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How much thinking

are you planning to do?

Just all night.

All night?

I don't know what you're thinking in your head.

However,

whatever that is,

can you not do it?

What is this, now?

Is he saying to not think of him?

What is that look?

Is he mad at me? Why?

Now it's nice and quiet.

Don't think about anything any more.

Just...

don't do anything.

Heo Joon-jae.

There's definitely a reason for the town head to release

the sky lanterns by the sea.

When they are released by the sea,

the mermaid will definitely come out of the water.

No, Se-hwa!

Are you okay?

You're okay. You're not dreaming.

-Did you have a scary dream? -Yes.

It was scary.

How come?

I know.

I was afraid of nothing,

as I had nothing to lose.

But now...

it's scary.

I might lose someone.

Who?

What?

Se-wha?

Huh?

I heard you.

You said, "No, Se-hwa!"

Who is she?

Who is Se-hwa?

Is she also a fish you are keeping on the hook?

No, it's not that.

Then who is she?

A woman?

Yes, a woman.

Oh, a woman?

Is she pretty?

Honestly?

You have to be honest. We promised not to lie to each other.

She's pretty.

Very.

Oh, very pretty?

What about me?

You're pretty too.

You should decide. How can both of us be pretty?

-Are you two-timing us like an octopus? -What?

You know that expression?

Hurry and answer me. I'm speaking in Gungsuh font.

What's Gungsuh font?

It means I'm serious. Don't you know this expression?

It's all over the internet.

Anyway, answer.

I'm speaking in Gungsuh font.

Of course...

you.

Could it be true?

He's not saying this to keep me on the hook?

What about Se-hwa?

Isn't this scamming?

Am I really prettier than Se-hwa?

Where does she live? What does she do?

I said you.

Darn dog-good.

What?

The word dog-good doesn't mean I like dogs.

It means that I like it a lot, very much.

Everyone on the internet uses it.

If you don't understand, memorize it.

-Where are you going? -I have to go up.

Don't.

Are you drunk, Heo Joon-jae?

You say, "Don't go." when you're drunk.

Whether I'm drunk or not, don't go.

I'm not going.

Heo Joon-jae.

Yes?

Earlier,

that...

That what?

No, earlier that...

This?

Yes.

This.

Is it okay not to forget this time?

Of course, you can't.

You shouldn't forget.

Okay.

I won't forget this one this time.

Let's sleep.

I'll sleep with you like this.

So I won't have scary dreams.

Heo Joon-jae,

I wish you'd have scary dreams every night.

Scary dreams are dog-good.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Oh my! What if this bursts?

It's so piping hot.

Why do I feel so hot?

I can't control my strength.

Yes?

Please...

make me some honey...

What are you doing?

I feel like throwing up when I see alcohol.

Soju and even with kimchi!

Why were you drinking?

Is something wrong?

Why?

Thank you.

It's nice to have someone ask me what's wrong.

It's been so long.

Why?

What is it?

Honestly,

I saw my ex-husband while I was out today.

Oh, my! Coincidentally?

And...

our eyes definitely met, but he pretended not to see me.

Really?

He might have been surprised.

I can understand if he was surprised or flustered,

but he just really...

had the gaze of looking at a complete stranger.

There must be things that time cannot heal.

Time has gone by like this,

but it still hurts.

What are you doing? You said you feel like throwing up.

How can I not drink after listening to this?

Don't drink soju.

Let's have wine.

How could you have lived with that jerk?

Let's have a drink.

I was really upset today too.

Why?

You know that woman whom I'm always bribing with food.

Well, after drinking...

I acted up a bit toward her.

So she shrugged me off like ice.

I even knelt and she was still mad.

You even knelt?

Yeah. I did.

But honestly, I didn't say anything wrong.

She stole the husband of her high school classmate

to secure that position.

She's really foul-hearted, right?

The first wife didn't receive any money.

She left as if she was chased out.

They don't have any news of her.

She's missing.

Whose story is that?

You probably don't know them.

A person named Heo Il-joong.

He's a real estate conglomerate.

They own about one third of the worthwhile buildings in Gangnam.

They are really rich.

But do you know how funny that family is?

They are developing a new city.

But she won't let us in!

We offered so much food!

but she won't let us in.

That was that family?

It was!

My dishes...

That was the family that's been taking and eating my dishes...

But if they continue to ignore me like this,

I won't sit still.

I will spread that rumor all over Gangnam!

My mouth does what it says it will do.

The world is so small.

It is. So small.

The rumors would spread in no time.

Let them wait and see.

You fixed the will according to what I told you, right?

So that everything will be inherited by Chi-hyeon and me.

Yes, but we need to set

the minimal amount of inheritance in Heo Joon Jae's name.

so you don't be caught up in a biological child restoration lawsuit.

There won't be any such thing.

So do what I asked.

And will Representative Jo and Executive Director Jeong

be the witnesses?

-Everything's been agreed to, right? -Well, it was done.

Will it really be okay?

None of them will do it for free, right?

The same goes for you, too.

If this goes well,

you probably will be able to set up a law firm.

I arranged it as you told me to.

Drafted on December 28, 2016.

The last will and testament of Heo Il-joong.

Have you confirmed it?

Yes, we have.

CEO Heo,

please affix your stamp.

I can't see properly.

So, where is it?

Yes. Here.

Yes.

It seems like a lot has changed.

Since I couldn't fall asleep and stuff, I changed it a bit.

Alone?

-This must have been so heavy. -It wasn't.

It was really light.

She's strength-Cheong. Strength-Cheong today.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

It's a good thing only I can hear it!

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Enough now.

Good morning.

Heo Joon-jae!

When the lease expires, where will we move to?

I'm not sure.

There's still time left, I should think about it. Why?

I feel so good today,

so I wanted to move the furniture one by one.

What?

Joon-jae

Who changed her battery?

Take it out. She's too much.

Why take it out? It's good. What do you want for breakfast?

-Rice. -Pasta.

Why eat noodles now? Let's eat rice.

We don't have pasta.

I'll go buy some.

-I said rice. -You will?

Go buy some.

-Tomato pasta? -Deal!

I will help you.

-Oh no, it's heavy. -Get up please.

It's heavy though.

Thank you.

-Look for the phone number. -There's none.

This car needs to be moved.

Move this car!

There was a car right here.

Did she go and make the pasta?

Why is she taking so long?

Call her, Tae-oh.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

Heo Joon-jae likes me.

She's almost here.

Almost here? How do you know?

I'm back!

Do you guys just communicate telepathically?

Cute.

As we closed up the Ahn Jin-joo case,

the losses are too big.

So I have a new job I'm looking into.

It's not a bad thing.

He's the worst person.

He amassed a fortune from voice phishing.

I told you I'm not doing it.

No?

No.

Heo Joon-jae really likes me.

Eat.

Eat all you want.

Why?

Sit down.

What now?

Are you sick of talking to me like this?

That's not what I'm saying!

Tae-oh found Ma Dae-young's taxi, so we will be meeting with Detective Hong.

Nice going. A con man revealing his address to a detective.

Now you two meet up? Are you best friends?

Do you plan to confess as a symbol of friendship?

What do you want to say?

Yes. I know you are especially fond of Cheong.

How long have you been seeing her? It's only been three months.

You and I have been together for ten years.

Are these both the same?

Three months with Cheong is important, but the ten years with me is nothing?

I made her a promise.

I want to keep that promise.

Didn't you make me a promise?

You said we'll work together until you find your mom.

Just with that promise, I took in a runaway teenager.

I fed, clothed, housed, and schooled you!

You're the one mooching and living in my house.

I knew that was coming.

When the weather lets up, I was going to leave anyway.

I already told you that the heater burst in my room,

but you don't even care.

I am exhausted from your indifference towards me.

-What? -Sit down.

Hey. There's an old saying,

"Bin-cheon-ji-gyo-bool-ga-mang. Jo-gang-ji-cheo-bool-ha-dang."

You can't forget friends you made when you were low and poor.

Or your wife who endured hard times with you.

Are you my wife now?

No! I'm the friend you made when you were poor and low.

Let me ask one thing.

If Cheong and I fell into the water, whom would you save first?

You.

-Really? -Yeah.

If I leave it be, Cheong would save you.

I don't like that.

Never mind me.

What about Tae-oh?

He was living well in Japan and you told him

nowhere else had faster internet than Korea!

I didn't say anything wrong.

Simple-minded Tae-oh followed us here because of those words!

You irresponsible punk!

Yes, Detective Hong.

Where are you now? I'll come out.

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

How did you find what we couldn't using our car's black box images

-and the assistance of the control center? -It's a skill.

You guys just hacked.

We do our forensic work scientifically.

Do it then.

We only have your word. We don't know whether Ma Dae-young drove this or not.

We watched the black box video,

but it was dark and he had a cap on. We can't tell who it was.

That's why you're doing a scientific investigation.

Something must come out, be it DNA or fingerprints.

He is so despicable.

Can I hit him once?

I won't stop you.

We can't find any fingerprints.

There aren't even footprints.

It seems like the driver wiped everything before he ran.

Any signs of damage?

A section shows traces of be scratched during escape.

Traces of interior damage?

There isn't any interior damage.

Okay. What about bloodstains?

No bloodstains either.

Who are you? A prosecutor?

No need to mind him.

Didn't anything come out?

Ah, yes.

The only thing that's in the car is this.

Octopus.

This is yours, right? The one you dropped?

Search the trash can nearby.

He could have thrown away the clothes or the syringe.

Yes.

I warned you.

Who are you to command--

-Hospital. -What about the hospital?

Before he abandoned the taxi, he wiped his fingerprints.

But he fled from the hospital. He wouldn't have had time.

There was a big container of water in the operating room.

Seeing as there wasn't much floating matter,

it must have been filled that day.

If Ma Dae-young moved that container,

there would still be fingerprints inside the handle.

If so, why did Ma Dae-young get water?

Out of nowhere.

You are quitting?

Oh my. Why?

Did I do something that upset you?

No.

I just want to rest.

No.

It's not easy to find someone who works as well as you do.

And at first, honestly,

I thought you had a weird personality.

But I'm use to it now.

I'm sorry. It's for personal reasons.

Are you protesting for a pay raise?

No. It's not like that.

Stay out of this.

It seems like she has set her heart on it. Why hold her back?

Even if you leave, will you work until we get a replacement?

You can leave after that.

That is manners.

Yes. I will work until you find someone else.

I'm so sorry.

Then you are still gonna work for a while, right?

Let's go somewhere after I get off work.

Where?

I'll send you the address. Meet me there.

I will need her later. Would that be alright?

That...!

Oh my!

Here.

Oh, my world. How...?

-Thank you. -It's nothing.

I'm so grateful. Can I do something?

It's okay.

Then, bye!

Bye.

What a wacko!

I waited for ten minutes. Why are you so late?

I'm sorry.

I met a pickpocket on the way.

Whose house is this?

My boyfriend to be's house.

Since he likes your food, I leave the cooking to you.

Why aren't they opening?

Oh, Miss. Is this your house?

Are you Cha Si-ah's mother?

She's not my mother. She's the maid.

How do you know each other?

I told you I met a pickpocket earlier.

She's the one who got my bag back.

Do you also hit and catch pickpockets?

Yes.

Leave it. I will do it.

That girl, seriously!

As expected, Heo Joon-jae. His room is also clean.

So that is the room that girl lives in?

Annoying! Really.

Okay.

Joon-jae, these are the files you asked for regarding Kim Dam-ryeong.

I looked again when organizing the files.

I think you and Kim Dam-ryeong look alike.

Is she his mother?

She's beautiful.

No.

He just looks like the boy.

Children's faces are just like this and that.

You said that you had the patient's records from Sarang Hospital.

What treatment did Ma Dae-young get from there?

Well, neuropsychiatry.

Because of paranoid delusions and bipolar disorder,

he used to go once or twice a year for treatment and prescriptions.

He probably couldn't control his violence without medication.

Then he'd probably need medication to hide even now.

If not, how would he be able to suppress his anger?

Well, that could be.

Among the doctors who treated Ma Dae-young,

could there be an assistant?

What crazy doctor would treat a fugitive?

Still we need to look into the psychiatric ward medical team.

Right.

Let's check that too.

Please stop right up front.

Not here. Over a bit, there. It's cold outside.

Stop there. More.

Then, work hard.

I thought I was escorting a team leader.

Why are we so obedient?

We're faking it.

Heo Joon-jae is just

bait to catch Ma Dae-young.

We are just using him.

Why do I feel that is not the case?

Tell me about Joon-jae's mother.

I don't know much, either,

They separated when he was ten, and he is still looking for her.

I don't know where she is hiding.

There is no trace of her anywhere.

I want to find her for him.

Where is she?

I am confident that I can treat her well.

How is it?

-Nuclear taste. -What?

You don't know.

It's a term people use on the internet.

Nuclear taste. It means totally delicious.

I'm glad it tastes good.

Oh, when is your boyfriend coming?

I'm almost done.

Whose boyfriend...

You mean Heo--

Should we go now?

What's wrong with you?

Right now?

Yes. Right now. Let's go now.

Now. Yes.

-I'm going. -Please leave.

Bye.

Quick!

Let's go.

Let's go, now.

Go straight. Let's go.

A little faster!

Get in.

-I can open it myself. -I'm in a hurry.

Get in, please.

Elizabeth.

Who do you take after

that you still can't do the multiplication after ten months?

-I'm back. -Hi.

What should I do with you?

-Hi. -You're here.

Solve it now.

Where did you go with her?

You said she has a son, right?

Yes, why?

Have you heard anything about her son?

Well...

her son is so good looking.

Oh, he went to KAIST.

Well...

they don't keep in touch.

After getting divorced, she lived alone and just heard news about her son.

What's wrong?

Are you teaching me now?

What's wrong with her?

Are you my mother-in-law? I thought I was living with in-laws!

It seems like she has set her heart on it. Why hold her back?

No.

What's wrong with her?

How does six time six equal 40? Get your head straight!

Ji-yong's aunt!

What are you doing in my room again?

That... Perhaps...

That picture...

Is he your son?

That's right.

Your son doesn't look like you.

What do you mean?

People always said he looked like me.

What's wrong?

I have thought about this...

Until now, you... madam...

May I call you mother?

Why am I your mother?

Strictly speaking, you're not my mother.

But you seem like my mother

or could be my mother.

Are you sick?

No, I'm not sick.

I was sick before.

Until now, I was not in my right mind.

Now rather, I have got back to my senses.

My throat is so dry.

Can you get me a glass of water, Mother?

No. Would you like a glass of water? Should I get you one?

No. I'm fine.

I will get you water.

No!

That is... The truth is...

What's wrong? Do you have something to say to me?

Just a little later...

I'm so sorry to you--

Mother.

What's with her?

What's with you, Heo Joon-jae?

You always told me "Hey, upper room, come down."

Aren't you cold?

When I looked earlier, this side was a bit drafty.

If it's cold, sleep downstairs.

With you?

I will sleep up here.

No. It's not cold.

I have something I'm curious about.

Yeah.

The day you were taken by Ma Dae-young.

Yeah.

Did that guy fill a tub with water?

Yeah.

Why?

Ma Dae-young knows.

That I am a mermaid.

He said he saw it in a dream

and wanted to personally confirm it.

But, Heo Joon-jae,

I can't tell you this.

Don't.

If it's something that's hard to say

you don't have to say it.

I'm scared.

He has found out my secret.

You don't have to be scared.

Nothing will happen.

Nothing will repeat itself.

Whatever happened before,

will not happen this time.

I will...

make sure.

Honey.

Seo-hee.

Honey.

Seo-hee!

Father!

Father!

Secretary Kim,

please come here.

Father...

has collapsed.

He had a lot of cerebral hemorrhage due to external wounds,

but the surgery went well.

Thank you.

Are regular daily activities still possible?

We would need to observe him after he wakes up and regains consciousness.

We won't know for now.

I think your father is looking for you.

Just a moment.

Father.

Father.

Joon-jae.

Joon-jae.

Joon-jae.

Joon-jae.

Joon-jae.

Joon-jae.

The sunken boat with the belongings of Kim Dam-ryeong

seemed like it was on its way to exile.

On his way to exile, he died after the ship sank.

They must have met a heavy rainstorm.

REPORT ON SHIPWRECK EXCAVATION IN YANGYANG SEA

So, did you protect her well there?

Why aren't you asleep?

-I think I know. -What?

Honestly, I found out a lot today.

Men fall for women who may seem easy, but are actually hard to get.

What is that exactly? Seems easy but hard.

Accept date offers, but refuse skinship.

Why? Such a good thing. Why refuse it?

So annoying.

-Refuse twice and accept the third... -Do I have to? Why?

What does first love mean to a man?

BRANDING

I heard first love to a man is like being branded.

Once it has been stamped on your heart, it will never go away.

First love?

To you, Se-hwa is your first love.

-It's not necessarily like that. -No, it's okay.

Se-hwa must've left such a big stamp on your heart.

That's why you had such a sad dream.

-That's not it-- -But I also found out

that a man's first love does not come true.

So I will let that girl stamp the first love.

It would have been big trouble if I were your first love.

It wouldn't have worked out for us.

-What. -What?

I told you to get Heo Joon-jae.

You almost got caught taking some other girl?

And you're not answering my calls!

Ji-hyeon.

Get your head straight.

I'm Kang Seo-hee.

I had a dream.

What?

In my dream,

I saw my past life.

You might not believe it, but it's true.

Heo Joon-jae was there, and you too.

And that woman too.

Is that woman the one you kidnapped?

Yeah. It's true.

In that dream,

that woman was a mermaid.

You're not taking medication, are you?

It's because you're not taking medication.

Right. You might not believe it. It's driving me crazy too.

I seem like a lunatic.

But then, that dream is so vivid that I'm going crazy.

We're almost there.

I'm almost done with CEO Heo.

If you can just take care of Joon-jae,

Chi-hyeon, you, and I-- The three of us can live happily.

We have been waiting a long time for this day.

Get your head straight.

Take your medications.

Stop talking about that strange dream.

Okay.

After that, I sometimes dreamed,

but it didn't mesh well.

Then one day, suddenly,

a strange scene came to my mind.

Ma Dae-young, starting from 2009,

went once every few months, irregularly, to see this person.

Prof. Jin Kyoung-won...

PROF. JIN KYOUNG-WON

So, do you want to see the end of that dream?

If that person has a story he wants to tell me so desperately,

I would have to see it through.

Seeing that could create serious trauma for you.

Would that still be okay?

Yes.

NEUROLOGY DEPT. HEAD PROF. JIN KYOUNG-WON

Don't forget my favor.

Look here.

If you leave me with such a request, how will I live?

When will we be able to see each other again?

What is today's date?

It is December 15th.

December 11th of the same year,

at the young age of 27,

he died?

Even by my knowing the future, it just got delayed a little.

I can't change it with my own strength.

The day for us to meet again is set.

We will meet again.

As good friends.

-Sir! -Sir.

You need to leave now.

It's a relief that it's you.

I don't think about personal relations.

I am just doing what I have to.

Now. Cast it!

Please turn the boat around.

What did you say?

Turn it around.

There is something I must do.

It's impossible.

The life of the person whom I love the most depends on it.

I am sorry, but it is impossible.

I also can't help it.

I promise.

Once I'm done,

I will continue on my own path.

I ask of you.

If I can't protect that person,

I have no reason to live.

Stand down.

He saved my father who was falsely accused.

I said stand down!

I will take responsibility, so turn the boat around.

Did we catch her?

Look and see if we caught her!

Shoot arrows or throw a harpoon.

You must catch her, even if you kill her!

I will give a big reward to whomever catches her!

-Yes, sir. -Catch her.

Catch her!

Aim and shoot!

Who do we have here!

The town head--

I mean the former town head that has been exiled for his crime?

Stop!

It seems like you still haven't grasped the situation.

Where do you get the nerve to command someone to stop?

You're a criminal!

Officer Kim-hyeon from the Royal Investigation Bureau.

What strange things are you doing here?

A hunter hunts in the mountains,

and a fisherman fishes in the sea.

It's not strange.

It's blood! Blood!

What are you doing!

Shoot arrows and throw harpoons and catch it!

Yes, sir!

Se-hwa!

You live on land, and I live in the water.

Will the heaven we go to after we die

be the same or different?

The heaven that we will go to after we die

will be the same place.

Heaven doesn't distinguish between water and land.

You know, Dam-ryeong.

If we get to meet later in another place,

I wish you would be you and I would be me.

That way, I can recognize you.

We will be.

If we do meet again,

you will be you and I will be me.

Will we be able to remember what we are talking about now?

I promise.

Even if we are to be born again,

I will find you,

and meet you,

and love you, and protect you.

I will remember...

this story.

Subtitle translation by: , Leon Elalouf