All the people, place names, companies, and incidents appearing in this drama are fictitious.
Our members of the anonymous nocturnal group that has the longest history in the world,
the Good Night Club, are you all sleeping?
What I want to say, everyone, is—
Oh, sorry. It's because I have something to ask.
- No. - Huh? What do you mean "no"?
T- that thing earlier. It's all in the past.
Oh... You mean maybe when you said you liked me?
Yes. That's a finished emotion.
You see, everyone,
I'm doomed.
I'm completely doomed.
Episode 2 Is the past over?
Jecheon, Cheongyangri, Hyecheon Station
- Kids, go into class. - Morning.
Listen up! We have a transfer student.
Her name is Mok Hae Won, and she has transferred from Seoul.
Do you have something to say?
You know it, right? Our school has no outcasts. Be kind to her.
- Yes, sir! - You can go have a seat.
Is everyone aware the mock exam is next week?
Let's score five points higher than the first term, alright?
Mok Hae Won, sit there.
Also, whoever is on weekly duty, bring the class records to the office, alright?
What did you want to say?
I wanted to ask you if I could borrow this.
Oh.
Sorry to bother you with something trivial.
No. You can borrow it.
But which one do you like the best out of these?
Well... I-I like all of them.
I see. Alright. I'll leave now.
Yes.
It's dark.
You don't have to walk me back.
Just in case.
Isn't it very near, though?
Still... it's dark at night.
Earlier... what I said when we were all together...
I don't want you to be bothered by it.
Oh. It's nothing to be bothered by.
On my way back, I thought that I should have just made up a name to say.
It's all in the past anyway, no?
It changed.
- Huh? - The drawing.
Oh, this?
It's henna. I drew it because I couldn't fall asleep.
Can I have a look?
It's a willow leaf.
How long do these last?
Not sure. If you don't try to get rid of it on purpose, about a week?
I see. It's pretty.
Those don't hurt?
- This? - Yeah.
It hurts a lot. You have to burn it on with an iron.
- You didn't know? - You're lying. You're making fun of me.
Mom.
Mok Hae Won isn't going back to Seoul.
She quit her job, when unemployment is so high these days.
- You're too comfortable for your own good. - Grandma, Aunt smokes.
Aish!
The house is a mess, and she's decided to close the guesthouse because she feels like it.
And she keeps wearing sunglasses all day long, but I don't know what kind of style it is.
- It's fashion. - Also, she keeps telling me ...
- What? - She keeps...
Why would you stick that up my nose?
I don't know!
Alright, alright, my baby. There, there...
I really miss you, Grandma.
Hello.
- I have a bad headache. - How does it hurt and how much?
It feels like my head's going to pop off. Since morning.
- Try this. - Yes. Here you go.
It's been a long time since you came down.
- You know me? - Of course, I do.
You're the granddaughter of the Bukhyeon guesthouse.
But... I think there used to be a kid here.
- Oh, that kid. She’s not around anymore. - Pardon?
She no longer exists. Instead, she has combative spirit pouring out of her eyes.
The 18 year-old Miss Gwon Hyeon Jae, who looks like her heart’s going to explode with anger anytime.
Well, she’s probably having fun in downtown Hyecheon somewhere.
Thank you.
But has your aunt been to the hospital? She gets very bad headaches.
- My aunt? - Yes.
She has to go if it's that bad.
If she passes out from it, there's no recovering from it.
Mok Hae Won! You haven't gone back to Seoul yet?
I know, right?
Do you have time for some coffee?
Coffee
- Oh Hye Ri. Want some coffee? - I’m good. - You are? Alright then.
The City Hall vending machine coffee is the best.
- What would you have done if you hadn’t become a City Hall employee? - Well, I would have become something.
- When are you going back to Seoul? - Not sure.
You're going to stay a while this time?
At least until spring.
- By the way, you know Kim Bo Yeong, don't you? - Huh?
Kim Bo Yeong. You were close at school. No?
- We used to be. - She was asking about you. She was going to come that day, but couldn't.
When I told her you came, she felt sorry she couldn't be there.
Yeah?
We should get together some time. Hyecheon High School kids still all live here.
Almost no one went away to places like Seoul to study like you did.
You went to college in Seoul, too. Didn't you go to Seoul National University?
But I came back. As a civil servant of the City of Hyecheon whom people can be proud of.
Let's get together sometime, okay? I'll call everyone who didn't show up last time and get them to come.
Now that I'm older, there's nothing better than old friends.
They remember the me from my heyday, and they talk— Ah, wait.
Hey, Hae Won. What are you doing tonight?
- Tonight? - Yeah.
- Well, nothing much. - Then...
there's a fun place. You want to come with me?
Mom! Where's my neon socks?
I don't know. Have you looked in all the drawers?
Mom, it's not there! That's why I'm asking you!
I don't know either. Take a good look. I told you I have something important.
Mom! Please find it for me!
Hey! Gwon Hyeon Ji!
Gwon Hyeon Ji! Aren't you going?! It's almost time! Dispensary
Where did she go now?
Hey, what did you take that you're running away?
Hot pack? Hey!
- Never mind! - Who are you giving it to?!
Who did she give the supplements to?
Listen to me, Mr. and Mrs. To tell you about this light,
once you install it up on the ceiling,
it's a permanent fixture that never needs to be changed for life.
Oh! This is a great item, so call me when you come to a decision.
I have to run now,
but please press 010, okay?
- Grandpa! - Yeah, Seung Ho. You have to turn the light off.
Oh, right!
- That's right. Good job. - We're late, Grandpa.
Let's hurry up and go. They're going to talk about winter today.
So I read The Winter Guest.
- What is this? - Tangerines.
- You're going to roast these, too? - Whatever I roast, they all taste good.
Move aside! Everyone, get out of my way!
Get out of my way!
Everyone, this is... Oh, Hui, hurry up and sit. She's a new member, Mok Hae Won.
Oh, Unni, hi! I'm Im Hui. We don't look alike, but I'm his sister. Let's shake hands.
H-Hi.
I'm Lee Jang Wu, as you know, and the hidden jewel of Hyecheon's City Hall, an outstanding individual.
Nice joke. Hey, Jang Wu, why are you trying to be so funny lately? Have you decided to become a comic?
- Do you think becoming a comic is easy? - Totally.
- Hey, Eun Seob, can I hit them once? - You'll get beat up instead.
Right? I would get beat up, huh?
Hae Won, you know me. Aunt Su Jeong.
- Yes. - It's so nice to see you.
I'm Gwon Hyeon Ju. 18 years old.
Oh, so you're the daughter of the pharmacist.
I'm Baek Eun Sang. I have a LED light business. Whenever your lights don't work,
- or you need to change them, please call me at any time for life! 010— - Hey, hey!
I'm Seung Ho. Jeong Seung Ho. I'm 9 years old.
That's my grandpa over there.
Oh, hello! Is your hip alright? You seemed to be hurt last time.
But... what are we doing today?
- Oh, it's going to be something fun. - Something fun?
Then... should we start the first book club meeting of the new year?
Applause!
- It's hot. - Oh, thank you.
Aigoo, thank you.
"The Person I Love"
A Glass of Drink
You can sit there. I will clear the table.
Wait a bit, there will be a free table soon.
Make the lesson more fun for the kids starting tomorrow.
- You said the lesson was boring, so today I'm wearing this to entertain you. - What is this?
Jeong Ho Seung. "A Glass of Drink". What do you think?
Makes me want some.
Aunt Su Jeong's picks are always on another level.
- Now, then next— - Me! I have one! Poetry and fiction that winter reminds you of.
No, no. No, Hui. Let's wait for next time.
I would like to hear from our new member, Mok Hae Won, about something that relates to winter.
- Yes. - Me?
Yeah. Well, something that winter reminds you of.
That... Hae Won probably didn't get a chance to prepare, so—
Sleet fell on the waters of Hyecheon's rice paddy.
The last time they loved,
like a lie, melted away.
She thought of him, whom she left in the meadow.
How long must I wander the periphery of pain
to erase those memories?
If memories of love are sleet as well,
If they are a snowman lost in the wrong season,
Repenting is needless, thus I pray you disappear.
On the lonesome meadow, disillusion remains.
A love that has passed goes beyond oblivion.
I too, if only I could cross this field of futility.
What is that?
Sim Myeong Yeo, "Empty Meadow".
It's really nice.
I'm not sure all of you know, but Hae Won's aunt wrote that novel.
Sim Myeong Yeo, she was a very famous best-seller novelist at one point.
- How did you memorize this, Hae Won? - I know, right?
I got really touched for the first time in a while.
Thank you.
Grandpa roasted some tangerines for us.
- Oh, thank you. - Thank you!
- They've been roasted well. - But why roast them?
My grandpa roasts everything. He says anything you roast becomes tasty.
It's true. It smells yummy.
Oh, it looks good.
I heard there's a name for these white threads on tangerines.
- There is even a name for that? - Yes, it's called pith.
He knows a lot of useless things.
True. Im Eun Seob does know a lot of useless things.
But you, Oppa, don't even know useless things to begin with.
That's not true. I've always come in first in class.
- You know, right? How Oppa was? Tell everyone. - It's my first time hearing it.
Hey, what are you saying? You know how I've always been in the top three.
It’s my first time hearing it.
Come on!
But Hyeon Ji, what is your dream?
Wow... I'm going to hear this for the hundredth and first time.
I'm going to rap, but I'll never go on any audition programs.
I plan to become famous, but I don't like the price of fame.
I want to write lyrics that will be popular with the general public, something they can relate to,
but I don't like commonplace emotions. Not me.
- What does that mean? - What it means is she's talking crap.
But are you two close?
- Geez. Can't you tell? - Then why do you hang out?
- Because I have no friends. - I'm her friend because I don't like seeing people being pitiful.
- Hey! I'm not pitiful! - Then eat alone.
I can't do that.
Now, Hui, you hurry home.
Alright. Goodnight, Ahjussi.
- And you keep me company. - Bye!
Hah! Whatever.
- By the way, Hyeon Ji. - Yes, go ahead, Ahjussi.
Is your pharmacy's sign well lit? Wouldn't it better to change it to LED?
Oh, Ahjussi. You should tell my mom that kind of stuff.
The Person I Love
You can borrow that, too.
Actually... I didn't read for a while.
Why?
Books contain stories.
I was conflicted over those people in the stories and myself. It was difficult for me.
I thought ... I have enough on my plate as it is, living my own life,
do I have to concern myself with other people's hardships as well?
That makes sense.
But today I got a bit curious.
Is it a good thing?
Especially about this collection of poems.
By the way, I'm still reading "The Wind in the Willows." I'll quickly finish and return it back to you.
You can take your time reading it.
Ji Yeon said it's incredible.
That you and I lived next to each other but weren't close at all.
But I remember.
What?
- I have memories of you. - Of me?
Your figure when we were in school.
It's only a little bit, but I remember.
And you?
But I remember.
I have memories of you.
2010
"Death poem." This is a Chinese poem that expresses the hopelessness of an intellectual who lost his country.
From the author, audience, style and content of the piece, 2010,9.13
this poem can also be considered a part of Korean culture.
Listen up! We have a transfer student.
Her name is Mok Hae Won, and she has transferred from Seoul.
Do you have something to say?
You know it, right? Our school has no outcasts. Be kind to her.
Hey, Im Eun Seob. Are you going home?
Hey, hey. Let's go together! Why is he being like that?
Hae Won, Bok Hae Won. Hurry, c'mon.
Alright, let's stop here today. Until next time, make sure you come with everything memorized.
No, please!
Quiet down, kids! We have about five minutes left.
I heard that the new transfer student from Class 3 plays the cello very well.
Shall we hear it once?
I didn't bring my cello today.
Oh, I see. Then, do you know how to play anything else?
Gymnopedie No. 1 - Lent Et Douloureux (Sea Ver.) by Eric Satie
I heard your head hurts?
I went to Hanim Pharmacy earlier, and the pharmacist told me that you have headaches.
Who doesn't have headaches? Not to mention, I'm a writer.
But you don't write now, not even one word.
I wrote so much before, so it still hurts now.
- Then go to the hospital. - I went.
- What did they say? - Nothing is wrong.
But ...
- is your plan to just keep playing around and eating? - I will stop playing around.
Is that so? Good. Go back to Seoul next week.
No, I want to stay here and get a part-time job for the time being.
What?
- If I look carefully, wouldn't there be someone who would want to have music lessons? - No, there isn't.
In my 20 years of living here, I have not seen anyone get a music lesson.
Not even one.
I'm not sure about piano, but certainly not cello.
- I play the piano well. - Oh, do you?
Dance too.
Part-time Worker Urgently Needed, Work Hours: Negotiable Good Night Bookstore
So you needed someone who knows how to ice skate.
Do you, by chance, know how to skate?
Then, perhaps, is there anyone who needs a person who plays the piano—
- P-piano? - There wouldn't...
Nevermind, I'll get going.
Um...
Then, do you want to work at the bookstore?
And I'll work here.
- Why? - Why?
I... because I know how to ice skate.
What do you think?
There isn't much to do, since there are barely any customers.
Then, how do you make a living?
I sell books on the internet.
I need to ship these out today.
And every once in a while, there is a customer.
You're saying I just have to watch this place, right?
I understand.
Then, I should get to the ice rink. Ask me if you have any questions.
- Eun Seob! - Yes.
You have to drop by home. I forgot to bring pepper paste.
- I want to go, too. - Girl, it will be harder for him.
- Me too. - Oh, he will be right back.
Ta-da, where are you going? I have some chestnuts.
- You have some, too, Honey. - You be careful on that bike.
- Hello. - Oh, you're our first customer today.
There are times when no one comes.
Sometimes?
To be honest, almost every day.
You did well. I think you can go now.
Then I'll be leaving.
Hey, where are you going? It's just the beginning. This.
I think these things only happen to me.
I feel like I’m going to get indigestion whenever I talk about this. They’re so worked up.
Because of their own wish to have a grandchild soon,
they are bugging me to marry, when I have so much dating left to do. Who gets married at 30 these days?
Not to mention, I'm still in my 20s. I'm 27 years old now.
Ji Yeon told me that in this neighborhood, they encourage you to marry as soon as possible.
It’s true. That’s the problem.
Exactly who is spreading around that belief? Is it your mom? Is it?
My mom wants me to get married as late as possible, actually.
You're right. Im Eun Seob's mother really loves him and always says, "my son, my son."
Oh, you punk, you're still nursing that one can?
- I'm already on my fourth can... - All right, I'll drink that for you.
Good job.
Hey, Mok Hae Won. Who bothered you the most during our school days? For me, it was him.
How shall I put it? Whatever happened, he was so unenthusiastic.
Guys like that bug me the most, and that's exactly how he was.
I was struggling a lot, back then, trying to please my parents.
The grades or titles I had then,
it may have seemed like I obtained them effortlessly, but I actually used to stay up at night to study.
And I made such efforts to look good to the other kids.
Because you studied very hard, you became one of the top 3 in the end.
Yes, I studied so hard and got into the top 3.
- Laughing? - Top 3... - You dare to laugh? Really? Huh?
- Did you do wrong or not? - I did wrong. - You did wrong, right?
Oh yeah, I mentioned Kim Bo Yeong not too long ago.
She said she has something to tell you. It's about this misunderstanding between you two,
and said she has to resolve it.
I really hate that word, "misunderstanding." What's the misunderstanding?
"If I did wrong, I did wrong. It was a mistake. I'm sorry." That's all you have to say, right?
I think of "misunderstanding" as an excuse.
W-what excuse?
The excuse that they did no wrong.
Meaning, "I did no wrong but you didn't understand me correctly."
Meaning, "Since you lack a sense of communication, you misunderstood my behavior."
It's a ridiculous excuse, blaming someone else until the very end.
Oh, wow, that’s just absurd.
She's tough. Tough.
I don't know what I apparently misunderstood. I never misunderstood anything.
Kim Bo Yeong did wrong, and she never apologized in any way, that's all I know.
Well, at this opportune awkward moment, the taxi has arrived.
Let's give joyful thanks to the taxi driver for this amazing timing.
Hae Won, you're really scary when you get mad. I'll get going.
Kim Bo Yeong wanted your phone number, and I gave her the Walnut House landline.
Y-y-you might get a call. I'm leaving. Bye, Eun Seob. Bye.
Hey!
Well... do you have anything else you'd like to say?
Hi, I'm Kim Bo Yeong, nice to meet you.
- I'm Mok Hae Won. - I heard you play the cello?
Yes.
Wow, that is so cool. I'm really bad at music.
Will you play for me sometime?
I've never seen anyone play the cello before.
Sure.
Where do you live? I live in the Bukhyeon-ri vicinity.
Oh, I live at Walnut House...
I know that place. Walnut House is very famous. Isn't that a guesthouse?
And the grandma there, her daughter is a novelist, I heard. A very famous one.
Is that your older sister?
No, she's my aunt.
Wow, you really are so cool.
A novelist aunt and you play the cello, too.
You are so different from me.
- How am I different? - Of course you are.
My house ... We run a mill. Rice cakes.
Is a mill different from a guesthouse?
You speak so prettily, don't you?
Everyone assemble. Won't you all get moving?
Alright, pair up. Time for stretching.
If you stretch well, your lives will work out ...
Hey, won't you hurry?
Stretch well, and your lives will work out well. Hurry and pair up.
You partner with her.
Hae Won.
Want to be my partner?
Wow, the rain is refreshing, isn't it?
Use this.
My home is close by, so I can just run.
Kim Bo... Bo Yeong.
See you tomorrow, Hae Won.
Bo Yeong.
That Mok Hae Won? The girl who plays cello?
Yeah.
Do you girls know why Mok Hae Won is living here at her aunt's house?
I heard she lives with her grandma and aunt at the Walnut House guesthouse.
You were sitting there, so look for it there.
So that girl, isn't it weird that she lives without her mom?
I’m sure she has her reasons.
Oh, where is my cell phone? Can you look over there?
That's what I mean. Aren't you curious about her situation?
Looks like you know something, so what is it?
Mok Hae Won, her mom is a murderer, I heard.
- What? - What?
A murderer. And she killed her husband, at that.
Mok Hae Won's dad?
- What the heck? - That's crazy. Really?
Yeah, that's why she's living here. Because her mom went to prison.
No way, it feels so weird.
Aren't you making it up? Who says so?
Hey, who else would say such a thing?
- So who? - Who?
- Who said that?
- Who? - Kim ...
Bo Yeong.
- Kim Bo Yeong? - Kim Bo Yeong?
No wonder, whenever I looked at Mok Hae Won I felt a chill.
Right... but isn't Kim Bo Yeong friends with Mok Hae Won?
Of course, that is why this is true.
- You must be right, then. - Wow, doesn't it make you shudder?
It does make me shudder. So I'm in the same class as a murderer's daughter.
No wonder, her gaze is ...
No way!
So that word, "misunderstanding,"
it's bullsh**t.
Im Eun Seob, sleeping already?
You're drunk, and after drinking two cans of beer.
You really can't drink at all. I'll be going.
No, I'm not drunk.
Oh really? Let me see.
Look, you are drunk.
I guess I can't drink much.
Yes, you really do have a low tolerance for alcohol. Much less than me.
It's raining.
- So I'll be really be going now. - Irene...
Huh?
I'm so glad you came,
Irene.
Aunt, do you have an eyebrow pencil?
- Where are you going this early in the morning? - Me? A part-time job.
- Hi. - You're here early.
Yes. I woke up early.
- You want some coffee? - Sure.
Thanks.
You really do have a low tolerance for alcohol.
That's right.
You just fell asleep after one shot.
I remember up until I fell asleep. After that, nothing.
You slept pretty well. Didn't you say you had insomnia?
Yes. Maybe I'll keep drinking.
- Right, you said that, too. - Said what?
"I'm so glad you came, Irene"?
What?
"I'm so glad you came." You said that.
- I did? - Yes, you did.
You said it pretty fondly.
How have you been, Hae Won?
It's nice to see you.
I'm Bo Yeong.
Has it really been that long for us?
♫ Like a winter dream ♫
♫ You came to me ♫
♫ Like receiving a gift I never expected ♫
♫ That is you ♫
[Bookstore Journal] Good Night Bookstore Blog Private Posts. Posted by Seob. ♫ While watching the snow flowers fall ♫
Irene borrowed "The Wind in the Willows." ♫ I try calling your name ♫
It would be nice if she enjoyed the book, but it would be fine if she didn't.
Of the entire series, I most prefer Patrick Benson's illustrated version.
But one shouldn't say that around the books, as books also have ears.
It's late in the night and I have talked a lot
After all, night is the perfect time to share stories.
I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice Preview ♫ dreaming about two hearts ♫
There are people who never say what they really feel.
Saying it's hard when it's hard, saying they're hurt when they're hurt ...
The pipes burst. I'm leaving this place.
What about me?
Shouldn't you figure out your own future?
I'll just move up to Seoul.
Just spend five days here. Then we can call a repairman, and the house will be as good as new.
Eun Seob!
I felt anxious the entire day.
I was afraid you wouldn't come back.