(Episode 57)
Paran,
what are you doing here?
Let's go.
Let's go home.
What is the meaning of this?
I'm taking my daughter.
Mind your own business.
How is Bom your daughter?
Let go of her hand.
Then is she your daughter?
Yes, she is.
Ask her whether
she's Oh Bom or Paran.
Enough.
I'm sorry, Paran.
I'll call you Bom if that's what you want.
I'm sorry.
Please go.
Listen, lady,
do you think
you can show up now and play mother?
How can you do this when
I worked so hard to raise Bom?
Technically speaking,
what your husband did was kidnap Bom.
Wow. So now you're accusing
my husband of kidnapping?
What did I tell you?
Don't you dare criticize my dad.
Right. I'm sorry.
That was wrong of me.
Paran. Paran.
- Oh, my. / - Paran. Paran.
Paran. Paran.
I'm sorry.
Let me make this clear.
I'm not Paran.
I'm Oh Bom.
Okay. I don't care either way.
Come with me.
No.
And Ms. Bae, you're not my mother.
Paran...
'Faint starlight dances'
'I'm a romanticist cat'
'You left alone,'
'My lonely deep sea'
I don't know either whether I'm Oh Bom or Paran.
I don't know who I am either.
I think I wronged her.
I got worked up and said some things.
What if she won't let my daughter go out of spite?
What did you say to her?
You're never like that.
You were probably just very flustered.
Yes, so don't worry too much.
I'll go over there.
Hello.
Um...
This is the DNA analysis of you two and Paran.
I see.
We are a match.
Thank you for your troubles.
I apologize once again for offending you
at your home.
That's okay.
Please don't worry about it.
And I'll take legal measures to undo
Paran's missing-person declaration.
So we'll really get to have Paran back?
Paran is an adult.
Her opinion matters too.
What are you saying?
Paran's been my daughter from the get-go.
You're always watching out for our family,
so the love triangle between your son and
our Aran and Paran is a real shame.
As for that, the adults can coax them
into making the right decision.
Excuse me then.
If it was going to come to light anyway,
I should've just gotten her home myself.
It's for a young lady.
Is the room a good size?
Yes. We'll do our best.
Aren't you rushing into this?
We can do the remodeling
once Paran decides to return.
She needs to know how much we want her back.
We must do anything we can
so that she makes up her mind quickly.
What about me, mom?
I'm sorry, Jia.
But this was Paran's room to begin with,
so you'll have to give it up.
But we will remodel grandma's room as well.
We'll make it bigger and
get you bookshelves and a closet,
so please share grandma's room.
You saw how hard it's been for Bom
at Chowon Pub.
Be gracious and do this for Bom.
Sure. It's not like I have any say anyway.
I should just be grateful I get to stay.
Jia...
She didn't mean it when she said she'd think of me
as her own daughter.
See? Now that her real daughter shows up,
she's trying to kick me out.
Get me an apartment.
I want to leave on my own
before I get chased out.
Enough with your nonsense.
Your dad's a backroom servant,
I'm a side room doorkeeper,
and you're the nuisance that came with us.
So stop whining
or you'll really get kicked out.
Do I really have to live like this?
Do I have to be abused and demeaned
like Bom had been at Chowon Pub?
How are you being abused and demeaned?
You're my daughter too.
That's enough.
You just keep your mouth shut for now.
When Bom moves in
and Gukhui can smile again,
ask her for
your own apartment then.
Otherwise, you'll end up
on the streets with nothing but a single suitcase.
Never mind.
Then I'll find a way to leave on my own.
My goodness. That wretch...
She doesn't know her ties here can be cut
like a flimsy kite string if she keeps this up.
She's already redoing Bom's room?
Does mom really think Bom can live here?
Are you redoing Paran's room?
Yes.
It's like a dream that Paran will get to return
to this room.
This is a good idea.
Paran's anger may subside
if she knows how hard we're trying.
I hope so.
Don't worry.
I'll keep trying to talk her into coming home.
Yellow used to be Paran's favorite color.
How about this for the walls?
Sure. Shall we do this one then?
Your birth mom acted like she was so refined,
but then she accuses your dad
of kidnapping you.
She should be grateful, not offensive.
Just leave if you're going to keep tarnishing
your good father's name.
You always tell me to leave.
Like you said, I'm immune to it now.
Look at you trying to be cute.
I can't stand the sight of you.
Mom, the moju is almost ready.
I'll mix in some cinnamon powder,
so have a glass.
Why would I want moju?
It's driving me up the wall just looking at you.
Darn it.
Serve this gentleman.
Welcome.
Huh? Sir...
Oh... It'
Fancy running into you here.
I'm tending my mom's pub.
You are?
Has that business with
that nasty guy been resolved?
Yes, thanks to you.
I'll have a bowl of soup and rice.
The soup here is very good.
Oh, no.
We ran out of soup early today.
Then what can I have?
We have moju and pancakes I just made.
Would you like to try that?
Sure.
I'll have whatever.
I'm hungry.
Wow.
They say moju was first made by a mother
who was worried about her son.
I make it for my mom
when she's worried about something.
That gives a whole new meaning
to this wine then.
You seem to have had too much.
Are you sure you'll be okay?
Of course.
I can't let a little moju get me drunk.
Sorry about that.
That man...
Why are you here again?
We need to talk.
My son and I bump shoulders,
and yet I have nothing to say.
Ms. Bae is decorating your room.
I don't want to hear things like that.
Then you tell me
what you plan to do.
What would I plan to do?
I'm staying here with my mom and my family.
Do you really think that will be okay?
Do you think that'll put an end to things?
What am I supposed to do then?
Reconcile with them, of course.
Technically, I'm the one who has no ties to them.
But that's not the case for you.
Just because you're upset,
it's absurd that you'll never see them again.
How is that absurd?
I'll just carry on living like this.
Don't be pathetic.
You're bound to regret it if you do.
Even though I hate my birth father,
whose face I can't even remember,
I miss him so much.
I have nothing but nasty things to say
if I ever see him, but I still want to see him.
Maru.
Reconnect and reconcile
with them when you can.
They are your parents regardless.
Wait...
I don't know what to say.
I'm your father,
and yet all I can say is sorry
to the daughter we found after 20 years.
Even if you come here,
I have nothing more to say to you.
When you let Maru, Jia, and me
stay at Chowon Pub,
you said I reminded you of your dad, right?
You found something fatherly in me,
but why, why didn't I recognize you?
I don't want to hear that anymore.
Right. Why dwell on the past?
In any case, Bom,
your mom, me, and the family are waiting for you.
I came to tell you we're all waiting for you.
Excuse me, Jeonggi.
Oh, hello.
Jeonggi.
Why didn't you come in?
What do you think you're doing?
Did you come here like a thief
to lure my daughter away?
Isn't this cheating?
You, come here.
Mom.
My goodness, Midal.
How is Jeonggi cheating for seeing his daughter?
That's right. That wasn't nice, Midal.
In some ways, this binds our two families,
so why can't we be positive
and try to resolve this together?
How does this bind us?
It's just a big headache.
I'm sorry.
So say what you will when I'm present.
Don't try to win her over underhandedly
by flaunting your wealth.
What does wealth have anything to do with this?
Paran.
Paran?
How dare you change my daughter's name?
Darn it.
Geez.
Jeonggi, don't mind her.
Midal's just very upset.
I'll let you know how things are here
tomorrow morning, okay?
Okay, Jeongmi.
Baedal, please take good care of my daughter.
Things are bound to go awry
if you're impatient.
Take your time as you must do away with
all the scars in her heart one by one.
That's what I tell myself, but
I keep thinking of Paran when I close my eyes.
I'm sure words don't suffice for how you feel.
That's just how all mothers are.
When I lie down,
I think about how Paran used
to fall asleep with her head on my arm.
Gukhui.
I passed by a theater yesterday, and
it reminded me of how Paran pulled at my skirt,
begging me to take her to see an animation.
Why did I think I was too busy
to ever take her?
Don't say that.
You've been a great mother to our kids.
I'm the worthless father.
I kept saying I was busy and forsook Paran.
We missed out on 20 years because of that.
I can't forsake her again.
Bom, I love you.
I love you.
Please pick up.
(Choi Aran)
Sir.
Wake up.
He's had too much to drink.
Why are you being so pathetic?
An Taeho,
you got this drunk over a woman?
Taeho.
Bom.
What a jerk. What a jerk.
Bom, I'm sorry.
Please apologize to her for me.
I said some things I shouldn't have.
I will.
But you've come all this way.
You should go in and say hello at least.
Seeing me will anger her more.
Please let her know I was rude to her
yesterday and that I apologize profusely.
I will. Don't worry.
I'm sure she'll understand.
I'll go in then.
Let's go.
Midal, please let it go.
This is annoying.
Stop pestering me.
There's no one as kind and
magnanimous as my sister.
My wife was on the wrong.
Excuse me.
What are you doing here?
What's all this?
I'm sorry to impose,
but Ms. Bae wants you to know
how sorry she is about yesterday.
If she's sorry, she should apologize in person.
How can such a well-mannered woman
apologize in this fashion?
You see...
Midal, why don't you let it go?
Wow. Look at this.
Prime rib and abalone.
That's right, Midal.
This isn't just empty words.
Gukhui's making a practical, heartfelt apology.
It's just a little something for you and Ms. Oh.
Wait a minute.
What is that woman implying?
Did she send all this because
she thinks I'm starving my daughter?
That's not it...
I don't want to yell at you,
so take all this and get out.
I'm sorry. I'll come again some other time.
She really thinks little of me.
Grab all these.
Even I were dying of starvation,
I wouldn't accept any of this.
Let's go.
Midal,
why are you angry over these nice gifts?
Follow me this instant!
Midal.
Midal. Midal!
Does she take me for a beggar?
Who says I want prime rib and abalone?
Does she think I never managed
to feed my daughter meat?
Get that CEO here right now.
Midal,
you must have misread Gukhui's true intention.
Please calm down.
My daughter-in-law must've sent these to you
to thank you for raising our little lamb,
so why are you throwing a fit?
That's right, Midal.
It's not nice to think the worst of people.
Yes, Midal. Let's go.
They're my in-laws.
You're embarrassing me.
Why are you embarrassed?
They're the ones who should be embarrassed.
Why all this ruckus over one daughter?
There's drama whether
or not Paran is missing.
Why so much drama?
We'll be back to redo your daughter's room.
Okay. Thank you.
What's going on here?
You're redoing a room to get Bom to move in?
Listen, mister. Dream on.
You know I warned you.
Don't you dare try to steal my daughter.
If you keep being unreasonable,
you might never get to see her.
Bom, please come.
I'll wait until you do.
Why would I feel like a movie right now?
Kang Maru, what are you thinking?
I won't ask you for anything else.
Please watch a movie with me.
Do you remember when you were little?
You begged me to take you to see an animation,
but I didn't keep my promise,
saying I was too busy.
You're following through with the promise now?
I'm sorry.
But we had Chinese food instead.
Do you remember this restaurant?
If I did remember such things,
I would've found you a long time ago.
Of course.
But memories will come back to you.
Let's be patient.
This is a picture of you and Aran your dad took
with a camera he made himself.
I know this picture.
You do?
Dad dropped it and my mom found it in the pub.
Your dad always misplaced things
but didn't even know he had.
I meant my late father, not Mr. Choi.
I thought my late father had taken that.
I see.
How could you not recognize me?
We ate together and worked together.
You saw me dozens of times.
I was too little to remember your faces,
but how can my parents not recognize me?
If you had recognized me sooner,
I wouldn't have had to be hurt again
from being cast away and forsaken.
It's all my fault.
I'm sorry.
Did she think
I'd bat an eye over those things?
It probably cost less than a grand.
Geez, Midal.
It was her show of appreciation
for raising her daughter.
And they were good things.
They were top-grade
department-store fruit and meat.
Jeongmi, then why don't you move back there
and have your fill of top-grade food?
Just go.
Midal, that's not what Jeongmi meant.
Oh? Mr. Ma.
What business do you have left here?
I have enough to worry about as it is,
so please go.
You'll have to move out of here.
Move the pub out of here
and move it into your building?
Listen, Mr. Ma, I'm not giving Bom to you.
Who said I was negotiating over your daughter?
I bought this building.
What?
You bought this building?
I just signed off on a new contract after
my landlord raised the security deposit.
That's not my problem.
I'm razing the building
and opening a café here.
You have until the end of the month.
Excuse me.
We signed a lease to do business here.
You can't threaten us like this.
A lease? Give me a break.
There've only been verbal agreements for 10 years.
Midal,
is that true?
The thing is,
I knew the landlord so well...
Mr. Ma,
what is this out of the blue?
It costs a fortune to find a new storefront.
We've gotten regulars by being here for 20 years.
How will this pub
survive elsewhere without them?
If you want to stay,
I want $100,000 for deposit.
End of this month, okay?
Oh, no.
How can they buy and sell property
without the tenant's consent?
Oh, no.
Good heavens.
This pub has fed us and
put the girls through school.
Where will we find $100,000?
Where will we get that kind of money?
Turn the TV off.
My head's pounding.
Yes. Turn it off.
It's really loud.
How will our family get by now?
We only managed because of the pub.
Thanks to their new yeonmiju, Punggildang's shares
have hit record highs 4 days in a row.
Punggildang?
Isn't that Bom's birth mother's?
Darn it.
Hey, stop. Hang on.
It's popular not only among younger consumers
but overseas' interest is also growing,
so sales are expected continue growing.
Enough. Why bother listening to this?
I'm back.
Hey, hey.
Go to your rich mother and
get us some money.
The new wine or whatever is apparently a big hit.
I really hope you're joking.
You may be living here,
but you're of their blood.
Have her give you an advance on your inheritance.
Is that too much to ask when
we're about to lose our pub?
Here you go again with money.
After causing a scene over those gifts,
how can you tell Bom to ask them for money?
When circumstances change,
your approach must change too.
I'm not asking for a handout.
I'm only saying because they do owe me.
Be that as it may, it's a bit much telling Bom
to ask them for money.
Then would you prefer to be homeless?
This is so frustrating.
We only have enough
to get us by for a few days.
What are we going to do?
Hello?
How are you?
This is Paran's mother.
Who's Paran?
If the gifts I sent upset you,
I apologize.
It was my way of apologizing and thanking you,
but I didn't think it through.
Please forgive me.
Cut to the chase, will you?
There's something I must discuss with you.
Would you please make time for me?
Any time is fine for me.
I beg you.
Even the rich missus is a slave to her child.
And her daughter is in my hands.
But what would she want to discuss with me?
Will she offer me money for Bom?
This is where I had to come with you?
I'm not telling you to live here.
Let's just go in for a meal.
No, I don't want to.
Listen, you wretched thing.
Moral laws of filial piety are immutable.
They'll criticize me
for your bad manners.
How dare anyone criticize you?
Some people lose their child and still live it up.
Why should you be criticized?
That's enough.
I'm being accused of kidnapping you as it is.
Let's just go in and have a meal
so that I won't lose face.
I don't want to.
With my youngest granddaughter home,
this home finally feels right.
I can die a happy woman now.
You liked ribs when you were little, right?
I'm not sure if this is marinated well enough.
Here.
Try it.
It's too big for my daughter.
She has a small mouth,
so it must be cut small
for her to eat it easily.
Bom, here.
Why are you being bashful?
You have no problems when I feed you at home.
You seem to have lost weight.
Eat your fill, Paran.
Wait. You're more comfortable with "Bom," right?
Right. We decided to just call you Bom
as we figured you'd prefer that.
Of course.
She's been my daughter Bom for 20 years.
It's absurd to have her name changed overnight.
Right, Bom?
How dare you not answer
when an adult is addressing you?
Let's eat.
Please enjoy.
What a mess.
Two mothers fighting over a daughter...
Stop crying, hon.
I don't think this is the right time.
Eat. Just eat.
You're leaving already?
When are you coming back, my lamb?
Open these when you get home.
No, thank you.
You can't refuse a gift from an adult.
I don't know what these are, but thank you.
Couldn't you spend one night here?
What are you talking about?
We only came for dinner.
Please, Midal.
Let Bom spend the night here.
I don't think so.
This was just Bom's first visit. You'll know
what to do if you want her to come again.
Let's get going.
Midal's so heartless.
Good night. Wait up, Midal.
My daughter came home,
but I let her leave with her other mother.
Bom will be back.
Don't worry.
This is it?
They're just kiddie sweaters and
one that may fit you.
Good grief.
Wear it once for the effort your birth mother
put into this.
She probably cried a bucket knitting it.
I thought they were bags of money.
Darn it.
Why is she showing me these?
If I took their daughter over to their house,
they should make it worth my while.
Do they think raising Bom cost nothing?
Thank you very much for last evening.
Right.
Enough with the pleasantries.
I thought long and hard,
and I realized there's nothing I can do
if you want your daughter back.
It probably is how it should be.
I see.
But it will cost you.
Pardon?
What do you mean?
What use do I have for these sweaters?
She just wants to get under my skin.
Let's cut to the chase.
How much will you give me?
Pardon?
What do you mean?
I want money for having raised Bom.
Of course.
As a token of appreciation for your taking care
of our daughter...
I want $100,000.
Then I'll let you have Bom.
Mom!