How to Buy a Friend
Park Chan-Hong is an ordinary high school student. He has talent for writing and he gets pressured by his parents about his studies. Park Chan-Hong doesn't have any specific dreams. He is friends with Eom Se-Yoon, who attends the same high school. She is popular at school. Meanwhile, Heo Don-Hyeok is classmates with Park Chan-Hong. Heo Don-Hyeok is not interested in studying and he works to pay for his living expenses. One day, Heo Don-Hyeok saves Park Chan-Hong from a school bully. To pay for his rent, Heo Don-Hyeok asks to borrow 300,000 won ($270 USD) from Park Chan-Hong. Park Chan-Hong lends him the money, but that money was supposed to pay for his private institute tuition fee. After school, Park Chan-Hong now doesn't have a place to go. He begins to spend time with Heo Don-Hyeok.
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[How to Buy a FriendㅣTeaser Trailer 3] "That cruel spring has begun"
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1.Episode 1
06-04-202035mChan Hong is an ordinary high school student. One day, his teacher suggests that he enter a writing contest.
2.Episode 2
07-04-202035mA mystery woman visits the school and meets Sae Yun and Mi Ra.
3.Episode 3
13-04-202035mChan Hong and Don Hyuk end up at the police station. Chan Hong's parents take Don Hyuk with them
4.Episode 4
14-04-202035mIt seems everything is solved, but Kyung Pyo gets arrested. To figure out the truth, Chan Hong and Don Hyuk begin collecting clues.
- Ep 5
5.Episode 5
20-04-202035m - Ep 6
6.Episode 6
21-04-202035m - Ep 7
7.Episode 7
27-04-202035m - Ep 8
8.Episode 8
28-04-202035m
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