Listen to Story Release Date: 3 Oct, 2024 Most K-dramas don’t get a spin-off featuring the second couple, but No Gain No Love breaks the mould. Its spin-off, Spice Up Your Love, zooms in on the love story of the second leads, Nam Ja-yeon (Han Ji-hyun) and Bok Gyu-hyun (Lee Sang-yi). And, trust me, it’s a fun ride! The story kicks off with a clever twist: Nam Ja-yeon, the younger sister of Son Hae-young, is a successful webtoon writer who brushes off online haters like crumbs from a biscuit.
But, one fine day, she stumbles upon a particularly harsh comment that hits too close to home. Rather than shrugging it off, she decides to sue the troll -- who turns out to be none other than her sister’s boss, Bok Gyu-hyun. Feeling guilty, Gyu-hyun writes an apology letter, though he only knows her by her pen name, Yeon Bo-ra.
But Ja-yeon, still scarred by the trauma it triggered, isn't ready to forgive. She wants revenge -- or so she says, telling Gyu-hyun she'd rather see him dead. When Gyu-hyun’s attempt to recover the discarded letter ends in a dramatic accident (sort of), Ja-yeon faints, overcome by the weight of her words.
Things get even weirder when she wakes up in a hospital -- not as Ja-yeon, but as Seo Yeon-soo, the female lead of her own webtoon. What’s more, her romantic interest in the webtoon, Ha-jun, doesn't look like the person she had based him on. Instead the character now has Gyu-hyun’s face.
So, does she fall for him again, or does she chase the shadow of.
