Byun Kang Chul!
You came to give me the rattle?
Do Hee, look. He's giving me the rattle...
Hey!
I came to see you, Kang Ho Goo.
I'm going to settle things with you once and for all.
Byun Kang Chul, don't do this to Ho Goo.
Talk to me!
Open the door!
What do you mean?
Who is it that you like?
Who exactly is it that you like?
Why do I have to tell you that?
Tell me.
I need to hear it.
I don't want to feel like this anymore because of you.
No matter what, I need to put an end to this today.
So tell me.
The one you like...
Is it Do Hee?
Yeah.
I like Do Hee.
Why?
How is that possible?
Kang Ho Goo...
You can't do that.
You shouldn't do that.
I know that I shouldn't have these feelings.
For your sake, I know I need to stop.
Still, I like Do Hee.
I can't stop.
So...
you like Do Hee more than me?
We are making so many people suffer, right?
Hey, men!
Open the door!
Why are you leaving me out of the conversation?
Open the door!
You better open the door!
Byun Kang Chul, let's step out.
This is Ho Goo's house. Let's step out, so we can talk.
Hey!
Byun Kang Chul...
Byun Kang Chul!
I said let's talk!
Talk about what?
I have nothing to say to you.
What were you talking about with Ho Goo?
You don't need to know. It's got nothing to do with you.
So what did you talk about?
Forget it.
I don't want to waste my time on this anymore.
Hey...
Hey!
Excuse me.
Hey!
- Open the door. - I'm dying, my back...
This is why you need to sleep at home...
- I need to pull out, so move your car. - Okay, I'll move it.
Who's this?
Aren't you Do Do Hee?
Oh my... Reporter Go, it's been a while.
Yeah, it's been a while. It's been too long.
I almost didn't recognize you with your glasses.
I went several times to your training, but I missed you each time.
- Who knew I would see you here? - I know so strange...
- It's like you've been waiting for me here. - It must be fate.
But who's the baby?
It's my friend's baby.
- I came to visit a friend... - I see.
It's not your baby?
Your sense of humor hasn't changed at all.
The baby is so cute.
Just like you.
What's the baby's name?
Huh?
Baby's name...
You don't know your friend's baby's name?
The baby still doesn't have a name.
Damn.
Of course, I know his name.
His name is...
What was it again? His name...
- Geum Dong. - Geum Dong?
Yes, Geum Dong.
What kind of a name is that for a baby?
Who would name their baby like that?
Geum Dong!
Hey, did you wait long?
Geum Dong, come here...
Geum Dong...
- Do Hee, you should go. - Okay.
What are you doing? Let's go.
Me?
Geum Dong, go to daddy.
Let's go. Let's go in.
It's time for his nap. We need to feed him.
- And change his diaper, too. - Why should I change his diaper?
Get in.
I can't stand this...
He's still so immature.
Why should I do this...
Be quiet!
This is why your wife ran away from home.
Please move your car.
Okay...
- Bye, Do Hee. - Okay...
Hey, Kang Ho Goo...
Do you even have a driver's license?
Of course, I got it right after my college entrance exam.
It's my first time driving since then.
Hey, you just came on the highway.
- Change the lane. - Okay...
Change the lane now!
- Not that, the one on the left! - Stop screaming.
Why...
Move it down... Up...
My name is Ho Goo.
This isn't it.
I must be a fool.
Stop the car.
Why are you stepping on the gas?
[Take good care of the belly button.]
Please tell Coach So I say hello.
You have to interview with me first when you make a comeback.
Of course, you're the first on my list.
You've gotten even prettier.
You should get married while you are at your prime.
Instead of watching other people's babies.
Don't just say that.
Why don't you introduce me to someone?
Do you want to meet my cousin, then?
- He's a dentist. - Your cousin?
Then he must look like you, right?
Yeah...
He looks a bit like me.
He's got a big build, and he's tall.
No, thank you, then.
I care a lot about a guy's looks.
It's getting so late.
I'll get going then.
That fox, she's so sly...
That hyena, I'll never get found out by you.
Kang Chul, nobody followed us, right?
We lost that reporter, right?
If you were him, would you follow us to the Unification Observatory?
Thank goodness...
At least we got rid of that reporter.
How long has Reporter Go been following Do Hee?
Reporter Go? That's his name?
Since when?
It's been a while...
Since she was at the motel. That's why she came to my house.
Who's this?
It's Do Hee!
Where are you? What about Reporter Go?
That's why you shouldn't be roaming around!
You want to get expelled from this field?
What the heck... What the heck is this smell?
Why do my thighs feel so warm?
Geum Dong, did you poop?
You must have pooped a lot.
Stay still...
Smells sweet...
Not there.
- Then here... - Not there, either.
Put him right here.
Hey! How can I put a baby on the floor?
- His head is still very soft. - He pooped!
Do you know how generous I'm being...
by letting that poop come into my house?
What?
Poop?
Are you saying that our Geum Dong is poop?
Come here.
Where are you going?
Hey, Kang Ho Goo.
Get that thing off my bed right now.
What?
This?
Okay!
Where's Reporter Go?
- What did you do with the baby? - I handled it for now.
Ho Goo took the baby.
I can't live like this anymore.
Were you able to contact the adoptive parents?
Their emigration date has been pulled up, they'll pick up the baby today.
Today?
- That soon? - Soon?
Even if they take him now, it wouldn't be too soon.
Where did he take the baby?
My baby, did you poop a lot?
Did it feel good?
You are sleeping like an angel.
Come here, and look. He sleeps so well.
You look at him.
When is Do Do Hee coming?
Come in.
I should have aired out the place. I told you to get fresh air in.
You had a friend like this?
How can you afford to live in a place like this at such a young age?
He used to be the school president.
He's a lawyer now.
Wow...
He's the baby's father.
Wow...
You, jerk!
You damn, jerk! How could you?
I'm not the father, really...
Who would admit to it? You damn jerk!
Coach So, let go! It's not him!
Are you taking his side because he's the father?
- I'm disappointed in you! - Coach!
- Let go! - Do Hee, move.
What are you going to do?
You damn kid...
I'm seriously going to kill you...
Seriously...
Damn...
Come to the pool. We'll fight it out there.
We're not right for each other. Stop coming to see me.
Just meet me once!
Just give it a try!
Now you're showing your true colors.
I want to continue to see you, Kang Chul.
So please just meet with me.
Whining won't work here.
You don't need to be my boyfriend.
Just let me stay by your side, I won't bother you.
Don't you have any pride?
So boring.
All dramas are the same...
Single moms and giving up the baby...
That's the fun of it all.
What's wrong with you these days?
Acting like a burnt squid.
Dad, I'm going to quit my studies.
A masters in psychology doesn't suit me.
- And what? - I'll just get a job selling squid.
No, I should just keep making a fool of myself.
That's what I'm good at.
Shut up!
Shut up.
Go to your room to say that kind of nonsense.
Their contract is about to come to an end.
Who's that? Is she a celebrity?
The agency replied they're in the middle of negotiations...
You don't know her?
That's Do Do Hee, the National Mermaid.
Yeah?
She looks a lot like Ho Goo's girlfriend.
What?
Ho Goo's girlfriend is that pretty?
Kang Ho Goo has a girlfriend?
Yeah, he finally got himself a girlfriend.
She's so pretty.
She looks exactly like that.
- Ho Goo's girlfriend... - What?
They will not tolerate any baseless rumors.
And they may be prosecuted legally.
Does it hurt? Hold still.
How can he do this to your neck?
Seriously, it's not him. What's wrong with you?
Anyway, the two of you did date at one point?
Yes, I'm sure they dated before.
Anyway, after the baby gets adopted tonight...
I'm going to interrogate you, so you better be prepared.
The baby?
You decided to put up Geum Dong for adoption?
Yeah, the adoptive parents will come to this house later.
What?
Why are they coming to my house?
Where else can they come?
To his house when his entire family is there?
Or to my bachelor's pad that's smelly and messy like a pigsty?
I can't go anywhere with Geum Dong because of Reporter Go.
Please do this for me just for today.
Fine, but you can only sit in the designated areas.
Don't touch my stuff.
Most importantly...
don't ever touch my trophies.
Damn jerk, now I feel like touching it because he said not to.
But since when did he become Geum Dong?
What's this?
String the seashells together...
and make a necklace for her...
My assistant, sir...
This is for you.
Thanks.
How is the project coming along?
Pretty well...
If I finish this, all the background work will be done.
I see.
Then...
Should we talk about who the father of Do Do Hee's baby is?
I don't know, either.
I really don't know.
I really don't know anything! I know nothing.
Wait...
- Is it Ho Goo? - No.
You saw the baby, too. He looks nothing like Ho Goo.
No. Wait...
Why is Do Do Hee Kang Ho Goo's girlfriend?
Explain it to me.
You see...
Something came up...
Forget it. Just tell me the facts.
Yeosoo, staying out all night, drunken squid episode...
That was all Do Do Hee.
Do Do Hee...
This girl...
Don't you have to work?
It's the weekend. I have no work.
You don't have friends to meet, either?
Friends? What's that?
Is that food?
Kang Ho Goo, the bed isn't one of the designated areas.
I know.
My designated area is the second section on the sofa.
Then get off.
I know.
I know, but the sofa is too small.
I can't lay down with Geum Dong.
If he goes now...
I don't know when I'll get to see him again.
Can I use your bed?
This damn heart...
This is my last chance, Byun Kang Chul...
Fine.
Do what you want.
But...
Don't change his poopy diapers there, never.
Why are you being like this?
Please don't do this...
Hey, Do Do Hee!
What are you doing here? Why are you in there?
Your bathtub is so nice.
It's been so long since I've been in a bathroom with a bathtub.
There are no bathtubs at the motel or Ho Goo's house.
I never got to bathe Geum Dong.
Stop talking to yourself out loud.
I wanted to bathe him just once before he got adopted.
But it was too cold back then.
But it's so warm here.
And so spacious.
I know.
It looks so warm there.
- Our Geum Dong... - Just this once...
- I wish I could give him a warm bath... - I wish I could give him a warm bath...
Do it. Bathe him.
Bathe him!
- Really? - Really?
But don't let him pee in the bathtub.
So are you saying...
that you like Do Hee more than me?
Tell me.
You like Do Hee more than me?
I'm asking you.
How do I know that?
What?
How can you compare how you feel about different people?
- It's different for each person. - What?
Different for each person?
So you are saying you can't say anything?
Hey, Kang Ho Goo...
Are you aware of how abnormal your behavior is?
I know.
I know that I'm stuck between the two of you...
And that it's very strange.
Still, I can't help it right now.
If I don't do this, the baby will get hurt.
I need to be the strange one to be able to see the baby.
Men...
Woman...
Now, you love the baby, too?
Kang Ho Goo, stop getting me involved in your abnormal emotional mess.
I'm not going to let you do this anymore.
The best water temperature is between 38 and 40 degrees.
How hot is that?
It says to test with your elbow.
Let me try.
Is it warm?
- Yeah, it's warm. - Is it ready then?
But I heard you can't get water in the baby's ears.
You have to block his ears with your thumb and middle fingers.
- Watch him carefully. - Okay.
He's going in.
- Use that to wash him. - Okay.
You like it?
Look at him smiling.
His feet, too.
Let's wash up nice and clean, and say hello to your parents.
It's time the umbilical cord stump fell off.
I know.
I guess we won't be able to see that before he goes.
We are done.
- He must be happy. - Look at him smiling.
I know.
It feels good?
Gently...
- Ho Goo, a little more warm water. - Warm water?
Hey...
Why is the shower head angry all of a sudden?
You are so dumb.
It's called an adjustable shower head.
- You've never seen it? - Good thing you are here.
Hold that while you are here, I need to go clean over there.
- Why should I? - Byun Kang Chul, lower that.
Why should I?
Yeosoo.
Staying out all night.
And the drunken squid episode...
Do Do Hee is the cause of all these things?
- Yes, yes... - She's his girlfriend then?
- No, never. - No way...
They were just kind of seeing each other...
- Then it broke off. - Why?
- You see... - Because of Byun Kang Chul?
How did you know...
Byun Kang Chul? Who's that?
Some arrogant kid.
- But how do you know Byun Kang Chul? - Because of his arrogance.
Kang Ho Kyung, are there any guys you don't know?
Love is blossoming everywhere in the Korean Peninsula...
Kang Ho Goo... Do Do Hee... Byun Kang Chul...
What are those three up to?
- Do Hee. - Yeah?
Is this your first time at Kang Chul's place?
Yes, of course.
How can you not bring your girlfriend to your place even once? Heartless dude.
Hey, I told you I'm not!
I'm not the baby's father!
Okay, okay. I got it.
Hey, Do Hee. Explain it to him!
It's not him. It's not Kang Chul.
- Hey, hot water. - Defend a bit more enthusiastically!
Ho Goo, Kang Chul is... Hey, don't let the water get into his ear.
He's not the father of Geum Dong.
Yes, yes. Of course.
Hey, put that down and try stirring.
So that it mixes well.
Like this?
- You can do better than that! - Like this?
The 'belly button'... (Same word as the umbilical cord stump.)
It came off!
What? The 'belly button'?
- Why... why would this fall off? - You did it, Byun Kang Chul!
No, why would I do that! No!
It... it just fell off from here.
Hey, Do Hee. I didn't do it. I swear!
It's not reattaching!
Hey, then...
Does he have to live without a belly button for the rest of his life?
He'll become an adult.
Now that his 'belly button' has fallen off.
- What? - The stump is supposed to fall off.
If it doesn't fall off, there can be complications.
The 'belly button' is supposed to fall off?
I should give this to the adoptive parents.
They're really going to like it.
I heard that they make seal stamps from those stumps these days.
Yes. Umbilical cord seal stamps.
I guess they would make it for him.
You're so lucky, Geum Dong!
But seriously, Kang Chul is so ignorant.
You graduated from Seoul University, and you don't even know this?
Seoul National University doesn't teach you that kind of stuff.
Then was it true? That you donated money to get in?
What are you talking about?
- Must've cost you a lot... - Hey, that's illegal here.
- Hey, I heard they frame it as well. - Frame it?
Then we should ask the adoptive parents later...
'Belly button' the frame? Frame the 'belly button'?
A 'belly button' frame!
- Yay, let's go. - We're done.
The ex-lover.
The guy she's flirting with at the moment.
And... a woman.
I sense some real danger in this situation.
- I do smell something... - Right?
- You think so too, right? - The smell of your alcohol!
In broad daylight...
Where did you even start drinking?
How can I remain sober?
When this B-rated scandalous drama is playing out right in front of my eyes?
And they're people of interest to me on top of that.
Well, I guess you're right.
From the way I see it...
The most pitiful person here is...
the guy she's flirting with right now. Your brother.
- Why? - Think about it.
You're flirting with a 'squid,' and your ex-lover enters the scene.
But he happens to be a lawyer.
Not just any lawyer, but from 'Gap and King.'
Even I would switch over.
Do Do Hee, you wench!
But what's Byun Kang Chul doing right now?
No idea. He's the one who wanted to have a meeting during the weekend...
but he was totally absent-minded and just left first.
Could it be...
That they all already met each other?
Oh dear, a bloody battle is on the horizon.
I think Geum Dong has some rash on his butt.
Why?
Kang Chul told us not to get anything on his bed.
Right...
Then I guess we can't apply this right now...
Just apply it.
I'm going to change the sheets anyway.
And he's going to leave anyway, so apply it on him.
'He's going to leave anyway?'
Byun Kang Chul, don't you talk nicely.
Hey, Ho Goo.
You're the one who said it first!
Chirp chirp, baby chick.
Hey, Ho Goo. You keep severing the flow of our conversations...
Tadang Tadang, Hunter. Waddle Waddle, Duck.
What are you guys doing? I'm trying to talk here!
Do Do Hee, prepare to go out.
Director Park wants to see you.
Do Do Hee, prepare to go out.
Director Park wants to see you.
It's good, right?
What's wrong with...
Put on some more makeup, so that he doesn't find out you just gave birth.
Seriously! Is it written on my face that I gave birth?
It is written on your face!
She really catches on fast. You know how Director Park is.
Hey, if the company finds out about you having given birth, you're done for.
While you were away, it was the company that blocked all the rumors
that Reporter Go spread everywhere online.
Why do you think they bothered to defend a stuck-up forever-second-place athlete?
It's all because you still have commercial value for them.
So show them you're still going strong, that you're still a good investment
and that you're still pretty!
It's what you have to do after being gone for six months!
What do you think? Do I look like someone who gave birth?
- No, you're pretty. - Yes, you're pretty swollen.
- You're pretty. - Your face is about to burst.
Director Park Soo Chung.
The CEO of Phoenix, Korea's largest agency for athletes.
The person who paved the road for sports marketing in Korea...
The Godmother, or more like the Creator figure
for the athletes.
She's the one who saved Do Do Hee...
who was hidden in Mansae High after she lost her parents in an accident.
Wow. Chung Jae, you're a genius. How do you know all that?
This is basic knowledge in the online community for Do Do Hee.
I've been doing this for the past six years.
It's basic manners to know this much about someone you like.
But you like Ho Kyung.
- How did you know? - Who wouldn't? Everyone knows.
Does Ho Kyung know?
Ho Kyung is the one who told me.
- No. You've got the wrong information. - Yeah, right.
No, really.
How are your toes so plump and soft?
Almost like rice cakes.
Are you sure these are not rice cakes?
Then I'm going to have a bite.
Munch, munch, munch...
Geum Dong. You haven't seen the 'belly button' yet, right?
It's your 'belly button.' Doesn't it look strange?
Did you know? If you cry and then laugh again...
Your belly button will fall off.
If the belly button falls off...
You have to disinfect it well...
What are we going to do?
I won't be able to clean your belly button for you from now on.
But...
Your adoptive parents will clean it well for you.
So you shouldn't get any infections, okay?
Your mom must be here.
You're back?
Say hi. These are the adoptive parents of Geum Dong.
So I guess this meeting is to cancel our exclusive contract with Do Do Hee
and replace it with a new contract with Han Sung Shil.
Is that correct?
Yes, that is correct, Director.
- Why? - Excuse me?
Tell me why we should replace Do Do Hee with Han Sung Shil.
Well, Do Do Hee was gone for a long time...
and there has been a lot of rumors about her whereabouts during that period.
And more than anything, Han Sung Shil is an amazing athlete
and we thought that she would be a better asset for the company...
I agree. The trend these days are 'fresh faces.'
It's about time Phoenix had a new face to represent them.
Rather than a pretty face that you're bored with
a 'fresh face' like me is where it's at these days.
Aren't 'fresh' and 'interesting' two different things?
But... to continue our contract with Do Do Hee is a bit...
Yes. The public opinion and the rumors are really bad these days...
Which public opinion and rumors?
Are you talking about the one about her giving birth?
Athlete Do Do Hee.
Did you have a baby?
Are you talking about the one about her giving birth?
Athlete Do Do Hee.
Did you have a baby?
No.
She says she didn't.
How can you trust what she says? Of course you would say you didn't.
- It's already all over the internet... - So, what you're saying is...
As one of the directors of Phoenix
you'd rather trust rumors than your own athlete.
About that rumor regarding Do Do Hee...
If that turns out to be true, I'll resign from this post.
So, going forward, I hope I don't have to...
attend meetings like this to cancel contracts over...
some unsubstantiated rumors.
Do you have anything more to say?
Director Park! Then... what about my contract?
I... I'm not into 'interesting' things.
Tell her to come in. You can step outside for a bit.
Okay.
I'm sure you've prepared something to say. Go ahead.
Director Park.
I'm sorry I put you in a difficult position.
Not that.
If the company gets hurt by this in any way
- I will take full responsibility... - Not that.
Maybe it's better that I just leave just as the other directors suggested...
Not that.
Twice. No, I'll work three, four times harder!
I'll work my butt off!
I'm going to make it to the Olympics!
And I swear... I'll win a gold medal!
By doing that... I'll crush all of them.
I can do it.
Come here.
Let me give you a hug.
Aren't you going to ask me what I've been up to?
You told me you had to get a surgery for hemorrhoids.
Why would I ask anything more?
It doesn't matter... what you did.
As long as... you're back.
You... gained a bit of weight.
I'll lose it. I'll lose it, Director Park.
He's cute just like in his picture.
Isn't he cute? He'll be good-looking because he looks after his mother.
You said the mother is an unmarried university student, right?
Is it a 4-year university? A university in Seoul?
Yes, she's from a decent university.
She got knocked up by another student studying for his bar exam.
That's some decent educational background.
After going through this adoption process multiple times...
you just can't ignore the genes.
It's a headache if the kid is not smart, not to mention the cost.
A pretty face is good enough for a girl...
A girl?
- Geum Dong is a boy. - What?
Do Hee! Aren't you done yet?
Geum Dong's adoptive parents are here.
Anyway, call me when you're done.
I like sons! Raising a girl is much more complicated.
It's bothersome and they cost more, too!
What about around the house? Daughters can help out!
Coach, why are you telling them a lie? That Do Hee is a university student?
They say adoption is faster that way.
What should I have said? That the mother is a national swimmer?
No, but...
But they're weird.
The way they're talking about educational background
and the way they're fighting over the sex of the baby.
We're not breeding kittens here.
This is the best solution for Do Hee.
If this drags on any longer, there's no way out.
If this doesn't work, are you going to take full responsibility?
Never mind.
Just go and buy a stuffed animal or something.
What stuffed animal...
There's nothing I've done for Geum Dong...
I just feel bad...
Just go and buy a big stuffed bear that kids would like.
You can just raise him up as you would a daughter.
That's what I'm saying. Why are you being so stubborn?
- I told you I want a daughter! - There's no difference these days...
Ho Goo, where are you? Who are you with?
I'm in front of Kang Chul's place, and I'm with a bear.
What?
- Ho Goo. - Do Hee.
- What about Geum Dong? - He's at home.
He's with the potential adoptive parents. But... something's off.
Let's hurry up and go.
What?
Why?
Geum Dong!
What about Geum Dong?
He's gone. The adoptive parents took him.
Why?
What are you talking about?
If the adoptive parents decide to take him, they can.
Hey, I just cleaned that...
I thought of waiting for you.
But there's nothing good that could come out of watching him leave.
And they might find out you're his mother.
He'll be fine. They looked like nice people.
They looked highly educated, and they seemed to have a lot of money.
Good for him.
I'm glad.
What about the company? What happened?
Did everything work out well with Director Park?
Yes.
We decided to start my training tomorrow.
Phew, that's a relief.
Is this chaos finally over?
I know, right?
It's all over now.
I'm entering the Athlete Training Center tomorrow!
I think I need a few medical checkups.
And get me on some tight regimen.
I need to lose some weight first.
So put Korean food in my diet regimen.
Three hours of cardio a day...
and an hour of lifting weights.
And...
I...
I think there's something off about those people.
The way they spoke to Geum Dong was weird...
and so were their behaviors. So many things were weird about them.
Ho Goo. Everyone's a bit weird in their own ways.
You're weird, and I'm weird. Everyone is weird in some way.
Do Hee.
Something's really off.
I really don't feel good about this. Why don't we look into them more...
What about after we looked into them?
Bring Geum Dong back?
No, that's not what I'm saying...
There are no places that accept babies that are no longer newborns.
And nobody wants boys these days.
That's not what I'm saying...
What if we brought him back...
and never find adoptive parents for him. What are you going to do then?
Who's going to be responsible for that?
My life is going to be done for, trying to find a life for him.
If I continue like this...
I'll never become a member of the national team again.
No, listen to me. The 'belly button!'
Those people... they... the 'belly button.'
They threw away Geum Dong's 'belly button!'
I told them to keep it preciously, because it belongs to Geum Dong.
But they threw it away!
I... asked them to make a seal stamp with it...
but they just threw it away.
I think they're really weird people.
I really have a bad feeling! I think they're bad people...
If you're a mom or a dad, how can you throw this away like this!
Geum Dong, you're so lucky.
The 'belly button' is supposed to fall off.
The 'belly button' is supposed to fall off?
But seriously, Kang Chul is so ignorant.
- Hey, I heard they frame it as well. - Frame it?
Then we should ask the adoptive parents later...
'Belly button' the frame? Frame the 'belly button'?
A 'belly button' frame!
- Yay, let's go. - We're done.
Hurry up and let's go!
That document that people write when they adopt...
What document? We just talked about it at a coffee shop.
Coffee shop? Which one?
Geum Dong is not my child...
I'm not his father, or an uncle... I'm actually nothing to him.
This is the last time I'm going to ask you.
You're not going to regret it, right?
So... Geum Dong is nothing to me.
I'm really sorry...