Episode 9 Wait.
Why is the door open?
It's better than sleeping outside.
What are you doing here?
What are you mumbling to yourself?
I wasn't mumbling.
Why are you here this late?
Huh? Oh... Um...
I was worried about
that ring you lost.
I'll have to look for it.
Why'd you hold onto someone else's ring?
You know Ga-eul's a troublemaker
but not a thief, right?
I know.
I was just out of it earlier.
Did you hear that?
Hear what?
We have to sleep here?
Oops.
What's this smell?
It'll seep into my clothes.
What does that matter?
You're not a little kid.
Stop being a brat.
How much longer do we have to live like this?
I don't want a dingy life like this!
If you don't like this,
then do what you will!
She's your little sister.
Stop it.
Listen. You heard that, right?
What are you talking about?
Mom, go. Go to bed.
You always complain about your bad legs.
Uncle Baedal and I will clean up here.
You can go home when
things start winding down.
Like you can do anything around here.
Go on, mom.
Why don't we go together?
We can clean up tomorrow.
I'll clean up here, okay?
I thought I heard something.
Why is she working so hard anyway?
I couldn't get a word in edgewise about
her father's debt.
What about ballet?
I can't graduate
or do ballet.
Do you know what I've become?
A bum.
No. Worse than a bum.
We have no food
or a place to stay.
We got kicked out while having cream buns.
You're not the only one suffering.
We all are.
Dad has it rough too.
I did manual labor for the first time in my life.
Your crying and whining is useless.
Get off your high horse, okay?
I hate you.
The room's warm, right?
Yes. Thank you.
I need you to be a bit careful.
I haven't told my mom yet
that you're staying here.
I see.
I'm sorry for imposing on you.
That's not what I meant.
I'd just like it if you could keep it down a bit.
I apologize.
My goodness. There's no need to apologize.
Your sister's taking it hard,
so comfort her.
She's still young.
She's always been like that.
I appreciate your help,
but I'd like some privacy.
I'm sorry if I was being nosy.
I was just worried.
Are you always worried about other people?
Now that I think about it,
you caused a headache
by taking my ring.
You just assumed it was for
my girlfriend, and took it away.
Do you always make decisions for other people?
I had your best interest in mind.
So stop worrying about others.
I appreciate your help today,
but just give me back the ring.
We'll leave right now.
But the ring...
The thing is, I lost it.
You lost the ring?
How could you lose it?
Do you know how valuable it is?
That's my...
I'll pay you back.
I didn't lose it on purpose.
You can't give it to your girlfriend anyway.
Listen!
That was my late mother's.
Your late mother's?
I won't waste my breath.
Just find it somehow.
You pulled an all-nighter?
About the failed product we discussed
at the meeting yesterday...
Should we revamp it for a re-release?
Aran.
The China deal isn't completely done yet.
There's no reason for you to rush into this.
Everyone here knows that you were
responsible for the China contract.
It makes me look worse to stay on that.
I wish you'd be more prudent.
You know it's way harder to
revive a failed project than starting a new one.
Why are you so impatient?
Do you really not know why?
What am I but
the owner's daughter?
Everyone still thinks I'm incompetent.
No one thinks that way.
You don't know anything.
I'm not like you.
I'm never judged on merit alone.
I always fall short no matter what I do.
That's why dead Paran has a better standing.
Aran.
If you care about me,
help me get this project.
That's enough.
Do you want everyone to disrespect me?
Do you think that will give you a leg up?
Are you trying to oust me and make your way up?
Is that why you wanted to get engaged to me?
Choi Aran...
Never mind.
Get out.
Mind your own business
if you won't help me.
Um... Taeho...
Why tinker with a failed project?
This won't work.
I have dark circles down to my chin.
This blows.
Ms. Choi wants to do it.
So we cater to every whim
of the princess of Punggildang?
These are the statistics for
alcohol consumption by age group.
If you look here...
Just leave it.
Yes, sir.
What's going on?
Why are you here so early?
It's not that.
We were here all night.
Was there something urgent?
We were re-reviewing the marketing strategy
for last quarter's new product.
Let's step outside.
I'm so tired.
Why didn't you tell me you were
working on that?
I had nothing to report to you yet.
This is how you make me look worse.
Why make me the bad guy?
You should've told me.
You never listen to me anyway.
When did I ever ignore you?
Never mind.
I'll keep my hands off as you wanted.
I'll just hand you what we found so far, okay?
Stop being so childish.
Let go.
Don't be like this.
You know you're all I have.
Do you know how lonely I am at work and at home?
That's why I'm trying so hard.
So you hurt me with your scathing words?
Does that make you feel better?
Don't do that again.
She may have the upper hand,
but how can she stay mum when
I've been cleaning since the crack of dawn?
She's as cold-hearted as they come.
What is she trying to do?
Is she really thinking of staying?
Comfort and cleanliness
can win people over.
Mother.
This good-for-nothing.
Completely useless.
It's not like I can just toss her out.
Get up.
Five more minutes. Just five more.
How can you sleep well here?
We're walking on eggshells.
I don't care.
Darn it.
You should go to Gukhui and
beg and plead with all you've got.
Mom,
you've opted for the wrong strategy.
Gukhui will be more irritated
the more we try to do something.
We must keep our heads down and wait for
the right time to make her change her mind.
You think so?
Of course.
Yes.
You can think, which means
your college education wasn't completely useless.
You do make sense
once in awhile as you're an educated woman.
So don't get ahead of yourself
and cause trouble.
Just stay put here
except to eat
and go to the bathroom.
- Okay? / - Okay.
I'm going back to sleep.
Mr. Kim said you were here all night.
Here.
This is an analysis of why
last quarter's new product failed.
I thought I had made myself clear yesterday.
Mom, I really want to do this.
No. I can do this.
I know I can.
It's not as unattainable as you think.
We reached a decision at the executive meeting.
You can't take on or refuse work
based on what you want.
And you're not ready for a new project.
Don't butt in and ruin this.
If you don't trust me,
why did you ask me to work here?
I came here with the dream of
expanding
the company you founded.
You're crushing my dream.
Aran.
Please review the analysis.
Thank you for letting us stay.
I'll call you later.
Move over, Jia.
It's gross here anyway.
What's the point?
Where do we go now?
Geez, dad!
It stinks.
My bag...
Dad.
What is this?
Wow. Very nice.
What a sorry young lady...
Good grief.
I looked for the ring all night,
but I couldn't find it.
But I'll find it somehow.
Even if I can't,
I'll pay you back.
I know. Money isn't the issue here.
That belonged to your late mother.
I'll try to find you the same ring.
Look for it as best you can,
and we'll talk later.
I was out of line yesterday.
No, no. I'm really sorry.
I wasn't actually angry at you.
We have nowhere to go...
I just have a lot to worry about.
Things haven't been easy for me either,
so I think I was out of line myself.
I apologize.
We've seen each other at our worst.
I don't know what will happen,
but let's not be strangers.
Shall we be friends then?
Let's do that.
Thanks for putting us up.
I'll fix you guys breakfast.
Bom's cleaned up the place so well.
I can't stand her, and then
I feel sorry for her.
I don't know how I feel.
Wait. I told Baedal to
bring the sauces out.
He never does as he's told.
Hey.
Oh, my goodness! What is this?
Ma'am. Ma'am.
Please, ma'am.
- Thief! / - No.
Please.
Ma'am, I'm not a thief.
Ma'am! Oh, no.
Please let me explain. Please.
You pervert.
Parading around in
your underwear in my pub?
It's not like that.
We have a pervert!
There's a pervert, everyone!
Ma'am, ma'am.
Please listen to me. I beg you.
Get lost before
I call the cops.
Mom!
Mom, they're my guests.
How could you let them stay
in my storage room?
What were you thinking?
We're sorry. The thing is...
I'm sorry, sir.
Please let me apologize.
It's my fault this happened.
I didn't mean for this to happen.
It's one thing after another.
You're feeding and
sheltering these derelicts now?
Do you think you're Mother Theresa?
Good grief.
What? What did you say?
How can you call us "derelicts"?
Geez.
It wasn't pleasant sleeping in your crappy
storage room anyway.
Geez.
The mouth on that little thing...
You don't know anything, so be quiet.
I owe them a huge debt.
What debt?
The ring I lost
was their mother's.
So you give them a place to stay?
In any case, we're sorry.
It's a very expensive ring.
I told them they could stay here
until I found that ring.
You don't have to...
I'll have to pay them back right now then.
What are you talking about?
Do you have the money?
I don't have the money, which is why
I asked them to stay here.
Never mind.
Just give us the money,
or we'll go to the police.
Be quiet, Jia.
I wasn't out of line.
The ring means a lot to us.
I'm not leaving until
that ring is found.
She's a piece of work.
Pull yourself together.
My dear Suho...
My dear son...
Calm down, will you?
You'll end up at the ER again.
My darling baby boy...
It's been days since he answered my call.
Let's go inside.
My darling baby...
Maybe my greed drove my son away.
I should've just let him do what he wanted.
Sit up.
You need to eat.
Seonyeong,
muster your strength
and snap out of this.
How can I have an appetite?
I'm not eating. I won't.
Is this how you're going to be?
How can I eat when
I don't know if Suho's dead or alive?
Good grief.
Suho is so special to me.
I looked to Suho
when you were cold to me and
Taeho got too big for his britches.
I was with him around the clock
because he was a sickly child.
Even after
I sent him off to the Canada,
he'd call all the time to tell me he missed me.
But now he's disappeared into thin air.
Don't be a drama queen.
He's never listened to us.
If he sneaked back to Korea,
he's probably
just out and about
doing music.
How can you be so aloof?
We can find him in a day
if we wanted to.
Please eat for now.
Come on.
I'm not eating until
we find our son.
Good grief.
Your mom is nuts.
I can usually hold my own with anyone,
but she's something else.
She called me a gold digger, a gold digger.
I'm sorry.
But this is all because you had to run off
with my guitar case.
Excuse me?
You asked me to hold on to it.
I didn't mean for you to run off with it.
Run off?
I was keeping it safe.
I don't want to get dragged into your
complicated family troubles,
but let's hear it.
I need to decide from whom I'll get
the money for the guitar case.
I was forced to go to Canada to study...
No, on exile...
And I sneaked back to Korea.
And my poor brother has no money to
return to the States to finish school.
Never mind.
So what about my money?
I wasted time and spent a fortune
on transportation.
Okay, fine.
But I'm broke right now.
I'll pay you back once I make it big
as a singer.
You sing on the streets.
Make it big?
Are you kidding me?
I made it to
round 2 of an audition show.
With a new guitar, I can make it
to the finals this time,
but I need $2,000.
If I had that money, I'd win,
return home triumphantly in
the prize sports car,
and pay you too.
$2,000, my foot.
You can't even pay for instant noodles.
Just forget about music and
go home, okay?
When other kids want to become singers,
their parents are supportive,
but my parents are the opposite.
They are so old-fashioned.
Enough.
In any case, just go home
and beg your mom for forgiveness.
How else will you pay me back?
You owe me a lot.
My mom's my only source of money.
That's right.
You startled me.
If you help me,
I can get a handsome sum from my mom.
If we get money from her,
how about we split it 6 to 4?
You're hard up too.
Who gets 6?
We'll see how things go.
All real estate in her name has been
seized by banks as collateral.
Her shares in the construction company
and construction equipment
are being sold.
That leaves about $1.6 million in debt.
We need a decision on whether the son,
Mr. Kang Maru, will inherit the debt.
That was delicious.
- Thank you. / - Bye.
It's hard making ends meet as it is,
but there's that debt too.
What do I do?
Good grief.
Let's stop talking about the debt.
If we don't take care of it,
we'll end up on the streets.
Geez.
He's actually come back just
because Bom said they could stay.
Is it lack of tact or shame?
Who's he?
I told you.
That wretch Bom is putting up
some bums in the storage room.
Oh...
You numbskull.
I'm Lee Baedal, the sales manager.
I heard your story.
In a sense, I'm a guest here too.
Make yourself comfortable
while you're here.
She's always like this,
so don't
take anything
she says to heart.
Ow!
Enough of your nonsense.
Just tidy up here.
Um... I can tidy up.
You don't have to,
but if you insist,
you can use this.
Here you go.
Pick that up.
Get the bowls too.
Pick up that rag too.
There's no need to stress anymore.
Bom has to take on the debt.
What choice does she have?
You're not being too hard on my guests, right?
Technically, they're not staying for free.
The ring I lost is very expensive.
This is no time to worry about others.
What will we do about this?
You said there was a legal solution.
That's what I thought too.
But if we don't pay this debt,
we'll lose the house
and the pub.
You said you'd renounce the inheritance.
And give up the house and pub?
The pub is our livelihood.
What do you want me to do about it?
So I thought about this...
I'll cut to the chase.
If I'm to run the pub
so that our family can stay afloat,
you'll have to take on the debt.
Mom!
How can I pay all this back?
That's ridiculous.
Who asked you to pay it all back?
Just say you're legally responsible.
You and I can work and
repay the debt together.
I'm only 22 years old.
I spent half of my life struggling and worried
because of our family debt.
And now there's more?
I'm sick and tired of it.
I don't know why your dad left behind this mess.
No.
I don't care.
They can take the house.
We have nothing as it is.
We'll just start anew.
I'd rather start fresh at my age
than with a heavy debt!
But Bom. Bom. Oh Bom!
Where are you going?
Hey!
Goodness me. I might not get
through to her.
Oh, hello.
Hi.
This is long overdue.
I forgot to thank you
for putting us up.
Thank you.
Don't be.
I'm sorry I had to be nosy
and made things uncomfortable for you.
How can you say that?
I imposed on you when we had only just met.
I'll repay your kindness one day.
Um... Would you like a drink?
That's okay.
I feel like a drink.
Don't say I have bad manners and
have just one drink with me.
Okay. Just one drink then.
I hope at this moment at least, we can forget
our worries and revel in happy memories.
Cheers.
I must look pathetic to you.
I'm the most incompetent father ever, right?
Why do you think that?
You're trying hard to care for your children.
Is this caring for them?
I'm just a burden.
After their mother passed,
we were evicted from our own house.
They had grown up without any worries,
but look at them now
because of me.
I'm too ashamed to look them in the eye.
I bet your son doesn't blame you.
How can I be a father when I can't even
find them food or shelter?
But you're with your family.
That will keep you going.
That's right.
What would be the point without them?
I'm hanging tough despite everything
for their sake.
I'm sorry I'm being such a sap.
Here.
Sir.
Be careful.
How can we repay that debt?
It will take over 30 years even if we put
1/3 of our monthly earnings toward the repayment.
I'll be 50 years old. 50.
Aren't your hands cold?
Huh? Yes.
Bom, no matter what your mom says,
you don't have to do if you can't.
Don't always put the family first.
Think about yourself too.
You're too young to be struggling like this.
Life is short.
I know.
I don't know why I live like this either.
I'd like to live it up too, Uncle Baedal.
Why are you eating like that?
You could've fixed yourself a proper meal.
Are you trying to make me feel sorry for you?
You're doing this
to make me take on that debt, right?
I'm having my first meal
of the day, and that's what
you want to say?
You heartless wretch.
I fed her and
sheltered her while her father was alive.
I raised that bastard child,
and for what?
How dare she?
Should I just tell her to repay me for
raising her and go find her mother?
Mom, do we have to be like this?
All you talk about is money
after dad's passing.
It's hard to get by and
everything costs money,
but this is too much.
Can't we forget about money for even just one day
and talk about
our happy memories with dad?
Memories?
All your dad left behind is debt.
His debt aggravates me too.
But why should I suffer again?
You wouldn't be here had it not been for your dad.
That again?
Is it my fault that I was born to you and dad?
Born to me?
Mom,
what do you mean?