In Nice to Not Meet You Episode 8, starts with pure chaos energy. Wi Jung-shin snaps at Lim Hyun-jun with real fire. She thinks he helped her out of guilt for her paparazzi mistake.
She feels like he tried to buy peace with a contract. The room gets tense fast. Hyun-jun looks tired of the whole thing. He fires back and asks if she really sees him as some nice guy or as a total psycho who helps awful people win.
Their words hit like tiny emotional bombs. She asks again why he did all that. His answer just gets stranger. He tells her he didn’t do it out of kindness. Hyun-jun wanted control. He wanted to bury the problem himself.
He wanted her close and safe in his world where no one else could touch him. It sounds messy and dramatic in the most realistic way.
Hwang CEO later sees Hyun-jun smiling at his phone. The man smells romance instantly. He pokes him and jokes about him dating someone. Hyun-jun almost jumps out of his skin trying to hide the screen.
The reaction makes it extra suspicious. Hwang CEO laughs harder because he knows something is up. Hyun-jun tries to act calm, but the acting is worse than a cheap drama. Hwang keeps teasing him because the joy on Hyun-jun’s face looked too sweet to ignore.
A little later, Hyun-jun gives up and admits people can date. Hwang CEO pushes more and asks who the mystery person is. Hyun-jun denies everything like a kid caught with candy. The moment ends with awkward silence and tiny embarrassment flying around.
Audition Room Chaos Starts Here
At the audition venue, things get more awkward. Im Sun-woo walks in and spots Wi Hong-shin. Both freeze like broken game characters. They have no idea the other came for an audition too.
Sun-woo remembers hearing Hong-shin got rejected by Kang Pil-gu’s project. Hong-shin explains he was called back to try again. Their chat turns soft and quiet. Hong-shin even worries for Sun-woo since he is literally the younger sibling of a star.
Sun-woo doesn’t know what will happen. He sighs and just hopes things go fine. A director enters and tells Sun-woo he looks a lot like a senior actor. The comment makes the whole room feel awkward again.
Meanwhile, back at home, Jung-shin asks Hong-shin if he has been attending auditions. He says yes and asks why she’s still awake. She tells him she can’t sleep.
Hong-shin jokes she should text her “almost boyfriend.” Jung-shin shouts that she doesn’t have one. Hong-shin says he sees her texting someone every day anyway.
He even mocks the way she once stayed up all night taking food photos for that guy. The face she made that night still haunts him. He describes it as the weirdest expression he has seen in his entire life. Jung-shin almost dies inside from embarrassment.
The Big Work Fight Breaks Out
Hyun-jun storms into Hwang CEO’s office next. He looks furious. Hyun-jun shouts about a deal Hwang made behind his back. He cannot believe Hwang moved without even one conversation.
Hwang CEO argues back. He says they don’t work like regular office workers who sit face-to-face every day. Hwang CEO wants to earn too. He doesn’t want his whole life to become Hyun-jun’s “clean-up boy.”
Hwang tells him that Kwon Sena spends ten out of twelve months abroad, so they won’t even meet. He thinks it’s not a big deal. Hyun-jun doesn’t care. He says he will leave the company. The fight is loud, real, and feels personal.
Things take a twist when Hyun-jun learns the soul he had been chatting with on a second-hand trading app is actually Wi Jung-shin. He feels like someone unplugged his brain. He went to the funeral earlier with Kwon Sena, his ex.
That alone made him stressed. Reporters whispered rumors about the old couple. Jung-shin overheard those comments and felt restless. The room felt heavy with tension. Everything looked messier than before.
When news leaks about Sena’s agency merging with Kingsback, Hyun-jun loses it. He warns Hwang CEO to never mix him with Sena again. If it happens, he swears he will walk out. The whole business relationship shakes.
Hyun-jun Faces the Truth
Hyun-jun later visits writer Byeong-gi. He begs him to meet “Soul” in his place. Hyun-jun even drops his old request to remove the romance scenes with Sena. He says he will act whatever is written. He just wants one favor.
Byeong-gi finds the situation hilarious. He jokes about making a script out of it. He wonders if it will look weird if he goes acting as Hyun-jun. But he still says yes, because he is loyal and slightly chaotic.
The funniest part is this: Hyun-jun still has no clue that “Soul” is Jung-shin. Byeong-gi meets her at the arranged spot. Hyun-jun watches from a corner like a spy in a cheap disguise. He looks stunned.
He remembers how Jung-shin once told him she liked someone with her whole heart for the first time. Hyun-jun freezes because he now sees the truth connecting itself. It hits him hard.
The final tease shows him confessing the truth. He admits he knows who she is. But she does not know he is Hyun-jun. The setup looks messy, funny, and dramatic in the best way.
The episode ends with viewers wanting more. It also leaves the characters in emotional confusion. The chaos feels natural.
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