Muahaha, the stolen money are making a full circle! 😄😄
I also can't wait for the next episode when Mom and Grandparents will try to distribute part of the money in the wedding hall full of the police officers. 😁

The real drama and tension though comes from the past and present hurt of Bio Dad and Bio Son, both prideful people and self-made businessmen. The really are so similar. (And then there is Lighter Writer in the middle.)

Seeing BSO Oppa hugging his Adoptive Mom and trying not to cry was heartbreaking. Yes, what a day. Charim ignoring him at work and then coming to his place like nothing happened was just adding oil to the fire.

We didn't see too much of Darim, but she managed to convince Businessman Dad that she is the right person for the secretary job. Yay! And I had to laugh that Dad doesn't see her as a beauty, it is just uri Lighter Writer who thinks she is the very pretty, of course. 🙂🙂

And finally a bit of Bom's Appa, not much, but I'm happy for the crumbs. (And we now know that Bom's Mom has passed away. )

1. SBOO hugging mom was such a beautiful but sad scene. I love how mom called him her son, and said that she would help him love like anyone else, and that he shouldn't feel small. Meanwhile, his bio dad only said hurtful words to him and Cha Rim pretended not to know him.

Talking about that...
2. Cha Rim you f*cked up big time.

3. I loved how dad was little running to see what his future daughter in law wrote.

4. Bom's halmoni is right. Bom should move there hehehe. And haraboji is also right, his daughter (uri aunt) should marry a man like Bom's dad.

5. Eww with Cha Rim's coworkers. One is shamelessly waiting to steal her design and the other one is supporting that and saying stuff like "put her in her place". Yikes.
I want CR to succeed so bad.

6. Crosswalk's tough love isn't my style (he talks like my oppa, ugh), but I appreciate that he supports Da Rim every single time.

7. I felt so bad when he asked his dad if he was okay and then he thought "I'm not okay".

8. when dad screamed that he wasn't anyone's dad. 😂😂😂 Well, you are!

9. I actually feel bad for SBOO's bio mom. Her family situation sounded like she was living her own weekender. Yes, she should've told him the truth, but it was also understandable why she didn't.

Oh, and uri mom BH had a crush on him!

10. Dad needs glasses because Da Rim is damn pretty.

As expected of writer Seo Sook-hyang, she simply turned every trope on its head and gifted us with interesting progression despite the ingredients being something familiar.

Like the irony of Da-rim being treated more harshly by the world after she managed to overcome her disability. The harsh reality couldn't care less that her former disability situation was the very reason her resume was a blank slate. It was unfair, but also an accurate reflection of our reality.

There's also the dramatic arc of birth secret that unfolded unexpectedly. Instead of the usual angst because of regret for time and opportunity wasted, it was a breath of fresh air to have both father and son went through angst phase because none of them longed for a different life. For all the traumatic love experience that shaped Dad and the poverty that shaped Tae-woong's early life, they truly love the life they have now. They didn't need the upheaval this birth secret promised on their previously peaceful lives (not to mention the unnecessary drama it dragged Kang-joo into). That was one trope inversion I didn't know I wanted.

The lovely montage of Dad being excited about the healthy drink Da-rim left on his table every morning was one of my favorite misleading trope this eps. With all the built-up around Kang-ju failing to recommend Da-rim for the secretary job, I didn't expect that Dad would built his own rapport with our tenacious and bright female lead so that he could do the whole recruiting process himself. It would be interesting to see their evolving relationship. I wonder how Mom would feel if she knew that her lie somehow opened the door for her maknae to get a decent position.

Lastly, those loan sharks couldn't even begin to imagine all the astonishing places the AA money would turn up in. I'm anticipating the wild goose chase our laundry family will inadvertently led these loan sharks into in their attempt to give everyone around them their "deserved" amount of fortune.

I'm enjoying the adventures of the stolen money a little too much.

Episode 11 gave us more than just information from the past- it gave us an amazingly emotionally real birth secret reveal. Neither our chairman nor our 2ML were looking for the sudden intrusion of the birth secret into their previously well-ordered lives. Both of them reacted in much the same way- by declaring that they did not need each other. Our Stocks and Building Owner Opper has no material need for his bio dad’s wealth and if anyone is going to call his birth mom it would be Chairman- 2ML has nothing to do with her and having nothing to do with each other suits him just fine. Both responded out of pride- and they are both wrong because in fact they ultimately do need each other as family.

The loneliness of our chairman was part of what led him to hire Da-rim, the person who took a sincere interest in his wellbeing. That she sems sincere about ‘paying him back’ is also part of it. He would not be wealthy if he did not have an eye for what really matters: Credentials are only significant to the extent that they actually demonstrate intrinsic worth- and often they do not. He knows this better than anyone.

Another trope subverted was birth mom’s story. Rather than a wicked schemer what we saw was simply a tragedy. Not the standard schemer but rather a girl who handled a terrible situation very badly and is perhaps trying to repair the damage now that her life is ending.

The banknotes themselves are they key to finding the money- and our ML’s mom was just handed some by Bom’s grandmother. So we are about to enter the ‘thriller’ part of our story. The mystery of the death of our burglar may also come back to the fore. And I am looking forward to a wedding in episode 12.

We now also know that Bom’s mother died and so her father is a widower. We did not see much of our FL’s aunt, but I hope that their story starts soon.

Episode 12
Another great episode and I'm still impressed by how the show manages to balance drama, family moments, touching moments, thriller moments and comedy, especially the comedy. 😄

Also, how is Kim Junghyun so good??
He makes me laugh when he is drunkenly picking up his phone, then I want to hug him when he is uncertain about his Stepdad's love... and then he is swoony and earnest while stargazing on the pavement and asking Darim to date him.

This drama keeps getting better and better.
Episode 12 is my favorite one so far!

1. Cha Rim automatically brightening up when she starts picturing a hopeful future for her dongsaeng. 🥺 And then apologizing for not being able to help her. 🥺
Watching her genuinely feel happy for Da Rin (this is how family works kdramaland), and watching her let go of the fears and resentment she felt for so many years...

I think the freedom she talked about after Da Rim got the surgery had everything to do with the things she mentioned to mom previously, but now that she sees Da Rim actually building a future for herself, Cha Rim feels free of her own guilt as the unnie who couldn't do everything for her dongsaeng.

And those flashbacks... Oh my cat, I want a million of those. It was beautiful to see her support and protect her sis.
Btw, that flashback makes it clear that Mu Rim has never had good eyes for style. Dude wasn't caring about money, he was genuinely scandalized by the wedding dress. Glad his wife didn't changed it tho. She looked so pretty at the wedding!

2. I've never felt so bad for Crosswalk and SBOO before. But these guys just couldn't win once this week.

Crosswalk having secretary throw salt at his insecurities, than Cha Rim and Da Rim throw praises about SBOO... poor kid. And his dad does NOT help. As if hiding his feelings would make them disappear, sigh... Just comfort your kid and tell him you love him, man! That won't make you less of a man, just less of a insensitive jerk.

And SBOO had everyone in that family just appear in front of him all day after bio dad threw that bomb st him, and then Da Rim talking about working there, and her defending Crosswalk...

It was sad to see the bros compare themselves with each other.

3. The whole thing with the money was fun but it stresses me out.

4. Aunt, that's like THE WORST way/moment to tell your kid you're divorcing their dad and moving away. But at least she was truthful and explained the situation. I hope the kid understands that she was doing it for him and tells her what he truly wants (that is to be with her).

5. Da Rim rejecting Crosswalk confession and then SBOO ignoring her confession. LMAO what's going on here. This is one of the funniest love squares I've seen (still doesn't win against Ho Gu's Love, but it's better than The Man Who Couldn't Get Married).

Oh, btw I love that Da Rim finally knows Crosswalk is the one who kissed her! I'm so happy that misunderstanding won't be dragging around anymore.
I really like how Crosswalk was like "it was me! All me! Love me" and Da Rim was like "...noted". I really like their dynamic, and I love how natural everything about their relationship and interactions is.

And I can't wait till Da Rim finds out that her boss isn't all perfume and rainbows (and Crosswalk pretty much blocked her job opportunity by calling her pretty), so she truly earned her spot in that office by her own merits...

Ohh, I forgot to point out a moment that made me feel bad for Crosswalk's dad.

When Crosswalk started with the drunk rant and dad made the "my son is just like me" joke, you could see the hurt in his eyes when Crosswalk started to talk about SBOO, when dad was obviously referring to him.
And when he said "then you mean you're my fake son?" dang, that really hurt.

But all this also makes me feel even more confused about him. Dad knows that his son has many insecurities about their relationship, but he refuses to give him one word of reassurance. However, he also feels hurt to see his son's little faith in their family bond. But then he tells him to hide those feelings...? Like, ahjussi, what?

He knows the problem, but doesn't want to fix it. He thinks that ignoring it will make it disappear? He's just going to hurt his son (and himseld by default) more... I don't get it.
Like mom said, it's very clear that Crosswalk adores his dad to the infinite and more, and it seems like he loves his kid too, so why...? Just give your kid a hug, man.

The end of episode 12 brings us to the end of the first third of the show. We had a beautiful bride. and our FL has found a job- but we also saw the beginning of the 'thriller' part of this story.