'Love On The Menu' Ha Seok-jin and Ahn Heeyeon reunited after 8 years, raising growing curiosity about Ahn Heeyeon's son.
On the broadcasts of KBS 2TV weekend drama "Love On The Menu" (directed by Hong Seok-gu, written by Lee Kyung-hee) on the 8th and 9th, episodes 5 and 6 depicted the fatherhood mystery surrounding Kim Moo-jin (played by Ha Seok-jin), Han Gyu-rim (played by Ahn Heeyeon) and Gyu-rim's son Han-gyeol (played by Yoon Ha-bin) coming into full focus.
#Kim Moo-jin x Han Gyu-rim, reunion after 8 years tangled by misunderstanding
The reunion of Kim Moo-jin and Han Gyu-rim became entangled with misunderstanding and confusion. Han Gyu-rim's son Han-gyeol and Cho Heung-sik, who had a past connection with her, were together with her.
Especially when Han Gyu-rim linked arms with Cho Heung-sik and said to him, "Honey, let's stop going," Kim Moo-jin misunderstood the three as a family. From the very first moment they faced each other after eight years, Kim Moo-jin, confronted with a shocking situation, could not hide his complicated feelings toward Han Gyu-rim.
Kim Moo-jin's mind was so entangled that he imagined blaming Han Gyu-rim alone, and he even put up a sign at his restaurant that read "no couples allowed," revealing his troubled feelings. On top of that, Jang Seo-hyun (played by Lee Joo-yeon) calculated Han-gyeol's age and the timing of the two's breakup and speculated, "Was Han Gyu-rim two-timing?" which heightened the questions.
#Kim Moo-jin x Han Gyu-rim, a head-on push toward the truth!
Kim Moo-jin's suspicions grew closer to certainty as time passed. He was thrown into confusion between his belief that Han Gyu-rim was not someone who would two-time and the fact that Han-gyeol was eight years old.
In particular, Park Jung-woo's (played by Min Jin-woong) remark, "Does it make sense that the child is eight years old?" shook Kim Moo-jin deeply. Afterwards, Kim Moo-jin had trouble steadying himself, stopping even when he saw children of a similar age to Han-gyeol while walking down the street.
In the end, Kim Moo-jin chose a head-on approach. He asked Han Gyu-rim bluntly, "Is Gyeol perhaps my son?" In response, Han Gyu-rim drew a line, saying the child was her son and had nothing to do with him, and hurled painful barbs, telling him to blame and curse her instead. When Kim Moo-jin, undeterred, threw a direct question, "Can we do a paternity test?" a cornered Han Gyu-rim could not hide her intense agitation. The uncompromising confrontation between the two delivered thrilling tension to viewers at home.
#Remarkably similar Kim Moo-jin x Han-gyeol
Above all, the strange commonalities captured between Kim Moo-jin and Han-gyeol added weight to the fatherhood mystery. The two were remarkably alike in everything from hamburger preferences to the timing of eating food. They repeatedly made the same choices even in balance games, naturally connecting, and despite meeting for the first time, they were oddly attracted to each other. The way the two seemed to have an invisible link increased viewers' interest in whether Kim Moo-jin is Han-gyeol's biological father
Added to this was Han-gyeol's "little detective" activity. Han-gyeol went directly to Cho Heung-sik to pry into Kim Moo-jin and Han Gyu-rim's past, inching closer to the secrets his mother was hiding. In particular, he bluntly asked Kim Moo-jin, "Did you meet my mother 8 years ago? Did you like my mother?" and embarrassed him. Han-gyeol's pursuit of the truth with pointed questions beyond his young age raised expectations for future developments.
[Photo] broadcast capture of KBS 2TV weekend drama "Love On The Menu"
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