On the January 3 broadcast of tvN's 'You Quiz on the Block', actress Gong Hyo Jin opened up about her newlywed life with singer Kevin Oh, who is 10 years younger than her. 

First, she shared, "It's been a little over a year since we got married. They say that if you turn the lights out at the same time, you're still newlyweds. I think we are still in that phase. I still want to spend as much time with him as possible." 

Before her marriage, Gong Hyo Jin had previously declared that she had no intentions of getting married. What drove her to change her mind? She answered, "I thought that even if I chose to stay single, I wouldn't necessarily be alone since many people these days choose to stay single. I also thought that marriage was not for me after seeing some of my friends who got married and became mothers." 

She then continued, "It turns out, you can really tell when you meet someone you will marry. For me, I saw that this person was someone who is better than me. Honestly, it's not that easy to be someone who is better than me. But he was that kind of person." She also added on, "I have him saved on my phone as 'My Angel'. I really do think of him as an angel. But his family thinks I'm very cheesy for it (laughter)." 

How did Gong Hyo Jin and Kevin Oh first meet? "It was right after 'When The Camellias Bloom', when I was craving social life. I heard that he was having a concert, and so I went. And then there was a concert by a foreign musician, so we went together with friends. Kevin Oh bought the tickets for all of us, so he actually sent me his bank account number before I learned his phone number. Some time later, went on a vacation to the United States, and it turned out he was also there at the same time. He asked me if I wanted to grab a cup of tea. When I came back to Korea, I told my friends it was nothing, but I made up an excuse to text him," the actress recalled. 

It's only been a little over a year since their marriage, but Gong Hyo Jin and Kevin Oh will have to spend some time apart due to Kevin Oh's time away for his mandatory military service. Gong Hyo Jin expressed her sorrow over the fact, stating, "He went the day before yesterday. I went with him to the training center. I've spent two nights without him now. I cried both nights. My heart is feeling conflicted. He made an email account so we could keep in touch though. I get an email every morning at 10 AM, like we're in some sort of a movie." 

Finally, Gong Hyo Jin revealed, "I used to be dark and cynical. I became brighter after meeting Kevin. All of my friends told me that I changed after meeting him. I also wondered what would change once we got married, and now it's clear to me that marriage changes people's relationships. Once we're bonded by marriage, it's as if we've become tied by blood."