TV CHOSUN documentary entertainment show ‘Joseon‘s Love Hunters’ New Love Hunter, ‘8090 Legend’ singer Yang Soo-kyung joined, touching the viewers as they shared a heartfelt conversation over a glass of soju a day before the wedding of her ‘niece and daughter’ Yoon Chae-young.

On the 7th, ‘Love Hunters MC’ Kim Gook-jin smiled broadly at the news of Yang Soo-kyung joining Love Hunters. Then, the past ‘Kang Soo-ji VS Yang Soo-kyung’ rivalry (?) was rekindled, and Yang Soo-kyung’s glamorous ‘Liz days’ were revealed, drawing attention.

Yang Soo-kyung visited ‘Love Hunters’ ahead of the wedding of her younger sister‘s daughter Yoon Chae-young, who passed away in 2009. Since then, Yoon Chae-young, who has been with her as a mother, said about Yang Soo-kyung, her “niece and daughter,” “She is always behind me. There is nothing I can’t say or keep a secret from her.” However, he still calls his “mother” Yang Soo-kyung “aunt.” Yoon Chae-young revealed her complicated feelings, saying, “Isn’t my biological mother there? When we all meet in heaven, I won’t be able to call someone my mother and not call someone my “mother.”
The released VCR contained precious times between Yoon Chae-young, who is about to start her married life in Georgia, USA, and her mother-like aunt Yang Soo-kyung. Two days before the wedding, Yang Soo-kyung and Yoon Chae-young were caught in the car while going shopping together. When her daughter confessed to being ‘allergic to books’, Yang Soo-kyung said “Read some books, you XX” and ‘pock’. Yoon Chae-young also said “Our Soo-kyung(?) wasn’t always upset, but she‘s been sulking lately. When he made the bombshell statement, “It’s too hard. You‘d better hit me,” Yang Soo-kyung immediately replied, “I can’t do it now because it‘s hard, you X,” making everyone laugh.

When her daughter also revealed her love for Seventeen member Wonwoo by saying, “I wasn’t in a good mood since this morning because Wonwoo oppa is going to the military,” Yang Soo-kyung replied, “My (future) husband doesn‘t know about this,” showing their bickering chemistry. Regarding this, Kang Soo-ji reminisced about the past, saying, “Soo-kyung’s younger sister was really close with female singers (including me). She often came to the broadcasting station... She had a really fun and cheerful personality. (Yoon Chae-young) seems to be a lot like her.”

Yang Soo-kyung, who recalled the day her niece Yoon Chae-young was born, the day she first held Yoon Chae-young in her arms as a daughter after she lost her mother in the fifth grade of elementary school, and the days she raised three children alone after her husband‘s death in 2013, did her best to ‘flex’ for her daughter who was going far away, from cozy blankets to new clothes. And the mother and daughter went on a staycation to spend their last night before their daughter’s wedding. In front of the drinking table, Yang Soo-kyung had a good time revealing childhood photos of her daughter that she always kept on her phone. In addition, the story of how Yang Soo-kyung held Chae-young, who was anxious after losing her mother, more affectionately than her own son was revealed, touching viewers. Yang Soo-kyung said, “When (Chae-young) was in middle school, she rebelled and said, ‘I don’t want to go to school.’ So I tore up a book and became more harsh and cruel,” and recalled the moments when she had to be firm in order to raise her niece properly, saying, “It wasn’t easy. I was more cruel than other mothers…”

Yang Soo-kyung then said, “My younger sister made the last phone call with me. She was my friend since high school, just like Chae-young… She was a devoted younger sister who took care of me,” recalling her younger sister who passed away first. She continued, “I get lonely a lot. I think my younger sister left Chae-young behind so that I wouldn’t be lonely.” Choi Sung-guk, who saw this, said, “I remember when Soo-kyung used to say, ‘I don’t cry much. I cried all the tears I‘ve ever cried in my life’,” leaving a lingering impression. Yang Soo-kyung finally burst into tears that she had been holding back. While shedding tears with his daughter, he swallowed back his tears, saying, “I thought to myself, ‘Our baby is all grown up now,’ but she won‘t be a baby anymore after getting married.” Yoon Chae-young said, “You always say I wasn’t good enough for you, but I received a lot of love and thanks to you, I learned how to love people,” and expressed her gratitude, which was touching. Kim Ji-min, the ‘July bride’, who was watching the scene, also wiped away tears and said, “I shouldn‘t be with my mom the day before the wedding”, making everyone laugh quietly.

Yoon Chae-young’s first bouquet of flowers and a handwritten letter as a gift to her ‘mom’, Yang Soo-kyung, who loves flowers. The MCs of Lovecraft burst into tears again. Finally, Kim Ji-min declared a breakup, saying, “I don‘t want to get married...” And Yang Soo-kyung, who found her younger sister’s favorite freesia in the bouquet, said, “When I see freesia, I cry so much thinking about my younger sister, so I don‘t put it in the house,” and made the audience shed tears again by telling her daughter the sad story about freesia for the first time.

TV CHOSUN’s ‘Joseon‘s Lovecraft’, an ultra-realistic documentary variety show that accompanies every moment of love, airs every Monday at 10 p.m.

Jeon Hyo-jin, Donga.com reporter jhj@donga.com

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