So-yong & Chi-hyung Outshine Everyone
In the seventh episode of “Now, We Are Breaking Up,” Jae-guk, Yoo-jung, and Hye-ok share dinner. Yoo-jung tries to bait Jae-guk into telling Hye-ok about Young-eun but he keeps his lips sealed. Yoo-jung takes this as a sign that he knows he shouldn’t be dating Young-eun. ..
We see Yoo-jung calling Young-eun and sending her the message from Soo-wan’s old phone. ..
Yoo-jung meets Young-eun and tells her about the circumstances of Soo-wan’s death. When Young-eun wants to know why Yoo-jung brings this up, Yoo-jung lectures her for dating Jae-guk.
Chi-sook meets with Do-hoon and the Vision PR team. She avoids his eyes and speaks only to the room. Afterwards, he only replies to her texts with a curt “yes”. When she tries a different tactic and calls him, he directs the call to Soo-ho. Chi-sook is meeting with Do-hoon and the Vision PR team for the first time. She avoids his eyes and speaks only to the room, but afterwards sends him a text asking if he’s free for lunch on Saturday. He responds with a curt “yes.” ..
Jae-guk tells Do-hoon that Young-eun is Soo-wan’s old girlfriend. Do-hoon is understanding of their attraction but won’t support the relationship, reminding Jae-guk of the potential fallout, especially for Young-eun. ..
Young-eun calls Jae-guk and asks him to meet her in the office storeroom. She tells him that Yoo-jung interrogated her and Jae-guk reveals that Yoo-jung was Soo-wan’s fiancé during the time that he dated Young-eun. Young-eun takes the news calmly, only cursing Soo-wan – without any real venom – when Jae-guk prompts her to. ..
Claire Marie’s new collaboration with Young-eun has been outperforming her in sales. Feeling the pressure, In-a resorts to spreading a rumour that Young-eun conspired with Ms Choi’s factory to Gwang-soo.
Chi-hyung rushes to explain to So-yong that Hye-rin got drunk and called him for a lift home. Hye-rin also discloses that they used to date. So-yong is unfazed by it all.
Mi-sook gets a call from her mother-in-law, who complains that Mi-sook doesn’t spend enough money on her in gifts. Mi-sook goes to the bank and closes all her accounts.
Young-eun and Jae-guk are huddled together discussing movie tickets at The One’s office. Chi-sook sees them and clears her throat, warning them to move apart just before CEO Hwang comes down the hallway. ..
That night, Soo-ho complains to Mi-sook that his mother has been spending her extra money and refusing to continue living for anyone but herself. Mi-sook tells him that his mother’s consistent spending is a problem and needs to be fixed.
Jae-guk is planning to rush over to Young-eun’s apartment but Mi-sook beats him to it, carting along her boxes of infomercial purchases. Young-eun tries to prise the truth of Mi-sook’s behaviour out but Mi-sook won’t relent.
Mi-sook tells Young-eun about the call from Soo-wan’s number and about him having a fiancé while they dated. Mi-sook self-examines her feelings and finds more indifference than anything else. Soo-wan is proud of her for growing up and learning to move on.
Do-hoon tells Chi-sook that he’s been trying to avoid being the only one who gets his hopes up and then being disappointed because he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings. Chi-sook realizes that this is how she felt every time she fell for someone she loved.
CEO Hwang asks Young-eun if she accepted a bribe from Ms Choi’s factory. She denies it and he then reminds her that she was able to finish her studies and come this far because he supported her financially. He tells her not to chase what doesn’t belong to her, obviously implying that she should stay away from Jae-guk.
Young-eun waits in the rain for Jae-guk, who has been held up at a shoot. She’s about to leave when he finally arrives.
Chi-sook tells Do-hoon that she won’t return his feelings because the lack of mystery in their relationship is a barrier to their relationship. ..
Jung-ja snuck into Taek-soo’s phone and found Jae-guk’s contact saved under what sounds like a woman’s name, although it is just a shortened version of the word “witness.” ..
Young-eun takes Jae-guk to her apartment to get dried off. She tells him about the call from Soo-wan. We flash back to her replying to the message asking if she’s been well by simply saying that she has. She then deletes his number. In the present, Young-eun tells Jae-guk that her life became so busy that she eventually forgot she still had Soo-wan’s number saved.
Jae-guk confronts Yoo-jung the next day, calling Soo-wan’s phone while she is in her office. When it rings from within her bag, his suspicions that she used it to fool Young-eun are confirmed. ..
Yoo-jung tries to use Hye-ok’s feelings as an excuse for her behaviour. Jae-guk calls Hye-ok right then and there and tells her that he’s dating Young-eun. ..
The Episode Review
The writer continues to do their best to justify Young-eun and Jae-guk’s relationship by unveiling Soo-wan’s two-timing escapades. Instead of absolving our lovebirds, this just means that all three points in this love triangle were/are questionable.
The phone stunt by Yoo-jung was a clever move that served the story well. Jae-guk and Young-eun grew closer in the face of her attempt to sabotage the relationship, and this was a relief to see. The story had been built up nicely so far, and this move by Yoo-jung added an extra layer of excitement.
The decision to fire Young-eun was met with some criticism since she has allegedly been unhappy for the past ten years and even changed her dating patterns because of Soo-wan. And now, suddenly, we’re asked to believe that she’s already been well on the path to recovering from that relationship. ..
So-yong and Chi-hyung continue to outshine everyone else. He’s puppy-like and playful while she has a single-minded determination to climb higher in the fashion industry – it’s like an improved version of our lead romantic pair. Here’s hoping they get more screen time over the drama’s run.
