Episode 63
That kid's dad is Jeong Byeongguk
and his mom is Baek Yeonhui, I hear.
If you were to lose that child
how would they react?
Like me, wouldn't they
scour the earth for him?
Hello.
My name's Lee Hwayeong. We spoke earlier.
Do you remember me?
Seongbin.
What happened?
Hwayeong took Jinwu outside?
Yeah. She had an interview.
I just dropped him off at his house.
You did?
Have you gone mad?
It's bad enough that she brought him here,
but she's also making you her errand boy?
You have it all wrong.
Something came up,
so she asked me for help.
I thought I knew you, Seongbin.
But now, I'm not so sure.
Tell me. What are you thinking?
Why are you so close with her?
Are you sucking up to her
so that you can get a promotion?
Hey, Baek Junhui!
Fine. Think what you want.
If that's all you think I am, then so be it.
Just tell me what's going on!
I said wait! You'll find out soon enough.
Mr. Jeong has no intention of settling,
so we'll officially begin filing suit.
What about custody?
Jinwu's custody is the main priority.
We'll have to win that for sure.
It's true that his father
has more to offer financially,
but Jinwu's wishes are also very important.
For now, until the hearing is over,
I'll make sure you can see him regularly
by getting you visitation rights.
That way we'll get
to see Jinwu freely, right?
Yes, you'd be entitled to that by law.
It's been a while since we walked like this.
I know.
Let's stay strong.
It'll all work out.
Don't you have to get back to the office?
You're new there.
You shouldn't be out for so long.
You're right. I have to head back.
You'll be home early today, right?
I'm going to show off my cooking skills.
Are you cooking kimchi stew again?
No way. I'm inviting Myeongun over,
so I have to cook something gourmet.
Father.
I'm uncomfortable with Mr. Lee coming over.
Byeongguk and I have just separated,
so if he gets the wrong idea...
You've got it all wrong.
He's coming to see me.
He and I are really close.
I'm sure Ms. Baek will move to gain
temporary guardianship or visitation rights.
- Visitation rights? / - Yes.
If she does, the law states that
the mother will have a right to visit her child.
However, temporary guardianship
is harder to grant, so don't worry about that.
What about custody?
What's our chance of losing custody?
While it's true that we have the upper hand,
the one thing that concerns me is that
Jinwu has been sleepwalking.
You must make sure that
his condition is kept secret.
Don't worry about that.
I'll make sure to keep it under wraps.
Welcome back, ma'am.
Where's Jinwu?
He's sleeping in his room.
Are you sure he's sleeping?
He didn't sneak out again, did he?
No, ma'am. I kept a close eye on him.
Kept?
So you're not sure?
No, I'm sure.
Jinwu, Jinwu!
I'm sure I checked.
Then how could he disappear?
Don't be ridiculous!
I'm sorry.
Where did he go?
Jinwu! Jinwu!
He must've come here
since he missed his mom.
I told you to throw out Yeonhui's clothes.
Where did he get that?
I'm not sure, Ms. Gwak.
He must've brought it from Yeonhui's house.
Throw it away right now, got it?
Yes, ma'am.
How can I throw that away?
It's his mother's keepsake.
She's a cruel old woman!
He must miss his mom so badly.
Did you throw that sweater away?
Yes.
Come have a seat.
This is for you.
Things were so hectic in the house.
I'm sorry I didn't let you take any days off.
Ms. Gwak...
I'm sorry I raised my voice at you earlier.
Please try to be understanding.
You know me.
I'm living with constant migraines.
Oh, of course I understand.
Please take good care of Jinwu.
Don't worry.
The doctor says that when kids dream,
sometimes they walk around at night.
It's nothing serious,
so let's keep it between us.
We don't want other people to know.
It's not like Jinwu's mentally ill.
Of course not. Jinwu's a sweet boy.
Don't worry.
- Jessica? / - Yes, Ms. Jeong?
I don't see Ms. Lee. Is she in the bathroom?
It's her today off today, remember?
Oh...
Before, she never would've taken a day off.
What's gotten into her?
You already know.
From now on, she'll take off holidays,
breaks, everything she can.
What?
You know. The professor?
Why is it so quiet today?
Where is everyone?
Does she think this is a restaurant?
Miranda! Gonghui!
Did you call for me, professor?
I thought today was your day off.
Go meet friends or take a nap.
Why are you here?
Professor, are you unhappy that I'm here?
What?
No, it's not that.
But we don't have any customers.
It's not busy at all.
Don't worry.
It will get busy soon.
Welcome.
Right this way.
For today, I'd recommend
the cool, refreshing lemonade
or the bittersweet bubble tea.
Lemonade or bubble tea?
How did you know we'd have guests?
Did you...
Yes, I invited them here.
Invited them?
I invited some women from my apartment.
I told them I'd buy them a round of drinks.
What?
Please wait.
May I have a word with you?
I have nothing to say to you.
Please stop Hwayeong.
Stop her?
I heard that you were getting a divorce.
Have you changed your mind?
I don't care if Hwayeong and my husband
get married.
But I have to raise Jinwu.
Isn't it only right that I get to raise him?
If you could just convince her,
Byeongguk will let me have him, so...
My daughter carried
that baby for 10 months
and let him go while crying tears of blood.
She may be my daughter, but she's stubborn.
Do you think she'd listen to me?
When she started dating Mr. Jeong,
I begged her to stop seeing him.
But it didn't work.
She's an independent adult.
If I could've persuaded her,
I wouldn't have let her be your surrogate.
Ms. Bae.
My Donghyeon...
He's been dead for a long time.
And so now, you and I are total strangers.
Don't act like we know each other anymore.
It looks good on you, Mr. Yu.
But I don't know how it would look on him.
President Jeong?
He dresses too conservatively.
I want to change up his style.
What do you think? Will it suit him?
Well, sure.
The staff is friendly and the shop is clean.
The displays aren't half bad, either.
How's the revenue here?
They do pretty well.
Please check up on this shop periodically.
Yes, President Lee.
Just a moment.
What's going on?
Do I need to spell it out for you?
Just a little bit.
You just need to scare
him so he won't act up.
Okay.
Lawsuits are a real headache.
Divorce cases can take up
to two years, I hear.
Yeah. It's a real headache.
For future reference, if we break up,
let's make it a clean break.
Well, of course. I hate conflict.
Wait. We're not even married... No.
You haven't even proposed,
but you're already bringing up divorce?
Where's the ring you
were going to give me?
Let's go out.
We should get some air before break ends.
What about my ring? Geez.
Gosh.
- The ring... / - Let's go.
Welcome!
Would a planter or a flower be better?
Who is the gift for?
Let's see...
She's a mix between a friend and a lover.
May I have this one?
This one? Sure.
Wow! They're so pretty!
It's so pretty! The spiral looks so pretty!
They're beautiful!
Huh?
Hey, big guy.
Bae Chansik, it's you!
Lee Myeongun, it's been too long!
Do you know this man?
He's my close friend from law school.
Oh.
Nice to meet you. I'm Lee Myeongun.
Oh, hello.
I heard you went to a law firm abroad.
Are you back now?
Yeah. It's been a few years.
How have you been, Chansik?
I quit law and now I'm a chef at a restaurant.
So the rumors were true.
Come by sometime.
I'm a pretty good at what I do.
Okay! I'll come by to eat your cooking!
Okay.
Here you go, sir.
Thank you.
See you next time.
You went to law school with that guy?
Wow. He's tall, handsome and polite.
So what? Do you like him?
You want me to set you up with him?
Are you jealous? Like a little kid?
What about you?
How can you drool over another guy
in front of me, your boyfriend?
So what if he's tall, handsome and polite?
My goodness, you're so petty sometimes.
To tell you the truth,
he was definitely taller than you.
Am I wrong?
And he was really polite, am I wrong?
Well, what I meant was...
Forget it. It's time to go.
Let's get back to work. I'm going.
You're back?
Myeongun, what are you doing here?
I asked him to help me prepare dinner
and he did all the shopping and the cooking.
I was just his assistant.
It's fusion food I used to make in the States.
Is that okay?
It smells amazing.
I'm not much of a cook,
so don't get your hopes up.
That was so delicious.
And the orchids are beautiful.
You're a pretty good cook after all.
President Baek, now that we're full,
how about a round of Go-Stop?
Go-Stop?
Yes.
You've both played Go-Stop before, right?
I'm really starting to like this guy.
Fine. Let me show you my skills.
But after I clean you out,
don't ask me to give you your money back.
Sir, it won't be that easy to beat me.
Is that so?
You cut the deck first.
Did Lee Hwayeong put you up to this?
Still haven't learned your lesson?
Who do you think you're talking to?
It looks like your leg's bothering you.
If you don't want the other leg to be broken,
you should get it together. Got it?
Don't make us come back here, okay?
Hey, let's go.
She hasn't got a clue.
She's going to play it like that, huh?
Just you wait, Lee Hwayeong.
I'll make you come to your senses.
Mr. Yu.
Will you log into the company website?
Someone left a weird post.
To: Lee Hwayeong, CEO of HS Group
Lee Hwayeong.
How did you become the CEO of HS Group?
Who would do this?
By day, you were once just a narrator model.
At night, you'd sell your body
to men at bars.
How did you become a big time CEO?
I'm sure no one else knows
about your filthy past.
You crippled the man who did nothing
but love you wholeheartedly.
You even killed his baby in your womb.
After living through all that dark history,
how did you manage to become CEO?
I'll make sure I expose you.
Mr. Park.
This was just posted, right?
We're the only ones that saw it, right?
Jinwu.
Jinwu, will you help me?
Send me your love and energy.
Do you think magicians really exist?
If they do,
I'd ask one to shrink you.
Then I could put you in my pocket
so that we'd always be together.
Thank you, darling.
Thanks to you love and energy,
I feel rejuvenated.
I'll work really hard to bring you back.
I'm sorry, Jinwu.
I accidentally burned it while ironing it.
You're lying!
I'm not. Why would I lie to you?
What's going on here?
Well...
She did it!
She threw out my mom's sweater!
- Your mom's sweater? / - My mom's sweater!
Mom's sweater?
She threw it out!
You really had nothing to do with that?
Are you sure you didn't do it?
Didn't you see the housekeeper's face?
This was definitely mother's doing.
My mother just...
She tells me I'm cruel,
but your mother's the cruel one.
Still, I would've done the same thing.
He's not a baby anymore.
Why is he so obsessed with that sweater?
Jinwu just turned 6.
He was taken from his mother,
isn't it only natural for him to act out?
I seriously just don't understand you.
You just received a subpoena,
but still you lack resolve?
Can't you see your indecisiveness
is only making Jinwu suffer more?
If you want custody,
then you better get it together!
What do you think you're doing?
Ms. Kim, come in for a moment.
Send this to Attorney Shin right away.
Yes, sir.
On the company website?
What's this?
Last night, on the company homepage,
someone posted this anonymously.
Who did this?
Did you find out who posted this?
No.
I thought about contacting the police,
but I didn't want to invade your privacy,
so I'm reporting it to you first.
Luckily, we detected it immediately
and erased it right away.
If you're still concerned, we can...
Seongbin, you already know.
I have plenty of enemies.
This is all nonsense.
It's pretty childish, don't you think?
It's all a lie?
According to the post, you had a child...
I said they're lies.
Jinwu is the only baby I ever had.
My Jinwu.
Okay. I believe you.
No. I don't believe any of this is a lie.
The picture's real.
Do you know who might've done this?
If you don't want the police to get involved,
I can take care of this quietly.
That's all right.
Be careful for the time being,
just to be safe.
Thank you for acting so quickly, Mr. Yu.
To what do I owe this honor?
What? When I was being beaten,
you were hiding like a mouse.
Did my post bring you out here?
I told you he died. He's dead!
What can I do about that now?
Money? I'll give it to you.
Do you need an apartment?
I'll get you one, since we were lovers once.
Since we were lovers?
That's not why you owe me.
You made me a cripple.
You ruined my future and my life!
That's why you owe me!
That's why I'm paying you back.
I'll give you everything, so leave me alone!
I loved you.
I was going to marry you.
Do you know how happy I was
when you told me you were pregnant?
Then you ran away after
crippling me like this.
And then what? Our baby died?
How?
How did he die?
No. That baby's still alive.
Right? You just abandoned him.
Think what you want.
If you think he's alive, go find him.
But when you meet him, what will you say?
You're a crook. You're human filth!
You have no right to be a father.
Yes?
It's an emergency, Yeonhui.
Can you come to the office right now?
What? What is it?
All right. I'm almost there.
What happened?
Cue!
Congratulations, Ms. Baek!
Your new product idea
placed first in the company contest!
Really?
I really got first place?
Yes!
In addition, you're no longer a temp,
you're an official employee on our team!
Yes! Let's go, team!
- Congrats! / - Congratulations.
Thank you.
Office dinner?
First place?
Wow, Yeonhui!
I had no idea you were so talented.
Congratulations.
I'm letting you know first, so let's get dinner.
I'm the first?
I feel very honored.
Are you sure your father won't get jealous?
You're such a joker.
Do you have time tonight?
Okay then. I'll see you later.
I'm sorry I'm late.
Not at all. I just got here myself.
I became an official employee today.
I'm not a temp anymore.
Are you sure you didn't get this
using connections?
Congratulations on getting first place
and on becoming an official employee.
Thank you so much.
You're thanking me too soon.
Tomorrow's our first hearing.
I know.
Let's eat up, gather our strength
and give it our best tomorrow!
Yes. Let's give it our best.
What do we eat first?
Seoul Family Court
If possible, don't look at the defendant.
Don't even make eye contact.
Okay.
The honorable judge now presiding.
All rise.
The court is now in session.
Case number 45431.
Plaintiff. Begin your opening statement.
Plaintiff Baek Yeonhui and defendant
Jeong Byeongguk married 10 years ago.
3 years later, Jeong Jinwu was born.
For 6 years, the couple lived happily
without any issues.
However, when the defendant's mistress,
Lee Hwayeong, entered their lives,
their love, trust and marriage fell apart.
Mr. Jeong began staying out all night.
He flaunted Ms. Lee in front of his employees.
To make matters worse,
they displayed their extramarital affair
to Ms. Baek at a hotel room,
thereby bringing her irreparable
pain, rage and humiliation.
Soon after, Mr. Jeong continued to ask
Ms. Baek for a divorce.
He refused to grant her custody of their son,
and then kicked her out of the house.
Thus, Ms. Baek would like to file for divorce
and full custody against
Mr. Jeong Byeongguk.
Defendant, please respond.
The defendant, Jeong Byeongguk,
while he was with plaintiff Baek Yeonhui,
was a good father and husband
and carried out his duties faithfully.
Currently, he is financially stable
and is capable of providing for his son,
so he has no intention of giving up custody.
Also, he would like to countersue
Baek Yeonhui for divorce as well as custody.
Both the plaintiff and the defendant
have agreed on the divorce,
but neither is willing to give up custody?
That is correct.
Yes, that is correct.
Alimony, division of assets
and custody will be the primary concerns.
The next hearing is set to September 1st
at 11 a.m.
Are you all right?
You call yourself a mother,
and yet you drag your son's father to court?
If you give me custody of Jinwu,
I'll retract the suit.
That won't be necessary.
Let's take this all the way.
Since we once had family ties,
if you'd just stayed quiet,
I would've given you some bread crumbs.
You ungrateful little wretch.
Huija, let's go.
Yeonhui, I'll see you later.
Jinwu's my son.
If you want a child so badly,
go search for Lee Donghyeon's baby.
Go look for that baby's grave.