[Episode 15]
This has become tiresome.
I'm exhausted because of you.
I don't like you enough to put up with this.
That's why I want us to break up.
If we break up...
you'll make all of the time that we shared...
into scars.
It'll be as if the conversations that you and I shared...
and the enjoyable moments we experienced together...
never happened.
Yoo Ri.
So you're saying that the coffee I drank that day
had this in it?
You told me that this had the power to move people's hearts.
So, why are you telling me that this will hurt me?
A person who has consumed the flower's pollen...
and the successor mustn't ever fall in love.
And if that rule is violated...
the tree will kill that person.
That's the Law of the Tree.
Even if what you're saying is true, Mr. Oh Soo
and the tree does have these sorts of powers
I feel completely fine.
- I'm perfectly fine! - Lately...
you've been getting sick and dizzy out of nowhere.
The reason why you fell down the stairs
and the fact that you were almost hit by that motorcycle...
none of those things were coincidental.
There's no telling what will happen now.
We have to end our relationship...
before something terrible happens.
The fact that I got dizzy was just because I was tired
and the fact I keep getting hurt is just a part of my job.
It's bound to happen.
No.
I refuse.
Why do we have to break up because of that stupid tree?
Because that stupid tree...
killed my parents.
If you ignore the bad omens, you'll die!
Those bad omens that you've started seeing...
are the same ones...
that my mother experienced 20 years ago.
Wait a second.
Wait.
You said that your mother...
passed away after the terrible thing
that happened to your father, didn't you?
That's right.
I gave pollen-infused coffee that my dad made for a customer...
to my mother instead.
When my mother's life started getting threatened multiple times per day...
my father ended his own life.
He thought that dying and disappearing...
would be the only way...
that he could sever his ties with my mother.
So, then...
why... did your mother...
Just as he expected, my mother got much better...
after my father passed away.
And all of the ridiculous situations
threatening my mother's life stopped soon after that, too.
But...
in the end, losing my father...
was too much for her.
So, in the end...
my father was not able to save my mother.
For a long time...
I resented my father.
I kept thinking...
"Did he have to go to such extreme measures?"
But...
because of you...
I came to understand my father's feelings.
Something terrible could happen to you...
because of a situation that I have no control over.
If I were to make the same decision my father did...
what would become of you?
My mother...
had no idea why my father died.
Yet, she passed away.
Eventually...
that's what will happen to you, too.
That's why I made this decision.
Forget everything...
that we shared.
Go back to being the Seo Yoo Ri you were before we met.
Please.
All right.
I'll do that.
I'll do as you say, Mr. Oh Soo...
and do that.
I made the right decision, right?
It was the right decision to break up with him, right?
He was in so much pain for 20 years because of his parents...
so I can't make him go through the same pain again because of me.
What if...
he starts thinking about doing terrible things, because of me?
I can't let that happen.
I definitely can't let that happen.
I must forget about him.
I can forget about him.
You can do it, Seo Yoo Ri.
Where are you going?
I'm going to the precinct for a bit.
Let's head out together after you come back.
I'll hang out with you today.
It's fine. Go hang out with your friends.
I'll be going now.
See you later!
Why is she being so withdrawn? It's making me more worried.
Oh yeah.
I think Big Sis is really sad because of the guy from the cafe, Teach!
No, that sounds too pathetic.
I don't think Big Sis's arm injury has healed yet, Teach!
She keeps crying alone in her room every day.
Please, take my sister to the hospital!
Senior.
Are you down because you didn't get a promotion?
What are you talking about?
I'm just using all of the PTO time that I had saved up.
Hurry back, Senior.
All right.
I'll be sure to recharge myself completely before I come back.
- Hurry up and go back inside. - All right.
Grandpa keeps on not picking up his phone.
Did you get in touch with him?
You think he'd pick up my calls, when he won't pick up yours?
I hope he comes back before I leave for Germany.
But...
where on earth did he go all of the sudden?
What did he say, again?
Something like, "I'll definitely find it this time."
He took a bunch of books from our library, and left.
What is he looking for?
You're leaving the country the day after tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
Man, I feel guilty for leaving all this work for Grandpa.
He was just being dramatic to make you take over the family business.
He's completely healthy. Don't worry.
Nothing will happen to him while you're away.
All you need to worry about is taking care of your business in Germany.
Did you take care of everything here, and finish packing?
Yeah, more or less.
I just have one last thing to take care of.
Okay.
Hello?
Yes, I'm Cha Young Joon.
Who is this?
Why are you sitting here?
Do you have the day off?
Yeah.
I'm taking some time off.
I dropped by to tell them that.
I see.
What brings you here?
To lend you an ear.
Don't be down and withdrawn by yourself
tell me what's on your mind.
How could I possibly talk to you about him?
Do you think that I'm that inconsiderate?
I'm here today as a friend.
If you want me to insult him with you, I'll do that.
And if you need to be comforted, I can do that, too.
Okay?
No, it's fine.
It's all over now.
I'm going to forget all about it.
No.
I've already forgotten all about it.
Despite how I seem, I'm great at cutting people out of my life.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm a person who forgot about a guy
who I dated for three years in the span of three days.
I thought that my life would have no meaning
if he wasn't a part of it.
But after one day, my appetite came back.
And after two days
I regretted wasting so much money on alcohol because of him.
Wow.
I didn't think that you were that kind of person
but you're actually quite a scary woman, Seo Yoo Ri.
It's because you think so highly of me.
But I'm actually quite a cold person.
[Credit Card Usage History]
These detail your activities for the past three years
before you moved to this neighborhood, Mr. Cha Young Joon.
You were stalking a certain woman quite well.
Says who?
I was dating that woman at the time!
We loved each other!
Any time your eyes accidentally met, you thought she was looking at you.
And you thought that her smiles meant she liked you.
And you kept contacting her, even though she said she didn't like you.
And you kept sending her gifts.
You followed her night and day.
That's what people typically refer to as stalking.
It's all over and done with, now.
So what's the problem?
You came to this cafe once before, right?
March 10th, to be precise.
You were sitting there.
And when Seo Yoo Ri left, you followed her.
You secretly took photos of her
and called her to hear her voice.
And you hid while watching her.
Well, I can't stop you from having feelings for her.
But the problem lies with what happens
when you actually start approaching a woman.
You're not allowed to do either when it comes to Seo Yoo Ri.
Don't do anything.
And what if I do?
I'm sure you looked into who I am.
I'm sure you saw the article about the project I'm working on with the police.
Should I take your phone now and do a thorough search
to see what I can find on it?
If everything you've done up until now is exposed
you won't be able to protect your reputation as a nice pharmacist.
You won't be able to fix this just by moving elsewhere.
This... this is a violation of my human rights!
Shall we see which of the two is more important:
the human rights of a stalker like you
or my own special privileges?
Um...
so, all I need to do is to stay away...
from that cop?
Hey.
From this point on, Mr. Cha Young Joon...
all of your internet activity via smart phones or PCs
as well as your credit card transactions
and the CCTV cameras installed near the places you go to
will all be closely monitored.
Just be aware of that.
Yeah?
Anything is fine, as long as my place isn't too far from the office.
Yeah.
There's nothing else that I need to send over.
If there's anything else I need, I'll just buy it there.
Okay.
This one is Seo Da Bo.
Next to him is Seo Geum Bo.
Seo Da Bo!
Wow, this is so funny!
How could you possibly fall for that?
Am I just that great of an actress?
Ugh! I must be out of my mind.
Why did I even come here?
My life is in danger right now.
This isn't the time for me to be having a pity party.
Get it together, Seo Yoo Ri!
Give it a try.
There's even a transforming robot in there.
No, it's fine.
Oh, you're saying that this is too immature for you, huh?
Let's just call it, "a difference in interests."
Our eyes met
so I thought it'd be weird for me to just go, which is why I came in.
And I have a few things to say to you, too.
What is it?
I'm almost done getting over you.
I figured that you'd be curious, which is why I'm telling you.
And I...
am going to take time off work for a while.
That's good.
I wrote down all of the reasons that I need to live yesterday.
There were 77 of them.
And that's only because I got sleepy and stopped in the middle.
I'm sure I'd be able to find over 1,000.
I'll live a good life, even without you.
There are 77 good things for me to look forward to, without you in my life.
So there's no reason why I can't.
Don't you think so?
Um, I'll go on ahead.
I'll leave you to take care of your business here.
Let's go together.
Um... I was just trying it out, is all.
I'll move.
Why?
It doesn't make any sense that I'm living at a place
that is being rented to me by my ex-boyfriend.
Just stay put.
The reason we broke up doesn't make any sense, either.
Why should we have to care about that now?
What's more...
the fact that I live five minutes away from my ex-boyfriend...
is hard for me to deal with.
Just look at us now.
We ran into one another at the convenience store.
I'm trying my best to move on
but I'm getting frazzled again now that I've seen you.
I can't let there be any chances for us to run into each other by chance.
It wasn't a coincidence.
I was waiting so that I could see your face.
You can't be doing that.
You can't keep liking me and wanting to see me.
Just stay here.
There...
won't be any reasons for us to run into each other anymore, even by chance.
I'm going to Germany.
For a long, long time.
And when I get there, I'll be there for three to four years.
In the meantime...
let my brother or grandpa know if you ever need any help.
If you end up getting sad over there...
just come back here.
I'll leave instead.
Why would you leave a wonderful house behind in Korea
and go to Germany?
Do you even know how to speak German?
You're worried for me, even in this situation?
Who said that I was worried?
You have to tell Ji Seok that you brought me here.
If you don't, he'll kick me out.
All right, already.
Yes, hello?
Oh, yes!
Yes, that's fine with me.
All right, I'll see you at Seoul Hotel at 2 p.m.
All right.
Does Ji Seok know about this?
Yeah, he told me to go on tons of blind dates
and that all he wants to do is date me.
I must have been crazy to have agreed to this.
Damn it!
I'm going to settle this today.
Hey, to tell you the truth, Ji Seok is...
Oh, hey, Ji Seok.
Yes, come on in.
Oh, um, this is our investor.
I couldn't just send her away after our meeting, so...
take a seat.
So I forced her to come with me.
By the way, what brings you here?
Oh, Cherry dragged me here, saying that she'd buy me food.
Oh, I see.
Thank you.
- Here, take a look. - Sure.
- Ji Seok. - Yeah?
- Let's say that there's a woman... - Yeah?
And I buy her alcohol whenever she is depressed.
And I wipe the mascara that's running down her face.
And I spend half of my life's savings to buy her meat.
And I was so nice as to put her up at a motorist inn, and comfort her
so what possible reason could she have for ghosting me now?
Well, I wonder...
why you'd put up with being treated like that.
- Right? - Yeah.
- You have no idea, right? - Nope.
You're leaving?
The two of you are on a date, and I'm only getting in the way.
I'll be going now.
Excuse me, Miss Investor.
You should get up, too. Goodness.
You're so dense.
Hey, what are you doing, punk?
You're making her feel uncomfortable!
- I'll be going now, too. - Pardon?
Thank you for the meal.
See you next time.
Goodbye.
Hey, are you serious--
You really don't know the basics of decorum, do you?
Why are you buying a meal for an investor
when you're getting an investment because you have no money?
- How pathetic. - Why, I ought to--
- Why, you! - Sit down!
Huh?
I have something to talk to you about.
Um... what?
How could you make it so obvious? CEO Nam will find out!
Hey.
It's not like we have some kind of forbidden relationship.
Are you embarrassed to be seen with me?
Is my very existence an embarrassment to you?
- What are you saying? - What is it, then?
Why are you ignoring me? It's pissing me off!
CEO Nam is well aware of the fact that I like your younger brother
so what will he think of me if he knows that I'm running around with you?
Sheesh.
In business, whenever the other party finds out about any of your flaws
you'll be treated like an idiot immediately.
Ugh, whatever. Fine.
What brings you here today, by the way?
Do you know that woman?
Hey, you're not making moves on CEO Nam's lover, are you--
Hey!
Do you think that I'm some kind of animal?
Oh, so you weren't?
Hey, why do you keep saying "hey" to me and speaking informally to me?
How old are you?
You say things like "hey" and speak informally to me all the time!
28.
What?
I'm 30!
I know.
Ugh, fine.
You said that you did a background check on me, right.
Ugh, you absolute psycho.
Cherry! Wait, Cherry!
Cherry!
Cherry! Wait!
What is it?
I have nothing else to say.
- Let's break up. - Yeah, so--
So, why is it that you want to break up, exactly? Why?
You heard everything that I said!
You reeked of the cologne that I got for you
so of course I knew you were there!
Um, I didn't mean to overhear--
I said those things so that you'd hear me!
I was curious to see how you'd react
if you knew why I was so desperate to get married.
Ugh, seriously.
Am I the same as other guys? Huh?
No, you're even worse!
See? You're playing dumb!
Basically, you're saying that you only want to date me, and that's all.
Hey, Yoon Cherry!
You think it's crazy to be thinking about marriage when we just started dating.
But I'm not asking for us to get married right away.
It's just that, this is the predicament that I'm in
so I don't want to waste my time and emotions on someone who won't marry me!
Ugh, seriously.
Wait, so, I... I...
But, it's so good between us! And we have so much fun when we're together.
So why would you call that a waste of time and emotion?
All right, all right, all right! All right, all right!
All right, all right, I'll take the blame. I'm sorry.
Don't be mad.
Um, what do I need to do so that you're not angry anymore?
Will doing this make you not angry anymore, Cherry?
Come on, don't be mad!
Please?
This is Mr. Oh Man Soo's home, correct?
Yes.
Here you are.
[To: Mr. Oh Man Soo]
[I hope that this is the book that you were searching for.]
The place where the woman who lost her husband died.
From the earth that her blood seeped into...
sprouted the tree.
The descendants of the family
are not the guardians of the tree.
Rather, they are the ones who have inherited the tree's curse.
The people the successor loves
are all fated to consume the tree's pollen.
No matter how careful they are...
there is no way to avoid the tree's curse.
The descendants forever live in anguish
not knowing when they will lose the one they love.
And, in the end
they live the rest of their days with the pain of having lost their loved one.
There are none who escape this fate.
There is only way to save the beloved of the successor...
who has ingested the pollen.
The flower of the tree...
that saps the life of any living thing that touches it.
If the successor ingests that black flower...
they can save their beloved.
Soo.
I found this lost book before Grandpa did.
But...
I can't let you ever find this book.
I was...
truly happy during the 10 years that I spent with your mom.
If I'd known your mom's fate sooner...
I probably couldn't have done that.
I think that's the reason why this book was the only one to disappear.
I wish I hadn't known.
So, this book, which can neither be burned nor ripped up...
was thrown away for this reason...
to hide the truth, is what I think.
Soo...
I was hoping that you would not follow in my footsteps.
That...
at the very least...
you wouldn't be lonely.
That's all I wanted.
But the fact that you found this book...
probably means that things did not go as I'd hoped.
I have no idea...
how much time will be granted to you, Soo.
The last thing I can leave you with is this...
whether that time be long or short...
I hope that it leaves you feeling completely fulfilled...
just like the time that your mother and I shared.
That...
is enough.
[66. Eat chicken and beer together at a sporting event]
[67. Volunteer at an animal shelter together]
[68. Travel somewhere by train together]
[69. Work out together 70. Go to a concert together]
Do you want to go see the ocean together?
I want to go see the ocean with you, Mr. Oh Soo.
All right.
Oh, hey.
So...
let's go eat together before you leave.
You have time for lunch with me, right?
I can't do today.
Why not?
There's... someplace I need to go.
I worked so hard to buy you a meal before you left, though.
Oh well, there will be other days.
I'll visit you in Germany and treat you there.
Okay.
Let's go.
Wow, it's the ocean!
Oh! Whoa!
Clean this spot up, too.
I'm only cleaning up until here!
What are you doing?
Oh my. Oh, goodness!
What are you doing?
I said, let me go! I have to go.
Come on.
Why... are you here?
I... came here because I had some business to take care of nearby.
What about you, Ms. Yoo Ri?
Huh?
Um... I... also had some business to take care of nearby.
Um, a person I know is getting married tomorrow.
Right here.
I thought I wouldn't see you for another three or four years...
so how is it that we've run into each other again?
I know, right?
Well, it all worked out.
This can be our farewell trip on top of being my first trip.
Don't worry about me.
I won't die just because you spend a couple of hours with me.
I told you yesterday...
that I'm almost completely over you.
But judging from the look in your eyes...
it seems that the same can't be said for you.
Do you want to walk for a bit?
You...
haven't forgotten about why we broke up, right?
You said that I'll die if we love each other.
How could I forget that?
But...
how is it that you don't seem fazed by this at all?
It's as if you consider all of this a joke.
What, do you want me to wail in agony?
The thing is, if you experienced a couple hardships when you were young...
shocking things tend to affect you less.
This is my way of enduring through sadness.
Also...
guys like you were never exactly my type.
You don't look manly at all.
I like guys who have big faces and are more swarthy than you!
That way, a woman will look more attractive in photos next to him.
Oh.
So that's why we don't have a single photo of us together.
I had no idea about that.
Also, what's with this hot-and-cold concept? It's 2018, you know!
Being completely cold to me, and then being nice to me?
Ugh, how old-fashioned!
Hey, that's not really fair.
I went all in after I figured out that I liked you.
Are you done saying things that will make me like you less now?
No!
I have as many things to say as there are grains of sand here!
What time...
is the wedding tomorrow?
You said that your friend is getting married.
Oh, um...
I'm sure that it'll be... around... around 11 tomorrow.
Where's the invitation?
And what about accommodations?
Where are you sleeping?
What's with all of these questions?
You think that I wouldn't have anywhere to sleep?
You should go now.
What?
I have a vacation home nearby, so sleep there.
Huh? Um... why?
I... I do have somewhere to go, though!
Um, over there...
Wait!
I've drawn some warm water for you, so you can use it later.
You may be uncomfortable here but it's only one night, so it's okay, right?
Are you kidding?
I practically feel like this place is my home.
I couldn't think of ways to take advantage of having a rich boyfriend
when we were dating. What a shame.
You used to freak out whenever I wanted to use any money, though.
Yeah.
If I'd known that we'd be dating for such a short amount of time...
I wouldn't have done that.
Oh well.
I shouldn't make the same mistake next time.
You're hungry, right?
I wonder if there's anything here.
How is it?
Well...
Do you think it'd be tougher to get over a breakup
after dating your ideal type for a month
or dating someone for a year?
Wouldn't it be the one-year relationship, for sure?
Nope.
It'd definitely be the month-long relationship.
Why?
That's when you have a lot of fantasies about each other.
That's about the time
when the world seems more beautiful because of that person
and you're confident
because you feel like they'll have your back no matter what.
And this part of you, here
feels warmer because of that person.
Oh.
Right now...
we're just fantasies to one another.
A fantasy that can easily be shattered.
I'm going to go use the bathroom.
I'm coming in.
What's the matter?
Are you...
dizzy, by any chance?
Are you feeling sick?
No.
You're okay, right?
I love you.
Let's...
never see each other again.
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[Evergreen]
Hey, Soo.
What's the matter?
- Hey! - Hey, Soo!
- What's wrong? - Soo!
- What's wrong, Soo? - What's wrong?
- Soo! What's wrong? - Soo!
- Hey!
- Wake up! - Wake up, you punk!
Hey, Soo!