(Missing Child)
Episode 3 You know her, right?
The child in this poster
resembles a child I know.
I'm not sure.
Please look closely.
Where did you get this picture anyway?
Do you know the child?
The truth is, the girl in the poster
is actually my daughter.
She went missing when she was about this big.
I later got a call that
she was dead.
I'm so sorry.
That was 20 years ago,
but I still haven't told my wife.
So the child's mother still doesn't know?
My wife is very frail.
I didn't want to shock her.
That's why she's still making these fliers,
believing our daughter will return.
But she'll find out sooner or later...
That's my greatest worry.
Every day is excruciating for me,
a bereaved father, so imagine how tough
my wife will have it.
I put this yellow hairpin
her mother had made for her in the urn
when I said goodbye to my girl.
She really liked this yellow hairpin.
I don't know what to say.
I'm sorry I called
and ended up upsetting you.
The girl in this picture does look
so much like our little girl.
All children look similar.
How do you know this girl anyway?
Oh...
She was at the orphanage I volunteer at.
I was struck by the resemblance
when I saw your flier.
I suppose I was mistaken.
I see.
So this child was at an orphanage.
Yes.
The resemblance is uncanny
that I'd love to meet her one day.
I can imagine.
So was it really Paran in that picture?
She was at an orphanage?
Divorce you and make you happy?
Live your wanton life
until Paran gets back.
Don't be like this, Gukhui.
Over neither your dead body nor mine.
Not even if the world caves in.
If divorce was what I wanted,
I would've put you behind bars for adultery.
Gukhui.
When you were living it up with another woman,
every day was hell for me
after losing Paran.
Gukhui.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean for this to happen.
Gukhui.
Let's go.
Gukhui.
Gukhui!
Aran.
Aran!
How have you been?
Why are you here?
What did you say to mom this time?
I asked her for a divorce.
You've been separated for a long time.
Why bother asking again?
I don't care
one way or another,
but don't you think you're being ridiculous?
I keep causing you grief.
And to your mother as well.
In any case, you take good care of her...
Since when did you care so much about us?
I'm sorry.
I'm sick and tired of your apologies.
Have you ever really worried about me since
you left us when I was six years old?
Did you ever call me
for school graduations,
on my birthdays,
or when I got into
a car accident in my last year in high school?
In the occasional Christmas cards you send,
you say you haven't
forgotten me,
you're sorry, and you love me.
I hear you have a son and daughter.
Have a great life with them.
Oh, right.
I broke off my engagement.
I'm selfish and don't care about my family.
I take after you, don't I?
Aran.
You really are tenacious.
Yes. I am tenacious.
How can I be
any other way after losing our child?
I still send out fliers and hang banners
to find our baby.
If they were effective, we would have found her
a long time ago.
How can you say that?
Is something wrong?
I saw dad.
You did?
I don't get the two of you.
After Paran went missing
and we were in pain,
dad ran away for his own peace of mind.
So why do you still cling on to him?
Ms. Choi, we're at work.
That's enough.
Just get divorced.
Choi Aran!
Is it that important for you to
have dad on our family register?
What do we tell Paran when she returns?
I'm sick and tired of this.
Stop using Paran as an excuse.
Do you think dad even thinks about her?
Don't mention him ever again in front of me.
You shouldn't be like this.
He's still your father.
Any calls from China?
No, Ms. Choi.
What about our initial investment cost?
We spent a fortune on the bottle product line.
How could you fail to check the contract?
Ms. Choi, do you have a plan?
I'm still talking to China.
If you give me time...
You can't ask us to wait forever.
This isn't just Ms. Choi's fault.
My local market research wasn't thorough.
Mr. An,
you can't simply defend Ms. Choi.
What do you think we should do, Mr. An?
Um...
I've contacted another potential Chinese buyer.
Really?
We're still in negotiations,
but I'll try my best to recoup the losses
on the China project.
Then you can step back, Ms. Choi,
and focus on the new buyer Mr. An found.
You'll be assisting him, Ms. Choi.
What? So it was your fault?
And then stab me in the back?
When did you find a new buyer?
Choi Aran, how can you look at it like that?
Can't you see what I'm really trying to do?
You haven't even
apologized for breaking off the engagement.
What does that have to do with this?
I know work comes first for you.
When you proposed to me,
you said you needed
a business partner, not a lover or a husband.
You were honest and cool.
That's why I loved you even more,
and your honesty is what made me say yes.
I know how much Punggildang means to you.
And I thought I could mean something to you.
But was I really just a business partner to you?
You've never thought of me as a man?
Why bring that up and cause a headache?
I know it's late, but I'd still like to know
what your true feelings are.
Fine. Do you really want to know?
All I needed was your expertise.
I was never interested in love.
Do you mean that?
Yes.
How can you be so selfish?
Is that news to you?
'Congratulations'
'Mr. An,'
'congratulations'
'on your engagement'
I heard you and Ms. Choi are finally engaged.
I'm so envious, Mr. An.
The only daughter of a business tycoon...
Isn't that every man's dream?
Right, Gyeong-u?
It must be stressful at the office in many ways.
What are you talking about?
Mr. An's set for life now.
Has the new buyer called?
Yes.
Here.
She'll be the death of my son.
Why wasn't he more careful the second time?
Hey, what does your second wife say?
When can we remove these stickers?
Soon, mom.
If you get kicked out penniless
and return to your first wife,
do you think she'll take you back?
Hyeonsuk.
Later.
I'm busy.
I
asked Gukhui for a divorce.
I'm sorry I said I'd take care of it
but kept you waiting all these years.
Okay, fine.
I've failed to give you
a peace of mind and
only caused you pain.
You knew that and yet
you let her have her way.
I have no excuse.
It's been 20 years.
It would have been better
if I had just gone to jail
for stealing someone else's husband.
I was the guilty party,
so why would you even think that?
Living with you
has been precarious
like walking on a tightrope.
Do you know how nerveracking it's been?
Please go away.
Thank you, sir.
It's only because you begged.
Let's go.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Shouldn't you go to the infirmary?
I'm fine.
Get going.
Hey, kid.
Are you okay?
Pardon?
Over there.
I'm fine.
It's a little scratch.
I'm fine,
so you go to the infirmary.
It's no big deal.
How long do you plan to keep this up?
Go home after lunch.
Do you think I want to be here?
I'm worried about school.
I only have a year left.
But what choice do I have?
I'm the only one who can help my mother.
Frankly,
I am angry at my mom.
She got her business in this mess,
and yet she keeps telling me to leave.
She's not the only parent causing her child grief.
This one father I know
adopted a child
and only made her suffer.
He's now trying to find
her birth parents, but it's not going well.
Parents come in all shapes and forms,
but they all have one thing in common.
No parent in the world wants
their children to suffer.
What do I tell mom?
Why did I lie and say I got the job?
I sell soup during the day
and rice wine at night.
I work around the clock,
but I'm always in the red.
And they keep wanting to raise the rent.
Wait a minute.
I wonder when Bom gets paid.
Yes.
I should ask for a $1,000 or $2,000.
Mom,
Bom hasn't even started working.
But once she does,
she'll get paid.
You're out to hit her up, aren't you?
Please don't.
You little wretch.
When parents struggle,
the children can chip in.
What's wrong with that?
What is it, Bom?
Are you hungry?
Are you thirsty?
Mom...
Would you like instant noodles?
Yes, please.
Go in and study, you wretch.
Um...
Yes?
So...
When's your first day?
Shouldn't we
get you a new outfit?
If I were rich,
I'd like to get you new shoes and purse as well,
but I'm flat broke these days.
So once you start working,
when do you get paid?
About Punggildang...
Yes. Your first paycheck from Punggildang...
I didn't get it.
What?
I didn't get the job at Punggildang.
What?
Oh, my goodness!
What?
Oh Bom...
But you...
I knew it.
I just knew
when you had us
help you with that stupid tasting test.
Let's not drag this out.
You're helping me at the pub starting tomorrow.
I don't know why I had my hopes up.
She's the bane of my existence.
Hey, Yeongho,
what did you tell me
when you brought
your lovechild home?
You said
if I took pity on her and raised her,
I'd come to be rewarded, right?
Keep it down.
She'll hear you.
So what if she hears?
I worked my fingers
to the bone
to raise your bastard child.
My goodness. Here you go again.
I've done all I could.
Take Bom back
to the nameless woman at the bar
you had a one-night stand with.
You're Bom's mother.
No, I'm not.
It was bad enough raising
someone else's before I even had my own.
Actually, there's something I must tell you.
Bom is...
Never mind.
Whoa.
Why stop mid-sentence?
What else are you hiding from me?
I'm not hiding anything.
Geez.
Wow. Just look at you.
You're running away,
so there is something.
Don't run off. Tell me.
Good grief.
There's no sweeter child than Bom.
You've had her help around the house
since she was in kindergarten.
But has she ever complained?
And she suffered so much whenever
my business ventures went belly up.
Was she the only one who suffered?
Why are you defending her?
Your hands must be cold.
I'm all set.
Bom,
don't worry.
You'll find a great job.
I'm here if you want to talk.
You know I'm always on your side, right?
Good night.
(Finding missing children)
(Orphanage)
(Lost children)
(Missing children)
How does that man know Paran?
Darn it!
What do you want?
So now you're hiding in this room?
I wasn't hiding.
What were you looking at?
Your son's
engagement went bust,
and yet you're leisurely surfing the internet?
Please leave.
Darn it,
get out.
What's the matter with you?
(Punggildang, Where Dreams Come True)
She worked so hard
to get a job here.
She'll find a better job.
(An Gilsu, Chief Secretary)
He was the chief secretary at Punggildang?
The poor man.
Yes. I'm Oh Bom's one and only dad.
I put this yellow hairpin
her mother had made for her in the urn
when I said goodbye to my girl.
He said he had put it in the urn.
But he said she was dead.
(An Gilsu, Executive Secretary)
An Gilsu.
An Gilsu. Choi Paran.
But why are their surnames...
- Hello. / - Hello, sir.
Does Mr. An Gilsu work here?
Yes. He's the executive secretary.
Do you have an appointment?
No...
Never mind.
Thank you.
What brings you here?
There's something I'd like to ask you.
Didn't you say you put the hairpin in the urn?
But I think this is that hairpin.
Um... But...
That's not the only yellow hairpin in the world.
What about the hairpin anyway?
Are you implying that I lied to you?
Was Choi Paran
really your daughter?
An Gilsu. Choi Paran.
The surnames are different.
That's...
That's a family matter.
Why do I have to explain everything to you?
What is it that you want?
What is your ulterior motive
for bringing up a painful past?
But I'm just...
If you bother me about this again,
I won't sit back.
Mr. An,
is this the new flier of Paran?
Yes.
(Missing Child)
Ms. Bae,
why don't you look it over upstairs?
(Missing Child)
Hello.
Let's sit here.
Welcome.
- Soup, right? / - Yes.
Two soups here.
Would you like more side dishes?
Yes. More salad, please.
Sure thing.
Why offer when
he didn't even asked?
So this should work, right?
You're wasting your time again.
You dropped your phone in water.
But I found it on the internet.
Remove the battery
and dry it out in a rice cooker.
It'll be easier for you
to get a job at Punggildang than
to get your phone working again.
Come on. Work.
I still have many months left on
the installment payment.
Plus, I have to call that jerk
to get my money.
Stop wasting your time.
Can't you see the dirty dishes here?
I'll wash them, okay?
You're driving me like a slave.
If I had gotten a part-time job instead,
I could've afforded a new phone.
You always talk back at me.
You never know when to hold your tongue.
That's why you failed
the interview,
isn't it?
Mom.
One steamed rice, please.
Coming.
I'm achy all over.
Wash these and chop them up.
This whole heap?
It's not much.
Ow, my back. Ow, my back.
Where could Baedal
have gone all day?
So she wants to be mean?
Just wait.
I'll get myself an amazing job.
Then you'll realize
what a huge mistake you made.
It works.
It's working!
Hello?
Ms. Oh Bom?
Yes. This is Oh Bom.
You passed the final
interview at Punggildang.
We've been trying for days to get in touch.
What? Really?
Are you serious?
Thank you.
Yes, okay.
Thank you, scallion.
Rats...
Why was I so mean to dad?
Is this the new flier of Paran?
Yes.
I was born to work at Punggildang.
Yes.
I knew I'd get the job.
I don't know why I doubted myself.
Oh Bom, I'm so proud of you.
I'm so proud of you.
You're awesome.
Why isn't anyone answering.
This isn't fair.
They made it seem like
they'd treat me like a queen if I got the job.
But no one's here to congratulate me.
Whatever.
I'm going to eat then.
Dad really likes these noodles.
What are you doing here?
How many times do I have to tell you to go?
Why are you being so stubborn?
It's an early morning flight.
Go home and pack.
I'm not going.
What's the matter with you?
Why are you driving me mad?
I know it helps you to have me by your side.
I'll stay until we get
through this.
How will your staying change anything?
You'll have one more person by your side.
Just go.
Mom.
Go.
Please go.
Hey, jerk!
How odd that I should
meet my nemesis here.
Who are you?
Are you kidding me?
My money.
Oh.
Oh?
Give me my money.
You promised me compensation.
When did I promise you anything?
When I called,
you said you'd pay me later.
I didn't mean I'd pay you.
Plus, why do I owe you anything?
Wow. What is this about-face?
Don't you remember that I got fired
because you accused me of stealing?
And you ripped my dress.
You were acting suspiciously.
I didn't do it on purpose.
I'll let you go today because
I'm in a very good mood.
But I do have your number.
I'll chase you to the end
of the earth for my money.
Get my money ready
and wait for me to call.
Do you think I enjoy scrubbing
grill pans and
smelling meat all day?
It's hard,
but I do it.
Mr. Oh.
Yes.
Hello, sir.
Yes?
I'm Oh Bom, Mr. Oh Yeongho's daughter.
I brought my dad lunch.
Mr. Oh's a lucky man to
have such a sweet daughter.
It's a lot of food,
so have some with my dad.
Thank you.
Hang on.
This section will be done this week, right?
Yes.
What's going on there?
Move!
He's not answering my call either.
(My Beloved Eldest)