Kpopmap Romantic Pick: Red Velvet's Joy Is Caught Between A Suave Choo YoungWoo & A Jealous Baek SungChul

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Welcome to our sweetest Editor's Choice Kpopmap series: the Romantic Pick! In this series, with articles released biweekly on Wednesdays, we pick the most heart-fluttering, impactful, and aww-worthy scenes from ongoing and completed K-Dramas, movies, or even K-Pop music videos and analyze them from start to end.

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This week's Romantic Pick comes from the web drama on everyone's watchlist: "Once Upon A Small Town". Starring Red Velvet's Joy, Choo YoungWoo, and Baek SungChul in the leading roles, "Once Upon A Small Town" tells the story of a city boy, Han JiYul (Choo YoungWoo), who moves to the countryside to take care of his grandfather's veterinarian clinic in his stead. There he meets his childhood friend Ahn JaYoung (Joy), but he doesn't seem to remember her. However, JaYoung remembers the time they spent together all too well. Now, as adults, they forge a new relationship all over again.

Spoiler Alert!

In episode 4 of "Once Upon A Small Town", the village people gather one evening to have a party. JaYoung, JiYul, and SangHyun attend, and while JaYoung is friendly towards both of the men, there's clearly tension betwe