Salut D’Amour - Episode 2

The episode starts with Yong-min sitting under a tree and reading a book. A narrative was also accompanied alongside, stating that Yong-min and his buddies were studying biology in the university two years later. Yong-min looked at the book with the Chinese idiom "管鮑之交" written on it.

In class, the lecturer, Professor Lee, questioned his students on their views on the topic taught on previous lesson. (The topic that was to be discussed with the words "萬歲前" were written on the chalkboard.) The lecturer questioned every student – Yong-min, Tongnam and two other students, all of whom claimed that they had not revised their work.

An angry lecturer then went forward to lecture on the students decadency on their progress. As he concluded, he looked at Yong-min, whose head was bowed down.
The lecturer then proceeded to ask Fengguan, who recited the content the lecturer had asked for. After Fengguan recited the paragraph, the professor then remarked: "Besides Fengguan, none of you deserve to attend my class".

The lecturer then continued to give assignments for students that would be due the following week, and they are to be typed out using the computer. The students then gave a faint sigh upon hearing the words.

As the students got up to leave the classroom, the professor signalled to Fengguan at the door. Yong-min and Hee-dong saw Fengguan bowing to the professor. Hee-dong shook his head as he went off.

Tongnam joined Hee-dong and Yong-min whom were having lunch at the cafeteria. Fengguan came over to join the group and called out to Tongnam. Hee-dong and Yong-min called Fengguan to buy his own food as Fengguan expressed his desire to eat. As Fengguan dug into his pockets, he found out that he was out of money and borrowed some money from Hee-dong. Hee-dong reminded Fengguan to return the loan another day as he reached into his pockets.

As Fengguan went to buy his food, Tongnam revealed that Fengguan had received his scholarship, and the boys were taken by surprise. Tongnam continued that the entire class had known about this fact, and such scholarships are only given to people who excel academically or those who had pleased and/or helped the lecturer in some other ways.

A scene showed Fengguan wondering on Tongnam's reasons being absent from class. Later, Yong-min met Tongnam riding a scooter while he was returning home. She stopped short in front of the shop, and went in. Yong-min called out to her as she came out.
Another scene showed Tongnam winding up her shop. Yong-min asked for reasons on Tongnam's truancy, and she replied that she had to help out on her family's business. As Yong-min was about to leave, Tongnam insisted that he had some coffee.

That same night, Tongnam also revealed her past experiences to Yong-min in a bar; her brother having died in a car accident, and her father had to enforce Tongnam to work. Tongnam drank to much beer and Yong-min had to help her home. She sat on the ground, and Yong-min carried her up. Tongnam collapsed onto a nearby tree as she cried in Yong-min's arms. He was carrying her.

The next day, Yong-min and Hae-yung met Tongnam as they were walking together. Yong-min stopped to have a word with Tongnam as Hae-yung excused herself. As Hae-yung walked away, Yong-min excused himself and ran up to Hae-yung. Tongnam looked on with a mild expression.

Meina was feeling unwell one night after a dinner with the group. She was brought to Yeon-ae's shop. Fengguan, who happened to be there, used a form of therapy by heating a paper clip and then pressing on her thumb. She felt some pain, and looked pinker after that.

Yong-min sat under a tree, deep in his thoughts. Then he walked off, smiling...

[Source : wikipedia.org]