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(Yoo Ji Tae)
(Lee Bo Young)
(Park Jin Young, Jeon So Nee)
(When My Love Blooms)
I'm sorry, Ji Su.
All...
the bad things I've done...
All of your heavy burdens...
I'll take them all with me.
So...
you'll have only good things remaining.
So...
please be happy, Ji Su.
I'm so sorry, Dad.
Dad.
Please tell Mom and Ji Young...
that I'm really sorry.
Okay?
Dad.
Dad!
I wish...
no one else would leave me anymore.
Why are you out here?
I wanted to be by your side.
I felt hopeless too, back then. Like I was left...
all alone in the world.
Don't be too sad.
That way, your father can go in peace.
Okay.
(Yoon Hyung Goo)
(Episode 12)
It's been a while, Jae Hyun.
It's been a while, indeed.
So this is how we meet again.
At this age, this is how people meet again.
Let's not argue today.
When did we ever argue?
We were just a little feisty when we talked to each other.
You guys weren't feisty. You were aggressive.
You want to see something aggressive?
I'm just happy to see us all together like this.
I've been reminiscing old times and missing those days lately.
We always laughed together when we were together.
So we always miss those days.
We all met when Ji Su was around,
and that's why we had a blast.
You can say that Ji Su gave us the happiest moments in our lives.
What about me?
Right. I should say something about you too.
How about I say you gave us the scariest moments in our lives?
Or should I just call you Ms. Scary?
I'd like that.
What? Seriously. Ms. Scary.
Did you meet Mom and Ji Young?
You must be so happy, Dad.
Now I'm left all alone.
Please tell Mom and Ji Young...
to visit me in my dream...
at least once.
Tell them I miss them enormously.
I thought I would be okay.
I thought I had cried enough tears for a lifetime.
But I can't seem to stop crying.
(Yoon Hyung Goo)
It's such a shame he died.
I know.
He would've entered into politics if that accident hadn't happened.
What are you talking about? I was saying it's a shame...
that I couldn't use him as much as I would've wanted.
Oh, I see.
Actually, I can still use him.
Although he's gone,
the facts still remain.
Her father's funeral?
Yes. He stayed at a nursing home for a long time before he died.
Unbelievable.
I bet he felt so bad for her again.
So?
Did Jae Hyun attend the funeral?
Yes, he did.
I guess I can go home comfortably thanks to you, Mr. Kang.
Since I pulled several all-nighters, my eyelids feel so heavy.
They just keep closing.
- I'll drive you home safely. - Thanks.
Jae Hyun said he'd come after one call.
What's taking so long?
Maybe he went to poop again.
I told him to go see a doctor, but he won't listen to me.
Anyway, is Mr. Han all right?
He'll be fine if he gets treated.
That's not what I meant. About Ms. Yoon's father.
What about him?
Am I mistaken? Her father's name was Yoon Hyung Goo.
So? What about it?
Nothing. Never mind.
I'm sorry.
Did you mean...
Did you know that too?
Did you also know that?
Of course. I know all about it.
But I'm surprised. How did you know that?
A few years ago, Mr. Han...
told me to look into what happened to his father.
And I found out the chief prosecutor involved in it had the same name.
Right.
At first, I thought he happened to have the same name,
but some guests at the funeral told me it was him.
What are you doing? Let's get going.
- Yes, sir. - It's okay.
You must be tired, honey.
You must have cried so much...
thinking, "Oh, my poor Ji Su."
You were so brave.
How could you attend her funeral...
when you're having an affair with her?
Let's end this.
Seo Kyung.
Let's end our relationship.
Fine. Do as you wish.
It's odd.
I can't find his toys.
Actually, he gave me those.
He did? When?
The day before he passed away.
He seemed to recognize me.
He said he wanted to give me a gift,
and asked if I like toys like that.
So I said I do.
I'm glad you did.
Your grandpa must've been happy.
He told me to do whatever you say,
cheer you on,
and live happily with you for a very long time.
Is this Grandpa's journal?
Yes, it seems so.
He was sick every day.
When did he write all of this?
I see a lot of Chinese characters.
Your grandpa used to be...
A chief prosecutor?
Correct.
There really are a lot of Chinese characters.
That's so him. My goodness.
Dear Ji Su.
The sun is warm,
and there's a nice, refreshing breeze.
My mind is as clear as the sky today,
so I feel very peaceful for a change.
However,
I always start worrying...
about this and that.
I wonder what yesterday's date was,
what I had for dinner last night,
how I got this red stain...
on my sleeve,
or why the person across the room...
blushed when he saw me.
Because I can't remember anything.
I become worried if I made any mistakes...
when I was not alert,
or if I made a scene and hurt your feelings.
I feel too embarrassed to ask others.
And I'm too afraid...
of what I might hear.
Since I became like this,
whenever I was alert...
as if I woke up from a dream,
I thought and speculated about what might have happened...
as I held onto the world.
I know well how tough your life has been...
until now.
I knew that too well...
to act like I knew.
When Jae Hyun visited me at the nursing home,
I recognized him at once.
Whether I'm alert or not,
I could never forget his face.
He still seemed to be head over heels for you,
and you, who was smiling happily in front of him,
looked like a 20-year-old young lady.
While watching you two,
I felt heavy-hearted.
I need to tell you when I'm alert like today...
why I felt heavy-hearted...
seeing how both of you still felt the same way...
toward each other...
and were happy together.
But no matter how hard I try to muster up the courage,
I couldn't bear telling you in person,
so I'm leaving it in writing.
You knew he was Ji Su's father?
Since when?
Since five years ago.
Listen. His being indicted was...
the main cause of your father's...
Did you see Ji Su while knowing that?
When I met Ji Su again,
I couldn't think of anything but her.
I felt like it was a miracle that I had met her again.
And I met her father at the nursing home not long ago.
That reminded me of all those numerous complaints...
that I found in my father's work bag.
Just the complaints?
When I heard that,
I got so emotional because I was reminded of that empty funeral.
Well, I wouldn't say it doesn't bother me,
but it wasn't Ji Su's fault.
So, does Ji Su know?
She must never know.
I agree.
So keep your lips sealed,
and take up my divorce case.
What are you doing?
You told me to keep my lips sealed.
Gosh. You crazy punk.
So, you've decided to file a lawsuit?
No, not yet.
But I want you to represent me if I do.
I never refused any cases,
and stopped clients from dropping them.
I took on clients of all occupations.
But I really don't want to take on your case.
You said you wanted to live with me.
Do you still feel the same?
I'm happy to hear it,
but what made you feel that way all of a sudden?
Does it have something to do with your withdrawal from school?
I want to make Mom happy.
But Mom probably needs to be with you to be happy.
I want her to get remarried.
But if I'm with her, I would only be in her way.
Does your mom have someone to marry?
I guess she does.
But...
can you wait for a while?
Mom's hurting right now...
since Grandpa just passed away.
So I want to be by her side for a while.
I understand.
Is it okay even if they find out...
that we're meeting like this?
It's okay. They already know everything.
Right. It's pointless to hide it at this juncture.
By the way, Mr. Han,
congratulations on becoming the largest shareholder...
by receiving the shares in your name.
Since Hyungsung Holdings...
owns the most shares of Hyungsung Group,
maybe we should call you Chairman Han now.
Thank you, but I think it's too soon to say that.
Chairman Jang's friendly stake is...
at 36.8 percent excluding our company's pension fund...
and minority holders.
But we have only 35.65 percent,
all three of us combined.
I think I can get an additional 1.2 percent...
at the current price before the next shareholders' meeting.
I think I can get 2 percent.
Let me think. That means...
We'll have 38.85 percent,
and Chairman Jang will have 36.8 percent.
It'll be neck and neck.
Besides, they still have a powerful card.
The current difference in shares is 1.15 percent.
We are ahead by 2.19 million shares at the current price.
How can you say we're ahead...
when the difference is only 1.15 percent?
That's how it seems on the outside,
but the nine percent owned by employees of Hyungsung Holdings...
is all on your side,
and the five percent owned by...
pension funds, trust companies, and banks...
won't take Mr. Han's side.
Therefore, there won't be a problem protecting your management rights...
Hey. What did you say last time?
You said that Jae Hyun should pay...
hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to take those shares,
so he would give in.
But see what happened.
He paid it and took all those shares without a problem.
I didn't expect Seoul Bank to lend him that much money...
Had I known,
I would've said in front of reporters,
"I didn't realize the public awareness had changed."
"I apologize."
"I will donate all my fortune to the scholarship foundation."
I would've apologized publicly, and then...
It would've been only a few months.
It would've been better if I had gone to jail.
I'm sorry.
So, who are the ones that are backing Jae Hyun up?
Yes, sir.
They're Lee Yoo Shin in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province,
and Song In Soo in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province.
Both of them are famous as successful small investors...
"Small investors", my foot.
They're not just aiming to swallow a company,
but the entire group. They're thieves.
Darn it. Why must I worry about such thieves like them?
I get mad at you every day, but it won't end.
Everyone,
listen to me carefully.
Han Jae Hyun is not a pushover.
So... "Because you're the one who pays them,"
"our employees will be on our side."
"The institutional investors will take our side..."
"as we've worked with them for long."
Stop with such stupid assumptions like that,
and start thinking from Han Jae Hyun's perspective.
Think of every possible outcome,
and prevent it from happening. Do you hear me?
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
Hak Soo.
Prepare what I told you about last time.
Yes, I'll do that.
Here's the thing about ants.
They never come to their senses until they get trampled down.
(Petition for Uncontested Divorce)
(Han Jae Hyun, Jang Seo Kyung)
(Petition for Uncontested Divorce)
I'm not sure if you can use this.
Use what?
Yoon Ji Su's father is...
Jae Hyun's father's enemy.
Jae Hyun and that woman...
probably can't see each other with a smile...
if they know...
what happened.
Tell me the details.
I'd like to meet tomorrow.
If you're busy, I'll go to you.
(Petition for Uncontested Divorce)
Jae Hyun gave this to me.
But sorry,
I have no intention of divorcing him.
You don't seem to plan to break up with him either,
so live as a mistress and adulteress for the rest of your life.
I told you, right? I have zero class.
That I'm skilled and humiliating...
and stomping on people.
I know that.
It isn't something that's easy to forget.
Do you have anything else to say?
It must be your thing to act strong.
I wonder if you could maintain that after hearing this.
You hate it when people beat around the bush,
so I'll get to the point.
Did you know that your father...
caused Jae Hyun's father's death?
If you don't believe me, look up the old documents.
See which prosecutor indicted his father.
You keep doing it your way.
I'll keep doing it my way.
I gave Ji Su our divorce papers...
after I ripped it up.
Don't worry. She'll tape it up and bring it back.
If that woman wants you to get a divorce.
I've turned you into a monster.
This is the real me.
Seeing you two do this...
is making me think I should be true to myself.
Did you know that your father...
caused Jae Hyun's father's death?
But no matter how hard I try to muster up the courage,
I couldn't bear telling you in person,
so I'm leaving it in writing.
It was the loneliest wake and funeral in the world.
No one came.
My mom and I had no idea why my father...
did something so drastic.
Not until I saw...
all those complaints in his work bag.
The resentment and anger I had...
caused by the death of my dad...
were actually guilt and longing toward my dad.
As time passed by,
I became more apologetic to him...
and missed him more.
Are you going somewhere?
You're still here.
I was cleaning the car.
If you're going somewhere, I'll take you.
I wanted to walk.
Sure.
- Go home. - Goodnight, sir.
(Jae Hyun)
The person you have reached...
If you're exhausted,
you can give up and sit.
I'll carry you and run.
Just don't...
run away.
(For rent)
I don't think you'll be approved for a loan.
Your credit rating is pretty low,
and you don't have a job that provides insurance.
Above all else, you have a lot of debt,
so a bank loan would be...
Thank you. Please thank the owner for me.
- Okay, I will. - Thank you.
What did you think?
Are we moving?
I was considering it.
Why?
Grandpa told me I have to become happy.
So I want to start with doing what's in front of me.
What are you doing?
- Hello. - Long time no see, Young Min.
- Where are you coming from? - We went to look at a house.
A house?
A house to move to.
You didn't go to school?
I don't go anymore.
Why not?
I withdrew.
You must be happy you don't have to go to school.
Was there anything you wanted to do if you didn't have to go to school?
What about you?
What did you want to do with Grandma and Auntie?
Why are you asking me? He asked what you want to do.
You couldn't do a lot because of me,
so I want you to do what you want.
He's all grown up.
There were so many.
Grandpa was so strict, so I couldn't do anything until I was in college.
Then when I was in college,
your aunt was in high school.
When your aunt went to that great school like a good girl,
I was busy.
I ran away from home because I hated Grandpa.
Really?
Grandma, Auntie, and I were supposed to go...
to the salon together,
department stores, and bars...
We were supposed to take sticker pictures, which were popular,
and go to karaoke rooms, which had just popped up,
and to amusement parks.
Okay. Let's go.
Do you see it? Go.
Shoot.
You got it.
Nice.
Does Jae Hyun know you're moving?
- Not yet. - Why not?
This brings back memories.
Remember when you and Hye Jung came to see me...
when I was living in the countryside?
(Spring 1996)
Ji Su!
You brat.
You're terrible.
I was looking all over for you.
I was so worried about you!
Ji Su, seriously.
Seriously.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
My instincts told me that Young Woo knew.
So I tailed him for a few days,
and he went to the intercity bus terminal.
She suddenly plopped down in the seat next to me,
and I thought my heart was going to stop.
You should be grateful that I was quiet on the bus.
I wanted to kill you.
My only crime is doing what Ji Su asked.
- Hey. - True.
This girl is the problem.
My dad didn't leave for a good reason,
so he didn't get severance.
And he isn't well psychologically.
So my uncle said he'd manage the compensation payment,
but I can't reach him anymore.
What? That's messed up.
So we have nothing.
No money or people.
That's why you should come to Seoul.
I'll live with you.
It's comfortable here.
The cost of living is cheap.
There's a beach nearby.
And above all else,
there are no department stores.
This place is too sad.
Ji Su is sad. The ocean is like a collection of tears.
This place is way too sad.
Please tell us if it's too hard for you.
You have Hye Jung...
and you have me.
I know.
That's why...
I'm okay.
You are not okay.
Your hands that played the piano are now peeling garlic.
It pays surprisingly well.
"The warm weather tree, the crape myrtle, had survived"
"It did not fall even through violent storm after storm"
"It hung red flowers on its branches"
"Like the hail that poured down"
"That summer, I was standing in the middle of a violent storm"
"That summer, my despair hung red flowers as if it were a game"
"But I did not fall even through several storms"
"When the tough flowers that cling on and climb up"
"And pull out weeds when they fall to the ground"
"Blanketed the small yard with the color of blood"
"My despair ended as if it were a game"
"Ji Su."
"I pray with all my heart"...
"that the hard times you must be suffering through right now"...
"will end today, or tomorrow morning at the latest",
"as if it were just a game."
"I hope you will be yourself until the day we meet again."
From Chuncheon, Han Jae Hyun...
sent us Lee Seong Bok's poem "The End of That Summer"...
along with his story.
The song he requested...
is Andre Gagnon's "Comme Au Premier Jour".
It's heartbreaking when I think about Jae Hyun,
but it's all in the past.
He's still hurting now.
Because he didn't know anything...
and didn't do anything while that happened to his dad.
But all of that was my fault.
He was arrested because of me,
he left home and was on the run because of me,
he was dragged into the army because of me.
Because I went missing,
he spent all of his time looking for me while out on leave.
- Because of me... - So it's my fault.
What happened to Jae Hyun...
- is really my fault. - What do you mean?
I turned him in when the cops were looking for him.
Why did you do that?
I hated you suffering...
because of him.
Then and now, seeing you suffer...
is the toughest thing for me.
But after he was arrested...
and I saw you two break up,
I wasn't glad or relieved.
I was miserable.
Guilt lasts longer...
than wounds.
The guilt kept me from ever telling you how I felt.
On my way home after turning him in,
I realized...
it would...
not work out between us.
So don't feel guilty.
I know better than anyone.
I need to tell you something.
Ji Su won't take your calls, will she?
Did something happen to her?
She found out about what happened between her father and yours.
She made me promise not to tell you, but...
So why are you telling me?
You knew...
about her father, didn't you?
When I first heard,
I was worried about her too,
but I thought a lot about you.
I wondered how you endured...
all this time with a wound like that.
Are you sure you're okay?
If you're asking if I can endure it,
I'm okay.
Everything's okay now.
When I look at you and Ji Su,
it's like you live on the other side of the mountain.
In a place...
where I can never go or live.
That's why... Although there's nothing I can do,
I wonder why the two of you...
keep having bad things happen to you.
And why the two of you...
are so alike.
Just be blunt.
You wonder how we have such crummy luck.
I'm by your office.
Are you there by any chance?
I'll go there.
Where are you?
In front of your house.
Then let's meet in the middle, at that park from last time.
I wanted to give this to you.
It's my dad's journal.
I think you need it more than I do.
Why are you...
Because it may help you in this prolonged fight.
It talks about Chairman Jang.
And...
because I want to end my fight too.
As I read the journal,
I found out that my dad indicted your father.
I've been fighting by myself since then.
Ji Su 1 fights Ji Su 2...
and sometimes Ji Su 3 makes an appearance too.
I wonder if I should leave again, if I should ignore it,
if I should tell you everything and await my punishment...
They keep fighting inside my head,
but I can't come to a conclusion.
Now,
I really don't want anyone to leave me anymore, but...
I even thought about being utterly ridiculous...
and ask you for advice.
But now that I actually see you, I can't face you.
Ji Su.
If anyone is to blame...
for what happened to my father,
it must be me.
Your father asked me to see him...
a few days before he passed away.
He remembered everything from the past and told me.
The person that your father hated the most...
was me.
If I hadn't run away with you back then,
he would not have been so enraged.
And that rage would not have led to my father's indictment.
Five years ago, I was too foolish...
to realize that.
I couldn't resent or forgive anyone.
I was just flustered.
It looks like your father, who was being pressured...
by the company, lost his last ounce of hope...
when he was indicted for illegal union dissolution.
Did you find out which prosecutor indicted him?
Yes. But I heard it was under unusual circumstances.
The prosecutor who was investigating...
your father's complaint against Hyungsung...
was suddenly transferred out of the city,
and a new prosecutor was assigned the case.
Your father was indicted immediately afterward.
They say that usually happens if the prosecutor...
defies someone higher up.
Anyway, the new prosecutor...
was Yoon Hyung Goo, the chief prosecutor...
Who was the chief prosecutor?
(Chief Prosecutor Yoon Hyung Goo)
Chief prosecutor Yoon Hyung Goo.
After I met you again...
and saw your sick and weak father,
my feelings were conflicted again as they were back then.
But that's when your father asked to see me.
But what struck me the most from what he said that day,
more than his apology and request for forgiveness...
What will stay with me much longer...
was his request to make sure that his child doesn't hurt anymore.
You are too precious to me too.
Your father and I want the same thing.
Your becoming happy...
is the only way this misery can end.
I realized that on that day.
Because I have to become happy...
I don't want to repeat the most painful mistake...
I had ever made in my life.
It's darker and steeper.
But the gate is pretty.
Is it?
I should get a security camera installed again.
I should bring the one from the old place. It's expensive.
Young Min needs his own room now that he's in middle school,
I need my own room,
and I plan to make my dream come true in the remaining room.
I'm going to start a piano school.
Not an academy, but a school.
You're making your dream come true pretty quickly.
Sort of.
I've always been quick with things.
Aren't you coming?
They signed a lease for that house.
Is the deposit from their current place sufficient?
I'm not sure.
They said they can't tell me how much she's paying.
When will I ever get to drink with my son?
You said you don't want me to grow up quickly.
That's right.
You're growing up so quickly even now, that it makes me sad.
How will you run a piano school?
You don't even have a piano.
I have enough money to buy a piano.
You do?
Yes.
If I give lots of private lessons for a few days.
For how many days?
About a month?
So did we just move first without a plan?
I was a bit busy.
I was just too flustered,
so I had to settle my feelings,
and coax them, and whatnot.
Are you okay now?
Now, let's live together with a new attitude...
in a new house and have fun.
Cheers?
Cheers.
(Hendrix, Guitar Specialty Store)
(Acoustic guitars, electric guitars, classical guitars)
- Excuse me. - Excuse me.
Are you here for "Love Letter" too?
- Don't you have work to do? - I'm super busy.
- Do you like me that much? - Yes.
- Did you come to get a guitar? - No, a piano.
A piano? Why?
To donate to a piano school that I know.
- I have a piano. - Liar.
I mean it.
You didn't have one in your old place.
I bought a new one.
How did you buy a piano when you barely paid rent?
You looked into it, didn't you?
You're totally a stalker.
How did you make rent?
The owner and I settled on a half-deposit lease.
It's just a glorified way of saying it's a monthly rental.
It'll be tough every month.
When wasn't it tough?
So let me donate the piano.
No.
You can pay me back after you start your school.
How much will you charge?
Since there's no rent for the school and no salaries to pay,
maybe like 50 dollars?
How much do other piano schools charge?
About 120 or 130 dollars?
Then pay me back slowly.
Hold on. Let me do the math.
There's a used piano that I have my eyes on.
That's 1,820 dollars. 50 dollars a month.
If I start with 5 students, that's 250 dollars.
If I pay back 100 dollars a month, in a year...
You'll only be able to pay for the piano every month.
Hold on.
Let's just go and look at it first. Okay?
Let's go.
It's pretty.
I forgot. I was just trying it on.
- Keep it on. - I don't want to. It's too much.
You know if you don't wear it, I'll have to throw it away.
You know I never return or exchange anything.
I'll check every single day.
I'll have to wear tops with high necks.
Then...
I'll want to check even more.
(Demolish)
(When My Love Blooms)
What you're trying to do is illegal.
I'll keep harassing you and threatening you.
Until you leave Jae Hyun.
Stay with Ji Su.
Don't make her stand there by herself.
We can't live together during a divorce proceeding.
Do as you wish.
When did your relationship grow deeper again?
Who cares? I was going to discard him anyway.
Whether it's a dog fight, whether I scratch or bite,
I'll do whatever it takes to win.