Oh My Venus (Korean Drama)

Episode 1 (Part 8)

In Seoul,
a stern-faced man, attended by a couple men in sharp suits, reports to a chairman that "he" ought to be on this flight. Ha, Young-ho is totally a chaebol, isn't he? In the background, Young-ho's two buddies slip by while the team of corporate minions looks around for him, though he's nowhere in sight.

That's because Young-ho's riding in an ambulance alongside Joo-eun, using her as his escape route. She mutters to herself, "I should have opened that plane door and escaped earlier."

As she sits in the emergency room, Joo-eun reads the two latest text messages from Woo-shik, which she has yet to reply to. He asks her to call as soon as she's back, wanting to talk, and she hears his voice say the words brusquely at first, then more gently. She thinks of his first-love confession from their teenage years, and makes a decision, putting on her shoes and running out of the hospital.

Young-ho meets up with his buddies outside, who drop off his car, and is about to leave when he sees Joo-eun running outside into the rain. He drives on, passing her as she tries to hail a cab unsucessfully... but can't quite shake the feeling. He pulls over and tells her to get in, which she does with great reluctance, eyeing him suspiciously.

As he drives, she sighs, "I'd thought that a few nights ago was the worst day of my life, but I was wrong. It's today." He advises her to return to the hospital later because she was very cold, and drops her off at her place. She thanks him for his help, saying it'll be the last they see of each other, and runs into the rain toward the building.

And then she stops in her tracks to see Woo-shik embracing a woman, smiling happily. Numbly, she turns around and walks the other way, pausing in front of a storefront, thinking, "I was Kang Joo-eun, who could do anything she set out to do."

And then, an ominous figure appears behind her, wearing a mask and dark clothes. He follows her down the street, calling out to her, and Joo-eun hurries away in fear. He persists, and when an arm grabs her, she cowers and begs, "Please save me!"

It's Young-ho's sardonic voice that cuts in, however: "You ask me to save you every time you see me." She looks up at him in astonishment as he crouches with her, holding an umbrella over her head, adding, "And you're not even going to be grateful about it."