is revealed. He smirks and checks her out. She turns around and tells him to leave. He says “I don’t want to, but I’ll leave anyway. If I stayed any longer I wouldn’t be able to control myself.”

Do Jin walks into a computer store and smiles to himself when he bumps into Jung Rok. He asks him why he’s there, is it because his wife found out that he watches porn and broke his laptop again?

Meari goes to Choi Yoon’s office to surprise her. She asks him to close his eyes for 5 seconds but he refuses. She tells him that she’s not going to touch him, or kiss him. He agrees and closes his eyes. She takes out some fabrics and compares the colour to his skin tone. Choi Yoon leans his face towards her waiting for some contact. Meari giggles and tells him that it’s been over 5 seconds. She tells him that from now on she has a job too.

Meari arrives at Jung Rok’s cafe with Min Suk. She tells her husband that from today Meari will work at his cafe. 

Jung Rok complains that Meari is now a walking CCTV for his wife. Choi Yoon feels his frustration and Jung Rok nods, saying that it’s not fair. But Choi Yoon suddenly goes “Aish… I can’t act anymore.” Do Jin agrees that his acting was over the top.

He tells Jung Rok that if he’s innocent, then he won’t need to worry about Meari at all. 

“The problem is that I’m not innocent!” 

Se Ra asks Tae San if he has another woman hidden in his heart. He laughs and tells her that he will never do anything behind her back. She tells him to come over tonight because Yi Soo is going away on a hiking trip and won’t be home tonight. 

However, the trip is cancelled and Yi Soo stays at home. Meari sends a parcel to Yi Soo  and tells her to try it on. It turns out to be a party dress and a clutch. She tries them on and at the same moment, Tae San arrives. He apologises and backs out. But Yi Soo tells him to stay and that she has a party to go to anyway… 

Tae San brings up Yi Soo during the night and Se Ra gets angry. She tells him if he leaves right now then she’s dumping him. He leaves anyway, telling her to take a rest.

Yi Soo calls Meari and tell her to come out and find her. Meari tells her to get a taxi to her house. Yi Soo arrives and is shocked at how big and grandeur their house looks. A car pulls over and Meari says that it’s Tae San. Tae San asks why she’s there. She tells him that she’s going to the party with Meari and she tells the girl to quickly get ready and come out. Tae San tells her that he forgot something so he’s here to get it.

Meari brings Yi Soo to a club and she awkwardly sits there while all the kids dance and drink. She looks around for Meari but she is no where to be seen. Colin sees her and goes up to her, telling her that they meet again. Yi Soo tells him that she doesn’t have the time to be chatted up.

Turns out, Meari is locked inside a toilet cubicle. Colin hears her shouting for help and he kicks the door down. Meari thanks him and she recognises his headphones as the guy on the plane.

Yi Soo finally remembers Colin and tries to get him to give her his parents’ contact numbers. However, he escapes and tells her that their fate ends here.

Meari doesn’t pick up her phone or reply any of her texts. Penniless, she doesn’t know who to ask for help. She decides to call Do Jin and asks him to pick her up instead of paying for a new laptop. He tells her that he’s busy (But there’s a computer sitting in the backseat).

She tells him that she’s wearing clothes that are not appropriate for walking home but he hangs up and at the same time, her phone runs out of battery.

Choi Yoon offers to give the female lawyer a lift home after dinner. She asks him who Meari is. Choi Yoon replies, with a tender expression on his face.

Do Jin arrives at where Yi Soo is, but sees her standing next to a car, talking to someone inside. He sees this and gets angry. He steps on the accelerator and crashes into the car. 

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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 4 Recap

Last Episode: Do Jin confesses to Yi Soo, telling her she will not reject him

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The four men are back in high school, they are caught watching porn at school. (OMG SERIOUSLY THEIR HAIR STYLES OMG SO FUNNY) They are sent to the teacher’s office to be punished. No one wants to shift the blame to one particular person. Jung Rok finally steps up and admits that he was the one who initiated it. Tae San, Do Jin and Choi Yoon then agree that it was him who did it. Jung Rok is shocked by their reaction, he ends up being beaten by the teacher with a cane. 

Tae San and Meari goes home and Tae San asks her what she said to Se Ra for her to just leave the restaurant without saying anything. Meari refuses to say anything and the siblings fight. 

The man she is meant to see comes and asks Yi Soo who Do Jin is. Do Jin replies saying that he got to the restaurant first and is now getting to know Yi Soo, the man will have to wait till he finishes first. Do Jin drags Yi Soo out of the restaurant and she asks him how on earth is Se Ra going to react to her bailing? Do Jin says that well, you should have been honest from the beginning saying that you have a crush on her boyfriend Tae San.

Do Jin says that he’s not joking around and that he really likes her. Yi Soo quotes something from the interview she read in the magazine the other day. Do Jin thinks that Yi Soo might actually like him a tiny tiny bit too seeing that she remembers such details. She tells him that she’s not going to accept it. 

“So? I didn’t ask you to do anything after my confession, did you get permission from Tae San to like him?”
“But I don’t show it okay. No one knows.”
“And then I found out about it.”
“But that’s ‘cause - Whatever, Bye.”

 Tae San keeps calling Se Ra, but she never picks up. He is worried and goes out to find her. 

Yi Soo goes home and sees Tae San is waiting outside their house. They end up going out to the bar to get a drink. They talk about baseball and he says that he still remembers how pretty he thought she was when they first met. He asks if Do Jin is the guy she fell in love with within 20 seconds. She shakes her head and he asks if he knows him. She says that Do Jin knows of him… but she doesn’t think he knows. He gets up and says that he now realises where Se Ra may be and leaves. Yi Soo is disappointed at such a short meeting and her eyes does not leave Tae San as he leaves. Jung Rok witnesses the whole thing.

Tae San goes to the golf course and indeed, Se Ra is there. He apologises and tells her that from head to toe, every single bit of hers is his. He asks her about her and Meari and she says that it was her who angered Meari, not the other way around. She thinks that it’s not possible for Meari to like her at all. 

Do Jin goes down to Jung Rok’s bar and sees a drunk Yi Soo. He brings her to a hotel room and… watches her for 5 hours while she sleeps. She suddenly remembers that she was acting like a crazy retard singing and dancing on the streets. But she pretends that she doesn’t remember it to avoid embarrassment… 

He drives her home but she’s too shy to walk out of his car being witnessed by her neighbour going home at this hour… Do Jin tricks her and keeps telling her that people are walking to and fro and keeps her in his car for longer. 

Turns out Tae San has been staying with Se Ra in her bed and when he is about to leave, he sees Yi Soo walking in… Finally Yi Soo goes inside her room and Tae San leaves.

During class the next day, Yi Soo keeps stumbling over her sentences as she feels that what she did last night is immoral, and that she is not setting a good example. Dong Hyub tells Yi Soo that he dreams to be her husband. That, or he wants to marry a blue neck. She says that it’s not possible if he doesn’t graduate from university. He scoffs “But I’m good looking.”

Tae San takes out his high school year book and sees that Choi Yoon’s ID photo is gone. He complains about Meari… then he sees that his own photo is also gone!?

Yi Soo and Meari is out shopping and she helps Meari think about what she should do for Choi Yoon’s birthday. Meari takes out the photo of Tae San and gives it to Yi Soo as a present. She laughs at Meari, telling her that she’s not 16 anymore, but she smiles at the ‘young’ Tae San.

Do Jin is having coffee with Choi Yoon. He tricks Choi Yoon into answering what about Meari he thinks is pretty, he replies, her eyes and her nose… wait what? Do Jin chuckles. Choi Yoon is embarrassed by his words.

Se Ra asks Yi Soo why she screwed up the date she set up the other night, and who was the man who dragged her out? Did she stay out late with the man the other night too? 

Someone rings there door bell and Yi Soo answers it. It is a delivery and she receives a pair of branded high heels. Se Ra recognises the shoes, saying that they are worth 1.3 million won. Yi Soo is shocked by the price and goes to Do Jin’s place and returns them as they are too expensive.

He says that he is just trying to be generous with the gift he’s giving to his crush, but she says that it feels more like showing off. He takes the shoes and calls “Eun Jin-ah” And woman who looks like she just woke up walks out and Do Jin gives the shoes to her. She asks who Yi Soo is and he replies “Someone I have crush on.” The woman laughs.

Yi Soo gets angry at him for having another woman in his house. 

“Ya, why are you so angry?”
“What’s with your attitude? Should you act like this towards the woman you like?”
“But you don’t like me anyway, so do you expect me to look at you with puppy dog eyes 24/7”
“But -“
“Please leave, you’re disrupting us.”

Choi Yoon goes to his ex mother-in-law’s house (which he bought) and asks if he can stay with her for the time being. She shamelessly tells him that she doesn’t want to see him and that she’ll return the house when she dies. She says that her Jung-Ah has been gone for 4 years. (POOR Choi Yoon he has no where to go to D’:)

He proceeds to take everything away, only to find that his room is empty. His ex mother-in-law tells him that his friends (Do Jin, Tae San and Jung Rok) already took his stuff away. He finds them unpacking his stuff into a spare room at Do Jin’s place. 

Do Jin says that they need to buy more bowls and chopsticks as there has never been  more than 1 person living in his house. At the shopping centre, Do Jin and Choi Yoon joke about Choi Yoon marrying into his family without a penny etc and a sales lady overhears their conversation and is shocked… She then sees Tae San and Jung Rok acting like a ‘couple’ as Tae San gives him a hug, which adds to her horror…

Jung Rok’s wife calls him home and he asks what the occasion is. He sees his wedding ring inside his bowl of rice. He pretends that he didn’t see it and swallows the ring. He chokes and the ring is stuck in is oesophagus. He is then admitted into the hospital. He gets an xray and he sees the ring in his chest “Yeobo~~~ Isn’t it romantic that my wedding ring now lives in my heart.” 

The other 3 asks Jung Rok if he has a brain, doesn’t him have any experience? Why does he always get caught for taking his wedding ring off?

They give him some drinks and tells him to ahem… shit the ring out… which he does…

Colin is holding the photo of his mother and the four men. There’s an address on the back, he searches it up on the internet and sees Jung Rok’s cafe as a result. 

Meari screws up Se Ra’s plans to enter in the next golf competition. She goes home and asks Tae San who he will save if she and Se Ra are both drowning. 

“You can swim very well can’t you? I sent you to swimming school since you were 4 to avoid situations like this.”
“Then are you saying that you will save Se Ra?”
“She’s an athlete! She can finish the 100m sprint in 14 seconds, how can she not know how to swim?”

(LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Yi Soo is in bed, but she cannot sleep. She keeps replaying the scene with Do Jin over and over again. 

The next morning, she sees a stranger in her house. Se Ra says that it’s her friend and that there’s nothing between them. Yi Soo tells her to stop being irresponsible and that Tae San may get hurt if he finds out. She says that if neither of them tells him then he won’t know.

At the same moment, she receives a text from Tae San saying that Do Jin is on his way to their house. Do Jin arrives and he sees the man. Se Ra nudges Yi Soo to tell her to introduce each other. Do Jin smirks and he sees through Yi Soo’s lies straight away that he’s not her friend, but Se Ra’s. 

He confronts her. She tells him to keep it a secret. 

“You seem to have forgotten, but I’m no gentleman.” 

“I know. I know I’m stupid here protecting the relationship between the man I like and my best friend. But you’re the one who has a crush on me but then sleeps with other women.” 

“You seem to still be angry with me, will you hear me explain?”

“You’re the one who gave me shoes that costed 1.3 million won.”

“What did you expect me to do then? Run after you and ditch the woman in my house? I’m pass that stage where I take action without any consideration.”

Do Jin is back at his office and gives Tae San the measurement of Se Ra and Yi Soo’s kitchen.

He asks Tae San ”You said that last time right, that Yi Soo is a good woman?”

“Yes, she is indeed.”

“Then why did you get together with Hong Se Ra instead and not this good woman?”

“To me, Yi Soo isn’t a woman. She is Meari’s teacher and the just referee.”

He asks Do Jin about the man Yi Soo likes. But Do Jin says that even if he told him, he wouldn’t know who he is.

Jung Rok’s wife, Min Suk, calls up the other three men to meet her at their house. She tells her lawyer to terminate all the contracts she has with all her to-be-ex-husband’s best friends. They hastily whips out letters that they prepared before (just in case this current scenario happens), which say that they now pronounce Jung Rok not their friend and ask for her forgiveness. She is satisfied and says that she’ll believe them one last time.

Meari makes an excuse to see Choi Joon. When they meet, she asks him why he hasn’t complimented her once after she lost weight. He says that he prefers the old Meari. She stares at him with disbelief… “But you always called me a fat piggy before when you used to tutor me!”

He ruffles her hair, smiling to himself at her cuteness. She stares at him one more time and asks him if he actually just ruffled her hair because he likes her. He tells her to get home earlier and walks away. She squeals with happiness at the affectionate skinship.

Yi Soo gives her bag to Se Ra as she is late to the baseball game. She accidentally drops it and sees the photo of Tae San in her diary. She looks at Tae San and suddenly sees that his jersey number is 836, same as the baseball gloves she found in a box under Yi Soo’s bed the other day. 

She sees Yi Soo and Tae San smilling at each other and she is jealous and upset. Do Jin sees her change in emotion. He asks her what’s wrong, and she replies “Nothing, nothing at all… It’s just that before I never realised how nicely Tae San and Yi Soo match each other.”

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NEXT EPISODE’S PREVIEW: Do Jin sees photos of Yi Soo in a bikini. Soo Young appears. Do Jin and Yi Soo kiss. 

That’s all I’m saying haha. 

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A Gentleman’s Dignity: Episode 3 Recap

SORRY FOR THE DELAY GUYS

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Last Episode: Yi Soo tellsTae San that the hamper is actually for Do Jin, and confesses her ‘feelings’ for him. 

The four men are in a room inside a club and a girl is invited to sit with them. Jung Rok teases her and asks her how old she is. She says that she’s 20. Tae San tells her that they’re ten years older than her, 30 this year. Do Jin laughs and tells him to stop lying, they’ve just turned 31. (LOL) They casually chat and suddenly talks about this guy called Jong Shik that they knew from university and how he’s a animation director now. The girls asks them if they’re talking about Ra Jong Shik. They reply, surprised that he’s so famous that even the girl knows of him. The girl asks them how she knows him, as he’s her father (OMG LEGIT JUST SPRAYED COFFEE).

The four men freeze and Tae San says “We didn’t tell her our names did we?” and they run out of the club as fast as they could.

Do Jin wakes up and replays the scene from yesterday. After Yi Soo’s confession, Do Jin asks if it really is okay for him to accept it. She nods and he says then well, they will have a happy future ahead of them. Yi Soo flees and Tae San, after witnessing the scene, interrogates Do Jin. 

Tae San tells Choi Yoon the unbelievable scene and Choi Yoon asks him why he’s getting so worked up over it. He says that he wanted Yi Soo to fall for Choi Yoon, not the playboy Do Jin. Do Jin joins them for breakfast and Choi Yoon asks when they’re going to start dating. Tae San warns him that Yi Soo is an innocent woman and that if he isn’t interested in her then he should stop now. 

Meari is punished by Yi Soo for doing something so irrational. She gets calls from Do Jin and keeps hanging up. Meari answers the calls and pretends that she found the phone on the street. But Do Jin knows that it was her straight away.

Do Jin reads the card from the hamper and is revolted and jealous of the message. He then drives over to Yi Soo’s place and from afar, she sees him at her door and hides. 

Jung Rok’s wife comes into his cafe and asks orders a cup of Earl Grey. She insists that she has to pay for it and Jung Rok asks her to sign. Instead of her signature, she writes “WHY DID YOU TURN OFF YOUR PHONE” and “WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT”. He answers that he crashed at Do Jin’s place. 

At the same time, Se Ra walks in and greets Jung Rok’s wife. She angers her and leaves straight, much to the delight of Jung Rok.

Yi Soo comes out of the priest’s house after hiding in there. She doesn’t realise that Do Jin’s car is parked right outside her house. She receives a text from him and does a weird ‘dance’ while muttering “Eotteoke” over and over again. Do Jin watches her the whole time and they make eye contact. 

He gets out of his car and walks towards her. She uses aegyo to cover up her embarrassment. He gives no reaction and asks if he can go in so they can talk in a secluded area. Inside, he asks her when she started to like him, and why she likes him. She apologises for her behaviour. He says that he must be really perfect for her to give him such a massive basket of love heart chocolates. 

She tells him to stop being so up himself. He gets angry and she quickly makes it back up by saying that he’s as pretty as a flower. He looks at her in disbelief and tells her to stop. He leaves afterwards telling her to stop rejecting his calls.

Meari goes home and sees Choi Yoon. He says that he’s about to leave but she insists that he stays for a cup of coffee. She goes into the kitchen to prepare some coffee and nearly drops some saucers. He catches them in time and she is shy by their sudden physical closeness. He leaves right after and goes to his office and spends the night there.

Do Jin makes multiple excuses so he could be the one to pick Yi Soo up and drive to her to the baseball game out of the city. (He got Meari to bring friends so Choi Yoon won’t have any space left to give Yi Soo a lift haha CUTE) 

On the way, Yi Soo asks him if what position he plays on the team. He says that he dislikes all sports besides golf as they are all too aggressive. Yi Soo comments saying that he likes to fight though… She asks why he’s coming then and he says that they needed someone who could act as the ‘face’ of the team. She takes out some kimbap and boiled eggs and asks if he’s hungry. He says that he hates it when people eat in cars and she responds that if he loves his car so much then he should give it a name.

He shuts up awkwardly. She laughs and asks him what he named his car. He pulls over and stops, telling her to eat everything before getting back inside the car. He looks at the amount of food she’s eating and she tells him to eat with her. But he suddenly blurts out “Do you really not remember me?” She chokes on her egg and gets a sip of water. “Your red woolen dress and your butt that sticks out” She then chokes on her drink too. 

Yi Soo falls asleep on the car and when she wakes up, they’re at a place far away from the baseball game. Turns out Jung Rok needs his help to lie to his wife AGAIN. He says that he met up with Hye Joo and Do Jin asks how she’s going. A bellboy walks towards them and tells Do Jin that his wife has driven the car away. Jung Rok asks if Do Jin got married secretly (LOL I LOVE THEIR REACTIONS). 

Do Jin borrows Jung Rok’s car but all Jung Rok cares about is who is the woman who posed as his wife (HAHA). On her way, Yi Soo meets Colin who needs to hitch a ride. Tae San sees Meari and other randoms and asks Choi Yoon what happened. He replies saying that it’s all a part of Do Jin’s plan…

Do Jin arrives and asks Yi Soo where his car is. Turns out she has driven the car all the way to a jetty and put dried squid everywhere, which made the car stink. He screams. He puts the dried squid inside her hotel room to take take revenge.

Meari screams and cheers for Choi Yoon, but this only distract and annoy him and he keeps failing at pitching. Tae San hits the ball really well but it hits Meari on her eye instead. Shamelessly, she tells Choi Yoon to help her recover with his love and gratitude. Tae San drags Meari to the hospital and she insists on bringing her lawyer (as in Choi Yoon LOL). 

Yi Soo goes into her room and look for a change of clothes, only to realise that her clothes now smell really bad from the dried squid Do Jin put inside her luggage. She screams and from outside Tae San gets worried but Do Jin stops him from going up and he goes instead. 

She tells him that he should be so immature and be a gentleman instead. He replies saying that he is no gentleman and that he will not help her protect her secret. He punishes her and says that from now on, every time he calls her name, she’ll have to shower him with compliments, just like how he punishes his employees. (OMG SO FUNNAYYYY).

On their way back to Seoul, Meari takes a nap but Choi Yoon sees her exposed thighs and gets distracted. (O_O) Because her clothes now smell like fish, Yi Soo borrows Meari clothes, which are definitely too short and cutesy for her. Do Jin sees her and laughs but Tae San tries to comfort her saying that she looks really nice, to which she blushes at. Do Jin tells Tae San that him and Yi Soo are going to go on a date now. She replies saying that she needs to go home but he says her name and looks at her, waiting for her to compliment him. 

She whispers a compliment to him, and Do Jin drags her to his car. Tae San say to the other people that she really looks good and that they make a really good match. 

Do Jin says that he only wants her to drive them back to Seoul as he’s too tired. She looks at him and proceeds to grab the bottle of soju at the same time, Do Jin takes her cup away. She smiles at him and drinks the alcohol but he says loudly “If you wanted to sleep with me, just say so.” And she spits the alcohol back into the bottle.

They take a walk along the beach and her short dress is blown up by the wind. He complains that women always have problems with their clothing. He takes off his jacket and ties it around her waist. 

He asks her why she became a baseball referee, and isn’t teaching a bunch of high school kids tiring enough. She says that she really likes baseball, and because Tae San also likes to play baseball. “Thanks to you, not she even loses the chance to confess to him”… Do Jin then feels bad about teasing her before.

Winter passes and Spring arrives. 

Do Jin walks along the street market that he bought the table cloth for Yi Soo last time. 

The new school year starts again and Yi Soo starts working again. Dong Hyub overhears a bunch of other students complaining about Yi Soo and he tells them to shut up. 

Jung Rok sees his wife with another man at the gym. He goes up to them and tells the man to back off. But his wife ignores him and leaves. 

Yi Soo is at a book shop and picks up a magazine. She sees Do Jin at the cover and decides to buy it. She reads his interview and learns why he decided to become an architect. She learns that he’s still single because he has no confident that he will love the same person forever, and that he doesn’t want to spend his money on his wife and children. 

Se Ra tells Yi Soo to try and date Choi Yoon but she doesn’t reply. She asks if she’s still into that man she saw last time for 20 seconds (Tae San). She disagrees and says that she’ll accept her help in introducing guys for her. 

Se Ra meets up with Tae San and Meari and tells them that Yi Soo is at a date with a guy she is setting up with. Tae San is surprised and quickly excuses himself to call Do Jin asking what’s happening between them two. Meari tells Se Ra to stop trying and says that she once saw her making out with a white guy and that she still hasn’t told her brother yet. 

Do Jin is uneasy when he hears that Yi Soo is seeing another guy. He goes to the restaurant that she is and sees that the man hasn’t arrived yet, so he sits in the empty seat. He asks her if she’s touched but she asks how he found out. He says that Tae San told him.

“Did Tae San-ssi tell you to come and rescue me?”
“Is that all you heard? I came all the way to see you. Aren’t you touched?”
“Then why did you waste your time coming?”
“Because I like you.”
“What?”
“I just confessed. You can’t reject me.”

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ONCE AGAIN SORRY FOR THE DELAY. GOING OUT TO DINNER AND WHEN I COME BACK I’M GOING TO WATCH RUNNING MAN EP 97 INSTEAD.

Whoops didn’t realise caps lock is on. Yeah, in a hurry the weather right now is so bipolar so sorry if there are heaps of mistakes and if some lines don’t make sense!  

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