Episode 3
Ah really, you little brat.
How dare you call me a brat! You jerk!
Da Mi! Hurry, go out!
Yeo Jin!
Hurry, hurry! Leave!
Da Mi! Run, hurry!
Let go!
Hurry! Hurry and go!
Da Mi, run! Hurry!
Where do you think you're going?
Really, this brat!
Are you crazy?
Da Mi, hurry up!
Da Mi, hurry!
Yeo Jin, wait up!
Yeo Jin, look at your clothes.
You!
Da Mi!
Yeo Jin, look at this.
Why do they keep looking at us?
Don't mind me, you better clean yourself up.
(Enterpriser of Japan's Red Wine, Yoo Keon Hee has come to Korea)
Da Mi.
Wait a second.
Lee Kang Ae!
Do you come here often?
Can I sit here?
You came alone?
Yeah, I just got here after having dinner with my colleagues from the hospital.
I felt like having a drink before going home.
Is Dong Yoon hyung getting along fine?
Yeah..
Still single?
I guess so.
I have never thought about marriage.
Everyone has their own path to follow.
What about you? Why aren't you getting married?
Sin Ae's mother has already been gone for so many years.
Even so, there must be someone who likes me.
You didn't forget Sin Ae's mother, right?
What about you?
Have you forgotten about Da Mi's father?
Of course.
He was a person that nobody could change,
but now I have to ask myself if I've forgotten him yet.
Two friends around the same age, sitting opposite each other, asking the same question.
What a miserable night.
Are you having another glass?
It's nothing, just a minor cut.
I just have to eat my medicine.
What on earth are you doing?
Why are you making such a big fuss, mom?
I already said it was nothing.
You follow me.
Jeong Ja!
Yes?
Go to Sin Beom's house and borrow a rattan stick.
If he doesn't give it to you, I'll go and take it personally.
Quick, go!
I know you're not satisfied with me,
I understand it all.
However, I am still your mother.
You should at least have a daughter's basic courtesy.
Tell me where did you hurt yourself.
Not answering?
You're really funny, mom.
What?
As an author,
why do you only look at the wounds on the outside?
This, means nothing.
I know what you're hoping for.
You're hoping that I'd be the same as I was in the past, always studying without saying anything right?
That way you can ignore my existence and live comfortably.
That's what you're hoping for, and that's how I've been until now.
You've been ignoring my existence.
Do you really not understand your mother? How can you say that?
Sports Day, the spring trip, cleaning up the classroom.
You've never done even the smallest thing for me.
Even at that time, you asked granny or auntie to go.
Mom? No, you're a queen.
Don't look for excuses.
The first thing that comes in your life is your career.
I've forever been waiting for the always busy mother.
I know that I'm not important at all in your heart.
You've never paid attention to my feelings,
and now you dare to reprimand me for not understanding you?
If you were really that lonely, you should've told me.
Why didn't you voice it out earlier?
Since when have you tried to listen to what I say?
"Yeah, wait a minute, wait a minute. I have something to do."
Do you know how disappointed I felt every time I heard this?
Why do you think I work so tediously?
Why do I sacrifice even my resting days and work so diligently?!
If it was for me,
you would've stopped to spend time with me, despite how busy you were.
That's what you would've done.
You sacrificed everything and finally became a famous author.
When did I actually hoped for all this?
Mom.
How is Da Mi?
When did you come?
Go! Go!
Da Mi, what happened to you?
Where did you hurt yourself?
Yah, what's wrong with you these days, huh?
Yah, if only I was with you just now, I--
Oppa.
Yeah?
I can't seem to control myself. I'm going crazy.
Don't think about it too much. Teenagers always have their phases.
Who cares if he's smart or stupid.
He doesn't have any other talents besides torturing his own mother.
I also made my mom worry about me last time.
But when children reached puberty, they forgot everything. I don't know how they turned out that way.
When has Da Mi ever made you worry?
She's almost like the princess on the moon. You can get any better than her.
Granny has passed away,
the father she thought was dead calls...
Can she be normal now?
I heard she had three stitches.
What three stitches?
Sin Beom's forehead is practically a cross stitch.
How can they possibly understand us now?
See if it's possible when we're dead.
Don't be too sad, okay?
("When The Wind Blows" Author Lee Kang Ae's autograph session)
Not accepting?
You don't plan to accept it?
I don't understand.
Why are you like this all of a sudden?
To save time.
I don't have the time nor the strength to fight with you now.
Hye Soo too.
If you were only talking about me, I'd be willing to reconciliate with you.
But why must you always pull my mom in?
I can't settle this peacefully.
You sure are arrogant.
After your mother came,
it was the teacher who asked us to reconciliate with you.
It was the teacher-in-charge's decision.
Isn't there a name list that's already decided internally by now? And a recommendation letter as well..
And also a recommendation letter.
Your mother is very smart.
Although I'm not willing to, I'm choosing to reconciliate with you.
Go home and ask
exactly how much money the teacher-in-charge received.
Still acting innocent.
They are really ridiculous.
It's okay.
My mother isn't that kind of person.
She isn't that kind of person!
She isn't the kind of person who would give people money to shut them up.
Don't talk nonsense.
What's the matter, Yoo Da Mi?
You're back already? Quite early today.
I feel like reading at home. Where's mom?
She has an autograph session. It's at Dae Gu... or Tae Jeon?
The publisher came to pick her up in the morning.
I'll go throw this away.
Go get something to drink.
Hey, I'm really busy now. Just get straight to the point.
This man.
Is he my father?
Rest a little first, Teacher Lee.
You must be tired.
It's okay.
Your hand must be sore, right?
It was only an autograph session,
but we rarely have so many people coming. Today--
I'm sorry, but I feel like rest.
Ah, of course.
Da Mi locked herself up in her room and refuses to come out!
She didn't even eat dinner and she keeps crying.
Crying?
Yes.
Da Mi, it's mom.
Open the door.
Da Mi, what's...
Yes. That's your father.
I know.
I'm sorry to make you feel like that.
Your father...
Mom, stop it.
I don't want to know about it now.
She is really lucky to have you by her side.
I'm relieved.
I didn't really do anything.
Rather I feel proud following Kang Ae.
Despite how busy she is, she still takes time off to check my children's theses.
When mom was still around, I learned some chores too.
Mom always said I was the big disciple.
She used to be very good at household chores.
Very similar to mom.
She can't do chores now, she has to work.
Being an author is not an easy.
Luckily, she at least has a proper table to write on.
In the past, she only had a small dinner table and sat there all day.
She suffered quite a lot.
What I meant was...
It's okay.
As you said,
it was me who erased your memories of your father.
I'm sorry.
Through all these years, the guilt has never lessened before.
I've always felt guilty towards you,
so I tried to work even harder.
Life was tough when I was young.
You should know it too, at the top of Manbokdae mountain/range.
In the winter, I had to drag the charcoal with your granny up the mountain to save on transport fees.
If there was no water supply,
we had to carry pail by pail of water up
to cook food for the people who rented rooms.
At that time, my wish was to study properly without having to worry about money.
I still had to work at the expense of my life part timing even when I entered university.
I don't want you to experience these hardships that I've been through.
I always thought that I did well, Da Mi..
After I broke up with your dad..
I started working hard at life's expense.
"I can't let you or granny suffer."
That was my motivation.
But those were your one-sided thoughts.
Isn't it so?
To break up with dad.
To start working as well.
To work using your life.
These are all the choices made by you alone.
Yes..
Everyone will be standing on their own side to choose what they need most.
From now on, I want to choose the way I'm going to live.
I don't want to be swayed to any side by anyone.
Just like I'm unable to approve of your ways.
You won't be able to approve my ways either.
What do you mean?
I'm not going to the university, mom.
She's a model student and she's great in her studies as well.
She is really like that person, right?
Her height is much taller than her parents'.
The teens these days are all like that.
And also..
I made the decision to bring this here without asking.
You haven't seen her since that time.
This is Da Mi..
Isn't she pretty?
Can I have this?
Of course.
Kang Ae..
She hasn't even changed a bit.
She's still the same as before.
Why didn't you ask me about her?
This is where Kang Ae lives and I'm staying just next door.
Please go.
I'll leave after I see you go in.
Please say my greetings on behalf to Sin Ae's dad.
I will.
That person and Da Mi..
Please help me take care of them.
What words are these?
Goodbye..
Ahjumma?
She's in the study room.
I went to see Da Mi's dad.
He just sent me back.
He's just as gentleman-like as he was before, really polite.
He hasn't changed a bit and he looks even better.
But are you all right?
Just now, Da Mi...
I know..
You know? Is it all right?
Jeong Seon..
Yes..
You know, right?
Without her, I couldn't have survived so long.
And I wouldn't have any reason to be working this hard.
When you were in Japan..
Wasn't there a river in front of your house?
Yes..
I wanted to jump in when I looked at that river.
At that time, I really didn't feel that I had any reason to live.
But at that moment, I thought about Da Mi.
And that's the reason I carried on living.
What happened?
She's giving up her university studies.
She's not going.
Hey, she is only saying it.
Sin Ae, Sin Beom had said these before as well.
In their hearts, they all think that they are going to the university because of their mom.
Which kid isn't like this these days?
You don't know about it because you have only Da Mi to look at.
The kids these days are all like this.
Is that so?
Hey, did you forget?
Sin Ae that brat started to threaten me when she was in middle school.
"If mom follows me again for the spring swim, I'll run away from home."
But I don't think that she knew the meaning of running away back then.
She must have felt that I was fun to bully, so she always went against me.
Hey, if you were to believe what your kids said all the time..
Then it'd be my turn to run away from home.
It's going to be fine, don't worry.
But speaking of it, Da Mi's dad does look very pitiful.
The past was such a good time, when both of you were together.
Honey! Kang Ae!
Kang Ae! Honey..
Please let me explain.
Sorry, I really shouldn't treat you like this.
I really deserve to die, honey..
I was in a painful state of mind during this period of time.
I know that it's all my fault.
Please forgive me this once, Kang Ae..
Please give me some more time.
Give me one more chance.
Dad..
Professor Kwon, thanks for coming.
Congratulations.
Just make yourself comfortable.
Thanks..
Are you okay?
You're not cold?
You know that I love you a lot, right?
- Hello. - Hi.
(Da Mi's form teacher)
Hello?
Teacher, did you call me?
This is Da Mi's mom.
She said that you already knew about it.
Has she told you about it before?
Why is she like that?
Did anything happened at home?
And also, this..
It was thrown on the streets. It was the police who called me to take it.
She doesn't answer me no matter how I ask her.
She is not a kid either.
Although I'm not sure what happened.
But please put in more effort to communicate with her.
Hello? Who did you come with?
A few friends of mine.
Is that so? Okay..
Have you eaten anything?
Why is she like that?
Did anything happen at home?
Da Mi said she's not going take the university's entrance exam.
She's only saying that. It'll be all right in a few days.
How can Yoo Da Mi, who's great in her studies, be giving it up?
Mom, I'm not going to university.
Teacher Lee Kang Ae is known for educating her child well.
By any chance, can you tell us the special methods that you use?
There's no special method, I only gave my daughter the most of my trust.
Yes, to trust your kid no matter what situation.
So that must be the best educating method.
Grandma, what's this?
What?
Isn't this a brush?
What is this?! The brush's ends are all spoiled!
Sorry, I forgot to take care of it properly.
What are you doing?
What are you doing now?
What's wrong, mom?
What happened?
Why is granny so angry?
I didn't take care of the brush properly, so the ends are ruined.
And so, she broke it in front of me.
How can you ever do that?
That was rude. Did you know that was wrong to do?
Apologize quickly.
Quickly..
I said it so many times already.
I can't use the brush anymore if the ends are ruined.
Then are you implying that you are not in the wrong?
Go kneel down!
She's only a kid..
Mom, how can you be so hard on a child?
That temper of hers..
She'll be bringing you lots of hurt in the future.
Do you think it's okay enough that Da Mi gets good grades and is honest?
From the temper that she throws sometimes, you know she'll get into trouble in the future.
I really can't help but worry even now.
Don't be too easy on her.
Mom, you're the one that's easy on her.
I'm so scared that she'll make you faint from anger when I die.
That brat, I can't even sleep well when she's like that.
What? Is that the bag you left at the video room?
How did it appear in school?
My student pass and everything else was in it.
The police called up my teacher and she went to get it.
Yeah, the one who has good grades is treated differently.
If it was my bag, my teacher would say,
"Please throw it away. It'd be a waste of transportation fees to retrieve it."
Hello.
Hi.
Get in.
Why are you here?
Do you have to dress like this when you come to school?
Shut up.
You're home?
Professor Myung came over just now. He said he'd wait at waiting ahjumma's place.
Follow me.
Sit.
I heard you're not going to university.
I told you that already.
But isn't that too much?
Why aren't you going?
Is it because of the problem with your friends?
No.
Then... are you lacking of confidence because the exams are nearing?
Are you nervous you won't pass?
I've never thought of those reasons.
Don't be so willful and answer me properly!
Because it's meaningless, that's why.
What?
It's boring.
It's like you're interrogating a criminal. I'm tired.
Tired? Boring? Meaningless?
You rascal! You brat!!
You think you can be so haughty since you have good grades?!
Nasty girl! You brat!
Do you think I let you study to see you like this?!
I've never told you to support me before!
I get good grades because I studied myself!
What?
How can you look at your mom with eyes like that? You brat!
Are you crazy? You brat!
Ahjumma, don't do this!
Let go! Let go of me!
Da Mi, apologize to her quickly!
Don't be like this!
Unni, leave!
Don't stop her!!
How can you be like this?
How could you lie to me?
Do you know how worried I was?
Where would dad have lived if he were still alive?
Is he living well or not?
I couldn't tell you. My heart hurt for too long.
I thought you broke up with him because his business failed.
After dad left..
You had to earn money, you were so busy that it was hard us to even talk.
He'd surely come to see me if he were alive.
I was hoping just once...
but he never appeared.
So I thought he must be having difficulties living.
If not, he must have died.
When I knew he was still alive,
I thought, 'he must be having such a hard time living.
He never came to see me although he loves me a lot.
How heartbroken he must have been!'
But what's this?
Dad is living well.
And he's hundred of times wealthier than we are.
But why didn't he come and see us?
He knows that I'm living here for sure.
And he's in contact with ahjumma. So why doesn't he come and see me?!
Da Mi..
You and dad are always in newspapers and interviews,
but what am I?
You're living your way, dad's living his way.
Why did you give birth to me?!
Da Mi, don't be like this...
It was me who didn't allow your dad to come.
I wouldn't let him.
Da Mi, let's talk.
I don't to discuss anything! No! No!
Da Mi..
Mom, Dad, what have I done wrong?
Da Mi...
I did my best.
I studied hard to make you happy.
I felt pity for Dad.
Whether he was alive or not, I put in my best effort to be a daughter that he would be proud of.
But what did Mom and Dad do for me?
Do you think that I'm an emotionless person?
Did you think that I wouldn't want to see my dad?
No, I really want to see him a lot.
Dad, I really miss him.
Dad is Dad, university is university.
So what relations do they have?
No..
You and Da Mi are both perfectionists.
Perfectionists.
Everything will fall down if even the slightest thing doesn't run smoothly.
I can understand her.
She must suffering a lot right now.
What's that, when it's already so late? Do you have to work?
It's Dong Woo hyung.
He wants to have a drink when his exhibition ends.
Just go..
Wait, I'll pack something for you to eat.
It's all right, Jeong Seon.
Don't look at me with those eyes.
I thought I ended everything when I broke up with him 11 years ago.
I wouldn't allow a single thing of his to have any affect on my daughter.
But she's his daughter as well...
He doesn't have the rights.
Kang Ae..
Forgive him and you will be released as well.
No one can stop you when you flared up like that.
In the past, when that guy, Seung Jun, always bullied Sin Beom,
you told him to stop, but he just wouldn't listen.
You bit him hard.
How could you bite such a fat guy?
I'm still curious.
That's true. Also because of your determination, you study well.
He was already hurting like mad but you refused to let go no matter what.
Yeah, from that moment,
I really admired you.
We've had so many interesting things happen between us.
Because of you, I've been so happy, but you've also made me suffer.
Really?
"Really?"?
Ahjumma’s so busy and granny is ancient.
Whatever the school would given you to do, you'd be running to my place.
One time, you said you had to prepare little stones.
In the end, we all went to find them in the middle of the night.
I remember.
I had the most stones when I got to school.
No matter what the school says, you must prepared.
Even if the sky falls down, your homework must also be done well.
I was going crazy, but my mom still praised you saying, "This is really Yoo Da Mi".
It really drove me crazy, you know?
But Da Mi..
What you have is really more than enough.
You're pretty, you're smart,
and your mom is outstanding as well.
What are you still unhappy about?
You can't be so willful.
You're a good kid, and your mom is a good person as well.
But there'll be fights between good people.
Do you want to hear some songs?
I have a really great CD, hold on.
Yeah, it's me.
Are the kids doing well?
Good night..
You worked hard, congratulations.
Oh, thanks.
Drink less wine. See you tomorrow.
Okay.
I'll leave first.
I'm really grateful for today. Be careful on your way home.
Hey, why aren't you going home yet?
Aren't you going to send me home?
I'm really sorry.
I'm going to drink a little longer with my friend here.
You worked hard, thanks for today.
Then, I'll be leaving first.
Okay.
Bye.
Professor, see you tomorrow.
Okay, take care.
Is she a student?
Yes, she's a postgraduate student.
She's really talented and pretty, not bad at all.
She's really young, right?
That girl seems to be interested in you.
Is there any girl that's not interested?
What plans do you have about Kang Ae?
Lee Kang Ae?
Lee Kang Ae is a really cool woman.
I miss her, our madam Lee.
It's already so late.
Hello?
What are you doing?
Hello?
I'm drinking ice water...
It's to help me stay awake, so I can finish writing.
Just sleep if you're too tired.
Don't work too hard, okay?
I'll sing you a lullaby.
Close your eyes.
Are you ready?
Yes..
The little village under the sunset..
On top of the golden waters, sea gulls are flying.
The little fishing boats in the sunset have returned..
The steam whistle sounded all throughout the whole village.
Good night.
There's no need for marriage if there are no kids.
We wouldn't have to see annoyed facial expression every day either.
It's okay if we just spend a happy hour together.
We can just meet if we have the time.
Both of us can go on with our own lives.
Isn't it so?
I don't feel that way...
To remember love only when you're happy is a cowardly form of thinking.
I have to put effort into showing her my best side.
It'll become meaningless if I lose that nervous feeling.
But I believe that love should be full of trust and stability.
Is that the type of love that you are waiting for?
That's why you are the type of man that's suitable for marriage.
And I'm the type that's suitable to eating breakfast alone for life.
Then why aren't you married?
I really can't understand it.
Do you, by any chance, have a special gender preference?
What are you saying?
Sorry, sorry..
Maybe you have someone that you like? Is that right?
Tell me honestly, who is it?
The person that I like... the person that I should like...
Is Ji Na's mom..
Is something up so early in the morning?
Did you just wake up?
Yes.
You haven't slept the whole night?
What did Da Mi say?
We never talked again.
I couldn't find a way to resolve it, no matter how hard I thought.
Our place was also chaotic yesterday.
Si Nae's meeting the boy's family...
I went to buy clothes for her but it felt weird.
At first, I wanted to know what kind of he was...
But I feel strange when she mentions she's going to meet his parents.
Her dad drank a whole kettle of water last night.
I can feel the complex feelings that he's going through right now.
And also, I made contact with Da Mi's dad.
He hopes that he can meet her tonight.
Since she's taking exams soon, won't that mess her up?
Didn't she said that she misses her dad?
Da Mi's dad is also taken back by it.
He didn't say a thing after knowing that it was your idea.
Hello?
Okay, go..
Jeong Ja, today..
What's wrong?
Ahjumma, just go upstairs and see.
She said she has no need for them and took them all away.
She said she's putting them in the store room and left.
Yes, I'm Da Mi's mom..
It's about Da Mi..
Can you try talking to her for me?
Already?
Okay, I understand.
Hello?
What should I do? I haven't even started yet.
I'm sorry.
There's no such need, I'll contact you again when it's ready.
Okay.
Come down quickly.
Are you going to walk like that as well in front of the seniors?
I can't wear this.
You look great in it.
It doesn't matter if both of you are going on a date.
But you must dress up properly if you're going to meet the seniors.
They'll think I'm a woman who is marrying again!
You're really pretty.
Mom, you're probably thinking that you're going to wear it after this.
That's why you bought clothes that only an ahjumma would wear.
How did you know? I'll give you some pocket money.
Forget it.
Go to a beauty salon.
Forget it.
Okay, that will save your mom's money. Just go.
Remember to be more humble when you speak, understand?
I don't care.
I'm leaving.
Wait.
What are these?
I just knew that you'd do such a thing!
Why?
You're planning on changing into these before you leave, right?
You think I don't understand you at all?!
How dare you not listen to me.
Why aren't you leaving? Do you want to be late?!
Or do you want to suffer a beating from me before you go?
I understand, I'm leaving.
What is this?
Unni!
Don't bother me..
Oh! Da Mi!
Please go to my place now...
Sin Ae!
You're not leaving?!
What are you doing?
You tidied up the notes, made questions, and remembered the important points.
Don't you think it'd be a pity if you just give up like this?
Mom, what's there to pity about?
Just throw all your temper on me if you are angry, I can understand it.
But don't give up your studies on purpose because of your misgivings towards your parents.
Didn't you say that you'd respect my decisions?
Didn't you say that you'd give your daughter your biggest trust?
I never thought that you'd be like this.
As your mom, I talked big, so I'm taking it back now.
I won't respect the decision made by a daughter who has lost her senses.
As your daughter, I've never been so clear-headed before.
Mom, just give up that dream.
I'm not going to university.
You are going for the exam and university.
After I get into a good school,
novelist Lee Kang Ae will get the title of being a successful mother.
Even if you are busy with work, you will never ignore your daughter's education.
I'm sorry, but I can't satisfy your ego.
Ego?
That's right, ego.
Because of that ego, you're so caught up in your own world.
That's why you never cared about my existence.
You're only noticing it now, right?
It's not the same as what you think, right?
Not going?
Not going.
Really not going?!
No.
My daughter was my only consolation.
My treasure..
What I had been anticipating..
But I wasn't able to hold her hands when she was suffering.
She had opened her arms towards me..
But I couldn't find them at all.
Are you really my daughter?
You misbehaving brat.
She said that I wanted her to be in the university because of my ego.
Is it because of your dad?
To let me meet my dad today? Who agreed on it?
I won't see dad, it's already too late.
Da Mi...
The me that's supposed to be having my exams, showed up here instead.
But mom didn't even questioned me at all.
The moment I discovered it myself.
My daughter was already appearing as a winner.