How long I have waited for this day.
There is something that I must do in this boarding house.
It's not even a studio apartment? It's just a boarding house?
I don't even have a home or my baby anymore. What am I going to do?
It's fascinating to meet someone from the North.
There's a boarding house nearby Tiny-G's dormitory?
Comrade Tiny-G! I love you!
- You're just my type! - I'm not marrying him for his looks.
I'm just marrying him for his money.
You're hunting for a husband, aren't you?
The son of J Hospital's owner? He lives in that house?
Goodbye, imitation loving ex-boyfriend of mine!
I'm too humiliated to go back to my gym.
Where am I going to work out around here?
Honey, how can you abandon me to go out on this blind date?
I love you, Joong Won.
I'm going to succeed at a large corporation without any help from you, Father.
- He finally took the bait. - Aren't you so grateful?
I'd shoot her down with a gun if we were in the North right now.
Let's resolve this rationally since we're going to be living under the same roof.
- Hey, Razor Teeth! - You want me to rip your hair out, too?
Come here, Razor Teeth!
One of these rascals is my own child.
[Boarding House 24- Episode Two: Youth is painful.]
Subtitles by DramaFever
My life in 1990...
the fire burned the hottest in all the previous years of my life.
I was unstoppable, and spent my twenties in the company of many different women.
It's so hot out. Do you have a fan?
[Three years ago]
After having wasted away my youth so carelessly
it was merely three years ago when I learned the truth of having a child.
Father!
So I put the past behind me
and left the world I knew to be reborn as a new man.
I vowed to live out the rest of my life for the sake of my estranged child.
Out of the 99 woman I had met in the year of 1990...
there were only six women who gave birth to a child in that following year.
One of these six is a child of my own flesh and blood.
So did you find out anything about Min Dohee?
No, I can't do a DNA test. I got cheated the last time, remember?
I'm going to find my child out of my own volition.
I vow... to find and recognize my child with my very own eyes.
Thank you for the meal!
Are you kidding?
I'm not sure if it'll be to your liking, but I marinated the ribs myself.
Slept? (Sounds the same as 'marinated')
Then I have to wake it up. Come on, ribs. Get up!
Get up, get up! Get up, ribs.
Ugh, what a horrible sense of humor.
- Hyun Young. - Yeah?
- You got seaweed on your face. - Seaweed? Where?
- I didn't even have any seaweed. - Take a closer look.
Your whole face is ugly.
How ugly, how ugly... (play on words: 'seaweed')
- So ugly and cheap looking. - Hey!
You're so childish!
That was so funny!
You're so funny!
We must have a similar sense of humor.
You're the weird one.
You know what J Hospital is? The biggest hospital in all of Gangnam?
The son of J Hospital's President is going to be moving into that boarding house.
The son of J Hospital's President?
- [J Hospital Owner] - [Dong Joon]
So... Kim Dong Joon is the son of J Hospital's President?
In this day and age, even if a person gets a steady job
they'll have 20 years at most at a company.
But if I marry a rich man, then I'll be set until I'm a hundred years old!
No, that's not right. I'll have respect even in death.
Turning Kim Dong Joon into my future husband will be my new job!
Let's go! Let's do it!
[Job]
Hello?
You look really great!
I almost forgot. You said you're starting at Samsung Enterprises today.
I totally congratulate you.
Don't congratulate me yet. I'm still only just an intern.
Isn't Samsung Enterprises the place you've been hoping to get into?
I heard that internships are tough to get. Wow, very impressive.
No kidding. 'Very impressive'.
Didn't you say that you failed the previous two interviews at Samsung in the past?
I hope that you make it as an intern at least and make something of yourself.
I heard that if you fail three times, they don't allow you to apply again.
Miss Razor Teeth should stop worrying about me
and just gnaw on this rib bone.
- Ugh, my back! - Comrade Dong Joon!
- Ugh, my back! My back! - Comrade Dong Joon! Let me see.
- It hurts! - Dong Joon, are you okay?
Razor Teeth doesn't want to gnaw on the rib bone
because she's already sunk her teeth into another clueless man.
You're pretty good at this stuff.
I've just had a lot of experience in volunteering at the local nursing homes.
Are you sure you'll be okay not going to the hospital?
You should go to J Hospital. It's your dad's hospital.
Rather than going to a hospital
we used to make a puree out of the fruit from the acanthopanax bush in the North.
It'll make all of your pain disappear. It's also good for your liver and bones.
Really?
I really hate getting shots, but I love things that are good for me.
I wish I could have some of that.
Ice, ice, baby...
Tiny-G...
What's that smell?
It's a smell that I'm familiar with from the North.
Why are there so many flies buzzing around here?
Why is this door locked?
This smell...
This is the smell of rotting corpses that I'm used to in the North!
No, it can't be.
Wait!
Comrades in Tiny-G will be leaving for their practice and I'll be late!
Comrades Tiny-G! Wait for me, I'm coming!
Follow me this way.
Look at them pretending to be busy. Attention!
We have a new intern starting at the office today.
- Say hello to everyone. - Hello, I'm your new intern, Lee Jae Hwan.
I'll work hard and dedicate my life to this company.
Thank you.
- Deputy Lee. - Yes?
Why don't you train him and teach him a few things?
Sure, I can do that.
- Hi. - Hello sir.
- Work hard. - Yes, sir.
- Deputy Lee, where is my spot? - Your spot?
The thing is...
As an intern, you have a very important assignment today.
- An important assignment? - Yeah.
- Come with me. - Yes, sir.
Intern.
This is called, 'The Scent Marketing'.
We're trying to improve our company image, and attract more customers, too.
Make sure to waft the delicious scent of popcorn to everyone.
- Got it? - Yes, I understand.
Here's your next breaking news.
A 70-year-old billionaire who made a name for herself with a hugely successful
pigs feet restaurant has been found murdered.
Only parts of the body were discovered onsite at the restaurant
and the current suspected murderer is a professional female killer in her twenties.
Currently known information is that the killer is a beautiful woman in her twenties
and is suspected to have a hideout nearby
and the police are offering a million won reward for any tips leading to her capture.
I think...
I know who the killer is.
What are you talking about?
It was a few nights ago.
I was walking out of the bathroom when out walked
the girl from the end room that I've yet to see come out.
The curiosity got the better of me, so I followed her out.
Then that girl was handed a box and picture from a very suspicious looking man.
Do you know who the person was in that picture?
It was none other than...
that grandma on the television screen!
There's no doubt that the murderer is the person living in that end room!
- Come on, you're just imaging things. - No, I'm not.
I even smelled rotting corpses coming from that room recently.
That can't be. She might be my daughter!
It's not right to suspect people when you don't even have any evidence.
That's why we need to find some solid evidence and get it to the police!
I'm going to get that reward money and send a food truck over to Comrades Tiny-G.
This is Min Dohee's room.
What's that smell?
Could it be real?
Hello?
I looked into Miss Min Dohee as you asked.
The sales report from the recently murdered owner of the pigs feet restaurant showed
that Miss Min Dohee was the last customer of the night.
And Miss Min Dohee is also on the police blacklist sheet.
Min Dohee.
Could you really be the hit girl?
I hope you go to heaven.
Heol! [exclamation of shock]
What is this going to mean if Min Dohee happens to be my daughter?
I haven't even found out whether she's my daughter or not.
I can't just let her get arrested like this.
I can pick this lock in ten seconds flat.
Very suspicious, just as I had expected.
She's already gotten rid of all the evidence.
Have I been caught?
I'm going to have to take care of it tonight.
Can you throw this away for me?
Throw these away for me, too.
Delivery for the marketing team.
There's my intern! Working hard, I see.
Can you get these to the shoe guy when he comes by?
- Hand them over to him. - Mine too, okay?
There's our intern. Aren't you a hard worker?
Oops, we forgot all about our intern.
- You haven't had lunch, right? - No, not yet.
Sorry.
Lunch break is almost over. Go grab something to eat real quick.
- I'll wraps things up around here. - Okay.
Why don't you just fill up on this popcorn if you're too busy to eat?
It's a very nutritional snack. Let's go.
- Yes, I understand. - Work hard.
I thought you were looking for a husband, but were you out farming instead?
Hey, this is not just your average fruit.
This is the fruit of love that's going to completely transform my life.
Go look for your fruit of love elsewhere, and keep going where you were going.
I am going.
But... were you eating popcorn?
- You smell like popcorn. - Ugh, seriously.
What smell?
Maybe I was wrong.
- Or maybe it's the smell of your dirty feet. - Hey, Razor Teeth.
Did you get drunk off the fruit or something?
I don't smell like anything! I have to get back to the office.
What low class taste buds he has.
He should've at least gotten some soup broth to go along with his lunch.
Wait, why am I even worrying about that?
Mister! Why do you look like a homeless beggar?
Did the person in the end room get her hands on you?
No.
What's that in your hand?
I found this in the hit girl's room.
This could be the hard evidence that the police needs to...
What have you done? That was the hard evidence we needed!
- Ssi-bal-no-ma. (sounds like a harsh curse) - Excuse me?
'Ssi-bal-no-ah.' (An acronym)
It means to have a dignified personality to be able to be considerate of others.
That was just an acronym, but why do I feel so offended by it?
Why are you wasting your time like that?
I'm telling you to be more considerate of others just like that saying goes.
Catching this hit girl is being considerate of others.
I promise that I'll find some other evidence to get her.
An elder is still speaking! How inconsiderate and rude.
What does your father do!
What bull...
Oh my goodness!
My eyeliner was about to become a work of art!
What I see now is a better work of art.
It's the school administration's office.
Is this Cho Hyun Young?
We noticed that you're extending your leave of absence from school yet another semester.
Are you aware that this is the last extension that you can have?
Yes, I was really trying to enroll back in school this semester
but I just don't have the tuition money...
I miss being in school so much.
Have a great day.
Dad?
I'm going to school and studying hard with the tuition money that you gave me.
But my textbooks are so expensive!
Huh? Spending money?
Well, I would really appreciate it if you could send me some.
Okay.
Sorry, Dad.
This will be the last bag I buy with my tuition money
and I'll study hard starting next year, and be really good to you, okay?
Hey! What in the world are you doing?
This is a puree of acanthopanax, which I picked from Jiri Mountain myself.
Wow, I'm so touched.
Let's see.
That's awesome.
Is there anything you'd like to eat for dinner tonight?
- I'll make it for you. - Wow, awesome.
What I'd like to eat...
Eel!
- It's prime season for eel from the Han River! - Eel from the Han River?
I bet it would be really delicious.
Is that right?
Then let's have dinner together tonight, you and I.
- Deal! - Deal.
Cho Hyun Young, let's get this done.
I have a date tonight.
Tell Mr. Kim that I'll be having dinner separately from everyone tonight.
Hey, is that how you're going on your date?
- Intern. - Yes.
It's tough work, isn't it?
I had to be the air balloon man in front of the office when I was an intern.
- You know those things, right? - Yes.
This is a gift set that the office is giving out for Chuseok.
I used to be so envious of people who'd get gift sets like this from the company.
- I get one, too? - Of course.
Everyone already took one, and there was one for you, too.
The pay here isn't very good, so this is the least they could do for us.
I'd be fine without one.
- Did everyone get their gift set? - Yes.
Where's mine?
Where's my gift set?
What is this? Who took my gift set?
- Deputy... - Manger.
I've got yours right here.
I had it hidden away because I was afraid someone else would take it.
Thanks.
I guess interns don't get one.
- I'm sorry, but I'll be taking that. - It's okay, I'm fine.
Okay, fine.
Here.
- You can take this one. - No, it's okay, I'm fine.
It's just that I don't feel right about it.
- It's my Chuseok gift to you. - Thank you.
I vow to get hired by Samsung Enterprises by the end of the year.
I lost.
Li Bang In, you're peeping on Tiny-G in their dormitory again, aren't you?
No, I'm not.
I'm waiting for the hit girl tonight.
Hit girl?
Is that the name of a new girl group?
It's just something. You don't need to know.
What is it?
Yeah, it's me.
- Do you want to go out on a blind date? - Is she pretty?
- She's a dance major... - Is she pretty?
- She's the same age as you are. - Is she pretty?
I heard she looks like a party girl.
That must mean that she's totally pretty!
Deal, I'll get ready and be right there.
Okay.
Ah, that's right.
I'm supposed to have dinner with Sa Eun tonight.
I should give her a call.
Razor Teeth?
Why do you keep popping up everywhere? It's so annoying!
- Were you out fishing for eels? - Huh?
Yeah.
But...
What's with the bottle of sesame oil?
Don't tell me that this is the Chuseok gift that you got from the office?
What?
Hey, do you know how ridiculous that would be?
For a huge enterprise like Samsung
to give out this measly bottle of sesame oil to their new intern?
Right?
Because if that were the case, it would've been better
to just be born as a woman like me and land yourself a rich husband instead.
- Oh my, Dong Joon. - Sa Eun.
I don't think I can have dinner with you tonight.
- Because I have a blind date. - A blind date?
Yeah, let's take a rain check on that dinner, okay?
Sure.
Ugh, my back.
[The son of J Hospital's owner]
It's totally ruined.
What the heck?
What do you think you're doing?
No, you don't even have to tell me.
Why don't you be rational about this
and rather than wasting your time on men, use that time to study and get a job instead?
What? Get a job?
That's easy for you to say.
That's out of the question for girls like me who don't come from
a rich or educational background. You know that?
Do you...
really think that I've never considered getting a job?
I actually attend a music school.
But...
the girls from rich families are already having solo concerts
and even going to study abroad, too.
And I'm the only one who's not getting to do any of that.
I don't have any credentials...
and I'm not very smart, so my English always sucks no matter how hard I study.
What's the point of interviewing when I fail every single time?
Hey.
I also wanted to get a job at a good company like you did.
But things just never went the way I wanted it to.
So I decided to get myself a good man instead.
So, I've just set my sights on a different goal.
But...
Is that so wrong?
Ugh, I don't know.
What's this?
I'm still connected to her?
I even went and caught the eel from Han River myself because Dong Joon wanted it.
That's what I did.
But Dong Joon doesn't even recognize that and is going on a blind date instead.
I don't even want to live anymore.
Does this mean that she likes me?
- Ugh, this is so annoying. - Hey.
Get up!
Hey, Razor Teeth.
Do you even know how I feel? Seriously...
Ugh, who's texting me now? It's so annoying!
[What do you think this is a picture of?]
Dong Joon?
Sa.
Gui?
Ja? ('Sa-Gui-Ja': 'Let's date')
Sa-Gui-Ja! Hey, he wants to date me!
Hey, he says he wants to date me!
Hurray! Yes!
Do I look weird in this? I don't, do I?
I'm taking off.
Bye.
[You know that there's a company dinner outing tomorrow, right?]
[- Everyone must attend.] [- Dinner outing? Okay!]
[Let's eat until our bellies pop tomorrow!]
[- Yes, got it!] [- Huh? Who's Jae Hwan?]
[I'm the new intern.]
[Oops! Sorry!]
[You have been booted of out this chatroom.]
What the heck is this?
You don't even know my name after having ordered me around all day?
What is she trying to bury?
I'm going to make sure to get the evidence that I need in my hands.
Just in case she is my daughter...
I can't let her get arrested and be locked up in jail like this.
Heol.
I lost them.
No, this isn't how it's supposed to go.
I hope I succeeded in shaking them off.
Oh my goodness!
I got you now! It's all over for you!
No, you can't.
Don't come any closer!
Mr. Kim... why did you do that?
I'm sorry.
Especially since you could end up being my son.
Where am I going?
Life goes around and around.
You'll be back in the end.
Will I really be able to come back?
Go.
Run far, far away! I'll stop the police from coming after you!
Miss, we've got him now, so don't worry and go on home.
Why are you following someone from your own boarding house?
I'm the culprit. I'm the hit girl that you're looking for.
What? Hit girl?
What are you talking about? The hit girl's already been caught.
I'm the hit girl...
Huh?
Do you know who the hit girl is?
Look.
This is the hit girl.
Heol!
The hit girl is that chubby?
Enough talking, and let's have you come with us.
- Let's get him to the station. - Min Dohee!
- What is going on here! - Come on.
They thought I was the hit girl?
[Free scallion pancakes on your first visit.]
What if I get reported again for having too much food waste in the garbage?
Ugh, I'm already on the list.
I'll just bury it.
Dohee's feasting time of the day!
On today's menu... Do you see it? It's octopus.
Doesn't it look good?
I'm going to take another bite.
It's this part that you see right here.
It's so delicious.
Ugh, that person makes such a ruckus every single night.
What is that smell?
Is that person grilling something in their room?
Hey, room upstairs!
Can you please keep it down?
Don't you think that you're being too loud in the middle of the night?
You think turning off the music is everything?
What about the smell?
Does it taste better to eat in hiding by yourself?
You should at least share some of what you're eating!
Is it your hobby to eat in the middle of the night while listening to music?
Oh my goodness.
I don't like to mooch off of people.
Thanks for the snack.
[The most difficult aspect of youth...]
[isn't about the type of background that you come from.]
[But it's the inability to see what's coming...]
[and the insecurities that come along with not knowing.]
Subtitles by DramaFever
- Do you know who this is? - What?
This is what we call 'The black past' in the North.
Do you want to die?
You pervert!
If she really is my daughter, then she is just beyond ugly.
- What does your father do? - Hon... honey.
I'm sorry, I was wrong.
Delicious... this is so delicious!
The perfection of the ramen's spice and whip cream's sweetness combined together!
I never want to forget this taste.
I'm coming to Seoul right now, so text me your address.
What am I going to do if he finds out that I've blown away all my tuition money?
- You're already here. - I'm letting him stay because I had room.
- What are you doing? - I need you to stay out.
Hurry!
- You. - You!
Whatever.