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Shin Hye-sun reunites with ex-boyfriend Ji Chang-wook
According to Nielsen Korea, a viewership rating research company, on the 4th, the viewership rating for the second episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Welcome to Samdali', which aired the previous day, continued to run smoothly, recording 5.6% in the metropolitan area and 5.3% nationwide.
On this day's broadcast, it was announced that Cho Yong-pil (played by Ji Chang-wook) and Cho Sam-dal (played by Shin Hye-seon) had resumed their love affair that had been halted for eight years, giving a pleasant excitement. The two are natural partners, made by 'Grandmother Samsin', who was born in Samdali on the same day. They said, "For 30 years from the moment they were born, there was no Cho Sam-dal without Cho Yong-pil, and there was no Cho Yong-pil without Jo Sam-dal." They always stuck together wherever they went, and eventually met and fell in love. Then, for some reason, they broke up, and they spent eight years apart, with Yongpil maintaining his position in Jeju and Samdal maintaining his position in Seoul.
However, an untimely controversy arose for Samdal, who was soaring toward the peak of his career in Seoul. Although he posted an explanation, people already assumed it was an established fact that a popular photographer had harassed his junior assistant, and reporters flocked to Samdal's studio and in front of his house. As the personal information of Samdal's older sister Jo Jindal (played by Shin Dongmi) and younger brother Jo Haedal (played by Kang Mina) were revealed as if their personal information was on an open viewer bulletin board, the three had no choice but to head to Samdalli.
Samdal returned to Gaecheon to avoid people's eyes, but it was difficult to avoid the eyes of her ex-boyfriend Yongpil. This is because Yongpil lives in the house just a stone’s throw away if he falls. Even if they have no choice but to meet each other someday, it is the wish of every 'ex' (ex-lover) to be reunited in a nostalgic and affectionate way while showing them that they are living better than anyone else. However, as recognized by Samdali as “a couple that will remain in history, Dorunja and Dorunja,” their reunion took place in a situation that seemed likely to end.
Samdal was left to guard the house alone because his mother Mija (Kim Mi-kyung) was worried that he might run into Yong-pil. While I was turning the house upside down looking for batteries for the TV remote control, I heard Yongpil's voice coming into the house as if it was his, as always. Samdal, who was on the verge of running into her ex-boyfriend in a t-shirt with spilled coffee on it, messy sweatpants, and messy hair, quickly retreated to her room.
However, the waistband of his pants got caught in the door and he failed to escape completely. Moreover, Yongpil, who saw the house in disarray, misunderstood that a thief had broken in. He tugged on the straps of Samdal's pants as he escaped out the door, trying desperately to catch the thief who dared to break into the house of the Haenyeo president. The fierce battle over the trouser straps between those who tried to pull the strings and those who tried to defend them brought laughter to the audience.
Eventually, the door opened, and when the two partners saw each other's faces, the atmosphere instantly turned around. Although Yongpil was happy to see Samdal again, he was clearly worried about her due to the recent controversy. As the five eagle brothers, Wang Gyeong-tae (played by Lee Jae-won) and Cha Eun-woo (played by Bae Myeong-jin), who received Yong-pil's SOS at that time, hurriedly rushed over, Yong-pil said, "I'm really sold on I covered it with the floral patterned cloth I had brought to cover it. It was a moment that captured women's hearts with the affectionate heart of Yongpil, who protected Samdal first, to the point where he was stung by a bee even when he was young.
Yong-pil returns after sending Gyeong-tae and Eun-woo away on a whim. Not only was it bad enough to return to Gaecheon, which he said he would never come back to, but he was embarrassed to be reunited with his ex-boyfriend in a shabby manner, so he said a warm word to Samdal, who was still unable to raise his head or make eye contact, saying, "It wasn't the same, so don't worry." And then he consoled me and even winked, shooting a gun of love with his hand. Samdal, who is dumbfounded, and Yongpil, who is even more embarrassed by what he did, turn the mood around again.
And that night, the two met again. Three months stand in front of the seaside breakwater, feeling bitter about the reality of no one asking “Are you okay?” Then, in a dangerous situation where her feet slipped and she felt like she was about to fall, Yongpil appeared from nowhere and pulled her. However, he was unable to control his strength and fell into the sea. Samdal, who remembered the past when Yongpil fell into the sea and struggled in high school, jumped in without hesitation and swam towards him as hard as he could. It was the moment when fateful partners, who could not and could not be avoided no matter how hard they tried, became extremely intertwined once again.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr
