Oh My Venus (Korean Drama)

Episode 2

After seeing her ex-boyfriend embracing another woman, Joo-eun wanders the streets and finds herself being pursued by a strange masked man. Someone grabs her and she collapses to the pavement, crying out, "Save me!" But it's Young-ho who answers her, wryly quipping that she's always asking him to save her.

As it turns out, he also saw Woo-shik hugging that woman, and he asks if Joo-eun wants to go back there and pull their hair or something. But if not, he offers her a ride home, because getting a cold now would just add insult to injury. He holds out his hand with her bandage from her IV on it, as if that's the real reason he followed her.

He makes a big deal about what a nice guy he is, always helping people in need, and it's adorable how matter-of-fact he is. But Joo-eun is oblivious to him, and begs him to just leave — though Young-ho pulls her to his car anyway.

He admits again that he has a soft spot for people in danger. Joo-eun thanks him, but insists on getting herself home. He's still not willing to just leave her in the street in the rain, so she takes his umbrella and is all Now I'm armed with a weapon and a bad mood, ha. She takes her bandage, saying that she's not a woman who leaves her things behind, and Young-ho gives in and lets her go.

Distracted, Young-ho drives himself to the Han River to think. He remembers a day when he was a child, in a wheelchair with an injured leg, and his great-grandmother had sent him away for surgery. It's a simple scene, but both Young-ho and his great-grandmother are heavy-hearted, as if this moment means more than it seems.

Young-ho signs into his hotel under an assumed name, but that doesn't stop Great-Grandma's minion, Manager Min, from finding him in the morning. Of course, this means that Great-Grandma knows he's back in Korea despite his attempts at stealth, and Young-ho wearily agrees to meet with her.

Somehow he ended up with Joo-eun's purse, and he frowns at her phone when her friend Hyun-woo tries to call her (assuming that "Hyun-woo" is the ex). At Hyun-woo's house, breakfast is a gloomy affair, as her young son Min-joon seems to be in a bad mood and reluctant to eat. Apparently, his little girlfriend called him fat. Hyun-woo goes straight into Mama Bear mode, ready to follow him to school and kick some kindergarten butt, but Min-joon's caretaker says she'll go with him.

Joo-eun is late to work and tries to slink into an in-progress meeting, failing spectacularly. They're joined by the new deputy president of the law firm, who strolls into the room in a skin-tight suit and power heels, and is introduced as OH SOO-JIN (Yoo In-young).

The two ladies recognize each other — they had been friends in law school, where it was Soo-jin who was overweight, and reclusive despite getting the best grades in the class. Joo-eun had overheard some students making fun of Soo-jin within her earshot, and had come to her defense.

Now their roles are reversed, with Soo-jin the sleek, confident one and Joo-eun feeling frumpy and uncomfortable. Soo-jin seems friendly enough, and glad to see her old friend, though both admit to being a bit shocked at how much the other has changed. Soo-jin, to her credit, says that her shock is from seeing that Joo-eun's become a lawyer.

But then Soo-jin takes offense to being called Joo-eun's friend, correcting her secretary that she's actually Joo-eun's sunbae. Then she adds that she's only allowed to make organic coffee from now on. Okay, I was considering liking you, but I take it back.

Nervous at her old friend's suddenly-cold demeanor, Joo-eun knocks over her photo of herself and Woo-shik while taking a call. Soo-jin looks at the photo while righting it, and she keeps a neutral expression, but somehow it seems a bit too neutral.

Young-ho leaves his hotel to find himself faced with a whole squadron of Great-Grandma's minions. Embarrassed, he pulls up his hoodie and asks Manager Min to let him go — he's just here for a short visit and doesn't even have appropriate clothes. To which Manager Min holds up a suit for him. Crap.