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(Yoo Ji Tae)
(Lee Bo Young)
(Park Jin Young, Jeon So Nee)
(When My Love Blooms)
I believe...
there's a reason...
why certain people survive.
That it's because there's something only you can do.
So your being alive...
may be a blessing for us.
So, Ji Su,
you can do it all.
You can rest.
You can cry.
If it's too hard,
you don't have to endure it.
Because I'll be by your side.
Why would you be by my side?
I belong in my place,
and you belong in your place.
That's right.
It's obviously a deviation.
Even if you were my first love,
no one can guarantee how the relationship will turn out.
So why can't I...
ignore you?
Why can't I leave you in my memories?
I kept questioning that,
and the answer was in our past.
You said...
I was...
your conviction, your world.
There's something I couldn't say back then.
You were my dream.
Seeing my dream again that I had lost,
I can't discard it...
or run away from it.
Because that's my dream.
Because it's a dream...
Because you'll wake up soon...
I should go now.
Jae Hyun.
Yes?
Sorry to ruin the mood,
but I'm so cold and hungry.
Ji Su.
Are you... Are you mad? Are you?
I thought you were a grown-up,
but you're still a baby.
Jae Hyun, are you mad?
You're not mad, are you?
I'm fine.
Come on. I'm sorry.
Hey. We'll catch a cold.
(Welcome to Central Market)
That's it.
So, this is...
seonji?
Yes.
Like a clump of blood...
that you see...
when you get a nosebleed?
People are so cruel.
They even eat the blood of cows.
Why aren't you eating? It's good.
What?
Can we find this in Seoul too?
I'll treat you when we go back.
It's delicious.
Jae Hyun.
Don't you think we were a little adorable back then?
No.
We were very adorable.
(When My Love Blooms)
(Some events and stories have been modified for dramatic effect.)
(Episode 5)
Get home safely.
Ji Su.
When I said I will be by your side yesterday,
I meant it.
It was just a dream.
It was all a dream.
I woke up from that dream.
- So you should also... - I'm not asking you to start over.
I just want to keep you...
from crying again.
Don't worry.
I only cry in my dreams, not in reality.
Then don't you ever cry again.
I'll come to you if you do.
That sounded like a Christmas carol.
Get some rest.
Where is Seo Kyung?
She didn't come home last night.
You're here. Come on in.
I should get going soon. I have a shoot for a movie.
What time is that?
Around 3pm?
Can you not do that?
It annoys me that you're working with all those girls.
They're not women to me.
I will give you enough money.
I'm not doing this for money.
Then for what?
Well... For self-fulfillment.
What are you, a teenager?
I'll see you next time.
Wait a second.
- Buy whatever you need. - That's okay.
It's not okay.
I don't like your bag.
Throw it out.
Hello, Mr. Chairman.
Where are you?
I'm at home.
Then come over.
Yes, sir. Right away.
Is the preparation for the National Assembly hearing going well?
It is.
I hear everyone is waiting with bated breath...
and debating whether to bury you or pulverize you.
I'll be fine.
Yelling at others is what Assemblymen live for.
Just put your head down and say,
"Honorable Assemblyman."
Butter them up.
You know what I mean, right?
Yes, understood.
Why is Seo Kyung still acting like that?
I told you to sort things out. Haven't you done it yet?
I don't scare you, do I?
I scare myself.
When it comes to my child,
I can't control my temper.
If you hurt my child and make her cry,
I'll kick you out of this house.
I'll kick you out with nothing but the clothes on your back.
Can you handle that?
Hello?
- Mr. Han. - Yes.
Thousands of dollars are being charged...
to Ms. Jang's corporate credit card every few minutes.
Where?
At luxury brand shops in a department store.
How dare you come here?
I thought you wanted me to come.
Were you with that woman?
"It breaks my heart. I feel bad for you."
"Don't you worry. I'll protect you."
Were your eyes filled with pity...
as you filmed a sappy soap opera together?
You're drunk.
But you know, right?
That I was with another man too.
You see... We're even.
So don't act like it's all that serious.
What we do means nothing.
Both you and I are completely stressed out,
so we're relieving stress.
Nothing more,
nothing less.
Right?
Yes, ma'am.
It's such a shame.
I really liked listening to you play.
It is what it is.
It felt good though. It was so cathartic.
So... How much do you think that catharsis cost?
However, how much could be the price for it?
What?
I'm talking about that dress.
I'll find out and let you know.
Are you going to work at another hotel?
Let me know in advance, so I can follow you.
I really don't know...
where to go now.
Cheer up.
You always work hard,
so good days will come soon.
Good days and a good world haven't come yet for me.
I thought they would come sooner.
Never do that again.
Do not...
walk away from me while holding another woman's hand.
You know why I act like that.
Your nails are so soft and weak.
Why are you mean to me?
Do you think you're still intimidating, Dad?
You shouldn't run away from home.
You said I should fight him.
Running away isn't fighting.
I'm no match for him.
I'll go with you.
You're no match for him either.
Then what will you do? Will you never see him again?
No, that's not what I want, but I don't think today is the day.
If today isn't the day, tomorrow won't be either.
I'd like to ask you something.
Why are you so mean to Ji Su?
Must I explain myself to you?
To be honest, whatever reason you may give,
I don't think I can accept it.
Even if she were hit with a flower, I wouldn't be able to stand it.
A warm-hearted prosecutor who helps powerless and neglected people.
A fair prosecutor who only pursues the truth.
A trustworthy prosecutor who gains understanding and trust.
An upright prosecutor who is stricter on himself.
Among the countless prosecutors...
who took an oath to bring justice and warmth,
you are in the highest position.
So please...
treat Ji Su warmly. Please.
Did you say you're pre-law?
Yes, that's right.
Are you preparing for the bar?
I haven't decided yet.
Is that because of your cautiousness...
or because of your conviction?
Neither your cautiousness nor conviction seems good enough.
You should go now.
I don't want to hear or see you anymore.
We should be thankful that he let it go like this.
Hey.
I want you to look into a kid. Do it quietly.
Han Jae Hyun, a pre-law junior.
He seems to be an activist.
Look into his family too.
Okay.
Don't worry.
I won't see him again.
They say the dress costs 3,000 dollars.
Did you enjoy the lesson? Get home safely.
- Goodbye. - Bye.
Excuse me.
Yes? Go ahead.
Are there...
any private lesson spots?
Aren't you giving several private lessons already?
I need money...
desperately right now.
I understand your situation,
but it's not like we have private lessons piled up.
Anyway, I'll let you know if I get any requests.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
(Gig Jobs Avenue)
(Seeking part-time kitchen staff at Damdo Ribs)
(Damdo Ribs)
So, Ji Su,
you can do it all.
You can rest.
You can cry.
If it's too hard, you don't have to endure it.
Because I'll be by your side.
Hi, Young Woo.
Where are you?
Home, of course.
What are you doing?
The dishes.
Where are you? Tell me the address.
If you don't, I'll report you missing.
If you're going to work here, work at my bar.
They pay well.
I'll match it.
Your bar isn't doing well.
Are you giving up on the piano?
You can't abuse your hands like that.
Rubber gloves are nice nowadays.
Why are you working here?
I was doing a gig job at a hotel...
and damaged a designer dress.
Then look into other hotels.
- No. - Why not?
I like doing physical work. I don't have time to think.
And it's pathetic working at a hotel,
all decked out just to make money.
I had to have hotel brunches with the moms,
which was why I wore an annoying mask.
So my life itself was hidden behind a mask,
but I want to show my bare face now.
Actually,
I couldn't tell you before,
but...
your bare face is much better.
Do you mean it?
I mean it. Straight up.
I'm hurt. You're basically saying my make-up is lousy.
Don't you own a mirror?
That's why he's still single.
Wait for me.
I'm sorry for making you come in your busy schedule.
It's fine. What is it?
Well...
We should settle our accounts.
Sure.
I won't say, "I don't need it because I have plenty of money."
That's not me.
I learned since I was young,
to be thorough when it comes to money.
I'll pay you within the week.
Do you think paying for the dress is enough?
Why don't you compensate me for stirring up trouble in my family?
I know what Jae Hyun and you will say.
I have no right to complain...
because I cheated first.
Then keep it at the same level.
Play with Jae Hyun for a short while and dump him.
Make sure he has no pity...
or lingering feelings.
Then I'll call it even for the money...
you owe me.
For your information,
I have zero class.
I'm really good at pulling hair and anything I can grab,
slapping, throwing water,
all of that.
We will begin the National Assembly hearing regarding the firing...
of contract workers and the issuance of stock in borrowed names...
by Hyungsung Group.
Everyone who lent you their names...
confessed that you, Han Jae Hyun,
are the owner-in-fact of their shares.
These shares you purchased in borrowed names...
add up to 30 percent of all the issued stock.
The owner, Chairman Jang San, owns 21 percent.
Full-time employees...
make up less than 60 percent of your workforce.
Why did a company as large as Hyungsung Group...
do such a thing?
Well... I'll find out the details regarding our operations...
and let you know...
What do you know?
Why are you here if you don't know anything?
You should be ashamed.
Furthermore.
You were an activist while you were in college, correct?
I believe labor rights was your pet cause.
Talk about betrayal.
You won't go to the festival?
(May 1994)
No.
Why not? I really want to go.
Then go.
Everyone's going with their boyfriend and girlfriend.
I have the subway labor strike,
the Uruguay Round,
the student government election, and the tuition discussion.
That's all a lie.
I'm going through puberty these days.
What?
I feel like I've been rebelling for no real reason,
swept up by my adolescence,
just imitating the uprising from 1980.
I wonder if I'm just playing politics.
I can't play...
at the festival on top of that.
When will you ever live a relaxed life?
When the world becomes good?
I hope the world will become good real quick.
Silly goose.
I have a meeting in the club room. You can go with me.
We have 100 liberal arts students,
50 science students,
and 40 law students. How about commerce?
How many are coming?
We won't know until Kyung Ho gets here.
If we have 50 commerce students,
we'll have 500.
If we choose...
the 40 best runners for the first 2 rows,
we'll have a basic formation.
500 isn't nearly enough.
Things aren't looking good.
I wonder if we should soften up like the others.
"Revolution. Purge. Annihilation."
We use such strong words.
Sorry,
but kids from my school can't make it.
Why not?
A business management exam was just scheduled.
You little... Tell them to go out and die.
Kids who care about exams can't be activists.
That exam will count a lot toward our grades...
We get grades too.
Do you think I like failing my classes?
It isn't fun for me either.
The leaders are worse.
One studies for the TOEIC,
one gets himself a girlfriend...
It's true we're losing the will to fight.
Since it's a non-military government.
I told you.
Being an activist as a student is like riding a bicycle.
You have to keep pedaling consistently.
Endlessly. If you lose the will, what must you do?
- Just... - Do you...
just want to keep doing it?
- What? - Where is that bike headed?
Where is the destination?
You little punk.
It's because of your rotten reformist ideals...
that the organization is in this rut.
I know that since your grades stink,
you'll never get a job once you graduate,
so you want to try your luck in politics.
Don't use naive kids...
who threw away their books...
to change the world to push your bike.
Hyungsung Group's chairman, Jang San's family,
bought shares in borrowed names,
created slush funds,
and used countless other measures...
to swindle money to benefit themselves.
However, they took...
unethical actions...
such as mass-firing contract workers.
- You must be tired. - Yes.
I guess the shareholders by name only responded...
that their shares are actually Han Jae Hyun's.
They're demanding we remove their names from the shares.
We may just hand out numbers.
If we change the names, we'll have to pay taxes on them.
Seoul Bank says they're still drafting the documents,
so we're pressuring them to hurry.
Anyway, let's say the civil case goes well.
What about the criminal case?
Should I meet with the prosecutor?
- There's no need. - Why not?
I already did.
- I have a question. - Yes, sir.
Why doesn't anyone know that I negotiated with the workers?
Is the PR team not working?
I'll check and fix it right away.
I'm sure they saw.
- Joon Woo. - Yes, sir.
How long has that black car been following us?
Well...
I think since the garage.
- Today? - No, since a few days ago.
- Joon Woo. - Yes, sir.
How long has that black car been following us?
Well...
I think since the garage.
- Today? - No, since a few days ago.
What about the car?
I check every day to see if there's a tracker.
Did you say you like movies?
Yes, sir. Very much.
Shall we go watch a movie?
- Right now? - I know this isn't the time...
to watch a movie,
but I wonder when I'll actually be able to go watch a movie.
I'm in. Absolutely.
(October 1994)
Gosh. How lame. Let's go.
That didn't feel like a movie.
I like action movies with Chow Yun Fat.
Now, that's a movie.
That was so boring.
What a waste of time.
Let's go.
- Let's go. - Gosh, it's pouring.
Wait a minute.
Your arms must be tired.
How did you know I was here?
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I'm not here for you.
I was at a protest and saw the poster, so I ditched.
I wanted to see it anyway.
And the protest was boring.
So that's why I sneezed. Because of the tear gas.
I knew it was you when I heard you sneeze.
You should've sat with me then.
In case the older guys complain.
They demanded a refund.
They expected something like "A Better Tomorrow".
I see.
I liked Leslie Cheung in "A Better Tomorrow",
but I liked him in this too.
I agree.
I hope he acts for a long, long time. Right?
You know...
I hear there are people...
who are bound to meet again, regardless of what happens.
I feel like that's us.
(Payphone)
I'll be home soon, so don't lock the door.
Okay.
Press 1 to page, press 2 to record a message,
and press 3 to change your outgoing message.
Hello, this is Han Jae Hyun, Yoon Ji Su's boyfriend's beeper.
Boys can press 1 or 2.
Girls, please hang up. He's taken.
His girlfriend has a nasty temper...
What are you doing? Do you want a scolding?
Message recorded.
Hello, this is Han Jae Hyun, Yoon Ji Su's boyfriend's beeper.
Boys can press 1 or 2.
Girls, please hang up. He's taken.
His girlfriend has a nasty temper...
How was it?
I think it was very artistic.
Leslie Cheung is very good looking.
- What did you like about it? - Pardon?
I'm a fan of action, so the action scenes?
You were snoring up a storm.
I... I'll get the car.
I heard Leslie Cheung said...
that "Days of Being Wild" was half about him.
Leslie Cheung was like the bird without legs.
Lonely and hopeless. Right?
I agree.
(Seo Kyung)
- Hey. - Where are you?
You know where I am.
What do you mean?
- Did he not report back to you yet? - It wasn't me.
Maybe Dad put a tail on you, but it wasn't me.
Then ask Father where I am.
Stop for a moment.
(Stop for a moment)
I'm behind you.
I'm being followed.
Do you remember what you said...
that day we watched this movie?
People who end up meeting...
regardless of what happens.
(People who end up meeting regardless of what happens)
(Bada Music Academy)
(December 1994)
What is this?
"Let's meet just the two of us."
What does this one mean?
"Let's meet."
You're forcing it.
1010235.
I know this one. "Adore you to bits."
1200.
1200?
"Let's break up"?
It means I'm mad busy.
Okay. You studied hard.
I studied music too.
You studied music?
The end.
What song is that?
"The Child Counting Stars".
Jeong Won Yeong wrote it.
What do you think?
Did you fall asleep?
That song is weird.
Why?
It keeps making me cry.
What's wrong with it?
- Isn't it fun? - Yes, it's super fun.
I want to practice at home.
Is this guitar yours?
No. I borrowed it from next door.
Really? Then I should buy one.
Help me pick one out.
I'll buy it for you.
No, it's okay.
I have money.
Once I get paid for working at the school gate.
I can't accept that.
I'm buying it for you, and that's that.
Let's try again.
Try grabbing the neck.
What are you doing in this sacred room?
I'm learning how to play the guitar.
Hey. He knows nothing about the guitar.
Why are you learning from him?
Ji Su. Have you or have you not seen me play the guitar?
I have.
You have, right? Am I or am I not different from him?
It did look different, but...
Give it to me.
What are you doing?
Give it to me.
Your
Silence
Makes my lips dry
Dong Jin
You've been playing one song for years already.
I only beat up one person
I need to beat you up.
You are wearing out this nice song.
Don't you feel bad toward Yang Hee Eun?
As you turned
And walked away
Rather than say
"I love you"
Hi.
Hello.
Wash your hands and feet.
Yes, ma'am.
What has his mom been up to?
The same old.
She should either be completely ruined...
or get herself a man.
We need her to do one or the other.
Are you sure she doesn't have a guy?
How could she get a guy...
at her age and in her situation?
That's true.
Still, she is very pretty.
I'm sure she has something going on.
Mom.
By the time you see this letter,
I may be dead and gone.
Every day is just too hard.
I think about it again and again, but I can't find the answer.
What's the name of the store?
- Hendrix. - Hendrix.
I really can't picture it.
I can't believe you played the guitar.
Did you have long hair? Were you a head-banger?
Did you wear leather pants and bite your guitar strap?
You're making me want to bite you. Just look for the store.
There it is.
Hendrix.
(Hendrix, Guitar Specialty Store)
- Excuse me. - Excuse me.
Are you here for "Love Letter" too?
Oh my gosh. Ms. Yoon.
Ma'am.
My goodness.
So you're the piano teacher...
the director recommended.
Anyway, come in.
Yes, ma'am.
I'm into this now. It's easy and tastes good.
- It really does taste good. - Right?
There's no need to go to cafes.
Is Se Ri's little sibling the one learning piano?
Yes, she's seven.
She stepped out to get something. She'll be right back.
Did she go with Se Ri?
Se Ri went to Joon Seo's house.
Didn't Young Min go too?
To Joon Seo's?
Yes. He's throwing a party at a hotel...
and invited all the kids...
Oh my. He must have forgotten to invite him.
I'm sure Joon Seo didn't invite Young Min.
They're not close.
Really?
(My son. What are you doing? What did you have for lunch?)
(Ask Dad to buy you something yummy)
Young Min.
Should we transfer schools?
Tell me the truth. What happened?
Nothing happened.
Then why did you write this?
Just because schoolwork was too hard.
Still, you can't think of dying.
Someone bullied you.
No, that's not it.
I'll find out if I go to the school and ask.
I have...
no patience.
I'm the one who hit someone.
I'm really sorry.
- Mr. Han. - Yes?
- Where will you play the guitar? - I'm not telling.
I want to watch too.
Watch what? I haven't played for over 20 years.
Still, I hear your body remembers things like that.
True.
It remembers too much. That's the problem.
What's with the guitar?
I may pick it up again.
Then you should've asked me.
I was really good on the guitar.
Hey. Ask Ji Su if you don't believe me.
I played for her every day in the club room.
That's true. One song for all four years.
At least I mastered one song. That was a feat...
with these ever-soft hands.
I am sorry to Yang Hee Eun though.
I'll apologize to her if I see her in a casual setting,
At least you have a conscience.
Hey. Anyway. So what? You want to play the guitar?
But I don't know if they'll let you.
- Hey, Dong Jin. - Yes?
Let me be...
a selfish jerk just for today.
What?
I'm out front. I need to talk to you.
(Se Hoon)
My son. What are you doing?
What did you have for lunch?
Ask Dad to buy you something yummy.
Mom.
Dad found out about what happened at school.
What brings you here?
I came to bring you something.
A guitar? Why?
I suddenly remembered...
I promised to buy you one years ago.
You know...
I won't accept it.
I do. I know all too well that you won't accept it,
but this was an old promise,
so I thought maybe you might accept it.
But more than that...
I wanted to see you.
My son is in Young Min's class.
I'll go, now that you're here.
(Han Jae Hyun)
("Owner's Only Daughter and a Regular Employee's Romance")
(When My Love Blooms)
Do you regret it?
I couldn't change anything.
But I couldn't save anything that was truly important.
You should take your path.
I'll take mine.
They say I'm having an affair.
You should make him take responsibility for his actions.
I'm not here to threaten you. I'm here to ask you to work with me.
Do what you want to do the most,
or avoid what you fear the most.
This is just the beginning.
It'll be a long battle.