Valid Love
Is he sandpaper?
So rough and scratchy. He doesn't talk either.
A non-conformist.
He may be big, but he's just a kid.
He was eating ice cream...
You should've seen it, unni.
So satisfying.
What bullshit.
Hey, you.
It's okay.
What's so funny?
What is it?
Did you get a nosebleed?
No.
I was picking my nose.
Don't deny it. I told you to ignore Mother if she called. Why come running?
I have to come for unni anyway.
Then just stay in this room and don't run around getting involved.
Stay until Mrs. Park comes.
Exercise her legs.
Don't laugh.
It's annoying.
Sorry for yelling.
Don't worry about it. It's our problem.
Get out if you're gonna look at me like that.
Get out!
Ramen...
Go console Mother because she's upset.
Right, I knew it felt weird in here. My intuition...
Father met a woman again, huh?
Mom probably caught them at the scene. It's obvious. They never change.
Such a cliched scenario.
What are you doing?
That costs 70 cents.
Did you earn 70 cents today?
Are you kidding?
You don't even bother a dog when it's eating.
Dogs earn their food by wagging and guarding the house.
Then are you saying I'm not even a dog?
You haven't forgotten about work next week, right? It's at 8am.
8am?
Aren't you overdoing it, Sister-in-law?
I went to school in Seoul.
I graduated from a university.
You want me to...
learn painting? That's ridiculous.
If you learn quickly, you can earn $100 a day.
Even if there's no jobs, ten days a month is $1000.
Where can you earn that lately?
That's not it.
It's not the money. It's about the job quality.
Oh, so you're high quality?
I think you're the lowest of the low.
If you don't want to paint, learn street cleaning.
Your friend Chul Min is taking that exam and practiced sweeping.
Chul Min is a hundred times more high quality.
That bastard...
Chul Min didn't go to school in Seoul.
He doesn't have money or background.
I went to school in Seoul with this house and we even own a building!
Anyways, there's no one taking your side in this house.
Do as you're told.
What do you mean no one's on my side?
Hyung's on my side. Your husband.
Who's on your side?
Huh?
You'll only benefit from listening to your sister-in-law.
Do as you're told, punk.
There's my mom.
Mom said this. Yeah.
Mom said the most comfortable way to make a living is by selling knowledge.
What knowledge do you have to sell?
Why are you being like this, hyung?
You think Mom will allow me to become a painter?
I got permission.
Next week at 8.
After dealing with this guy's tantrums,
a day finally ends in our house.
Father.
Father snores like nothing happened.
I know Sky personally.
I'll give a tip to the women here, so they won't be fooled.
We're leaving.
Okay.
Mother logs onto the Internet cafe and tells on Father who uses "Sky" as his nickname.
Hee Soo leaves her life up to the night nurse.
What's that?
What's this?
What's this, honey?
What is it?
I got you!
My wife...
acts spoiled to make up for how hard it was.
Just up to the supermarket.
No, keep going.
[Episode 4: Touch]
$2.50.
Hey!
Giddy-up!
What happened to all the red ginseng you ate?
Why are you so weak?
Giddy-up.
- Giddy-up! - Am I a horse?
Kim Il Ri.
I'm middle-aged. I'm not 28.
That's what I'm saying.
So unfair.
My husband's already middle-aged.
It'll happen to you in no time.
Today's the last time.
Or my knees will give out and you'll have to carry me.
You're sorry, so you're exaggerating.
Why am I sorry?
For putting me through hardship.
What hardship?
Did you forget?
You begged me to get married.
You begged and chased me ever since high school. Be grateful.
Is that what you learned?
To be ungrateful?
Thanks for marrying me.
Thanks, Teacher.
Thank you very much.
Let's send her now.
Hee Soo.
It's too hard on you.
To the nursing home you saw before. You said it was okay.
It's a bit expensive, but it's clean.
They have good medical technology.
Good sunlight...
...and ventilation.
We've been fine for seven years.
Yeah, seven years.
It's hard even for a year.
It's been seven years.
You heard.
Everyone says it's a miracle.
You did all you could.
Thanks to you,
we got this far.
I know.
I'll brag for the rest of my life.
I'm anxious something could go wrong.
Even a minute or second might be too late.
It might be safer for her there. Besides...
I asked Hee Soo.
She blinked...
...once.
How cruel.
What else would Hee Soo say?
"I don't want to go to a nursing home."
"I want to stay in my house even if I'm a burden forever."
"Pat my back once an hour every night."
"Give me massages and physical therapy."
"You guys do it all."
Do you think she'd say that with her personality?
How could you ask her outright?
How could you be so cruel?
Actually, it was Ki Tae.
You know how immature he is.
You should've shut his mouth by beating him up if he said that.
How can you go along?
Jeez.
It's not that.
He didn't tell me. He just asked her.
I found out later...
I'm sorry.
I was wrong.
I'm disappointed in you, Teacher.
Okay.
How could I go against you?
What is this?
It tickles.
I'm sorry.
And thank you.
We don't even have a child yet.
Until we do,
I'll just think of her as a baby until then.
So, leave Hee Soo unni alone.
She's mine.
Okay.
She's yours.
But tell me if it's hard.
Don't just endure and suffer.
If you buy me spicy rice cake.
Blood sausage, too.
I'll hold back.
Since it's so late.
Let's go.
Sea anemone jerk.
Sea anemones are coelenterates that live inside coral.
A species with only a mouth and anus.
These types of organisms are called that.
The scientific name is sea anemone.
Sea anemone.
An overeater who lures smaller fish with his flashy sensors and eats them.
I should've known.
That my wife had been lured in...
by his secret sensors.
Excuse me!
Hey!
I left my clothes and bag earlier.
And I...
forgot something I shouldn't have for a second.
That my wife rushes in without thinking like a reckless train.
Tomorrow's the last day.
I'll make up tomorrow for leaving early today.
Well...
You don't have to come tomorrow.
I paid you for four days.
Were you mad I left earlier?
No.
You don't like my work?
No.
Then why?
I can finish up by myself.
But you should make me work for four days if you paid me.
Does money come from the ground if you dig it? Goodness.
- That's enough. Go. - But...
How can you do this?
Just pay me for work not done?
Why are you suddenly...
Carpenter Kim.
You can't do this!
Hey.
Let's talk.
Carpenter Kim.
Carpenter Kim!
Damn it.
Kim Joon!
You better open the door!
I'm going to break it down!
It's the first time something shocking like this happened in 12 years.
Is he crazy?
Does he have mood swings?
Crazy bastard!
I knew it ever since you used that calculator.
You're going back tomorrow. Why go get it?
Crazy bastard, is $200 dog shit to you?
That's payment for my hard work.
You messed with the wrong person.
You're dead.
Think I'll just take it?
Ugh!
What is it now?
He should've washed the brushes right away. They're all stiff.
He lacks the basics.
Oh, my God!
What are you doing?
Don't you know?
You got me all wrong.
Give that back. Can't you tell I'm working?
I said it's enough.
Not for me.
I have to work if I received money.
You think finishing up is a joke.
The more detailed and small...
Like this.
It shows.
Do experts exist for no reason?
You're bothersome.
You talk too much.
You're loud and rude.
You're bothersome.
I won't take a day's pay!
What?
I talk too much?
I'm loud?
How dare you call me loud?
You've never met a truly talkative person.
He's right. You're really loud right now, too.
I'm rude?
Do you know what rude is?
You're the one who's rude.
No, it's you.
You know I was against the marriage, right?
I was more against it than Mom and Dad.
Why would oppa marry a girl who didn't graduate from college and does hard labor?
That she should be a teacher if not a doctor or lawyer.
I can't believe it.
But I thought I should see you once.
So, I went to your workplace.
It was a sight to see.
Wearing strange work clothes and saying everything on your mind.
I nearly collapsed from shock.
In the end,
I really did collapse and came to this.
Stupid.
Idiot.
Sea cucumber, sea squirt, sea anemone, stray dog, raccoon jerk!
Take it easy.
[Valid Love]
If you're gonna be out of it like that, just hit me.
Eat up.
How will you survive in that family without food in your tummy?
Mom.
Am I that loud?
Huh?
Am I rude? Am I bothersome?
Something happened.
Who is it this time?
Did your mother-in-law say something?
No, no. Don't worry about it.
Did Hee Soo go to the ER in the middle of the night again?
Are they blaming you?
I said no.
Hee Soo's doing well these days.
Oh, my.
You're protecting them because you're family?
I shouldn't have let you marry him.
The teacher has a good character. They are very well off.
I thought we hit the jackpot.
I knew it would be trouble to exceed our boundary.
But I hoped not.
I turned a blind eye.
I said no, Mom.
Um...
I've been working somewhere and the President or whatever is a total jerk.
He's so rude.
Ugh.
Can't you quit?
You're busy enough for two.
That family looks down on you because you do hard labor.
I'm using my head, Mom.
What if I didn't work?
They'd make me stick with Hee Soo all day and fire the nurse.
I guess.
You have to be able to breathe.
See?
I'm smart, huh?
So, don't worry about it.
Okay, I won't.
It's not like I can ferment and eat it later.
What's the point of worrying when it's too late?
Right, right.
I must take after you to be smart.
Was I too harsh?
I can't just go and apologize all of a sudden.
Ugh, whatever!
What?
He started it.
It was shaky and finally about to fall apart.
Should I buy a new one?
Goodness!
The leg broke off.
Did you commit a crime?
You didn't even have an opening ceremony.
Congrats on opening your shop.
I came as a customer.
Jeez.
Here.
Fix this.
It's my husband's chair in the study.
It could've been bad.
How did it break like this?
Jeez.
You didn't break it on purpose?
Really...
Anyway, fix it since it's broken.
Wow, I only worked a little bit.
Did you do this all yourself?
Take your chair and leave.
I don't fix things like that.
Why not?
It's my choice.
Then teach me how to make a chair.
I don't do that either.
Why not?
I don't have time to teach someone.
See?
No wonder you don't have any plant gifts for opening.
Not just that, no friends, girlfriend or family...
Do you live alone in this world?
Are you a solitary pine tree?
What about a sign?
No store sign?
I'm married. Don't touch me.
Let go when I'm being nice.
I came with good intentions. How can you ignore me like this?
It'll be so uncomfortable if we run into each other.
Take back your goodwill.
That's just...
bad for your health!
You're one step too late.
I'm finished.
Why are you doing this without permission?
To take back my goodwill.
Erase it.
Why should I erase such a good thing?
You need a sign anyways.
I'm sure you'll thank me later.
How gratifying.
Now, I'm done with my work.
Make eye contact if we run into each other.
If not, it'll be really uncomfortable.
I'm really going now.
Shake hands.
Let's just say we did.
Thanks for the coffee and ramen.
I'll stop by sometimes, so keep it coming.
Ah, don't forget to add an egg.
You're acting arrogant, so it sounds like ahjumma chatter.
But you'll think of me sometimes.
Oh, yeah. When should I come for the chair?
Give me my brush, so I can go.
My brush...
Okay...
What do you want?
Is this what...
...you want?
Then why are you bothering me?
Stop caring about me.
I don't care about you, ahjumma.
Get coffee elsewhere.
Eat ramen at home.
You won't be back, right?
A bag...
A bag?
What's wrong? What do you need?
You can lie down longer.
Don't worry.
My life isn't in danger.
It looked dangerous.
I just have to take care of it quickly.
What if you're late?
What happens then?
Don't you have anything that inconveniences you?
But something you just have to live with?
Like athlete's foot.
I don't.
But I...
can't memorize the multiplication table.
It's inconvenient.
But doesn't endanger my life.
But I have to live with it.
Did you say multiplication table?
Pretend you didn't' hear.
No way.
You really can't memorize it?
I see!
How come he can't memorize that?
So funny.
Unni.
Have you ever met someone who can't memorize multiplication tables?
He's not an elementary student.
A big guy like that can't memorize multiplication tables.
How can that be?
It can happen.
He's not weirder than you.
My stomach.
What now?
What do I do?
I'm so ashamed, I'll die.
If you could die from shame, I would've died thousands of times.
You know what I did?
Sacsac came suddenly.
Why did it happen?
It didn't happen for five years.
So ugly.
Ugh, so embarrassing.
What do I do...
Whatever...
Do you like him?
How's the chair?
Is it okay?
Yeah, you should've just asked Mom for one.
Should I?
Teacher.
Did something bad happen?
What's Castadiva?
Why suddenly?
I just saw it walking down the street.
It's a store name.
Chaste goddess.
Chaste goddess?
Look it up.
I should have it somewhere.
Cas... ta... di...va...
It's totally scandalous.
What is this?
A female teacher had a love affair with the village leader and had his children.
How is she chaste?
She's a scandalous goddess.
The classics are all scandalous.
Why?
Because people are instinctively scandalous.
There's nothing you don't know, honey.
Here it is.
What do you want?
How would it feel to sleep with another man?
Huh?
She says that like an annual event.
Her first kiss with her first man.
And her first sexual encounter.
She married that man.
She had no shred of memory about another man.
I felt sorry for her sometimes.
I had a strategy to console her during those times.
Just don't get caught.
Why did I say that?
Why say such empty words?
Why didn't I listen to adults who said words become seeds that grow?
Let's go to the land of fishes!
Don't go that way!
Hey, hey.
Having fun? What's that?
What's it doing?
There are some really cute fishes.
What's the smallest ocean fish we eat?
Anchovies!
Anchovies.
Too easy.
Anchovies are so tiny.
They are born with the sad destiny to be eaten by big fish.
So...
the anchovy leaders had a meeting.
"How can we, the anchovies, survive?"
The solution was to have lots of babies.
So, anchovies lay eggs all year except in winter.
4000-5000 eggs at a time.
Wow.
What is this?
Otolith!
How old?
One year old.
[Marine aquarium government employee, Lee Suk]
[Valid Love]
Mrs. Kim.
You said he'd come any day. When is he coming?
We have a lot of work.
Wait a few days.
Yes?
Hello?
Oh.
Hi, I'm the owner of the cell phone.
Yes, I know, Jang Ki Tae.
Sister-in-law?
You didn't know your cell was missing.
Now you finally call?
Did you just wake up?
Why do you have...
...my cell phone?
I had no choice. You don't listen to me.
If you want it back, call me from Shisa Station number 2 exit.
No, no, no.
You have to return what you stole.
This is robbery! Hey!
Hey... Hello?
Ugh! Darn it. What...
What is this?
She's my enemy, not my sister-in-law!
Jeez, what an enemy.
Yes, Mother?
Hello.
Sit over here.
Make me an online ID.
ID?
I was kicked out.
Kicked out? Why?
I don't know. I just wrote a few things.
But the responses went crazy.
What'd I do?
What is it?
I know my husband is popular because he's vigorous and humorous, but be careful.
He lives for the spotlight, so he even needs attention from bum on the street.
How good must he be to women?
But don't believe that and fall for it.
He does that to anyone. So, don't think anything of it.
Hey.
Isn't it too much?
I didn't say anything directly about them.
I'm just managing my husband. How dare they kick me out?
What are you going to do, Mother?
You spit in the air while lying down.
What?
Did I do wrong?
Don't go back in.
- I can't do it. I won't! - Hey!
Are you okay to carry it?
I won't come back again.
I won't be back.
I won't bother you.
Cook ramen.
Add an egg.
I'm not going back since I said I wouldn't.
I'm never going back again.
I'm serious.
He wouldn't welcome an ahjumma like me.
That's what I'm saying.
You're not gorgeous nor do you have a nice body.
Are you rich?
And married on top of it.
I think you expected something without knowing your place.
Dream on.
And you...
Did you forget I'm your sister-in-law?
Wait and see.
I'm going to kick you out with just the clothes on your back.
You must be thirsty.
Shall we go there?
Hello.
Thanks.
Herbal tea?
Something sweet?
What you had before?
What we had before!
Only a little mint.
How is it?
Is it okay?
You're in a good mood today.
You must have wanted something sweet.
The rest is mine.
Rest a little.
So, what'd Mom say?
What did you say to make her worry?
She told me to watch out for you.
Ugh, that's what Mom always says. Don't worry about me.
Is this it?
What Carpenter Kim made?
It's been several months now.
The chairs, too?
It's a set.
He does a good job.
It looks nice...
...in here.
Does anyone want to buy it?
It's so expensive.
Hey.
You know how hard it is to make this?
Oh? Wait.
Multiplication tables.
Multiplication song?
What is this?
There really is one?
- You went on a blind date yesterday? - Yeah.
How was it?
- Totally awesome. - I'm so envious.
But...
he didn't buy food.
What did you do?
I bought instead.
Take it easy, Duk Bae.
You can't handle that noona.
Don't do that.
Think I wanna be like this?
She wants to eat me up because I'm giving her unni a hard time.
Hold on. I'll be right back.
Watch unni for me!
Where are you going?
Hi, unni!
Long time no see!
Did something good happen?
Your face looks great!
Crazy bitch.
Does this look great to you?
I won't come back.
I won't bother you.
You won't be back, right?
What is this?
What do you want?
Multiplication table song!
[Multiplication table song]
2 x 1 = 2.
2 x 2 = 4.
2 x 3 = 6.
2 x 4 = 8.
2 x 5 = 10, 2 x 6 = 12, 2 x 7 = 14.
What are you doing? Sing along.
Am I an elementary student?
You're not.
But you're worse at multiplication than an elementary student.
Prove you're better if it bothers you.
Try it.
I was doubtful but I guess it's true.
What about the 2 tables?
That's easy.
Leave now, Mrs. Kim.
No way, you can't even memorize the 2 tables?
What does that have to do with you!
Pardon me.
- But... - Well...
But, what?
I should be more embarrassed than you.
I fall over, heave and seize anywhere.
Do you know how embarrassing that is?
It's better to do on the street with strangers I'll never see again.
When I come to my senses,
it's shameful even in front of my mom who gave birth to me.
It's embarrassing, so...
So...
What can I do?
I have to act like I'm not embarrassed at all.
I'm really embarrassed in front of you, Carpenter Kim.
Who cares about multiplication tables?
Just don't memorize them.
Everyone has calculators on their phones nowadays.
I was rude.
Did you really come for multiplication?
Did you really come for that?
Excuse me.
Sorry, I acted like a know-it-all.
- But it's nothing to get mad over. - You make me mad!
You've got a really strange personality.
When people are being sincere,
you should learn to listen!
Excuse me.
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Is anyone there?
What is it?
How did you come here?
Did the...
owner go home?
I'm the only one here.
Oh...
Then...
You're the owner?
Just call me Carpenter Kim.
Oh, I see.
You're very young.
But what...
Ah...
I wanted to ask something.
That's...
...how we met.
I thought that's how it felt to be alive.
Hot...
tingly...
...and desperate.
It's shocking.
Why won't you take my order?
Hee Soo!
A bottle of soju, please.
Okay.
You like soju?