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(It's My Life)
Please convince Nam Jin.
It'll all be over if he testifies.
I don't know why he's so stubborn.
- He's just like his birth mother... - What are you doing here?
Why are you here?
Come on out and talk with me.
I told you to come out!
Mom, Mom.
Should I go with them?
Could you?
You said you were leaving. Did you take the money and lie?
What good will money do me?
I won't even be able to spend it if I go to prison.
Also, I don't think I can live by myself for the rest of my life...
in a country where I can't speak the language.
Why are you here to see Si Woo?
Well, we'll be free from any punishment...
if Nam Jin testifies.
However, he won't listen to me.
So I came here to ask Si Woo...
to persuade Nam Jin for me.
You ruined everything.
You stole my son and everything became a mess!
I didn't know that.
It said he was Kim So Young's son on his wrist.
The hospital made a mistake. It wasn't my fault.
I'm going to turn myself in after the surgery.
So don't ever come here.
You're going to turn yourself in? Then what about me?
What am I to do?
Don't do this, Geum Soon.
We'll both go to prison if you turn yourself in.
We'll get at least 10 years for abduction.
I'd rather be in prison...
than to live like this.
If you ever come see me again,
I'll call the police on you for threatening me.
Mark my words.
Geum Soon, Geum Soon.
Jin Ah.
Mother.
What did I just hear?
Nam Jin...
is your son?
I think I'm being punished.
How could this be possible?
If Mr. Choi finds out,
he'll be so shocked.
Si Woo can't know about this.
It'll be critical...
if he gets shocked from the news right now.
I raised...
Si Woo on my own for 30 years.
You know...
I put him before myself.
Si Woo...
is my son no matter what happens.
Mother.
It's a relief...
Si Woo has you.
Go in. Si Woo must be getting worried.
What about my mom?
She went to work.
She's handing over her work to Mr. Cho from today.
Did Bang Cheol Sang threaten my mom again?
She plans to turn herself in...
after your surgery.
I wasn't sure she did it.
I really hoped it wasn't true.
She left, saying she was too embarrassed to see you.
Could what Bang Cheol Sang said be true?
If Nam Jin testifies,
will Mom become cleared of her charges?
What do you plan to do?
I'm ashamed to do this,
but I'll have to ask Nam Jin to help us out.
You're going to ask Nam Jin to help you out?
If he does this for us,
I'll give up becoming the successor.
Nam Jin...
should have been the successor anyway.
Mom and I got too greedy.
It's okay even if I don't become the successor, right?
Of course. I just need you.
I don't understand...
why he suddenly brought up Nam Jin's birth mother.
He said that?
I didn't hear it.
Get some sleep first.
You didn't get any sleep last night because of your pain.
Did you hear the rumors, Seung Joo?
What rumors?
Rumors that Mr. Ahn is Mr. Choi's son.
What is this nonsense?
How could Mr. Ahn be Ms. Choi's son?
I said it's ridiculous.
However, Kim Ji Young on Team One...
said she saw the results of the DNA test.
That's unbelievable.
She must've been mistaken.
How could someone so kind and righteous...
be the son of Ms. Choi, who is full of lies and conspiracy?
It's driving me nuts because it's true.
What? Did you know this, Mr. Lee?
What are you talking about?
What kind of mom would ask someone to get rid of her son?
What is this you're talking about?
Didn't Mr. Ahn go missing from the hospital?
Did Ms. Choi ask someone to get rid of him?
Then who is Mr. Choi?
If Mr. Ahn is Ms. Choi's son...
That means Mr. Choi isn't part of the Hyunkang family.
He is part of the family,
but it's complicated. Let's just get back to work.
This is giving me a headache.
Why are you at the office so often when you resigned?
I'm handing over my work.
Do I have to inform you of everything little detail?
Why are you showing the employees the DNA test result?
If you start rumors,
do you think Nam Jin will be able to accept the truth?
Why are you asking me this?
Because I have the responsibility...
to protect Nam Jin so he doesn't get hurt.
I need to ask Nam Jin and Si Woo for forgiveness.
There's no reason for you to get upset with me.
Do you think asking for forgiveness will make things right?
I'll pay for what I did.
I'll repent for what I did in prison...
and hope Nam Jin and Si Woo are happy.
Don't even get your hopes up...
thinking sweet Nam Jin will forgive you.
Do you not know Nam Jin better?
When I was about to jump from the roof of the hospital,
it was Nam Jin who stopped me.
Nam Jin said...
that I, his birth mother,
shouldn't try to end my own life in front of my son.
That's when I realized...
how I should live my life.
Are you saying...
that you're going to act like his mom after what you've done?
I'm not saying that I'll act like his mom.
I just want to do...
everything that I couldn't do for him until now.
I passed! I passed!
I got the position as a designer at the Europe branch.
- I can't believe this. - Really?
Congratulations, Yeon Ji.
Do you think it's something to celebrate in this situation?
You and I are going to be swamped with work.
There's not much for the designers to do now anyway.
You should congratulate her as it's good news.
Mr. Jang, it's all thanks to your reference letter.
Thank you.
What are you saying?
Mr. Jang wrote a reference letter for you?
Yeon Ji got the position as a designer at the Europe branch.
I'm sorry I have to leave during the contest, Ms. Choi.
I understand that you must've been anxious, Yeon Ji.
Mr. Choi has been sick, and I resigned.
I understand how you feel.
When will you leave?
Well... I think I have to leave early next week at the latest.
I guess we won't have time for a farewell party.
Thank you for your hard work.
Well... Ms. Choi.
We rented one more warehouse.
And we need more cash to buy more of our product.
Let's stop buying our product now.
- Pardon me? - Pardon?
I've done everything I could do.
Mr. Jo and Ms. Kim,
try to increase our sales until the contest ends.
If our team loses,
I'll help the two of you transfer to another team.
Director Cho is waiting in your office.
Okay. Oh, right.
I'm planning to move my properties in Gangnam...
to under someone else's name.
Can you look into...
how it works and how much I should pay for the gift tax?
Yes, ma'am.
Can I talk to you, Ms. Choi?
Director Cho is waiting for me.
Can you wait?
What are you thinking?
Do you not care if our team loses?
It's not that I don't care.
I don't have to cling on to the result.
Why are you being like this knowing everything?
I may be worried unnecessarily,
but this is a competition between Mr. Choi and Mr. Ahn.
You must not interfere anymore.
I won't.
Si Woo and Nam Jin...
Both of them are my sons.
I just want to...
help the one who hasn't benefited...
for the past 30 years...
than the other one has.
What... What did you just say?
Gosh. My head hurts. It hurts so much.
So Si Woo and Nam Jin were switched?
Is that what you're saying?
Does that mean Si Woo, not Nam Jin,
is the legitimate grandson of my brother?
Yes. That's correct.
Goodness gracious. How could this happen?
Then my late brother...
looked for Si Woo his entire life...
when Si Woo was right in front of him.
Yes.
By the way, after my brother passed away,
you told me...
that he drew a big picture behind the contest to decide the successor.
Tell me. What's his big picture?
He thought that Nam Jin is a natural born CEO who is broad-minded...
and can select the right employees for the right positions,
and Si Woo, who has a strategic mind and is very talented in his job...
should be in charge of all the practical affairs.
The chairman's wish was that the two of them work together...
to lead Hyunkang.
He could've written that in his will and testament.
Why did he make them spend a year on the contest?
Nam Jin needed to prove his ability to be the leader of the company,
and Si Woo needed to learn to care about the employees...
and concern about them.
I see. Then things went the way he wanted them to.
Wait. No.
That woman, Choi Soo Hee, who tried to make her son...
the successor of Hyunkang... Should we say her wish came true?
Having said that...
Since everything has been revealed,
don't you think it's right that Si Woo becomes...
the successor of Hyunkang?
I've been thinking about it for days.
But I couldn't find the right answer.
I heard that Nam Jin is in the advantageous position...
in the contest.
Are you saying that you're going to...
ignore the contest result?
No. I can't do that.
However,
if I explain Nam Jin about the situation,
I think he'll accept it.
This is a very difficult matter.
Hi, Seung Joo.
What's going on?
What is he doing in your office?
Seon Gyu...
received a Brave Citizen Award.
A Brave Citizen Award?
Brave citizen, my foot.
My niece is still prickly.
Don't be like that, Seung Joo. My brother Seon Gyu...
drove a bus when the driver collapsed due to stroke.
He saved all the passengers on that bus.
Isn't it great of him?
He received a reward from the bus company...
and gave me all of it.
He owes you a fortune, but you forgave him completely...
because of a mere reward?
Why does everyone frustrate me?
No. I didn't forgive him completely.
But I've been watching him, and he seems to have come to his senses.
I bet he's pretending that he came to his senses.
I'll make it up to him, Seung Joo.
I'm working three jobs to save money.
I also quit gambling. I'm telling you the truth.
They say blood is thicker than water.
I wondered what Seon Gyu was doing until now.
I'm so happy for him.
Blood is thicker than water...
I really hate hearing it.
Are you leaving?
Why don't you have dinner with us since it's been a while?
No. I should stop by the factory and go to the hospital.
- I'm off. - Okay.
Hi, Yeon Ji.
Hello, Father and Mother.
Hi. Come on in and sit down.
Yeon Ji, I heard you'll be transferred to the Europe branch.
Yes, Father.
Do you really have to go?
You'll enjoy a comfortable life if you marry Dae Sik.
Why would you go to Europe and go through a hard time?
She's right, Yeon Ji.
I'll give you a building when you guys get married.
Please let her go, Dad and Mom.
- What? - Dae Sik.
Yeon Ji has a dream like everybody else.
She wants to succeed as a designer and make you two proud.
But if she goes to Europe,
she'll see a lot of cool guys.
I'm worried she might fall for someone else.
Yeon Ji is not that kind of person.
She said she likes me.
So I'll trust her and wait for her to come back.
I like Dae Sik,
but I also like you two, Mother and Father.
There aren't many women who has such great parents-in-law like you.
My feelings won't change.
So please wait just a while. Please.
All right. I understand. Go ahead.
But come back if things get tough.
My mother-in-law gave this ring to me.
Wherever you are,
you're my only daughter-in-law. You know that, right?
Oh, my. Our sales increased that much?
It's all because our team members did a great job.
They work hard because you trust them.
I can't go today, but I'll stop by tomorrow when I'm running errands.
It's okay, you don't have to.
Please take good care of the team, Mr. Lee. Bye.
What brings you here?
What is this?
When I was pregnant with you,
I craved sweet potatoes that were yellow in the middle.
I thought you might like them.
You don't have to do this.
Do you feel uncomfortable seeing me?
No, but I don't feel comfortable either.
Yes, of course.
After you two get your surgery,
I'm going to turn myself in.
I should take my punishment for what I did wrong.
Also, before I do that,
I'm planning to give you my building in Gangnam...
and some land I bought in a different province.
You don't have to.
Why are you doing this? You're making me uncomfortable.
I'll come see you again, Nam Jin.
Please take good care of him, Seung Joo.
Who is she to ask me to take good care of you?
What is it, Ms. Yang?
Well,
I'm thinking of returning to Oepo...
after Nam Jin recovers from his surgery.
Return to Oepo?
Why would you say that suddenly?
Think about it.
His birth mother is alive.
It doesn't make sense for me to live here.
Why doesn't it make sense?
You raised him for 30 years with love...
instead of the mom that asked for her son to be abducted.
It won't be easy...
for Nam Jin to accept Ms. Choi as his mom.
Still...
They're blood-related.
Blood is thicker than water.
If Ms. Choi makes an effort,
Nam Jin will end up accepting her.
Wouldn't you be disappointed...
if Nam Jin accepts her?
I'll probably be disappointed.
But what can I do?
I'm Nam Jin's birth mother.
I didn't know.
I believed Si Woo was my son for 30 years.
He can't find out about this.
I'll tell him later myself.
The woman in your dream must have been your birth mother.
Come to think of it,
you and I have an interesting relationship.
If Bang Cheol Sang abducted you...
instead of Nam Jin,
we would've met when we were seven.
Then we would've been childhood friends like Nam Jin and me.
Would we still...
have fallen in love?
Why are you sighing so deeply?
It's nothing.
You aren't regretting your decision and worrying...
how to put up with a weak man for the rest of your life, are you?
I wasn't thinking about that.
Don't worry.
The surgery will go well.
I won't die on you and Woo Jin.
I trust you.
Doesn't she know you have to fast?
I loved roasted sweet potatoes...
since I was a child.
I loved eating it with aged kimchi so much...
and we always had sweet potatoes at home.
My mom says she had a ton of watermelon...
when she was pregnant with me,
but I got sick of it and don't eat it.
I kind of...
feel bad for Ms. Choi.
Her eyes...
were full of mixed emotions.
She looked dejected,
guilty...
and scared.
That's enough. I'm tired and going to sleep.
I'd like for you to stop...
talking about Ms. Choi.
All right. Go to sleep, Seung Joo.
- I'll take that bed. You can... - No.
This is my place.
Are you mad?
I'm not mad at you.
I'm just mad at the situation.
I'm sorry for creating this situation.
I'll be a better man to you from now on.
Where is Mom?
She's scared and can't come see you.
It'll all be over after you take a long nap.
Okay.
Don't cry, Mom.
You trust me, right?
It's me. Your son Nam Jin.
All right. I won't cry.
Get through the surgery well.
Good luck, Nam Jin.
(Operating Room)
Nam Jin.
Si Woo.
(It's My Life)
Get that person out of here, Jin Ah.
What's the matter with you? Pull yourself together, Mr. Choi.
I'm sorry for being late, Mr. Yoo.
I'm Heo Chung San. I'll represent Ms. Choi Soo Hee.
My girlfriend's name is Han Seung Joo.
To be happy with her for a long time.
That's my wish.