Episode 7
Oh, my arms.
Okay, cucumber kimchi.
Eun Jo! Hey, hey!
What is this? Why are you still sleeping at this hour?
You're not going to work?
Right, work! I worked until the wee hours this morning.
So you are not going to work today?
I've got to go. I was about to go.
Hello, I'm Attorney Lee Eun Jo.
Please feel free to contact me if you need legal consultation or representation in a lawsuit.
Sir, are you here by yourself?
Has your insurance company sent someone, by any chance?
- What?- T-that...
If your insurance company offers $1,000 or $1,500, you should never settle for that.
Because you can get a lot more settlement money if you use a lawyer like me.
Excuse me, please remove this vendor.
You can get a lot more money for not being able to work while recovering from the accident.
- I mean, you are hurt so much and...- You can't do this.
You can't stay here.
I'm not a strange person.
This is unbearable.
How come I didn't get even one client?
Oh, Doctor, Doctor!
If you have a patient who needs a lawyer, please contact me.
Work hard.
Attorney Lee Eun Jo
Fellow citizens, fellow citizens,
no more grievances for us.
Ahjumma Bok Gil, I heard that you lost your sou-sou money.
You have to resolve that by law, law.
Ahjussi Park, your kid came home beaten up? No, fists are not allowed.
♪ The law is not far from you. We have Jo Deul Ho. ♪
♪ Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho! ♪
We should make rounds of the apartment complexes, alright?
Yeah, yeah.
Just let him be.
Why?
I'm going to go crazy, really. I'm going crazy, seriously!
He is still sleeping?
How many days has it been already? Won't this human work any more?
That is, he's like that ever since Michael Jeong got away.
So... his body and soul are depleted, suffering doubt, panic, burnout...
- Huh?- Burnout.
What?
Loss of will.
Loss of will. Aigoo, loss of will. Aigoo!
I am at loss for words, words!
You don't pay the rent, you don't work.
Is this place some angel's haven or something?
But, we have been working so hard for him, going around the market place
and advertising him by word of mouth!
I know, I know.
But what use is that? He sends back all customers.
Wow. Wow, you really aren't human.
Is he a bear? Is he hibernating? Okay, sleep, sleep, sleep.
Go on and sleep! Just sleep! Sleep, sleep!
He'll get up.
Hello!
Oh, Attorney Lee.
Ah, what is this?
I brought some jjambbong (spicy seafood noodle) ramen. They sell like hotcakes nowadays.
Lawyer Lee, what perfect timing.
Will you take this object? If you don't need it, you can throw it away.
What is that?
If you look, you'll be really shocked.
Yes.
Attorney Jo!
Is he sick?
He keeps being that way. He has no drive to work.
Lawyer Lee, will you take this opportunity and come to our office? I will rent to you for a cheap price.
I am going to kick out this bane of my life.
Really. Come on, let's have some jjambbong.
Aish, just cook the ramen.
Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho
How to Get Here (Map)
Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul Ho
Hold on three seconds! One, two, three, dig in. So hot.
Don't you know about "lady first"?
Hey, don't we have any eggs?
Just eat it.
Next time, buy some eggs.
Dad.
Shall we go see penguins?
Dad!
Do you remember me?
Our Soo Bin grew a lot! She's become a total lady!
Is she really Attorney Jo's daughter?
Yeah.
Hi! How old are you?
I'm nine years old.
Aigoo, pretty, pretty. You take after your mom, right?
If you look at me closely, I look like my dad, too.
Don't lie.
You can become a celebrity when you grow up.
I don't like celebrities.
Don't be a celebrity.
Hand me some money quick.
Soo Bin, what happened? How did you get here?
I searched your name on the Internet and followed the map.
- Impossible.- Aigoo.
You must take after your dad and be a champ when it comes to doing something alone.
Just how smart are you? You found this place on your own?
Oh my word, this doesn't make any sense, no way.
Soo Bin, hug me just once.
Have you been well?
Yeah.
My dad seems a bit aged.
Your face has grown haggard.
No, no. No, I'm the same as before.
Did you get your hair permed?
My hair?
It looks like you've been bombed.
No, I'm the same.
Dad, I'm hungry.
You're hungry? Want to go eat?
Yeah!
Okay, let's go. Let's go.
Hey, card, card.
Just give it to him.
Please give it to me.
Hey, eat something delicious! Something delicious!
Eat a lot!
So cute.
How happy they must be since it's the first time in three years.
Right.
But, is Attorney Jo really divorced?
Yes. You didn't know?
Attorney Jang Hae Gyeong of Geum San is his ex.
Attorney Jang Hae Gyeong?
Really, really, really?
Yeah.
Did you come to see me? Go in. Go in and talk.
No wonder!
When those two got married and divorced, it was the talk of the legal community.
Daughter
Mom, just now, I met up with Dad.
I am (Kakao)texting you because you might be worried.
What do you want to eat?
Ddukbokki.
Ddukbokki? Instead of ddukbokki, let's eat something expensive.
No, I ate a lot of expensive food with Mom.
Eat.
Is it good?
Yeah.
Do you know my desk-mate likes me?
But I don't like him that much. He's fat and ugly.
The leader of my class also likes me.
You call this a love triangle, right?
Why do so many boys like you?
How many boys like you?
There are a lot. As many as twelve.
What did you say?
Then, it's a love dodecagon.
I don't know.
Mom was going to buy me sneakers yesterday but didn't.
I think it must have slipped her mind.
These look good, too. They're pretty.
I was going to wear them when I came to see you today.
I learned how to ski last winter and it was so much fun.
You ski, too?
Yes, let's go ski sometime, Dad.
Okay, let's go together. It sounds fun.
There are a lot of places I want to go with you.
Where else?
I want to see a movie at a theater.
I want to go to the beach and play in the water and play with a ball.
I want to squirt water guns.
That sounds really fun.
Ah, right.
I want to go to an amusement park and enjoy rides.
I want to ride the children's pirate ship.
That sounds fun too.
Right! I have something to give you.
What is this?
My diaries.
This is this year's, this is last year's, and this is from the year before.
I thought you might be curious about what I did for the last three years.
I really missed you, Dad.
Why didn't you come find me?
I missed you too.
I should have come to see you. I'm sorry.
It's okay.
Dad will come find you the next time, okay?
Don't cry. Don't cry.
Hey, hey. Don't cry, don't cry.
Hey, Dae Soo, what are you doing?
Lawyer, let's consult.
Hey, what are you doing in the office?
I said, let's consult!
Don't look.
She is really your blood sister?
Yes, yes, everyone, everyone. She is my kid sister, it's correct that she is my kid sister.
She is the only one from my family who graduated from a college, majoring in child care management.
She was such a good student from a young age.
You were fired without cause?
Yes.
Without any explanation, I was told not to come any more.
By any chance, did you do anything blameworthy...
That...
Nothing like that.
If you were fired without cause, you can litigate.
Yes, and if you win, you can get back your job right away.
Is that so?
Do you want your job back or appropriate monetary compensation?
My job back.
I am so attached to the children.
She loved kids so much from a young age.
She worked so hard there even when she was getting paid a pittance. But, this principal!
- Aigo, seriously...- You're going to take the case, right?
Of course he will. She is none other than your kid sister, Dae Soo.
Don't worry.
Dae Soo.
Let's ask Attorney Lee to handle this.
- What?- Attorney Lee, you do it.
Me?
You can do it, right?
Yes, well.
I know how you feel so well because I, too, got unjustly fir...
Of course, I tendered my resignation first and left, but...
Wait, wait, wait!
You won't handle this yourself?
It would be nice if I did, but...
This time, I think Attorney Lee is best suited for it.
Look here, this kid is not just any dongsaeng I know.
She's my real sister. My real sister.
Do I have to get a family-relation register certificate for you?
Let's do well.
Attorney Jo.
Oh, you came?
I'll come down now.
Soo Bin, let's go. Let's go.
Soo Bin, take care.
See you later.
Goodbye.
- Soo Bin, next time, let's eat something a lot yummier and go to a lot of fun places, okay?- Yes.
But, Dad.
- You know that kindergarten teacher earlier?- Yes?
Can't you be her lawyer?
Why?
That ugly uncle kept asking you for help, too.
That teacher seems like such a good person.
How do you know?
Her eyes, when she looks at me, are so warm.
You know at a first glance?
I know.
Please do it for her. That teacher seemed very wronged.
Soo Bin.
How dramatic for a father-daughter reunion after three years.
The nine-year-old daughter first comes to find her dad.
- Don't scold Soo Bin.- Don't scold Dad.
- It's my fault.- It's my fault.
I came without telling you, Mom.
Don't you know you have a piano lesson today?
After that you have to go to the English academy too, so how can you be doing this here?
Nothing will go wrong, just because she misses her classes for one day.
From now on, you cannot see her without making an appointment first.
And Soo Bin, if you go to see Dad one more time without my permission, you will get scolded.
Yes.
Let's go.
Mom, wait a minute.
Dad, what are you doing next Monday?
- That's your birthday.- How did you know?
I know everything.
Dad, I will invite you.
- Really?- Make sure to come.
Promise.
Soo Bin, I really, really love you a lot.
Me too. I love you a lot.
I'm going, Dad.
Superman Dad!
I was so happy to see you today. I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.
Soo Bin.
Are you sending a text to your dad?
Yes.
Are you happy you met Dad?
Very.
Are you going to see him again?
Why do you think your dad and I don't live together?
I'm not too sure,
but it's because you hate Dad.
Then, do you think I hate Dad for no reason?
You must have a reason.
But isn't it better if we live with Dad?
Soo Bin.
When grown-ups break up after having lived together,
It's because it's better to live apart than living together.
From now on, I won't tell you not to see Dad.
But,
if you see him once, you'll want to see him again.
If you keep seeing each other, you'll want to live together.
Mom isn't going to live with Dad now.
Then, you want to leave me and live with Dad?
Do you understand what I'm saying?
I understand.
♪ Very occasionally I will lift my head ♪
♪ and look at the sky ♪
Dad is so pitiful.
Dad is alone.
Don't cry.
♪ The darkness is falling, the road is long ♪
♪ I'm trying to forget the fading memories ♪
♪ I'm dreaming again ♪
Superman Dad!
I was so happy to see you today.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight.
I was also really happy.
Soo Bin, sleep well. I love you.
Right now, Mom is next to me. Superman, sleep well too.
Dad, I love you!
I saw my dad on the news today.
Dad was originally a prosecutor but now he became a lawyer.
After all, my Dad is the best!
My dad won in court again.
He helped a poor ahjussi the last time and won, too.
It is said that he also helped the poor pork bone stew restaurant Grandma and won.
As expected, my dad is Superman.
When someone is in trouble, my Dad appears like Superman and works it out for them.
When I grow up and earn money, I will make sure to buy my Dad the Superman clothes.
My dad, fighting!
♪ You came like rain into my heart ♪
♪ What I don't understand is even in my dreams where my hands almost touch you ♪
♪ When I close my eyes you appear. ♪
♪ You appear. ♪
♪ I love you. ♪
Please get out! Get out, get out!
What's with you?
Aren't you guys too much? You don't pay the rent and you ignore my kid sister's problem.
- That means the end of human relationships.- What is all this?
Oh, you came?
So you are the owner of this stuff?
Take it and leave quietly.
What are you doing right now?
Why are you talking down to me when it's our first time meeting.
You won't regret it?
Why would I regret it?
Got it. Ae Ra, please move this stuff.
I was planning on moving on to another neighborhood, anyway. Lift them.
- Wait a minute.- You don't want a meeting, right?
- What meeting?- You won't have a meeting about the wrongful termination lawsuit, right?
Hey, open this. Open it, you punk! Open it!
Why are you doing this?
You told me to go!
It was because I was pressed...
Hey, don't you think I am like Superman?
I will buy you spandex tights.
Let go.
Oh, Hyo Jin, did you get home alright?
What? Where?
Lawyer, my Hyo Jin says she is at the police station.
Police station?
What battery did she commit?
What battery? Hyo Jin will never do that.
Where is Ms. Bae Hyo Jin?
Did I have some kind of relationship with these people in my previous life? Are you the attorney again?
Yes, I am. That's why I must be here at this late hour.
So, I'm asking where is Hyo Jin? Where is she?
- What are you?- I'm her older brother. Her older brother. Why?!
Where is Ms. Bae Hyo Jin, who was arrested on a suspicion of child abuse.
- She was transferred to the Prosecutor's Office already.- What?
How can you transfer her to the Prosecutor's Office without any investigation?
We investigated enough
and don't you know how sensitive the government is about child abuse crimes lately?
We transferred her right away because of an order from the higher-ups.
- Prosecutor Ahn.- Oh, Sunbae Jo!
- It's been a long time.- It has been a long time.
- You've been well, right?- Well, yeah, I guess.
I heard that you are in charge of the Bae Hyo Jin case?
Oh that... I am out of it.
Why?
Prosecutor Shin Ji Wook took it, saying he would handle them all.
What did you say?
When he heard the lawyer was you, he insisted on doing it himself.
Really?
Prosecutor Shin
How could you beat and abuse a child,
who's only seven years old?
How can you call yourself a teacher after that?
I have never hit her. This is so unjust.
Everything will come to light, anyway.
I said it's not true.
Why do you keep treating me like a criminal?
Are you bored? Volunteering to take a case and all.
What kind of manners are these to barge in without any appointment?
The kind of manners in which the legal counsel accompanies the client.
The victimized child's testimony and the doctor's opinion match.
There was a bruise on the child's body and on the day of the incident,
the CCTV footage of the suspect chasing after the child and the child running away
to hide from the suspect was secured.
That is the footage of me and Seo Yeon playing hide and seek.
Really, I have never hit her!
Don't talk.
Was the CCTV footage analyzed properly by the National Forensic Service?
The injury on the child's body could have been inflicted before the CCTV incident.
You want to believe it's like that?
Because that is what my client is telling me.
When you have a daughter of a similar age as the victim,
why do you defend a scumbag like her?
- Are you in your right mind?- You, watch what you say.
She is merely a suspect. Don't treat her like she was convicted.
Hyo Jin, I am your attorney.
I am here to help you, so you must tell me honestly.
Have you ever hit or used violence with the child?
It's not true.
I swear to God that I never did any such thing.
So why is the victim claiming
that she was abused?
What kind of relationship did you have with the child? What happened?
Seo Yeon...
I looked after her in particular.
She had mild autism, so I paid more attention to her than to other kids.
I spent more time with her.
Then, Seo Yeon must have been more attached to you.
Yes.
Seo Yeon's father passed away and her mom was a single working woman.
So she spent more time in the kindergarten than other kids.
So I always played with her.
So why did the kindergarten report you?
Even if it was a trivial thing, you must tell me.
So I can help you.
Attorney, can you defend me to the end?
I am asking if you can take responsibility for me.
Yes.
I will take responsibility.
As for my clients,
I take responsibility until the end.
Now, tell me.
Hyo Jin, you cannot return to the children like this.
And you know nobody will hire a teacher who has battered children, right?
My kindergarten principal is infamous in this business.
She runs no less than five kindergartens in Seoul and the Gyeonggi-do area.
Hello!
She is a total hypocrite.
Because I think the smiley faces of children are the most beautiful things in the world,
I named the kindergarten Banggeut (smiley), too.
My angels, should we smile bangguet?
Bangguet!
Even though she pretends to be a noble person who dedicated her life to children's education,
Who told you to waste supplies like this without my permission?
If you bought these with your own money, would you do the same?
She has fiery temper.
It was hard for the teachers and staff to bear it.
- You really call yourself a teacher?- I'm sorry.
Yes, we see a lot of people like that.
What I could really not bear was the children's lunch.
Lunch?
You're talking about the meals the kids eat?
Yes.
It was a given that they would prepare food with less than one third of the lunch budget.
My tummy hurts.
What was worse, they bought food past its shelf life from supermarkets at a huge discount
and together with leftovers from restaurants they got for free, they fed the children with those.
Look at me.
I don't know how many times the kids had stomach aches after eating kindergarten lunch.
I found out why the kids had stomach aches after seeing the kitchen:
that they were feeding the children with leftovers from restaurants or with food past the expiration dates.
For cooking oil, too, if they got ten with the government subsidy money, they would appropriate half
and with the rest, they would use and re-use it until it turned completely black.
The dirty cooking oil used to fry foods went straight into the kids' stomachs.
You haven't seen what it was like, right? But I have.
Rotten and stinky, moldy rice cake, sour, and dirty...
She fed those kinds of things to the kids!
They're in preschool.
Despite knowing this was being fed to kids in preschool, you didn't do anything?
I protested to the principal first.
She said she did not know and fired the cook.
But she was doing that, knowing all about it.
It was habitually done.
While she feeds her own kids only with organic and wholesome food, to our kids...
Of course, the city health department keeps a regular inspection schedule.
But they did not get any warnings.
So,
I reported it to the Board of Education.
Okay.
So, you became a whistleblower.
Now I get it.
Why you were wrongfully terminated, why you were reported as a child batterer...
I understand.
Hey, there he is!
No! Hey, hey! You can't do that.
Here, here.
Hey, you kids!
What is going on?
They are kids from Hyo Jin's class.
That...
- Hello, sir.- Um, who are you?
Those kids...
I'm the bus driver for the kids.
Oh... so what happened?
The kids are excited to see their teacher.
I brought them here just in case she was here.
No.
Right now by the Prosecutor's Office...
You heard, right?
Yes.
Hey, hey.
You are killing me.
So you're saying Hyo Jin isn't the type of person who would do that?
Of course not. The kids were so fond of her.
That child abuse claim makes no sense at all.
Are all these kids from Hyo Jin's class?
Yes, except one.
Why didn't that one kid come?
- Truthfully —- Ahjussi, what is "Emergency Loan"?
- Oh, this is...- Okay, okay. Let's go. Let's go eat noodles.
That kid is the one who sued Teacher Hyo Jin.
Then, is she the kid named Seo Yeon in the complaint?
Yes, that's right.
The teacher especially favored that kid,
I don't understand why she sued her.
We need to find out why. That's our job.
But, I hear that the principal is such a particular person?
It's a bit awkward to explain in detail,
but I also got fired today.
Pardon? Why?
There isn't a particular reason.
If she doesn't like you, whether it be teachers or staff, she fires them.
Anyway, please help Hyo Jin out.
She really is a good person.
Ahjussi, please have this.
Oh, alright.
- Ah, you're so kind.- Here are some chopsticks.
You're so kind. Have a piece of this.
- No, I'm okay.- Please.
- Alright. Were the noodles good?- Yes!
- Did you all have dumplings too?- Yes!
Let me ask you guys something. Teacher Hyo Jin is really bad, right?
No.
- No?- No!
- Did your teacher hit you guys?- No!
- Then do you like your teacher?- Yes!
Why do you like her?
First off, she's pretty.
The meals at the preschool tasted bad so she bought us lots of yummy food!
- She plays with us a lot!- Really?
She even took me to the hospital when I was sick so I became better.
She stopped the Principal when she scolded me.
I like her because she always hugs me and holds my hand.
She has big, pretty eyes.
Ahjussi, I need to go pee.
- It's going to come out?- Yes...
- Hey, Dae Soo!- Don't pee, don't, have you already?
Have you? Let's go, go.
Ahjussi, you are the boss in this place, right?
How did you know that?
Then make sure to save our teacher.
Should I?
- Like Superman.- Like Superman?
Zoom! Like this? Shall we all go flying and save her?- Zoom!
Zoom!
Our Golden Bell Flower Class friends, did you have a good time?
Yes!
I missed all of you so much.
Let's go inside.
Where did you come back from?
Today's my last day, so I took the kids on a drive.
Is this bus yours!?
Are they your kids!?
I'm sorry.
I fired you because you act as you please like this.
Do you know?
Give me the keys.
Yes. Here it is.
Get lost!
This is dumbfounding, it really is!
How can a human like this run kindergartens? Does that make any sense?
Even worse people live it up very well.
If I could do as I think, I would just overturn everything! Seriously!
It really is dumbfounding. I can't believe those kinds of people still exist...
We have to first prove that Hyo Jin never hit any child.
There's not even a 1% chance of that being true after hearing from the kids.
But since Seo Yeon is claiming that she was hit, we'll have to dig here first.
I will meet with her mom.
You're good at cooking, right?
Of course. Fifteen years of single life, seven years of homemaking as a married woman, and
I have lived alone for three years after I divorced. Even though there are foods I can't eat, there's nothing I can't cook.
Okay, Ae Ra, you disguise as a cafeteria lady and get a job at their kitchen.
- Yes, sir.- Then what should I do?
You? Go for an interview at the preschool.
I'm not very good at interviews.
Since the bus driver got fired, let's go and get a job interview.
Oh, so I disguise myself and get a job as the kindergarten bus driver. Okay, got it.
You'll find out the details once we are there.
I would like it if I knew all the details...
You just need to go and act up a bit.
Kang Ja Young
- Mr. Jo Min Suk?- Ah, yes?
You drove neighborhood shuttles for a long time.
Ah, yes, where I worked before, there was an elementary school.
So I had many little passengers.
You seem to like kids.
Ah, yes. Of course.
Kids are the dreams and hope for the country.
They're the future. Kids are angels.
Of course. They are angels.
Yes.
And... Mr. Bae Jin Sang?
Yeah.
That Jin Sang is not the jinsang (troublemaker, rascal) you're thinking of.
My name has an awesome meaning.
"Jin" means truth and "Sang" means elevated...
Mainly,
I see you have a lot of taxi driving experience.
Not just any taxi, but bullet taxis (usu. illegal long-distance transport of passengers at dangerous speeds late at night; the drivers are infamous for substance abuse) for 11 years.
From Gangnam Station to Bundang, I shoot through it in ten minutes, without getting a single ticket.
Because I remember where all the cameras are.
You have to drive a bus whose main passengers are kids.
That job experience is a bit disturbing.
But only when I'm in a hurry. Only in a hurry, I shoot.
Normally, I am very well-behaved, as I look.
Still, I am a little concerned. The kids will get scared too.
Kids need to be a little scared to grow up strong.
- Should we hold a road test?- Oh, yes.
Since the job is to drive our bus anyway.
Ah, of course. Yes.
Well, sure. We're here anyway.
♪ Even if I collide with the world and stumble ♪
♪ I’m going to run to the end. ♪
♪ Even if I hurt, and hurt ♪
Don't you have anything else? Auto-, automatic?
- Come down!- Yes.
♪ Later I’m going to brag to myself ♪
♪ I will make at least one small change ♪
♪ In this uncomfortable world, this one miracle like light ♪
♪ If accomplished, its worth will shine brighter and spread ♪
♪ Don't get away, don't get away, don't get away, don't get away ♪
♪ I'm still alive! ♪
♪ If you want to come at me, come at me ♪
♪ Give me your best ♪
♪ Even if the crazy world’s greed blocks me ♪
♪ I’ll go forward with a kick ♪
♪ Even if it hurts, and hurts ♪
♪ I won’t give up until it’s over ♪
♪ Yeah! ♪
- Ms. Hwang Geum Nyeo?- Yes.
I see that you are from Yanbian, China (bordering N. Korea; a lot of Korean Chinese live there)?
Yes, I'm from Central Yanbian.
That crazy son of a bi**h cheated on me.
I'm sorry. I love Korean dramas.
Yon-sama (Bae Yong Joon) and Byung-sama, Lee Byung Hun! Lee Byung Hun! They are so so sexy.
Sugoi, ichiban!
You know how to speak Japanese too?
Oh, there were many regular customers that were Japanese at the Japanese restaurant.
Well, with this much experience,
you can probably cook well.
Waste of your breath. These are called the frying god's hands. Even if I put them in burning oil and pull them out, they are fine.
Oden (fishcake), tempura, onion, daikon (pickled radish), once I fry them all, male customers will just flip out.
Don't use too many ingredients.
Vegetables aren't cheap these days.
Don't say a word.
I will cook up a mountain with a rat's tail.
If you only pick me, I will repay your kindness in a sharp manner.
Thank you (in Japanese).
Yes, sure.
Aigo, nice to meet you. I'm Hwang Geum Nyeo.
Aigoo, with so many kiddies, so many bowls...
Yes, work hard.
Since I live life with the attitude of a researcher,
I will take a look at what is available.
Wow, when I was young, we couldn't even afford millet gruel.
Wow, these ingredients are... excessively fresh.
This must be the pantry.
These are all...
Where are they hidden?
- Attorney Ahjussi!- Attorney Ahjussi!
You can't call me Attorney.
- Why not?- Why not?
Because we are carrying out a secret operation.
What operation?
A secret operation to save Teacher Hyo Jin.
Ah, like Detective Conan?
Right! It's a secret, okay?
I understand.
- You got it?- I understand.
You got it?
Where is Seo Yeon?
- Seo Yeon? She's over there.- Seo Yeon? She's over there.
It's a secret. A secret.
Wow, you're good.
I can even ride this backwards.
Should I show you? I'm going.
Wow, you're good at running. Let's play together.
Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Croak! Ouch, ouch, ouch!
Aiya ya ya ya. Aiya ya ya.
Let's play together.
Seo Yeon. The thing is...
Did Teacher Hyo Jin...
hurt you?
Teacher is bad. She hit me.
Really?
Teacher is bad. She hit me.
Seo Yeon.
Let me just... wait...
Seo Yeon. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Where are you?
I can't find you. Where are you hiding?
Did you disappear?
Excuse me, Ma'am, do you know Seo Yeon's mother?
- Seo Yeon?- Yes.- Over there. That person.
Thank you.
Hello. Are you Seo Yeon's mother?
Yes, I am. Who are you?
Hello. You know Ms. Bae Hyo Jin, right?
I'm her lawyer, Attorney Lee Eun Jo.
Don't even mention that woman.
I heard that Teacher Bae was very kind to Seo Yeon.
Can't you tell me in detail what Seo Yeon said about Teacher Bae...
I have nothing to say,
so please go back.
According to Teacher Bae, there must be some misunderstanding.
Misunderstanding? When a teacher battered a child and abused her?!
- Mother...- You said you were an attorney, right?
If you own daughter went through that,
do you think you could defend that she-devil?
I have nothing else to say, so go back right now.
How is it in the Ministry of Justice?
What's up, all of a sudden?
Father?
Father's doing well.
What? The audit and inspection office?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
Okay, I got it. Yeah. Thanks.
The audit and inspection office
of the Ministry of Justice is investigating your relationship with Dae Hwa Group.
Are you certain?
It's inside information I got from my friend working there.
Since the current Prosecutor General's term is coming to an end
it must be a routine investigation of a candidate to be the next Prosecutor General.
Even if they dig around, what is there to uncover?
The higher-ups might be thinking differently.
How differently?
The Michael Jeong case should have been dealt with according to my idea.
Then, no suspicion would have been raised.
Are you still naive
or have you found useless principles, all of a sudden?
I don't know how long you will hang on to Chairman Jeong's lifeline.
But that, that line can come back to harm you.
Are you copying Jo Deul Ho right now?
Toe the sure line and enough with this imperfect aping.
Go on.
Attorney General!
Yes, it's me.
- Hello.- You, seriously.
What brings you here?
Ms. Bae Hyo Jin is my client.
Not Attorney Jo Deul Ho?
Right. You can say we are co-counsel like before.
Of course, I no longer work at Geum San.
Why not? Weren't you working there?
I'm a freelancer right now.
Pardon me, but can I see the CCTV footage of Ms. Bae Hyo Jin?
- That won't be difficult. Come in.- Thank you.
OfficeProsecutor Shin Ji Wook
You saw, right?
She even chased the victimized child to harass her.
But I don't think it specifically shows her getting abused or hit.
She's only... only... a seven-year-old child.
Even if there is no specific evidence of physical abuse,
just to chase after the child threateningly could intimate a child enough,
and harming the health or development of the child's psyche is also mental abuse.
But, it's a bit strange.
If you see the second video, the child ran out crying
so one could come to that conclusion. However,
if you look at the first video, it looks like the child is running in a joyful state.
Can you rewind it?
Rewind it a little more.
Oh, here, here. Stop!
Zoom in.
See? If the child was really in danger,
she wouldn't be smiling like that.
This is my personal opinion but I feel this video won't be a crucial piece of evidence.
- Bye.- Take care.
Good-bye.
Line up nicely.
You're not going home?
I have to stay here until later.
Because my mom comes late [to pick me up].
Can you stay by yourself?
That's why you played so much with Teacher Hyo Jin, right?
Seo Yeon, I'll take the kids home real quick. Then do you want to play together?
I'm fun.
I'll be back soon. Wait just a bit.
♪ Wiggle wiggle, it swims ♪
♪ Hind legs out, front legs out ♪
♪ Hop hop, it became a frog ♪
Huh? It's over already?
Do you know the Ocean Prince?
- No, I don't know it.- I don't know.
♪ The ocean that I've returned to again ♪
♪ Hey butterfly, hey butterfly, come fly ♪
♪ over here ♪♪ Even if you come over here well ♪
♪ Yellow butterfly, white butterfly ♪♪ With dark black sunglasses ♪
Seo Yeon! Seo Yeon!
Seo Yeon.
What are you doing next Monday?
That's your birthday.
Dad, I will invite you.
Oh, Seo Yeon.
I have to leave first. Can you stay by yourself?
Should I stay a bit longer with you then?
When will Teacher Hyo Jin come?
Teacher Hyo Jin?
Do you miss her?
Did Teacher Hyo Jin...
hurt you in any way, Seo Yeon?
Did she hurt you?
Want to play hide-and-seek?
Hide-and-seek?
If you find me, I'll tell you.
Really?
Hide well, I might see a bit of your hair
Our Soo Bin is the star today, so order whatever you want.
I will buy it all for you.
I'm fine with anything.
Seo Yeon.
Seo Yeon!
Seo Yeon! Seo Yeon!
I have to go.
Yes, Lawyer Lee. This is the preschool, can you come over here for a second?
- Attorney!- Oh, Attorney Lee. You got here quick.
What's going on?
- Something really important came up, I need you to look for Seo Yeon.- Pardon?
We were playing hide-and-seek but the place is so big I can't find her.
Yes.
Ah, wait. Take my car.
Seo Yeon!
Seo Yeon.
Hi.
Who are you?
I'm Teacher Hyo Jin's close friend.
I'm hungry.
You're hungry?
Do you want to make something yummy while we wait for your mom to come?
Ta-da. What should we eat?
Can you eat carrots? One onion too...
Eggs.
It smells good, right?
Wait a bit longer.
- Did you find Seo Yeon?- Yes. Um, Attorney Jo...
- What's wrong?- I think you should get here right away.
What's wrong? What's going on?
I made something to eat with Seo Yeon but something went wrong.
Seo Yeon is in a serious condition.
Neighborhood Lawyer Jo Deul HoPreview
If we don't find corroborating witnesses quickly, it'll be hard to win.
You know just as well how unfairly Teacher Bae had gone through.
I've thought about it carefully but I can't do it.
I want to become a good father, but I feel like I keep hurting Soo Bin.
Did the principal come by to convince you?
Don't interfere into other peoples' business.
It seems you do have some secrets, Ms. Principal.