Strong Woman Do Bong Soon DramaBeans Recaps

Episode 13: Nevertheless

Bong-soon runs straight to Min-hyuk, sobbing that Kyung-shim has been kidnapped as she asks him to help find her. He tries to ask for more details, but Bong-soon nearly begs him not to ask questions and to just help her find her friend. Min-hyuk asks, “If I find him, what are you going to do by yourself?”

Bong-soon can barely speak past her tears as she rattles off information about Kim Jang-hyun and how she just went to his junkyard, but he wasn’t there. She pleads again for Min-hyuk to help her find Kyung-shim, and he reaches out to gently wipe away her tears, “Okay, I’ll look for her. But let’s go together. Don’t go alone, okay?”

Min-hyuk pulls her into his arms and tells her that everything will be all right as she sobs against his chest.

At the station, Gook-doo discusses with his team captain how Jang-hyun’s tastes have evolved from taking small and slender women to targeting women randomly once the police learned his preference, leading to his attack on Kyung-shim. His plans changed again when Kyung-shim “escaped,” and now he’s hunting out of revenge.

At the same time, Min-hyuk deduces that Jang-hyun used Hee-ji as bait to distract the police so he could grab Kyung-shim. He’s worried that the culprit won’t be content with just taking Kyung-shim, as she and Bong-soon are friends. Ahh, she hasn’t told him about the video, so he doesn’t know that Jang-hyun told Bong-soon to come find him.

Min-hyuk crouches in front of Bong-soon and implores her not to try and do everything by herself. She just quietly hiccups Kyung-shim’s name as she cries. Scared, Min-hyuk takes out his tracking necklace and fastens it around Bong-soon’s neck. He thinks, “I hope you’ll understand my heart that wants to protect you, even if it’s just like this.”

Out loud, Min-hyuk tells her that the necklace will protect her and asks her to wear it from now on. He once again brushes away her tears and offers to take her home.

Gook-doo’s team gathers together their evidence on Jang-hyun, and we finally learn some of his backstory. Jang-hyun lives with his elderly mother and has no criminal record — however, he was rejected from his mandatory military service due to “psychological” issues. (I’ll say.) On top of that, he killed someone “with fire” when he was fifteen and spent time in juvie for it.

Gook-doo has looked into his immigration records which show that Jang-hyun hasn’t left the country recently, meaning that Jang-hyun’s junkie minion lied for his boss. Gook-doo guesses that the two are in on it together and figures that there’s something at the junkyard they can’t see, so he wants to go back and investigate further.

Both Bong-soon and Min-hyuk have a restless night with Bong-soon sleeping on the floor by her phone, and Min-hyuk working on some kind of computer program. As she gets ready, Bong-soon reaches out a shaky hand and watches the video of Kyung-shim again, this time listening to the sounds in the background and comparing them to the noises she heard at the junkyard. She recognizes the sound of Minion’s blowtorch and rushes out.

At the office, Min-hyuk is busy working on the same computer program. Secretary Gong checks in and wonders where Bong-soon is, asking if she’s out getting ready for her video game presentation that day. Hardly.

At the hospital, Jaws and his buddy check themselves out against Bong-ki’s recommendation. Bong-ki tries to persuade Jaws that his treatment isn’t finished, and we finally learn Jaws’ real name: Ah Ga-ri, meaning Trap (as in “Shut your trap”), heh. While Jaws defends his name, Kwang-do thrashes around, unintelligibly moaning that his butt itches.

We also check in with Boss Tak as he continues on his enlightenment trek. He seeks guidance from Nizamuddin (apologies for spelling the name incorrectly before) about what direction his life should take, but the monk would rather borrow the boss’ car keys so he can go to the market and get hair supplies.