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[This drama is based on a real case and has no intent to denounce any religions.]
[Episode 7]
You... you're here?
Yes.
I shouldn't have confessed my feelings.
Just the two of us in this small room.
All day long.
You don't have plans this evening, do you?
Uh, excuse me?
No.
Let's go out for dinner.
How about pork belly and soju?
Well, okay.
What? Is something wrong?
Not at all.
See you at 7:00 p.m.
Sounds good, Sir.
That's enough. Good.
Yes, the work family ought to gather together and eat grilled meat.
That's how people live, right?
That's right, Senior Judge. The 44th Court is a family.
A family that passionately loves one another.
Why are they two of you not partaking?
Have some drinks and have fun.
Come on.
Well, then...
I want to give a toast on behalf on the 44th Court.
Sounds good!
Everyone, raise your glasses.
Once I yell out "Love"
you can clink glasses with the person next to you and yell out "You!"
Okay, let's do it.
Love!
You!
You.
My goodness. How shocking.
I said do it with the person next to you, not in front.
You really don't listen.
That was awesome. Let's do it once more.
I said I would protect you.
Love...
You're crazy, crazy. She's gone insane.
Give it a rest.
Let's have another drink. Love!
Love!
The apartment repair case was closed.
Construction cases are hard and complicated, right?
Oh, you don't know what you're saying.
The most annoying civil cases are the ones where families fight.
The biggest enemy in the world can be your family.
Hey, you dare to touch my hair?
You back off first.
- You first. - Hey, stop.
Back off at the same time! Just let go!
Mister, butt out!
You let go.
As the court lieutenant, seniors are the worst.
Hey, open this now!
I said I would need to meet the judge and explain it myself!
Sir, I explained to you earlier.
A person involved in the case cannot speak to the judge personally.
That is why I am here in an official capacity like this!
This is a personal meeting.
Why, you woman!
Open it up now!
Lately, a professor has been coming by every single day.
The witness is lying right here.
I pointed out the error.
Why wasn't it fixed like I pointed out?
Professor, we must write down exactly what the witness says.
Which article and section of the Civil Law Code says that?
Do you truly have grounds for that?
Do they do this in the US, as well?
You're all inexperienced in your careers.
Have any of you had a case with a pastor?
Hallelujah.
You're all causing a fuss over nothing.
Just do well at the trial tomorrow.
Love!
You startled me.
Let's get going.
- Yes. - All right.
Yes, uh...
[Oldest Son: Businessman]
[Second Son: Pastor]
[Third Son: Professor]
[Fourth Daughter: Real Estate]
Just cut ties with us, then!
That's what I want to say, you punk.
Yeah.
Hey, hey, hey! That's enough now!
Let's summarize this.
The land that your father gave the defendant is invalid?
And it needs to restored back to the way it was?
No, Your Honor, he did not give the land. Don't speak so carelessly.
God is watching us!
That is something we will figure out with this trial.
Right now, the land registration is under the defendant's name.
No, this was not land that was given.
This is was embezzling
which the heavens will punish him and send him to Hell for.
The defendant here manipulated a senior who is over 90 years old like a puppet.
He fulfilled his greed!
What a show.
What? Defendant?
Call me Older Brother, kid.
You couldn't do a thing to me when you were a little kid.
- You dare to call me defendant? - It says defendant right there.
Please be quiet. This is a courtroom.
No, no. Don't stop them.
Just relax and keep on fighting.
- Pardon? - Go on and continue fighting.
Who cares about the judge?
Keep fighting all you want. Go on, okay?
I've been doing this for over 20 years now.
I've seen a lot and I have learned some things.
You know what that is?
If someone feels guilty about something, they tend to yell a lot.
While people who are confident just say what they need to quietly.
That kind of behavior is common in the courtroom.
Lieutenant Lee, why are you interrupting when I was gathering information?
Ah, yes, Senior Judge Han.
Your Honor, I apologize.
My brothers are hot-blooded. I will speak on their behalf.
Then go ahead.
My father is 90 this year.
He's always had mobility issues.
Since last year, he has had memory issues.
It's not true, Your Honor.
My father is still very vigorous!
Goodness, you never even showed up around him.
I knew it was strange when you suddenly showed up to support our father!
What? Why, you...
Just stay quiet.
I'm sorry, Your Honor.
Before the defendant started taking care of your father
who was taking care of him?
After our mother passed away, our youngest sibling took care of him.
There was a live-in helper.
According to your family registry, there are four sons and one daughter.
But your youngest sibling is not here?
He is a bit introverted, so no...
Anyway, our oldest brother, who never even came by to say hello
insisted on taking care of our father.
That is why this happened.
The only thing left of all of my father's wealth is that land.
He took that--
It's worth five billion won and it's near a subway!
Would you stay quiet?
Your Honor, suddenly giving all of that land to my oldest brother...
- I see no reason he'd do it. - Of course, not.
I believe he manipulated his memory issues and took the inheritance.
I did not, Your Honor.
My father felt these punks used up all of his wealth that he had earned.
So, he gave the last thing he had to his oldest son.
What kind of nonsense is that?
You're the one who used it all and you're trying to blame us?
God is watching everything. God!
Excuse me, this is a courtroom. You can pray at church.
So, the plaintiffs are claiming...
when your father gave the land to the defendant, he had dementia.
Therefore, it's invalid.
That is correct.
All right, then.
We will take a 10 minute recess and continue.
Gosh, they say to be careful what you say.
Mr. Maeng is the problem. How annoying.
You did well.
Let's take a break and continue later.
Geez, those people.
Sorry, go ahead.
No, I'm sorry. You go ahead.
You're the Right Associate Judge. Please go in.
What are you doing? Why aren't you coming in?
Yes, Senior Judge.
For families with a lot of wealth
I have never seen one family that gets along well.
Is that right?
Yes, wealth is the root of trouble.
Imagine if a cow dies and is lying in a field.
A pack of hyenas and eagles will come and tear it apart.
That's what it's like.
It's like the Serengeti.
Your senior judge is talking.
So, I always tell my wife and daughters.
I don't want to see that.
So, I'm going to get paid by the government all my life.
There won't be anything left for them to inherit.
The pension will end once I die.
How peaceful will it be for you all once I die, right?
They said that their father once had hundreds of billions of won.
I can't imagine what he did to get that kind of money.
He had a car component factory. How could that get him so rich?
It was land, of course.
Ever since he was young, if he got a little money
he would buy a little land as if he were putting money into savings.
There was always a greenbelt development with a new governor.
Whenever the government changed, there was always a new city development.
You don't know where the rain will fall from.
If you buy land here and there, you can never go wrong with it.
How were they able to use all that money?
I don't understand how they're only left with one plot.
Even if you eat at nice restaurants daily and go on vacations weekly
it won't be easy.
Making money is hard. Using it is not hard at all.
The easiest thing in the world is spending money.
The defendant here is cultural asset when it comes to that.
What did you say?
Do you know how much money you took from our father to do business?
There's something our father always used to say to him.
"It's fine if you don't work. Please just retire."
"Just go to bars daily and golf all day."
"Whatever you're planning on doing, just don't do it."
That girl.
What kind of business did you do?
Your Honor, we are from a dignified family.
How bad do you think it was for us to come to court?
It's because he's gone too far.
[July 1997] Oh my.
Golfing's not going well for me, lately.
President, how long will you work in a factory getting lectured by your dad?
You should go out on your own.
I need money. I need money.
Hey, this is your chance.
Borrow as much as you can from your father.
Invest in the global fund right away.
It's the generation full of hope!
You think so?
Then he started a film company to make up for the money he lost then.
Because he saw that the movie "Shiri" was a hit.
Our brother had only seen films where women took their clothes off.
He doesn't watch other films.
During the venture craze, he opened an IT company.
What was that? Super technology.
Macwork Systems.
My older brother is computer illiterate.
He's very consistent.
Recently...
Come on, President.
[November, 2015] Simply put, China will be a hit.
That's what I think.
Relations between Korea and China are historically at their best.
Wouldn't you be a fool to miss out?
You could make hundreds of billion of won with one product.
I know a place near Shandong where I have very good connections.
Really?
Your Honor, I was only working hard to make a living.
They are the ones who lived their lives off our father's money!
I feel very wronged, Your Honor.
My gosh.
Goodness, they are a family and siblings.
Do they want to do that in court?
This is all because of money. Money is the problem.
Money makes people that way.
Senior Judge, I don't think it's the money.
I think they are acting like humans and according to human instinct.
You said there are no families that are wealthy and get along well, right?
- Yes. - To be precise...
I think it's better to say that being wealthy doesn't mean you're an exception.
Just because you have no money, it doesn't mean you get along.
Judge Im, why are you always so pessimistic?
I'm not being pessimistic. I'm trying to be objective.
Objective?
Even with family or relatives, people only care about their food.
I think we should make a ruling based purely on law.
There's not enough evidence that the father had dementia.
The oldest son who moved quickly will be the one to benefit.
Judge Park, it looks like you have something to say.
Go on.
No, I don't, Senior Judge Han.
What do you mean you don't? It's written on your face.
Be like your usual self, Park Cha Oh Reum.
Say, "I disagree!" Why aren't you doing it?
Even if we rule whether it is valid or invalid
will we really solve the root problem?
Then what should we do?
How about a mediation?
With this mess, how can we mediate?
Once the father passes away, won't the siblings sue again?
At least half of the inheritance is legally protected.
He could claim it's all his now and we can't do anything.
But it's set that way so it cannot all go to one child.
Yes, that is true.
What do you think, Judge Im?
He's 90 years old and we don't how long he will live.
Because he feared a future lawsuit, would he give up what he has now?
I think he would research how to hide it.
That's why we should push for a mediation.
It may be hard.
However, isn't it our job to resolve the root of the issue, Senior Judge?
Intervening when they are acting recklessly out of their own bad intent
is not our job.
I don't know.
I would like for this case to go into mediation.
Your Honor, I cannot talk to these people.
Your Honor, you need to make a clear ruling on this.
Excuse me, before I see you again
assume that you will have to share this inheritance.
Try to think of a way to settle this and bring me what you have.
Then I will take a look at it. All right?
Wh... what?
Write it down carefully.
- What's going on? - Write what?
Let's give it a try.
Judge Im, I want you to take this on.
Look into how to divvy up the inheritance.
What? It was Judge Park's idea to mediate, so why do I...
Judge Park came up with the idea.
Also, you're my right hand.
Right Associate Judge!
All right, but...
you're left-handed.
Ah, this?
My gosh. I guess you didn't know.
I'm ambidextrous.
Geez.
Ah...
- Follow me! - Okay.
I'll look into the inheritance division.
I brought it up.
No, Senior Judge Han told me to do it, so I'll do it.
I can do it.
It's okay. I'll do it.
I'll do it.
No, I'll just do it.
Okay.
Oh my, oh my!
Oh, uh... weren't you going home early?
Sorry, I remembered that I had to fix something for the senior judge's ruling.
- Ah. - I'll fix it quickly.
Yes, okay.
- Judge Park. - Yes?
Ah, yes.
How long are you going to keep being uncomfortable?
Honestly, I'm uncomfortable too.
I think this will cause problems for our work.
I'm sorry for making things this way.
It's my fault.
Still, we aren't people who can let it affect our work.
We have trials for others...
and we're judges.
Yes, I was thinking that too.
But it still bothered me a little.
I felt sorry to you too, Judge Im.
Why would you be sorry?
Aren't you underestimating the mentality of your Right Associate Judge?
I am Im Ba Reun, you know.
Right... right?
I shouldn't have dared to do that, right?
I won't be uncomfortable from now on, Judge Im.
Thank you.
I shouldn't have said I was sorry.
Oh my.
Oh, my son. You came home early today.
Oh, what's this?
I told you to buy it, Mom.
Don't make the meat and pancakes.
Wow.
Still, a memorial is all about the time put into it.
If Uncle says that again, tell him to come cook the food.
He can put in his time.
Where's Dad?
He'll be here soon.
Who has he been hanging around lately?
How would I know?
He does hang around so many groups.
Mom, do you know what I hate most about what Dad does?
He's not even a businessman, but he carries an extra phone battery.
As if he's going to get an important call.
It's only going to be a call to come to a rally or pay a donation.
Ba Reun.
Don't be like that.
It's only because your father is a good person.
Mom.
It's wrong to be a good person when you're not even a successful person.
Oh, ever since Ba Reun became a judge
it seems like you've been getting some new things.
How much is this TV?
I've never seen it.
We had a 10-year-old one that broke, so we bought a new one.
It was used and I got it for cheap.
I don't know. It looks expensive.
You get a lot requests for good marriage set-ups, right?
Choose the daughter of a rich conglomerate.
Then maybe we can get something out of it too.
A conglomerate? Yeah right.
A civil servant should not have lots of money.
One should work with a charitable heart.
Others use their own money to do charity.
Even doing charitable work through making your salary
is something to be thankful for.
Is that something Confucius said too?
I'm saying this since I've had a drink.
You're a very selfish person.
Brother-in-law.
Why are you being like that again?
Please be quiet, Sister-in-law.
Do you think he went to a good college because he was so great?
We didn't have much money.
But he was the oldest, so everyone supported him.
Then he ought to make money and help the family.
All he did was go around with those protestors.
Still, the world is always changing.
People who protest tend to succeed every now and then.
Don't you ever get a call from somewhere to come work for them?
Whoever it is...
you have to be around powerful people in order to get calls like that.
Do you think they call just anyone?
If you're going to say things like that, then just leave.
Why are you dropping things?
Wow, you acted so refined.
Why? Are you worried about missing a call?
Is that why you're carrying things like this?
What? Is someone going to give you a human rights job?
Goodness, he can't even say anything.
I've taken the afternoon off.
The weather is nice.
Do you have some nice plans?
My father is up from the countryside.
There's nothing to see, but he wants to see the courthouse.
Wow, I've seen her in a new light.
Who?
Secretary Lee Do Yeon, I've seen her in a new light.
What do you mean?
I thought you had a very rough and mean personality.
But she unexpectedly has a humane side to her.
I think it's that courthouse visit event.
She was so gentle, showing someone around.
That's not even her job. I think she volunteered.
Oh, she told me her father came up to visit.
- Father? - Yes.
It's not her father. No way.
First of all, he looks all wrong and the style is off.
It is him.
She even took half a day off to show him around here.
It must be your dad.
He's my lover.
Oh my goodness. Then it really wasn't her dad?
He's really her lover?
She's with her father. What's your problem?
Stop interrupting our work and go.
That wasn't her dad. That wasn't her dad.
Oh my. That's not her dad.
I often don't understand Judge Jung's actions.
I often understand them.
Today is the deadline for the siblings' case, isn't it?
Will they be able to get closer to an agreement today?
I think the gap will get wider.
Gas has been poured on a fire.
What?
My older brother isn't the only one who used up money.
My second brother is no better.
Your Honor, please hear me out.
How are you any different?
Your Honor, the sons are the problem!
He did everything the sons asked for and treated his daughter like a stranger!
It seems like you all have a lot to say.
Can you all take your time and speak one at a time?
About my second oldest brother who is a pastor.
He has been full of love ever since he was young.
The problem was those who received that love.
Hey, what are you saying right now?
He had such a great love for girls working in the lowest places.
He didn't want to hurt the pride of girls working in bars.
So, he bought them designer bags. He paid off the debts of the stores too.
They say they're going to put up a statue of him in the alley of Yeoksam-dong.
You did great work.
And during his time in seminary school
he tried three times and barely managed to pass.
He finally got in.
Now, he's a main pastor.
Yeoksam-dong is my father's land too.
He begged and begged to put it in his name.
He made a church there and is doing very well.
But you're not any better either. What's with you?
Your Honor, my father wanted to send him to a good college.
He made a deal with the school foundation.
But the foundation was negotiating too hard.
My father figured it'd be better for him to get a PhD in the US for that money.
So, he went abroad.
Do you think you can become a professor for free?
So, in the end, he gave that college a similar amount.
My father made it so that he could carry that professor's business card.
But compared to all of that...
I haven't received anything.
I grew up wild!
According to the records...
for your birthday, when you in your 20s
you received a large piece of land.
Yes, I split up that rough land into pieces and sold it.
And I barely scraped by.
Your Honor, since you brought it up
if I were to tell you everything that upset me...
How much is a mere Gucci bag?
He wouldn't buy it for me.
He scarred me during my sensitive youth.
That kind of thing has nothing to do with this trial.
Why are you being this way to me?
Your Honor, you're ignoring me and not listening either.
Oh dear.
I faced discrimination at home for being a daughter!
Do you still have a lot more to say?
Yes.
Ah, the thing is...
we don't only have this one case.
We have many other cases.
Why don't we end this trial for now?
You can come to my office.
What? Your office?
Yes, this is my office. Come in.
Yes, yes.
If there's anything you want to say
just say whatever you please.
All right.
But, I need you to help me out.
Okay.
As you can see, I have many cases to work on.
I will listen to you as I'm working at my desk.
You can sit down here.
You can tell me everything.
I'll keep my ear open and listen.
I can listen well while working.
Then should I continue from the present from junior high?
Right, you were interrupted during that.
Yes, that's important. Please go on.
Yes, he could've just bought it for you!
Why didn't he?
Why did they have me at all?
Yes, they shouldn't have done that. Daughters should be treated the same.
You really suffered.
I will never forget this sadness.
Your Honor.
Thank you so much for listening to me today.
Yes, so you've said everything you wanted to, right?
Yes, for now.
Yes, then you should head home for today.
All right. Thanks for coming.
Yes, thank you.
What an annoying case.
- What? - They must record their phone calls.
They started to send me audio files to help themselves out.
Judge Park.
You don't think this case is a waste of time?
A waste of time?
Aren't you putting too much meaning behind family and siblings?
Is that what you think, Judge Im?
You can't pick your family.
You're just born into it by chance. What is blood, anyway?
You don't mesh well or like each other anyway.
You have to pretend to get along and act like a family.
Isn't it too sad to think that way?
What's left to a person without family?
Don't people have to live alone, in the end?
What more do you need?
Well...
I don't know why you're so sensitive about family.
But family means a lot to me.
I'm sorry.
Your family is going through a lot and I said something useless.
No.
It's not because it's hard.
I live because they give me strength.
That's why family is important to me.
The defendant has never acted like the oldest son.
He said Father isn't passing away quickly and is living too long.
He often said that he'd end up dying first while waiting.
It was the youngest who cleaned up his feces and urine to take care of him.
Hey, hey, hey.
You only served God. Did you ever serve our father?
Only our youngest brother did.
Your Honor, they only came to our father asking for money.
They couldn't say a thing when our father was healthy.
When he got unhealthy, they looked down on him to his face.
I was still the one who visited him the most often.
After father's memory started going, all the sons and daughter-in-laws
left it all to our youngest brother.
You cut things off as if you were waiting for it!
Oh, thank you. Thanks.
You all loved your father a lot.
It's nice to see.
Oh my. Oh.
Why am I doing this on the weekend during my personal time?
Family...
It's nice.
The mood sure feels like family.
Aren't human beings solitary creatures, anyway?
What else could one need?
I don't know why you're so sensitive about family.
But family means a lot to me.
Miss.
I get that you're going through a tough time
but things aren't easy for us, either.
I mean...
I have to take care of your father, who is all alone
and we have to pay for the study-abroad tuition!
Ma'am.
I'm sorry.
I really tried hard so that I wouldn't have to ask Dad for help, but...
Do you think that your father's fortune is like a fountain?
It'll keep overflowing, no matter how much it spits out?
You're married now, so you're not our direct family anymore.
Honey!
You're being too harsh!
That woman is right, Father.
So, why did you marry into a family like that one...
and upset us all like this?
You said that he was smart, despite coming from a poor family.
So we overlooked that and allowed you to marry him.
But he's a reporter who's been laid off now
so he's just unemployed.
How many years has it been?
You really think he'll be able to get back into the field?
Tell him to learn some sort of skill
or go out and become a day laborer, if he has to.
Go to your room.
Ba Reun's mom!
Ba Reun's mom, get up.
Come here.
Who... are you?
Things just ended up this way.
Huh?
I said, things just ended up this way.
What do you mean?
I'm going to take responsibility for this.
For what?
Like I said, I'm taking responsibility for this!
Come on out, Ba Reun!
This is your big brother.
Call him "Big Bro."
Big Bro!
I'm home.
Oh, you're home?
The phenomenon of students flooding medical schools
is growing more severe every year.
All of the students who got a perfect score on their CSAT
chose to go to medical school.
Not only the students who got perfect scores...
Young people...
who only seek out money and job security have no future.
Don't you think so, Ba Reun?
They have to look back at those who have been left behind
and figure out a way through which they can all press forward together.
That's the way to be.
Young people don't even have a present, let alone a future.
Back in your day, people had the luxury of looking back
and the luxury of thinking about the future.
You could get a job at a conglomerate just from attending political protests.
Or even end up becoming a reporter.
Your junior from the teachers' union who used to work with you
became a top lecturer in Daechi-dong, and got himself a building, right?
And your friend who was in the media workers' union with you
became an assemblyman, right?
Oh, or is he in jail now for political corruption?
Im Ba Reun--
Yoon Ji Young, who works in my office...
said that she had to study at Noryangjin for three years
to become a level nine civil servant.
And my friend who also works at the courthouse
was a starter on the Korean National Taekwondo team.
Whether they're at medical school or Noryangjin...
everyone is trying their best...
to try and survive.
Because they all know that nobody helps anyone in this world.
This is the world that people like you created
by indulging in the luxury of pondering over your future.
What are you four doing right now, huh?
I asked you to submit a possible resolution for dividing the inheritance
not letters insulting and complaining about one another!
I want new forms from all four of you!
No, that's not it, Your Honor.
We were all just trying to reveal the truth, and...
The truth? Please.
How could you tell such a bold-faced lie?
Goodness, I'm about to go mad because of that family.
If it were up to me, I'd take all that inheritance money
and help our Ms. Yoon.
How about we hear them out one more time?
What are you saying?
Aren't you sick of them yet?
There's someone we've yet to hear from.
Who, the youngest son?
He probably just doesn't have much to say
since his older brothers are already going at it.
He's not even showing up!
Still, he must have something to say. He's family, after all.
And one other person, too.
One other person? Who?
Eldest son. Bring your father here.
You... want me to bring my father here?
Yes.
Can you bring him here?
He won't, of course.
Doing that will expose his lie, after all.
Of course I can!
Yes, that'll work! Ask our father yourself!
I'm positive that he gave that land to me!
Then, your father will be able to come to the courthouse?
He's gotten a lot better recently!
Yes.
Man, I can't focus on my work.
Ugh, fine.
It's not my style to think about things too deeply.
Okay, let's make some magic happen.
What are you guys up to?
Goodness, how sickly and yellow.
What are you talking about?
Your faces! They look so sickly and yellow!
It's because you guys stay cooped up in here all day!
You have to breathe in the outside air a bit!
What a naive thing to say.
Look at Judge Park.
She's been so quiet and boring lately!
This is all thanks to the vibes that this building gives off!
What do you mean?
Forget it.
Tomorrow is Fun Friday, so we can't just do nothing.
Let's get out of this neighborhood
and get something delicious to eat, okay?
Yeah.
How about the marketplace where your aunties work?
Your aunties may be a bit on the tough side
but they really know how to whip up a great meal!
I don't know.
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow is...
My aunts do mention you sometimes, Judge Jung.
Why would they talk about me?
Well, I'm not someone who is easily forgotten, after all!
Right, then. We're all going together, then, okay?
Okay?
Um, when I was coming in here
I saw that Lee Do Yeon also seemed a bit sickly and yellow in the face.
I'd be okay with it if she came with us. Yeah.
All of our stenographers work really hard, after all.
Oh really, now?
You have such an abundant love for your courthouse family, Judge Jung!
I know, right?
Yeah, exactly! We're a courthouse family!
Family is supposed to move forward together!
You're coming with us, right, Family Member Im Ba Reum?
I don't know.
Oh, come on!
This is not the time for that!
Follow your family if they go somewhere! Got that?
You're embarrassed, aren't you? Text me, okay?
- I'll be going now. - Goodbye!
Tomorrow is...
[Park Cha Oh Reum]
[Birthday: April 27th, 1989]
Forget it.
How could I give her something like this?
It's not like we have that kind of relationship.
"It's your birthday, after all, so I felt bad coming empty-handed."
No.
"I brought one for you, since I had one lying around at home."
As if that makes any sense.
"I picked it up on my way over."
Have you lost your mind?
Goodness, look who it is!
- Hello! - Oh my!
Ah, Mr. Civil Courts Judge is here!
Mr. Civil Courts Judge!
Goodness, why you do look so down?
And why are you wearing such an ill-fitting suit?
Yeah.
You're usually so careful with how you present yourself, right?
I like men who are sexy, though!
I borrowed my father's suit today on purpose
because I was scared of you all looking at me.
- Goodness. - Oh my.
I won't eat you alive, all right?
Why are you being like this?
Despite how I may seem, I grew up as a spoiled child!
Oh, please.
- Hello! - Welcome!
- Sit here. - Okay.
What?
When my mom was coming up with my name
she used the characters for "treasure" and "king"!
That's why my family calls me "The Treasured Prince" at home, punk!
Oh, forgive me for not knowing that, Your Highness!
Which part of you is such a treasure?
Pardon?
Um... it's my face that's the treasure! Yes!
I shouldn't have told you. This is so embarrassing.
Oh, goodness!
Come, now! Stop that.
Why are you looking around like that, Mr. Civil Courts Judge?
Are you waiting for your girlfriend?
What do you mean, "girlfriend"?
It's not like that. Nope.
Your girlfriend is coming, Judge Jung?
Oh, you're here.
Take... take a seat here.
Hello.
- Hello! - Hello!
It's good that you're here.
He was just about to look around for the hundredth time.
He was like a dog standing on his hind legs, like this.
Hey, stop twisting the truth, you guys! You're judges!
Are you saying that I was standing like this the whole time?|
That was the hundredth time!
We get it already, so pipe down, Mr. "Treasured Prince."
Treasured... prince?
No, it's nothing! It's nothing like that...
What's a "treasured prince"? Geez, I have no idea.
Oh, wow.
Is this lady your girlfriend?
Goodness, she's so pretty!
You sure bagged yourself a good one, didn't you, Prince?
Well, I tend to like peculiar things, you see.
Um, Ms. Lee can be a bit rough around the edges
so her jokes can be a bit harsh sometimes.
I'm not joking, though.
What?
Do you work at the courthouse too, Ms. Lee?
Yes, I'm a stenographer.
It must be nice to be skilled and have a good job.
No, not at all. I'm just a contracted worker.
And my salary is pretty low, too.
Really? How much do you make?
Why are you asking her something like that?
She probably makes at least three million per month.
There's no way a civil servant makes that much!
I'm skilled, too. I'm a Level Two Spicy Rice Cake Master.
And I'm a Level Three Flipper!
Then, I'm a Level 100 stenographer!
Wow, I really like you, miss!
She's so easygoing!
Yes, you'd be great at running your own business, too!
Should I just quit my job and start a business here?
- Do you want to? - Yeah!
Let's work together. We'll split the profits six to four.
This is amazing.
My family is pretty rowdy, right?
Your family?
Yes.
Well, figures.
They all seem to be quite close.
No, I don't mean it like that.
We're really family.
These three aunties have been living together for 10 years.
What?
At my maternal grandma's house.
So, in that way, I'm the most recent addition to this family.
We really are a family.
[10 years ago]
Hey, come over here. Take a seat.
Are you really going to leave this marketplace?
It was my fault for falling love.
What else can I do?
Come on!
Love, my ass!
You gave all your earnings from your business
to that rotten guy, and he lost it all.
And you call that "love"? Huh?
What am I supposed to do about the fact that I'm just a loving person?
All of this, right here, is made up of love!
Hey.
Come live with me.
Pardon?
My house is too big for me to live in there alone.
It'd be nice if we made meals together and lived together.
Ma'am.
Goodness, why are you crying so much?
Stop it, already!
But you know, ma'am...
I eat quite a lot.
Ma'am!
Oh my goodness, I can't believe this!
- Huh? - What's going on?
- Oh my!
- Oh my gosh! - Oh no!
I said, I want to start a business, and yet you're not even helping me?
How dare you?
Oh my gosh!
Goodness, are you okay?
Ow!
Ma'am!
- What's wrong with you? - Get out of here!
- Please, help us! - Let go!
Hey, what are you all doing?
Hurry up and call an ambulance!
Call an ambulance!
One can always find a new family...
even after becoming an adult.
When you endure hardships together...
you end up becoming a true family, right?
That's what a true family is.
People can become family, even if they don't share a single drop of blood.
Yet, one can also treat their blood relatives
worse than they treat strangers.
Is that just human nature?
Oh Reum!
Auntie!
- Oh, when did you get here? - Sorry, just a moment.
Oh, hello, Yong Joon!
What are you doing?
We have to say hello to the vice president!
Hello, Vice President!
- Hello, there! - Welcome!
Happy birthday, Park Cha Oh Reum.
How did you know...
There's nothing I don't know about you.
- Wow! - Goodness me!
Here.
- What's all that? - Come over here.
Let's go look.
Hey, it's Judge Park's birthday today?
Oh.
- Goodness! - Wow!
- How pretty! - Wow!
No, this one is prettier!
Goodness!
Wow, it's so pretty!
Does it look nice?
Doesn't this look nice on me?
What is all this?
How can I accept all of this from you?
Sorry.
I couldn't choose because they were all so nice.
I was going to say, "Give me everything from here to here."
But I managed to restrain myself.
This is far too much, Yong Joon.
Please forgive me just once.
Let me look cool in front of Oh Reum. Please?
And you can all borrow them from her, and go on dates with these.
- Wow! - Wow!
You're all so beautiful, after all.
- Oh, come, now! - Oh!
You're such a player!
Come on, Aunties!
Stop it, already.
Oh, you're here too, Judge Im?
Oh, yes.
Hello.
Are the people who came with you from the courthouse, too?
Hello.
- Hello. - Hello.
I'm Oh Reum's childhood friend.
My name is Min Yong Joon.
Oh, I see.
But wow, you're her childhood friend, and yet you're quite well-off.
You all seem to be done eating, so let's move on to round two.
It'll be my treat.
- Huh? - What?
Wow, I've gotten so lucky today!
- All right! - Yeah!
- Thank you! - Thank you!
- Here are the braised pig's trotters. - Oh my!
Wow!
Um, cheers.
Judge Im.
Please have some of this.
Um, Judge Im doesn't really drink...
Oh gosh.
Goodness.
- Uh... - You're so kind!
No, it's fine. Give it to me, please.
- Huh? - Oh no.
- Hey, hey, hey! - Oh, wow!
- Wow! - Wow!
- Hey! - Goodness!
- Yeah, polish that off. - Geez.
Looks like the liquor is free-flowing
since there are so many handsome young men here!
That's sexual harassment!
- Come on. - Oh Reum.
- Have some. - Sure.
Happy birthday.
- Happy birthday! - Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you!
- Happy birthday to you! - Congratulations!
Do you not like being a stenographer or something, by any chance?
Well, do you like being a judge?
Well, I'm not doing this work because I enjoy it, per se.
That's the nature of work, isn't it?
But, even so this job helps out with the job that I really want to do.
Oh.
Being a stenographer, you mean?
So, what is it that you want to do?
You'll be shocked if I tell you.
Why? What is it?
I'll be going now.
What?
It's time for me to go to work, you see.
Oh.
You have another... Wait, Do Yeon.
Um...
Geez.
Where did she disappear to so quickly?
Who are you really...
Lee Do Yeon?
Having a low tolerance really is a flaw, huh?
No, it's nice. He's a reliable person.
Yeah.
He really is cute.
Hey, child.
Shall we start getting some money together for your wedding?
There's definitely something suspicious going on.
Come on, now. You don't dislike him, either.
I told you, it's not like that.
Judge Im is just a really nice senior
and he's always helped me a lot
so I've always been thankful toward him, but...
man, he's totally not my type.
What a shame.
Give him to me, then.
What are you talking about?
No, give him to me! Me!
Just drink your water.
Drink some water and stop drinking alcohol, already.
Did something upset you?
Taxi!
There aren't any taxis around.
It's okay.
I'm sober now, so you should head home.
Still, I'm going to see you off before I go.
I told you, it's fine.
Just go home.
Get home safely.
Judge Park!
Sorry, sir. Just a moment.
Take it.
I just bought it because it looked pretty.
Judge Im, I--
Happy birthday.
Father!
Oh, Father!
It was difficult getting here, wasn't it?
Father!
It's me, your eldest! Your eldest son!
Goodness, you surprised me.
But, who are you, sir?
Oh, my poor father!
Has this woman gone mad?
Why is she crying?
That's weird.
He was completely fine up until yesterday.
You see this, Your Honor?
I told you, our father has dementia!
It's been a long time since he went crazy like this!
Watch your words! This is a courtroom!
Also, your father is right here and he can hear you.
Yes, well...
that's not what I meant.
At any rate, he cannot testify.
So make a decision to either return everything to how it was before
or split up the fortune, please.
When I look at the statements that you four submitted
there is just one thing that they all have in common.
There are no conditions involving the youngest son.
Not a single one of you wrote anything about him.
Oh, you must not know this, Your Honor.
But he was adopted.
He's the son of an employee who died while working at Father's factory.
But he had nowhere to go, so Father took him in and raised him.
Geez, it would have been more than sufficient for him to raise him
and then send him off when he was older.
But Father even went through the trouble
of officially adopting him when he was 50.
That may be when he started becoming senile.
I said, watch your words!
Your youngest brother is here and can hear everything.
Oh, goodness.
He's not our brother!
You can just consider him as a caretaker of sorts.
It's not like he's our blood relative!
And if he has any intention of laying claim to Father's fortune
we will have to file a formal lawsuit, in Father's name.
And I've even hired a lawyer to officially reverse the adoption.
- Of course you should! - Of course!
How dare he even think about getting any?
I guess blood really is thicker than water.
Excuse me.
What do you mean, a lawsuit?
How could I get involved in a lawsuit involving my own father?
You can just remove me from our family records...
just as you wish.
Father.
When I was young...
and I came to your house for the first time...
I would refuse to eat
and all I'd ever do is cry.
So you'd bring some ice cream home, every night.
You know, I...
can still remember that sweetness.
It tasted so sweet.
I'm sorry that I wasn't able to take care of you until the very end.
I'll be going on my way now...
Father.
You have to stay healthy, okay?
I... want to go home.
Why are you leaving me behind here?
I'm scared!
Father!
Oh, Father!
For someone who falls asleep after just one drink...
Sheesh.
You sure love to go drinking.
Gosh!
Goodness.
Mom.
Yeah?
Why did you marry Father?
What are you talking about?
What did you like so much about him?
Why?
You can't wrap your mind around it?
I'm just asking.
Did you know...
that your dad's blood type...
is Rh-negative?
Huh?
What are you talking about?
Back when I was in college...
the highway bus that I'd been riding
suddenly came to a stop.
There was a huge car accident in front of us
that had involved three... no, four, cars.
Everyone was going crazy, trying to get a glimpse at the accident.
But there was one soldier who said that he wanted to get off the bus.
And then, he started dragging out the people who had gotten hurt.
And amidst the confusion, I got off the bus, too.
When the ambulance came
the soldier said that the injured people may need his blood
and said that he'd go all the way to the hospital with them.
And then, he took out his ID tag
and it said "Rh-negative" on it.
I thought, "Wow, what a nosy person."
But still...
he seemed so cool.
That's why I started dating him.
Because I started following him around.
And, to tell you the truth...
I think it also may have been because he was handsome.
Do you know why your dad
always carries a spare phone battery around?
It's because he's a member of the Rh-negative blood donor group.
He always walks around prepared...
in case he needs to make an emergency blood donation.
I'm sure that your dad
has donated around 100 liters of blood in his lifetime.
So he's donated all of the blood in his own body
to other people, at least 20 times over.
That's the kind of person...
your dad is.
Then...
what about that little kid from back then?
What little kid?
You know, from a long time ago.
Some woman came to our house with her kid.
And Father told him to call me "Big Bro."
Oh, that kid?
He actually came by not too long ago to give us his regards
because he just graduated college.
Goodness.
That little squirt is all grown up now and has become an adult!
He is the son of your father's junior, to whom he was closest
back when your dad was a journalist.
He was laid off...
so he'd been going through a really rough patch.
He ended up getting cancer...
and passed away early.
So that's what it was?
Yeah.
What did you think it was?
Um, well...
why didn't you tell me this entire time, then?
Hey, be quiet! Why are you yelling?
Did you make some sort of wild assumptions?
What do you mean, wild assumptions? Ugh, forget it.
Goodness!
As if your father has enough game to do such a thing!
Goodness.
He's too busy thinking about how to help people all day.
Well, figures.
Goodness.
He never considered our own family's situation
and is always going on about taking responsibility
even though he doesn't have the power to.
And he sends the small amount of money that he makes sometimes
to that kid, to help him pay tuition!
You're right.
Goodness, I have no idea why I married your dad.
Gosh.
You shouldn't marry people for their looks.
Marriage is grounded on reality.
Hey, Ba Reun.
You know that professor the madam mentioned?
- How about you meet with her? - Ugh.
She's from a really wealthy family!
Ah, you're home, Ba Reun?
Y... yes, Father.
You should've slept some more.
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[Miss Hammurabi]
Judge Im.
Aren't you working yourself too hard over this case?
Do you keep feeling as if this hits close to home?
That was tough for you, wasn't it?
Yes.
Is your mother very ill?
I'm...
starting to be erased from Mom's memories...
more and more every day.
Let's go together.
This is something that I need to handle on my own.
Can't we handle them together?
If my Left Associate Judge is having a hard time...
it's only right that I help her shoulder some of the burden.