'Would You Merry Me' stars Choi Woo-shik and Jung So-min raised heart rates with a reed-field kiss that confirmed each other's true feelings.
On the 31st of last month, episode 7 of the SBS Fri-Sat drama Would You Merry Me (directed by Song Hyun-wook and Hwang In-hyuk, written by Lee Ha-na) aired, showing Kim Woo-joo (played by Choi Woo-shik) moving straight toward Yoo Meri (played by Jung So-min) after confessing his feelings, making viewers' mouths twitch. At the same time, episode 7 of Would You Merry Me recorded a peak of 8.4% and 6.9% in the Seoul metropolitan area, ranking first in its time slot and first among Fri-Sat dramas. The 2049 rating averaged 1.7% and rose to a peak of 2.37%, proving its hot topic status, and notably it achieved the highest household rating among all programs broadcast that day except for the SBS Sports KBO League (LG: Hanwha).
Startled by Woo-joo's confession, Meri asked, "Why?" and questioned Woo-joo's love. Woo-joo replied, "What's a reason for liking someone?" then took Meri's hand and showed his straightforward charm, asking, "What about you, Meri? Do you hate me because I like you?" which exploded into excitement. Flustered by the unexpected confession, Meri fired off questions swirling in her head at Woo-joo, saying, "If I like someone, I think about dating and marriage together. Have you saved some money?" Woo-joo immediately answered Meri's questions, saying, "My house is my grandmother's, but if you want to be independent, that's possible," making Meri's heart flutter.
Woo-joo's confession brought changes to the relationship between Woo-joo and Meri. Woo-joo guarded the hospital room of Meri's ex-fiancé Kim Woo-joo (played by Seo Beom-joon) on Meri's behalf. He humorously defended and blocked the sulking ex-fiancé. Meri kept recalling the moment Woo-joo confessed, and at the end of a message she sent him she added a heart emoticon to cautiously express her feelings. Woo-joo looked after Meri on her way home and gave her a pompom chrysanthemum bouquet, whose flower language is "my feelings are sincere," making Meri's heart pound.
Woo-joo showed Meri the allowance ledger he had kept since childhood to highlight his financial mindset, unleashing his endearing quirkiness. When Meri showed interest in the "smile" mentioned in Woo-joo's diary, Woo-joo tried to grab the notebook and fell on top of Meri, creating a dizzying near-kiss that raised heartbeats. Their kiss was thwarted by Meri's stomach growl, but the two spent time like a real newlywed couple—having dinner, drinking beer and sharing childhood memories. Wanting to stay with Meri, Woo-joo canceled the driver call, and Meri suggested, "Just sleep here. There are plenty of rooms." The sight of Woo-joo and Meri spending a night under one roof created tension and quickened hearts. Meri's affectionate gaze watching Woo-joo sleeping on the sofa and Woo-joo seeming to have the world because he was falling asleep in the same house as Meri brought warm smiles.
The next day, Woo-joo and Meri, dressed in matching couple outfits, bumped into Yoon Jin-kyung (played by Shin Seul-gi) near their newlywed home, raising tension. When Jin-kyung learned of Woo-joo and Meri's sham marriage, she said, "Oppa, this is accessory to fraud," but when Woo-joo didn't waver, Jin-kyung, in a fit of anger, revealed to Meri that Woo-joo is the fourth-generation only son of Myeongsoondang and exposed Woo-joo and Meri's past. Jin-kyung said, "Didn't you know the person who saved Woo-joo was Meri's father? He helped Meri to repay a debt," distorting Woo-joo's intentions and shocking Meri.
Believing Woo-joo's confession stemmed from guilt toward her, Meri was asked directly by Woo-joo, "Don't you have anything you want to ask me?" Meri asked, "Do you still have the doll I gave you?" and Woo-joo opened up about the past, answering, "I keep it well." After confirming that the "smile" in Woo-joo's diary referred to her, Meri tried to draw a line, saying, "I don't think my father's death was because of Woo-joo's family. So don't be sorry," but Woo-joo instead rebutted Meri's words and revealed his feelings. Woo-joo said, "It's not because I'm sorry. It's because I like you." He added, "No matter what you do, Meri, I'll stay by your side," once again packing his sincerity and stepping boldly toward Meri.
Having confirmed each other's true feelings, the two shared a poignant kiss in the middle of a reed field at sunset that moved viewers. Woo-joo's moist eyes as he confessed he would share every moment with Meri conveyed his ardent feelings, and Meri's tender touch holding Woo-joo's wrist seemed to vow she would never let go, evoking a lump-in-the-throat emotion.
While Woo-joo and Meri's romance lifted spirits, the unusual scale of embezzlement and fraud by Woo-joo's uncle-in-law Jang Han-gu (played by Kim Young-min) created chilling tension. Myeongsoondang chairwoman and Woo-joo's grandmother Ko Pil-nyeon (played by Jung Ae-ri) invested heavily and even built a factory in the U.S. after being told Myeongsoondang's yakgwa would be supplied to the Calz Hotel buffet in the United States. But it turned out all of this was a fraud orchestrated by Han-gu. Han-gu's malice toward Myeongsoondang raised tension about what kind of catastrophe it might bring in the future.
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