New Tales of Gisaeng
If by chance we meet, act like you don't see me.
Did I say that I wanted to talk to you?
Why did you wait, so that you can annoy me?
I said that I don't like that face and that voice any more.
And?
Are you done?
Then it's my turn.
Don't cut me off in the middle.
If I make my mind up for it, I'm really stubborn.
I can treat you like my sister completely.
Just like we had a clean love,
let's be a clean pair of older brother and younger sister.
It's not like I'm asking you to peel walnuts. It's not hard.
I will do all the talking to them beforehand.
Just show a pleasant attitude when you meet my parents.
Like the way you were with my grandma.
And I'll do all the rest.
The rest what?
Supporting you.
I should be heart-struck by your kindness.
But why do I feel like snorting instead?
Because you're mean.
You can be really mean when you want.
Let me ask you again.
What's the reason why you can't stop thinking about me, after you committed such a vulgar deed?
Vulgar?
It's vulgar, of course.
Even if you ask me a hundred times, you won't hear the answer you want to hear.
What is the answer I want?
I have no intentions to marry you.
A delusion so severe is enough to be in the Guinness Book of Records.
Is it really a delusion?
The person named Ah Da Mo...
Seemed like a raw crystal in the hands of a craftman.
His pouting can prick, but his inner essence
seemed to have a transparent quality.
The innocence of a child?
Something of that nature.
And that innocence appeared like a gem to me.
And that's why I fell for it.
I'll say this again.
I liked you, but I did not dream of marrying you.
Since we would split up anyway, I didn't use the card you gave me either.
You thought I was a gem, but I was a rock?
I thought you were a young prince in a large bodyframe, but with an innocent soul.
But you are a cunning wolf.
But, who can I blame?
From the start, the wolf had always been a wolf.
But the one who put out her hand... I am the ignorant and pathetic one.
You really don't know yourself.
You seem to think everything you do has its reason. And, that makes it alright.
You seem to have an innate talent for turning a human into pathetic trash, with just a few words.
You live so freely in a world that is so windy?
My clothes are cheap, but my soul is posh?
So I am waitressing at your dining table.
But you guys are rich pigs, and I'm a human of a higher level?
This is pointless... Let's stop.
I'm not doing this because I like you.
It's empathy for me.
It's one thing if I hadn't seen it. But, after seeing you in your situation, wouldn't it have bothered you too if you were in my position?
I decline your empathy.
Do you believe in God?
I believe in myself.
I...
because God gave me health, I believe God has given me everything.
I can do anything.
Earn money.
And dance the dance I love, as well.
I'll finish here with a word of good wishes.
You and that Miss, from earlier, really look good together.
And, I mean it.
An earthworm that wiggles in the mud.
It may seem lowly to the human eye.
But to a worm, the mud is its safest place.
And the place where it feels at ease and happy.
And unlike human beings who step on them for fun.
Worms also do not commit cruel acts of piercing a needle through them; to use as fishing bait.
You asked me how much I get paid an hour?
My boss...
is someone who will marry my friend, so he gives me a lot.
It's $7 an hour, and he feeds me dinner.
There's nothing else you're curious about, right?
Marry the daughter of a noble family which matches your family status well.
And raise a happy family.
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Call him.
If he's done washing, tell him to come down, Da Mo.
Da-Mo...
Would he hear you?
I hear you met with the daughter of Yoojin Foundation.
Yes.
How was she?
She's not difficult.
If she seems undifficult to you, then she must be fine.
Were you able to converse well?
Somewhat.
For now, don't look for other marital candidates.
Yes.
You should put on brighter expressions.
I know how you feel.
But that's not going to make Grandma come back alive.
Women are sensitive about feelings.
Smile some.
Am I a woman, to be smiling?
These days.
Women like men who make them laugh.
Yes.
Mother-in-law really cherished Da Mo quite a lot.
So it's still hard on him.
All grandpas and grandmas
love their grandchild.
Me too.
When your child is born.
I will be so fond of him as well.
Dan Se ssi, come have a seat here.
Huh?
Let me raise your eyes a bit.
Why would I do that?
It makes people look different, I'm telling you.
Look at me. Don't I look so much younger?
I already look young without doing stuff like that.
It's my wish then.
When I look at your drooping eye-lids,
I get stressed.
My eyes are so stressful?
Just give it a try.
It's not like you'll be meeting guests today.
They say you ought to hear the wish of the dead even.
Okay.
I'll just do gently.
Oh,
the smell!
This beef.
They say it's so good for your body, as it turns out.
Do you wish it were yours?
No.
You should use it now and then.
But it was a present given to you.
Know something?
I have no reason to carry it around these days.
Since I'm just going back and forth between rehearsal and work.
Then I'll use it carefully.
Ra Ra says she wants to buy you and Sohn Ja a meal.
Why?
Since you guys took her all the way home that day.
We fought like that and we eat together now?
It was because she was drunk.
She must be simple-hearted.
She doesn't hold grudges. She's child-like in some ways,
since she grew up without hardships.
Sohn Ja, lunch.
Okay.
But what about yours, dear?
I eat at the restaurant, don't I?
That's for lunch, and I didn't make a stew.
Yes.
Make some wraps too.
Yes.
Hey, Korean beef is really more tasty.
Our Korean beef really does have a distinctive flavor.
Yeah.
Eat, everyone.
I haven't digested what I ate in the morning.
You only ate a little bit of nuts. What indigestion?
Eat some.
I'm not crazy about meat.
You love meat, Mom. What do you mean you're not?
That brat is like a fox.
Ra-Ra is here.
Ra Ra?
Ra-Ra.
And your lunch?
I ate.
Want some fruits?
No.
I came to talk.
Okay.
I said this last time as well.
Even if everything's true,
let's continue being like this until the end.
No matter what happens.
Don't bring this up ever again.
It's something I don't know.
If that's what you want, we will do that.
Promise me,
so I can put my heart at ease.
If you came here, would we torment you?
It's one thing if you didn't know, but now that you know, wouldn't you feel conflicted?
That's why!
Why did you tell me? Who wanted to hear it?
We thought about it,
and if I were you...
I would want to know the truth.
There's the saying that ignorance is bliss.
Ra Ra, your grandpa's temperament...
His stubborn temper... don't you know it?
How can mom outwin your grandpa?
It's not about losing or winning.
It's about guarding your own child.
If it were me...
If I didn't do as he said.
He said he would look the other way, even if I were to live as an unwed mother.
Then you should've just been an unwed mother.
Is that something so easy to do?
For the sake of the unborn child's heath,
the pregnant woman needs to eat well and not be stressed.
Thanks to that you are healthy.
Because I was so ill, I entered school a year late.
We'll do as you wish.
I...
wanted to hear you call me mom.
You know how you see those mothers and daughters that get along well?
It's been my wish to live like that.
Holding hands and traveling around Europe as well.
Going around eating tasty stuff as well.
Picking out clothes together as well.
After you marry and become pregnant,
I wanted to help you with birth and postpartum too.
Is it because you don't like us?
Or is it because you're worried your mom and dad might get hurt?
You two have Yeon Saeng.
Yeon Saeng is Yeon Saeng.
Once you have a daughter-in-law,
treat her like she's your own daughter.
They say there are mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pairs who are more loving than mother and daughter.
Starting today,
let's really end this talk.
Just leaving it like this,
is doing what's best for me.
We got it.
And treat my mom and dad better than you treat me.
They really raised me with love.
Alright.
Drive safely.
Later on.
Should the two of you become lonely.
I won't act like I don't know.
I'll do what a daughter should do.
Just so that you can have a good meal on New Year's...
you starve yourself for months, and you end up dead.
What wrong has Yeon Saeng ever done? He has a real sister alive and well.
I'll call him often.
To be honest, I think this is tastier than brewed coffee. What about you?
Me too.
But isn't today your day off, manager?
Is that to stick on your face?
Just drink your coffee instead.
Your accent is wrong.
Ahjussi, you really don't have any worries?
Why should I worry? It'll just make me old.
How nice for you, that you are living in bliss, in a room inside a gisaeng house.
Have a cup of coffee.
Ah, yes.
This fell off.
I think I'll have to buy a new one to replace it.
It's nothing urgent.
I know how Dan Se ssi likes his.
You're going to make it yourself?
You sure have a very distinctive way of regarding Dan Se ssi.
Ahjussi, you should put in some effort so that you can be treated distinctively too.
This cucumber... can I eat it?
Yes, of course.
Dan Se ssi, you look so sexy. You have something slightly smeared on your eyes, right?
The ahjussi. His wish.
It suits you really well.
Really?
Manager, what about me? My eyes are done too.
This stuff only looks good on people who are young and fresh.
Should we have an early dinner?
What time did you eat?
I ate at the hospital.
Let's just have simple tea. You should eat dinner at your home.
This must be Sa Ran's.
I'm going to spin it and get it rough.
Are you keeping up with your meals and not skipping?
I'm working hard to achieve that.
Were you able to send off your father in peace?
Yes.
It's all my fault.
If we're to argue who is at fault, I'm the one who caused it all.
But it's pointless to self-blame and argue who is at fault now.
Let's halt our efforts in trying to find the child for now.
Until we find a clear method.
Yes.
And also...
I've decided to divorce.
Did the madame find out everything?
No.
It's a long story, but it's what she wants to do, too.
I don't understand it.
She said she stayed because of my father.
My father treated his eldest daughter-in-law very well.
She had a gynecological surgery before marriage, but he disregarded it and accepted her as daughter-in-law.
But now she says we should try and find our own happiness.
But you two were not in discord.
We lived without difficulties.
But that was not enough for her, it seems.
But still.
If you hold onto her, and say you will do well, a woman would change her heart.
There's the saying, isn't there? That you ought not to grab onto the person who is leaving.
She's leaving because I'm insuficient. So, why would I hold onto her?
I am more to blame.
Why would this be Soon Deok ssi's fault?
Your father did not pass away because of the child.
It's because of the repressed emotions... No, it's just simple paralysis of the heart.
If he hadn't passed away, she wouldn't have brought up the divorce.
You don't always need a supposition.
It's simply about choosing the best option from what's available.
Please reconsider whether it is really the best choice.
You have a daughter to marry off, and your mother is still alive as well.
The child.. since her real mom and dad are around, I don't think I will need to worry about her too much.
The issue is my mother,
but isn't the end result what's important?
Once the paperworks are finalized, let's officially think about you and me.
That's the right thing to do.
It's nonsense.
Did it never occurred to you that we are destined?
I will treat it as if I never heard it.
Why?
Must I really tell you with my own mouth?
- With me looking like this... - I'm the one who is lacking in terms.
That's your own thinking, director.
Regardless,
I have no intention of doing that, whatsoever.
It will just be greed.
If you had shown up to our rendezvous that day,
we wouldn't be here like this.
If you were me, director, would you have gone?
What's important is how we both felt, not the conditions.
Our heart, of regarding each other and cherishing each other.
Back then we...
So much that I can still feel it now, 25 years later.
We were really quite something.
Whenever I see you, I feel heartrending.
From the first time we set eyes on each other and that day at the clinic.
Aren't you confusing it with pity for me?
I know you feel the same as I do.
I can feel it clearly.
Mother, phone.
Answer it.
This is director Oh Hwa Ran's phone.
I'm calling from Doctor Geum's home.
Is Director Oh not around?
Yes, please wait a minute.
It's Doctor Geum's home.
Hello?
This is Doctor Geum's mom.
Yes, Mother.
Are you not busy?
It's the weekend, so I'm free.
Did you have your evening meal yet?
Not yet. And, I don't really have any appetite either.
Please come to visit our place.
Pickled fish is best for when you have no appetite.
We have pickled dogfish, dace, and all kinds of pickled fish.
Will I really not impose too much?
If you would come, it would be such an honor.
I really want to serve you here.
I'm able to maintain my health, because of Dr. Geum.
Everyone will probably rest tomorrow.
What if I come on Monday then?
I've given it some thought and I think we need to tell Ra Ra all about her uncle and aunt.
I don't think she can accept it otherwise.
Once you leave, even if no one asks her to,
sister-in-law will reveal everything.
It's better that I tell her.
When?
Why did you put this in the washing machine?
To launder it for you.
But it's silk!
Was it silk?
Give it up.
What?
I won't become a gisaeng by you doing this.
To make who happy?
If you don't want to, then don't.
If the Governor of Pyong-yang says no, then it's a no.
It's not the Governor of Pyong-yang, but Pyong-ahn.
It is Pyong-Yang, what Pyong-Ahn?
A governor governs a provence.
So it would be the Pyong-Ahn Provence, and not Pyong-Yang City.
They didn't have a governor post for Pyong-Yang.
Is it so?
You know so much you must want to eat so much too.
And don't play jokes with food.
Just don't give me any instead. You put all the tendons and fats in my dish.
Wait till you become old, too. Once you're old, you can't tell which is tendon and which is meat.
I am happy just dancing.
I will get into a dance company no matter what. And I'll spend all my paycheck on myself.
You should put your mind to nicer thoughts!
That's what I want to say.
What era do you think we live in, to be acting like the stepmothers of olden times?
Aren't you ashamed, as Gong Ju's mom?
What did I ever do?
What?
You have a lot of silk clothes.
This is silk, and this is silk too, and this, and this.
And this is wool, so it needs to be dry-cleaned too.
What is this?
Sa Ran did it.
She pulled my silk clothes, that weren't even in the hamper, from the closet and put it through the washer.
She knew full well you can't put silk through the wash.
I just did it for her sake because it smelled and I wanted to wash it for her.
What smell? I haven't even wore it since I had it dry-cleaned.
Then, am I lying?
Why did you go and pull out clothes to put it through the washing machine?
Fine, it's all my fault no matter what. So I won't wash your laundry anymore, from now on.
When you're not here, Dad, she switches face.
Aigo, there should be a limit to her blaming.
Honey, do I have to live like this?
You know how I take care of her better than Gong Ju.
You've misunderstood.
Am I a retard, Dad?
To not know when she's two-faced and to not know when she put the silk in the machine on purpose?
I can't live!
Then don't.
Are you doing this to push me to the edge so I will move out?
Why don't you just say the truth,
that you want me and Gong Ju to leave, instead of blaming an innocent.
Have you no fear of God?
I'm don't.
I haven't committed any sins to be scared.
How can a human being be seriously like this?
Gong Ju's mom has done everything she can do for you.
There isn't more she can do.
I didn't give to Gong Ju.
But I gave you money to buy new shoes and to buy department store clothes.
Just once.
Is the number of times what's important, in our circumstance?
I have no expectations for those things.
Instead, just don't pick out the inedible things for me to eat.
You just won't acknolwedge how well I treat you.
I'll say this again.
No matter how you try to torment me or make my life difficult, I won't go to Buyonggak.
Don't you pity your dad?
If he had continued working at the factory, like I said he should.
He wouldn't have gotten so stressed
and his kidney wouldn't have gotten bad, Then, our situation wouldn't have gotten this bad.
Dad did whatever he wanted to do and it led us to this point. So what am I suppose to do about it?
Don't force me to be the one to sacrifice.
How can a daughter say that.
A stepmom is still a mom, and a stepdaughter is still a daughter.
What about a mom scheming to make her daughter become a gisaeng?
For my sake, you say?
Just don't do anything for my sake then.
I'll take care of my own future.
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Andre.
Dad's an orphan.
Even if you're almost 60,
once your parents are deceased, you're still an orphan.
Dad's mom is deceased,
but your mom must be living somewhere, right?
Don't you miss mom?
Dad misses his mom.
A whole lot.
And I want to eat the food mom used to make too.
Do you remember Sa Ran nuna?
I can't seem to make my heart follow my will...
I shouldn't think about her, but I do,
and I want to make her my woman, but I can't do that.
Why can't I do that, you ask?
If I were an orphan, then I can do what I want.
I could do whatever I please as long as I'm happy.
But I'd be belittled by your father.
Why should I be belittled when you, the dog, doesn't even get that kind of treatment.
All the lyrics from popular tunes are choking my heart.
All the song writers must have gone through breakups. The words are so earnest.
What am I to do about this heart that's about to burst.
What am I to do?
This aching heart...
I don't remember the title of the song,
but that is exactly how I feel right now.
Dan Sa Ran.
At least show up in my dreams.
I don't expect much.
I just miss your face and your voice,
your smiling face.
If I see you in my dream, I won't whine about my aches,
and I'll just hug you tight.
The customers marvel at how the napkins are folded.
Welcome.
I'd like to keep these here.
You'll have to pay a storage fee.
I'll pay.
Mom, you go in. I'll do it.
You? Yes.
Ah, it's alright.
I said I'd do it.
Oh my, why all of a sudden?
Just because.
I heard you told Kyung-so's mom to stop coming here.
Yes.
Why?
I plan to hire a full-time ahjumma.
Yeah, to be honest, weekends are too hard on you.
Drink this, it's pumpkin juice.
I picked and bought the pumpkin myself and watched them juice it.
I don't feel like any.
I hear from Gong Ju that your legs get swollen?
Since it's good for your dad's kidney too, so for both.
Wash up, unnie.
Come with me in the evening, to Buyonggak.
She invited you, so why would I come too?
What do mean she only invited me?
She knows I have family, so she probably expects us all.
Your son's coming home early today.
Let's go.
There's still time left.
Don't you think you're dressed too warmly?
The weather's nice today.
Once the sun is gone, it gets cold.
Honey,
how about telling Sa Ran everything?
About what?
About her birth.
Are you even serious?
Think about it.
Think about what?
At this rate, she won't be able to marry, and she'll just get old.
She already got dumped by the guy she was dating.
I guess they were just not fated.
I'm saying we should give her a stimulus.
What if it goes wrong and she leaves home?
She won't leave home.
We just need to tell her nicely so she can understand.
Let's not create havoc.
Please welcome in, Mother.
I came alone.
So what if you came alone, when you have me here?
Oh my, you look even more beautiful here.
Try this, it is ssukinjeolmi* that we handmade here. [*mugwort rice cakes with powdered soybeans]
Yes.
Woah~ It's delicious!
Mother, won't you have a drink with me today?
Shall we have just one drink?
I have a dongdongju (rice liquor) smooth on the mouth.
Since it's not high in alcohol content, you can drink it with ease.
It's been such a long time since I had dongdongju.
Mother, may you be healthy.
Thank you.
Please lower your speech.
You're Dr. Geum's mother.
Fine, then. I will.
It's so smooth.
It's not tough, is it?
It's spicy and a perfect match to the dongdongju.
I'm about to go upstairs...
to tell Ra Ra.
There's no need to knock.
Busy?
No.
What.. is there something you want to tell me?
Looks like I did something wrong again.
No,
It's about the adults, when we were young.
Mom and dad are planning to divorce.
Why?
It's hard to explain.
But to put it in easy terms,
I think it's because we don't love each other enough.
Was it dad's idea?
No,
- Mine... - Why?
What about dad then? And me? And grandma?
From this moment... listen clearly.
No, I won't. Don't say it, I don't want to hear it.
Mom has been living in fatigue.
We've always had a maid around, what fatigue?
Then what about all those homemakers who raise their families without any help.
My heart.
A person needs water, air and food as basics of survival,
but a woman needs one more thing.
Love...
But your relationship with dad wasn't bad.
You two hardly fought with each other. At least in my memory.
Since there was no love, there was hardly a reason to fight.
If you love someone,
your expectations for the other person grows, too.
That's how you start to fight too.
As you fight, your feelings grow deeper. But we had none of that.
Why?
You and dad are very compatible!
In what ways? In how we were raised.
Education, looks, money?
The truth is before I got married, I had someone else I loved.
We matched each other nicely and we both loved each other.
But his circumstances were so unbefittng that I could not tell my parents.
During that,
I learned your maternal grandpa and your grandpa...
had made an agreement to marry their children.
I married your dad since I couldn't say no.
But it was because I had no confidence to live in poverty.
I chose conditions over love.
Since I chose that, your father had no reason to develop affectionate feelings for me.
We just lived as a couple who appeared to be suitable.
But now I think this is something that cannot go on for much longer.
Now I want to separate
and leave.
I know it must be hard to accept, but please understand us.
Grandmother...
Do I have to live here being suffocated until your grandmother passes away?
I have my own life and so does your father.
He can remarry someone who is even better than me.
What about me?
Was I nothing to you?
When you get married, you'll leave us anyway.
I thought if the talk with the family Ms Oh had in mind went well,
we would halt the divorce for the time being.
But since you said no...
And...
you don't need to think of this as hopeless.
You are not separating from your mom.
The truth is..
I did not give birth to you.
I know it must be hard to believe
but your birth mother is not me, but
your aunt.
Your aunt and uncle...
sent you to us.
Grandfather ordered them to do so.
Your aunt and uncle started dating as soon as they entered college.
And they got pregnant with you.
They were students who needed to finish school.
So they had no choice but to...
I got it.
You two should do what you want to do.
I won't cling onto you.
And that's why I scolded you when you acted obnoxious with auntie.
Ra-ra.
Now that I hear this,
everything you said is true and understandable.
I think it's likely that your aunt and uncle will want to come and get you.
They have always been heartached, for having robbed the chance to raise you.
And that's why
they cared about you to the point of becoming annoying and bothersome to you.
My decision may throw you into confusion right now.
But in the end, it's for everyone's sake.
I think so, too.
Your aunt and uncle...
will be even better to you, than what we have done for you thus far.
We did the best we could,
but it cannot be more than what birth parents would do.
Go on your own path with a light heart, Mom.
Our Ra Ra is really all grown up.
I'm not going over to auntie and uncle's.
This home is my home.
And you two are my mom and dad.
That truth doesn't change.
But it's true that your life is important too, Mom.
So don't worry about dad.
I'll look after him.
Okay.
Thank you.
By chance, did you...
already know?
About aunt and uncle?
They came and told me not long ago.
I told them I will treat it as if I never heard it.
And they said fine?
What can they do?
When I say no.
Dad.
I'm not bothersome to you, right?
You don't wish I would go over to aunt and uncle's, right?
If it's what you want, I would support your decision.
But if you would stay, dad would be grateful, of course.
And grandma would too.
Then that's enough.
We, three, will work it out well then.
Welcome.
For how many?
I came alone. Is there a seat?
Of course. Come this way, please.
Is the food to your liking?
Take that guest's order.
Yes.
Order something for me.
Steak or pasta?
Something that can be eaten slowly for a long time.
Every single dish is tasty on its own.
Next time you come, I'll have the menu changed.
You want me to come again?
I wish you'd come every single day.
If my mother were here today, the two of you would've conversed well too.
Right, and we could be friends.
Yes!
I don't know why I feel so at ease with you.
Regard me as your own daughter.
What I don't have is a daughter.
Both of yours are so good looking.
You've seen my youngest son too?
Yes, at the wake.
Mother.
Watch a dance.
Which dance would you like to see?
I feel like this, with my husband gone.
I don't feel like the fan dance.
Can I see Salpuri (exorcism) dance?
Of course.
Tell her to get ready.
Yes.
Enjoy.
Why aren't you giving me juice?
Please don't talk impolitely, honored guest.
Fine, I understand.
A glass of fresh orange juice. I beg of you.
What about the special dinner course?
Onion soup.
Would you like any beverages?
You have house wine here, right?
Yes, should I prepare four glasses?...
Yes.
Bye.
Goodbye.
What kind of alcohol did you drink?
Dongdongju.
You didn't drink a lot, did you?
Just enough.
It looks like my grandma was in a good mood today.
I was sad.
Seeing good food...
and watching dance...
made me miss your grandpa even more.
Dad, won't you be lonely if I married?
Even so, it can't be helped.
If you do, have a kid first.
Have you taken a liking to Young Nim?
I'll meet her for another two or three weeks first.
Let us have a look at her too.
We should call her to meet after he's made up his mind first though.
Since you never know.
How's her voice? Is it pretty?
Normal.
Chairman Lee Sudong likes fortune-reading,
so he meets with the notable tellers often.
I went with him once to meet one too.
And this is what the man said.
When it comes to a person's fate, their facial countenance is more important than pillars,
and their voice is more important than their facial countenance.
Really?
Yeah.
He said my voice was so great.
It's true.
Your voice really is nice.
It's sturdy and full of vigor.
And my son's voice is nice too.
Andre.
You're not sleepy?
Dad, how about if we get an adoptive daughter?
Adoptive daughter?
After I marry, the home will feel even more empty.
You said you wish you I had a younger sister after me.
What? An orphan?
No.
You don't just bring anyone in.
Someone trust-worthy.
I'm not saying to add her to the family registry officially.
Just have her come and go like a family member.
Why that all of a sudden?
I know a girl who I really want to keep as a sister.
I see. How old is she?
Twenty-five.
But that's marriage age.
If you are so fond of her, then think about keeping her as a wife-prospect.
It's not like that.
She's good, but her circumstances are a bit harsh.
I thought it would be nice if we keep her as my sister, your daughter, and support her.
That's cultivating a good deed.
Is she jobless?
She just graduated from college this year and she's working a part-time job, right now.
And preparing for some test for the Fall.
Let's meet her first then.
It's just my own idea for now.
I wanted to find out what you thought about it, first. So I brought it up.
And she herself could reject it as well.
Why would she reject?
Since her circumstances are difficult and we're offering to support her.
Her pride is on the fierce side.
To be honest, people who are without pride cannot succeed easily.
Eat this.
I don't have the appetite.
I packed it from the restaurant for you on purpose.
I don't want it to go bad.
Chew it up well.
Hey, you're racking up the cellphone bill too much. Cut it down.
You eat it. I'm not too crazy about abalone.
Eat a few more at the least.
You should eat it with the chopsticks.
It's hard to pick them up with chopsticks.
Are your parents home?
Why?
I'd like to say a few things to them.
Including about a job, as well.
Don't worry.
I won't ask them to give their daughter to me.
If you keep this up, I will really resent you.
I'm holding myself back on your grandma's account.
What?
Holding myself back from cursing you.
You already did.
You said I was vulgar and a cunning wolf.
Choose one of two options.
One,
go talk somewhere nearby.
Is there more to talk?
Two,
go upstairs and let me meet your father.
I think there are a lot of things your father could do at our resort.
Though it's in the countryside and that could be an issue.
And tell him what about our relationship?
I'll say I regard you as my younger sister.
I'll tell him we're oppa and dongsaeng.
My father is resting for the time being because his kidney isn't well.
Then let's go talk somewhere around here.
I hear women like to talk things out reasonably.
If everything you said is true, and I'm wrong.
I won't come looking for you ever again after today.
Wait a little bit.
You look fine as is.
Let's just go.
Don't get emotionally worked up.
Let's talk calmly.
Go ahead.
Men and women are made up differently.
They talk about it in books too.
Why are you talking about men and women's difference? When we're over already.
Just listen first.
You seem to think of me as some hoodlum.
But men have that about them, that women cannot understand.
An innate drive for the best.
An innate desire to look for the most grandious women.
And even better, if she's tall too.
Someone with beautiful DNA.
Now that I think about it. I think that was the reason why I was attracted to you, at first.
However...
You are only beautiful in face. You have no knack.
Listen until I finish.
I could've held ill-intentions toward you.
Let me say one thing first.
You didn't because you knew that if you crossed the line, you'd have to marry me.
It wasn't because it was for my sake.
Fine.
I acknowledge it.
I'm sure that was part of the reason.
Regardless, men have that about them.
But I guess I've grown attached to you with or without me realizing.
Maybe more as a younger sibling than a woman.
I do worry about you now and then.
And I think things must be hard on you, someone so young.
And what I came up with was being adoptive daughter.
You can't understand it?
And then what?
I'm four years older than you.
I've lived life longer than you, so heed my advice some.
Think about it wisely is what I'm asking you to do.
I told my parents about it yesterday, and they were keen on the idea.
You said your current mom is a stepmom.
My mom and dad... their one son is so stiff.
They haven't gotten their thrill in raising kids.
You come and go and treat them nice.
My father will probably give you everything without holding back.
Even without me having to ask him.
<...... -empty...... ->
That may be the case... You can go to graduate school, and do whatever you please.
Go on vacation abroad too.
And chase your dream of becoming a dancer.
Are you done?
Was I wrong in my reasoning?
Did you tell them about how we first started?
About us as near-lovers?
And you probably didn't tell them about our agreement to a clean love, at the traditional tea house.
If you tell them about everything that happened.
Would they still say yes?
If we...
were just oppa and dongseng, right from the beginning,
then, everything you said is true.
And I can be quite grateful about it.
But it's not like we did anything extreme.
We didn't even kiss once.
An emotional adultery is still adultery.
You said your goal was to have me throw my body at you.
What kind of things did you think when you saw me?
And, I, too, thought those same thoughts.
You did?
To be honest,
I wanted to hold your hand.
And there were times when I wished you would hug me.
You should've told me.
You were never an oppa, but a man to me, from the start.
And now you tell me to just call you oppa as if it was nothing.
And you calling me Sa Ran, my sister, as though it's nothing?
Can you really call me and regard me in that manner?
Do you really think it's logical and sensical?
It's impossible for me.
It is not something that can exist in my consciousness or my common sense.
Was I wrong to be too honest?
I just didn't want to lie.
I could've ended things with plenty of other nicer reasons.
Then, be honest to the end.
You say you don't want to lie.
But, you're deceiving your parents, as well as your prospective wife.
I just simply...
wanted to be a help to you, in whatever manner possible.
Is that really true?
Think about it thoroughly once.
If it was 100% for my sake.
Now...
we have our answer, right?
I think it will be hard for me to date anyone from now on.
I was burned too harshly this time.
What you referred to, so nicely, as a man's instinct or hunch.
I have no confidence I can handle it.
Therefore...
I think I will be able to focus completely on dancing.
Later on, when I remember this, I may feel grateful.
Did you really like me that much?
Do you feel cheated, for liking me?
My heart aches.
I can no longer go back to the way I was.
That innocence, of trusting people.
I think it's disappeared.
Only the very successful dancers continue to work until they are old.
She will only last a few years even if she gets into a dance company.
When the fresh and beautiful girls continue to flow in.
Reveal it.
Sa Ran is definitely not fated to live an average life.
If you're not fated to live just an ordinary life
and you try to live just an ordinary life,
you will end up suffering the hardest heartaches.
But it will be such a trauma for her.
Her world will be crushed.
There's the saying that a crisis is an opportunity.
Right, this isn't the time for me to sit around and wait.
I must do whatever it takes to succeed.
She will rile up that sort of determination.
Let me give it some more thought, first.
These days there are spinsters everywhere.
We can't afford to send her off to marriage,
unless a rich family wants to come and carry her away.
We can't even afford to buy a fridge to send her off.
Entering Buyonggak is the way to save her.
And the road to save us as well.
That does make sense.
Dear, if you don't have the confidence,
I'll do it.
I guarantee,
nothing bad will happen.
Why is she taking so long to throw the trash out?
She must be taking a walk since she probably feels frustrated.
She's here.
Leave it to me, okay?
You're going to tell her now?
No.
If you have tickets to sell, give them to me.
I'll try to sell them to my friends.
I don't have any.
You're not going to rehearsal today?
Right.
What's this?
It's kimchee.
You know how my mom makes great kimchee.
You take that from her that she made with so much effort?
I asked her to make some in advance, to give to you.
I'll have some tonic made for you.
With some revitalizing herbs in.
Why?
Maybe it's because you were worn out from the funeral proceedings.
You've gotten so thin.
I am alright.
I heard you told Ra Ra everything.
She seemed like she knew, so I asked her.
I'm sorry.
I should've discussed it with you first.
Are you upset?
Because of how Ra Ra reacted?
I was hurt, to be honest.
Ra Ra, she...
doesn't show it, but her wounds are probably even greater.
Someone here?
She's awake.
Yes...
I'm here, Mother.
Another galbi meat dish for Room Nine.
Yes.
Orchid Room wants their food slowly.
Take this.
Ja!
Come out for a minute.
Okay.
Here.
It's for me?
Yup.
It suits you nicely.
Go take a look in the mirror.
You did a good job making this.
But I look good in clothes too.
Yup, since you have no fatty flesh, everything looks sharp on you.
Hang it up.
Thanks, I'll wear it well, okay?
Is that how you should talk to a nuna?
We're in the same boat of getting old.
So you're going to do whatever?
No, my brain and my heart think of you as nuna.
But it's these eyes.
They eyes don't lie, right?
My eyes don't send the signal to my brain that you are my nuna.
Since you look much younger than me.
So I have to remind myself you're nuna.
The little boy who peed in his pants is all grown up now.
When did I pee in my pants?
I remember clearly, okay?
Once I went over to your house,
and you were getting punished for being obnoxious at school.
You weren't allowed to use the bathroom in time, so you peed in your pants.
Did I really?
Jeez.
Work hard then. I'll be going first.
- Yes... - Ahjumma.
Yes?
Come here for a minute.
W-why?
Let me see your bag.
Now!
What's this?
It's not your first time, right?
Um.
You see that...
I am busy today, let's talk tomorrow.