When did you first see me?
From when we were in Seoul?
Can't you leave that up to me?
Just...
leave it to me.
What? You left home because your husband cheated on you.
You know you ruined all my plans?
Why? Did you fall for anyone?
He said Jun Soo is Seong Gu. And that Seong Gu is Jun Soo.
Whether he's alive or dead. Just find that out for me.
What could have possibly happened?
I'd turn back time, if I only could.
Back to that deep valley in Otaru, buried in snow.
You threw away my number, didn't you?
- Don't open it! - Then tell me.
What's inside this.
My entire life is inside there.
Ahhh... my.
Episode 8
Miss!!
You can't park your car here!!
I said you can't leave it here!
Ahhh... Isn't this lady all drunk?!
Miss!
What the...
Whe... Where do you think...
You...
You little...
Hey there! Miss!!
There!! Miss!!
You'll break the elevator that way!
If... if... if you do it that way, you think it'll come faster?
Ahh... What on earth...
Who is it?
What is this?
Why are you giving all this to me?!
This is not yours, right?
If this is really yours, then you're rich!
Didn't I tell you not to open it?
How can I not?
You gave it to me as if it was a dying man's last wish.
What the hell did you do?
Did Seong Gu even die?
I'm not just saying. I really want to know if he died or not.
Did you really do that to become rich?!
Who is it?
It's me.
Come in.
Why didn't you just come in, instead of knocking?
I changed the brand of coffee. Should I leave it there?
Damn it.
Hey. What are they saying now?
Some talk of financial crisis, some just say it's a transitory phase.
Yes.
Just a second.
Yes.
Cereal prices are on the move, and gold got past one thousand dollars per ounce.
- In my opinion... - You dolt! Who asked your opinion?!
Look. The Dow Jones is on the rise!
Awww... You're killing me!
So what about Chinese funds?
If the US starts sneezing, the entire world will catch a cold!!
What?
The SSE* doesn't show any reaction, that's why. (*Shanghai Stock Exchange)
What's this? The FRB* just cut interest rates by 0.5%. (*Federal Reserve Bank)
- They announced it? - Should come out today.
Director, the FRB just cut rates by half a point.
I'm watching, too.
Don't move a finger. I'll be there in a second.
Oh! Coffee. Give it to me.
Ahhh! Hot!
There's no easy money, after all.
I made some money jumping ship,
and now the market falls head over heels.
Are you having it hard?
Could you make me some sandwiches?
How many?
Five or six.
Wouldn't kimbap* be better? (*rice rolls)
Fine.
- I'll get going. - Wait a second.
Why so many?
- *Phellinus Linteus, medicinal mushrooms growing on mulberry trees - This is coffee, and those are your sanghwang mushrooms*.
I can drink coffee from the office's vending machines.
Can I enroll into a health club? So I can go during the day.
After I bring the kids to the Hagwon (cram school), waiting is so boring.
Use the credit card.
I took all the money from there and transferred it somewhere else.
Where?
It's a secret.
Why? Planning to make yourself a pile of cash you can sit on?
That's what my friends tell me to do!
But you have no friends.
Yeah, make some friends and have fun.
Thanks for these.
I won't see you out. Have a nice day.
Hye Jin.
What?
Nothing.
Right. You made the right choice.
Da Ae is not here.
She left her mobile here and went out.
What time is it?
Want some water?
Why did you drink so much?
I just kept drinking.
You've gotten weaker with that.
You used to drink a lot more.
I'll go.
You're going?
What?
Can't you ask me to stay, in times like this?
Then I'd feel a little less sorry.
Again with the smirking.
Is that a sign you don't like me, that you do, or what?
Want a lift?
I've sobered up already.
Afraid I won't be able to drive?
You liked me, right?
You didn't?
You liked me.
But why didn't you go the extra mile?
Because I'm dirty?
What's dirty?
You know all too well, why ask?
Is that it?
It's not that.
Then?
If it wasn't that, should have given me a hint at least.
Then I would have acted first.
You're too expensive for me.
If you want to keep living like that.
So that's why you gave up?
That's a relief, if it's just that.
I'll go.
I'm not really high maintenance, you know?
Can't you tell me?
"I couldn't care less about you."
Or "I respect you, so I'll be honest about this."
You could tell me something like that.
You're saying you didn't like me enough to say that, right?
I didn't even know.
I made a row by myself, then.
Thinking of selling the store, going to Milano for shopping.
Buy whatever I wanted.
You're poor...
So for a while I wouldn't even dream of shopping.
Yeah, sure. I made plans by myself like a crazy bitch.
Right. I was just saying.
In the meantime, I went back to him anyway.
When did it start turning all wrong?
Our relationship.
No.
It probably was wrong to begin with, right?
You must have known from the beginning that I was this kind of woman.
I wish one could wash away their problems,
like washing away dirt from your laundry.
I tried to tell you who I was a few times.
Wearing shiny watches...
Driving sports cars.
It actually wasn't me, just my mimicry of someone else.
Why couldn't you tell me, then?
But then I thought...
That what I was feeling couldn't be love.
I'm sorry.
It wasn't that kind of feeling.
There's nothing to be sorry about.
I was just using you, myself.
I wanted to find something I could use to escape from that man.
Something that could wipe off that kind of lifestyle.
Even though I knew I'd never be able to.
Right. I love living comfortably.
I want to wear nice clothes.
Eat tasty food.
I'll get going.
That wasn't the only reason I met him.
At least he was kind to me.
He respected my feelings.
Of course, he was someone who bought me everything I wanted.
But at least...
At least.
I'm happy when we're together.
Anyway.
Bye.
Can you...
drive me home?
Wait.
Ajeosshi!!
Where is my car?
- What car? - The one parked there!
And how would I know that?
Did you call so they could tow my car away, right?
Ahh! What are you trying to say?!
You leave your car in front of someone else's building...
Ajeosshi! You can't do things that way.
There's nobody going in and out at this hour.
How could you call the tow truck?!
Go find my car!
- Why should I? - You caused all this, you find it!
If you don't, you'll be punished, Ajeosshi.
How can you be so shameless?
Punished? Me?
Ahh... Look at that...
P... Pu... Punished?
You're scary!
What?!
I said, you're scary!
I always get mad with that kind of people.
He's just a security guard. Is that some kind of government post?
We're all on the same boat anyway. Couldn't he close an eye?
Can you really call the tow truck just because I parked the car there a while?
Was I a little too harsh?
He looked like he was about to collapse.
Didn't even have the time to say anything, with you exploding at him.
I usually get a hold of myself.
I have no idea why I'm like that with men.
Go get that bag.
With that money, you'll have good fun for a few years.
Then, after that?
Just think about that when the time comes.
Should I get married?
There's this customer who visits the store frequently.
He's a bachelor who works as a lawyer in the States.
How old is he?
He looks past forty. But he says thirty four.
That's not bad. A lawyer in the US should make good money.
The real problem is... I don't really feel like moving there.
Why? You don't like the US?
So what if I wear nice clothes there?
Nobody will stare at me.
You like being looked at?
I live for that kind of fun.
I asked him to take off just 10,000 won.
Why? If you do that, think you'll be hit by lightning?
So thick.
If I change my mind, I might come back for that bag.
Okay. Do that.
Coming to get that bag or bringing it back.
That'd be the only excuse I have to meet you.
I'll go.
There was someone else, right?
Before you met me.
Am I wrong?
They went to school. They wanted to walk there by themselves.
Dangerous? No.
How are you doing?
I couldn't even sleep.
The NYSE kept dancing up and down all night.
Oh, by the way. Looks like I'll be stuck here for a while.
- Until the US market stabilizes... - Fine with me.
That's too bad.
Come see the kids for a second this evening, if you wish.
Yes.
By the way, Dong Won...
I'll take a nap for a while. Wake me up before the opening session.
Yes.
I mean, do we keep spending the night here?
You've heard him.
He's just killing me.
Have something to eat.
Yeah, he came looking for you.
The call felt strange, so I went to check at the window.
He was calling out there, inside the car.
There you go!
Don't answer! Don't answer.
Don't take it!
Yes, it's me.
How did you know it was me?
Who would possibly call me in the morning?
Why?
I called last night. You weren't home?!
I missed you last night. So I just called.
What are you doing now?
I just took a shower, and was about to sleep.
You stayed up all night?
Doing what?
Me?
Spent the night at the office working,
and was looking for some place to take a nap.
Come sleep here, then.
You mean that?
Aren't we always like that?
Myung Ja is there.
So what if someone's here?
Was what we have such a refined relationship?
Fine, then.
I'll see you another time.
Whenever you miss me.
It's not working with Jun Soo, is it?
And yesterday you were all riled up as if it was a lifetime's decision.
You're putting two feet in one shoe, so...
Myung Ja.
Right now,
I'm really nervous.
What I'm saying...
is you reap what you sow, that's what.
Yeah, whatever.
Tell me about you and Jun Soo.
Did you even tell him?
What is he saying?
What could he be saying?! He said he never loved me!
Even if you explicitly told him?
Yeah. I did everything you told me, by the book.
Are you satisfied now?
So you've officially been turned down.
Why? Serves me right?
You got turned down, all right.
Are you going out?
I'll go have dinner with the kids, so after you're done here you can go.
- So, no need to prepare dinner? - Yes.
Ahh... Today you look so good.
You're really pretty.
Have a nice evening.
Ehhh, really. Money is nice, all right.
It's me!
Me, who?! Who could it be? It's me!
That wench went out just now, so I was stretching my legs...
on the sofa and giving you a call.
What? You're coming now?
You can subscribe monthly for a while.
Then, if you like it, you can extend it on a yearly basis.
It's because something might happen at home.
Ahh... Do it that way then. We're totally fine with it.
- You accept credit cards, right? - Yes.
You can start today. Should I give you the locker keys?
I'll start from tomorrow.
I'm sorry.
I really wanted to meet, and apologize.
So...
There was no need to do that.
No.
I had to apologize.
Sitting here...
and looking at people passing by is fun.
It was as if...
I was living alone in this world,
so I couldn't see those people.
You regret it, don't you?
I made you this way.
Ever since the first moment I saw you at the airport,
I made things get to this point.
It was a mistake.
No.
I made that mistake on purpose, I guess.
Using someone else's unhappiness.
An ignoble mistake.
That's not what I think.
So there's no need for you to apologize.
I don't want to think of all this as just that. A mistake.
I need to tell you something.
It's not something I want to remember,
but it's something I can't forget so easily.
Even though, obviously, I did try to erase it from my memory.
Just...
I'll have to keep it to myself, and move on.
That day wasn't the first time I saw you.
It was actually my first time seeing you.
But I knew who you were already.
That person sitting at the cafe inside the airport...
was someone I knew already.
Should I explain more?
That lady...
Da Ae?
It was right around the end of last summer.
I wanted to start something new,
but there was always something stopping me.
- Da Ae! - Let me go!
- Listen to me. - To what?
I said I'm sorry, uh?
Stop!
Let me go!
Da Ae. I'm sorry, uh?
Then, I found out.
About everything she was going after.
So, you wanted revenge?
I'm sorry.
I think I need to go.
It's time to go get the kids, so...
I'm sorry.
I don't know why I'm doing this.
I planned not to tell you this.
Hearing that...
strangely enough, relaxes me.
I should be angry instead.
It's a small world.
It wasn't that.
I didn't approach you because of that.
Approach?!
What I'm saying...
Asking you to give me a lift back in Sapporo...
It wasn't something I did because of that feeling.
Then, what kind of feeling was it?
You must have felt amused by the sight...
of the wife of the man who stole your woman,
crying alone on a plane.
So after that.
I said it wasn't that!
Listen until I finish.
Blinding us with their beauty, the memories of that day
Petals with grimy glazes withering, as if coming by dribs and drabs
Like a flower blooming inside me, the love I felt for you
Was it something not me nor you, nor anyone else could protect or beat?
Give me a chance to explain.
Let go.
Listen to me, please.
I won't bother you anymore.
I said, I will never show up again.
Do you even know how I'm feeling now?
As if I was stripped bare, in the middle of the day. Where everyone can see me!
But what else do I have to listen to, now?
You make people feel miserable like that.
Like a flower blooming inside me, the love I felt for you
Was it something not me nor you, nor anyone else could protect or beat?
It's feeling all cold here, come on!
Ahh! Here!
The love that bloomed for you,
Is suddenly, slowly, weakening inside me
Dying out
How's the score today?
It's not too bad, all considered.
The Chinese funds are going steady, so we didn't lose much.
Good job. Get a rest, have dinner and let's meet again later.
Why don't you go home, Director? We'll handle things ourselves.
You spend just a night here, and you're already tired?
It's not... that...
If you really want to rest, pack up your things and go rest at home.
I mean, if we spend the night here, does anything change?
Don't even waste time with that kind of talk.
If you want to survive under Director Ha,
get ready to give up your personal life.
Tell yourself, a few times per day, "I'm not a person, just an insect."
"Not just a normal insect, a cockroach."
Repeat, and with a firm conviction...
You people want to kill me!
You know what kind of man Director Ha is?
When he just started, he'd bring a sleeping bag in the office.
He'd eat and sleep here, writing up to three-four reports a day.
Any spare time he had, he'd spend it kissing up to the Division Director.
- Really? - And what's more.
If anyone started showing even the slightest hint of success,
he'd do his damnedest! And score off of him at any chance.
That's how. That's how today's Ha Dong Won was born.
That's what I'm saying.
- Hyeon Pil. - Yes! Director.
After the meeting, I'll go have a drink with Director Shin.
Yes, Director.
Don't wait for me and just work. Don't just be lazybones.
Ahhh! What do you mean, "lazybones"?!
Director, you... Please use more appropriate language!
I got it, you prick.
You little...
See?
That's a textbook way of dealing with superiors.
Ahhh... Always the head.
How old is he, to still do this?!
Get some more orenji*. (*Korean spelling of orange)
"Orange?"
Orenji!
Okay. "Orange."
- Mommy. It's not "Orenji," it's "Orange."* Right? - *Spoof of a politician who used the same phrase on TV to push the government's...
English-centered educational reforms (Korean and Math taught in English)
- What? - Orange in English.
It's not "Orenji," it's "Orange." But she keeps saying that.
Try it once.
Orenji.
I said, it's not "Orenji!"
"Orange." Follow me. "Orange."
Mind your business, will you?
Mommy. You try, too.
"Oranji."
I said it's not that. "Orange!"
Follow me. "Orange."
Mmhh... tasty.
Maybe I shouldn't have scouted you.
Everyone is getting their behind kicked.
If you hang on by yourself, how can we survive?
When we fall, let's fall together. That's what I'm saying.
Isn't that human, showing some shortcomings?
You still haven't changed a bit, just like when you started.
Shin* Hyung.** (*mentioning the surname)
**Casual tone that colleagues use, with a touch of politeness
Why did you divorce?
Why?
You looked like lovebirds, you and your ex-wife.
Is anything wrong at home?
I told you about your wife wandering in Sapporo.
I must have created this problem.
But I was just talking.
It's not about her.
You cheated on her?
It was that problem for you, too?
We... just...
Talking about it is a little...
What is it?
Don't really wanna talk about it.
Nevermind, then.
You know...
I thought it was something that happened only in places like the US.
What I'm saying...
We didn't have a good sex life.
Isn't that pretty frequent here as well?
It is?
Yeah. They say half of today's divorces are because of that.
Is that right?
Who was the one complaining?
Both.
Why?
What's wrong with you?
Did the market troubles get to your head?
You know?
I have this.
Been a while.
You knew?
Think you can keep a secret for that long?
How did you find out?
I was really careful.
I just smelled it.
You could guess that pretty easily.
Let's just drink.
What's with the smiles?
Listening to that, Ha Hyung, you finally sound like a person!
Listen to you.
You know even if I like you, I also kind of hate you, and the opposite as well?!
- Why is that? - Ehhh... Give it a rest.
I know you hate me.
Why do you think I recommended you to our Chairman?
You probably wanted to see me get ruined from the front seats.
Did your wife...
cheat on you?
Naahh.
Unless she keeps doing that, just forget about it.
If you try to deal with it, it'll get worse.
When that happens, you'll just get stressed.
Then... should one just calm down?
It's true, then?
I'm not saying my wife did that.
Just, for instance.
To be honest, what's so different?
Whether I cheat on my wife, or she does it.
You keep driving things there.
I didn't mean that.
This one keeps causing trouble, just that.
If your wife does that, you can just slap her around.
But what can you do?
It's this that's causing problems. This.
- This is mine. - I got this one.
One, two, three!
I'll go higher than you.
It was like a smear in my life, but at the same time, also like fireworks.
Being so imposing in front of my husband was a little embarrassing.
But it also allowed me to grow, and show such determination in front of him.
What could the word love really mean?
Something like an inertial force.
Getting pushed ahead by forces you can't control.
It couldn't possibly be that.
It should be something that always feels new.
Like a living being, exploding with the joy of creation.
Mommy!
Until now, I just lived.
A normal life, without anything worth looking back and reminiscing.
Loveless...
Knowing all too well love had already withered away.
But simply hanging on that word called "love."
You moron!
Know what time is it?
What are you, some little kid? The hell are you doing at this hour?
That... That... That... damn crazy prick.
I'm sorry!
I said, the one who's standing in front of me is more important!
No matter who she is, she got a hold of me.
Didn't you say the same? That you needed someone.
I thought about why I can't just give you up.
But I didn't find any reason.
So, you really like me?
You have no reason to go around using credit cards, do you?
You know this, Ajeosshi?
The crocodile bird, no matter how hungry, has to wait for the crocodile.
I'll count on you. Solve everything and come to me.
Since you're there, stick your flag around the world.
Didn't I say to live decently?
Live like a decent person!
What are you?
Da Ae!
What are you, to interfere with my life?!
You're not a nice person, Jun Soo.
You think you can manipulate me as you want.
Because I like you.