Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha

Romance, Family, Friendship

Yoon Hye-Jin is a dentist who worked in Seoul. She became unemployed after having an argument with her boss. She decided to open her own clinic at the countryside. She met a man, Hong Du-Sik. The local residents used to call him Chief Hong. He is friendly and used to provide help for the needy.

Yoon Hye-Jin went to the seaside village of Gongjin to relax her mind. She had a bad day for losing her expensive shoes and also car broken down. She did not have much cash on hand. Therefore, Hong Du-Sik offered her to work with the residents to earn some money to pay off her food. Although she was not used to work in the market, she willing to learn and work. She was getting curious about Hong Du-Sik as she saw him worked at almost everywhere in the village. She wondered what was he actually doing.

Hong Du-Sik renovated the clinic as well as her rented house. Yoon Hye-Jin was invited to attend the elderly gathering party. Yoon Hye-Jin dislikes gathering. Her landlord Yeo Hwa-Jeong offered her to come and promote her clinic. Yoon Hye-Jin agreed to come just because she wanted to promote her clinic.  During the gathering, her neighbors disliked her because she spoke ill about the villagers there and also looked down on them too. Because of these, nobody come to her clinic. Her best friend, Pyo Mi-Seon also came all the way to Gongjin Prince to be her assistance to help her.

Hong Du-Sik helped to fix her relationship with the villagers. He asked her to attend the gathering to build bond with the villagers. He also talked to her to sincerely apologized to the villagers for her mistakes. She listened to him and apologized to them. Hong Du-Sik also offered his friends to visit the clinic. Yoon Hye-Jin became better from day to day.

Yoon Hye-Jin wanted to attend her friend’s wedding in Seoul. Hong Du-Sik gathered those grannies who wanted to go to Seoul too with her ride. Yoon Hye-Jin was extremely unhappy about it. She did not expect to give them a ride to Seoul. On the journey, the grannies stopped at several rest area due to they had a weak bladder. Yoon Hye-Jin was late to attend the wedding ceremony. During the wedding ceremony, her classmates teased her for opening a clinic at the countryside. Yoon Hye-Jin teased them back for their words. One of the classmates captured her picture with Hong Du-Sik on the street.

Hong Du-Sik brought Kim Gam-Ri to the clinic due to her toothache. Yoon Hye-Jin recommended her to do an implant so that she can retain her strong teeth. Kim Gam-Ri refused to do an implant because she did not want to waste money on her teeth. Yoon Hye-Jin then asked her to leave the clinic since she refused to do implant. Kim Gam-Ri felt insulted and left. Hong Du-Sik scolded Yoon Hye-Jin for being rude to Kim Gam-Ri. He decided to pay for the treatment using his own money. Kim Gam-Ri refused to accept. She did not want to burden her children about her health condition.

Hong Du-Sik tried to convince Yoon Hye-Jin to accept his money for her treatment. Yoon Hye-Jin also refused it. Yoon Hye-Jin told Hong Du-Sik about her dead mother. It reminded her about her mother who failed to take care of herself. Hong Du-Sik realized what she said has a point. He called up Kim Gam-Ri’s son and told him about her condition. Yoon Hye-Jin also came to visit Kim Gam-Ri. Kim Gam-Ri offered meals for her to eat. Kim Gam-Ri convinced her to do the implantation. She also willing to pay part of the fees for her implantation. Hong Du-Sik found Yoon Hye-Jin’s another pair of shoes at the ocean while he was fishing. He dried the shoes and gave her back. She was so excited to get back her expensive shoes. She wore it every day.

Hong Du-Sik who worked at various places in the village. He was the villagers Number 1 hero. However, he does not work during his rest day. One day, Pyo Mi-Seon has been sexually harassed by the patient. Yoon Hye-Jin witnessed that. She punched the patient with her leg. Kim Gam-Ri also contacted Hong Du-Sik to help Yoon Hye-Jin. Kim Gam-Ri also provided the patient’s handphone which contained the evidences of his sexual harassment. The patient was then being caught by the police.

Yoon Hye-Jin decided to thank him properly. She felt that she was in debt with him for helping her a lot. Yoon Hye-Jin came to his house to pay a visit. She was shocked when Hong Du-Sik told her that he lived alone since he was young. Yoon Hye-Jin was drunk and she kissed Hong Du-Sik. The next morning, she was surprised that she slept at his house. She quickly left his house. Jo Nam-Sook saw her coming out from Hong Du-Sik’s house. She spread the rumor to all over the villagers. Now everyone was talking their relationship.

Yoon Hye-Jin couldn’t remember what had happened last night. She can only remember that she sang and danced at the street. When she asked Hong Du-Sik about last night, he just said nothing. The rumor getting on serious and Yoon Hye-Jin was really unhappy about it. She did not want others to misunderstanding them.

Pyo Mi-Seon joined the chat group of the villagers. They told her about Hong Du-Sik’s personality and his background. Pyo Mi-Seon then told Yoon Hye-Jin about what she heard from the villagers. Yoon Hye-Jin was surprised when they mentioned that he graduated from Seoul National University. One day, Yoon Hye-Jin treated Hong Du-Sik at restaurant far from Gongjin. She tested him mathematics in order to proof that he was graduated from Seoul National University. After having a meal, they went by the sea to play around with one another in the rain. Yoon Hye-Jin suddenly remember that she kissed him that night. She became serious and left the place. Hong Du-Sik has no idea why her mood changes.

At home, she told Pyo Mi-Seon about the kiss. Pyo Mi-Seon suspected that there is something happened between them. The next day, Yoon Hye-Jin confronted with Hong Du-Sik. She wanted to have a clear line between both of them. Hong Du-Sik told her that she was being too sensitive about the kiss that night. She ignored him and pretended that she did not know him at the street too. Hong Du-Sik was disappointed with her attitude and pretend not knowing her either.

Oh Ju-Ri ran away from home because her father refused to give her money to do braces. She came to Yoon Hye-Jin’s house and stayed overnight there. Yoon Hye-Jin had the same feeling as Oh Ju-Ri because both of them grow up without mother. Yoon Hye-Jin also informed her father to allow Oh Ju-Ri to have more personal spaces as she was growing up. She also did not recommend Oh Ju-Ri to do braces since her teeth was in good shape.

The village was going to held a concert. All the villagers were invited to join the performance contest. Choi Bo-Ra sang the best. She won the first prize. Oh Ju-Ri was injured before the contest started. Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik accompanied her to make performance on the stage although both of them were bad at dancing. Oh Ju-Ri wanted to win the prize so that she can do braces. She won the 3^rd place. She was surprised when her idol, June came to her village to perform. She was extremely happy about it. She greeted June personally. June was amused by her charm and like her special tooth too. Thereafter, she decided not to do braces.

Yoon Hye-Jin was jealous when she saw Hong Du-Sik walked with Wang Ji-Won at the street. The villagers spread rumors about them dating one another. Hong Du-Sik met a guy on the hill, Ji Seong-Hyeon. He is a director for film: The Seashore Grasshopper. He came to Gongjin to survey and plan for his film location. He is Yoon Hye-Jin’s senior in university.

Ji Seong-Hyeon wanted to borrow Kim Gam-Ri’s house for filming. However, she refused to borrow her house. Ji Seong-Hyeon tried to win her heart by sending gifts and helping her fix her house. Day by day, she was touched by his gesture.

Hong Du-Sik dragged her to wash the blanket together with him at Kim Gam-Ri’s house. Kim Gam-Ri felt that she was alone at the house. She finally agreed to lend her house for filming. She asked Hong Du-Sik to call the director over to discuss about the house. Ji Seong-Hyeon then told Hong Du-Sik that Yoon Hye-Jin’s back was hurt since she had an accident in a few years back.

Chang Yeong-Guk invited all the villagers and informed them about filming in Gongjin. Everyone was excited about it. Hong Du-Sik invited Ji Seong-Hyeon to come over to his house for a drink. Yoon Hye-Jin wanted to follow them as well. Ji Seong-Hyeon wanted to hire Hong Du-Sik to be his guide. However, Hong Du-Sik did not want to. After being begged by him, Hong Du-Sik finally agreed to be his guide.

Hong Du-Sik was surprised when Ji Seong-Hyeon asked him whether Yoon Hye-Jin has a boyfriend. He sent a brunch set right in front of her door. He tried to win her heart. However, Yoon Hye-Jin only treated him as a senior that she respects. Hong Du-Sik was jealous when Ji Seong-Hyeon and Yoon Hye-Jin were together. He purposely spoiled the atmosphere while they were talking about their past. Ji Seong-Hyeon helped the villagers for free which made Hong Du-Sik even more jealous.

One day, the villagers complained that they had lost some of their belonging. Yu Cho-Hui, who was an elementary school teacher who nearly being taken by a stranger. Luckily, Yeo Hwa-Jeong saved her from the stranger. In order to strengthen the security of the villagers, the policemen and Hong Du-Sik decided to patrol the area during the night. It was raining heavily at night. Yoon Hye-Jin offered him an umbrella, but he refused. He just gave her a bag of herb that is useful for her back pain.

The next day, Hong Du-Sik caught a fever. Ji Seong-Hyeon told him to rest at home. However, he insisted to help him for filming. While they were walking on the street, they saw Yoon Hye-Jin was chasing a man. Both of them helped to catch the man who scammed Jo Nam-Suk. Yoon Hye-Jin disliked her because she stole her customers away and offered them a cheaper price for dental technician to do their teeth. Yoon Hye-Jin even warned her that it is illegal for them to ask dental technician to do the mold. Even though she hated her, she still offered to check her teeth.

Hong Du-Sik was sick. He went home to have a rest. Yoon Hye-Jin came to his house and cooked a porridge for him. She was bad at cooking. However, Hong Du-Sik still finished up the whole porridge. Yoon Hye-Jin wanted to kiss him, but she suddenly awoke and found herself being foolish. Hong Du-Sik knew that she was going to kiss him. He just pretended to be sleeping and stay still until she left.

While everyone was busy visiting the filming place, Yoon Hye-Jin was too busy with her work and forgot about the time. She went back home alone in the dark. She sensed that someone has been following her along the way. Hong Du-Sik was worried about Yoon Hye-Jin who came home late. Therefore, he went to her house to see whether was she at home. Yoon Hye-Jin was relieved when she saw him right in front of her. She ran over to him and hugged him which made Hong Du-Sik even more surprised. The man just wanted to return her handphone to her. Yoon Hye-Jin felt shy and quickly entered her house. That night both Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik could not sleep well. They felt awkward with one another.

The next day, Hong Du-Sik taught Yoon Hye-Jin’s parent how to refuel their car with new technology. Her parents were even surprised when Hong Du-Sik was at Yoon Hye-Jin’s house. He came to fix the shower as requested by Pyo Mi-Seon. Hong Du-Sik tried to explain about his relationship with Yoon Hye-Jin but her father seemed to suspect about him. Hong Du-Sik has no choice but lied that he was Yoon Hye-Jin’s boyfriend. Initially, Yoon Hye-Jin’s father did not look good on Hong Du-Sik as he talked to him casually, he is unemployed and he is an orphan.  After getting to know one another better, Yoon Hye-Jin’s father realized that he was a man that his daughter deserved. Hong Du-Sik admitted that he lied to him for pretending to be her boyfriend. Yoon Hye-Jin’s father did not scold him, but grown fond of him.

Yoon Hye-Jin also asked Hong Du-Sik about what had happened to him after he graduated. She also asked whether is he temporary worked as a part timer. Hong Du-Sik did not tell her anything. He just wanted to continue work as a part timer in his hometown. Hong Du-Sik used to have a nightmare. He even consulted doctors to prescribe him some medicine. He had a sad past experience for losing his family member since he was young. He felt that he was the one who brings bad luck to them.

Ji Seong-Hyeon was jealous. He liked Yoon Hye-Jin since he was in college. He did not want to be late anymore. He decided to confess his feeling to her. Ji Seong-Hyeon was on the way back to Seoul. He suddenly returned back to Gongjin as he did not want to wait anymore. By the time he reached Gongjin, he heard that Yoon Hye-Jin has been attacked by pervert. He quickly rushed to the hospital to see her. Luckily Hong Du-Sik was there to rescue her. He has been stabbed by the pervert while protecting her.

Hong Du-Sik was going to prepare the materials for praying his grandfather. Yoon Hye-Jin thought that since he was injured, she decided to buy some food for praying on his behalf. She never knew that other neighbors also brought many for him. At night, Yoon Hye-Jin prayed and ate the dinner with Hong Du-Sik. After the dinner, Yoon Hye-Jin was surprised when Ji Seong-Hyeon waiting for her in front of her house. She even shocked when Ji Seong-Hyeon confessed his feeling for her. However, she did not give him the answer.

While Yoon Hye-Jin and Pyo Mi-Seon were away from Gongjin, Yoon Hye-Jin kept mentioning about Hong Du-Sik and places that resembled Gongjin. She could not stop thinking about Hong Du-Sik. She decided to head back to Gongjin. She went straight to his house, but he was not around. She found him and confessed her feeling to him. Hong Du-Sik also could not hide his feeling anymore. He kissed her passionately and confessed his feeling too.

Yoon Hye-Jin wanted to hid their relationship from the villagers. She unintentionally hit Hong Du-Sik whenever there was someone that they knew was around. However, they never expect that all the villagers already knew that they were dating. Yoon Hye-Jin also told Ji Seong-Hyeon in person that she already had someone she loved. Ji Seong-Hyeon knew that he was Hong Du-Sik. Before he left Gongjin, he asked him to take good care of Yoon Hye-Jin.

Yoon Hye-Jin made a bucket list of what she wanted to do with her boyfriend. Hong Du-Sik found that Yoon Hye-Jin has been react weirdly. She kept asking him to do these and that. He found out that it was Yoon Hye-Jin’s wishes to do a couple of things with him. Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik went to Seoul for dating. She brought a suit for him. She also brought herself an expensive jewelry. Hong Du-Sik wanted to buy for her but he did not earn much. Instead, he made a jewelry box for her. Hong Du-Sik became depressed after meeting his friend at Seoul. He also tried to avoid Yoon Hye-Jin’s questions when she asked about his ex-girlfriend.

Yoon Hye-Jin cooked seaweed soup for Hong Du-Sik’s birthday. She never expected that the whole villagers came to his house and celebrate together with him. Yoon Hye-Jin was terrible at cooking. However, Hong Du-Sik did not want to disappoint her by finished up the salty seaweed soup.

Chang Yeong-Guk wondered why his ex-wife Yeo Hwa-Jeong treated him so well. He could not understand why she wanted a divorce. He kept sneaking Yeo Hwa-Jeong to watch her from far. He also helped her to clean the dishes secretly when she fell asleep at the restaurant.

Ham Yun-Gyeong was angry with her husband Choi Geum-Cheol, who did not care about his wife so much. Ham Yun-Gyeong admired Yoon Hye-Jin who can dating happily with Hong Du-Sik. When she asked her husband to have time spend together before she gave birth, her husband turned it down. She was a bit disappointed. When she asked her husband to tie a shoes lace for her, her husband complain. She was too frustrated and had an argument with him. Yoon Hye-Jin stopped by at her convenient shop. Yoon Hye-Jin expressed that she admired her as a strong woman who carried baby. Ham Yun-Gyeong suddenly encounter water broke. Yoon Hye-Jin quickly called her husband, but Hong Du-Sik picked up the phone instead. Choi Geum-Cheol left his handphone at Hong Du-Sik’s house. Hong Du-Sik came over and drove them to hospital. Due to road block, they could not be able to go to hospital. Hong Du-Sik took them to Yoon Hye-Jin’s house. Hong Du-Sik called up Kim Gam-Ri, who used to give birth at home, to ask for help. After a couples of hours, the baby was born. Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik hold the baby in hand.

Yoon Hye-Jin’s friends came to Gongjin to visit her. Yoon Hye-Jin introduced Hong Du-Sik to her friends. Her friends invited them to play golf together. Hong Du-Sik borrowed golf accessories from Chang Yeong-Guk. Yoon Hye-Jin’s friends were amazed by Hong Du-Sik’s skill. When they asked Hong Du-Sik about his job, her friends were shocked to his answer. They advised her to think more realistic about getting marry with one another.

When Yoon Hye-Jin asked Hong Du-Sik about his future plan as well as his career. Hong Du-Sik only gave her a vague answer. Yoon Hye-Jin was disappointed on him. She wondered why Hong Du-Sik refused to open up himself and tell her more about him. Hong Du-Sik apologized but he still unable to express himself. Yoon Hye-Jin decided to temporary a part from one another until Hong Du-Sik willing to talk about it.

Yoon Hye-Jin was crying and went out of Hong Du-Sik’s house. Yeo Hwa-Jeong saw Yoon Hye-Jin on the road and asked her what had happened to her. she invited her to come to her house. Yoon Hye-Jin asked her why Hong Du-Sik did not open up to her. Yeo Hwa-Jeong also did not know why, however, she told her to give him sometimes to speak up by his own. Everyone in Gongjin noticed that something off with Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik.

Chang Yeong-Guk apologized to Yeo Hwa-Jeong for what he did in the past. He did not know how good his wife is until he lost her. Yeo Hwa-Jeong also accepted his apologize and wanted to start their relationship all over again.

Ji Seong-Hyeon heard that Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik was not in good term. He came to see Hong Du-Sik in person. He also persuaded him to tell her his past and let Yoon Hye-Jin to decide whether or not to accept him. Kim Gam-Ri also talked to Hong Du-Sik to open up his heart and tried to win Yoon Hye-Jin back before he lost it. A few days later, Yoon Hye-Jin came to Hong Du-Sik’s house. She brought the side dishes that her stepmother made for them. She shared them with Hong Du-Sik. She also gave him a chance to speak up. She also told him that she was not a very patient person who can wait his answer for long. Finally, Hong Du-Sik gathered his courage and wanted to tell Yoon Hye-Jin about it.

Ji Seong-Hyeon held a party after their team had finished filming. Kim Do-Ha suddenly hit Hong Du-Sik in his face when he heard about his name. Hong Du-Sik admitted that he was the one who killed them.

Hong Du-Sik did not go out for days. Everyone was worried about him. Kim Gam-Ri gave him food every day. However, Hong Du-Sik did not touch any of them. She came to meet Yoon Hye-Jin to talk about it. Yoon Hye-Jin also worried about him. She came to his house and decided to cook a meal for him. Hong Du-Sik told her that he has something to say about his past. Hong Du-Sik used to have a best friend; Park Jeong-U. Park Jeong-U offered him to work as a fund manager. Initially, the fund that he managed earn a lot of money. Kim Do-Ha’s father was interested to invest in the fund that managed by him. Hong Du-Sik advised him not to act recklessly because the fund that he managed was high risk fund. However, Kim Do-Ha’s father wanted his family to live in a better house, so he borrowed money and also used up his pension to invest in the fund. Due to global financial crisis, most of the fund was in huge lost. Kim Do-Ha’s father was shocked and worried that he was in huge debt. He tried to talk to Hong Du-Sik, but Hong Du-Sik was too busy attending other customers as well. At night, he received a news that Kim Do-Ha’s father committed suicide. Hong Du-Sik felt guilty and decided to see him at the hospital. Park Jeong-U saw his emotion was unstable. He offered to drove him there. Unfortunately, both of them met an accident. Park Jeong-U passed away then.

Hong Du-Sik felt really sorry for Park Jeong-U and Kim Do-Ha’s father. He decided to jump off the Han River bridge. Suddenly, Kim Gam-Ri sent a message for him. It changed his mind for committing suicide. At that time, Yoon Hye-Jin also bypassed the bridge while driving a car. She saw a man in hospital suit was trying to jump off the bridge. She stopped her car and called for help. Thereafter, Hong Du-Sik returned to his hometown and helped others around.

Hong Du-Sik and Yoon Hye-Jin planned to visit Park Jeong-U tomb. On the way, they met Park Jeong-U’s wife and his son. Park Jeong-U’s wife told him that she no longer resent him anymore. She wanted him to let go and live on his life. Yoon Hye-Jin told Hong Du-Sik that she was offered to work in Seoul. However, she declined the offer because she wanted to stay in Gongjin.

Kim Gam-Ri passed away while she was asleep. Everyone came to her funeral to pay a visit. Hong Du-Sik seems fine when he was at the funeral. However, he was cry hard when he read the letter left by Kim Gam-Ri on the other day. She treated him as her son and grandson. She also wanted him to be happy and eat well. Everyone in the village missed Kim Gam-Ri so much.

Ji Seong-Hyeon found out that Hong Du-Sik’s boss was actually his brother-in-law. He talked to Kim Do-Ha that Hong Du-Sik tried to visit his father, however, he met an accident with his brother-in-law while they were on their way. Ji Seong-Hyeon and Kim Do-Ha went to Gongjin to take some footage. Kim Do-Ha came to visit Hong Du-Sik. He apologized to him for his reckless act.

Pyo Mi-Seon brought a lottery ticket. She thought that she has won the number, however, the number was actually last week number. She was a bit disappointed. Choi Eun-Cheol then told her that he was the one who won the lottery a few back. He did not tell anyone of it. He used the money to make donation. He also intended to build a house and live together with Pyo Mi-Seon. Pyo Mi-Seon was amazing about him.

Yoon Hye-Jin planned to propose to Hong Du-Sik. She invited him to the place where they first met. When she asked Hong Du-Sik whether will he marry her. Hong Du-Sik said no. Yoon Hye-Jin was really surprised about it. Hong Du-Sik explained that he also planned to propose to Yoon Hye-Jin that day. He never expects that she proposed to him first. He bought a necklace for her and propose to her. She agreed immediately. Yoon Hye-Jin also spent a night at Hong Du-Sik’s house. The next morning, Hong Du-Sik cooked a breakfast for her. Yoon Hye-Jin was so touch about it. Because it was Sunday, it was a cleaning day. Hong Du-Sik and Yoon Hye-Jin were late for cleaning. When they went out of house, everyone was busy cleaning the street. Hong Du-Sik and Yoon Hye-Jin told everyone that they were going to marry. Everyone was happy about it.

Ji Seong-Hyeon also found himself has feeling for Wang Ji-Won. He did not want her to work with other directors. He treated her very well. Wang Ji-Won knew that he treated her well because she was his colleague. She did not want to have wrong idea about his feelings. Therefore, she decided to work with other directors. Ji Seong-Hyeon decided to gather his courage and asked her out.

Ji Seong-Hyeon has finally done his editing. He came all the way to Gongjin and watch the program together with the villagers. everyone was happy to see themselves in the TV program. The TV program was well received and so the businesses in Gongjin became every good. Everyone was busy with the tourists who came to Gongjin for holidays.

Yoon Hye-Jin and Hong Du-Sik wanted to take wedding photos by themselves in Gongjin. However, other villagers offer to help them took instead. They felt very uncomfortable about it. They waited for the opportunity and ran away from them. They ran to the hills where Hong Du-Sik’s grandfather boat was there. They took some photos there.  While they were taking photos, suddenly both of them received a call for their duty. Both of them rushed down the hill to help the Gongjin’s villagers.

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