Channel A | Saturdays & Sundays 22:30 KST | Episode 3 of 12
Right, so I’ve been watching Positively Yours and I think it’s time I actually talk about it properly because this drama is doing something quietly clever and I need to break it down.
If you don’t know the premise — Jang Hui Won is a career woman working at a beer company. She has a one-night stand with a man she doesn’t know, finds out she’s pregnant (despite being told she couldn’t have children due to endometriosis), and THEN discovers that the man is Kang Du Jun… the CEO of the entire company she works for. Her boss. The PRESIDENT. So now she’s pregnant with the company president’s baby, trying to keep it a secret, and he’s decided he wants to be involved whether she likes it or not.
It’s based on the Naver webtoon “Positively Yours” by Lee Jeong and illustrated by Kang Ki, and while I know the manhwa readers have opinions about the adaptation, I’m coming at this purely from the drama itself. Three episodes in, and I’m invested. Let me tell you why.
First — Let Me Introduce You to These People
Jang Hui Won (Oh Yeon Seo) is the youngest manager at Taehan Group’s beer division. She’s hardworking, stubborn, independent to a fault, and she does NOT want help from anyone. Especially not from the man who got her pregnant. She’s also carrying serious emotional damage from her mother, who treats her with genuine cruelty — but more on that in a minute.
Kang Du Jun (Choi Jin Hyuk) is the company president and on paper he looks like your standard chaebol CEO. But this man is BROKEN. He lost his brother in a climbing accident and blames himself. He doesn’t sleep properly, he’s on anxiety medication, and he has a physical touch aversion — he can’t touch people’s hands. The one night he spent with Hui Won was the first time he slept peacefully in years. That tells you everything about what she means to him even before he knows about the baby.
Lee Min Wook (Hong Jong Hyun) is Hui Won’s male best friend and the second lead. He’s been in love with her for years but never confessed, and now that another man is in the picture, his feelings are coming to the surface in ways that are going to get messy.
Han Jeong Eum (Baek Eun Hye) is Du Jun’s sister-in-law — his late brother’s wife — and she is SCHEMING. She wants control of the company and she sees Hui Won’s baby as a threat to everything she’s been plotting.
Kang Se Hyun (Jang Yeo Bin) is Du Jun’s niece — his late brother’s daughter — and she’s basically the proof that Du Jun CAN be a good parent figure. Their uncle-niece relationship is genuinely lovely.
And then there’s Hui Won’s mother (Kim Soo Jin), who is… a lot. A toxic, cruel, emotionally abusive lot.
Fun fact before we get into the episode — the original second male lead was Yoon Ji On, but he was arrested for DUI in September 2025 while filming was underway. He was replaced by Hong Jong Hyun, which required reshoots mid-production. So if anything about the second lead feels slightly off, that’s why.
The Rejection — She Doesn’t Want His Help
So coming into this episode, Du Jun had proposed that they go on three dates a week. Not marriage this time — he’s learned from his mistake in episode 2 — just dates. Getting to know each other. Building something.
Hui Won says no. Flat out. She doesn’t want his help, she doesn’t want anything to do with him. And I get it — from her perspective this man is her BOSS. The power dynamic alone is a nightmare. But we also know from the first two episodes that this runs deeper than that. This woman doesn’t believe in people. Period. And you can’t blame her when her own mum treats her like she’s worthless?
The Beer Leak — Taking the Fall
Meanwhile, there’s been a breach at the company. Hui Won has been developing an idea for a new line of beers and it’s been leaked — another company has launched the exact same thing. She’s being accused of being the internal spy. Her team leader publicly humiliates her in front of the whole office.
Instead of letting her whole team take the blame, Hui Won decides to take responsibility herself. So now she has to come up with a completely new idea from scratch.
This is where Du Jun starts being… look, I don’t know if he’s really being an arse or if she’s just not working hard enough. Every time she brings him a new idea, he rejects it. Again and again and again. But then he tells her something that changes how you read the whole thing — no one can do anything on their own. She’s part of a team. She should have got her team to help her. Or actually, she should have come to HIM.
And THAT’S when it clicks. He’s not just talking about beer. He’s talking about the baby. He’s telling her — in his own roundabout, frustrating, CEO way — that she doesn’t have to do this alone. She SHOULDN’T do this alone. Whether it’s work or parenthood, she needs to let people in. Let HIM in.
It’s clever writing because on the surface it’s a workplace storyline, but underneath it’s completely about their relationship. The beer ideas are the baby. The rejected proposals are the rejected dates. It’s all the same pattern — her insisting she can handle everything alone, and him trying to show her she doesn’t have to.
The Sister-in-Law — Schemers Think Everyone’s Scheming
The sister-in-law Han Jeong Eum is STILL plotting. She takes Hui Won out for dinner — all friendly, all “let me treat you, let’s talk woman to woman” — and the entire time she’s trying to persuade her to get rid of the baby.
But here’s what got me. You can hear the sister-in-law’s inner thoughts. And she genuinely believes Hui Won is SCHEMING. She thinks Hui Won is deliberately trying to trap Du Jun and take the family money by having the heir’s child.
That tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about Jeong Eum. People who think everyone around them is scheming are usually the ones doing the scheming themselves. She’s projecting. SHE’S the one with the agenda. SHE’S the one trying to take over the company. SHE’S the one plotting against Du Jun. So naturally she assumes everyone else operates the same way. Classic villain energy — can’t imagine anyone doing anything without an ulterior motive because she’s never done anything without one.
The Mother Scene — Du Jun Finally Understands
This was the scene that shifted everything.
Du Jun accidentally sees Hui Won and her mother interacting together. And he sees just how bad it is. This isn’t a difficult mother-daughter relationship. This isn’t “tough love.” This is a woman treating her own daughter with genuine cruelty and contempt.
And you can see it on his face — the penny dropping. Maybe it’s not that Hui Won doesn’t want a relationship with HIM specifically. Maybe she doesn’t believe in relationships with ANYONE. Because if your own mum — the person who is supposed to love you unconditionally — can treat you like that? Then what would a stranger do? Why would you ever trust anyone? Why would you let anyone close enough to hurt you like that again?
This is the moment Du Jun stops seeing her rejection as personal and starts understanding it as survival. She’s not pushing him away because she doesn’t care. She’s pushing him away because caring has only ever brought her pain.
The Hospital — She Starts to See Him
The stress from the incident with her mum causes Hui Won to end up in hospital. Du Jun takes her there and looks after her — properly. Not in a controlling way, not in an overbearing CEO way, but in a quiet “I’m here and I’m not leaving” way.
This is when something shifts for Hui Won. She starts to realise that maybe Du Jun is actually a good person. And then she finds out what he’s been doing behind the scenes — donating to charity. Setting up initiatives for mothers. Giving out alcohol-free beers at birthing centres. Donating money to organisations that support women who are essentially doing it all on their own.
Because here’s what Du Jun understands — a lot of these women, even the ones who are married and have partners, are still doing it all by themselves. And he feels strongly that it shouldn’t be that way. Even if he and Hui Won don’t end up together, he doesn’t want her to be on her own.
That’s not a controlling man. That’s a man who’s trying to show through his ACTIONS what he can’t get her to believe through words. And THAT is when Hui Won’s walls start to crack.
The Second Lead — Getting Suspicious
Min Wook is getting suspicious. I think he’s starting to put the pieces together — that maybe the baby’s father could be the PRESIDENT. His feelings for Hui Won are still very much there and you can tell he wants to be the one. He wants to step in, be the dad, be the partner she needs. But he wants to know who the real father is first.
And I think when he eventually finds out that it’s Du Jun? He’s going to be VERY jealous and VERY upset. The love triangle is building and it’s going to get messy.
The Secretary — Give This Man His Own Show
I need to talk about Du Jun’s secretary because this man is HILARIOUS. He is genuinely the funniest person in this entire drama. He provides the true comedy relief and the show would be so much heavier without him.
He’s got a thing for Hui Won’s manager and the way he’s just there TRYING — and I do mean trying — to flirt with her is absolutely hilarious. Zero game. Maximum effort. Every single interaction is comedy gold and I am here for every second of it. Someone give this man a spin-off.
My Thoughts on Episode 3
Three episodes in and this drama is layering things properly. What I love about this episode is how it used the work storyline as a mirror for the relationship. Du Jun rejecting Hui Won’s beer ideas is the same as him pushing back on her insistence to do parenthood alone. Her taking responsibility for the leak by herself is the same instinct that makes her reject his help with the baby. The workplace and the romance aren’t separate storylines — they’re the SAME storyline told in two different arenas.
The mother scene was essential. Without seeing HOW damaged Hui Won is by her mum’s treatment, Du Jun (and us) would just see a stubborn woman refusing help for no reason. But now we understand — this is a woman who learned very early that the people closest to you will hurt you the most. Of course she doesn’t trust a stranger who says he wants to be there.
The sister-in-law is the worst but she’s entertainingly the worst. Min Wook getting suspicious is setting up drama for the second half. And that secretary? He needs his own show. I said what I said.
I’m in. Let’s keep going.
Quick Stats
Network Channel A (Sat & Sun 22:30 KST) Episodes 12 × 70 min Airing January 17 – February 22, 2026 Genre Comedy, Romance Director Kim Jin Seong Screenwriter So Hae Won Based On Naver Webtoon “Positively Yours” by Lee Jeong & Kang Ki Where to Watch Viki
Cast
Actor Character Choi Jin Hyuk Kang Du Jun — the broken chaebol CEO who just wants to be there Oh Yeon Seo Jang Hui Won — the career woman who doesn’t trust anyone, and honestly? Fair enough Hong Jong Hyun Lee Min Wook — the best friend who’s about to find out something he really doesn’t want to know Kim Da Som (Dasom) Hwang Mi Ran — Hui Won’s ride-or-die best friend Jang Yeo Bin Kang Se Hyun — Du Jun’s niece, proof he can be a great parent Baek Eun Hye Han Jeong Eum — the sister-in-law, professional schemer Kim Soo Jin Lee Seon Jeong — Hui Won’s mother. That’s the nicest thing I’ll say about her
When a man stops rejecting your beer ideas and starts quietly donating to charities for single mothers… that’s not your boss. That’s the father of your child trying to tell you something without saying it out loud.
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