(Episode 18)
Don't blame me too much.
Like you care for Gye Dong,
I did it for you.
No, you have never done anything for me.
Tell me what you have done for me.
You only ruined my life.
You separated me from the man I loved...
because he was poor and he didn't have a future.
Father did that.
He ended up in jail.
He arrogantly tried to save Korea...
and tried to start a revolution.
I heard he was living as an ordinary business man in Japan.
I don't regret...
separating that swindler from you until this day.
The IMF crisis made your husband like that, not me.
I never intended...
to make it worse for him.
People can't live like they're dead and be quiet.
There are still ways to manage this.
What's wrong with these shoes?
As a shoe mania, I can't wear this. It will hurt my reputation.
This is shameful. It embarrasses me.
What's a shoe mania? Why would you be embarrassed?
A shoe mania is a person who loves shoes.
Young Ha, Gwang Jae is crazy for high-end sneakers.
Hello, Mr. Choi.
The CEO is waiting for the mystagogue.
Okay.
The house is nice.
It's simpler than you think.
No, I like it because it has a big yard.
I like it because it's not a big mansion as I expected.
Our CEO will never move...
because he thinks that this lot is lucky.
This really isn't right.
Uncle Hyo Dong, this isn't good, is it?
Did Gwang Jae buy this from the first salary he ever received?
It's just pocket money.
He earned that money from working part-time at your restaurant.
Your money went to Gwang Jae.
Gwang Jae bought these shoes with that money again.
You and Gwang Jae can't help but be rich.
Money is only circulating within the household.
That's right.
Dad, this isn't that good but Young Ha made me buy this.
You might not like it, so I don't care whether you put it on or not.
No, I'm not going to put it on.
How could I dare wear this when it's so precious?
Hyo Dong.
Place these shoes safely in the safe.
Why would you put shoes in a safe?
I'm going to save it for later.
I'll put them on when I meet Kim Hye Ja.
Dad.
Who is this Kim Hye Ja?
She's my birth mother. She died from giving birth to me.
Gye Dong, sometimes you speak too much.
You wife will be upset if she hears this.
Young Ha is almost our family.
I'm telling her because it doesn't matter if she knows.
I already talked with Soo Hee about this.
Her first husband also passed away.
I heard that they were very close.
When we get old and die, we promised each other...
that we will find our first partners when we go to the afterworld.
Dad.
- I'm going to tell Mom. - Tell her.
You're a coward.
The shoes are safe in the safe.
Young Ha, come here. Let's start.
Okay.
First, we need to do this.
Myung Ha.
Hello.
You said you were so busy,
but you must have taken good care of your buddy.
What? Me?
Didn't you see the school's website?
Mong Mong writes an exchange student diary on the website.
She bragged a lot about her buddy.
Read it if you have the time.
Mong Mong was absent today.
I think she is sick.
Give her a call. Good luck.
She's not receiving my call.
Did something happen?
(Student Residence Hall)
She's not receiving my call.
- Myung Ha. - Hello.
What are you doing here?
Are you waiting for a girl?
I'm waiting for someone.
Are you looking for someone?
Yes, do you know an exchange student named Wang Mong Mong?
Mong Mong? I don't know if she's inside right now.
I'm her buddy, but she didn't come to school today.
- She probably couldn't go. - Why?
She went to the hospital because she had acute indigestion yesterday.
- Even an ambulance was here. - An ambulance?
Doesn't she answer her phone?
She still might be in the hospital.
Do you know what hospital she went to?
Mong Mong?
Myung Ha.
Let's go.
Why are you here?
I'm waiting in line.
But everything is spinning.
I'm still sick.
Can you give me one more?
Please give me one more.
- What is he doing? - That's unfair.
What is he doing?
- Thank you. - What is he doing?
Mong Mong.
I got two.
I like this one. Please get this for me.
- This one? - Yes.
Right now.
It's so cute.
Dad, what are you doing?
You smiled so brightly after trying mine.
Why did you choose Young Ha's?
Don't you know after trying it?
I know.
But you smiled brightly after trying mine.
You made me have expectations.
It was an amazing taste...
considering that this was your first time cooking.
I was happy thinking that you really must be my son.
Gosh.
Here.
When he was a baby, we didn't have money to buy him baby formula.
We mixed a lot of water in the baby formula...
and gave it to him.
So are you going to say that I didn't grow enough because of that?
Is that true?
It is true.
That's why he always had diarrhea.
Dad, I'm really not short.
And you said my double eyelids turned out like art...
because I was starved when I was a baby. Look.
Isn't it fortunate that my eyes don't look like yours?
What?
That's right.
You look exactly the same when you smile.
Really?
Gwang Jae really went through...
a hard time during that time.
He would always get a fever and be sick when the hospital closed.
I would carry him on my back...
and run to the emergency wards of big hospitals.
I can't even count how many times that had happened.
That's because you always came home late from the restaurant...
after the hospital was closed.
You're right.
That's how it was like.
Now what? Aren't you going to tell her...
how you cried in that emergency ward because you didn't have any money?
That also happened.
Gwang Jae went through a hard time...
because he was unlucky to have me as his father.
But he never blamed me once.
He's a good boy that never even went through a rebellious stage.
Dad, why are you crying again?
Gosh.
- Here. - Thank you.
Dad, but I'm living very comfortably these days because of that.
I'm spending a lot of money, out of fortunes you've made.
That's right.
Eat some strawberries.
Okay, thank you.
What are you going to do?
If you make this happen,
I will trust you and come up with a way to help you.
Did you ask for me?
Yes. Starting from tomorrow...
no, starting today...
let him work at the shopping district construction site.
It's going to be hard.
Nothing in the world is easy to make money.
Unless you're a thief or swindler, you should work hard to make money.
Make him work the same as the other workers.
- Uncle Jong Yong. - Hello.
Yong.
Dad? Did you receive the money I sent you?
What money?
Check your account.
I sent you money.
Didn't you tell my dad?
I didn't receive anything.
I told you earlier.
I even brought you your bankbook.
Check the deposit.
Check the amount of money.
I borrowed 35,000 dollars from you.
Until last month, I paid off 1,500 dollars every month.
For the past 23 months, as you know.
- I've got the money. - You must also give me that back.
The repayment memorandum.
Okay.
Here, I always had it with me.
My youth wasn't youthful...
because of this piece of paper for the past two years.
Did you really repay that every month?
I repaid it except two times, and I was only late for a few days then.
I worked very hard. Hard enough to have a bloody nose.
Starting from this moment,
- I'm liberated from private loans. - Wait a minute.
Do it again.
I'm free.
Young Ha went through a hard time to repay your money.
She did all kinds of part-time jobs.
She worked at a gas station, restaurants,
a convenience store, and a bar.
She did everything except bad deeds.
If you didn't repay it until this month, I was going to sue you.
Young Ha worked so hard for that. Are you going to receive everything?
How about giving her some pocket money?
I also lent her precious money.
Don't even talk about that.
I even received a low interest.
Jong Yong, follow Yong.
Young Ha, stay here for a moment.
Okay.
Goodbye.
Jong Yong.
- Here you go. - Oh, thank you.
The work here isn't so hard.
How much will you pay me for working here the whole day?
Others get over 100 dollars per day...
because they're here since early morning.
But I can't give you the full day pay.
It's less than 100 dollars?
Call me if you need anything.
Hey.
Oh, my goodness.
Hey, newbie. Come over here.
Where are you looking at? It's you. Come here now.
Put these upstairs.
And you can work there.
- Am I doing this alone? - Everyone else is so busy.
- Hurry up. Lift them upstairs. - Okay.
Okay.
Keep this well.
You have to know how important your legal seal...
and personal autograph are.
There are many good people in this world, but there are bad guys too.
Don't trust people. All you can trust is documents.
Dad, people come first. I have to trust people.
I wish we were living in the world where people come first.
I really want to teach you...
that people come before anything.
But the reality is harsh.
Some people take advantage of good-hearted people.
It's better to get prepared before you get cheated on.
Do you understand?
Yes, sir.
Oh, that boy. Gye Dong's son.
Gwang Jae?
Yes, that boy. Just be friends with him first.
He still isn't good enough to be your husband.
So don't cross any lines.
Do you understand?
- Why are you laughing? - Gosh.
You are really funny.
All adults are funny. They are really funny.
Don't you think?
Dad, don't worry.
Who I'm seeing and whom I'm getting married to are all my business.
I won't do things I don't like.
It's none of your business.
I'm your father. It is my business.
I'll care about your business.
I will put my nose into...
my son and daughters' business until I pass away.
Promise me you won't cross lines.
Yes, sir.
Dad, I realized today that...
if I were to get married, I'll marry Gwang Jae.
Why? You love him so much?
It's not about Gwang Jae.
It's your friend, Mr. Lee.
He's someone I look up to.
Girl, your father has lived his life well like Gye Dong has.
Don't forget that.
Okay.
- Bye. - Bye.
Gwang Jae isn't good enough.
How much do you drink?
Can you drink...
a bottle of soju to yourself?
Two bottles?
Or three?
I'll make one good cocktail for you.
Here.
Oh, my goodness.
The name of this cocktail is Cosmopolitan.
You have many jobs.
I thought about running away and live as a bartender.
I'm sure you thought about something like that too.
I've imagined a lot...
to live as a strip dancer.
You've never been late or absent, have you?
You've always been the grade leader at school, haven't you?
What? Yes.
My mother kept bringing up about the mom-matching.
So I ended up lying to her.
I lied to her that I'm seeing you.
I'll keep the alibi for you.
Whenever you want to see her, you can tell your mom my name.
Here, drink it.
Oh, gosh. I'm done.
This is the last car for today.
Okay, I'm coming.
Gosh, put your hands down.
Gosh. Oh, my goodness.
(Gam Tan Tteokbokki)
Oh, gosh.
People queue up there when the shop's not doing anything.
The owner must be happy.
How much should I have to start tteokbokki business like this?
Oh, gosh. When will I be done with the debts...
and own a restaurant like this?
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my goodness.
What happened?
I said what happened?
Don't twist any words, and...
tell me everything.
The fund investments for the U.S. franchise...
I mean, my father wanted...
to fund them somewhere else for a short time.
And it didn't go well.
He thought there was enough time to open up the U.S. franchise.
My aunt told me to go after my father and check things out...
because she was suspicious of him.
So I met up with him and checked things out with the investors.
I'm sorry I'm telling this you now.
But...
my aunt knew it before you.
There were some unexpected risks...
because the market regulations suddenly got tight.
My father thought the temporary investments in the other fields...
worked too.
So he thought it would work again this time too.
If seems like he didn't realize...
how serious it was until the situation got so much worse.
He's saying that he'll take care of it.
I think...
the funds under your name...
at this stage...
can't be retrieved.
I'm sorry, Mr. Lee.
Is there anything we can do?
It's either we give up the funds...
even if there's a loss, or...
we get more investment funds...
to continue the business.
In fact, both of the solutions...
cannot be managed by our company alone.
That is the problem.
Dad. Why didn't you go to work?
Let's go for a drive.
Now?
Yes.
I'm on the way to meet Young Ha.
I want to get some fresh air.
Let's go for a drive.
Really?
Okay. Sure.
Look, Gwang Jae.
You were telling me about France and Bolivia,
but this is the world's best...
Korean sea salt.
I went to every salt pond...
to find this.
Gwang Jae.
Look at these salt grains. How beautiful.
Come on, Dad.
It's not a flower. It's not beautiful.
When salt starts to form after water dries,
it forms as if white flowers are blooming.
Do you know how beautiful that is?
In summer,
all kinds of flowers bloom in the field.
But I'm sure...
no other flower in the world...
is more beautiful than this.
I'm hungry, Dad. Let's go.
There used to be one person...
who was more beautiful.
Hye Ja.
My Hye Ja.
The small woman...
who always smiled at me...
with her white teeth.