They were such an adorable couple in QIHM that everyone thought his surprise declaration of love was incredibly brave and romantic, but it was a really thoughtless (or even mean) thing to do without discussing it with her first. I wonder if she ever really forgave him for doing something so potentially damaging to her career. It couldn't hurt him because he was about to go into the army, but it took away so many of her personal and professional choices without her permission. Just imagine the public reaction if she had rejected him after his declaration? Everyone who loved them as a couple would hate her for breaking his heart. And how many fans would she have lost if she had publicly broken up with him while he was in the military? Male fans who are terrified of being dumped by their girlfriends while they are doing their mandatory military service would have hated her and female fans would have also blamed her for abandoning him. How reluctant were producers to cast her as a romantic lead with someone else when she was so loved and so identified as Ji Hyun Woo's girlfriend? I was hoping that they had overcome his mistake and were a real couple, but I'm not at all surprised by the way things played out.