A runaway slave will get a golden likelihood to dwell as a noblewoman and benefit from the luxurious that comes with it. However with decisions come duties and our heroine must maintain her wits about her if she doesn’t wish to get caught and lose every thing she gained.
Infatuated with our main woman is our famend storyteller, who desperately needs to get collectively along with her. But it surely looks like destiny has one other plan for our leads, who find yourself getting separated each time they meet.
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The Story Of Woman Okay Opening Week Story
“If I’m fortunate, I’ll dwell in a small home by the ocean, hiding with my father.”
We open the drama in the course of the story, as our heroine (Lim Ji Yeon) is taken in for investigation on the costs of faking her identification, pretending to be a noblewoman when she is a runaway slave. Besides, our main woman doesn’t appear to fret about something, holding her head excessive, daring the law enforcement officials to bind her, and remaining unfazed even when folks hurl stones at her.
We then flashback to when our main woman was a slave, residing beneath the title Gu Deok. As typical of life in Joseon at his time, Gu Deok has to place up along with her nasty woman who can’t do something on her personal and simply retains threatening to interrupt her legs. Resolving to not undergo her destiny, she works exhausting to economize to run away along with her father. Having watched her late mom get tossed out of the home and buried alive after getting sick, she desires to spare her sick father this destiny and dwell a greater life collectively away from these nasty masters.
Someday whereas she is out available in the market, Gu Deok (dressed as a person) runs into our male lead, Cheon Web optimization-in (Choo Younger Woo), a nobleman disguised as a servant to gather intel on his potential bride, none apart from Gu Deok’s nasty woman. Assuming they’re each servants, she treats Web optimization-in casually till she learns the reality and has to shift into a proper tone. Nevertheless, Web optimization-in is a free spirit who doesn’t care about social standing, treating Gu Deok effectively all alongside.
Up to now, Web optimization-in didn’t have a aim in life and simply stored drawing and writing with none objective. But after a dialog with Gu Deok, he realizes how artists can consolation hardworking folks and provides them hope. Had been he to have his means, Web optimization-in would confess his emotions to Gu Deok and marry her as a substitute of that nasty woman.
Issues occur and Gu Deok’s nasty woman will get wind of Gu Deok’s involvement with Web optimization-in, mistaking the state of affairs that she’s seducing her suitor. Thus, hitting Gu Deok mercilessly and ordering the servants to beat her up and bury her alive. However then, Gu Deok’s woman adjustments her thoughts and settles to have her spend the evening along with her father to wipe out any hope she has for a greater future.
Besides, Gu Deok would fairly die than let that man contact her. Taking revenge for her mom’s dying, Gu Deok assaults that man with a sickle and runs away along with her father after paying the nasty woman again for all of the humiliation Gu Deok suffered at her palms. Fortunately, Gu Deok and her father make it out alive, but her father leaves at daybreak to keep away from being a burden on Gu Deok.
Coming throughout a kind-hearted innkeeper, Gu Deok will get an opportunity to dwell a standard life as that lady’s “niece.” One 12 months passes like that after which some vital company arrive on the inn, specifically an envoy who has been away for a very long time and is now returning to his hometown along with his daughter, Okay Tae-young (cameo by Son Na-eun). From the primary time they bumped into one another, Tae-young has at all times handled Gu Deok as equals and even obtained her father to undertake Gu Deok in order that they wouldn’t get separated and keep collectively.
However destiny has one other plan for Gu Deok because the evening earlier than they depart for Tae-young’s hometown, thugs assault the inn and set it on fireplace, getting Tae-young’s father and the innkeeper killed. Realizing she received’t make it alive, Tae-young urges Gu Deok to outlive and obtain her dream, sacrificing herself to assist Gu Deok make it out alive.
“To any extent further, you’ll dwell as Okay Tae-young.”
Opening her eyes, Gu Deok finds herself in the true Tae-young’s room. You see, recognizing the true Tae-young’s ring on Gu Deok’s hand (the one Tae-young gave Gu Deok as a present), Tae-young’s grandmother errors Gu Deok for her granddaughter. Poor Gu Deok has no selection however to say to be Tae-young. But, unable to deal with the guilt, Gu Deok comes clear about every thing to the true Tae-young’s grandmother, from how she is a runaway slave to the kindness the true Tae-young confirmed her.
Promising to simply accept any punishment Tae-young’s grandmother (Kim Mi-sook) orders on her, Gu Deok begs Tae-young’s grandmother to let her testify on the thugs who attacked the inn in order that they’d pay for his or her crimes. Having given her testimony, she resolves to show herself in. Nonetheless, Tae-young’s grandmother stops her since Gu Deok’s testimony received’t maintain credibility in the event that they discover out she is a runaway slave.
With the thugs getting their punishment, Gu Deok plans to go on her means. But as soon as once more, Tae-young’s grandmother stops her. However this time, she desires Gu Deok to proceed residing as Tae-young ceaselessly. At first, Tae-young’s grandmother argues that is the worth Gu Deok should pay, as the true Tae-young sacrificed her life to save lots of her. But it surely doesn’t take lengthy for Gu Deok to win over Tae-young’s grandmother after the latter realizes how good and competent Gu Deok is. (Facet be aware: To any extent further, we are going to check with Gu Deok as Tae-young.)
Two years cross after that. Tae-young has settled into her new life and appears to be on good phrases along with her grandmother. Issues are just about the identical, with Tae-young residing in her quarters more often than not and barely stepping a foot exterior or assembly anybody from exterior the home. Someday, Tae-young’s maidservant has Tae-young tag alongside to look at the well-known storyteller, Cheon Seung-hwi, who’s visiting Tae-young’s hometown on a tour.
Apparently, the novel Seung-hwi wrote mirrors the story of how Tae-young met Web optimization-in. Therefore, piquing Tae-young’s curiosity. And wouldn’t you recognize it? Seung-hwi is none apart from Web optimization-in, who grew to become a storyteller and adjusted his title after leaving his household, having found that he’s an illegitimate son born out of wedlock and never an adopted one, as he believed earlier than.
Throughout the three years they have been aside, Seung-hwi (as we can be referring to him now) has searched high and low for “Tae-young” with out giving up. And his exhausting work pays off, having come throughout Tae-young whereas acting on the road. Figuring each Web optimization-in and Seung-hwi are the identical individual, Tae-young rushes away. However the look on Tae-young’s face isn’t misplaced on her maidservant who performs matchmaker and helps Seung-hwi meet Tae-young, assuming they’re lovers, wholly oblivious to their previous connection.
Seung-hwi seems at Tae-young with a loving gaze, however his craving is reciprocated with an detached angle from Tae-young who desires nothing to do with him, although we are able to see she isn’t utterly unaffected by him. The following day, Seung-hwi climbs over the wall and takes Tae-young on a visit to the seaside the place she needs to construct a home and dwell along with her father.
Catching up in regards to the time they have been aside, Tae-young appears to have softened up a bit, contemplating accepting Seung-hwi’s provide to elope collectively. However when she returns dwelling that day, Tae-young finds her maidservant useless. Although it’s initially dominated as suicide, some loopholes counsel foul play. Additional, the second post-mortem confirms Tae-young’s suspicions that the maidservant was killed.
Resolving to get the true perpetrator caught, “Tae-young” settles to neglect in regards to the previous, together with Seung-hwi, and commits to residing as the true Tae-young and defending the folks she cares about. Assembly Seung-hwi for one final time, Tae-young urges him to neglect about her and proceed along with his life. And although heartbroken, Seung-hwi needs her effectively and accepts her determination.
Having heard from the opposite servants {that a} nobleman used to lurk across the maidservant and urged her to run away with him, Tae-young requests a reinvestigation and drops by the nobleman’s home with the brand new Justice of the Peace in tow who will get the nobleman’s household arrested at suspicion of murdering the maidservant.
The Story Of Woman Okay Opening Week Musings
What an intriguing journey! The opening scene was sufficient to get viewers hooked and inquisitive about what on earth occurred when “Tae-young” obtained caught and what would occur to her after that. We recognize the drama took its time to arrange the story with out dragging on issues or feeling rushed. Additionally, we like that our leads have a previous connection that goes again to our heroine’s servant days. Therefore, their upcoming romance feels earned and makes extra sense.
One other factor to note is how layered and well-written our leads are. They’re each poor souls who struggled an excessive amount of by the hands of others and located consolation in one another’s presence, solely to get torn aside each time they meet.
Watching them wrestle simply makes the viewers wish to undergo the display screen to consolation them. The scene the place “Tae-young” tells “Seung-hwi” that her want is to age gracefully and die a pure dying broke my coronary heart. It’s such a easy want however Tae-young needed to dwell her life feeling scared on a regular basis about being overwhelmed to dying.
Although it’s unhappy to see our leads get separated for the second time, we are able to perceive Tae-young’s fears, since solely dying awaits her if she will get caught. Nonetheless, Seung-hwi would put his life on the road to guard her. I imply, the man handed over all the cash he needed to the slave hunters in order that they would depart her alone.
Anyway, the drama is simply getting began. We nonetheless have extra characters to fulfill and the plotline of our heroine attaining the true Tae-young’s dream of changing into a authorized advocate and defending the individuals who can’t get up for themselves. All in all, the drama was off to a powerful begin. Right here is hoping issues stay the identical all through the drama’s run.
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