Birth Secret
Episode 9
I will raise her well.
I will raise Hae Deum excellently.
With Hae Deum's ability even within a group of outstanding individuals
she can be at the top.
Mister, do you know how much tuition I had to pay until I graduated from college?
Hae Deum, that's dirty.
Hae Deum.
Yes?
What are you going to become in the future?
An eggplant.
An eggplant?
The eggplant we eat?
An eggplant's an eggplant
and a cucumber is a cucumber.
Why is a carrot a carrot
and why is a squash a squash
and why is an eggplant purple
and why is a cucumber green
and why is a carrot orange
and why is an old squash the color of poop
and why is a baby squash green?
They say you can know if you learn genetics.
Genetics?
Who's that?
It's not a who but it's Hong Kyung Doo
who gave birth to Hong Hae Deum
and the grandma at the linen shop gave birth to Ms. Yeon Jeong
and if the dog of Mr. Tae Man gives birth to a puppy
then the puppy looks like its mother.
That is what genetics is.
Then studying that genetics is your dream?
Yes.
Jong Tae, wake up.
Wake up, Jong Tae.
It's not the time for you to be taking a nap. Wake up!
Do you know how much it costs to send a kid to college?
Yearly tuition costs 50,000 won
no it's 50,000 dollars.
How much is it if it's 4 years?
And how much is it to go to graduate school to get a doctorate?
Is it just tuition?
Allowance, the cost of water and electricity.
Oh my god. You didn't rip me off
but you ripped off my Hae Deum.
Carry a Korean A-frame or dig the dirt and work
Give me back my money!
Kyung Doo.
I delivered packages all day yesterday and today.
I just got back to get some sleep.
My mom has a small piece of land she put up for sale
but no buyers are appearing.
I will pay your money back.
I will pay you back most definitely
so I need to sleep right now.
I need to go out to work later at night.
Tae Soo.
I'm sorry.
Because of my friends
you're going crazy, right?
No.
There's no such thing as being sorry between friends.
I give you monthly rent so let me be
but kick out your older brother and this mutt.
It's so crowded when I sleep.
No, how can I?
No it's all right.
Tae Soo, I'm sorry again but look after Hae Deum for a moment.
I'm going to sell Alice or whatever it is, no matter what.
I'm going to sell that ticket and let my baby study genetics.
What is this?
Are you allowed to touch this with your dirty hand or not?
Daddy!
Tae Soo, I hear everything.
I hear you mistreating Hae Deum so...
I'm saying this because you mentioned it but this is all because of you.
Hae Deum.
Not only are there too many adults in this small room but also this kid.
Hae Deum, come out!
Where is Daddy?
What?
Ma'am, you told the uncles that daddy told you to bring Hae Deum to him.
I didn't even bring my cell phone.
Can't I bring my cell phone?
Hae Deum, wait. Can you not speak right now and just stay still?
Why?
What I'm doing right now and what I'm planning to do...
let me just think. Let me think about it Hae Deum.
But ma'am because you're walking too fast. Hae Deum is having a hard time.
I wasn't asking for this. I just wanted to walk slower.
I'm 16 kilograms. I'm heavy, right?
No it's okay. It's okay so keep your mouth closed, you chatterbox.
Okay.
Call me Mom.
I told you that I gave birth to you but why aren't you calling me Mom?
You said you had no boobies.
Do you have boobies?
Okay. I'll show you my boobies. Let's go.
- How many? - What?
How many do you have?
The dog of Mister Sam Han has a lot of boobies.
I have a lot too. I have two.
It's enough, right?
She said you called them.
She came up right after you left so I thought you saw each other downstairs.
The call cannot be connected so...
The call cannot be connected. Please leave a message after the beep.
Father.
Father!
Yoon Hee took away Hae Deum.
While I was gone...
she took Hae Deum away.
Hae Deum.
The father of the child doesn't want to let go of the child
and because the aunt strongly opposes
the problem wouldn't have been solved if I hadn't acted in this manner.
That's why I did it.
Chief Kim.
Yes Madam.
It's a relief the Chairman and Executive Director Choi are on a business trip.
Before the Chairman gets back get rid of the thing in the study.
July 25, 1979. Second edition.
Written by Ikmaru. Translated by Park Joon Seo.
Comfortable person. Quiet person. Comfortable place.
Book Publisher Chung Na.
Seoul.
Jongno District, Myungryundong-4.
167-4.
Registration number 4-62.
Volume 56382.
Phone number: 7642856.
Price: 2900 won.
From the Earth to Quasar.
Page 231.
The rocks on the surface of Mars.
If it is determined that there are diamonds on the planet
can they bring it to Earth?
Currently it is impossible
but it might be possible several hundred years from now.
If that happens
then there will come a day in which a diamond has the value of a rock.
Our Hae Deum must have inherited her grandfather's brains.
The Sleep Deeper than Death.
Page 314.
A sunken forehead
with absentminded empty eyes
hit by a black truck that looks like a monster
like a moth
rises up into space...
up into space while the car...
the car at the moment rushes into Da Hee's chest
creating a fire.
The car at the moment rushes into Da Hee's chest
creating a fire.
Father.
Father!
Father, are you all right?
Are you all right, father?
119.
119!
Seoul, Seongbuk District, Seongbuk-dong 566-22.
Seoul, Seongbuk District, Seongbuk-dong
566-22.
Seongbuk-dong 566-22.
Wave.
Here is Princess Bubble.
Bubble monster.
It's a monster.
What do you think this is?
What is this?
It's ice cream.
What do you think this is?
Dumpling skin?
No it's not.
I'm just washing Hae Deum's hair.
Now call me mom.
You saw my boobies so call me mom.
Should we see Hae Deum's boobies?
I see Hae Deum's boobies.
Hae Deum's sleepy, right?
Hae Deum was tired.
Let's go to sleep.
What about Dad?
Dad must be busy.
Close your eyes.
Call my Dad and tell him to bring my cellphone when he comes.
Okay. I will.
Hurry and sleep.
Bring Hae Deum out right now before I jump over the walls and barge in.
Why are you alone?
Where's Hae Deum?
Come in.
This is the only place that's quiet at this time.
I have nothing more to discuss with you quietly, so Hae Deum...
You know how I was, mister?
My mom sold old books to put food in my mouth.
I never looked down upon it
I was never embarrassed by it
and I never resented her for it.
However
if I couldn't do what I wanted to do because I didn't have money
because I thought my mom would be too sorry for me
I didn't sleep.
I don't understand a word you are trying to say.
I really wanted to go to the high school that I graduated from.
I was afraid my mom wouldn't be able to afford the expensive tuition
and if she couldn't she would be too sorry for me
so the whole time I attended high school in order to not lose my scholarship
even when I felt that 15 more minutes of sleep would make my mind clearer
every day I gave up those 15 minutes.
I was envious of my friends who were able to pay tuition even without scholarship.
Every semester when it was time to pay the tuition
thinking, 'what if I'm not on the list of students receiving scholarship?'
I was so scared.
I... can let Hae Deum sleep 15 minutes more every day.
I can make her feel less burdened about receiving scholarship
and rather than worrying about tuition I can let her study what she wants
and I can let her play with whatever she wants to play with.
At the least I can let her do as she pleases without feeling sorry for her mom
and feel that she is only enjoying what she is meant to enjoy.
I can at least do that.
I want to do that for her.
I can do that for her.
Please let me do that, mister.
Yoon Hee.
Four or five years later her breasts will come out
and she will also start her menstruation.
She won't be a baby anymore. She will be a lady.
Are you going to let Hae Deum become an adult
in that small house with those old men in one room?
I can't stand that.
As soon as I saw that I thought I was going to lose my mind.
Hae Deum needs her mother's touch right now.
Stop lying Yoon Hee.
When she really needed her mother's touch...
at that time...
Hae Deum did not have a mother.
Where were you at that time?
Why now?
Where were you at that time?
Hae Deum doesn't need you.
You need Hae Deum, right?
When you didn't know, you didn't know but now that you do know
you can't sleep because Hae Deum is so pretty, right?
You want to be with her, right?
You want to keep her with you, right?
You want her, right? It's what you want, right?
Tell me that it's not what Hae Deum needs but it's what you want!
If I tell you that it's what I want are you going to give Hae Deum to me?
I won't. I can't!
Mister!
Hae Deum!
Has been put to sleep by other people but when she wakes up in the morning
there wasn't a time that I wasn't there.
I'm going to pick her up early tomorrow morning.
Give Hae Deum to me and get a fresh start, Mister.
Please?
I'll guarantee everything.
I will buy you a house and a store.
I will make sure you don't starve your whole life.
Sell my daughter to take the house?
You are not Yoon Hee.
I feel like I'm going to die.
Because I miss Yoon Hee
I feel like I'm going to die.
I have a right too.
What do you have?
I have a right
and Hae Deum has a right too.
What right?
Hae Deum has a right to choose who she gets to live with.
Then you lost Yoon Hee...
no, Jung Yi Hyun.
When Hae Deum wakes up in the morning ask her.
You must ask her.
Who she wants to live with.
Aren't you going home? I have a favor to ask of you.
What kind of favor?
Can you take Hong Kyung Doo on a business trip or something tomorrow?
Go overseas.
Your business plan stated that you were going to gather the minors
that were on tour and have a festival in Korea.
Take Hong Kyung Doo with you and cast them.
For a month or two, please leave with him.
Hey, Hyun.
Hong quit the company just now.
What?
With one phone call he expressed one's intention to resign.
So cool.
He said that he was never going to get involved with us again.
Did I get him involved?
Did I?
I'm back.
566-22.
I wanted to jump over the walls and bring back Hae Deum
but once I saw Yoon Hee's face I couldn't.
Because she's also a mother after seeing her child
it seemed all her insides were melting.
She was pitiful.
I will let them sleep together one night and bring her back tomorrow.
She lives in a really big house.
Father.
Just wait a little while.
If I make money like crazy for a year I should be able to rent a 2 bedroom house.
I'm sorry for not being able to take care of you right away father.
What did you say just now?
I think it will become very noisy tomorrow morning.
I'm telling you in advance because I thought you would be surprised.
I'm not going to let the child go and the child's father is willing to take her.
He's not a quiet person so it will be noisy.
The worst case scenario
he might call the police and sue me.
I'm prepared for something like that.
It's going to get noisy so are you telling me to prepare myself?
I can't let go of the child.
She is sharing a room with her father and his friends.
I can't leave her like that.
Leave this house with the child immediately.
I'm preparing for it. I will be out in one week.
Even if there is a scene at the front door in the morning please be patient.
I'm sorry.
Do you think it will stop at the front door?
Sue? Letting the whole world know?
- To the Yega group, you alone are... - bringing disgrace.
I can't let that happen.
That's why I'm preparing to go to court.
I have to go to court and officially announce Hae Deum as my child
in order to avoid any misunderstandings.
If not, there will be a rumor that it's a child he had with a mistress.
Shut that mouth. How dare you!
I'm sorry.
Daddy.
Daddy!
Hae Deum, it's okay. Don't cry.
Don't cry. It's all right.
Daddy!
Why?
Why is the baby crying?
Sun Young, is there anything going on outside?
The child's father will come in the morning to take the child.
Yi Hyun, did you just bring the child?
Without the consent of the child's father?
I couldn't explain everything to Hae Deum yet.
Can you stand by the front door and if he comes keep him there?
If possible, quietly.
Hae Deum, he was too busy and forgot to tell you
but he had to go far away because of an urgent matter.
He said to stay here with me for a while.
Where?
Far away where?
Jeju Island?
Yes. Jeju Island.
Jeju Island.
Hae Deum, do you want to go to Jeju Island with mom?
Do you like Jeju Island that much?
What is this? Who are you guys?
Let go. Let go of me!
We are protecting him right now.
Keep him there until the chairman gets back. Don't use violence on him.
If you hurt him you will be in big trouble.
I understand.
What is this? Tell me.
Who are you?
Where is this?
Why did you bring me here?
Tell me.
You need to stay here for a while.
Tell me!
Tell me.
Tell me!
Is it good?
You want more?
Sun Young, did he not appear?
He didn't come. When are you coming?
What is all this?
Our boss, Jung Yi Hyun, ordered us to read all this
and make an investor's list, Sun Young.
What in the world.
Who is it?
We are back.
I had no way of knowing what the chairman might order us to do
so I'm just going to stay on the sidelines for now.
Keep her with you until then.
You don't have to introduce her to me. Take her and get out.
Yes. I will go out then.
Abraham gave birth to Isaac
and Isaac gave birth to Jacob
and Isaac gave birth to Judah and his brothers
and Judah with Tamar gave birth to Pharez and Zerah
and Pharez gave birth to Hezron
You must have read the bible while waiting here.
and Aram gave birth to Aminadab
and Aminadab gave birth to Nahshon
and Nahshon gave birth to Salma
and Salma gave birth to Boaz
and Boaz gave birth to Obed
Open the door.
Open the door, you mutts!
Open the door!
Mister Hong.
It will be good for you to stay quiet.
There is nothing you can do here.
If you stay here quietly for several days we will let you go.
Who are you?
Yoon Hee... no.
Did Jung Yi Hyun tell you to do this?
Did that smart Jung Yi Hyun order you to do this, you mutts?
Mister Hong.
We want to treat you nicely.
Please cooperate.
Hae Deum.
Look at the eggplant, the eggplant.
Hae Deum!
has been put to sleep by other people
but when she wakes up in the morning
there wasn't a time that I wasn't there.
I'm going to pick her up early tomorrow morning.
- Chief Kim. - Yes Miss.
Didn't someone come here this morning?
Who?
Didn't anyone come here?
There wasn't anyone.
How about in the afternoon?
There were no visitors in the afternoon either, Miss.
I understand.
Chief Kim.
Yes Miss.
Can you look up a nursery school for my daughter?
And a daycare babysitter.
I understand.
I know that you report everything to my aunt.
It's not a secret so it's okay to tell her everything.
It's because I have left my place empty for too long at the company.
I'm trying to start work again as soon as the nursery school
and the babysitter are decided. I beg you to please hurry.
Yes Miss.
Hae Deum is doing fine.
Once Hae Deum adapts, I will allow you to see her every now and then.
I sincerely thank you for taking in my request.
How many days has it been already?
Shouldn't we report it to the police?
Tae Man went to Kyung Doo's company.
It's probably nothing serious so don't worry too much.
It's probably nothing, right Jong Tae?
Who are they going to pass our electronics to?
To KPack's Lee Sang Baek?
I would rather throw it away. I'm not going to pass it on to KPack.
Bring another alternative in one week.
Why is there no answer?
The issue with KPack has been over for a while now.
What do you mean it's over?
KPack backed off so we met with JP Brothers recently
and we have obtained the management rights.
Did we?
The two of us just came back after meeting
with David K. Morgan of JP Brothers in America.
Chairman.
Because you have been working nonstop for a long time
I think you are very tired.
Thinking about it
you haven't had a vacation since 2007.
I think you are in absolute need of rest.
How are things going with the preparation for the fund?
The team's been made and I already hired a lawyer to be exclusively in charge.
I already prepared a plan for the next ten years.
She has finished preparing for the presentation.
Because you said not to bother rehearsing in front of you
we saved time and were able to prepare more thoroughly.
And Uncle
Stop.
I will tell him myself privately.
Yes.
Yi Hyun stirred up trouble.
She brought the child without thinking.
Didn't you know she would?
Are you saying this doesn't bother you?
The child's father was about to make a fuss about getting the child back
so I prevented that from happening for now.
It's a relief I was in charge since you weren't here.
If you were here I can't imagine what dreadful command you might have made.
Did you think I wouldn't know?
It would have been better if I hadn't known.
I have lived my life wanting to dig a hole into the earth.
If you allow me to I would like to take care of the girls' problems.
Please don't say anything about the child.
All right.
What is this rudeness?
Do you think you will be able to get away with this rudeness?
Where is he?
I'm sorry.
Please forgive the things these people did.
I am Yi Hyun's aunt.
Yi Hyun seems to have brought the child home.
Hae Deum.
Is she eating well?
Is she sleeping well?
Does she not look for her Daddy?
Hae Deum, immediately...Hae Deum
give her to me right now.
Of course we will.
We will return her to you.
Of course we will return her to you.
Just give me Hae Deum.
If you give me Hae Deum I will forget that all this happened.
Can I talk to you for a moment?
The child is very bright.
You raised her very well.
In a difficult environment without a mother, a father alone...
how did you raise her so well?
Stop with the nonsense and lead the way.
Yes. I will take you to her.
Don't worry.
Can you please give me some of your time?
Her mother put her into an English nursery.
In three days she was able to converse in English with her teacher.
The teachers were all very surprised and thought it was a lie.
She is also very fast in reading all the books in the house.
She doesn't miss a single word and remembers everything.
I think she will grow up to be someone very important.
Don't even think about taking her.
She's my baby.
I can't not think about taking her.
How can one not think about taking her?
That does not make sense.
What are you saying?
What are you saying right now?
But we are not as rude as you think.
If Mister Hong gives us the child
I would love to make her into the greatest woman using the best instructors
but we don't have the right to do that.
I know that very well.
I'm only saying this hoping that you might at least think about it.
I have no other ill meaning.
I'm sorry for not being able to stop Yi Hyun from just taking the child.
And forgive me once again for the rudeness these people have shown.
And we will send the child to where you live soon.
Then...
Escort him back home courteously.
Oh my, look at me.
I have something to show you.
I brought this to calm you down and show you that the child is well.
I almost forgot.
Look at it on your way back.
Daddy.
No. Where is Hae Deum? Hae Deum!
Miss.
Aunt, you can't. Where did you take Hae Deum?
Lower your voice.
Aunt!
The child's father will bring the child back himself.
That's not possible.
If he was that kind of person I wouldn't have brought her here
without letting him know in the first place.
No. I'm going to bring her back immediately.
He will bring her back a few days later.
He will make that decision on his own.
If you want to live with the child be patient and wait.
If you bring her now you'll really be reported as a kidnapper and put in prison.
I'm not doing this because I like you.
I came to the conclusion that this was the only way
if I wanted everything to end peacefully.
Don't act rashly.
If you don't want to get kicked out without your shoes.
Twinkle, twinkle little star
how I wonder what you are.
- Hae Deum. - Yes?
Was it fun at your Mom's house?
Yes.
What was so fun?
In a leaf there is something called chlorophyll
and because chlorophyll is green the leaves look green.
Ms. Jung Yi Hyun taught me that.
I can make her feel less burdened about receiving scholarship
and rather than worrying about tuition I can let her study what she wants
and I can let her play with whatever she wants to play with.
At the least I can let her do as she pleases without being sorry to her mom
and feel that she is only enjoying what she is meant to enjoy.
I want to do that for her.
I can do that for her.
Please let me do that mister.
Hae Deum.
Yes.
Come here.
Kiss.
My baby.
If you just give me your orders
I can bring the will of the late chairman that was kept in the Swiss bank.
Seeing you like this
breaks my heart.
My Father
passed away after serving the late chairman all his life.
The late chairman told my Father to take care of you.
That will was passed onto me for a while now.
I don't know if it's all right for me to just stay like this.
Four or five years later her breasts will form and she will also start her menstruation.
She won't be a baby anymore. She will be a lady.
Are you going to let Hae Deum become an adult in that small house
with those dirty men in one room?
I can't stand that.
As soon as I saw that I thought I was losing my mind.
Hae Deum needs her mother's touch right now.
Roast pork.
Her mother put her into an English nursery.
In three days she was able to converse in English with her teacher.
The teachers were all very surprised and thought it was a lie.
Daddy, why aren't you eating?
Daddy's eating too, so don't worry and eat a lot.
Daddy.
Yes, daughter?
I want to go to Ms. Jung Yi Hyun's house.
- You want to go play there? - Yes.
If Mister Hong gives us the child then
I would like to make her into the greatest woman using the best instructors
but we have no right to do that.
I know that very well.
The cucumber in the cucumber plot is a skinny cucumber.
This way or that way it is still a skinny cucumber
but the circular squash came over to play
and cried asking 'when will I become pretty?'
The girl that used to send me a bundle of flowers.
Why do I miss her so much today?
That girl who used to brush her short hair
to look like a blade of grass that was wet from the rain.
The sparkling eyes of the girl capture my heart.
Maybe my heart
thinks of that day.
When I miss that day
I wander in my dreams.
[Yoon Hee]
Mister.
Mister, I beg you.
Hae Deum. Hae Deum...
I want to see Hae Deum.
I want to live with Hae Deum.
Mister.
Mister. I'm sorry. Please forgive me.
I beg you.
It was because you were too nice to me.
Because you were too nice to me like a fool
I used you.
Because you were too nice, that's why I did it.
And after having the child
I ran away.
I was wrong. I was wrong.
Please forgive me
and please let me raise Hae Deum.
Please let me live with Hae Deum, Mister.
Mister please. Please.
What is this?
Mister.
What is this?
- Hae Deum. - Yes?
- Hae Deum. - Why?
Why do you keep calling my name?
Hae Deum wants to go to English nursery, right?
Yes.
You also want to go to Mom's house, right?
Yes.
You said there's a lot of books at Mom's house.
There's a lot.
You want to go there again and read books, right?
Yes. Can I go?
You want to go, right?
Yes.
Let's go visit.
Let's go right now.
Let's go visit.
Okay.
Hae Deum.
Why?
Then does Hae Deum want to go live with her Mom from now on?
Yes.
You want to live with Mom, right?
Yes.
Fine.
Then from now on...
What about Daddy?
Is Daddy living with us too?
No.
Without Daddy.
Then no.
Hey.
No.
Daddy can't send Hae Deum to English nursery.
I can't buy you a lot of books either.
Why not?
Daddy...
doesn't have money.
Why don't you have money?
Because Daddy's poor.
Why are you poor?
I'm poor because I don't have money.
Why are you poor if you don't have money?
Hae Deum.
If you go to Mommy she will do everything for you.
Mommy's rich.
She has a lot of money.
So ask Mommy to send you to it.
What about Daddy?
Daddy can't send you to it.
Why?
I said Daddy doesn't have money.
Then you can make it.
Even if I make it I can't send you to it.
With the money Daddy makes, Daddy can't send Hae Deum to college.
Why?
If Daddy wants to send Hae Deum to English nursery, to college, and study abroad
I have to steal and rob.
Daddy has to go to prison if he robs and steals.
Would you like it if Daddy goes to prison?
No.
Okay.
So go live with Mommy.
I don't want to.
Why don't you want to go?
You said you want to go to the English nursery.
I don't want to go to the English nursery.
Daddy said...
that a lying baby...
is a good baby or a bad baby?
Bad baby.
Daddy doesn't like a bad baby.
I like a good baby.
Is it a lie or not?
It's not.
Do you want to go to the English nursery or not?
I want to go.
So go to Mommy.
I don't want to.
Daddy goes to prison then. Do you want Daddy to go to prison?
Hae Deum.
If Hae Deum wants to go to the English nursery
and Daddy doesn't want to go to prison what should you do?
Stop crying and say it.
What should you do?
I will raise Hae Deum well.
Can you please come here?
What kind of help do you need, that you're asking me?
It would've been good if you knew my feelings sooner.
Then Hae Deum wouldn't have been taken away.
How did you bear it after leaving Yoon Hee at that house?
You miss Daddy whenever the sun sets, don't you?
I keep missing you daddy so...
I need to make a decision.