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Teacher, at times like that, think about your favorite things.

Then even while crying, you might stop.

Mom

You are dirty.

- Did you check what the mother was doing at the time? - What?

Also, there is a man she lives with

Do you want Hye Na to be dead?

Whether we find the child or not, I am going to get a warrant issued if there are signs of child abuse.

For everyone's sake, it's best if Hye Na is dead now.

Did you not like your mother, Teacher?

I am not my mother's real daughter.

Find Soo Jin.

Can you throw your mom away now?

Try calling me Mom.

Teacher, are you my mom now?

Mother

- Episode 3 -

Where are we going?

The house I lived in when I was six.

Does this house still exist?

Probably.

Because I sent a letter there last year, too.

Who is there?

Teacher Glara.

From the age of six until I was eight,

I lived there with other 15 children.

Like the rest of the kids, I was also an abandoned child.

Teacher Glara was very chubby so if she held you tightly, you couldn't breathe.

She always wore this baggy skirt

and how often we frequented her skirt folds while playing hide-and-seek.

Oh?

In there I could smell the faint soap scent and the well dried laundry scent.

Teacher adored children who ate well the most.

"Grow up quickly, grow up quickly."

"Eat a lot and grow up quickly." Eat a lot and grow up quickly.

I used to suspect her of fattening us up and selling us off.

Is it here?

Warning No Trespassing as Jeong Ae Won is closed.

"Jeong... Ae... Won."

There's a place where it's lit up.

Police Station

For everyone's sake, it's best if Hye Na is quietly dead right now.

What if... she isn't dead?

It will become bothersome, very bothersome.

If you look at the hospital records from December 21,

Hye Na got hit by a baseball the afternoon before that day and her ear bled.

And she sustained a contusion on her cheekbone. Is that correct?

Yes.

We checked all CCTV tapes from in front of your house starting from the afternoon of December 20.

Around what time did she get hit by a baseball?

You can see that she's coming home from school at 2:11 p.m.

She's leaving home. 2:48 p.m.

7:16 p.m. She seems to be in an okay mood. She doesn't seem like an injured child.

At 7:27 p.m., you came home.

And...

10:05 p.m., you're leaving the house with a man.

Since there was no sign of the man entering your house, that means he was there all day.

You must be living together.

He must like baseball.

Exactly 1:00 a.m. Where were you coming from?

Even if you don't tell us, we can find out.

But if you tell us, that will save us the trouble and also from the viewpoint of the citizens, some tax money can be saved...

I went to a karaoke.

I see that you went to a karaoke while your child was hurting.

Next day, at 3:23 p.m., you're going to the hospital.

When you look at this, the kid comes home safely, but leaves with an injured ear.

What do you think, (Child's) Mother?

She came home injured the day before.

Even though this was a regular school day, she didn't even go to school.

At first, I thought she was only bruised a little,

but the next morning, when she woke up, her ear was bleeding and some pus was coming out, too.

How scared do you think I was?

I went to work early in the morning but to take the kid to the hospital, I managed to get off with much difficulty.

I can't tell where her eyes, nose, ears are on that small screen.

But I guess your eyes can catch whether my kid was injured or not?

Mother, if you tell me when and where Hye Na got hit by a baseball, I will find a witness.

- Then you, Mother - - Stop calling me "Mom" or "Mother"! Am I your mother, Detective?!

You may also have a kid at home, Detective,

but would you feel good if someone keeps on calling you "Father, Father" at the police station?

I am sorry. Yes, my heart drops, too, if someone calls me "Father."

Afraid that someone might be asking me for money again.

Don't take me away.

I will eat well and listen well. Please let me live here.

Teacher...

Please let me live here.

You can't turn on the light. People will come to catch us if they know we're here.

Your boyfrind seems to like baseball.

Does he play baseball?

If things seem to go wrong for you, it's better to cry. That'll look natural if your child's really dead.

And if they ask about me, say that I treated her well like her biological father.

Are you, by any chance, asking me whether my Oppa threw the baseball?

I'm not insisting that's the case. I'm just checking each point.

My Oppa is a person who treated Hye Na better than her biological father.

It was Oppa who piggybacked her and ran to the hospital last year when she was sick.

Calm down, Mother.

I mean.. Mrs.

There's still a lot left...

The wound from falling onthe stairs, the would from getting burned by hot coffee...

the wound from climbing and falling from a tree...

I'm going to check each of these one at a time. If you start crying already...

My mother makes curry very well.

She cooks other things well, too.

Omurice and donkatsu.

Oh, my name is Yoon Bok. Kim Yoon Bok.

Thank you for the meal!

Dear Lord, thank you very much for giving us the delicious meal today again.

Please look after other hungry children in the world as well.

Teacher, by the way, is someone coming to catch you? (Hye Na's question ends in "yo")

Yogurt.

Is he a bad person?

- A chef. ("Yorisa" in Korean) - A chef?

Hunter. ("Sanyangkkun")

She is playing the Word Chain. We used to play it endlessly at meal times. (Soo Jin's sentence ends in "eo")

Fish bowl ("Eohang")

Port ("Hanggu")

Gu... Hole? ("Gumeong")

Stupid ("Meongcheongyi")

"I am a mother who lost her child yesterday. I am crying so much right now."

"But the police treat me as if it's my fault my kid's gone."

"They treat me like a criminal when I haven't eaten nor slept."

"On the day of the accident, the police arrived at the scene a long time after the fire truck and ambulance arrived."

"They stopped the search only after a few hours simply because of the bad weather."

"When my daughter might have been calling me from the cold sea."

"Lieutenant Lee Chang Geun of Muryeong Police Station,"

"you disrespected me by continuously calling me 'Mother' even though you are much older than me."

Hey, how is that disrespecting?

When I go outside, everyone calls me "student" or "young miss." Who calls me a "mother," huh?

Whatever. Just write that you got threatened.

They couldn't find the child and they're trying to make you into the culprit. Like that.

Oppa! Can't you do something about that baseball?

Like, go to the sea and throw it away.

Lee Seol Ak, born August, 1988 in Cheongju.

Nine months in the juvenile detention center for aggravated battery when he was 16 years old.

He served 15 months for arson when he was 18 years old.

Fined ₩ 300K for animal cruelty when he was 23.

Now, he is 31 years old and hasn't been in trouble for 8 years.

Two things I never believe: one, being cured of gambling addiction.

Another one, bullies not harassing people who are weaker than them.

Who did he beat when he was 16 years old?

The grandmother living upstairs.

He hit her with a baseball bat, cracking her rib bone that took 12 weeks to heal.

That jerk really likes baseball.

What did he torch?

It was a regular residence, without any ties to him.

- He said he did it out of simple curiosity. - Crazy bastard.

And the animal?

He threw his girlfriend's cat from a 15th floor.

Mom, why does a person's mind become weak in old age?

There are things that you can't understand no matter how much you think about them.

Even though there were other teachers and volunteers,

she raised as many as 16 children all together.

This big house was always clean and smelled nice.

She must have spent all her energy then.

So now, she has nothing left and she has turned into a child.

Mom, I think there is someone outside.

- Who is it? - Don't you hear this voice, right now?

Are you talking about this "who who" sound?

This is a who bird.

Who bird?

Every winter night, it cried "who who" from the mountain in the back.

New kids used to tremble from fear.

He's still here.

Do you want me to stay next to you?

New kids were scared, so three, four of them used to be in one bed.

Were you afraid at first, too, Mom?

No, Yoon Bok.

I was always afraid.

This is my mom when she was a newborn.

My mom from the ages of 3 to 6.

Nam Soo Jin

Entered the facility on 11/9/1986

My mom between the ages of 6 to 8.

November 9, 1986

Some time in the morning when I looked outside the window, it seemed a big dog was tied in front of the house.

Thinking just maybe, I went outside and there was a little girl about 5-6 years of age.

She must have been sitting there for a long time because there was a trace of her urine.

Baby...

I tried to lift and take her in quickly but she had a bike cable lock around her dress.

Child, wait a bit!

Feeling urgent, I tried to tear her dress but the child strongly objected to it.

The ahjussi from the hardware store came to open the lock.

Even after that, the child did not want to move.

So I brought out some scorched rice and sat next to her.

Until it grew dark, the child

stubbornly looked toward only one direction.

Only a long time afterwards, she told me in a small voice.

My name is Nam Soo Jin.

From the ages of 6 to 8, my Soo Jin.

I've arrived, Noonim. Why is it so cold here?

Really? It's cold here, too. You've suffered a lot.

I phoned the research center people.

Soo Jin had told them that she would arrive this week. But she must not be here yet.

I think I can find out the particulars only when I get there.

Okay, hurry and go.

But that research center is in an island.

It seems I have to travel 9 more hours by car and 2 more hours by boat.

I have to start rehearsing now.

- Soo Jin, that kid, why did she have to choose that kind of research center out of all others? - Jae Beom!

- Yes? - I said I have to start rehearsing.

Oh, yes, I got it, Noonim. If something happens, let me know and...

At least you won't have a traffic jam there. Drive safely.

Yes.

Horim University Hospital

Radiological Report

Patient Name: Kang Yeong Sin; Sex / Age: F / 64

Does it look like the mom did it?

There are signs of abuse and neglect.

- How about evidence? - Not yet.

If it's only neglect, let it go. Her kid died.

Don't make any move if you don't have any clear proof.

If we keep getting a public uproar, I'm going to change the investigation team, starting with you.

You know what I'm saying, right?

From Guilty of Poverty: Are they crazy?! From bang****: And they call themselves police...

"Who does this nation's police exist to protect?"

"How can they tell us to have and raise children in this kind of nation..."

From Goodknight: First they should become human. From waveno: How can the police do this??

Oppa, look at this. All these people are on my side.

Aren't we going to eat?

Are you hungry? Should I prepare the meal for you?

"Mom, I am going to run away."

"The-re... w-as a baby... rabbit..."

"who... wan-ted... to run... away."

"Mom, I am going to run away."

Her nephews took her to a nursing home after last Christmas.

Even though the director started to lose her mental faculties little by little,

she was strong and fit enough to raise a baby on her back.

Her nephews want to sell the land.

Since the director has no children, if the orphanage closes down, it's all theirs.

Even now, she seems to become lucid once in a while.

₩9500.

You have to wash your hands if you've been outside.

Yes.

Soo Jin was quicker with her fist than with words.

If she didn't like someone, she went around hitting them, whether a boy or a girl, a bigger kid or a smaller one.

When she became angry, she'd throw things, scream and pull out her own hair.

One day, she must have been really angry at me.

She left a big poop in the middle of the kitchen.

That's a lie. It was a really small poop.

Also, she was such a bad eater. That nagged me the most.

As if a six year old little kid did not want to live.

But all of a sudden, she stopped being a troublemaker.

And never again, did she make trouble.

Is that true?

No matter how much trouble I caused, mom did not come back to get me.

I don't want to become a mom.

Never. I will never become a mom.

After being seen by witnesses for the last time on January 17, near Baek Seom Port, Muryeong, Gangwon Province,

the 9-year-old Kim Hye Na...

The police are following her trail from the day of her disappearance,

but have not come into clear evidence yet.

The mother of the still missing child,

with a bleeding heart, cannot make herself leave Baek Seom Port.

My poor dead daughter is still shivering in the cold sea.

It can't be a day sooner. I want to find her dead body and give her a proper burial.

Today is the third day after the Baek Seom Elementary School student's disappearance. The police reinforced their manpower and continued the search.

However, they have not secured any clue.

Moreover, the public opinion on the internet is seething

after the coercive police investigation of the missing child's mother became known.

According to the witness who saw Miss Kim Hye Na for the last time...

at the time of her disappearance, she came to the port by herself and...

Yoon Bok.

Teacher Glara said she wanted to watch TV.

If you want to go back to your mom even now, tell me. It's okay.

When I was six, I was tied under a tree in front.

While giving me a bath, she could see that my body was full of bruises.

Still, I missed my mom.

So I will understand if you want to go to your mom even now...

My mom... how sad will she be when I die...

That's all I wanted to find out.

But Mom is not sad. She wants me dead.

Please give me a boy's cut.

Will I be able to protect that child?

Will I be able to be that child's mom?

When I don't have a mom myself,

how can I become a mom?

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You were a child who didn't cry, Soo Jin.

If you cried even only once, you might feel better.

You were like a child determined not to cry until your mom came back.

That broke my heart.

It's ok.

It will get better.

Teacher, I don't quite know.

Am I doing the right thing?

What made me become her mother?

When I sent you off for adoption, I too prayed the same thing

Dear God, I really don't know...

Is sending Soo Jin the right thing to do? Am I doing the right thing?

But now, I know what I did then was right.

I am happy to see you becoming a mother.

Bless you, Soo Jin

Teacher,

that child really is...

Becoming a mom is like going through a illness

Not all can overcome that illness.

It's really really a difficult task,

but, you can do it.

I can tell by looking at Yoon Bok.

She's really a good kid. She thinks a great deal of you.

Listen carefully, Soo Jin.

Soon, people will come. They will enter my house with their shoes on.

They will come rack my things carelessly.

All these are like my kids umbilical cords.

When they come back as adults, I wanted to return it to them.

As you get old, losing your mind is a sad thing.

But, what to do? That, too, is up to God.

While I have my right mind,

I need to prepare myself to be ready for the last day.

Good bye.

My children. Good bye.

You mean Hye Na?

I think I saw her.

I hate myself a lot.

Mom!

I feel she died because of me.

How many times are you looking at it? Is there something?

I don't get it. A little kid without any reason.

For more than an hour, like she has a navigator in her head, finds this place.

Does this make sense?

The way she looks up the sky, it looks like she is communicating with an alien.

Look, she is waving too. Is it a plane?

It's birds.

They are flying. See they are flying this way.

I told her to go home since the wind was strong, but she waved her hands like a bird...

and I think she said OK.

That kid was waving her hand at the birds and..

"Hey birds, take me with you"

Right. Right. "Take me with you".

To sum it up, Mom didn't care about the kid.

Mom's live in boyfriend is scary.

Everyday she doesn't want to go home so followed the bird for an hour.

This is the end of that road.

Wanted to follow the bird and so she fell into the water.

This is it.

I think it makes sense. Are you still doubting?

Her home teacher gave a birth to twins yesterday

so it might be little too much.

How about her substitute teacher then?

Why?

I... I am just wondering about her school life. Well, friends...

She is not here.

The teacher was here for a short time but she left abroad to study.

Before the incident. She was a Ph.D. A Ph.D on birds.

Birds?

Airplane

Goose

Train

Pack all the toys from the yard.

Mom... Train

Ready to leave anytime... "a circuit breaker"

Giraffe

Rin...

Where are we going?

I'm thinking.

Let's take Teacher Glara with us.

We are on the run!

She too want to escape.

Teacher needs assistance, medical assistance

I can take care of her.

She said she doesn't like hospitals.

She said she wants to live with her children.

No.

She is a very dear teacher to me.

She was there when I had the toughest time.

Even now she is the one I think of when I am in need.

But, what is important now is to leave here with you safely.

She wants that too for us.

She raised me to take good care of you.

But Mom, I can't do it.

Saying good bye to her, I just can't do it.

How can she eat and sleep by herself?

What if she thinks that we abandoned her?

Did Kang Soo Jin possibly mention any of her pupils?

She doesn't like kids.

Especially kids who show interest in birds?

It looked as the children didn't like her too.

Is there anything troubling you?

I just had something I wanted to ask Teacher Kang.

Whether it's possible for a first grader

to like birds enough to walk 2.8 kilometers by herself in a minus 5 degrees Celcius weather or not....

But when I was younger than that, I walked 5 kilometers of a countryside road

to just see a new robot toy.

Haven't you done anything like that, Detective?

Yes, well, I see.

If you get in touch with her by any chance, please let me know.

Yes, I will.

- Work hard. - You too.

Kang Soo Jin,

the bird rings you retrieved were 14 in all.

You said you'd leave after collecting 20.

I know you're the kind of person who'd never leave before all 20, unless it was for something extraordinary.

I also know that the homework you gave me is of an unusual kind.

Today a detective came by to ask me about you even though I don't know where you are.

You remember the GPS tracker I showed you before, right?

Just in case, I placed it on the truck of the man you talked about.

The battery is good for 2 years.

I knew you'd be here, Aunt.

I am sorry. I won't do it again.

I want to live here.

Aunt, this is not your house any more.

I will take you to a bit more comfortable place.

I planted all the trees here and I painted that, too.

I raised all my kids here. So why is it not my house?

Aunt,

now you don't have to toil any more.

We are going to adorn this place prettily and develop it into a first-class pension. So don't you worry.

Why are you behaving this way, as if I am doing something wrong?

Forget it. She can't even recognize people properly.

Take everything that you can take.

Yes, yes, yes.

What do we do?

Yoon Bok, get your bag.

From now on, don't say anything. Just listen to what I say and follow me with your eyes.

Understand? Let's go.

- Joon Young! - Yes?

Where are all my kids?

What are you talking about? They all grew up and went their own separate ways.

It feels like yesterday when I changed your diapers and spoon-fed you.

How many times did you change my diapers anyway?

I will go on my own so tell these people to let me go.

I have luggage. I'd like to look around one last time.

It's not late to remove everything after I leave, right?

Yoon Bok,

you're my last child.

Please look after your mom for me.

Your mom was the most scared one out of all my children.

She shivered because she could not give affection to anyone.

But if it's you, I can rest assured.

Soo Jin, thank you for becoming a mom.

I was so happy to hold your daughter.

I hope God will let me not forget just this one thing.

That my Soo Jin became a mom.

Nam Soo Jin

My mom from the ages of 6 to 8.

I remembered.

What?

A word that starts with "Rin". After giraffe (ghirin), it was my turn.

A word that starts with "Rin", Rinse (i.e. hair conditioner).

I have to tell it to Teacher Glara.

Today a detective came by to ask me about you.

Yoon Bok, let's go.

Delivery of your package has been arranged.

Recipient: Song Ye Eun

Why did you send a package to Teacher Ye Eun?

One out of ten thousands, really just one case out of ten thousands, if things didn't go right,

I asked Teacher Ye Eun to help us.

Since one out of ten thousands means one out of ten thousands,

it means 9999 times, it will be okay, right?

Yes. 9999 times, nothing bad will happen.

That's good.

Let's go.

Radiological Report

I could have gone to see another doctor and asked him

to read my mom's CAT scan, telling him that I wanted another medical opinion before making an important decision.

But when I gave it another thought, there was no reason to do that.

After all, I am Mom's biological daughter.

Please explain. What is going on?

It seems like Mrs. Cha hasn't told you yet.

- Because it's already metastasized it doesn't mean- - Wait a second.

It's metastasized?

My mom's cancer came back?

Well...

Mom.

How did you meet your mother that raised you?

I went to bed one night. A new kid came then.

That kid couldn't fall asleep till late and kept crying, so...

Are you scared? Should I stay with you?

Everyone cries the first time, because they want to see their moms.

Soo Jeong's mom is very ill. Hyeon Jeong's mom has... ran away.

Hyeon Ji's mom died while delivering her sister. Ji Yeong lost her mom.

Mi Yeong's mom has lost her mind and was put to a mental hospital.

Yeong Seon's dad killed her mom, I heard.

Since my mom was worried that I might follow her,

she tied me tightly under the tree over there and ran away.

How did you end up here?

But the next day, I found out that "the kid" was an adult.

She was very pretty as well.

How old was she?

You are doing well.

About 32 or 33?

She came to volunteer.

She was there for a week.

She slept and ate well. Then after a while she came back to adopt me.

I don't want to. I won't go. Don't send me, Teacher.

I will eat and behave.

Mom, why are you doing this to me? What did I do wrong?

Walking, smiling, talking, even choosing a guy, I did everything as you said.

But.... why are you only asking for my sister? Were you just thinking of telling her that you were dying?

Yi Jin, calm down.

Do you think my sister will come running home when she hear that you have cancer?

When you get old, I am the one who will take care of you!

I am the one who is sad for all this.

I know, my daughter!

I know you will be sad.

That's why I couldn't tell you.

So.... did they say you are dying?

Death has many options.

Spending a lot of money to extend the death and pain

Spending 6 months doing whatever you want and dying suddenly.

What do you mean by death has an option?

You do whatever you need to stay alive no matter what until the end. You have your son-in-law, grandkids and me.

I will think it over carefully and do what I want.

The only thing you couldn't have your way with is Soo Jin, right?

Cheongryangni Station

Let's go.

Where will we go now?

One place I dread going to.

It's still here.

Look at this.

What kind of bird is this?

It's Gouldian finch.

Can we get a haircut here?

Wait a minute, Teacher?

Did you have a nice trip?

There is a parcel for you.

Thank you.

Good bye.

Thank you.

Sam Hwa Barbershop

After hair cut, go and play in the playground. I will be back soon.

Yes.

It's cold out in the playground.

What?

Better to eat cookies and watch TV here.

What kind of cookies do you have?

Can't I stay here, Mom?

Wouldn't it bother you?

If not, can you? I won't be late.

Yes.

She said she was coming.

They didn't hear from Soo Jin so they can't really say anything too

Then wait since you went all that way.

How would I know when she will come.

Jae Bum, take the next flight back.

Soo Jin is here.

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♪ Even the voice that I've missed ♪

I wish to take care of myself in any situation.

There is a condition. You have to meet me 10 times.

Like the "Dr. Bird" teacher... If someone told her to come there...

We are on the run.

I need you help for the first time.

It's a little against the law, it is ok, right?

They came to catch us.

Focus. Focus.

Can you uncuff this?

I have someone waiting for me.

What if they capture and take Yoon Bok's mom away?

♪ There is not even a trace left ♪