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(Episode 28)
Are these...
your designs?
Yes, they are.
But why do you have...
I will disqualify your entry from the contest.
Sir.
One more thing.
Leave Se Yun alone.
Don't mess with her entry.
Do you know what rule of survival people like her...
with nothing but resentment live by?
It's biting others and sucking them dry...
and dominating them.
Se Yun isn't your average cookie.
You can't handle her.
Is something wrong with my designs?
We'll keep just your concept...
and revise them all.
- No, sir. - No?
I can't accept these revised designs.
They are inconsistent with my concept.
They ignore the characteristics of the fabrics...
and the embellishments and seams...
Are you...
rebelling against me?
Are you prepared to handle what happens after opposing me?
Your designs may be chopped up, not just revised.
You will also need to be prepared, sir.
I will do whatever it takes...
to prevent my designs from being chopped up.
Even if...
I must stand against you, I will protect them.
- Do you mean it? - Yes.
Can you continue being strong...
as you have been?
Sorry?
As soon as I saw this entry, I knew it was yours.
Among all the entries,
it used the least expensive fabrics.
However, the process was outstanding.
It is superb.
If you don't make any big mistakes at the final evaluation,
your designs...
will do very well.
Thank you.
If you win the contest,
you will be added to Gyung Hye's team for her project...
and will end up helping her.
I'm sure you'll receive much more pressure...
and face tougher obstacles than what I had just presented.
You must overcome them all.
Consider Gyung Hye to be your design,
and protect her.
Please be her wings and shield.
Will you do it?
I'll try.
Seeing your fortitude today,
I have faith that you can do it.
Please take good care of Gyung Hye.
Sir.
I'm fine.
I'm sorry for testing you.
As her grandfather, I was too worried and had to do it.
Please understand.
- Tteokbokki. - Tteokbokki.
Tteokbokki.
I'm sort of a tteokbokki...
junkie.
Yes?
Ms. Eun.
Are you busy tonight?
Why?
Would you like...
to make soul food with me?
Soul food?
Food that gives you strength and comforts you.
Wait.
You can't chop onions like that.
Here.
Gosh. Hold the knife like this,
and hold the onion in one hand.
You may cut your fingertips,
so roll your fingers like this when you chop it.
I despise onions.
But you need to put in a lot of onions to make it sweet...
My eyes sting.
No. If you rub your eyes, it'll sting like crazy.
Really?
What are you doing?
- Here. Stand in front of the fire. - What?
The onion's heat will burn away.
Are you sure?
Grandpa really likes tteokbokki?
I guarantee it. It'll be worth your suffering.
Bite down on this. It'll make it sting less.
- This? - Yes.
No, no. Not like that. Sideways.
Oh, here.
Grandpa.
What are you wearing?
Ms. Gyung Hye has cooked something for you.
She did?
It's okay. Tteokbokki tastes the best...
when you eat it out of the same dish together.
How do you like it?
It's too good to eat.
It's excellent.
Really?
I'll make it for you often from now on, Grandpa.
Okay, please do.
Let's eat.
I like you, Mr. Lee Jae Joon.
I like your kind heart,
your handsome face,
and even your smile.
Ms. Eun made it. Try some.
Ms. Gyung Hye made tteokbokki?
Yes.
Thank you.
You didn't take it out for a walk?
I did, but...
- Okay, then. - Okay.
Mr. Lee.
I have a question.
Did I ever tell you...
that I like tteokbokki...
and about other things that I like?
Yes, you did.
Well, the thing is, I...
You said you eat tteokbokki when you're stressed out.
You told me that at the restaurant.
Right? That's what I said, right?
I said I eat tteokbokki rather than drink soju.
Please, enjoy.
It was a dream. Thank goodness.
I almost told him how I felt while I was drunk.
A trainee made it to the final round.
- That's incredible. - A trainee?
- Which trainee? - Do you know who Hong Se Yun is?
- I don't know. - She really is a trainee.
How did a trainee make it to the final round?
I'm curious. I wonder what her designs look like.
- Did you see them? - No.
I'm impressed.
- Just how good is she? - Se Yun.
Good job. Really.
Good job.
Congratulations!
I knew you had talent, but still,
we're just trainees.
Who knew you'd make it to the final round?
Thank you.
You should thank me.
You made it because I didn't enter.
You did enter.
- I saw you. - You did not.
You were mistaken.
What are you doing?
I'm trying to get some of your energy.
I'll get your energy from making the final round...
and succeed on my diet this time for sure.
Stop being stupid, will you?
Se Yun, did you use your connections again?
Getting hired is one thing.
Isn't it a bit too shameless, using that to have your entry picked?
Didn't we resolve that when we went out to drink?
You proved that you did get in through nepotism.
Your connection showed her face.
Ms. Eun Gyung Hye, who appeared like a comet.
Ms. Eun has Hong Se Yun's back.
You made it very clear.
Are you really going to keep this up?
Of course, it's for real. I'm not faking it!
She's such a loser. What a loser.
I should tell my mom.
What? Say that again.
The Bella project's senior managers in marketing and business strategy,
and the manager of distributions...
The core executives switched over to Ms. Eun's side.
What are you talking about?
You made the final round,
so you'll have to make the pieces. You can do it, right?
I'm prepared.
This is the address to my studio apartment. You can work there.
I have a workshop.
- You do? - Yes.
My dad built it for me.
There's a small shed in our front yard.
He turned it into my workshop.
Your front yard?
It was my birthday present three years ago.
You make earrings,
and your dad makes sheds.
What does your mom make?
A pretty daughter like me?
What?
You stole all the aces of the Bella project.
Did you think they were recruited?
Your aces came to me voluntarily.
- What? - Their reasons for switching over?
They said there was...
a greater likelihood of success to be with me than you.
Gyung Hye, you've really grown up.
Be prepared. I won't just take it.
You are falling asleep.
Your eyelids are getting heavy.
Now, when I count...
to three,
you will be deeply asleep.
1, 2,
three! Red sun.
You can't fall asleep?
No, I can't.
That can't be.
On TV, after they do this, the person suddenly eats raw garlic,
says, "I was a dog in my past life."
"I'm chewing on something."
And they bark and stuff like that.
Maybe I can't be hypnotized because I lost my memory.
No. This isn't your fault.
Let's do this.
Maybe we should ask Mr. Ma.
Mr. Ma? Why?
He's supposedly one of the best in the country...
at finding people.
There isn't a person he can't find, no past he can't dig up,
and no scent he can't smell.
The people who had adopted your sister...
didn't move to New Zealand with her.
They dumped your sister in Korea...
before they got on their flight.
I couldn't find her because I thought she had gone missing...
in New Zealand.
She was only 13 years old.
Since there's no record of her being adopted,
she either lived in an orphanage,
or was taken in by some family somewhere.
If a minor without a government ID number...
goes missing and has her records disappear,
it's difficult to find her.
Still, she must be living somewhere.
I've met all sorts of people...
with all sorts of stories.
I've rarely...
met people in this situation who found each other.
What do you mean?
I'm telling you to choose.
Either keep going, even if all you find at the end...
is a death certificate,
or live with hope...
that she's alive somewhere,
and stop looking.
Find my sister.
I'm positive...
I'm positive that she's alive.
Mr. Lee.
It's nutrients for plant.
Why are you...
I can't raise it.
Sorry?
Don't give me anything.
Mr. Lee.
The day I got drinks with my coworkers,
I did tell you how I felt, didn't I?
That I like you.
Yes.
And...
you're turning me down right now, aren't you?
I am.
Cheers.
That's good.
- Dad. - Yes?
Have you ever been rejected after telling a woman you liked her?
Did someone reject you? Who's the punk?
No, no. My friend.
I mean it.
That poor friend.
She must be embarrassed and regretting it.
She must be upset too.
Yes.
Do you know how many times I told your mom I liked her...
and got rejected?
Five times.
Five times?
That's why my nickname back then...
was Sangmun-dong Soccer Ball.
Every time I told her I liked her, I'd be rejected...
and kicked to the curb.
The first time she rejected me,
I was extremely upset.
The second time, I was embarrassed.
The third time, I was angry.
But from the fourth time on,
I wasn't sad even though your mom rejected me.
Rather than being greedy and wanting a relationship,
I found myself giving all of my heart...
just being by her side and protecting her.
Then, on the fifth time,
it was like magic. The beautiful Young Sook...
said yes and smiled at me.
Sangmun-dong Soccer Ball succeeded, didn't he?
Se Yun. Tell your friend.
Love is like boxing.
You need to take a beating.
Only after you bruise, fall, and fall again,
and develop calluses on your heart,
can you really know how to love.
Our dad is such a romantic.
Okay, in light of that,
be strong.
Let's be strong.
Here, have some scallion pancake. It came out nicely.
Will it take a while to find out...
what's in that drug?
Okay.
(Dr. Kim Hyo Jung)
I'll tell you what's in the drug I prescribed...
to Gyung Hye.
Have a seat.
Tell me.
You should know by now...
that I gave Gyung Hye that drug to make her crazy.
You shameless, evil witch.
30 years ago...
Chairman Eun's son and wife, who were kicked out,
and you lived together.
You were especially close to Gyung Hye's mother,
Park Soo Ran.
If he had known you were...
like sisters with the woman responsible for his son's death,
Chairman Eun would not have let you into his house.
You are one incredible woman.
You fooled the mighty Chairman Eun Gi Tae.
The fact that I drugged Gyung Hye to make her insane,
and your past from 30 years ago.
If the chairman finds out,
you and I will both be done for.
Let's keep each other's secret.
I mean, let's make a truce.
Although it won't last long.
They say Se Yun is a top contender to win the contest.
I won't leave her alone.
We need to gag Young Sook.
Leave her alone.
What do you mean?
Young Sook found out...
that we had been drugging Gyung Hye to make her seem insane.
- What? - Calm down.
I shut her up...
with her past from 30 years ago.
She couldn't dare blab to Chairman Eun.
Why didn't you tell me before?
Are you seriously asking?
You were torn...
because you were so happy when Chairman Eun was nice to you.
Don't stir up trouble, and wait quietly.
Don't order me around. It's offensive.
Leave Se Yun alone. That's for the best.
I'll do as I please.
I need to put Se Yun in her place before she does something.
If I leave her alone,
she'll take me down eventually.
What do you plan to do?
I have an idea.
If I can't stop Se Yun now,
it will give Gyung Hye wings.
Once Gyung Hye claims the company,
there will be no place for me.
Let's show them, Se Yun.
You can do it, Se Yun.
Are you going to wear that...
to your presentation for the final round?
Why?
It isn't right.
It's too modest. You look discouraged.
I dressed as conservatively as possible.
The presentations are at 10am, right?
Yes, 10am.
Open the shop in Cheongdam-dong.
Okay. Let's check out.
Ms. Eun.
I'm Hong Se Yun. I'm not you.
You're right.
You choose according to your style.
Okay.
He's almost here.
Catch them!
Out of our way!
Get them!
Why are they chasing us?
- Did you find Hong Se Yun? - I lost her.
- Find her right now! - Darn it.
Myung Hwan is behind this.
He's trying to keep you from giving your presentation.
They're after me, so I'll go out and lure them away.
You run away.
Go to the police, okay?
There she is!
(Mysterious Personal Shopper)
Don't touch my people, be it Se Yun or anyone else.
Give it a rest,
unless you want to see your grandfather collapse.
I think I've found your sister.
Are you okay?
Do you remember Geum Young Sook?
Don't lie. Don't use me.
I don't want to be hurt by you of all people.
I realized she's stronger and cooler than anyone else.
I've come to like her now.