(Episode 41)
This is going too far!
How could you go over to Ms Lee's without telling me?
I was all on my own taking care of Min Ho.
Do you only care about her family?
This is why I hate Ms Lee!
Why does everybody only take care of her?
She's Mother's daughter.
What?
Ms Lee is...
your mum's biological daughter.
What are you saying?
She doesn't have another daughter.
Are you serious?
Is she...
really Mum's daughter?
I confirmed it with Mother.
Ms Lee doesn't know yet.
That doesn't make any sense.
How could that be?
It's a long story.
Are you okay?
Get up.
Are you all right?
Ye Eun.
Ga Ram is fast asleep.
I'm terribly sorry. You had to stay late to babysit our kids.
No, don't worry. Your kids behaved so well.
Did you enjoy the movie?
Yes, I was hoping the time wouldn't pass by so fast.
It was our first night out since we had kids.
It must have been hard when Bang Geul was a baby.
Don't get me started.
Raising Ga Ram is easier since it's our second time.
But with Bang Geul,
when she started crying, we didn't know what to do. Right?
Once, we had to take Bang Geul to a hospital.
She fainted after seeing Bang Geul getting a shot.
She had to lie down next to Bang Geul.
- Really? - Yes.
But it's okay now.
I guess mums grow up as their children grow.
Had I been there for her, it would have been easier for her.
I wonder who it is.
It's Il Mok.
- I'm sorry for the trouble. - It's okay.
I'm here to pick up Min Ho.
Oh, my. I forgot to take Min Ho home.
It's okay. I've been talking to Ye Eun.
You have? Are you done now?
Yes.
Where's Min Ho?
Min Ho, let's go home.
I'll leave now. Have a good night.
Okay. Thank you so much.
No problem.
- Thank you for your help. - You're welcome.
Why do you care about her family so much?
I feel sorry for her. She doesn't have a mother.
Do I have one?
I've never considered you my mother.
My dad passed away because of you.
It still infuriates me.
I understand. I do.
You should make up for it for the rest of your life.
Why are you here?
You can be Mi So's mother if you want.
On a day like this, I wish I could do that.
If I could, I'd like to be Mi So's mother.
Min Ho is here.
She'll abandon me.
What are you talking about me?
She found her real daughter. Why would she care about me?
I've never been nice to her anyway.
She wouldn't do that.
She raised me the best she could,
but now that she found her daughter, I'm sure she's going to leave me.
Anyone would.
That will never happen.
Good night.
Don't go.
I'm lonely.
You're up.
- Yes. - Good morning.
- Did you sleep well? - Yes.
- Will Min Ho drop the academy? - Will Min Ho go to the academy?
You haven't given up yet?
It's you that should give up.
Don't be so stubborn and just listen to me.
I can't give up...
on this matter.
I'll take care of Min Ho's studies.
Then you can't stay here.
I'll leave, then.
We have nothing to leave to him.
We should educate him well at least.
Why do you think we have nothing?
We can pass healthy values on to him.
It's because you're so old-fashioned that all your classes got cancelled.
You're right. I'm old-fashioned and that's why my classes got cancelled.
At least, I'm a great housekeeper.
I'll pretend I didn't hear about Soo Ran.
Ms Lee doesn't know about it yet.
Until Soo Ran says something, I'll remain quiet.
If she finds out that I know,
she'll start spending even more time with Ms Lee.
She should.
She's been apart from her daughter for 30 years.
I don't want to lose her to Ms Lee.
Here.
Eat some potatoes.
There you go. Good girl.
Eun Sol, after school,
should we go see a musical?
- Can we? - Yes.
Eun Sol, have a good breakfast.
Let's eat, Eun Sol.
Gosh.
Darn it.
Hi, Chef Kim. Do you serve breakfast?
I see. Bye.
It's me. What time do you open?
I see.
Okay.
How long will this go on?
Gosh.
Mr Yoon, hello.
I'm sorry I haven't called you in a long time.
Well...
The thing is, I have something to tell you.
(Father)
Father. You're up early. What's the matter?
What's going on? You filed for divorce?
Did he call you?
How dare you tell him you want a divorce?
I had my reasons.
Withdraw the case right now and beg Hyuk Gi for forgiveness.
I didn't do anything wrong, Father.
Don't talk back to me.
Please listen to me.
I just can't live with him any longer.
How are you going to support yourself after the divorce?
Do you think I'll continue to support you?
You don't have to support me. I'll find a job.
With your qualifications?
Father, I'm busy. I have to go.
I'm getting a divorce,
and he doesn't even ask me if I'm okay.
She's my mum. I'm not going to lose her to Lee Mi So.
I can't stand A Woman's Story.
She's worse than Mrs Cinderella.
I wish Mrs Cinderella could do it.
That's impossible.
Her husband would never allow it.
Ms Joo.
Do you know why your premium books are being handed out?
Didn't we decide to distribute Mi So's?
Many customers want that edition.
We're giving them to those who want them.
- Do you think that's okay? - Calm down.
We took off the wrappers mentioning University of Tokyo.
That doesn't solve anything.
What about the pictures?
Her husband already found out. What's the problem?
Mrs Cinderella is suffering a lot from that matter.
We did what we could.
We even published a correction. What more can we do?
In addition, customers want that edition.
We can't just pretend we don't have them, can we?
Withdraw them right now.
I'm the one to give an order.
I'm the acting senior manager.
- Hurry. - Gosh.
What is it now?
Please report it to Mr Oh.
I don't want to.
Please.
- Oh, hi. - Oh, it's you.
Did you hear the rumour?
- What rumour? - What's going on?
Our company is going to be merged.
- What? - It's going to be merged?
Mr Choi is a journalist who works for a financial newspaper.
He's the one who told me.
If it's going to be merged,
there will probably be a restructuring.
What?
If it really happens...
Hey. Couples.
Couples will be the number one target.
- What? - In addition,
Jae Min is on childcare leave.
Let me call him.
Wait. Don't call him.
I should share this important news with him.
It's not certain yet. I don't want to worry him.
Just talk to Mr Oh first.
- That's not... - Hurry.
They're in big trouble.
Ga Ram.
This is Yul Jin.
Hi, Ga Ram.
- He grew up so much. - He has.
Should I tell him about Soo Ran or not?
- Gosh. - Oh, my.
I almost didn't recognise her.
By the way, can Yul Jin flip over now?
Ga Ram can't.
All babies are different.
How much does she weigh?
Ga Ram is underweight so I'm a bit worried,
but my wife says it's okay.
Everything worries you at first.
When you look back on it later, you'll realise it was nothing.
How about Yul Jin?
Excuse me.
Mr Kim. You can ask me about that, too.
Well...
I was just happy to see someone raising a baby.
That's why I started chattering away.
I guess you don't need me any more then.
What do you mean I don't need you?
Wait, why did you follow me to the community centre?
What? I was...
I was curious as to how Ga Ram is developing.
I see.
Does Yul Jin have any clothes she grew out of?
If you have any, you can toss them out to me.
- Okay, I'll look for them. - Thank you.
Master!
Come on, Master.
You said you won't get mad.
You're like a brother to me but I'm still disappointed.
You should get back inside and continue.
- Hello, Mr Kim. - Hello.
- Excuse me. - Go ahead.
Yes, hello.
What do you mean you can't come?
What about my work?
I can relate to her.
Exactly.
Since you're here anyway, why don't you give a lecture to the mums?
A lecture?
Your lecture is a gem. It'd be a shame if they didn't get to hear it.
- Should I? - Let's go, Master.
Oh, no!
What is it?
I just...
had an epiphany.
What...
Shared babysitting?
What do you say? Don't you think it's a great idea?
The country can't solve...
the babysitting crisis.
There are policies in place but not many benefit from them.
Do you have specific plans?
The whole community will make a unified effort to babysit kids.
But it costs a lot of money to do that.
We'll take some donations.
It costs money to get babysitters anyway.
With that money, we can buy what we need,
and gather volunteers.
Don't you think we'll be able to take 12 hour shifts?
How are you going to advertise it?
There's the online class forum. We'll start there.
There's a bigger obstacle.
Where are we going to hold it?
Are you thinking of the same place as I am?
Yes, I am.
That place.
Pardon?
You can't.
You really can't.
It won't be that busy in the beginning.
It'll just be 1 to 2 children.
If the news spreads, there will be more kids.
- But... - But...
we'll have more volunteers later so they won't bother you.
- Are you joking me? - What do you mean?
There's no problem more serious than the babysitting crisis.
Fine, it's all good...
but why does it have to be at my place?
You both have places of your own.
Our family lives there.
We need a place that's dedicated to looking after babies.
Think about it. The environment here is perfect.
Your work hours are from 8am to 8pm,
and when you have dinner plans, you come home later.
Between those hours, your house is empty.
I can't let you do it. I just can't!
You think this is none of your business, right?
You'll experience it once you get married.
You're going to kneel in front of us,
and beg us to help you with your babies.
My gosh! I won't get married then.
I'm too terrified to get married.
You can't give up just because it's not what you expected.
We're going to decorate this place tomorrow like a daycare centre.
So try to come home early...
and help out where you can. Okay?
My goodness!
What?
Yes, okay.
Hold on. See you later.
Shared babysitting?
Well, I was going around...
and I met so many mums who couldn't find babysitters.
How did you come up with such a great idea?
You're the best, Superman.
Am I, Superwoman?
I have something to show you. Give me a second.
She said I did a good job.
(Join the Jongno Mums.)
Look.
There are so many mums...
who are offering to babysit kids for free.
That's right.
Whenever I see this, I get a lump in my throat.
There are so many mums who are willing to help out.
I agree. That's so nice of them.
They haven't turned this into something concrete,
but I think this is worth trying.
I think so, too.
I'm going to start promoting this on Bang Geul's class forum.
But why does it have to be Mr Park's place?
Well, in order to organise this systematically,
we need an empty place.
If we do it at our house, we may not be able to focus.
I see.
I do feel sorry for Mr Park.
I'll try to convince him.
You're quite impressive today.
Can you write about it on this page?
Okay.
That's fine. The merger won't happen just like that.
What's this?
Isn't Mrs Cinderella so cunning?
How could she lie about her credentials?
I regret buying the utensils she was using.
I bet they're all sponsored products.
(Write)
Let's go to your mum.
- There's Mum. - Hi.
Oh, no. How embarrassing.
Are you home, Ms Lee?
Why is she here?
You're home.
I'm sorry about last time.
Is there a mosquito?
I hear it buzzing.
Oh, come on.
Don't be upset.
It really was an emergency.
Did you have dinner?
I got some tteokbokki, sundae and fritters.
This restaurant is really good. You should try it.
This place is really good.
Oh, dear.
You must be full.
I'm hungry so I'll have some.
Get that away from my face.
It's made out of rice so it's chewy.
Isn't it tasty?
You shouldn't be like this, Ms Ok.
You only come for me when you need me.
That's not true. I really like you.
I came today because I missed you.
Whatever. Eat some sundae.
Oh, no.
What's wrong?
I've been having digestion problems recently.
Why would you get street food then?
You need to eat proper food.
Give me a minute. I'll make you dinner.
- It's okay. - Just give me a minute.
Oh, dear.
What are you doing?
Are you braiding her hair?
- Can you do it? - I'll have to give it a try.
It's hard.
Watch me.
Divide it into three strands,
- and go under... - Okay.
and over. You keep repeating it.
You have to braid it tightly so that it doesn't come undone.
- This is pretty advanced. - Wow.
- It's hard. - Do you get it?
Bang Geul.
Have a good day at school.
- Smile today! - Smile today!
- I have to go. See you later. - Bye.
- Dad. - Yes?
Eun Sol said she watched a children's musical yesterday.
She said it was a lot of fun.
Did she? Do you want to go, too?
When?
I'll try to get tickets for today.
Yes, I'm so excited!
I love spending time with you.
- Really? - Yes.
I love it even more!
- Have fun with your friends. - Okay.
- Have a good day. - Okay. Bye, Mum.
Get going.
Ms Yoon.
Hello.
- I'm sorry. - Pardon?
I read the post written by someone who worked on your book.
I'm sorry I believed those rumours.
What post are you talking about?
(I'm Lee Mi So from the marketing team of LITZ Electronics.)
It's Sorry Mum.
(I'm Lee Mi So from the marketing team of LITZ Electronics.)
I'm Lee Mi So from the marketing team of LITZ Electronics.
Lee Mi So speaking.
I'm revealing my real name because I'd like to...
clear up a misunderstanding regarding Mrs Cinderella.
Mrs Cinderella never lied about her educational background.
We revealed unconfirmed information.
Some think Mrs Cinderella lied,
but it has nothing to do with this case.
It's 100 percent the fault of LITZ Electronics.
It's wrong...
to enjoy undeserved benefits using fake academic records.
But that's not what Mrs Cinderella did.
She never wrote about sponsored products on her blog, either.
Here you go.
Mrs Cinderella has a sweet daughter.
I know you're all mothers.
By falsely blaming her,
you might spoil the little girl's future.
Sorry Mum.
Do you think that post will help her?
I'm sure it will.
They're all mothers.
While writing that, I came to think about it.
We all lie from time to time.
When we meet friends, we lie about our salaries.
We lie about the size of our apartments.
We lie about how much money we have.
We lie about our children's grades.
Really?
Just a bit.
Five points?
It doesn't make that much of a difference though.
My goodness.
Has Mr Kwon said anything to your husband?
Not yet.
What will happen to the company?
Mr Kwon has already talked to many employees.
I hope we won't get fired.
I wish we didn't have to worry about these things.
I agree.
We went to a movie the other day, and it made me so happy.
It might seem trivial to some,
but for us, it was like a dream come true.
I'll get the musical tickets and pick you up later.
Don't get on the shuttle bus and wait for me.
Okay. See you, Dad.
See you.
Thank you.
Il Mok.
Are you at Mr Park's place?
Yes. Why?
Can you babysit Ga Ram today?
I'm taking Bang Geul to a musical.
Oh, sure.
Oh, wait.
I just remembered I had plans.
It slipped my mind. I'm sorry.
Sorry?
This isn't good. I already promised Bang Geul.
Really?
Can you really do that Mother?
Thank you.
Is Min Ho's grandmother there?
She must have been worried I would skip meals.
Mother said she can help out. She'll come to your place.
Is that really okay?
You should let her help you.
Sorry?
I have to go.
It's so hard to make up excuses every time.
Why did you lie that Grandma's here?
I had to.
Min Ho, when you're done with your homework, I'll review it.
I don't want to do it.
You can't give up studying completely. You're a student.
Finish three pages, and we'll make gamjatang together.
Really?
Oh, my.
Mother.
I'm here.
You didn't have to do it.
It's okay.
You promised Bang Geul. You should go.
Ga Ram, you'll play with me today.
- Then, I'll see you later. - Go ahead.
There, there.
Hello, Mr Kwon.
Now?
I thought you might refuse to come using your kid as an excuse.
So I came to you.
What is it that you want to say?
Our company...
will be merged.
What? With who?
That's confidential for now.
Anyway, we're restructuring the organisation now.
Both you and your wife work with us, right?
There's a high chance that one of you will be fired.
Why don't you voluntarily resign now that you're already on leave?
This is why I told you not to take leave.
(Bang Geul)
I'm not going to resign.
Then Mi So might be fired.
Mr Kwon.
Do you think it's easy for me?
The company is undergoing a merger. What can I do?
Jae Min.
Why are you here?
You said you were going to a musical with Bang Geul.
Oh, right.
What time is it?
It's past 4pm.
Bang Geul finishes at 3pm.
It's been more than an hour.
Bang Geul called me many times.
Why isn't she picking up?
Go to the academy right now.
Okay.
Bang Geul.
Bang Geul!