Once Upon a Small Town (Accidental Country Diary / Eojjeoda Jeonwonilgi / 어쩌다 전원일기)

ONCE UPON A SMALL TOWN

So when is it?

What do you…

When are you going back to Seoul?

I guess you already heard.

In about 15 days.

I know.

Telling you how I feel when I know I'm leaving soon…

You must be confused.

I deserve to be rejected.

I know, but--

You don't know squat.

Over there.

Hide.

Hey, Little Doctor.

I put together a list of drugs for inventory,

and a list of ones to order.

-Could you take a look? -Sure.

Let me see.

Well,

it all looks good.

Good work.

Thanks.

Is everything okay?

Yes. I don't think she saw you.

If Yeong-suk saw us together earlier,

she would have fainted right there.

We have to keep this a secret, right?

Us dating.

Date…

Dating?

Dating…

You know how this village is.

If word gets out that we are dating,

they'll probably start preparing for our wedding.

Everyone we run into will have something to say.

So we should try our best to keep it a secret.

I think I'll be fine with whatever they do or say.

But since you want to keep it a secret,

I'll do my best as well.

You've never had it happen to you.

Once you do, you'll probably feel different.

I don't think I will.

Don't worry. I'll be careful. I mean it.

I guess I'll call you after work.

This is bad for my heart.

This dating thing.

Dating?

Oh, gosh.

Nurungji.

Nurungji, come here.

Have you been good, Nurungji? Come here.

Come here, Nurungji.

I'm going to let you in on a secret.

I'm dating Doctor Han.

Did you get that? You can't tell anyone, okay?

Okay? It's our little secret.

Okay, my baby?

There, there.

I'M HAN JI-YUL. I'LL COME BACK. LET'S BE SECRET FRIENDS AGAIN!

Adorable.

-Here you go, Little Doctor. -Right.

The medical records that you asked for.

This box contains the past five years' and older ones are in there.

So why do you need these?

I am technically practicing as a large animal veterinarian at the moment.

I want to take a look at what Grandpa did and study them.

But you're going back to Seoul soon.

You won't be seeing large animals even if you want to.

I guess, but…

I just want to be good at everything.

What?

Wait.

That wasn't Director Han's suitcase?

I asked someone to send me some clothes I used to wear in Seoul.

I didn't want to keep wearing the same clothes.

You got more of your stuff sent? But you're leaving so soon.

I had to wash my clothes too often, and it was getting tiresome.

They don't dry so easily either.

It's so strange.

You looked like an exile counting his days to go back.

I felt bad for you.

This town must have grown on you.

I wish it would have sooner. It's sad when you're leaving so soon.

Had I known this would happen, I would have bought some sheet masks.

What is it?

It's just weird for us to be together at this hour.

I was in such a bad mood this morning.

I feel the same way.

This feels surreal.

I'm on cloud nine.

Someone's changed their attitude all of a sudden.

You were getting on my nerves to no end like a total…

Rude person.

And that "jerk" is now being all sweet and only saying nice things, right?

You must have wanted to hear me say I liked you.

I should have told you sooner.

Aunt Yeon-hong used to warn me to be careful with men from Seoul.

She said that they are all a bunch of smooth talkers.

Maybe I should reconsider this before it's too late.

It's too late. You can't take it back.

So are we going somewhere?

Now that you mention it…

Where can we hang out without other people knowing?

Want to go to Seoul?

Right now?

Can I have one of these?

Sure. Go ahead.

It's tasty.

To think we're going to Seoul at this hour.

And to hang out at that.

It's the safest place.

And it's closer than you think.

I'll show you around my hospital.

DR. CHOI ANIMAL HOSPITAL

So this is where you usually work?

It hasn't been even that long, but it feels so unfamiliar.

I must be getting used to the veterinary hospital.

I'll show you my office.

Wow.

What do you think?

It's so neat.

VETERINARIAN HAN JI-YUL

This guy looks like a handful.

It's not that far, don't you think?

Honestly, you can't say it's not that far.

It takes over four hours.

Look at this.

Today is already over. It's past midnight.

I suppose we should have left a little sooner.

But those four hours did feel very short.

I almost didn't want it to end.

I'm really okay.

If eight-hour round trips were going to be a problem,

I wouldn't have started this.

I brought you here to shake off your worries,

but I guess I was worried about nothing, Ms. Ahn Ja-young.

Of course.

I'll do better

so that eight-hour round trips feel like nothing.

You're so pretty.

How did you get so pretty?

I think I'd be even prettier if I had something to eat.

Shall we go grab a bite then?

Let's go.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

-It's good. -Wow.

You really did get prettier.

You can really eat.

-I have a question. -What is it?

Have you ever brought someone else there?

Let's talk about something else.

-I don't think this could end well. -What?

Anyway, Officer Ahn.

-Yes. -You look cute in that T-shirt.

This?

It's not from your middle school days, is it?

-That shirt. -Yes?

Is it the same one as back then but in a different color?

I mean, when I work at the hospital…

-Sang-hyeon dresses really well. -Sang-hyeon…

Why did you stop talking?

Hang on.

When did you start liking me?

It wasn't exactly love at first sight. I gradually grew to--

"Wasn't exactly love at first sight"? What do you mean…

You don't have much time left to sleep. Go in now.

You go get some sleep too, Doctor.

When will you stop calling me "Doctor"?

We can work that out over time…

You said you'd rather die than call me oppa .

In that case…

How about "babe" or "honey"?

You must have gone mad from driving all night.

You should go home now.

-Bye. -Bye.

Nurungji, you were awake?

Were you? You weren't sleeping, Nurungji?

Seriously, Han Ji-yul.

Come here.

Babe.

What?

Does it sound weird to you too?

Are you cringing?

Seriously, how can I call him such things?

I can't believe him.

What's with her?

I'm not sure. She's a little…

Yes, this is Ahn Ja-young.

Rats are going in and out of the hole?

Okay. It shouldn't be too hard to catch them.

Later today?

I'll be off work by then, so it might be a little difficult.

Okay, then instead of this evening, I'll be there tomorrow afternoon.

Did she really just put something off because she has to get off work?

I think she did.

Has she ever done that before?

Did you go to work?

You must be so tired.

I'm okay.