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I tried out that ring of yours.

You did? Whom did you see?

Someone with Song Hye Kyo's eyes, Suzy's lips and Han Hyo Joo's skin?

No. Someone much uglier.

Hey. When I said I liked you in kindergarten,

you said I was too ugly and that you liked Mi Joo.

I was immature both personality-wise and with my taste in girls.

Now, I seem to have matured enough...

to recognize how great you are. What do you think of me?

Can you put "boy" before the word "friend"?

Tae Hyun.

- I... - I'll wait.

Tell me...

after the fashion show.

Will there be a lot of people?

There will be an audience, right?

It doesn't look right.

What's the problem?

Are you listening to me?

What? Did you say something?

Hold on.

You know, you've been like this for two hours now.

If you're not going to talk, I'm leaving.

The fashion show.

My mom doesn't think...

she can come.

So?

Is that it?

Are you being like this because your mom isn't coming?

Forget it. It's humiliating.

Even if that's what it is, it's rude to be like this in front of me.

- Rude? - The fashion show is in two days.

I didn't want to do it, but you forced me to. So you should...

make me feel assured, not more nervous.

Okay. Sorry.

Don't look at me like you want me to comfort you.

I need someone who will comfort me, not need comforting.

Mi Joo.

Who are you?

It's me, Nan Hee.

Was Se Gun always such a baby?

What do you mean?

He's been drinking for two hours...

Forget it. It's not like I'm making a warranty claim.

Don't cry in front of others.

You have to come to me whenever you want to cry.

(Nan Hee. No results found.)

Drink it?

Do I look like I need more alcohol?

I'm getting drunk.

What a cute bottle of soju.

It's you, isn't it?

Soju should smell like alcohol, not flowers.

I told you not to wear the perfume that I bought you.

I can stay like this.

You don't want to see my face,

and I don't want to show my face.

I can just keep my face hidden,

and you can smell the perfume...

and think of the pretty Nan Hee.

I can't give her...

- the dress you got for me. - Why not?

My mom...

can't come.

Her son is sick.

I've waited seven years.

The reason I was obsessed...

with winning and the model...

was all because of that.

How could she just send a text that her son is sick and...

She must be confident in you.

Not because she loves you less,

but because she's more confident in you.

With fermented soybean, even if you make them on the same day,

some have condensation problems and rot,

and some are fine.

The better they are, the less you check on them.

You are confident that even if you don't check on them,

they will ripen well.

I'm sure she'll come back to see you.

I'm sure she's just checking...

on fermented soybean that has a condensation problem right now.

This is why I shouldn't drink too much.

I keep losing my sense of reason.

I should go back.

Good luck...

on the fashion show.

Okay now,

we will begin LJ Fashion's...

College Fashion Design Competition!

The winner will receive money for business capital...

and will go to Paris to study,

along with various other prizes.

50 students who passed the first round have selected...

one design among the drawings that they submitted...

and will show them here on this stage today.

Number 50, please come out. Park Se Gun from Moonsong.

Walk forward.

Come out.

What's wrong with her?

Come out. Now.

What's wrong with her?

Mi Joo!

Mi Joo!

- Mi Joo. - Are you awake?

Did I faint again?

Do you have a condition?

She has an anxiety disorder.

I told you I didn't want to do it.

This is why I said I couldn't do it.

I didn't know.

You weren't interested in me at all, just your design.

I was nervous, but you kept pushing me.

That's why she came back from Paris.

She kept fainting before presenting her pieces.

It must've been hard adjusting to a new place with new people.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I felt humiliated.

I felt like a pathetic loser for coming back like this.

Let's get her to the hospital to get checked out. Who's her guardian?

- I am. - I am.

He is.

I can take only one person.

I want to go with you.

We'll start in 10 minutes.

I'll go. The show is about to start.

You need to be Nan Hee's model.

You should go.

She's anxious.

She always grabbed your sleeve and cried whenever something happened.

You should go.

Se Gun. You be Nan Hee's model.

- What? - Tae Hyun.

I know I look better in your outfit,

but he knows the stage better.

Still...

I'll kill you if you do worse than I would.

Okay.

Nan Hee is next. Where is she?

I know.

I'm fine since you're filling in, but what about you?

Just think about your design for now.

The outerwear.

Let's go around and ask other models once my turn is up.

You're up last, so we'll be able to find someone.

We'll be late. Let's go.

Okay.

- Nan Hee. - Hurry.

- Hurry. - Goodness.

(18 Mo Nan Hee - Moonsong University)

There he is.

Wasn't Tae Hyun your model?

The model isn't showing off the outfit.

The outfit is buried by the model.

He's so handsome.

Let's go. Your turn is up soon.

Check dressing room 1. I'll go to room 2.

Nan Hee.

(25 Pi On Hwa - Moonsong University)

Please.

(Judges)

(25 Pi On Hwa - Moonsong University)

It's not bad.

Why is he suddenly doing so well?

- You do it. - What?

Are you kidding me? I'm not the same Nan Hee you knew.

- Look. This is me. - So?

You can't do it?

Are you in your right mind?

How can I be a model? And for something you made for Mi Joo.

What if I made it for you?

I was confused too.

At first, I thought it was for Mi Joo.

Do you know why I chose black?

Because it suited you, since you like plain things.

I chopped off the long skirt because I felt like it wasn't you,

who doesn't like anything that seems pretentious.

I added the studs thinking of how powerfully you rode the bike.

The plunging neckline?

It's because of your heartbeat that I heard whenever you were with me.

How was this design made for her? It was made for you.

Even still, how could someone like me...

And what is "Someone like you"?

Someone ugly? Someone who isn't pretty?

You say you're not pretty yourself, so why do you ask me to say you are?

Why are you making me out to be the jerk?

What if you fail because of me?

You said ugly apples are the same as pretty apples.

You said they both have honey in them. So show them...

that an ugly apple shouldn't be given away.

What happened to Se Gun?

I don't know. He's up next.

Hey. What happened? Did you find a model?

- Yes. - Who?

(50 Park Se Gun - Moonsong University)

What's going on?

Who is that?

You crazy idiot.

What's going on?

Is that really the model?

Maybe they made a mistake.

What's wrong with the model?

- Look at her. - I know, right?

- She's no model. - Even I'm better.

What's her deal?

I think she's confused.

She must be a worker from behind the stage.

What is she doing there?

There are people like you who are always on the stage floor,

but there are people who are always backstage like me.

So show them that an ugly apple...

shouldn't be given away.

That design is really nice.

Who made that?

It's so pretty.

It's nice.

Nan Hee.

As expected, Se Gun can create the big picture.

Nonsense.

She looks pretty.

"People will think there is something a little lacking in her,"

"but I see someone who is lovable to no end."

"I made this hoping she would wear it."

Then...

should we go with this?

Who is the winner?

I have the result in my hand. Do you want to know who it is?

Yes, so am I.

I'll announce the winner.

LJ Fashion's College Fashion Design Competition.

The winner is...

from Moonsong University.

We're ruined!

We're ruined!

We're completely ruined!

We're totally ruined!

How could On Hwa win?

I thought I succeed in anything I do on the first try.

I thought people would appreciate my unconventional concept.

The world must not be ready to accept me yet.

What a wretched world.

- I'm glad we're ruined. - You all should be ruined!

I'll go to Mi Joo now.

Should I go with you?

No.

I'll go to Mi Joo, and then I'll go back to you,

so you just wait.

Is Mi Joo doing okay?

She's probably in Jeju. Her mom told her...

to go to her grandfather's and rest for a while.

She won't take my calls.

Let her be. She's just embarrassed.

Then she'll go, "Hey, guys," and come running,

- like nothing happened. - I hope so.

- Tae Hyun. - Yes?

You asked me for an answer after the fashion show, right?

Yes.

I think we're better as friends.

But I won't give up.

You had a crush on me in kindergarten, so who knows?

Things may change after another 10 years.

Come on, now. It wasn't just you. Back then, I had crushes on...

Woo Hyun, Kyu Bong, the teacher, the mailman, every guy I saw.

What about Se Gun?

He hasn't said anything yet?

(Park Se Gun and Mo Nan Hee)

- There. - Hope it ripens well.

All done.

It's because you're better at it.

How pretty.

Mom...

- It came out so nicely. - I know.

This one too.

Right?

What's this? What's going on?

We've been caught.

Did you two lie to me?

Nan Hee, I wanted to tell you, but...

The truth is, we didn't meet because of the ring.

Then how did you meet?

I didn't even know she had a ring like that.

But your mom said you kept staring at that boy's drawing all day long,

and that she wanted to give you the ring to let you meet him.

Then why did you lie?

We had to say we succeeded in order for you to try it.

Wait. Then you didn't use the ring although you had it?

I did, on someone else.

But that jerk left.

When he saw my face, he freaked out and ran away.

And I never asked another man...

to put it on for me since.

Does Mom look beautiful to you even without the ring?

Don't you think she's beautiful?

She looks so beautiful...

when she makes fermented soybeans.

Oh, my.

What do you think, everyone?

How does it feel to see your fermented soybeans again?

The mold looks beautiful.

It looks like gold.

It's beautiful.

Stop it.

- I'm sorry I'm late. - Welcome.

It looks great.

It's become so pretty.

It's beautiful.

It's beautiful.

These guys...

make me wonder.

Why do people think fermented soybeans look ugly?

All my students say...

their fermented soybeans look so beautiful and lovely.

If you think about it,

you don't have to be beautiful to be loved.

When you love someone,

that person looks beautiful to you.

- You're right. - I agree.

- Exactly. - You're right.

You're right.

Should we start making soy sauce...

with our own fermented soybeans?

- Yes! - Yes!

Please help me.

I'm back.

Give me the ring.

I'm not going to wear the ring again.

- Give it to me. - I don't want to.

I'm going to live looking this way.

When I'm wearing the ring, I might look prettier to you,

but I look uglier to myself.

Even if the guy I'm talking about here is Park Se Gun,

I've decided to live looking this way.

In short,

would that mean that you still like me?

- What is it? - Take off that ring...

and put on this instead.

Before, I couldn't stay with a girl...

for more than a month.

I thought I just need to find a prettier girl.

I looked for prettier girls all the time.

You're the first girl...

I've ever been with for more than a month.

You're the first girl whose number I've wanted back after deleting.

You're the first girl...

I've cried in front of.

You only go out with pretty girls.

I start to think...

you're pretty.

Come here.

I'm sorry...

it took me so long.

Maybe she won't come.

Guys.

- Mi Joo. - What did I tell you?

Nan Hee, how are you enjoying what I donated to you?

What did you donate to her?

Se Gun.

As the packaging looks so nice, I thought a jewel was inside.

But I didn't really like the content.

I donated it to someone who might enjoy it.

You're so kind.

You're an angel.

Remember.

When I accelerated and when I braked,

it was both because of you.

Also, I didn't sleep with him.

You...

You're such an angel.

Gosh.

I thought it'd be a love-triangle drama,

but then it suddenly became so boring.

Mind your own business.

Who knows?

You might see a plot twist in a few days.

What? Hey.

Oh, have you watched the video of Nan Hee?

- Stop it! - What?

Don't show it to her!

- Don't do this, seriously. - It's been viewed 100,000 times.

- Don't see it! - Oh, my.

Nan Hee.

The world is not ready to accept me.

Oh, my. I think you'll make a good model.

- Really? - For a brand called "Hobbit".

Hey.

- Give it to me. - Stop it.

- Let her watch it. - Stop watching it.

Stop it!

I don't think I can do this.

What if our daughter looks like me?

I have nothing but this ring to pass down to her.

Don't worry. Our daughter will definitely be pretty.

Do you mean...

we'll get married in the future?

- Well, let's do this. - Wait!

What is it now?

Let me try it on one last time.

This is the last chance I can look pretty to you.

I'll throw it away after trying it on just once.

- Do you promise? - Yes.

Ta-da.

What do you think? Do I look sexy?

Do I look feminine?

Do I look pretty? Do I look lovely?

Yes. You are pretty in my eyes.

When the world was sprinkled with the ring,

everyone in the world became enchanted.

- She's beautiful. - She looks amazing.

Everyone was beautiful in his or her own way.

What is this?

Everyone was someone's dream guy or girl...

under the spell.

May the spell go unbroken for a long, long time.

(Thank you for watching Queen of the Ring so far.)