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(Episode 7: Madeleine, In Search of Lost Time)

What a pretty girl!

Hey! She's pretty, too. Oh, to be young again.

Why aren't you nagging me today?

I can't be bothered to. You too, right?

You must be getting old. You can't even be bothered to nag me anymore.

I'm just so sick and tired of life these days.

There's no need to be. There's really nothing special about life.

I can't sleep in the morning these days.

I wake up thinking the sun's up, but when I look at the clock, it's not even four.

When you lie in bed, you wonder what you lived for all these years.

Do you know why you lose morning sleep?

So that you can mature before you die.

- Brother! - What?

Give this hotel to Jin-hyeon.

You told me a sob story to ask me that didn't you?

You have no one else to hand it down to. Why not get married then?

How can I when there are so many beautiful women out there?

Hyun-sook, would you like to marry me?

Stop being ridiculous!

They're trying to own current market value of a 200 million dollar worth company

with only a lousy 2 million dollar contract fee.

That is nonsense. I mean, what the hell is wrong

with the financial supervisory committee here?

Are they blind?

Your taste in women seems to have changed a lot. Look at her.

Show some respect, man. She's 3 years your senior.

She must cost you a lot of money.

Have you lost your mind?

Are you hungry?

You might think that you're a princess now

that you're dating the future president of a hotel.

Wake up! He's just playing with you.

What?

You think people in his circle will accept you?

Whether they accept me or not, it's not your problem!

I'm worried that you might get hurt.

- You're worried that I'll get hurt? - End it now. It'll just get harder for you.

Hey! Forget it. Talking to you is a waste of my time.

I went to Spain for my business. I thought it'd look good on you,

so I bought it.

What do you think? Don't you think it'll look good on Sam-soon?

What the heck do you think you're doing?

I told you to stay away from her!

Look who's talking! Stop playing with her!

Have you guys seen Jin-hyeon? He was here just a while ago.

Look over there.

Hey, stop it. Get your hands off! Who the heck do you think you're hitting!

What on earth are they doing? Have they gone mad?

Kim Sam-soon!

Let go, right now! Who do you think you're biting like that?

I bit a dog, why?

What? Come here!

Hey! Get your hands off!

No! You started it!

- Let go when I'm asking nicely. - No!

You don't know who you're dealing with.

You... I'm going to...

Shut up!

Let go! I said, let go!

Shut up!

I told you to let go when I'm asking nicely, didn't I?

Let go of me. Let go!

Have you forgotten how athletic I was in high school as a basketball player?

And I was going to keep it a secret, but you dug your own grave.

You got that?

What's she talking about? What secret?

Let's go.

Hey, punk!

I don't know if you're aware, but I'm Sam-soon's first man.

Do you know what that means, punk?

Come on.

Let go of me. Let go of me, will you? It hurts!

Did you forget our contract? Why do you meet other guys behind my back?

- When did I meet other guys? - You keep on meeting him.

When did I meet him? Did I meet him intentionally?

You're the one who brought me here in the first place!

If you ran into him, you should've avoided him.

Shouldn't you at least make a minimum amount of effort to stick to the contract?

You really are impossible.

What about you? The contract said nothing about using me!

And you're criticizing me for having a few words with him?

Don't you have any self-respect? Why do you keep on seeing him? Why?

What's it to you anyway?

Don't talk to him if I tell you not to!

Whether it's him or somebody else, don't look at anyone else,

don't talk with anyone else, and don't listen to anyone else.

Just listen to me. Only me.

Wow, this place makes you feel like you're in the middle of Africa.

You were great.

What?

I'm glad you bit him.

If you like me, just say you do. Why'd you have to beat around the bush like that?

"Just listen to me. Only me."

You've finally fallen head over heels for me, haven't you?

Hold on. Who am I fooling here?

He'll probably make a joke out of it if he finds out what I'm thinking, right?

Why Sam-soon out of all people? She's just so not appropriate.

Calm down. How many times do I have to tell you?

You dated a low level woman like her and you dare think of marrying me?

God! What do you take me for?

She was the one who wouldn't stop following me around.

She came onto me, but that punk overreacted, that's all.

You said you were her first man.

I was drunk. I don't even remember.

But she said I was her first and I had to be responsible.

I'm not that reckless, you know. I take responsibility for my actions.

She's been harassing me ever since.

Whatever! I want to call off the wedding!

Okay, fine. Call it off then. And why do you treat me and Hyun Jin-hyeon so differently?

You make me feel like an old man compared to him.

I'm only 2 years older than him.

You better treat me differently or call off the wedding.

Let me see.

You're the host of the party and you beat up a guest. You should've just let it go.

Your mother will be upset if she finds out.

What? Did I do something wrong again?

You're worried that I'll misunderstand your intentions?

Don't worry. I'm too old to misunderstand just because someone's being nice.

You are just being nice, right?

Well, in a way, I can understand why you lashed out like that.

I mean, technically, we are dating.

Can I ask you this one thing?

When you told me not to look at anyone, and only to listen to you.

Was that a mistake, too?

Well, I'm sure it was a mistake.

But you sure do seem to be making a lot of mistakes these days.

It wasn't a mistake.

I meant it.

I don't like you looking at other guys. I don't like you paying attention to them.

I don't know why. But I just don't like it.

We can't like each other...

Have you forgotten the sixth clause of our contract?

We shall not actually date.

Who said I liked you?

Who said I'm actually dating you?

I just stated the facts. Don't read too much into it.

You're playing with me, aren't you?

Why? Do you want me to like you?

No! It's just that you keep on talking nonsense.

Does it make sense that you expect me not to even look and talk with other men?

A clause like that doesn't exist in our contract!

We can rewrite the contract.

Stop playing with me!

I told you not to laugh like that. Do you know how infuriating that is?

Well then stop making me laugh.

When did I make you laugh?

Don't you even look in the mirror? Your existence itself is a joke.

You cocky little brat! Where's the plane ticket? I'm going back to Seoul.

It's in my jacket pocket.

Where's your jacket?

I'm tired. Be my pillow. Just for a little while.

Get off me! You have a pillow right over there.

I like this pillow.

Lay on my lap then.

No, I like this pillow.

I'm a bit self-conscious of my stomach.

I know. A pillow with a natural cushion and temperature adjustment functions.

Don't tighten it. You're making it hard.

- They're muscles. - Relax.

It's my stomach. I'll do as I like.

Can't you sell your stomach for 50,000 dollars?

I told you not to talk about money as if it's the name of your dog, didn't I?

I can't help laughing when I look at you. But I shouldn't laugh.

Why not?

I don't have the right to laugh.

Why do you need the right to laugh?

I haven't told this to anyone. What will you do for me if I tell you?

Who said I wanted to hear it? Are you trying to be mysterious?

Move your head, will you? Get off me.

Fine. I lent you my belly so tell me.

I killed my brother.

I killed my brother, my sister-in-law and my love.

It was a beautiful day. I remember the sky was so blue.

We went on a picnic. Me, my brother, his wife and Mi-ju,

Hee-jin had an anatomy class so she couldn't come.

On our way back, my brother seemed tired.

He had just taken over management of the hotel.

So I drove...

It looks like my mom's hometown is this road now.

So are you sad?

I guess a road is just a road we traveled on, huh?

Actually, that sounds really poetic.

- Think so? - Mm.

What? Jeju Island? Why'd she go to Jeju Island?

Our boss took her for some family event.

Family event? Are they coming back today?

Isn't that the natural thing to do?

If she was going to go somewhere, she should've said something.

What is this Sam-shik up to?

Watch it! Ow, it hurts.

I'm sorry, are you okay? Hello. Did you come to meet Sam-soon?

Did you aim at me on purpose?

Why would I do that? If anyone deserves to be hit, it's me. I'm really sorry.

At least you know.

- Are you okay? - I'm fine.

Ouch, it hurts!

- Oh, no... - Let me see.

You're hurt. Why don't you come in and put some ointment on it?

You made a hole here on purpose, didn't you?

Hey, if you keep on making preposterous remarks, you'll grow a horn on your butt.

Look! You've already grown one.

You make really lame jokes, you know that?

No, I mean it. I can really see a horn.

I can see your butt by the way.

See, this is worth it.

So what do you think?

I think it's so tragic.

What is?

It's so beautiful here, you know, and she's never going to see it.

- Mom. - Mom?

- Yeah. - Ah.

It's funny because I know another girl who has something amazing

right in front of her and she can't see it either.

So what are you gonna do if another girl comes along and takes me away from you?

Huh?

Why don't you just tell him the truth?

No. I'm not gonna tell him the truth.

- Never. - Nope.

See, you're not gonna find a solution that way. This is a big deal.

I mean, even I couldn't forgive you for that.

And I'm a really nice guy.

So what? I tell that I love him, and if he comes back, would that be because of love?

I don't know.

I don't want him coming back out of sympathy...

So what if he never comes back?

Then will you take me?

I... I'll think about it.

Hey, that's no fun.

In a situation like this you say,

Whatever... Am I a consolation prize?

Whatever... Am I a consolation prize?

What's it mean?

It means, don't take me for granted. I'm not for sale.

Don't take me for granted. Am I a consolation prize?

And then she left after a few days. She said she'd be back in five years.

She acted as if she was leaving for a trip for a couple of days.

So you waited for her while pretending to date me.

No, time just passed by.

But you didn't meet anyone else.

I couldn't be bothered to.

You waited for her.

You waited for her. Whether it was because of regret or pride.

If I quit just because the other person does, then what becomes of the love?

Are you going to start over again?

You still love her. I can see it.

You two are similar.

Who?

You and Hee-jin.

Both of you make me laugh.

Have you ever been to Halla Mountain?

No. I don't even climb the hill behind my house.

I went twice. Once after my college entrance exam with my brother.

And once after I finished my rehabilitation treatment.

It snowed so much the time I went with my brother.

The snow came up to our waist and he had to clear the way.

I remember other people just following the trail that we made.

I went spontaneously after I finished my treatment.

I thought that if I could climb to the top of the mountain,

my leg wouldn't be that much of a problem after all.

So did you climb all the way to the top?

Yes. As I passed through the clouds and stood at the top,

I felt like I was standing on top of the clouds.

That's when I told myself that I've had enough

and to let go of all the resentment and self-blame.

And I resolved that I wouldn't be weak when Hee-jin returned.

I made myself a pot of noodles on my way down, too.

My brother had made me noodles with snow. But it didn't taste the same.

The noodles he made were the best tasting I ever had.

Darn it...

See, you make me laugh.

I didn't get enough to eat.

- Let's go out. - Where?

To have some noodles.Let's go to Halla Mountain together next time.

- Kim Sam-soon. - Yeah.

Yes?

I'm telling you again, but none of this means that I've started to like you.

I hope there's no misunderstanding.

Don't you understand what I'm saying?

I told you before. I don't misunderstand.

Okay, then.

Hello? Oh, hi, Yi-young...

You're still in Jeju Island?

How did you know?

Is Sam-shik next to you?

No. It's okay, go ahead. What is it?

You're coming back today, right?

Yeah.

You can't stay the night there, okay?

Why not?

What do you mean why not? What if something happens between you two?

I thought that's what you wanted.

Whatever. Come back to Seoul right away, okay?

Okay.

Oh, and do you have any extra clothes in your locker?

My locker? Are you at the restaurant right now?

I'll explain later. Do you have extra clothes in your locker or not?

I don't.

Darn. Okay, bye.

Yes?

Can I come in?

No! Wait one moment.

Yes.

Open the door, will you? Are you undressed? Okay, just let my hand in, okay?

Whose is it?

They're mine. Why?

Isn't there somebody else's? You have a lot of female employees here.

No one had extras. Are you going to wear it or not? My arm's starting to ache here.

And you have to return it. I've had those jeans for 10 years.

I don't want noodles.

I thought you were hungry.

Let's just go to the airport.

I'm hungry. Let's eat first.

You go ahead. I'll go to the airport alone.

I never thought I'd bump into you here.

Well, I was invited.

영어 대사

We need to talk.

- I have nothing to say to you. - It'll only take a minute.

- I don't think your boyfriend will approve. - He's just a friend.

I don't care.

You can't do this to me.

Let's go talk.

Don't go.

Let go of him.

- No. You let go. - Let go!

No. You let go.

And you! I don't want you looking at another woman either.

Just listen to me. Only me.

Let's go.

It'll only take a minute.

Do you want me to slap you? Let go of him when I ask nicely.

It'll only take a minute. It won't take long.

No. Not for one second or one minute.

It's over between you and me if you go with her now.

Jin-hyeon!

Let's go.

Where are you headed?

To the airport, please.

I thought you wanted to have noodles.

Sir, please stop the car here.

If I don't show up, don't wait for me and go ahead.

Sir, please take her to the airport.

Hey! Hey!

Sir, please let me off here, too.

Wait. Don't go!

What do you think you're doing?

Don't go. I have to tell you something.

Tell me later.

I've started to like you.

I've come to like you, you bastard.

Don't go.

If you go now... If you go now...

Hello.

Heejin... I know she's inside.

Yeah, she's inside. Go ahead.

This is Henry. Say hello.

Hi, I'm Henry. It's nice to meet you.

She and I have to talk in private.

Okay. I'll leave you guys.

No, you shouldn't have to go.

Henry's like my other half. He shouldn't have to go.

I thought you went to study? And you come back with this guy?

That's the extent of your imagination? Why don't you tell me more?

- Send him out first. - You tell me first. What do you want?

Tell me the real reason why you left.

Studying was an excuse, right?

Yes.

Did something happen between you and my mother?

No.

Then what is it?

Why do you want to know? You have a girlfriend to escort you to official events.

I wouldn't have come here if I knew you had come with her.

I think it's really over between us.

That's what I wanted to tell you.

So live happily ever after with her.

Just tell me why you left.

I'm never going to tell you. I'm going to make you curious for the rest of your life.

I'll make you regret it.

It's my revenge on you for not trusting me.

Hey, calm down.

You need to calm down.

Heejin was very sick.

Henry, stop!

I am her doctor.

Stop it! Don't tell him! That's not helping me!

Get out! Get out, now! Get the heck out of here! Go! Get out!

She has AGC, advanced gastric cancer.

I removed almost all of her stomach.

So she should not be stressed, and you should not be yelling at her, okay?

Is it true?

I asked if it's true.

Why? Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you?

How could I? How could I tell you?

Why couldn't you? You could've told me that you'd return after your surgery.

After what happened to your brother and sister-in-law, It was hard for you as it was.

I'm sorry. I thought everything would be fine.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Sir! Those pigs really stink, don't they?

Huh? Who is this?

- Hello? - Where is Jin-hyeon?

Mother, hello.

I'm not your mother yet. Don't call me that. Where's Jin-heon?

He had some business to attend to.

He'll miss the flight. What business?

And why won't he pick up his phone?

Mother... I think you should go ahead without us. I think it'll take some time.

Why? What's keeping him?

I'm not quite sure...

I heard that he fought with Chae-ri's fiance. Is it true?

Huh? No, it's not that...

What's all this noise? Do I hear pigs grunting?

No... Actually... It's just...

Why do you keep on trailing off? Why can't you speak more properly?

- I'm sorry. - I'm hanging up.

Sir, since you're giving me a ride, could you drop me off in front of the hotel?

My feet are all swollen and I can't walk in these shoes...

I thought I'd see her here, so I only said hello to her before.

I should've talked with her more.

Why'd you want to do that? You won't be seeing her again.

What is it that you don't like this time?

There's nothing I like about her. She's old, her family's below standards.

I don't know where he found a girl like that.

I thought you'd finally matured,

but I think you need to lose more morning sleep.

Yes.

Yes. I'd like to exchange the tickets to the last flight.

Yes.

Really?

Thank you.

Hello... Do you know Korean?

Korean?

Hey, you do! Have you seen Jin-heon by any chance? The guy who I came with.

The guy who I came with. My boyfriend!

You can't speak Korean?

This guy. You should've learned before coming here.

What's your name?

- I'm Henry Kim. - Ah, Henry.

My name is Sam... Uh, my name is Sophie.

Sophie?

Can you speak French?

No.

No.

My name is Sophie.

I can't speak English and you can't speak French,

so that makes us even.

You don't understand, do you?

You're boyfriend?

You... uh, Heejin? Heejin is your girlfriend?

No, just friends.

Ah, no girlfriend?

No, just friends.

Ah, just friend.

Yeah.

Yeah... You know my boyfriend?

Your boyfriend... Mr. Hyun!

Yes! Mr. Hyun.

Yeah, he's in the room.

Room?

Yeah.

Ah... Same room together?

Uh huh.

Heejin room together?

Yeah.

Oh my god... No. Oh no... No.

What is room number?

What the heck are you trying to pull? Tell me!

Your woman and my man are together right now! We have to break them apart!

Are you crazy?

Yeah, I'm crazy. How could I not be when I'm about to lose my man?

You think I won't be able to find out if you don't tell me?

Wait... Just wait. Sit.

Sit, come on. Just sit.

Are you going to tell me the room number or not? You'll tell me if I sit down?

It's just vitamins. Don't worry.

One's iron and one's to help my digestion. But I can eat well without the pills now.

I just carry it around with me just in case.

But what's that scar?

Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it.

Let's get some medicine for it.

It's okay. I already put some on.

Well, I have a miracle worker. It makes it all better in a second.

You have another scar here, too.

You're embarrassing me. Smile, will you?

Don't you have any other scars?

You've grown thin.

But I'm much better now. After my operation and chemotherapy,

I lost 10kg. I looked like a kangaroo.

When did you first find out?

Do you remember how I kept on complaining that I had indigestion?

Yeah... And you felt nauseated all the time.

I thought I was pregnant and went and bought a pregnancy test kit.

I got the results... the day you were in that accident.

I lied and said I had an anatomy class.

You don't know how much I anguished over it

while I waited for you to wake up at the hospital.

Whether I should tell you the truth or not... How you would react about it.

When would you recover? Would you be in a more pitiful state than me?

So the conclusion I came to was...

Don't ever do something like that again.

The chances for me to live were 35 percent.

You don't know how much I cried on the plane.

The chances of me to coming back on this plane were 35 percent.

The chances of never seeing you again were 65 percent.

Aren't you proud of me? I overcame the 65 percent odds against me.

Thank you for living.

Those words are the most touching that I've heard so far.

He sure is a tough one. It's not like I can put him through water torture.

Okay, fine. I lost. You win!

Do you like tea?

I do.

Do you like madeleine?

Madeleine?

This is madeleine.

Madeleine.

French cookie.

Madeleine? This? Your tea...

In here, like this... Try dipping it...

Dip it and eat it like this...

Mm... good.

My job is pattissier.

Patisser?

No, patissier.

Ah... what is it? Baker!

Baker?

Baker!

You're a baker!

I'm a baker! Yeah, that's right.

I love bakers!

Thank you!

Um, this madeleine is most famous cookie in France.

Wow, I never knew my English was this good.

Do you know... Looking for Time?

You don't know? In English, how do you say it in English?

Looking for Time... French book, Marcel Proust.

Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time.

Yes! That's it... In Search of Lost Time.

I've heard about it, but I haven't read it yet.

I have no idea. But If you read that book, it refers to madeleines.

The main character dips a madeleine in his cup of tea and looks back on his past.

But do you know how he described a madeleine?

He said it's very plump and sensuous like a scallop shell...

How can I say this?

Okay... I got it...

He said this is... sexy cookie!

Sexy cookie...

Uh huh, uh huh!

My French teacher recommended the book,

saying that a lot of French cookies such as cochon and brioche were in it.

So I bought it and tried to read it, but couldn't because it was too difficult.

But Henry...

I guess the two of them will probably be in search of lost time, too, right?

I was really mean to Henry. I took out all my anger on him,

shouted at him, cried all the time. I even hit him.

He saw my worst, but never stopped smiling at me.

The only thing I had on my mind was to come back to you.

You have me now.

Hello!

Strai... Please go straight.

Please go straight.

Hello.

Hello!

(Boarding Pass Kim Sam-soon Boarding Pass Hyun Jin-hyeon)

Thank for telling me about your brother before.

I was touched and so I want to tell you about my father.

My father was an owner of a rice cake bakery.

I wasn't even there for his funeral.

Everything happened so suddenly. I couldn't even get a plane ticket home.

The last time I saw him was at Gimpo Airport.

It was before Incheon Airport opened...

He made me a basket full of rice cakes because I was going abroad to study.

But I felt really frustrated, telling him that no one eats stuff like that anymore.

If I knew that it would be my last moment with my dad, I would've said, Thank you...

Father... I'll be back soon... Stay healthy until I come back...

Thank you for telling me about your brother...

I mean it... Thank you...

I'm sorry, but which way is Halla Mountain?

- Halla Mountain? Over there. - I think it's that way.

Thank you.

Father. Why is love always so difficult? Father?

Did you sleep with him?

No.

He's not like that!

I'm...

starting over with Hee-jin.

Don't you remember the sixth clause of our contract?

We do not date other people.

The ugly duckling turned out to be just a duck after all. She ain't no swan.

I want to go with you one day.

I mean it.

Don't meet Jin-heon.

You promised me.

Mother.

If you lead my sister on again, you're dead.

Dad, I wish my heart would become like stone.