Let's pretend we didn't meet in Otaru.
Let's say this is our first meeting.
The result would be the same, at least for what concerns me.
Just like then, you keep thinking you can manipulate me as you want.
Because I like you.
Just live as you please.
Instead.
Don't interfere with my life.
Even if I married her, she wouldn't be any better than you.
She'd just be a pain to handle.
Da Ae is not home.
I wish people...
could wash away their problems as if they were doing the laundry.
You really don't remember?
You should have stopped me!
How could you let me drive, when I was so piss drunk?
- There was no driver? - Yes.
He has no reason to go around using his card.
Someone who killed and ran away after the accident.
Didn't I say to live decently?
Live a decent life!
What the hell are you?
Da Ae!
What are you, to interfere in my life?
What's this "decent" life you're talking about?
You know what that is?
Tell me!
How can you live a decent life?
You're running away again?
Yeah, you're always like that.
You've never shown people what's really inside you.
You're selling your soul...
to that man.
Soul?
Yeah.
That's probably not what you'd like to say.
It's not my soul but my body, isn't it?
Falling in love at first sight...
No. Even if it weren't that kind of passion,
if I had met anyone I could still convive with as time went by,
I'd be already married by now.
What's the point of wasting time with marriage?
Would that be different?
Marrying without love, or living together without it.
Continuing to convive, even when that brief glimpse of affection evaporates.
Living together despite hating it, hating each other.
Did you mean that? What's so different?
Is that selling your soul?
That, too, is just selling your body.
Why are you laughing?
Sure.
"You're barely twenty odd years old, and still clinging to that dream of love."
But I don't want to.
I will never live like that.
What's wrong with you?
Let me go!
Let go!
Hey! Hey... Where are you going, Da Ae?
Date.
Episode 10
You cheated on him, right?
Listen to her!
You can't fool me.
It's written all over your face.
Give me a break.
Did you?
I wish I had that courage...
Ehh... I guess.
Hey!
I told you to dress properly!
What's that? Thighs in plain sight and all.
What's wrong with that?
You're making things uncomfortable with Dong Won!
Look at her, changing the subject.
Changing what?
Does saying nothing happened in Hokkaido make any sense?
And of all times, running away right after your husband cheated on you.
Who said he cheated on me?!
He's not that kind of person.
Ahh, come on.
Your husband is a casanova!
And how would you know?
Just look at the way he stares at me.
How does he stare at you?
I'm not saying he's looking at me with some licentious intent.
Just that, instinctively,
your husband looks at women with that aura of melancholy.
Melancholy? What's that supposed to mean?
That smell of sweat.
To put it bluntly, "dirty"?
You liked Dong Won more than me, didn't you?
Dong Won is not that kind of person...
to cheat on me and feign ignorance.
You're just talking about yourself.
Even if you don't tell me,
I know well what kind of person he is.
He must have cheated on you a few times...
without the slightest hint of guilt.
I understand you.
What happened to you afterwards as well.
What's so different?
Be it wife or husband, cheating is just that.
Still, Hye Jin!
If you did cheat on him, never even think about telling him.
You...
If a man starts cheating on his wife, that's like a ship crossing Han River.
But if that happens to a woman, it's like erecting Namsan Tower.
You'll see the entire neighborhood in flames, gossiping about that.
Where are we going?
Date.
Date?!
Didn't you tell Myeong Ja that it was a date?
Give me a break.
You piss me off, and then have the guts to say "date"?
Who pissed off whom?
You said "live decently," right in my face.
Did we come all the way here just to eat raw fish?
- Something a little flashier? - Flashier? Ahhh... I understand.
This one! Try this, I think it will match.
Da Ae hasn't come by today.
She hasn't come, today.
Do you like it? Want to try it on again?
Long time no see.
Is she your girlfriend?
What should I call you today?
I couldn't decide the proper way to address you,
so I resisted meeting you. I didn't know what to call you.
If you need anything, tell me. I'll bring it to you.
Who is she?
Tell me!
Complicate things as always, will you?
You're really not telling me?
Who is this person you brought me here to see?
Why aren't you answering me?
I asked you what I should call you.
Nuna (older sister)? Should I call you that?
Or maybe Mother?
I told you she died.
Your mother, the moment she gave birth to you.
Stop!
Didn't I tell you not to come here anymore?!
You little prick!
- This damned little punk! - Stop!
Always leaving things around!
Please, come in! How are you?
How can I help you?
- Necklaces. - Necklaces?
Does it hurt?
That's blood!
Were you just on the receiving end?
I made a mess there instead.
That's great!
No matter what, she won't admit it, even though she's my mother.
Mother?
When I was six, my uncle came here and brought me away.
Whenever I missed my sister and tried to run away to meet her,
I'd always get beaten up by my uncle.
I found out right as I was starting middle school.
That my sister got married.
When I graduated middle school, my uncle died.
On his funeral day, she came looking for me.
I was so happy I followed her around all day.
But the moment I fell asleep, she left without even showing up at the funeral.
I ran to the station in vain looking for her.
After crying for hours, I finally fell asleep.
By chance, I heard the whispers of my neighbors,
lamenting a mother's broken heart.
After graduating high school, I asked around and finally found this place.
She kept denying at all costs,
"She's your sister, Mommy."
And your father?
I don't know who my father is.
She was raped and had me.
Was it at seventeen? She was young, anyway.
Interesting, uh?
Yeah. It is.
If Jun Soo could just say he loved me,
I would have run into burning flames.
No...
Even if it was a mere "I like you."
Even to read in his eyes just a desire to possess me.
Why could that be?
Even though he clearly likes me,
why didn't he send me a single signal?
I finally started to understand why today.
But that couldn't possibly be the reason.
Wouldn't love overcome even the most pungent sorrow?
That's right.
That's the kind of power our relationship is lacking.
So how is it, living here?
I'm loving it, obviously.
I sleep and eat, eat and sleep.
All I'm hearing is the sound telling me I'm gaining weight.
That's great. Doesn't Aoki-san love that style?
He's got eyes only for his bottle.
From the moment he opens his eyes, the guzzling starts.
Why would Aoki-san possibly cheat on you?
On the contrary, I wish he'd cheat on me.
Drinking is better.
You don't cheat, Dong Won?
Ehhh... you need two to tango.
Not even once?!
Oh, well. I thought about it.
But, if I left such a beautiful wife at home to go cheat on her,
the heavens would punish me, right?
Should I tell you a fun story?
There's this wife of a pastor I liked.
She's over sixty now, and right after the pastor died, she told me this.
That she's got three sons, and they all look different.
- Uh? - Want eggs with it?
Yes, only one.
What she meant...
is that her first son didn't look like the pastor but her first love.
- The second... - Should I just pop it in?
- The second? - The second...
she said looked half like the pastor, half like her first love.
The third one looked exactly like the pastor.
I asked why that happened.
She said the first one wasn't long after she married.
Her first love kept coming to mind, so that's why the child looked like him.
The second, she says she kept coming and going, coming and going, so it happened.
But finally, with the third, she was completely in love with the pastor!
That's funny!
Hye Jin, isn't it funny?
Even married, she only thought of her first love!
Wait.
Who does Na Rae look like?
Ehhh... stop worrying.
To Hye Jin, you're her first and last man.
You've got a point.
If it weren't for you, she'd still be renting a room in Tokyo...
Ehh. You don't know that.
- What? - I'm her first love, I guess.
But whether I'm the last one or not...
Hot!
- Funny, uh? - Yes.
We've arrived.
Let me ask you just one thing.
Up until now, you've never really liked anyone?
I'm asking if you ever dated.
Because of your mother?
Why?
Why didn't you?
Are you hungry?
If you are, come in and have something to eat.
By any chance...
do you feel a kind of loathing for women or something?
Is it that, Jun Soo?
Why do you keep prying into that wound?
What I'm really curious about...
No...
The reason I'm upset at you...
is because you always say nothing, despite knowing the answer.
To what?
You looked at me, and told me to live decently.
But when I asked you what I should do to live decently,
you didn't say anything.
You know the answer.
Sure.
What that answer is to me...
could be something else to you.
He's gone just now.
The moment you came out.
Was your date fun?
I'm saying, was it really worth calling it a date or not?
- Yeah. - Where did you go?
The sea.
What did you do there?
- We saw the sea, what else? - And?
Ate raw fish.
And then?
We came back before sunset.
You got started all right! Small steps and all.
What?
I knew it.
What's with Jun Soo?
I said we had a date, what's wrong?
You saw the sea, ate raw fish, and came back before sunset?
Why did he take you all the way there to do just that?
Why are you getting all fussy?
Of course I am!
If all he does is that, why even bother minding your business?
Just go away with that person and you're done.
You're killing me!
We had a date, we grumbled all day.
You don't even know what happened later, why are you getting angry?
He dropped you off at the store at this hour!
Stop that!
Let it go. It's a habit.
You said you'd go on a business trip. Why didn't you?
Are you sleeping?
Is he really not trusting me?
About what did or didn't happen in Hokkaido.
Is it because he trusts me?
Or...
just because he doesn't think I'd be able to accomplish that?
Or, again...
Whatever happened or didn't, is it just because he doesn't care?
Is that it, Dong Won?
You don't care?
It was like that since the beginning...
because it wasn't a marriage you desired.
Wh... who are you?!
Damn you! You scared me to death!
What are you doing there?
Hey.
Let's hear the problem. I'll solve it for you.
Jun Soo?
If you're like that because of Jun Soo, then it's easy.
You take the first step.
Pride or whatever it is, cast it away.
Go and be honest with him first.
"That's right. I'm seeing a married man."
Jun Soo knows that too, doesn't he?
"If you can close an eye on that, I'm completely clean."
"Will you, or won't you?"
If he doesn't, then get it over with cleanly.
If he does accept that,
clean up the mess and just go with him.
But...
if even then Director Ha doesn't let go of you and keeps being sticky,
throw some puzzle his way.
Puzzle? What puzzle?
Something he can't possibly solve.
And what would that be?
Are you angry?
I planned to go somewhere, but the traffic was so bad.
Yes... that was a lie.
Can you divorce?
What?!
Now that I think about it, marrying you wouldn't be too bad.
Are you trying to rile me up?
You don't like me that much?
You don't?
Is that what you want?
What?
You think I wasn't already thinking...
I'm not telling you to divorce.
I just want to know if this is serious enough, that you'd be ready to do so.
We're getting serious?!
You're not joking, right?
You're the one who's been joking.
And if I divorce?
If you divorce?!
If I really divorce, what will you do?
That's up to you.
I need to get married.
The clock for that will stop ticking pretty soon.
Again, fooling with me!
It's not like you'll keep taking care of me forever.
Right? Am I wrong?
Da Ae.
Think about it.
Answer me first.
About what?
Is that really what you want?
So that's why you're pestering me lately?
Right?
Sounds like it.
If I divorce, you'll live with me. Is that it? Is that what you mean?
Answer me.
Try divorcing first. Then I'll give you your answer.
I feel great!
It's delightful!
I gave him a jab in the face.
Was the puzzle too hard?
After that day, has anything changed?
Anything at all.
Because I like you.
Just send me a signal.
And I'll come running to you.
It's not something I erased from my mind.
Those are memories that I can't erase.
I need to wash it away.
The body, those memories, any trace.
It's me. What?
Do you have plans for dinner?
So, what?
I have something to talk about.
I'm coming home for dinner. Let's talk then.
Dong Won.
Wait a second.
Tell me.
Can't we talk outside?
Yes.
It's a little...
Yes.
Where?
Okay. I'll wait for you there.
Look at that.
You little punks. Look, look, look at you wasting time!
Why, Director?
We were feasting our eyes after work.
You watch Yadong* (porn) even during office hours.
Ahh... Director, you know what Yadong is.
Yadong: YAhan (revealing) + DONGyeongsang (video) = slang for porn
- I thought you didn't know. - Why wouldn't I, you punk?
Isn't that "revealing video," you fool?
It's not that, Director!
It means those who spend the night roaming around.*
*Yadong: In this case, YA (night) + DONG (movement)
It's the same thing, you fool!
You block?
By the way, Director.
Why are you only hitting me?
We all watched it?!
You're their leader.
Don't learn from him.
- Ehh... we're naive and innocent. - That's right.
Hey, will you keep it up?! Ahh... I really ought to...
Hey! Hyeon Pil.
We're just joking, Director.
Would I do anything to them?
You did well working late the last few nights.
Thank you!
- Who gets it? - Rock, scissors, paper!
- What? - You damn...
Run to the right or you're dead!
Right! That's it!
Yeah! Ohhh!
Yes!
Oh my!
Ahhh... you...
Is anybody in up in Apartment 3201?
- Which one? - 3201.
Ahh... that... I don't know.
There're so many residents. How am I supposed to...
The person living there is Lee Jun Soo, right?
That last time...
I said we don't know that until we check the register.
The name listed on that register is Kang Seong Gu.
Of course. He used to live there.
So those two were living there together, right?
You can't even do that right?!
When was the last time you saw the other man living there?
I said I don't know!
If you lie to me, you'll get in trouble.
Just in case...
a youngster called Kang Seong Gu shows up,
give me a call.
- Uh? - Yes.
Park Byeong Shik
It... It's me!
That man came again.
That, you know, the detective looking guy?
What did he say?
He kept asking questions.
"Who lives here?"
"Who's the owner?"
"Why is the other guy nowhere to be seen?"
So, what did you tell him?
I just kept telling him I don't know a thing.
Just a moment.
Ahhh... Y... You shouldn't really...
How much?
What money could you possibly need?
You can just follow me around and live off of that.
Something urgent came up.
Is this enough?
Seong Gu, what are you doing?
Want more?
Let's go! We're late.
If you moved hotels, you should have told me at least.
Your phone was off, everywhere I looked I couldn't find you.
You said detectives are after me.
Nobody knows you're hiding here.
They could be tailing you.
So that's why you avoided me?
To find you, I even looked in Roppongi (upscale Tokyo district).
It's fun looking at you going through that.
Are you saying you were following me around?
I brushed past you a few times.
This one time, you suddenly turned towards me.
You almost looked straight in my face,
but you still couldn't recognize me.
You don't know how hilarious it was,
seeing you bow and throw those "sumimasen" ("pardon me") at me.
I was great at disguising myself,
but how could you not recognize me?
Listen to me, Seong Gu.
What happened to Su Jeong was an accident.
If you keep hiding like this, the blame will start falling upon you.
So, what?
Surrender, Seong Gu.
Surrender to the police, and tell them it was an accident.
I won't survive even a single day...
of prison life.
I said what happened to Su Jeong was an accident.
You don't remember?
You really don't remember a thing?
What is this place?
The terminal station...
My life's.
The fact Su Jeong...
fell off the car... I didn't know that.
I was just... speeding like crazy.
I didn't even know who was sitting next to me.
Nobody saw you bring Su Jeong in.
Except me.
I didn't even care about her, why did I do that?
That pompous little slut...
I didn't even hate her enough to kill her.
You really don't remember?
When I came looking for you at the villa,
I asked you about her first.
Because you remembered something.
I...
don't even recall driving that car.
If I was driving...
If Su Jeong was in that car with me...
it must have been me.
Be it intentional or not, Su Jeong fell off that car.
If you let my hands go, you'll become me.
Seong Gu! Don't let go!
Seong Gu! Seong Gu!
How long has it been?
A while.
A year?
Something like that.
That's why you got caught! Who keeps it going that long nowadays?!
Just meet her a few times and get it over with.
She's different, that girl.
Different? In what way? Nowadays girls are all the same.
She's not that type.
Even if I only pushed her towards something more serious,
she'd be the first to turn away and run.
She's testing you.
I don't know what her goal is, but she's testing you.
There are two possibilities: One, she wants to break up.
Two, she must be trying to get something from you, Ha Hyung.
Be careful. You're the most obvious target at your age.
Think about it.
You're financially stable and have a bright future.
If she even likes you in the slightest, would she let you go?
Would she, knowing how money tastes like already?
She's not that type.
You fell for it again.
Does your wife know?
She must have guessed it.
That's right. So she must have gone to Hokkaido because of it.
That wasn't because of this.
This is what I think.
Just keep status quo.
I divorced impulsively,
now I keep thinking it was a mistake.
I should have just cheated on her and nothing else.
So you got caught and divorced because of that, too?
Nah. I was crazy about my current wife,
so I put up this big show and got it over with.
What's wrong, Ha Hyung?
You're really thinking about divorce?
Anyhow...
I think I'll have to confess it to my wife.
She's not even mentioning it, why do that?
I feel uneasy.
It just ups the guilt, hiding all this.
You should feel guilty, if you cheated on her.
- Ordered anything? - No.
Let's get bulgogi (barbecued beef).
Here! Two servings of bulgogi, and a bottle of soju.
What?
You don't like bulgogi?
I like it.
So what's with the smirking?
Because it feels good to eat out together.
I always spend time pondering over what to eat,
but when we come together, you decide in a moment.
I didn't imply anything else.
Yeah, sure. I'm feeling the thorns sprouting out already.
You know, today... let's talk candidly about it.
You have lots to talk about, right?
It's the same for me.
Fine.
Ahh...
What did you do with the kids?
Seong Suk is there.
For how much longer will Seong Suk stay with us?
Didn't you tell her to stay as long as she wished?
I was just talking.
She's clueless, so convincing her to leave won't be easy.
She's changed a lot.
Marriage ruined her. She's not the same anymore.
She said things with Aoki-san weren't going well.
Still. How can you go around showing your thighs like that?
What?
She thinks you like that.
What?
Her?
Her thighs?
She said she yielded for my sake, because I looked pitiful.
Good lord. Seong Suk, not in this lifetime.
And what about me?
Did you want to meet to talk about this?
What?
- Where is our bulgogi? - Coming!
Dong Won.
I'll tell you first.
You know...
I know all too well what you want to hear.
You're asking if I'm still seeing her?
Yes.
I am.
You have no intention of breaking up?
It's okay, you can talk.
I didn't come here to ask you that.
So why didn't you tell me?
Even though you knew I was still seeing her.
You were waiting for me to say that first, is that it?
I didn't wait for that.
I was waiting for you to break up with her.
Yes.
I thought you'd get it over with after a while.
Fine.
Since we're here, let's make things clear.
You...
If I mentioned divorce, what would you say?
Would you agree to it?
You...
You don't want to keep living like this, right?
I don't want to keep this up, either.
If you want something or not, just say it...
Came to keep check on me?
Dinner? Had something to eat?
Should we eat out, or maybe I can cook something?
What can you cook?
Dwenjang jjigae (bean paste stew) won't do.
Fried eggs, toasts... ddeokbbokgi (spicy rice cake).
And...
Ahhh!
Lasagne! I can do that.
Lasagne!
Cut the meat into small slices.
And after gently frying it in the pan...
Jun Soo!
While I'm cooking the meat, can you chop up the veggies?
- No. - Come on!
These? These.
How?
On the chopping block...
And here's your onion.
Don't! I'll get cut.
Did you cut yourself?
I lied!
I've never done this.
Ta Da!
Why?
Is something wrong?
I don't have an oven.
Use the microwave.
It says you need an oven!! Oven!
So we can't eat it?
It's done!
Let's eat!
Ohhh!
How is it?
Not cooked enough?
It tastes good!
- Me, too! - Wait!
Hey!
You want to do that?
Then, do it.
Let's do it, then.
Unless you're out of your mind, you can't do this.
How can you just agree without saying a thing?
I said let's separate. Separate and...
No, I haven't decided a thing!
Whatever happened that day... I thought I should protect you.
You can't run away from me.
So you need to give up on me first.
Is that all you can say?
I can't even ask you why you did it?
He's alive?
That's a relief. Seong Gu is alive.
What have you been doing?
I'll promise.
Sister or mother, I won't pay attention to that.
Something to lean onto when you're in pain.
I hoped you'd become that for me.
He said he had no youth.
That man was my everything...