Thai Drama Beauty Newbie aired episode 9 on Monday, March 18, 2024, at 8:30 p.m. ICT on channel GMM25. The popular drama follows the story of Liu (Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul), who has been bullied for her looks all her life. Thus, she goes through plastic surgery before entering university. However, she comes across an old schoolmate, Guy (Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn), who recognizes Liu’s old face from their school days.
Episode 9 of Beauty Newbie begins with Liu running into Saint (Great Sapol Assawamunkong) after his confession the night before. Saint had told her that she could take her time to think and then give him an answer. While they are talking in the laundry room, it gets awkward when Guy joins them. After she leaves, Guy asks Saint how his date with Liu went. Rather than answering Guy’s question, Saint offers him laundry advice, which confuses him.
Guy had also asked Liu out on a date to their old school. However, she had rejected the offer. The next day, Guy tells his friend, Ann, about the awkward run-in and the love triangle. She analyzes the situation and tells Guy that Saint was likely trying to ‘console’ him, assuming that their date went well and he had already won over Liu. At this point, Guy gets even more frustrated as he is the one who had confessed his feelings to Liu first. Ann then suggests he partner up with Liu for their Pop Culture assignment. She asks Guy if he has the money to take Liu on a date. Since Guy moved out of home and refused to take money from his parents, he has been struggling with finances. However, he decides to find a part-time job.
As Liu’s friends have already found partners for the project, she has no choice but to take up Guy’s offer to watch a movie together for their assignment. She tries to convince herself and Faye that it is only for the project and not a date.
Beauty Newbie episode 9 recap: Linda comes to Guy’s rescue
Liu heads out on her day out with Guy and finds him waiting for her outside. She thinks it’s going to be just a visit to the movie. Meanwhile, Guy has the whole day planned for them. To make the day special, Guy takes Liu to an outside cinema instead of the theaters. During their tuk-tuk ride to the venue, Guy tries to take a selfie with Liu. But she awkwardly pulls away. Furthermore, she gives him the cold shoulder all day. To top it all off, she keeps transferring money to Guy every time he pays for something to keep him strictly in the friend zone.
After the movie, Guy asks Liu to join him for dinner. The choice of the restaurant shocks her, as she cannot afford it and asks to go elsewhere. Liu tells him that this is too much for a class assignment. He retorts and says he wants to have a nice day with Liu. She is taken aback when Guy asks if she’s already dating Saint and heads to the restroom.
While waiting for her at the table, Guy overhears the nearby girls talk about him. They bring up the university’s rumors about a girl who got plastic surgery. The girls say that while the guy is handsome, he’s come here with someone who is all plastic. The remarks anger Guy and he orders the restaurant’s expensive full-course meal. When Liu returns, he asks her if she acted weird all day because of being worried about what people think about them. Liu then reprimands him and says he shouldn’t have ordered so much as he is struggling financially. She reveals that Guy’s mother, Linda, told her he refused to take money from her.
To Liu’s surprise, Guy assumes that she didn’t let him pay all day because she was ‘worried’ about him. Liu tries to convince him that wasn’t the case, but he’s already on cloud nine. The two then head home and enjoy a sweet dinner with Linda, who had brought food for her son.
