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Oh. [chuckles]

[chuckles]

Ah.

[watch ticking]

Kim Do-gyeom.

Today, you…

you're a dead man.

- [officer grunts] - [grunts, screams]

[officer] Okay, that's enough. Let go. Let go of the knife.

- Let go of the knife. - [panting]

- Let it go. Let go, let go. - [assailant] Okay, I'm letting go.

[officer] All right, calm down.

- [grunts] Let go of me! - [crowd gasps]

[officer] Stay calm.

- Please, stop resisting. - This is so unfair!

[assailant crying]

[crying continues]

SEO YEON-SEO, AGE 29 MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

JOB: NUTRITIONIST

MOTTO: "EAT WHAT IS GIVEN"

[sobbing] Today is our one-year anniversary,

and he feeds another girl steak.

It was so hard to make a reservation at that restaurant.

[groans] That jerk had the audacity to wear the watch I got for him.

Still, how can you walk around with a kitchen knife?

What is that? Is that blood?

[sniffles]

Beets.

[sobs] It's beet juice.

Wait, wait, wait. What?

Now, calm down and explain what happened.

- Breath in and out. - [inhales deeply]

In. Out.

[exhales deeply]

Beets.

[officer 2 beatboxes]

[clears throat]

- Well, she asked for a beat, so… - Not that kind of "beat" though!

I meant "beet," a red radish, a type of root veggie.

Beet contains a red pigment called betaine,

an antioxidant that slows cell damage and may prevent cancer and inflammation.

Oh, right. You said you were a nutritionist.

Oh, but why were you slicing beets on your anniversary?

My employer has a serious sausage issue.

Huh?

My employer won't freaking have the sausages I cook.

Sausages are typically composed of a high percentage of pork,

along with a variety of other ingredients

such as eggs, onions, and Cheongyang chili pepper.

These components are carefully packed into a casing to create the final product.

But beets, kabocha squash…

Wait, what was that called?

Well, anyway,

since I've been working for this bastard of a boss with such bizarre taste buds,

I've tried everything.

But the result has been…

[boss] Again.

Again.

Again.

Again!

Again!

Again!

[whines]

Every single day, that jerk wants sausages for lunch

until I can recreate the taste of the sausage that he had as a kid.

- Every day? - Yeah.

But still, who puts beets in sausages?

[groans]

What? What should I do? I don't eat sausages in any form.

I've explored every possibility for a boss whose face I've never seen,

and yet he continues to insist that it's not right.

Oh.

That bastard is to blame for the infidelity of my boyfriend.

Son of a bitch who's obsessed with sausages.

[dog whines]

[sobbing]

- I think she's losing it. - Yeah.

- [typing] - [laughing]

[whines, sobbing]

[crying continues]

THE NEXT DAY

- [employee 1] What is it this time? - What kind of sausage is this?

- [employee 3] It has beets in it. - Ugh.

- Beets? Geez. - Ugh.

Ugh. Why do the sausages always look like this?

Hey, Kim Do-gyeom!

[clatters]

What did you just…

[exclaims, distorted]

[employees exclaim]

- Has she lost her mind? - What is wrong with her?

What the hell are you doing?

Perhaps I'm supplying you with a lot of kindness.

Well, thank you very much.

Wait a minute.

I would be interested in discussing the boss's meals with you, Mr. Kim.

I have to go, so walk with me and I'll listen.

KIM DO-GYEOM

[automated voice] The doors are closing.

Go on. The food will get cold.

I'm not sure where to begin to be honest.

Let's break up.

I'm serious, Yeon-seo. Let's break up.

[clicks tongue]

Oh, I was going to say the same thing.

But I deserve to know why.

Is it because of that woman?

Yesterday, I saw you with another woman at the restaurant that I had reserved for us.

Ah.

Yeah, the food there was pretty amazing.

Thanks a lot.

It must've been hard to make a reservation there.

Fine, I missed our anniversary, sure, which made you feel miserable.

But it was because I was working late.

Even so, cheating on me--

You think people cheat because they're miserable?

They cheat when they get bored.

What?

Yeon-seo, you do know the employees don't eat your sausages?

People get sick of eating the same thing for a few weeks,

but I endured it for a whole year.

[chuckles] You don't mean that, do you?

This is over. I've had enough.

Kim Do-gyeom, you…

[scanner beeps]

[automated voice] The doors are opening.

Thank you for your hard work, Miss Seo.

He's sick of me? I'm boring?

How about a little excitement?

Why don't I just bite you, huh?

[imitating dog]

[dog barks in distance]

[patron] Again.

My apologies.

I'll make you another.

[Yeon-seo] "Again"?

What?

There's another bastard that sounds just like my boss? [scoffs]

Do it again.

- [boss] Do it again. - [sucks teeth]

- [huffs] - [dog growling]

- [boss] Again. - [patron] Again.

- [boss] Again! - [patron] Again.

Huh?

- [patron] Again. - [boss] Again!

[dog growling]

[swallows]

You there.

You, "Again".

Um, are you calling me?

Yeah.

Do I know you?

Does it matter?

I just… I just have something to ask you.

Listen, why don't you just stuff your face with whatever is put in front of you?

[scoffs]

Stuff my face?

The taste that takes you back to your childhood,

evoking a sense of nostalgia and leaving an indelible impression.

Why is any of that relevant?

Here's the thing.

Did you know that I dedicated months of hard work,

sacrificing time with my boyfriend,

just so I can make sausages I don't even like

in search of a flavor I've never even tasted?

On top of that, I saw him with another woman.

If it weren't for the bastard who's so obsessed with sausages,

I could've been a better girlfriend.

And he wouldn't have gotten bored.

So, instead of looking for what you ate as a child, try some other--

I never get bored.

Whether it's the flavors I love or the women I fall for,

I don't get bored.

Ever.

[gasps]

[door shuts]

- [lock beeps] - [both breathing heavily]

Sure you won't regret this? I rarely do this with drunk women.

I rarely do this with men whose names I don't know either.

Let's call it an all-day training.

[scoffs]

200,000 won?

[chuckles]

TEMPORARY ID CARD

Lunatic. You're such an absolute lunatic.

Did you contract rabies because that two-timing scoundrel did you wrong?

But why? Seriously, why?

[cart rolling]

[sighs]

[sucks teeth]

[huffs]

TO THE CEO'S OFFICE

The CEO?

Why? Am I really in the doghouse?

Because of sausages?

CEO'S OFFICE

Instead of making the ex-boyfriend regret dumping me and all…

[sighs]

[clearing throat]

Well, he's not in.

SECRETARY KIM DO-GYEOM

Where did he go?

- [boss] Come in. - [gasps]

[door opens]

[Yeon-seo clears throat]

[boss] Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Yes, Mr. Kang.

I'm Kang Ha-jun.

[Yeon-seo] I am so screwed…

Judging by the look on your face, I guess you really didn't know.

Of course, you wouldn't have spoken to me that way if you'd known.

Not to your boss…

who pays you.

[chuckles]

Was it only worth 200,000 won?

Was it?

I, um… 200,000 won?

I'm not sure I know what you mean.

[scoffs]

Hmm. So, you don't remember?

- That's boring. - What did you just say?

[chuckles]

I said, you might get fired for that.

[scoffs]

Well, since you're going to fire me, let me give you a word of advice.

Okay, fine. I'm all ears.

Bite the bullet, and gobble up the food and drinks that people make for you,

you picky pain in the neck.

And give me back 180,000 won.

Oh.

You want change?

It wasn't worth 200,000 won. At best, 20,000 won.

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[Yeon-seo] I'm screwed.

So screwed.

All because of this goddamned sausage.

[sighs] And because of that goddamned CEO.

But why is that jerk here?

[gasps] Am I really getting fired?

I still have monthly payments left for the watch I bought

for that scumbag, Kim Do-gyeom.

- [sighs] - [Do-gyeom] Starting today,

Mr. Kang will have breakfast with his fellow employees.

Starting today, Mr. Kang will have lunch with his fellow employees.

Starting today, Mr. Kang will have dinner--

Are you going to eat three meals a day with your fellow employees?

Yes, will that be an issue?

Sorry, but sausages aren't on the menu for dinner, Mr. Kang.

Hmm.

I'll gobble up any food you make then.

It really doesn't matter if I don't get to eat sausage, right?

Hmm?

I hope you enjoy your meal, Mr. Kang.

It feels different seeing you at work,

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

- What? - How do you know Yeon-seo…

I mean, how do you know Miss Seo, Sir?

Oh. We took an all-day training course together.

With, you know, Yeon-seo.

"All-day training"?

Oh, Mr. Kim. I left my phone in my office.

Yes, sir.

[chuckles]

I assume you're suggesting that I should resign. I won't cave though.

Before you fire me, I promise to get you sick of the food here.

Did you forget what I told you?

I won't get sick of it.

I'm going to make the exact same meal every time--

I told you,

I never grow bored of the women I fall for.

[Yeon-seo breathing heavily]

[sighs]

Hold on, Mr. Kang.

Did you say there was an issue

with the food?

I think I need to reduce the budget.

It is excessively nutritious.

[grunts] Not an option.

You know how hard it was to meet the budget?

Then why does this keep happening?

This is because of the cafeteria food?

Since I started eating at the cafeteria,

it's weird how this keeps happening at random.

So why else?

Did you put something in my food?

I don't play around with food.

[Ha-jun grunts]

But I play around with other things.

OFFICE MATCHMAKING

WEB NOVEL REALTIME

SPICE UP OUR LOVE

[Hui-seong] Oh, damn it, she's stopping it here?

You naughty girl, are you an author?

[gasps] Ha-fox is such a heartthrob!

Gonna hold my breath until the conclusion is published!

Very naughty, writer! I love your story so much!

"The Cocoapage's Best Male Lead Character goes to Kang Ha-jun!

The award for the Best Writer goes to Yeon Bo-ra!"

Hui-seong. Why are you suddenly reading comments?

Yeon Bo-ra.

Spice Up Our Love has so many more fans.

You're the best. You know that, right?

Did Big Sis tell you…

that I sued one of my trolls?

[Hui-seong sighs]

Don't let it get to you.

He's certainly

- a loner who never leaves his house. - [snorts]

[both chuckle]

Avoid leniency and settlements at all costs. You're rich, right?

- I'm very rich. - [chuckles]

Come on, let's scroll.

Mmm.

EPISODE 92 GB GROUP CEO'S SECRETARIAL OFFICE

[typing]

[headphones beep]

[sighs]

[classical music plays]

FOLLOWING THE GREEN…

…AND RED SAUSAGES, THIS TIME…

THE SECRETARIAL OFFICE OF THE CEO

…TO MAKE A MESS OF YEON-SEO WHO GOT ALL DRESSED UP…

BUT SHE TURNED ON THE SWITCH

SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHE HAD PRESSED…

THE END

Done!

[sighs]

[sighs]

[phone rings]

COCOAPAGE EDITOR

Yes, Editor. I understand.

Okay.

[call ends]

LETTER OF APOLOGY BOK GYU-HYUN, OCTOBER 11, 1991

Miss Yeon.

What do you think you're doing?

Do you think by handwriting an apology

that I'll just forgive you for sending me a death wish?

A death wish? You think that…

[sighs]

My comments weren't that malicious.

They weren't?

So you meant for them to make me feel like shit,

but not enough to make me slit my wrists?

And now I get to feel like garbage, exactly as you intended,

but I also have to forgive you?

Don't send me any more letters.

Because I will never forgive you or settle.

Do whatever you want.

I don't need you to forgive me or settle.

But still, my apology,

I meant every word.

I truly regret what I've done

and genuinely want to apologize.

"Genuinely"?

What can I do to make you believe me?

If there's a way, whatever it is,

- I'll do it right now. - Then die.

Wh-What?

I said kill yourself.

That's going way too far.

You wrote that to me more times than I can count.

Your comments made me wonder if I deserved to die

more times than I can count.

So, now you think about it.

Whether or not you deserve to die.

[truck honking]

[honking continues]

[gasps]

[honking continues]

[honking distorts, stops]

[breathing heavily]

[doctor] Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

Are you awake, Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Do you see this light? Do you see it?

Now, follow the light with your eyes, if you can.

[Ja-yeon, mumbling] Aren't you the manager at that convenience store?

Where am I?

[doctor] You're at the hospital. You passed out and lost consciousness.

[Ja-yeon sighs]

So I passed out. I'm not dead.

Thank God you didn't die, Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

'Cause in that case, Mr. Kang would've killed me too.

[Ja-yeon] But why do you keep calling me "Seo Yeon-seo?"

How do you know Seo Yeon-seo?

Because I'm looking at Seo Yeon-seo right now.

You're looking at Seo Yeon-seo?

Last time, I saw you with Mr. Kang.

Oh. [chuckles]

You're a fan of Spice Up Our Love.

Thank you, Mr. Manager.

I'm not a manager. I'm the director of this hospital.

You might still feel dizzy. You should rest here for a while.

Doctor Kim, give her a thiamine injection and glucose.

Give those to her.

This room looks very expensive.

Don't they have shared rooms?

[gasps]

[screams]

What happened to my hair?

How long was I unconscious for?

How many months?

What year is it right now?

My phone.

Whose clothes are these?

Seo Yeon-seo?

[doctor] Miss Seo Yeon-seo. Are you conscious, Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

Because I'm looking at Seo Yeon-seo right now.

[gasps]

[breathing shakily]

[exclaims]

- Have you seen the anonymous online forum? - Yes.

That's her. She did all sorts of things to seduce Mr. Kang.

PATIENT ROOMS OF VIP SEO **** SEO

Oh, that's why she's in the VIP suite.

[sighs]

Seo Yeon-seo.

I'm Seo Yeon-seo?

[sighs]

It's just a dream.

If I just go home, go to bed, and wake up…

[door opens]

Online troll?

What are you doing here? Director Oh said you needed rest, Miss Seo.

You took me to the emergency room, didn't you?

Yes.

It's all your fault… I mean…

Wasn't it because of you that I passed out?

You could say that.

It happened because of me.

[sighs] Thank goodness.

I had it all wrong.

You looked fine, but I had

no idea how overwhelmed you were until you passed out,

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

Pardon?

Pardon? Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Those Internet forum posts were all removed by my people.

I'm sorry, Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

I'm Seo Yeon-seo?

So…

um… am I really in the story of Spice Up Our Love?

Mr. Kang Ha-jun.

Director Oh, what's up?

What?

What did just he call you?

What's wrong, Miss Seo Yeon-seo?

Whether it's the flavors I love or the women I fall for…

I never get bored.

- Ever. [echoes] - [gasps]

You sure you won't regret this?

I usually don't do this with drunk women.

[screams]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo, what's going on?

You're really the CEO of GB Electric.

I'm Mr. Kang.

KANG HA-JUN, AGE 33 THE MOST HANDSOME MAN

CEO OF GB ELECTRIC

MOTTO "I NEVER GET BORED"

Miss Seo Yeon-seo, it's too early to leave the hospital. Go back in and--

[grunts, breathes heavily]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo! Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

[panting] No way. No way.

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

[whimpers]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

Wait for me!

- Miss Seo Yeon-seo. - [whimpers]

[panting]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

[Ja-yeon] The online troll is Kang Ha-jun? For real?

SONG JOONG-KI'S COFFEE OF CHOICE

Huh?

Why is he Song Joong-ki?

[gasps]

Huh? Cha Eun-woo?

"TRUE MALE BEAUTY"

Why do they all look like the online troll?

SMOOTH SUGAR

This makes no sense. [groans]

How does this make any sense?

It doesn't make any sense. Why are they all that online troll, huh?

How can he be my Ha-jun?

How can he be Ha-jun?

[Ja-yeon] Uh? This place…

[gasps]

- [automated voice] Transfer passenger. - Hmm?

Why are they all getting back on?

What is this?

What's going on?

[automated voice] Transfer passenger.

- Oh… - Transfer passenger.

[whispers] Sir, I need help.

Oh?

You went from a doctor to a bus driver.

Whatever. This bus, why does it only stop in front of the hospital?

That's where we are in this chapter.

What do you mean, "this chapter"?

There's a critical scene coming up.

"A critical scene"?

- [classical music plays] - [typing]

What does that mean?

[typing continues]

What? This is…

This is from Spice Up Our Love.

Why is this…

HA-JUN LOOKED AT YEON-SEO…

SHE KNEW WHAT HE WAS FEELING…

[gasps]

[Ja-yeon screaming]

Stop it! Stop it! [groans]

I said, stop it!

What's happening? Why don't I have any control over myself?

No, no. This can't be happening!

[groans]

Don't allow those malicious comments to have an effect on you,

- Miss Seo Yeon-seo. - [Ja-yeon scoffs]

You're one of the people who hurt me.

Forget the rumors.

I'm the one who fell for you first. We both know that.

[Ja-yeon gags]

I like you, Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

[Ja-yeon retching]

Not everything is a lie on the online forum, believe it or not.

[Ja-yeon] Wait, this dialogue…

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

For instance, when they say…

[Ja-yeon] …about the kiss scene that I wrote.

"Seo Yeon-seo's body"…

[Ja-yeon] Ew, Seo Yeon-seo. Shut up.

I said, shut up!

- "…turns Mr. Kang on." - [Ja-yeon groans]

CRAZY!

[Ja-yeon] Don't do it. Don't do it, please! [gasps]

[wailing]

No, no, no! Ew!

[groans, whimpering]

Ah. [groaning]

[muffled] No, wait! [groans]

- [grunts] - [gasps]

[Ha-jun groans]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

[gagging]

Killing that troll wouldn't be satisfying enough. But a kiss, really?

[gags]

[bus driver] That's where we are in this chapter.

There's a critical scene coming up.

[Ja-yeon] So critical scenes will happen, no matter what.

And I have no control over my body?

[spits]

Sure, those scenes drive the stories of a mature-content web novel.

But why can't I resist it, even though I'm the writer?

Wait, um…

So for the upcoming scene, Yeon-seo…

is discharged from the hospital.

Then, at the end…

[sighs]

I'm screwed.

- [nurse] Did you see Mr. Kang's face? - Didn't you hear?

He fought with his girlfriend.

[Ha-jun sighs]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

Miss Seo Yeon-seo, are you here?

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

The patient is female, 5'7", she weighs--

Director Oh. Her weight?

A bit rude?

[sighs]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo has long, straight hair,

and you'll see that she's the world's cutest, loveliest--

And unstable woman.

We have to find her quickly, sir.

[sighs] Miss Seo Yeon-seo, why do you keep disappearing?

I can't keep you locked up.

Yes. Of course, you can.

So that she can't vanish.

[panting]

[Ha-jun] Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

[whimpers]

[screaming]

- Miss Seo Yeon-seo. - Stay away!

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

- Miss Seo Yeon-seo, wait! - I said, stay away!

[gasps]

[gasps]

So, Miss Seo Yeon-seo.

[groans, cries]

[panting]

Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

[groans] Wow.

Not fair, you have a scooter!

I mean, if I'm the writer,

am I not the god who created this universe?

But still, I can't do anything I want.

[gasps]

I'm no god at all.

[sighs] I'm just stuck in a scene!

- [intercom chimes] - [Ha-jun clears throat]

[on PA] Miss Seo Yeon-seo, are you listening?

- This is Kang Ha-jun. - Kang Ha-jun.

Playing hide-and-seek has been fun, but you need to rest now so come back.

Miss Seo Yeon-seo in the women's bathroom on the fourth floor.

[sighs]

How can I find a way out of this situation?

FALLING HAZARD

"You are this world's lead character.

When the lead character dies, this world ends too."

[crowd clamoring]

- [bystander 1] Wait, wait! - [bystander 2] Oh, no. It's dangerous!

Don't do it! Come back down, miss!

- [bystander 3] Don't do it! Please don't! - [clamoring continues]

[Ha-jun] Excuse me. Excuse me.

Don't do it, Miss Seo Yeon-seo!

Director Oh, arrange an ambulance and a helicopter. Now!

Okay.

[helicopter whirring]

[Ja-yeon] When the lead character dies, the story ends.

If I die as Seo Yeon-seo, I'll go back to being Nam Ja-yeon.

Seo Yeon-seo!

You fraud! Go back to being an online troll!

How dare you play my Ha-jun?

- [yells] - [crowd gasps]

Oh, I could've died. [gasps]

- Oh, wait. I need to die. - [sirens approaching]

- [panting] - [helicopter whirring continues]

Nam Ja-yeon, you can do it.

[inhales]

One.

Two.

Three!

Yeon-seo!

[crowd exclaims]

[Ha-jun grunts]

[Ja-yeon] Huh?

What?

Get away! Get away!

No!

No…

[gasps]

[Ha-jun strains]

[panting]

Damn you, male lead character.

- [sighs] - [groans]

[crowd cheering]

[bystander 4] That was amazing!

[cheering continues]

[bystander 5] You're the best, man! You're so awesome!

[Ja-yeon] Am I possessed?

I wake up as the female lead in my own story.

First, every critical scene will happen.

Second, when the sound of typing and music cues the start of the scene,

the story takes control of Nam Ja-yeon.

Third, the lead character never dies. [gasps]

If I'm somewhat immortal,

that means that online troll will also be unable to die because of plot armor.

So I'm left with no choice but to play out the final scene with that pesky troll?

This is the worst.

[groans] The absolute worst.

- [sighs] - [knocks on door]

[gasps]

- [classical music plays] - [typing]

[Ja-yeon] No!

WITH SEDUCTIVE EYES…

TONIGHT… THE FEEL OF OIL…

…AND A SPECIAL DATE NIGHT…

YEON-SEO SMILED IN SATISFACTION…

[sighs] The story has taken control of me again.

No, I don't want you.

Stay away.

What the hell?

Why am I looking at him like that?

[bird chirping, in Korean] Peep show.

Peep show.

Peep show.

Peep show.

[in English] What?

Didn't this scene end with an oil massage?

I have no memory of it.

I can skip the last scene, for sure.

Hold on.

If I don't do the last scene…

doesn't that mean I can't get out of this?

I BECAME THE FEMALE LEAD WHEN I OPENED MY EYES

- [sighs] - [phone buzzes]

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER

[inhales sharply]

I knew it.

[clears throat]

- Just woke up? - When I write modern romance stories…

MR: MODERN ROMANCE

Would you like coffee, or perhaps…

…they always have a happy ending.

[Ha-jun sighs]

…wanna go out for breakfast?

If I reach the end of this scene…

If you don't wanna go out…

…maybe I can end this.

Kang Ha-jun.

How about we do

the ending scene after all?

"The ending scene"?

[person clears throat]

[sighs]

[gasps]

Yeo… Yeo Ha-jun?

Why would my first love appear in this scene?

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