*SPOILERS ALERT* Start-Up Ep 10 kickstarts with Han Ji-pyeong finally confessing the truth to Seo Dal-mi (Suzy) that he was the person who wrote the letters to her which leads to the latter breaking down even further. Later on in the episode, besides mentoring the CEOs (especially Dal-mi) at Sand Box for Demo Day, Ji-pyeong also reveals to Dal-mi that he likes her (whilst mixing noodles for her during lunch!) but also assures that it shouldn't bother her as he's not expecting an answer.

Ji-pyeong also makes sure that Dal-mi knows Nam Do-san (Nam Joo-hyuk) genuinely like her, even if he did lie. On the other hand, Do-san is left a crying mess after he meets Dal-mi at the bus station and she confronts him for lying to her. Moreover, Dal-mi demands Do-san to not meet her outside of work as she's still trying to get over his and Ji-pyeong's lies. Dal-mi's grandmother Choi Won-deok (Kim Hae-sook) is also regretful for her white lies as it broke Dal-mi's heart. While in a vulnerable state, questioning her work as the CEO of Samsan Tech, Dal-mi gets drunks with When My Love Blooms star Lee Bo-young in a hilarious guest cameo.

However, Do-san interrupts the drinking session and walks Dal-mi home. When Dal-mi requests Do-san to run after her the way he did at Won In-jae's (Kang Han-na) party months ago, the latter does just that, while wearing the same black suit, only to come to an empty swing at the playground with the former all sobered and back home.

Do-san, at first, refuses Alex Kwon's (Jasper Cho) offer at a job in Silicon Valley but towards the end of the episode, after eavesdropping on Ji-pyeong saying how he will be Dal-mi's Plan B in case she fails at Demo Day, it seems like Do-san is thinking of accepting the job offer to aide Samsan Tech. Before, Do-san even comforts Dal-mi, who is a nervous wreck before her presentation at Demo Day, while wanting to show her the real Nam Do-san by saying goodbye to the fake Nam Do-san.

On the other hand, we finally know who the mystery man is, who had entered Sand Box to get revenge for his brother's death. It's unsurprisingly Kim Yong-san (Kim Do-wan) and the person he wants revenge from is Ji-pyeong, whom he confronts in the elevator almost choking him.

In a hilarious moment where real-life fangirling was shown on-screen was when Jeong Sa-ha (Stephanie Lee) was talking to Lee Chul-san (Yoo Su-bin) and Yong-san about Dal-mi choosing between Do-san and Ji-pyeong. While Sa-ha was Team Ji-pyeong, Chul-san and Yong-san were Team Do-san.

Moreover, Sa-ha made Chul-san and Yong-san understand the hard way why Do-san lying to Dal-mi was not a good thing. Sa-ha did this by pretending to reciprocate Chul-san's feelings only to shut him down in a moment's notice. Later on, Chul-san bravely confronts her about how she's playing around with him and while his feelings for her are true, she needs to stop giving him mixed signals.

The epilogue saw Ji-pyeong drinking in the same restaurant as Dal-mi had and encountering Bo-young's character, who tries to scam him by telling him to pray to his ancestors in order to get answers, the same way that she tried to trick Dal-mi.

Check out some of our favourite moments from Start-Up Ep 10 below:

We can't wait to see what happens in next week's episodes of Start-Up as we'll be welcoming Demo Day!

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