The war of nerves between ‘Riding Life’ Jeon Hye-jin and the moms of Daechi has begun.

In episode 5 of the Genie TV original drama ‘Riding Life’ (directed by Kim Chul-gyu/written by Sung Yoon-ah and Jo Won-dong/planned by KT Studio Genie/produced by Betty & Creators) released on the 17th, Jeong-eun (played by Jeon Hye-jin) declared ‘College Entrance Mode’ in order to get her daughter Seo-yoon (played by Kim Sa-rang) into Class A of an English academy. Viewers were surprised by the tests that were too much for 7-year-old Seo-yoon, including a child intelligence test and a psychological test, and reacted enthusiastically, feeling bitter at the story reflecting real life.

Jeong-eun beat Ho-kyung‘s (played by Park Bo-kyung) son Min-ho, whom everyone expected to win first place, and was delighted that Seo-yoon won the grand prize in the English speech contest. In order to move to a good school district, she decided to sell her house with a loan that took out her soul. Jeong-eun said, “Seo-yoon is doing so well, so I’ll do anything,” and prepared to enter Class A, which was a special privilege of the speech contest.

However, Ho-kyung, the “Daechi-dong Super Mom,” began to restrain Min-ho. Ho-kyung said, “This is a battlefield. A kid who always got first place got second place for the first time. How can that not be considered a failure?” and pushed Min-ho even further by adding a math contest to English. She also called in the moms from Class A to restrain Jeong-eun, a working mom, and gave her a mission to enter Class A. She had to get a flu shot and told her to take a psychological test because if Seo-yoon couldn’t focus in class, the kids in Class A would suffer. Finally, she said that she would only be accepted if she was in the top 1% on the gifted children’s intelligence test.

Jia also felt jealous of the Daechi moms. Jason Mom (played by Song Yoo-hyun) and Annie Mom (played by Go Woo-ri) thought that Ji-ah, the grandmother, wouldn’t understand and gossiped about them in English. However, Ji-ah fought back by showing off her English conversation skills and taught the Daechi Moms a good lesson, saying, “The kids all listen.”



Jeong-eun declared to Seo-yoon, “College Scholastic Ability Test Mode,” for two weeks and started studying with her. Ji-ah tried to dissuade her, saying, “Do you really have to go this far to get into Class A?” However, Jeong-eun caught Ji-ah‘s attention by revealing to her for the first time the resentment she had felt as a child. In the past, Jeong-eun wanted to go to a foreign language high school, but she gave up when Ji-ah suggested that she apply to a regular high school. Ji-ah, who was a teacher, was too busy taking care of other children to take care of her own daughter, Jeong-eun, and Jeong-eun confessed, “I didn’t say anything then, but I was really hurt.” She also said that she didn‘t want to miss the opportunity that came to Seo-yoon.

Ji-ah, who found out too late about Jeong-eun’s wounds and felt sorry for her, decided to help Jeong-eun. The sight of Jeong-eun urging Seo-yoon, who was having a hard time, created a thrilling tension. Ji-ah nagged, “I told you that you‘d get sick if you did that, didn’t I?” and Jeong-eun bickered, saying, “Are you doing this for my own good?” In the preview for Episode 6, after Seo-yoon was seen going to the emergency room, Jung-eun and Ji-ah were shown being worried and shocked, making viewers curious about what would happen next.

Meanwhile, in the episode that day, Young-wook (played by Jung Jin-young) quits Min-ho‘s riding and is offered an overseas exchange professor position, raising curiosity about the direction of his romance with Ji-ah. At the end of the episode, Ji-ah was shown getting into an altercation on the road while going to Seo-yoon for a checkup. The ending was decorated with Young-wook stopping the man threatening Ji-ah. The gray romance between Ji-ah and Young-wook amidst the war of the mothers made viewers’ hearts flutter.

Episode 6 of Genie TV original drama ‘Riding Life’ will be released on Channel ENA on Tuesday, March 18 at 10 PM, and will be exclusively released as a free VOD on KT Genie TV immediately after the original broadcast. OTT can be viewed on Tving.

Yoonna Choi, Donga.com reporter yyynnn@donga.com

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