Queen Of Tears Episode 2 Recap

Hae in  flashbacks to the time she met with the doctor at the hospital. She had told him her symptoms, how she often forgets what she did after hours had passed. She suffers from headaches and time always seems to skip for her. It was how she ended up not meeting Soo hyun that day he invited her to the lounge. Hae in asks the doctor what her problem was and he replies that she was suffering from cloud sytoma. A rare brain disease that currently has no cure. He finally tells her that she has only three months to live, leaving Hye Won in despair.

Now, Hye Won is discussing with Hae in. She’s still in disbelief over her diagnosis. She says she has always maintained a healthy lifestyle. Yet, she’s shocked she got such a disease. Hye won tries to calm her down and tells her that the doctor probably made a misdiagnosis. They would go back to him tomorrow to recheck. He tells her he is so worried that he wouldn’t be able to sleep that night

But he actually has a good night sleep, waking up refreshed. Her family’s mistreatment of Hae in must have really gotten to him that he even felt like Hye won dying was the best opportunity for him to escape her family because now, he wouldn’t have to divorce her himself. This means he was pretending to care all along.

Hye Won then enters Hae In’s room to check on her. But he finds her still asleep which is odd because she’s often the first to be awake. She also looks unconscious. Fearing she’s dead, she gets an inch close to her face but Hye Won wakes up and flustered, he quickly kisses her. Hae in is surprised and asks what he’s up to. Hye won responds embarassed that he was giving her a good morning kiss. Hae in remarks that he looks well rested unlike her who turned and tossed all night. Hye Won tries to disagree but the truth is obvious. Hae In leaves without another word

On the drive to the hospital, Hae In warns Hye Won not to tell the rest of her family about her diagnosis because she still had to ensure she joins the one trillion club. She says it’s only her and Hye won who knows about her disease so if it gets spread around, she would know it was him who is responsible. Hye won asks why he doesn’t want her family to know. Hye won responds that they would be happy and kick her out of her house. After she’s dead, they would fight over who has her wealth. She would never let that happen, over her dead body. Hye won becomes uncomfortable hearing this especially since he isn’t really being honest.

Under the encouragement of his wife, Soo cheol goes to meet his grandfather regarding some overpaid tax of eight billion won. Chairman Man dae yells at Soo Cheol over his incapacity. He says that he should be more like his sister. If Hye Won hadn’t discovered the overpaid tax, things would have been terrible. Soo cheol mistakenly exposes another failed business deal. Chairman Man dae yells at him so hard he suffers a panic attack.

Soo Cheol’s mother Seon hwa comes to visit him at home. His wife Da Hye tells her he had suffered from a panic attack. Soo Cheol blames everything on Hye Won and Seon hwa promises to get back at him.

At the hospital, the doctor confirms that Hae in really does have three months left to live. Hye Won repeatedly asks if it’s the exact time(actually for his own interest) The doctor confirms it. Hae in is so distraught that she leaves the office. On her way out, she notices a beautiful terminally ill woman on a wheel chair gazing out the window. She tells herself that she’s different. There’s no way she can end up like that woman. Then she leaves.

Hye won arrives at the company and meets with her mother who says she’s here to speak with Hye Won. She tells Hae in that Soo Cheol suffered a panic attack. Hye Won is hurt and tells Seon hwa that she had also told her she had something bothering her. She asks if she wasn’t curious to know what it was but her mother overlooks it saying she has always been able to take care of herself. Hye Won nods and says she should leave but Seon hwa insists on seeing Hye won but Hae In prevents her threatening that if she continued to provoke her and Hye Won, she would make the life of her precious son miserable of which Seon hwa tells her to try. (They have a really bad relationship between them)

Meanwhile, Hye Won meets with his friend Yang ki at a restaurant. Yang ki decides to risk his career and handle his divorce case from Hae in but to his surprise, Hye Won tells him he is no longer divorcing Hae in. When he asks, Hye Won tells him to meet him somewhere private.

The two go to a parking lot near a lake and that’s when Hye Won tells Yang ki about Hae in. He says he should keep it a secret. Yang ki feels guilty for being happy for his friend, saying that after Hae In’s death, he would inherit all her wealth. But Hye Won reveals that she already left a will. In that will, she left him nothing. Yang ki then tells him that he sees what’s happening as a godly intervention. He advises Hye won to use the remaining three months to make Hye Won fall in love with him so she would leave him her wealth. At first, we think Hye Won wouldn’t agree but then we see him delivering flowers to a startled Hae in at her office because it’s their wedding anniversary.

A maid working in their house tells Grace how Hye Won and Hae In’s relationship started to improve. To all their staffs surprise, he had started eating close to her. At the company, Hye won even interrupted a presentation because Hae in choked on water, even yelling for an ambulance and causing everyone, her secretary, father, grandfather and brother to cringe in awkwardness. 

After the meeting, one director asks Soo Cheol why Hye won was acting weird. Soo cheol responds that he’s only trying to survive. If he doesn’t act caring, Hae in would make him miserable. 

After work, Hae In is waiting outside with her assistant for her driver when Hye Won suddenly appears and wraps his jacket around her. He even puts her hands in his pocket, saying he would protect her from the cold. The secretary cringes at the sight and when the car arrives and they drive off together, she mutters that it was better to see them fighting. 

Inside the car, Hae in tells Hye won to stop going overboard. Hye won is embarrassed to know that his efforts had no effect on her.

Hye Won’s sister Mi Seon who is working at her salon gets irritated when her clients talk about divorces. They even mention about the rumors going around that her brother’s marriage with his wife was hitting the rocks. Mi Seon tries to hide the truth but they can easily tell she’s not being honest. At their home, Hye Won’s family gather and Mi Seon begs her mother to do something to stop Hye Won’s divorce but his mother makes no effort to as she yells that getting divorced is not a big deal in this day and age. Everyone is surprised to hear her say this.

Meanwhile, the Hong family is gathered for lunch. Seon hwa suddenly announces that she would sue Hae in for building her department store over her land. Hae in is surprised because her mother had let her have the land. She was clearly trying to fight with her. Hae in nearly looses her cool but Hye Won diffuses the tension and says they would accept the law suit. He leads Hye Won away from the table. When they are away from the others, Hae in tells Hye Won that he is acting suspicious by being kind to her and treating her lovingly. She tells him coldly to behave like he always had. Having said that, she leaves.

Hye Won meets with Yang ki that night for drinks. He tells him that all his attempt at winning Hae in over wasn’t working. They had been at odds with each other for so long that it’s difficult to mend things. Yang ki then reminds him how crazy in love they had been before getting married that Hae in had visited him in an helicopter. Before marriage, they worked hard to be the best version of themselves to eachother but after marriage, they didn’t feel the need to try anymore. Yang ki concludes that no one should never get married.

We see Beom ja enter a church to disrupt the wedding of her ex husband and former secretary. They are completely struck with fear as she yells at her ex husband for coming back to the country and marrying her former secretary after they had both cheated on her. Beom ja goes absolutely crazy and wrecks the entire church.

Moments later, we see an ambulance arriving at the scene. Hye won meets Beom ja reminding her that she’s still on probation and could end up going to jail but Beom ja doesn’t care, feeling distraught that all three of her husbands had cheated on her. Hye Won advises her to go home.

At home, Chairman Man dae tries to convince Beom ja that Seul hee isn’t a bad person. She actually wants nothing from their family but Beom ja yells that it makes Seul hee more suspicious.

Later, Chairman Man dae is playing a chess like game with Seul hee. At first, it looks like he’s winning but Seul hee ends up defeating him. Seul hee then tells Man dae that now that she has won, he would do her a favor in future when the time comes.

Hae in overhears her parents in the garden. Her father reminds her mother how happy she was when she found out she was having Hae in. He pleads with her to take things easy on her and forget the past but Seon hwa says it’s impossible for her to forget how her other child died because of Hae in. Hae in is in tears hearing this.

Hye won is in his room wondering why Hae in wasn’t home yet. Then he remembers the doctor telling him that a miracle could occur and Hae in could end up surviving. Hyun woo starts researching miraculous cases on his tab and discovers that such cases does happen a lot and he worries Hae in would indeed survive.

Hae in is heading to her room but changes her mind and comes to Hyun woo’s room instead. She finds him asleep on the table but then sees his laptop, surprised that he had researched miraculous cases because of her. Hyun woo wakes up, startled to see her in his room. She tells him to sleep on his bed and starts to leave but she then returns flustering Hyun woo as she gets closer to him. She tells him she had suspected him. She thought he would be happy to know that she was dying. Which was why she was doubtful when he started being nice to her. However, she can see that at least one person would grieve for her after she dies. She then assures Hyun woo that she would fight to live because of him. She had heard there were people researching on the disease. She would use her money to support them. Hopefully, they could come out with a cure. Hae in then leaves that room in a good mood but the case is the opposite for Hyun woo.

Soo Cheol and Da hye are putting their son to bed. Soo Cheol suddenly wants to take pictures of them but Da hye hides her face saying she didn’t want people to notice her. She then proceeds to tell Soo Cheol about another investor David Yoon, a Korean American who arrived in Korea for investment purposes.

Meanwhile, we see Hae in attending a party hosted by Hercyna, a luxury brand. Hae in came there in other to get the brand to sell their products at her store. However, when she gets there, she meets her rival Ye na, CEO of an equally big store called Royals. Ye na mocks her for coming alone hinting that Hermann, the owner of Hercyna values relationships and so wouldn’t give her a listening ear. She also mocks her for her failing marriage.

Hae in then rushes to the bathroom and calls Hyun woo asking him to come over but Hyun woo replies briskly that he’s in court. When Hae in comes out of the restroom, she runs into Ye na again. Ye na makes fun of her for desperately calling Hye won knowing he wouldn’t attend. She prides herself in her own successful marriage. Hae in ignores her and starts to leave but Ye na follows her, saying she should have married Yoon Eun Sung, her ex boyfriend who was now a successful investor and could easily get her closer to Mr Hermann.

Hae in then spots Eun Sung coming towards her and is mesmerized by how handsome he looks. The two talk and she jokes that he never contacted her. Eun Sung reminds her that she had told him never to contact her again. Embarassed, Hae in tells him to forget the past. She says she and Ye na are in serious competition for Hercyna and would need his help her get an audience with Mr Hermann but Eun Sung says he has no reason to help her. Hae in says that although she doesn’t remember the past, they should act like they had broken up on good terms. Eun Sung simply smiles.

Hae In is still waiting for Hye Won unable to meet with Mr Hermann alone. A man suddenly pushes past her. She’s almost about to fall when a hand reaches out to support her. It’s Hye won. Hae in is surprised he still managed to come. Hye Won replied that he had to win his case early because of her. Hae flushes with happiness as she introduces herself and her husband to Mr Hermann who can’t help but complement Hye Won’s good looks. Ye na and her husband come to him but Ye na is displeased seeing Hae in and Hye won. Hae in flashes her a victorious smile but she’s unable to stop looking at Hye won, grateful that he made it.

After the intrroductuons, Hae in doesn’t hesitate to meet Ye na and mock her for her ugly husband unlike herself who has a handsome man for a husband. Ye na is so angry that she takes out her anger on her husband.

Hye won is standing alone when Eun Sung approaches him, offering him a cup of wine. He then introduces himself to Hye Won as Hae In’s ex. Seeing that Hye won has no reaction when he talks about liking Hye won, Eun Sung concludes that it’s either Hyun woo trusts Hae in so much or he doesn’t really care that he must still be interested in her. He is called by someone and then leaves but his words bother Hye Won more than he expected. He even badmouths him in the rest room, annoyed that he had told him about his relationship with Hae in.

Hye won leaves the restroom and returns to the party but for some reason, he doesn’t like seeing Hae in and Hye Won laughing with each other a few meters away. It bothers him so much that he completely ignores Ye na’s husband when he tries to converse with him. However, Ye na’s husband tells him that half of the guests came to meet him so he could invest in their business.

The next day, Grace, Seon hwa and Da Hye are discussing about how wealthy Eun Sung. Grace expresses her dissapointment that she wasn’t able to get Eun Sung and Hae in married years ago. Hae in interrupts the conversation and tells Grace she was happy she didn’t interfere. Seon hwa orders Hae in to invite Eun Sung to their hunt during the weekend but Hae in tells her sarcastically that she can invite Eun Sung easily but she has no reason to. Seon hwa then promises to drop the law suit against her.

In the next scene, the family land on a huge sparse of land in helicopters. Eun Sung, Hae in and Hyun woo are in one Helicopter. Hyun woo is uncomfortable with how close Eun Sung and Hae In are. The two of them even leave the helicopter together. Seeing Eun Sung bonding with Hae in and the rest of the Hong family, Hyun woo feels like like an outsider.

The manager of the reserve hands each of them their hunting guns and a map of where their games are, dividing each into their own groups and territories. He warns them not to wander into each other’s groups or they would risk mistaken each other for animals and causing a tragedy. Soo Cheol is more worried seeing his Aunt Beom ja with a gun. She targets Seul hee In the distance and Soo Cheol tells his mother he is afraid she would commit murder. Seon hwa whispers that her father made a mistake putting her in prison. He should have put her in a mental hospital first.

The teams are divided. Hyun woo joins the men uncomfortable with Soo Cheol and In hae’s father praising Chairman Man dae for shooting a bird when he didn’t really shoot anything. He points it out and the rest make fun of him because he has never caught a single animal all the years they have hunted together.

Hyun woo complains to Hae In after forming teams with her. Annoyed that everyone is kissing up to her grandfather when in reality, he doesn’t really catch anything. Hae in reminds him that she’s just like them. Hunting is a way for elites to prove that they can be good at business. She makes sure she catches lots of animals so that her grandfather can recognize her capabilities. She then wanders off to find game.

Meanwhile, Grace is talking to someone on the phone, telling that person the direction to which the wild boars are. Suddenly we see that the fence to the reserve has been cut through.

Hyun Woo is hunting on his own while also searching for Hae In. When he hears noises. He raises his gun towards the direction of the noise, surprised to find that it’s Eun Sung who is also pointing a gun at him. The two lower their guns and Hyun woo yells at Eun Sung for trespassing into his territory especially because they would have shot each other but Eun Sung apologises saying he still doesn’t know the game well. Suddenly, Eun Sung sees a pair of water deers and is about to shoot them when Hyun woo shoots the air distracting Eun Sung and causing the deers to escape. He tells Eun Sung that he isn’t permitted to hunt games in his territory as per the rule. Eun Sung gives him a creepy smile and apologises. 

(I think that guy is up to something. He gives me the shudders)

Hae in is on her own trying to catch prey but she’s unable to as her illness seem to suddenly affect her. She suddenly looks around her, seeing mist everywhere. Just then from the midst of that smoke, a wild boar charges at her. Hae In suddenly sees her life flashing before her eyes. The last thing she remembers is Hye won hugging her as he says he loves her. The boar is about to knock the life out of her when Hyun woo suddenly appears before and shoots the boar right between the eyes.

It falls to the ground. Hyun woo then turns to look at her with worry in his eyes while she stares back in utter shock . The mist suddenly clears as he asks her if she’s okay.

The episode ends.

I absolutely enjoyed this episode and although Hyun Woo was quite cruel for wishing Hae In death but at the moment, he feels hurt after everything that has happened and probably thinks he doesn’t love her anymore. However, I can’t wait for him to discover that he does and for Hae In to finally become vulnerable with him.


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