East of Eden
Song Seung Hun, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Hae Jin, Han Ji Hye, Lee Da Hae
Get my dad back, Grandpa!
Episode 44
Grandpa!
- Tae Ho. - Grandpa!
Tae Ho, stop crying. Stop that.
- Grandpa! - Tae Ho.
Tae Ho, if you eat a lot,
after school ends, your dad might be home already.
No!
Last night, dad cried in my room.
He cried a long, long time.
Tae Ho, no crying!
I will look for him, you eat quickly and get to school.
- No, get my dad back right now! - Get up!
Get up if you're not eating.
Don't bother with him.
- Don't bother with him, Ji Hyun. - Get up, get up!
- Grandpa! - No.
- This kid is too disobedient. - Grandpa! Grandpa!
Grandpa! Grandpa!
The one who should get out of this house is you, isn't it?
You're the one who should leave, why chase out the innocent one?
You don't seem to understand some things.
What you should do now is to acknowledge your own flesh and blood.
Understand?
Get Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook to sit in this place.
That will have to depend on whether Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook wants to or not.
The place where you will meet Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook,
isn't here, is it?
A mother's strength is the strongest.
Even if you have to use maternal cries, you have to get him to sit here.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook...
Will he sit in that place? I think he'll want to break family bonds.
Flesh and blood connections,
unexplainable mutual attraction, that is called family ties.
Then, your pretentious love for the unrelated Tae Ho, how much of it is real?
100% real.
I love him more than I love the Tae Sung Group.
It's because you need the abilities of Tae Ho's mother, right?
You...
Have you forgotten how much Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook once loved Tae Ho's mother?
I still remember that very well.
So, as long as we get Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook to sit here, we'd all be happy.
You are really incredibly wicked.
A wicked man living as if he's not one, did you think that was simple?!
I want to care for my own child.
And I'll care for the woman whom my child loves, too!
If you have the same thoughts, stop arguing with me, just do as you're told.
Stop looking here and there, telling nonsense to everyone!
I, Shin Tae Hwan, want to protect many people, and one of them is you.
Tae Ho's father? Where are you?
I'm asking you, where are you?
Since you're not wanting to talk, why bother calling?
Where are you? Why aren't you talking?
You made the kid so upset, must you cry so badly in front of him before you left?
I'm sorry, Ji Hyun.
It's me. Lee Dong Wook.
I'd like to see you.
Now.
You're here.
You look like you're having a hard time.
What a human finds so hard to bear...
Why must you and I face it again and again?
Myung Hun, has he left home?
Is that why you called hyung?
I don't know why, but I thought Dong Chul oppa might know Myung Hun's whereabouts.
I called hyung...
But he... thought I was Myung Hun.
"Is that Myung Hun?" "Where are you?"
"How can you leave home without leaving a word for the family?"
"Tae Ho misses you."
Just like what a blood brother will say to his younger sibling.
Those words...
Cut my heart like a knife.
Help me pass a message to Myung Hun.
I'm already a tree with roots in the Lee family.
Not a tree which can be uprooted easily.
Let's continue growing in the soil which we have been in all this while.
Blood is thicker than water,
so how can a tree split into two?
But...
The blade that is pointed at President Shin Tae Hwan,
how about...
retracting it now?
No.
No, I can't do that.
He's your father.
Whatever people say, he's still your father.
He's the father who gave you life and blood.
Although the law is more important than sentiments,
there's something else to be adhered to, and that's family ties.
What is the use of laws which violate the law of the family?
Let's just...
Let's just continue living like this, Ji Hyun.
Dong Chul, something's gone wrong!
Wang Gun and Kim Tae Sun,
something happened to them.
What happened? No, Oppa.
Who did it?
I think Shin Tae Hwan and President Guk joined hands in this.
Whether it's President Guk or Shin Tae Hwan,
I still think this is a result of Kim Tae Sun.
Where was the car?
Under the bridge at Han River.
No, no.
This is Lee Dong Chul.
Come to the East Incheon warehouse right now.
There you'll find the missing persons.
Who is this?
Who are you?!
Tell me. Who are you?
Representative Guk Young Ran told me to make this call.
Please keep this a secret.
- Wang Gun! - Wang Gun!
Where are you?
Wang Gun hyungnim!
Hyungnim! Hyungnim!
Wang Gun hyung! Wang Gun!
- Split up and search. - Yes.
Here, quick.
Wang Gun!
Wang Gun hyung. Wang Gun hyung!
- Wang Gun hyungnim! - Hyungnim.
Search quickly.
Hyungnim! Hyungnim!
Wang Gun hyungnim. Hyungnim!
Wang Gun hyungnim!
- Wang Gun hyung! - Answer us!
Wang Gun hyung!
Wang Gun! Wang Gun!
Dong Chul, over here!
Hyungnim.
- Hyungnim. - We found him, Hyungnim!
Hyungnim, are you alright?
Over here!
Where?
Open your eyes, Hyungnim.
- Hyungnim. - Wang Gun.
- Wang Gun hyung! - Wang Gun hyung, please wake up!
- Wang Gun hyung. - Wang Gun hyung.
Wang Gun, open your eyes.
Wang Gun hyung.
Hyung.
Open your eyes. Open your eyes!
What is the matter?
You should know very well.
I can put up with anything.
But I can't put up with those who touch my family, that's Lee Dong Chul for you.
Wang Gun, that fella...
He thinks this casino belongs to his father.
And he's been going around saying that.
You knew that too, right?
From what I know, that's not the truth at all.
Do you know about the past?
In the past, the history between President Lee Jung Chul and I.
Do you?
Is it groundless?
The rumor that you pushed President Lee Jung Chul to the extreme then snatched his casino.
So that is not groundless, but the truth?
Is it because you think there's remnant from that truth,
that's why you want his son killed too?
Kim Tae Sun...
He stole my money without my knowing.
With such a low trick,
how dare you covet this casino?
Lee Dong Chul...
Has absolutely no interest in the city that you, President Guk, have built!
You should know that very well.
You?
You.
Yes.
Dong Chul, what crime have you committed?
It's only a problem when you know the taste of money.
President...
I left your control to strike out on my own.
Is that so difficult for you to accept?
Extremely difficult.
Bring me Kim Tae Sun.
Get Kim Tae Sun here.
Attorney Kim.
Let's hear what you two have to say to each other.
Match up what you two say.
I told you this has nothing to do with Lee Dong Chul, didn't I?
Representative Lee Dong Chul, be careful.
President Guk Dae Hwa and Shin Tae Hwan,
they've joined hands.
Continue. Where did your money come from?
You secretly transferred my money somewhere else.
What are your intentions?
Go on.
Attorney Kim.
Attorney Kim!
Strictly speaking,
that's not money belonging to Guk Dae Hwa, too.
It belongs to one who did your bidding like a dog, it's my hard-earned money!
Attorney Kim.
Is that the reason why you came back to Korea?
Attorney Kim, give it up.
Even if the sum is more than this hard-earned money, give it up, Attorney Kim.
You can't give it up, right?
Since the amount is so huge, you definitely can't give it up.
Attorney Kim.
If you don't give it up, you will always he lesser than others.
Attorney Kim!
I'll give it up.
You'll give it up?
With those two dirty legs of his...
Making us all confused, he's the best at that.
Sign here.
Cut off your finger and sign it.
I'll replace this piece of paper with myself.
And what Attorney Kim has taken,
I'll return every cent of it.
Let's go.
Representative Lee Dong Chul.
Once a man dirties his hands,
it'll be so difficult for him to turn over a new leaf.
I understand that very well now.
Representative Lee, please cut off my finger.
Please cut off my hand.
President Guk's money.
Don't keep a single cent of it, return it in full.
Even though that may be harder than cutting off your finger.
Also, about Asia Casino...
How can we get detailed information on it?
It's Grandma White.
Grandma White?
Who is that?
In our country, within the loan shark industry,
she's the most powerful one.
Prosecutor.
This document just arrived via courier.
It's of some weight, I feel re-energized just holding it in my hands.
Somehow I think the content is very precious information.
Again? That's such a long shot.
From an anonymous source, yet the content is so substantial.
Yes, the content is too accurate and complete.
From account number, stock certificate numbers to the money amounts, it's all listed very clearly.
If we conducted a quiet investigation, we could get the details immediately.
Also, if we checked the account numbers,
we can even quickly nail down the businesses who provided funding.
Don't be too rash, Prosecutor Lee.
If this is for real,
this is the top secret among all secrets.
This is not a case to pick up simply.
Such huge amounts can't pass off as secret funds but rather illegal wealth.
I'll hand in an investigation plan immediately.
Prosecutor Lee.
This matter affects the highest ranking persons of the previous regime.
Also, we must first figure out
the real intentions of sending this to a young, start-up prosecutor.
Even without this matter,
internally there are rumors that you're starting to collect your ammunition.
I know, Attorney General.
But I cannot remain as an incapable prosecutor for long.
This file, I'll investigate in detail.
Hey, Prosecutor Lee.
I told you not to act rashly.
Oh, you're here?
Yes.
Just the right time.
Prosecutor Lee.
Today is my daughter's birthday, so we agreed to have lunch.
If you have nothing on, I'd like to invite you and your subordinates to come along.
Father.
Isn't it meaningless to invite strangers to a birthday celebration?
Is it that important if it's just a meal?
How is your job search going?
I'll be meeting Hansae Daily's President Min this afternoon.
You applied to join Hansae Daily?
They're looking for people at the political desk.
If you don't object, I'd like to take this job.
Oppa, if it was just an hour later...
he wouldn't have survived.
I really couldn't stop my anxiety and almost called jageun oppa.
You did well.
Wang Gun hyung...
Are you alright?
Are you feeling better?
Grace...
How many times are you going to tear my drum?*
(*Reference to legend of girl who betrays father for his enemy)
You're the one who revealed the information to Lee Dong Chul, right?
That's correct.
Lee Dong Chul...
Is he still in your heart even now?
No.
There's Mike's child in my womb.
In your womb?
When you cut the umbilical cord,
you'd like Dong Chul to do it, too.
What's the reason you betray me over and over again?
If that man is left to die in our factory,
you will have a hard time staying alive too.
That's why I did it.
You were worried for me?
Is that why you're watching my actions every moment?
Yes.
All that you did after Lee Dong Chul left,
it will anger the heavens.
What I did will anger the heavens,
and what Dong Chul did will make the heavens happy, is that right?
Dad, part with your love and hate for Lee Dong Chul.
That man is different from us.
He should have left much earlier.
Leave it to me.
I will grow the business better than Lee Dong Chul.
We only get to live once,
don't be too greedy.
I've never been greedy.
I've never been greedy about anything.
I've never been greedy.
My father is just so stubborn.
When he made me come to the office, I should have known.
It wasn't your birthday celebration, but rather it became a staff lunch.
Are you upset?
No.
That's how he is.
When he's in a good mood, everyone else around him must be too.
Whether it applies to everyone, I'm not sure.
But that's how he treats me.
He transferred me from the rural countryside office to the Special Branch here.
He's been taking care of me all this while.
Hansae Daily, shall I drop you off there?
Yes.
Aigoo!
Come on in.
Who is this? Welcome.
This is the first time we're meeting after I entered university, right?
This is perfect timing, I'm so happy.
Come, sit down.
After you were dismissed as a journalist,
you furthered your studies in England, so that's not a bad deal.
My father had a hard time.
He endured so much having to write columns for our paper,
yet his daughter was dismissed.
Let's not talk about that!
Come work in Hansae Daily's political desk.
How did you know I came back?
Reporter Ryu Gun Woo from Democratic Daily told us.
He said you might resume your position there.
There are a few people I know there.
You mustn't do that. You have such outstanding abilities.
Still no news?
Yes.
Stop waiting.
Pacify Tae Ho, try not to startle him.
Is that the right thing to do, Father?
You too, are going to question if this is the right thing to do or not?
Don't you know those who question are actually even more not magnanimous?
Whether the matter is right or not, let's let Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook decide.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
You feel your family ties are with him, Father?
Can you accept him as your son, Father?
As they say, isn't he my flesh and blood?
This is not up to us humans to decide.
It's decided by our blood ties.
So, what's there that's impossible?
Then...
Tae Ho and I...
will have to leave this home, too.
Why do you have to?
You think I'll let them have Tae Ho?
No matter what others say, Tae Ho will always be my grandson.
He is not your flesh and blood.
I treasure him even more than my own flesh and blood!
Myung Hun.
He calls me a wicked man with my hands stained in blood.
But I surely won't give away a child whom I love.
So you stop talking nonsense. Just stay in your own position.
With a major case, I can turn this country upside down.
It will raise your prestige and reputation, I'll hand this case to you.
What will a father hold back from doing for his son?
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook...
The law does not exist only in the law journals.
The real law exists in the real world.
Do you know the amount of the secret funds of the previous regime?
I can even get you that secret information.
Aigoo.
Some drunk restaurant guest must have wandered in by mistake.
Excuse me. This is the...
Huh? Who do we have here?
You came here intentionally?
What is this?
Sister! Sister!
Sister, what are we to do?
Sister! What are we going to do?
Sister!
What is it?
It's...
He's here.
Shin Tae Hwan's son.
That's right. Shin Tae Hwan's son...
Shin Myung Hun is here.
What?
No, no. That's...
He's drunk, so I think he wasn't aware of where he was going.
Aigoo, Sister!
Aigoo, Sister.
Seeing how he couldn't come sober,
he hasn't forgotten what he's done to us.
Goodness, what is this? Oh, what's going on?
I did wrong.
I'm so sorry.
Look.
He has sunglasses on, but we can completely recognize him, huh?
But I'm just saying,
for Uncle Chaeng to help that high ranking North Korean to defect,
he must be incredibly talented.
Quiet. Just be quiet.
It must be Chaeng hyung.
Chaeng.
Hello? Uncle?
Dong Chul, there's trouble.
Hello.
Shin Myung Hun, you know?
Raised as Shin Tae Hwan's son.
He's currently at our house.
Myung Hun is?
He was drunk, saying "I'm so sorry" to your mother, then passed out in the yard.
We couldn't kick him out like that, so we laid him down in a room...
I didn't know whether we did the right thing.
For Dong Wook's sake,
I just want to toss him out, but what can we do?
Blood is thicker than water.
Even your mother couldn't bring herself to say anything.
So what now? Is this okay?
What now? Is this fine?!
He's already in a room.
Leave him be to sober up.
Alright. I understand.
What did he say?
Like he would think differently? They are related by blood, after all.
He said to let him sleep until he's sober.
Be that as it may,
he really needs to wake before Dong Wook comes home.
He...
came because he missed his mother.
He looks so pitiable.
Could he possibly feel fine?
He found out that he was raised by the man who killed his father.
He must clearly remember how he came to wreck this home with his own hands.
Even so, he came because it's his home, Big Mother.
Did you contact the family?
It seems that it will be difficult for him to last through the night.
Father.
Myung Hun has gone.
And I also don't have any will left to live.
The doctor said to contact family, but who can I call?
Father.
Take me with you, Father.
Father.
Take me with you, Father.
Thank you.
I'm back.
How did our Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook get off work so early today?
Yes, really.
How's my mother doing?
It's been a while, so I wanted to eat dinner together.
She likes chicken so I bought some.
No, no.
I'll set the table, so eat here.
Right.
It's still a bit chilly. I'll eat inside on the heated floor.
Hey, hey, hey!
Dong Wook! Dong Wook!
Dong Wook! It's...
I'm not going anywhere, Auntie.
Mmm...
Is hyung home?
Huh?
That... Dong Wook.
Mother.
I bought that chicken you like, Mother.
I came early since we haven't eaten together in a while.
Mother, what's wrong?
Mother?
Why is Mother like this? Did something happen?
Why are you all like this?
Dong Wook.
Did something happen to hyung?
Where's hyung?
Hey, hey!
Hyung!
Auntie.
Why is Shin Myung Hun here?
Why is this guy lying in my room?
Um... That's...
He came really drunk, and passed out in the yard.
What could we do?
We couldn't toss him out with just us.
And we couldn't have him use the master bedroom.
Hey, Shin Myung Hun, get up.
You! Just get up!
Why are you lying here?
I'm asking why you're here!
Get out. Get out right now!
This is my room, you got that? This isn't a place for you to be, get out!
This is Lee Dong Wook's room in Lee Dong Wook's house.
Yeah.
Then isn't this my house, my room?
If this is Lee Dong Wook's house, Lee Dong Wook's room,
then it's my house, my room, isn't it?
Did you forget the fact that I, Shin Myung Hun, am Lee Dong Wook,
and you, Lee Dong Wook, are Shin Myung Hun?
Even if we tried to forget about it and live, that's the utter truth.
I'm saying that the time has come for you to leave this house.
You want to keep saying stuff like that?
How well did you live because of me, Lee Dong Wook?
Because of me, you met a good father, good mother, good brother,
and in that household you lived without want!
Because your fate was switched with mine, you became a person and a lawyer.
You've lived so well, it's about time that you leave my place and go.
And you're yelling at me, calling my house and room yours?
Living as the enemy who killed my own father, stand in those shoes of mine for a moment.
Even if your lips were pried open, you wouldn't have anything to say!
Understand? I asked if you got that!
Hyung.
Did you hear what he said?
Get up, Dong Wook.
Damn it.
He hasn't said anything wrong.
This guy, Myung Hun, is claiming this house and room as his own.
Why can't I say anything?
Get up.
Let's go eat dinner with Mother.
Yeah.
Because of him, I lived incredibly well. It's true.
Also, because of me...
It's true that hyung has led such a difficult life because of me.
- Lee Dong Wook! - No. It's not.
That's not it!
If it wasn't for me, hyung wouldn't have had to live so hard or suffer so much!
Lee Dong Wook.
Are you going to say everything like that?
Since we're on the topic, let's get it off our chests, Hyung.
Because of me...
Because of me, hyung has lived so hard until today.
Because of my dirty blood, you were dragged off to juvenile detention.
Lee Dong Wook!
Stop it.
I'm not Lee Dong Wook, but Shin Myung Hun.
You little... Really... you...
You really... You little...!
Let go!
I don't need it. It's all useless anyway,
Because the blood flowing in my veins isn't Lee Ki Chul's,
but Shin Tae Hwan's dirty blood.
Dong Wook! Dong Wook!
Dong Wook!
Dong Wook, where do you think you'll go if you run out like this, huh?
And how can you run your mouth off like that?
How can you say that your blood is Shin Tae Hwan's blood?
Hmm?
Regardless of what anyone says, you child, you're Lee Ki Chul's blood.
No matter what anyone says, you're Lee Ki Chul's blood!
And this is your home, you child! Do you understand?
Do you understand or not what I'm telling you, you child?
Dong Wook! Dong Wook!
Chase him! Get him!
Keep Dong Wook from leaving!
Hurry! Hurry and catch Dong Wook!
Grandpa.
Please wake me up when dad gets home.
Okay, I understand. Grandpa will wake you up.
Wasn't I an orphan?
It might be hard to believe, but I couldn't stand being alone.
She stood the little me in front of the police station, and told me to wait.
The sun set and footsteps faded, but she who said she'd return didn't come.
She was my mother.
Even my memories aren't clear.
I can fully understand Tae Ho's desire to wait for his father.
The sun sets, but the father doesn't return.
It sounds like an excuse, but when I yell, it's when my old wounds are hurting.
How the world seemed unfair to that little boy.
I was unable to trust people for that reason.
As you love Tae Ho, did you not love Myung Hun?
They say that only those who have been loved are able to love.
One needs to know how to love properly.
Tae Ho is, proper or not, a source of happiness for me.
Having grown up by yourself, you also know what loneliness is.
You also, in anger, played with strings and jacks,
or waved to trains bound for Seoul by yourself.
I remember.
It was spring.
You waved at me then gave me pocket money.
I see. You do remember.
You opened your eyes clearly, and refused by shaking your head.
Why did you notice me then?
Perhaps... you know... My mother?
It's just that it seems like you do.
It was that the barren ground was narrow.
Hyung.
I'm sorry. For coming here without permission.
I visited father's grave.
You won't ask why I went.
You told me that not being able to call mother, "Mother,"
and not being able to call hyung, "Hyung,"
wasn't my fault.
So I gathered enough courage to come here.
I wanted to come at least once to ask mother for forgiveness and...
That's fine.
I'll leave now, Hyung.
Myung Hun.
Where are you going?
Take care of yourself.
Prosecutor Lee Dong Wook.
The heavens are watching, you picked up your phone.
Please come to the hospital, Lee Dong Wook.
The doctors say that President Oh probably won't make it through the night.
Before his eyes are closed, please come see him once.
Please do us this favor, Lee Dong Wook.
Father, Father, open your eyes.
Father, Father, your grandson is here.
Lee Dong Wook is here, Father.
Father, Father, it's your blood, Father.
Lee Dong Wook, before he passes away, please at least hold his hand once.
So that he can go without regrets, I beg you, Lee Dong Wook.
Father. Father, it's your bloodline.
Father, it's your grandson.
It's Lee Dong Wook, Father.
Father!
Father, yes, that's right. It's your bloodline.
It's your grandson, Lee Dong Wook, Father.
Father!
Father?
Father! Father!
- Father! - President.
- President! - Father!
Father!
Father, Father!
Fa... Father...
Mother.
Father.
I'm sorry for making you suffer.
Take care of your mother and Tae Sung.
Take it.
Now it's only fitting in your hands.
Mother!
- Honey. - Mother!
- Honey! - Mother!
Hurry to her side.
Take care of Ji Hyun and Tae Ho.
Dad!
Tae Ho.
- Dad! - Tae Ho.
Dad!
Don't go!
I'm going too!
Dad!
I want to go too! Dad!
Dad! Don't go!
I want to go too! Dad!
Dad, don't go!
I'm going to go too! Dad!
I want to go too! Dad!
Dad, don't go!
I want to go too!
You know what I've learned in life?
Bloodline is important, but what's even more important is life itself.
You've made up your mind to live as the son of Lee Ki Chul, right?
I can't ever become part of that household.
You haven't told Dong Wook that you've received a summons?
I don't want to be a hindrance to Dong Wook.
Is it true that you called your brother and pursued him?
How could I do that to hyung?
Just why won't see you see me as the old Dong Wook?
Because no matter what you do, you're Shin Tae Hwan's bloodline.