-=Episode 8=-
Don't mention the breakup in front of your grandmother.
She still doesn't know anything about it.
Let's go in.
Mother! Father!
Welcome.
What are you doing here?
Mother, you're funny.
Why wouldn't I have come here?
Of course, I came to meet grandmother.
Let's go in.
Are you just going to stand there?
What are you up to? Why did you come here?
Then don't come in if you don't want to.
What's going on?
I went to Gang Ju's office to see him, and they said he had gone to his grandmother's house.
I made a mistake by coming, right?
No. You did well.
Let's talk about all of this later.
But... what are all these?
This...
I wanted to see her reaction, so I asked her to make some handmade knife-cut noodles.
I didn't really think she could do it.
What? You don't like me ordering around your fiancee?
No.
How are things going with the company? Is it very tough for you?
He's actually doing even better than we expected.
Enough of that. Grandmother, have you been feeling well lately?
It seems like you've lost weight since I saw you last.
As you get older, something always pops up here and there.
But for my Gang Ju, I'll live at least to 100.
I'm sure of it.
Mother, you can go out and chat with everyone.
I can handle all of this.
How can you make all these? Let's do them together.
Could I call in a black knight to take your place?
What are you doing in someone else's house now anyway?
How is this someone else's house?
If Grandmother hears you, she'll be sad.
Why... don't you just live here?
That's not a bad idea.
Should I just stick myself to this house like rice crust in a pot?
Even if you did, it won't change things. Don't waste your effort.
Do it right. Should a man be that weak?
You really are....
Oppa, you're back?
Oppa!
Why are you acting like this?
You're not going to talk to me or even look me in the eye?
Why do you think I'm acting like this?
I'm sitting back and watching, and you don't like that?
Do you think that having mom order me around makes me feel great?
I know you're angry with me, but...
I'm not angry with you. I don't even have the right to be angry.
I'm angry at myself.
Whether it's trying to force you into a marriage you don't want,
or bringing Du Rim to be the fake you, I'm disgusted with all of it.
But I can't do anything about it, because this is all I'm worth.
Oppa.
Lee Ru Mi?
Grandmother, how is it? Do you like it?
Delicious.
If she opened a restaurant someday, it would really do well.
The noodles are chewy and the soup is also very fresh and tasty.
Thank you, Grandmother.
Hurry and eat it while it's hot.
Ask Gang Ju to find you a shop somewhere in the mall.
What do you think of that?
Didn't you hear what your father said?
Grandmother, do you smell something burning?
I'm not sure. Did you leave the gas on at the stove?
My heart is burnt to ashes, can't you smell it?
Our Gang Ju must give you a lot of heartbreak.
Grandmother, as a matter of fact...
What's wrong with you?
What did I do?
Grandmother, what you don't know...
is whenever she goes out, she causes nothing but trouble.
Just what disaster she will...
How can you make such a scene with your father and grandmother at the table?
I'm sorry.
Grandmother, try this dumpling.
I heard you don't like meat,
so I made yours specially using mushroom and vegetable filling.
Is that so?
It's very light and delicious.
Mother, Father, you should try it.
You should eat, too.
Okay.
What's the reason you decided to just drop by?
I guess you don't want me here.
I don't think you came to chat with me.
So what is it?
The engagement cancellation... how do you plan to handle it?
Why?
If my engagement is cancelled, will that position belong to you?
That's something that won't happen.
Gang Ju knew the reason I had given you the wedding gift.
That's also the reason that oppa wants to break the engagement.
What do you mean by that?
Don't you know?
What? Oppa never told you anything?
Explain to me what you're talking about.
You already know, right?
A few years ago, there was a rumor spreading in the financial markets about Gang Ju's family.
What rumor?
With every generation, the first bride of the eldest son is sacrificed.
What do you think?
What could I think? Of course it's completely ridiculous.
Ridiculous or not, Gang Ju believes it.
Then...
That's right.
He's canceling because he's afraid something might happen to you.
For him to go so far as to call off the wedding,
he must truly care for you.
So I was curious as to what you were thinking, and how you'll handle it.
Gang Ju wants them to go together.
You two should take my car and go together.
See they get home safely.
I understand.
Why don't I see Driver Hong?
Driver Hong quit.
Why all of a sudden?
He said he wanted to go back to his hometown.
Really? Then I'll have to go visit him sometime.
What for?
He was always just like family, so I want to tell him goodbye.
You have a lot to do getting ready for the wedding.
I already gave him a lot of severance pay.
There's nothing you need to do for him.
We have to leave now.
Okay.
Mother, Father, be careful driving.
Grandmother, I'll come visit you again.
Okay. You worked hard.
No.
I had a wonderful time today thanks to you.
Grandmother, go back inside. We have to go.
Okay. Go on.
You still haven't found Driver Hong?
Okay. Call as soon as you find him.
That guy has been threatening me...
Where is he hiding like a rat?
Get out.
Don't be mistaken.
I didn't say anything about today
because I didn't want a scene in front of my grandmother.
No matter what you do, I'm not going to change my mind.
I know.
Just what do you know?
Gang Ju, I know why you're like this.
Gang Ju, the kind of thing you're thinking about will never happen.
Nothing will happen to me.
That's enough.
Gang Ju.
Even if I have to die as a single man, I would never marry you.
Even if the Earth split in half, I wouldn't marry you.
Who says so?
If there was some other reason, I might understand.
But if this is the only reason, then I'm not backing down!
Really?
But then... don't you have that dorky side?
Do whatever you want.
Oppa.
About Choe Gang Ju.
What Ru Mi just said, you heard everything, right?
This...
I have to go somewhere.
Oppa.
30 years ago...
when you went on your honeymoon to that seaside villa,
I had also driven Madam Seo there.
Madam said she wanted to be alone for a while.
I parked the car near the villa,
and then walked away for a while.
After some time had passed and I still hadn't seen her,
I went back to that place.
That's when I saw a woman who had been hit by a car lying on the ground.
Madam was standing on the side looking very frightened.
Did you see it for yourself?
Although I didn't actually see it for myself,
just from one glance, I could tell what had happened.
It was later that I found out,
the lady who had been hit by the car was your new bride.
Whenever you hear that music,
you never let anyone go near father.
Because that means your father wants to be left alone for a while.
But you've always been alone.
Did you and Yi Gyeong have a good talk?
Don't be too hard on Yi Gyeong. Yi Gyeong, she...
Do you want me to become like the two of you?
Gang Ju.
Don't try to use your own fence to lock me in.
Things will not turn out the way you hope.
Do you have a woman?
This necktie... Isn't that right?
Who gave you this necktie? Who was it from?
Later.
What are you doing in here?
Mom, do you know who gave him this?
Du Rim gave that to Yi Hyeon as a birthday gift.
What? Du Rim?
Oppa, when did you come?
It's cold out here. Isn't Jin Ju...
Did you go see Choe Gang Ju?
Yes.
Choe Gang Ju's grandmother came back and they all went to visit her.
Just stop.
What?
Seeing you next to Choe Gang Ju... it's very hard for me.
Oppa, what do you mean?
Pretending to be Yi Gyeong... I should have stopped it before,
but I couldn't do it.
But I can't watch you anymore.
I just can't take it.
Oppa.
At first, I thought this feeling was just compassion,
because your hand feels completely different than Yi Gyeong's.
But, I don't know when,
every time I held your hand, my fear would disappear.
I thought I would like to spend my life with you by my side.
Will you accept it?
I'm sorry, Oppa.
Is it because of Choe Gang Ju?
Why him of all...
I know that, too!
I'm only a fake and it's impossible for me to be with him.
Although I started this just because of the money,
now I've become all confused.
With that kind of feeling, I can't take your hand.
Oppa, let's talk now.
Mom told me that Du Rim gave you this necktie.
The woman that you like is Du Rim?
Someone like that, how...
You just now went to see Du Rim, right?
Were you planning to give that ring... to Du Rim?
Did you actually propose to her?
What in the world are you thinking?
You can stop. I was already politely rejected.
She turned you down?
Du Rim, why would she refuse?
Don't tell me it's... Choe Gang Ju?
Things are starting to get interesting.
As long as we make use of Du Rim's feelings,
even without us pushing her,
she will make it her own choice.
Make use of Du Rim's feelings...
You want me to... use this shovel?
Get out of the way.
Cat hair.
You don't have a mom, either.
Don't worry. I'll be your mom.
Call off the wedding? Why all of a sudden are you...?
Just what it sounds like.
Our plan is to call off the wedding.
Why suddenly?
Do you know the real reason Gang Ju wants to break the engagement?
It's because of a curse that's been passed down through generations.
You probably don't know about it.
That's just something people made up, isn't it?
You already know about it?
Yes.
Then why didn't you tell me?
Choe Gang Ju's father asked me not to tell anyone.
Besides that, it's completely ridiculous.
Who would believe something like that?
That's why I never told you.
We have looked into it privately.
We found out there had been marriage talks with several families before ours.
But they were all rejected by the bride's side.
Why do you think that was?
Because they're all afraid something might happen to their daughters.
And here we knew nothing about it.
But still, to call off a wedding because of that...
In any case, I can't let Yi Gyeong marry into that kind of family.
So let's stop it here.
You don't need to keep trying to get Gang Ju to change his mind.
I plan to see Gang Ju's mother today and settle everything.
From now on, you can't ever meet with Choe Gang Ju.
Do you understand?
Why aren't you answering me?
Yes, I understand.
Oppa.
Did you see my mom?
Yes.
Then you heard, right?
Oppa, do you also believe that?
No.
Then why aren't you trying to persuade them? Shouldn't you try?
Why wouldn't I want to persuade them?
Go on.
Because I don't want to see you by Choe Gang Ju's side.
Before I go to see your mother, I wanted to confirm one thing.
What is the real reason you want to break up with my Yi Gyeong?
Tell me the truth.
Even if it's just for Yi Gyeong's sake.
You already know everything.
I want to hear you tell me personally.
It is exactly the reason that you thought it was.
Thank you for telling me the truth.
It seems that our fate will end here.
I will ask just one more thing from you.
If you truly care about Yi Gyeong,
no matter what she says, don't ever see her again.
Calling off this wedding will be of no benefit to you.
Even though our family's situation is becoming desperate,
what parents in the world would want their daughter to marry at the cost of her life?
So you're certain you want to cancel this wedding?
Not because of any reason other than this outrageous rumor?
I think you would know best what might be called outrageous.
I'm telling you clearly right now.
We will not go through with this wedding. No... We can't do it.
Does Yi Gyeong also feel the same way?
Considering she went to Gang Ju's grandmother's house all on her own...
My Yi Gyeong will feel that way once I convince her.
I repeat. I would rather die than agree to this marriage.
Who knows? I'm not sure things will go the way you hope they will.
Who does she think she is to cancel this wedding?
If you truly care about Yi Gyeong,
no matter what she says, don't ever see her again.
The key to solving this problem is in your hands.
The choices you make will determine the final outcome.
-=Real Estate Transaction=-
From now on, just forget everything.
After you bring your grandmother, put your efforts into managing the restaurant.
You just came back?
Yeah.
How was your interview?
English is poor, rejected. Not pretty enough, rejected.
Education from a 2-year college, rejected.
The reasons for rejection are as tall as a mountain.
Jin Ju, would you like to open a restaurant with me?
Although since it's a new business, I can't pay you a lot.
I can pay the usual wage.
And if the business does well,
I will give you raises and a big bonus!
If you do it with me, I'm sure we'll be very busy.
Right? You can't do it, right?
Sorry. I just thought I'd ask...
If you promise me a paid vacation and extra pay for night shifts,
you've got a deal.
A deal?
President Na Du Rim, please take care of me.
Jin Ju, let's earn a lot of money!
After we make a lot of money,
you said you wanted to go to the French restaurant, right?
Let's go there and order the best thing on the menu!
We can buy designer handbags!
We can travel!
We can get boyfriends!
Aja! Aja! Fighting!
Hello, this is "Taste of Du Rim." It's a new shop. Try it.
Hello, we're a new shop here. Please stop by when you have time.
Hello, this is "Taste of Du Rim"....
Roast sweet potatoes, coffee and dessert are free.
Free is good. I'll eat this today.
Please enjoy your food.
This dish is really good!
- Come again! - Take care!
Welcome!
You came!
Aigoo. Welcome!
Wow. You have a lot of customers.
Of course.
Some grilled mackerel here!
More seafood pancake over here!
Okay. Just a moment please.
Auntie, some more radishes please!
- Here. Sit down for a while. - Okay.
Another bowl of rice please!
Okay, okay.
Another bowl of rice.
President, aren't you leaving? The time...
You can leave first.
Taste of Du Rim, way to go!
All of you worked so hard today.
We worked like mad and hardly had a bite to eat all day.
Let's all have a good meal now.
Grandmother, don't worry. We're all very tough.
Is that so?
I'm grateful to both of you for helping Du Rim set up this shop.
You don't need to thank me. I told you Du Rim was my savior.
I was nearly seriously injured at the construction site, but Du Rim saved me.
Isn't this the least I could do for someone who saved my life?
Is it really because of that? You don't have another reason?
What?
I'm saying, don't you have some other thoughts about Du Rim?
Grandmother, your glass is empty.
Grandmother, should the two of us drink a love shot together?
Hey, don't drink it with me. Drink it with Yi Hyeon here.
Love shot.
Love shot!
Grandmother, drink a love shot with me!
I'm too old to be drinking love shots.
Just do one love shot with me.
Du Rim, on a good day like today, we can't skip the singing.
Sing something.
Yes. Do it, do it.
All right!
~ Fill me with your love You are my love battery ~
~ Throw away your worries. Everybody cha cha cha! ~
~ - You take care, I'm leaving. - I'm leaving. ~
~ Even if there are no parting words ~
~ Then just leave the.... ~
I'm going.
Oppa, give this to your mother.
I packed some of our opening day rice cakes and other dishes.
Oppa, thank you... so much.
And... I'm sorry.
Don't be sorry.
If you feel sorry, then I will really feel like I don't have a chance.
I'll wait for you... over in a corner, until you come.
I hope you're a big success, President Na Du Rim.
I'm going.
6...
Du Rim, look at this.
This is how much we made today.
We'll be rich snobs in no time.
Grandmother, aren't you tired?
Grandmother, go home and rest. We can handle things here.
Yes, I was really busy today. Now I'm tired.
I'll go home now to rest.
Grandmother, goodnight!
564,800 Won.
We're closed...
Secretary Gim!
I guess I came to the right place.
Secretary Gim, what did you...
Jin Ju, I saw your post on Ka-Talk. (text messaging service)
Good luck with your business!
Thank you.
I'm not sure if it was okay for me to just drop by.
No. I'm glad you came by.
This is someone who worked with me at the mall before.
She is the President of our shop.
Hello.
Hello. I have a bit of a cold.
A cold.
Thank you for coming by.
I'm sorry for coming so late.
I was planning to come earlier, but our President hadn't left.
Is the President doing well?
Don't even ask.
Lately he doesn't eat and sits around all day in a daze.
Why?
Apparently, he broke up with his fiancee.
I heard there will be a formal announcement about it very soon.
You two go ahead and talk. I'll make some snacks.
Okay.
Just wait a little while and I'll be sure you see Du Rim.
Please give this to the President for me.
It's nothing special.
Since you said he has no appetite,
I packed some of our opening day rice cakes and a few other dishes.
I'll give it to him.
Okay. Then, be careful going home.
Jin Ju... Could I come back again?
What?
I can't?
No... well...
I'll come back.
Du Rim!
Du Rim, what's wrong? Don't you feel well?
No, I'm just tired.
Did Secretary Gim leave already?
What's with sending that food?
You asked me to give it to him, so I did.
It's just... for our opening, I wanted him to have a little taste.
What I meant was...
Whether Choe Gang Ju is eating or not,
it's none of your concern anymore.
Do you maybe...
What about you? What's going on with Secretary Gim?
Have things already progressed that far in just a few days?
Don't change the subject.
It's pretty obvious that you're suffering in silence here.
Don't try to hold it all in and be miserable, just tell me.
What is there that we can't tell each other?
Would you rather hold it in until it eats you up alive?
Don't overreact, Miss Oh Jin Ju. It's not like that.
Our young master, what is he going to do?
Who is it? You scared me.
Why are you doing something like that? You really scared me.
Our young master, he looks just like a wandering soul wrapped in clothes.
I know. It's so pitiful.
After the 10:00 board meeting, we're going to the management forum.
And, there's this.
What's this?
It's some takeout.
You remember Oh Jin Ju, right?
Oh Jin Ju opened a restaurant and she asked me to give this to you.
I'll eat it later.
Okay.
Hyeong!
Gang Ju hyeong.
Hyeong!
Why are you being difficult?
I took time out of my busy schedule to come rescue you.
Hyeong, do you love Yi Gyeong?
I don't think you do.
What are you trying to say?
I heard about what mom said.
This isn't an episode of "Urban Legends."
I don't understand. Why do you believe in a family curse?
So the best idea your melon head could come up with was to break the engagement?
You let her go because you love her? That's just bullshit.
If you love her to death, love her like crazy, you couldn't let her go.
Love is selfish.
It makes you want to have that person, to touch them.
Someone you can't bear to lose.
Isn't it because you don't really love her enough, so you just let her go?
I'm only saying that because I'm truly worried about you.
But what's this? It's just setting here.
Wow. Gang Ju actually has takeout food.
Let's see what's in here.
Wow. What's this? Dumplings!
Vegetable and mushroom filling. It's really good.
Is that a bit of a sour tang?
What's this?
Awesome! It's sweet potatoes.
It's good. Do you want one?
But these taste kind of weird together. The dumpling...
Aigoo. She's burning up!
You're not good. Get up, we need to go to the hospital.
No. I'll be fine after I take some medicine.
Aigoo. You're not made out of iron. Taking medicine isn't enough.
I just overworked myself for the last few days.
I'm fine.
Are you really all right?
Madam, you came?
You decorated it very nicely.
What about your grandmother?
She went to the market.
How has business been? Are you doing well?
Thanks to you.
Can we talk?
About Yi Hyeon...
You already know how Yi Hyeon thinks about you, right?
That's why I would say...
Don't worry. I already know what you want to say.
I won't do anything for you to be worried about.
May I ask, why did you reject Yi Hyeon's feelings?
That...
Could it be because of Gang Ju?
I guess that must be it.
I saw Gang Ju standing in front of our house and then leaving.
He stared up at Yi Gyeong's room for a long time, and then left.
I didn't know that you two had such deep feelings for each other.
Madam, I...
I didn't come here to blame you.
I'm sorry.
You have nothing to be sorry about.
I just know it will never work out for you two,
so it breaks my heart to see it.
You don't need to be concerned, Madam. I'll be fine.
I've already forgotten about everything.
You haven't eaten yet, right? Eat before you leave.
Okay. Hasn't it been a while since I've had your cooking?
Please wait a few minutes.
What happened?
Du Rim! Du Rim!
Du Rim, wake up!
Du Rim! Du Rim!
It appears to be temporary shock brought on by exhaustion.
She needs to have some rest for a few days.
-=Yi Gyeong's Mother=-
Yes, Mother.
What?
Grandmother, it's a customer.
So it is.
Wait just a moment.
Du Rim!
You are the shop owner.
Yes.
I saw your restaurant flyer, so I came here to eat.
But there was no one here, so I had to get myself a cup of water.
Aigoo. I'm so sorry.
I wonder where Du Rim went?
But the energy here is a bit unusual.
Back to the mountain and facing the water, health and longevity.
Before the low and after the high, a hero is born.
Before the narrow and after the wide, wealth and honor to the mountain.
This shop has 3 positive feng shui points.
This shop is in a pretty good place.
But, the owner may suffer unexpected disaster.
What do you mean by that?
Grandmother, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
If you will bring me a pot of wine and a dish of meat for my hunger,
I could tell you all about it.
Aigoo. Absolutely!
Hold on.
I can do my best if you bring the most expensive dish you have.
- Of course! Wait here just a moment. - Okay.
Salt.
Grandmother, what are you doing?
Aigoo. A grown man shouldn't be trying to swindle businesses.
-=Throwing salt to expel ghosts or drive away bad luck=-
What? I'm old so you thought I'd fall for it?
Do you think I don't know? You won't trick me with that slick tongue.
Get out of here, you rotten guy!
Who's swindling you?
Grandmother, you may not know this, but I'm very famous.
I have power to see the unknown and have been reading fortunes for decades!
Aigoo, you jerk.
It looks like you won't repent until you get a beating!
You big con man! Get out of here!
Wait! That hurts! Why are you doing this?
Don't you ever come back here again!
What the heck was that?
After all that trouble, I'm still hungry.
But, there is a very strange aura in that place.
It doesn't seem to be the grandmother's energy.
It's so strange...
That rat. Just let him try that again.
What bad luck.
Grandmother, there's trouble. Du Rim is in the hospital.
What did you say?
Gang Ju?
Gang Ju, is it you?
You're really Gang Ju, right?
Are you okay?
What are you doing here?
Your mother.
Now that I've seen that you're okay... I'm going.
I miss you!
So much.
I tried to erase you, but I couldn't do it.
It was the first time.
Because of you I laughed, got angry, fought, and felt pain.
All of those I did for the first time.
From the beginning, I never thought I had a heart.
I never wanted to let anyone into my heart.
But you were the first person who ever came into my heart.
The curse on my family, how can I make you believe it?
How can I prove that it's not a rumor, but the truth?
That's why I want you to be scared of it and run away.
If anything ever happened to you,
I would curse myself,
and live the rest of my life hating myself.
Choosing to break up with you now, I don't regret it.
Gang Ju.
I will miss you... so much.
But, I won't come to see you again.
I won't even allow us to bump into each other accidentally on the street.
Because that is the only way I can protect you.
-=Next Episode Preview=-
I love you.
Don't throw away your life because of me.
Gang Ju!
I told you before. Because to Du Rim I feel...
You feel bad, is that right?
Yes. We'll say it was like that.
What I'm most afraid of is never seeing you again.
Please give me your consent. I came to ask your consent, Mother.
Where did you get this bracelet?
What are you doing?
Where did you get it?
You can protect the owner of this house.
I must protect the owner of my heart.