Lovely Runner (선재 업고 튀어)

[This drama is fictional and the characters, names, institutions, events, organizations, and circumstances are not real.]

I will be back.

So, you're basically him?

No, I'm not saying I'm the terminator.

I'm giving you an example of time travel.

So, you came from the future?

Yes.

I pressed this button,

and I got dropped off in 2008!

This is my watch that you brought from 2023?

Yes.

Why did my watch suddenly become a time machine?

Like how you saved me before,

I think God wants me to save you this time.

That I got this power after you died.

How can I tell you this?

I don't know.

It's unbelievable.

Also, why do you have my watch in the future?

I bought it at an auction. Three million won.

What?

Why would I put up an old watch for auction

and who would pay 3 million for it?

- I told you I was your fan. - What fan?

You were a really famous singer in a band called Eclipse!

That's how I know the song "Rain Shower."

- I can't tell you that. - Why not?

Because it makes time stop.

Stop it, then.

It did stop just now, but you didn't know.

Because time was stopped.

So, you can manipulate time?

It's not like that. Well-

All this must sound ridiculous and unbelievable.

Yeah.

I knew you'd react like this.

That's why I haven't told anyone.

Fine, let's say I believe you.

So, what are you here to change this time?

You said you were going to "change it this time."

C-C-Change?

I'm not going to change anything.

I was drunk and meant to say, "I'm not going to change it."

You're not going to change it?

If I'm careless with anything I say or do here,

my future or someone else's future could change.

This is the last time.

If I go back, I can't come back anymore.

So, I was going to stay quiet until I went back.

Is that why you've been avoiding me?

You know how I told you I'm sorry for sending mixed signals?

I'm not going to do that this time.

I don't want to confuse you.

Why not? Are you worried I'll tell you that I like you again?

If that's the problem, you don't need to pack your bags and run.

I'm taking time off school and going to the US.

- What? - I'm going to try rehab again.

I'll leave so you can be free.

And even if I run into you, I'll pretend I don't know you.

So, stop making ridiculous excuses like that.

Rehab?

Sun Jae is leaving?

She came from the future?

Hey, what's on your mind?

Have you guys seen Terminator?

- Of course. - Why?

Is time travel possible in real life?

Well, if science evolved enough in the future, it could be possible.

Don't you guys know Einstein's Theory of Relativity?

Have you ever heard of wormholes?

All these buzzwords about time travel!

What do they mean?

- If I knew, I'd be Einstein. - Shut up!

Why do you ask?

What would you do if the girl you liked was from the future?

I'd forget about her right away!

That is such a bullshit way to reject.

Is it a trendy way to reject a guy?

She should just say no instead of mocking you.

- Is that what it is? - But...

if someone I don't like asks me out, I'll say that.

Hey, time travel will be invented before someone asks you out.

You dumbass.

Anyway, forget her.

He's going to rehab out of the blue?

Did the past change again because of me?

Okay. This is a good thing.

If Sun Jae is far away, he'll never run into that guy.

Ahjussi!

Really?

Yes. Yes.

Oh, the lead singer?

Of course, that's possible!

Thank you, thank you!

What's going on?

What's wrong?

I sent our tape to Superstar K.

We made it through the first round. They said to come to the regional auditions.

Really?

I'll call Dong Sup!

Hey, no, no, no!

I included this one when I sent in our tape, just in case.

They want us under the condition that Sun Jae is the singer instead of Dong Sup.

What?

Does he even want to do it?

As for that...

I will have to convince him now.

Your other son is home!

Aigoo, who's this?

Our soon-to-be superstar is here!

Sit, sit. I'm just about to get the rice.

What's up? I thought you were busy performing all the time.

I have something to tell Sun Jae.

Oh, really?

Tell me what?

Let's talk later.

Wow, how did you know to make galbi for your other son?

How about the restaurant? You're home early.

Oh, I was meeting with Coach Ahn.

By the way, Sun Jae, I heard you've decided to go to the US.

- What? - US?

Sol across the street told me.

You told her you were going to do rehab.

Aigoo, you're making the right decision.

Dad, well...

Sol was so worried about you.

She begged me to send you as soon as possible so you can get treatment.

Gosh, I thought I found my daughter-in-law.

She told you to send me soon?

Yeah. So, I asked Coach Ahn to find out how soon we can get you in.

Hurry, eat. Why-

The meat is burning!

What? Rehab?

You studied your ass off to go to college!

I know.

I don't know why I even enrolled.

You haven't swam over six months since your surgery.

If I'm going to do rehab, now is the right time.

Everyone is dying for me to go to the US.

This will be my last try.

What if I said I'll never let you go?

Are you in love with me?

Damn it, I'm going to lose my mind.

What's wrong?

You told me to take time off to get my mind off things.

Wait, are you leaving because of Im Sol?

Because I told you "out of sight, out of mind"?

Are you crazy?

Why does she control your entire life?

My entire life? Stop being extra.

And why are you throwing a tantrum?

It's not your life.

My life is at stake, too.

Why is your life at stake?

You said you had something to say. What is it?

Whatever!

I wanted to talk to you about your victim statement.

It must have been scary.

Thank you for telling us now.

That night last year, when you collapsed outside Jooyang Reservoir

is the night you were kidnapped, right?

Yes. Thank you for taking me to the hospital that night.

Sure. I never thought you would've lost your memory.

I should have looked into it further back then.

It's okay.

But that abandoned place where the crime happened...

I heard it's burnt down.

Does that mean you haven't found any evidence?

Oh, no.

Fortunately, when we were inspecting the walls where the flames didn't hit,

we found blood that matched the DNA from the body in Jooyang Reservoir.

Really?

That's good.

He's wanted as a murder suspect, so we'll catch him soon.

- Don't worry. - Okay.

So, on the day of the incident,

you said you were kidnapped in a taxi.

But when you escaped the crime scene,

you said he chased you in a truck.

I took the keys to the taxi that day as I ran.

Oh, I see.

Do you remember anything else about that truck?

Based on his activity, it's likely that he's on the run via a vehicle.

I didn't see any info about a truck in the case file.

No. There was so much going on that day.

I feel like there was a license plate.

But I can't really remember.

Then...

can you pick the truck that looks the most similar?

White.

It was dirty, but it was a white truck.

I'm glad they found some evidence, at least.

Oh, my God!

You said to ignore you at school!

Do you have 1,000 won?

Geez, seriously!

Why isn't he answering my calls?

Where did he go?

You were with Geum just now, right?

Yeah. I was just...