East of Eden
Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Han Ji Hye, Lee Da Hae
Tae Ho
Episode 40
Why is the Shin family here?
That's right, isn't their son born on the same day and in the same hospital as Dong Wook?
They probably came here to celebrate his birthday
That…
Mom, let's go in. Dong Wook, go in.
Ji Hyun, you shouldn't have held the birthday celebration here.
Director Shin Tae Hwan.
Last time at my sister's wedding,
You brought some unwelcomed guests.
I am very well prepared.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
Since you were born on the same day and in the same hospital as my son,
I should invite you to dinner.
Isn't it difficult to use your salary as a prosecutor to come to this restaurant?
Use your bloody money?
I will soon show you what your bloody money brings you.
This is a prosecutor threatening an innocent citizen.
Even without a threat, criminals will feel uneasy.
Shin Myung Hun.
I would think of this every birthday,
When my father worked at Hwang Ji.
They put my head underwater.
Your father had scared you to hit me.
That's the price for throwing the present I gave you into the bucket.
Right.
That's how you remembered it.
When my head was in the water, I couldn't breathe.
Perhaps what happened to you should have happened to me.
Let's stop.
What should have happened to you happened to me?
Yes.
Life is like that.
What do you mean, what should have happened to you happened to me?
Dad!
Aren't we celebrating your birthday?
Yes, Tae Ho, dad will come soon.
Let's go in.
Wang Gun, when do you plan to have a child?
Hurry.
Sit.
Dong Chul.
Yes, mom.
Shin Tae Hwan's grandson
What was that?
Why would that child do the hand gesture that only you guys know?
Why would he do the hand gesture that you and your father did?
Maybe Shin Myung Hun taught it to him?
Why would he teach that?
Ever since we were small,
he was jealous of the hand signals that Dong Chul and I did together.
Happy birthday!
Teach your child well.
Why did your child use that hand signal to Dong Chul?
My children's hand signal shouldn't be used by your child.
I'm just saying it was surprising.
You are always the same.
My memories are fuzzy.
You are telling me how to raise my son.
What right do you have?
How did he know Dong Chul?
Do you still see Dong Chul or Dong Wook?
No, I don't have any purpose to see them.
It's them who looked for me.
What did you say?
That's what I wanted to tell you.
Ms. Yang Chun Hee has no right to tell me what to do or hurt me anymore,
And,
Even if you do it, it won't affect me.
It should be my turn to hurt you.
What do you mean?
You should think about what I mean.
You reap what you sow.
You reap what you sow?
Yes.
I want to see the outcome.
What is it?
Uncle has been kidnapped.
What?
We don't know if he's alive.
Nor do we know where he is.
Where was he kidnapped?
- We don't know that either - What do you know?
What do you know, you rascal!
President Guk is waiting.
Perhaps it's…
President Guk?
What's going on?
What are you getting at?
Where is Uncle Chaeng?
Chaeng?
I heard Kim Tae Sun returned to Korea.
Bring Kim Tae Sung here.
I don't understand why you helped him
President.
Please tell me where Uncle Chaeng is,
Please tell me where Uncle Chaeng is, president!
First bring Kim Tae Sun here.
Over there.
Uncle!
Hyung, use a rock!
Hurry, hurry and open it!
Uncle!
Wake up! Wake up!
Uncle!
He's still alive.
Are you okay?
Dong Chul.
You must run away, it's dangerous.
Let's go, hurry.
Come here, hurry, come here
Yes, put it here
Nice
Lee Dong Chul took the bait.
Really?
I just shot a wild bird, looks like we can have hot pot.
Hunting dogs are chasing us.
What?
Run, hurry and run!
He gave this information to Yang Sang Bak to trap us.
Look at that side.
Let's go.
I really don't understand.
You only needed to bring Kim Tae Sun to me.
Why must you make it complicated?
What Kim Tae Sun do to you.
He has already paid a price for it.
You shouldn't be the one to judge whether the price is enough
Moreover, you sent Kim Tae Sun to Macau behind my back
I have never done anything secretly.
- You never did stuff behind my back? - Never
Don't you know this better than anyone?
What about Tae Sung electronics?
Chaeng helped you, right?
No.
No, president
You know Chaeng is like family to me.
How could you do this?
If Chaeng is your family,
Then what am I?
President.
Child.
No matter who betrays Guk Dae Hwa,
I will not forgive him.
President.
It doesn't matter who, if they hurt my family, I will not forgive him either.
Really?
So you wanted to step on me and climb to the top.
That's your true intention?
So that's why you endangered yourself to save Young Ran.
I did it.
The bidding price.
I told him.
Yes.
I betrayed Dad.
I passed it on to him through Uncle Chaeng.
Lee Dong Chul doesn't know.
So let Lee Dong Chul go immediately.
He put himself in danger for you and he's more loyal than any of your hunting dogs.
If you don't let him go, you will lose me.
Grace.
Grace, don't be like that.
Grace, don't do it.
Okay.
You can die.
Grace.
Wake up.
Grace.
President, president!
You must take Grace to the hospital.
Grace is pregnant!
She has Mike's child.
Grace.
Wake up.
Dok Sa.
Prepare the car.
Hurry!
Oh Yun Hee and Shin Myung Hun are not related from the DNA results.
Father.
I have no idea what they are talking about.
They said Myung Hun is not in our bloodline.
They said he's not my son.
How can there be something like that?
How can there be something like that, father?
Father, father, please wake up
I can't bare it any longer, father, father!
Father.
It's Shin Tae Hwan's wife.
I was wondering when you will come to look for me.
And I was right.
Thank you for coming.
You are welcomed
How was it? You saw the pictures I sent you, right?
Please sit.
I will tell you what I have heard.
There's a woman called Janice.
She's from the same orphanage as Shin Tae Hwan, they grew up like twins.
She's Shin Tae Hwan's first love.
He betrayed his first love because he wanted to inherit Tae Sung group.
And chose you.
The day I gave birth to my son in Hwang Ji.
Tell me what you did.
You don't know?
I used these hands to deliver your baby.
- What happened afterwards? - Afterwards?
It seems like you already know, that's why you are here.
It seems like no one can control their mouth.
The secret couldn't even be kept for a day.
By the looks of it.
I bared it for too long..
Waited too long.
My son.
What happened to him? Tell me.
Your son?
Your son is very well.
I wanted him to live a life as a miner's son and cursed him to live in poverty.
But he grew up well.
You should know by now.
Say it.
I want you to say it!
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
The one who took your husband into investigation.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook,
Is your son.
He looks very handsome.
It is very lucky that he didn't grow up under Shin Tae Hwan.
You should feel grateful towards me.
If it wasn't for me.
You would have lived under Shin Tae Hwa's lies.
It's not too late now.
Destroy Shin Tae Hwan.
Destroy the person who deceived you all this time.
Kick him out of Tae Sung group, Ms. Oh Yun Hee.
Not revealing Tae Ho's father's birth secret,
Is,
Out of my greed? Is that what you mean?
Ji Hyun.
If you hide this secret, then you are supporting the crime.
Even if you hide it, it will be revealed by itself.
So…
So what should I do?
Say the truth?
- And leave the house? - I know it's hard.
And painful.
No.
No, Father, you don't know.
The suffering of living in the midst of a world full of sin,
That pain, Father, you don't know.
Even it's out of greed.
I can't listen to Father.
Still…
Thank you for coming here.
Enough.
Give up on Dong Wook now.
No! I won't give up! I won't give up!
Don't be so stubborn! Come to your senses.
If you really love Dong Wook.
You should have become a part of Shin family, left him earlier.
That would be good for you and Dong Wook.
All Dong Wook wanted to do in his life.
Is to judge the Shin family.
And you are telling me to join them?
Yes.
Are you not feeling well?
No.
It's okay.
Sit down.
Yes.
You look very tried.
But I'm sorry.
As you know.
I have a lot of things to do.
I know.
It's not easy for you to find time to see me.
I thought you wouldn't come.
Thank you for coming.
Why are you looking for me?
Is it about Shin Tae Hwan?
If it is, then I have nothing to say to your family.
Family.
You said family.
You should know this better than anyone.
Director Shin Tae Hwan's character.
What crimes he committed and how he committed them.
Since I am here meeting you face to face.
I want to ask you a question in private.
My father.
Lee Ki Chul.
Union Leader Lee Ki Chul's death
Was caused by Shin Tae Hwan's orders.
Do you know about this?
According to my knowledge.
President Oh admitted to it.
As far as I know, he is very sorry for the accident.
And?
His health is not very good
Is that true?
Yes.
That's what he said.
That's good.
If you want, I can let you see him once.
President Oh?
Yes.
He's your grandfather, Lee Dong Wook.
Perhaps.
Is this a trap from Director Shin to frame me as an attempted murder?
No.
This, this I promise.
How can I trust you?
Even though this suggestion was very out of the blue.
I will think about it.
I trust President Oh's character.
Really?
Thank you.
Is there anything else you want to say?
It's fine.
I will contact you again.
It seems like your health condition is not very good.
Please be careful.
Thank you.
Are you really okay?
I'm okay.
Isn't she the wife of Tae Sung Group's President?
How did you know?
I saw her a few times at our gatherings. Why was she here?
She came to see me for no specific reason.
You said you have an important announcement. What is it?
I'm going to Washington.
Business trip?
Yes.
You have an interesting job. You can go to a lot of places.
While I have to arrest bad guys all the time.
You are the brightest star in the DA Department, what are you complaining about?
When are you coming back?
2 years later?
What?
Why aren't you asking me why I made such a sudden decision?
You have to take care, Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
Is the country too small for you?
That's not it.
I want to further my studies.
What about Hansae Daily?
To write a truthful article,
is as difficult as grasping water in your hands.
I feel as if my heart's going to explode.
Isn't justice the same thing?
We run here and there just to investigate and find out about the truth.
But most of the time it's just a waste of our efforts.
Just like a fragile piece of glass,
we have to be extra cautious. That's law.
Just like Min Hye Rin. Hard to reach.
Who knows…
Tomorrow you might come over and tell me you're canceling your trip to Washington.
No.
There is something that I need to tell you before I leave.
Every time I think of Korea,
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook, you're the one that I will miss the most.
Looks like it's true.
I'm afraid so.
I might suddenly appear in front of you one day, and say that I'm back.
You sound like a person who has survived a turbulent period.
Take care, Dong Wook.
I will only believe it once you're gone for sure…
since it's an early farewell.
Mom!
Grandma's supposed to pick me up today. Why did you come instead?
Let's go.
Mom!
Let's go look for daddy.
I want to eat jjajjangmyun.
Alright. Let's go.
You…
What brings you here?
Tae Ho says he wants to eat jjajjangmyun with his father.
Where's mother?
Didn't she say that she was going to visit your Grandpa?
Why can't you tell me where Grandpa is?
Because I'm taking your father's side?
What does this have to do with that?
Is that so?
The close-knit relationship that you have with your mother and your grandpa…
makes me really sad, do you know?
Don't interfere with our business. Just live as you like.
Right, I will live as I like.
Even if you say I'm being selfish and greedy.
Even if I have to bear that guilt,
and die for it, I will live my life according my liking.
Who knows…
you might even accompany the President to Iran in my place.
Why?
All the major dealings and financial transactions with Iran…
you know more that I do.
Hasa will be more willing to help you out.
Is it father's intention? Or your intention?
We're talking about US$ 200 Million.
It's the perfect opportunity for Tae Sung Construction to expand its empire internationally.
From the sound of your words, it seems like they're father's intentions.
It doesn't matter whether they're your father's intentions or yours.
Alright.
OK, I will go.
Of course I have to go.
You don't have deal with it.
I will start learning from today.
Help me prepare the relevant information.
Ahjussi…
No matter how I see it, I still don't get it.
How was the grandson of Shin Family able to greet Dong Chul…
with that hand gesture, one that only Dong Chul and his father knew about?
Who said that only the Lee Family can greet people like that way?
Sister..
We have an unexpected guest.
Come in.
Come in quickly.
It looks like she has some important matters…
What is she doing being so prim and proper?
I don't think you're welcomed here.
What is it?
I can see through her immediately.
Of course she came to see Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
Why are you here to see Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook?
Isn't it obvious?
The day of Dong Wook prosecuting Shin Tae Hwan is coming soon.
She's coming thru the back door, begging us to let him go.
Stop all your nonsense.
There is no way anybody can get away with anything by merely coming to see Dong Wook.
Quickly speak up. Why did you come here?
I came here because I had something to say.
Look!
The next minute she's going to give you a letter,
begging Dong Wook to let the damned Shin Tae Hwan go.
Ok Hee!
Hey!
Our Unnie has nothing to hear from you.
No.
I'm curious to hear what she has to say to me.
Follow me.
Hyung-nim! What else do you want to hear from her?
Follow her inside.
Listen here.
Do you know what the birdcage is for?
My brother-in-law never let go of that birdcage
even when he breathed his last in the coal mine.
Because of the blood-stained birdcage, Dong Wook worked hard and studied law.
Even our Dong Chul managed to survive all obstacles and succeeded in life.
That's why….
If you're here to throw a fit unreasonably, don't waste your time.
Come in.
I don't know what's going on with you.
But you can't simply just come to my house and cry in front of me. Don't you know?
The wrong and sins that Shin Tae Hwan has committed against our family…
cannot be redeemed by some cheap tears of yours.
The kids lost their father…
How were they able to live their life enduring all the hardship?
If you could at least imagine…
How could you even dare to step into this house?
Of course.
You know this place? How can you come here welling up with your cheap tears?
We have nothing else to say to you. Leave this house immediately.
Leave – immediately!
The sins committed by the father – the son may have to bear the punishment.
That's how we gritted our teeth and survived until now. So please just go back.
I was wrong.
I was wrong…
She seems to be way ahead of time… it's a bit too fast right?
Just to save her murderer husband.
You're really a sacrificing lady, huh?
From now on, don't simply decide anything for me, Dad.
Everything has ended.
Your favorite son-in-law Mike has left.
The right-hand man that you disgusted until you had to get rid of him,
has also left.
From now on I will decided what I want to do with my life, don't try to influence me.
I'm not saying this as your daughter.
But as Guk Young Ran.
Grace is a bit sensitive right now.
Please take good care of her.
Don't ever touch Lee Dong Chul again.
Do not order him.
His life - just let go and let him decide.
If not, I will never forgive you.
Grace.
It's not time for you to worry about Dong Chul right now.
You should rest more and take good care of your body.
Uncle.
Are you alright?
- Where am I? - In an unknown hospital.
So to be safer.
How does your body feel?
President Guk…
Don't think about it anymore.
The next could be you Dong Chul.
He's a ruthless person.
Grace.
Forget about her.
Then only can you survive.
Isn't this a bit too much?
You're leaving without discussing this with your father beforehand?
A journalist exploring a different working place, it's not a big deal.
Go inside and see him then.
Alright.
I'm not a small kid anymore, father.
I didn't abuse my position as the daughter of Hansae Daily's big boss.
Don't worry about it.
People might judge me by saying that I'm leaving because I've been prioritized by the board.
But I really want to broaden my visions by exploring the world outside.
You got fed up arguing with me over some petty news?
No.
That's not it, father.
When I was 4 years old living in Sung Chu,
I had to wait until weekends to see you.
I felt very happy back then.
You were very handsome.
Thinking about it carefully,
maybe I wasn't meant to be your daughter.
But because of mother's words back then, you took me in.
I have been so ignorant of your gratitude for such a long time.
Hye Rin.
You…
I will write to you, father.
Father, you are one who knows how to love.
You…
When did you start thinking like that?
Ssshhhh…
Min Hye Rin... will always be your daughter.
No matter what.
Mother, come…
Where have you been?
Myung Hun…
Mother...
You feeling tired asking around how to bring me down?
Right, you even went to see the lawyer.
If you're bringing a claim for divorce, we will only get half of everything…you're seeking to settle this out of court.
If we settle this out of court, and you want my portion, you will have to have evidence of Shin Tae Hwan's doings.
You were asking around about this right?
You're right.
The sins that you have committed are uncountable!
The sin that you have committed by ordering Lee Ki Chul's murder!
The sin that you have committed by killing an unborn child…
just to erase your love affair with Yoo Mi Ae!
The sin that you have committed by casting my father out!
Even if you die, you will never be able to redeem your sins!
Me dying isn't enough?
Those words…
It sounded as if I die, it still won't make you feel any better.
That's right, you monster!
To have lived my whole life with a monster husband, I feel disgusted!
That I can't breathe anymore!
Get out of my house immediately!
Get out! Get out! Get out!
This woman has gone mad.
It's time she's admitted into a mental hospital.
Get out!
Get out you monster!
Honey!
Accompany your mother back to her room.
Quick.
Honey!
You've really gone mad. You've lost your senses!
I warn you.
Do not ever lay your hands on my mother again!
Or else, I will never let you off.
Mother...
Let's go up.
Help me. Let's go up.
Ji Hyun.
Why is he acting like that?
Do you know?
Mom, it's cold. Why did you come out?
Why are you so late?
Don't be like this. Am I still a kid? Do you still have to wait for me?
If you continue being like this, I can't be a good prosecutor.
You… have you forced Shin Tae Hwan…
to a dead-end?
Why, Mom?
Are you getting impatient?
It won't take long.
Shin Tae Hwan's wife…came to our house today.
What? When? She came to see me too.
Is that so?
What did she say?
She didn't say anything.
What did she say to you?
She just kept saying that she was wrong.
She kept apologizing and crying.
Why did she do that?
Don't bother anymore. Go inside and rest.
They always say that those who have sinned have a difficult time sleeping.
I still have some work to do tonight.
Please help me prepare supper alright?
Alright.
I'm home.
You…
Have you seen Ji Hyun lately?
No.
Then why did her son greet you with that hand gesture?
That hand gesture, only you and Dong Wook…
and also your father, knew about it.
Well…Myung Hun also knew about that hand gesture.
Ji Hyun also knew about it… it's not a big deal.
Your mother, I am not a fool.
There must be something that you're hiding from me.
There is an old saying – that one who grows older becomes wiser.
Don't try to fool your mother.
What is it?
Look around the house now.. Quick!
President.
They attacked 2 of our bodyguards without us knowing,
and left the boxes here.
The person is not simple.
Unless he has been trained before,
he wouldn't have been able to do this.
Yes, Eun Ha Soo Restaurant.
Hello?
Hello? Eun Ha Soo...
- What happened? - We don't know.
You don't know?
I'm sorry.
But…
The last time we saw him,
he thanked us for all the trouble we'd taken just for him.
What?
Don't misunderstand me – but
isn't Tae Ho's mother too aggressive?
She's doing it for Tae Sung, mother.
In the end, your heart is still occupied by Ji Hyun.
It's been like this ever since you were young.
However,
it's not the same with Ji Hyun.
No.
Nothing has changed, mother.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook, he's not married yet, right?
Why are you asking this?
Nothing.
Ji Hyun..
Please think of her positively, mother.
The look on her wanting to live a fulfilling life,
don't you feel painful for her?
A marriage sustained by pity and empathy,
won't last long.
Mother…
Dong Chul. What should we do?
Your mother...
is going to see the Priest.
She's very quick to sense that something's amiss.
Shin Myung Hun came to see us.
Shin Tae Hwan's wife also came over.
It looks like she has figured out something.
About that…
Dong Chul,
does the Father know about this?
About Dong Wook?
This can't be.
If your mother goes to see him,
you have to warn him not to say anything.
If your mother finds out about this, she would not be able to live anymore.
What should we do?
What did Nurse Yoo Mi Ae do?
She did something inhumane.
Shin Tae Hwan's wife also gave birth to a child in the same hospital.
You bitch!
Is it true that you did it?
Tell me the truth!
Representative Guk.
Just do whatever you want.
I will do a better job than you, Dad.
Just wait and see.
Dong Wook.
Isn't Lee Ki Chul's blood..
She said he's Shin Tae Hwan's blood son