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(All characters, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious.)

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Planning to run again?

If you're going to run, do it properly,

so we never have to meet like this.

Mom!

My boy!

Mom, that must have been so hard.

It was.

Gyeol kept saying he wanted to see you, so I brought him along.

Did everything go all right?

Here, eat this.

You shouldn't have.

You need to eat.

I've seen him somewhere.

Who was it?

Where was it?

I definitely know that face.

Let's go, honey.

Honey?

Honey?

Shall we? Gyeol, let's go.

Honey, come on.

That was her, wasn't it? Gyu Rim.

I didn't mistake her, did I?

All those years searching and not a single trace of her,

and here she is.

What was she doing at a police station?

That's not the point.

She called that man who looks like a monkey "honey."

So that man is her husband?

She's gone and married too?

Her eyes must be broken!

How could she leave you for someone like that?

And that kid? Her son?

That doesn't add up.

Not a chance.

Jeong Woo.

What?

Drive for me.

Sorry. Did I startle you?

No need to apologize, but what brought that on?

Well, that was...

I think she called you that so that man wouldn't look down on her.

Is that?

If you're her husband,

he can't push her around and she has someone to rely on.

Someone to rely on?

Is it?

But that doesn't mean I think you're right for my mom,

so don't get too excited.

- Gyeol, no games starting today. - What?

And you,

no matter how much he begs or threatens, don't bring him to a place like this.

It's not exactly somewhere worth going.

Better to make sure you never have to come here at all.

So eat this tofu properly,

and never end up somewhere like this again. Understood?

No games, really?

Yes. I should've banned them ages ago.

You said I could play if I studied that hard.

- Either way, no games. - Where do I know that guy from?

That's not fair.

I know that face for sure.

No games, and that's final.

- Mom. - I can't place him.

Gyeol, enough.

Wait for me!

- Pull over. - What?

I said pull over.

Hey!

Why did you only ask for a hundred thousand?

If you were taking money, why not ask for a hundred million?

Was I only worth a hundred thousand dollars to you?

What are you talking about?

You said you wouldn't run.

You promised you'd never run, no matter what.

I'm sorry.

Sorry? You're sorry?

Do you know how I lived after you disappeared?

For years I searched every corner of the earth for you,

out of my mind, living like a madman!

And you got married, had a child,

and you've been living just fine?

- Mu Jin... - Don't.

How do you toy with someone like that?

Who are you to toy with someone?

Did you ever love me at all?

Are you even human, you heartless woman?

Come on, man.

You've completely lost it.

Kim Mu Jin!

I'll walk for a bit.

You're not thinking anything stupid, are you?

I keep telling you, there are plenty of women out there.

I'll be back before we open for dinner.

(Suragan Side Dishes)

That's right! It's him. That guy.

It's him, right?

You, at that restaurant nine years ago.

The guy who kept saying he liked you...

Right.

But now that I think about it, no, it wasn't.

That guy and this guy look nothing alike.

I must've gotten them mixed up.

- Heung Sik. - Yes?

Why the terrible acting?

Terrible acting? Me? Not at all.

He does look similar, but it isn't him, right?

Right.

I was confused for a second too, so he must've been mistaken.

Why? Was my acting terrible too?

A little?

Trust me. It wasn't him.

Now that's a sight.

You look just like a family.

Let's go.

Wouldn't it be lovely if you three lived together like a real family?

It's a lovely sight. Hold still.

Stand closer together.

That looks good.

How can you just stand there and let her talk?

I've let this go long enough, but this is too much.

Who do you think you're pairing off?

How would Han Gyu Rim ever be family with you?

Gyu Yeong.

What's that fox doing here again?

Right?

It's a wish. Just a wish.

Can't I even say what I hope for?

Mom, that's enough.

So why does your wish have to be Han Gyu Rim?

Go look somewhere else.

For a woman on your son's level.

Where are your manners with an elder, seriously?

Why hit me? Am I wrong?

Everything I said was true.

Gyeol, you tell her.

Everything she said was true.

True enough to earn a good smack.

Gyeol, you little...

My Gyeol should be a judge someday. Well said.

What's with you?

You used to say your mom was too good even for Kim Woo Bin,

and now she's fallen for that, that freeloader of a man?

What? Did you just call my son a freeloader?

You hundred-year-old fox tail.

Mom, what are you doing? Let it go.

Did you just call me a fox tail?

Have you ever seen me play the fox?

And have you seen otherwise?

Have you ever seen my son steal a grain of rice?

- Back then... - Come here.

Gyeol, you'd better watch yourself too.

It takes one moment to go from a Han to a Cho, you little brat.

Zip it. Can you not zip it?

Why are you blaming me?

You'll be a Cho now. Cho Gyeol.

Who would ever take in a brat like her?

If you ever bring home a girl like that,

I'll dig myself a hole and climb right in. Your call.

Am I insane? Dating someone like her.

I need to throw salt. Get me the salt.

Even salt is wasted on her. Enough, stop it.

Let go. I said it hurts.

It hurts.

That hurts.

That really hurts.

All brute strength and no sense.

I'm going to bruise.

- What is wrong with you? - What?

You barely ever come to the shop.

Even if you'd heard what she said, you'd have pretended not to,

acted like you knew nothing, and walked right out.

So why come in today, picking fights and tearing into everyone?

Because I refuse to be family with that freeloader.

What's wrong with Heung Sik?

I've told you until I'm blue in the face.

If you're going to see someone, see someone half a step above you.

You seem to be under some illusion.

I'm not that impressive.

I'm the one who's pathetic and lacking and second-rate.

Heung Sik is a thousand times, a million times better than me.

And?

You're saying you'd marry that freeloader?

I'd be grateful if he'd have me.

Have you lost your mind?

I've never been more clear-headed.

Is this because that freeloader...

once picked you up off the street and it moved you?

You saved his mother when she collapsed too, didn't you?

So doesn't that make you even?

Without those two, I'd have been dead years ago.

And?

Are you actually planning to go somewhere with them?

I'm completely against it.

Nobody's asking you to marry him, so why interfere in my life?

Since when did you care about me so much?

I'm worried you'll all ruin my life too.

I'm begging you,

when I introduce you as my family, even if I can't be proud of you,

at least don't leave me humiliated.

Go back to the man you met eight years ago.

At least he had the looks.

Why bring him up out of nowhere?

You startled me.

You were crazy about that man.

You couldn't forget him. You even talked in your sleep.

When did I ever?

Why are you suddenly shouting?

See? So the feelings are still there.

You never got over him.

Stop talking nonsense,

and if you're going to keep clashing with her, don't come by again.

I try to give you advice...

That's going to bruise.

(No married couples allowed)

Are you determined to shut this place down?

No couples, no married couples.

How are you supposed to run a business?

Whoever wants to come will come.

Is going under your life's dream?

Something wrong?

No. Aren't you busy?

What is it?

Do I need a reason to stop by?

You said we should eat together.

Sorry, let's do it another time.

So something is wrong.

What is it?

Just go.

- Why? - No reason.

Go home. Not today.

Give it to me.

Go home and rest before you cause more trouble.

If this place goes under, I might actually kill you.

What is it?

Mu Jin saw Gyu Rim today.

Who's Gyu Rim?

That Han Gyu Rim from back then?

When? How? Doing what?

Purely by chance, like something out of a story.

Should we really let him go like that?

Seo Hyeon, what if he crashes the car on the way home?

Is she still pretty? Does he still like her?

Is he mad about her?

Does he want to start over?

I shouldn't have told you.

But you don't have to worry.

How can I not worry?

I watched Mu Jin fall apart over Han Gyu Rim.

I know exactly how much he still likes her.

Gyu Rim is married.

She even has a son.

She has a son?

He didn't know it was her son,

and there was trouble over a game they were playing...

That boy is how they ended up meeting.

Her son is that old?

How old is he?

Eight years old, apparently.

But Han Gyu Rim broke up with Mu Jin eight years ago.

Was she seeing two men at once?

Is this place no good either?

Did they change chefs here?

Why does it taste like this?

It's good. It tastes the same to me.

If it's so good, eat it all yourself.

Take it away. I can't stand the smell.

Nothing I bring is ever good enough.

Why has your appetite vanished like this?

Maybe I'm dying. Who knows.

Is this because you heard Chairman Kim has a grandchild,

and it's put you out of sorts?

Their son is younger than Mu Jin,

yet he's married with a child already.

Who is Mu Jin?

Why bring up a name I don't recognize?

(Mu Jin)

Yes. I'll call you back.

You really didn't do anything?

Do what, out of nowhere?

Did you and Mother really do nothing to Gyu Rim?

What are you going on about?

She isn't that kind of person.

Even if the world were ending, she wouldn't do that.

You or Mother must have done something.

What did you do?

What on earth did you do to Gyu Rim?

I don't know why you're calling out of nowhere like this,

but I told you clearly eight years ago too.

Mother and I did nothing.

Han Gyu Rim came to us herself.

She said she'd walk away from you for a hundred thousand dollars.

You heard it with your own ears.

Are you still on about Han Gyu Rim?

It's been years since it ended. How long are you going to do this?

(Chairwoman Hong Ok Seon)

It's about Mu Jin.

I didn't ask.

Couldn't you reach out to him first?

He broke up with Han Gyu Rim long ago anyway.

She was a decent girl.

You and I went too far.

Why so much talk when I'm working?

This is a company.

Can't you separate work from personal?

Is it that bad?

The doctor...

The doctor told me to prepare myself...

That can't be.

There's not a thing wrong with me,

so why you?

Excuse me.

- Yes. - I'm sorry.

Letting you see me weak like this,

when I swore you never would...

Don't talk like that between us.

Keep it up and I really will be upset.

Will one be enough?

I hear targeted therapy is expensive.

Will that be enough to cover it?

No, I'll manage on my own.

Even if I died today, I loved you with no regrets,

and that's enough for me.

No, I'm going to save you.

I'll save you whatever it takes,

so don't ever worry about money. Understood?

Sweetheart.

What do I do, Hui Na?

My mom is seeing someone.

That's not cheating.

Your father passed away,

so your mother can date, too.

This isn't an ordinary romance.

Of all people, she picked a swallow...

A swallow? A bird? As in a bird?

You can tell at a glance, can't you?

A guy who clearly looks our age or younger,

why else would he be seeing my mom?

- It's obvious. - Obvious, right?

- A gigolo! - A gigolo!

- Exactly! - What are you going to do?

What do I do now?

I think this bird has already taken hundreds of thousands.

Hundreds of thousands?

Worse, there's no telling how much more he'll bleed her for.

Have you told your mother about this?

No.

If I let on, she'll cut me off.

And I'd lose my inheritance.

My brother knows all about it too,

and he's keeping quiet for the same reason.

Hold on.

Have you...

looked into who this bird is?

Just his number.

I took it while she was showering.

Give me the number.

- What for? - Quick.

- What? - Hurry.

Hold on.

He's finished.

What are you doing?

Pest control.

Hello.

Have you got nothing better to do with your life?

And what exactly am I doing?

Seducing trusting women and bleeding them dry, you gigolo.

Who is this?

Does it matter who I am?

What are you going to do about it?

Want to come seduce me too?

You sound like a child, and I don't do children.

- Call me when you're older. - Why, you...

Does your mother know this is how you live?

Does she know you seduce women her age and live like a parasite?

I don't have a mother.

Then does your father know?

What, no father either?

Are you an alien who fell out of the sky?

I have everything on you.

If you don't stop what you're doing,

I'll go to your family. Your call.

That their own son wrecks families and lives well off the money,

I'll go to them and expose every last bit of it!

Am I by any chance seeing your mother?

Are you Min Ju?

And is your mother Choi Hye Suk?

Hello?

Hello?

Hey!

You gigolo!

Why did you hang up?

Had enough of eating good food, have you?

How about a proper stretch behind bars?

Just name the date.

Since you're going anyway, midsummer would be nice and sweltering.

What do you think?

If you've had your fun, let's stop here.

I was going to take my share and vanish, but keep pushing and I might just...

become your stepfather.

Is that what you want? Say the word.

Why couldn't I grant my own daughter one wish?

Being your stepfather and all.

What did you say?

You'll get what's coming to you.

I'm already getting it,

so you needn't worry about me.

Your stepfather is very busy, so goodbye.

This bird is completely beyond reasoning.

What? What did the bird say?

The number you have dialed is switched off...

He turned it off?

Unbelievable!

How do I finish him off?

(Yeong Gyu)

Honey, your phone is ringing.

Could you answer it? I'll be right there.

All right.

It's about to stop.

Hello?

Isn't this Chairman Jang Hun Tae's phone?

Yes, he can't come to the phone...

- at the moment. - Yes?

- One moment, please. - Who is it?

Yes, this is Jang Hun Tae.

This is Han Gyu Yeong.

You've left work early.

Yes, my schedule finished early.

Could I see you for a moment, if that's all right?

Now?

Yes, now.

Is it urgent?

I'll explain when I see you.

All right, let's meet.

Where should...

Yes, I know it.

Then I'll head over in about 30 minutes.

All right.

What could be so urgent...

that she needs to see you after hours?

I know. She said she'd explain in person.

Will you be eating out?

No.

I've already smelled the fish stew,

so I'll meet her quickly and come home to eat with you.

Shall I get your clothes?

I can manage. Go on with your work.

What's this?

The money you lent me.

Thanks to your help I graduated and studied abroad without trouble.

I was lucky enough to meet a wonderful man there and get engaged.

Is that so?

Wonderful.

I'll accept it gladly.

And congratulations on the engagement.

But shouldn't your mother...

be told the news?

No.

I told his family my mother had passed.

My family stopped counting her among the living long ago.

And it's better for your household too.

Instead,

in place of my mother,

would you help me just once?

No, actually, twice?

Sorry?

At the family meeting and the ceremony,

you'd only have to pretend to be my father twice...

Has your father passed away?

Last I knew, he was still alive.

He is alive.

- And? - He's alive,

but presenting him to others is embarrass... I mean, difficult.

Even so, that's...

My future in-laws...

are far, far above my family's level.

I wanted so badly to marry into that family,

and not feel small, so I lied.

That my mother had died,

and my father was a businessman.

I thought about hiring a stand-in,

but you're not a stranger, so asking you seemed better.

You must think this is absurd.

I know you're thinking, "Has she lost her mind?"

but if you met my father,

you'd understand why I'm doing this.

Please help me, sir.

Sir! What do you take Han Seok Jung for?

Do I look like a man who'd take your money and run off somewhere?

I'm hurt, sir.

Sorry?

You asked why I speak with a Gyeongsang accent?

Didn't I tell you before?

You and I are from the same hometown.

Yes.

From your hometown of Tongyeong,

head straight down and there's Bijindo...

Sorry?

Sorry?

Not Tongyeong but Suncheon?

What did I just say?

Did I say Tongyeong just now?

I could scream.

I could bite my tongue and drop dead. How ridiculous.

Yes, sir,

I'm Suncheon born and bred,

and I nearly failed to recognize...

a man from my own hometown.

Listen, sir,

let's not do this. How do I put it,

with that warm Suncheon spirit between lads,

do me this one favor.

Yes.

I'd never run off with your money, I swear.

Yes.

Sir, give me a little slack.

Hello?

Hello? Sir,

Sir.

Sir! Hello?

He hung up.

Gyu O.

I said we'd meet at the pub, so why did you bring me up here?

What if our family sees us?

This is the last time. I mean it.

I know.

You could've withdrawn one big note instead.

Why so many bills?

They just take up space.

Cleaning up your money messes,

me doing it instead of Gyu Rim, this is the last time.

I said I know.

From now on, whether you go to prison or drop dead, it's not my problem.

You clean up your own mess.

Is my own son threatening me now?

Especially if you bother Gyu Rim,

I won't let it go.

Won't let it go? What,

are you going to hit me?

How many did I count?

I've forgotten.

I'll start over.

Give me the money.

I hear you took Gyu Seo and Gyu Min's allowance too?

Took? Hardly.

I just said my one wish was to stuff myself with Korean beef,

so Gyu Min gave me a bit for imported beef instead.

And Gyu Seo gave me nothing.

- Just give me the money. - Then promise me.

That you won't bother Gyu Rim, Gyu Min, or Gyu Seo.

Promise you won't trouble them again.

All right, I said all right.

So hand over the money, you brat.

Giving something and taking it back is the lowest thing there is.

Does Gyu O owe you money?

I asked, does he owe you money?

When will you grow up, Dad?

Sooner than you. Why?

You never buy me so much as a rice roll,

and now you're raising your voice at me?

Am I your fool?

Hand it over.

Don't take that money.

Do you know what he did to earn it?

Do you know how he earned it?

Please don't take that money.

What Gyu Seo said,

what does he mean?

Did you...

Did you rob someone for this money?

Aren't you taking it?

I asked what you did to get this money!

- How did you earn it? - What if I did?

If it's dirty money, you don't need it?

You won't spend it?

Surely you didn't rob anyone.

You are far too decent and upright for that.

Remember how you wanted to be a police officer as a boy?

As long as it isn't stolen, it's fine.

Money is earned like a dog and spent like a king.

I'll count it later.

I'm off.

I don't know how much you think you know, but stay out of it.

How can I stay out of it?

You're out there doing something insane. How am I supposed to ignore it?

Dad is hopeless, but you're the bigger problem here.

You know that?

What is this?

The money I've saved from part-time work.

Why are you giving it to me?

I might sign with a big agency soon.

No, I will.

So quit that insanity before Gyu Rim finds out.

If she learns how you're living,

it will destroy her.

Don't get cheeky.

Forget part-time work and study.

Aren't you a student?

I'll give you a month.

If you haven't stopped by then,

I'll tell the whole family what you've been doing.

It's my life.

I live it, I take responsibility, and I earn my own money.

So keep your mouth shut and live your own life.

How can I?

If I were out there doing the same garbage you are,

could you just stand there and say, "I'll mind my own life?"

Could you really live like that?

Yes, I could.

I absolutely could.

Don't lie.

Just stop talking nonsense.

I'm warning you one more time.

Stay out of my life.

If you run your mouth, you'll answer to me.

Understood?

Planning to run again?

If you're going to run, do it properly,

so we never have to meet like this.

What do I do?

It's all burning!

How did this happen?

Did you fall asleep standing up?

I'm sorry, Su Nam.

We'd better open a window.

What on earth is going on?

This is the first time I've seen you cry.

I'm not crying. These onions are just too strong, Su Nam.

When have onions ever not been spicy?

That's what makes them onions.

If they weren't spicy, would they even be onions?

Even so, these are too strong.

Let's change suppliers, Su Nam.

Right. Change them at once.

Let's change them right now.

I'll ring Mr. Yang about it.

Did you empty all of this?

Why are you here instead of working?

I'm gone, and now you too?

How could I work after you left like that?

Have you eaten?

I was going to make myself a feast,

but I burned it all.

So you poured all of this...

on an empty stomach?

Seems so.

I'm not even drunk.

Right.

It would be stranger if you were fine.

Want a drink?

Forget the drink. For the life of me,

I just can't make sense of it.

What now?

The Gyu Rim I know is not a woman who'd see two men at once. Never.

The Gyu Rim you know is the same, right?

Let's stop talking about her.

She must have met that monkey-faced man after she left you.

I said enough.

But the boy is eight. Does that add up?

You've been thinking it doesn't add up either.

And?

Gyu Rim's son,

I don't think he's that monkey's son.

They look nothing alike. If anything, he looks more like...

The eyes, the nose...

That's a stretch.

Enough. Stop writing fiction, Park Jeong Woo.

Excuse me.

Sorry. I thought you were someone I knew.

Dad.

You've got it bad. Really bad.

Got what?

You chased down a kid that size yesterday too. Same line and all.

"Sorry, I thought you were someone I knew."

Someone you knew? Who are you looking for so desperately?

Why? Is Han Gyu Rim's son still on your mind?

Your game account has been reactivated.

What's got into him now? He's making me nervous.

Come shopping for clothes with me at the department store.

Why clothes all of a sudden?

For meeting the in-laws.

Who's meeting in-laws?

- Gyu Yeong. - What?

I heard her on the phone with a friend earlier.

One o'clock today, Changdeokgung in Gangnam.

That's the famous marinated beef ribs place, right?

You're meeting the in-laws today?

How did you know?

You're meeting your in-laws and I'm not supposed to know?

This is so annoying.

I won't be calling you, so just pretend you don't know.

How can I pretend? Are you an orphan?

Yes, I said I was an orphan, so stay out of it and let it go.

How could you be an orphan?

You have a father, a sister, and younger siblings.

Look how many of us there are.

What you're doing is fraud.

Han Gyu Yeong.

So you're going there alone?

Yes. I told them Mom died long ago and Dad passed a few years back.

And that my siblings are away on business.

You told them I was dead?

When I'm standing right here, perfectly alive?

This isn't right, Han Gyu Yeong.

However far gone you are, this isn't right.

If I bring you and Dad along and it ruins my marriage,

will you take responsibility?

Why would Dad and I ruin your marriage?

Because this family is my shame, my disgrace, my humiliation.

What is she saying to us right now?

Honestly, is there one decent person among us?

Is there anyone besides me I could actually be proud of?

Every one of you, uneducated, second-rate, and ignorant.

I'll buy the priciest clothes at the department store,

and say as little as possible so the ignorance doesn't show.

It won't stay hidden forever. Lying like this isn't right.

Right.

When I'm properly dressed up, people take me for a company president.

I've already told them everything.

I told them my father was dead.

How many times will she kill me today?

What do you mean?

Where are you going that you can't decide whether to go or not?

I'll go if you say go, and stay if you say stay.

So where are you going?

Someone asked me a favor, and it's...

To stand in for her father at a family meeting.

Does she have no parents?

I wouldn't know.

Who is it that asked you?

A distant relative.

Someone I know too?

You might.

Someone I've met before?

You've probably met her.

Anyway, should I go or not?

A relative, and you don't even know if she has parents? That's strange.

What's her name?

Her name?

- Goodness. - Well...

You don't know her name? And she's a relative?

Standing in at a family meeting for someone whose name you don't know,

does that make any sense?

You're right. It doesn't.

Then shall I not go?

You should keep your head on straight.

(Seonghan High School)

Is this the right place?

- It is. - Hey.

You're ashamed of me too, aren't you?

You're so ashamed of me, but there's no one else home, so you sent me?

- What are you on about? - Hey.

Am I your disgrace, your shame, your rock bottom too?

Did Han Gyu Seo say that?

Does he think so too?

That boy, honestly.

- Did Gyu O say it? - Does he think so too?

And I called that boy my son.

So Han Gyu Yeong said it?

Yes.

That girl is meeting her in-laws today, and she told them,

I was dead.

Gyu Yeong tore me to pieces.

What are you talking about?

That our whole family is an embarrassment.

That no one should come, not you, not anyone. That's what she said.

I'm not going.

I wouldn't lower myself to go either.

Go on in.

All right.

You should at least say goodbye.

That girl.

Never mind. It's nothing.

She thinks she's the finest thing alive.

She'll sort herself out.

That awful girl, really.

Gyu Min, what is it at this hour?

Dad just got in a taxi. He's going to Han Gyu Yeong.

What are you talking about?

I told him to go and wreck it all.

What do you mean?

Han Gyu Yeong is meeting her in-laws today, right?

What? Dad went to where she is meeting her in-laws?

(Dad)

Dad, please.

- Gyu Yeong, you're here? - Yes.

You've arrived, ma'am.

You must be tired from coming all this way.

You're here already, sweetheart?

Is your father here?

No. He said he'd be late because of a meeting and sends apologies.

He should be nearly here by now.

We came early.

Tell him not to worry and take his time.

Yes, ma'am.

Take your parents inside first.

I'll come in with my father when he arrives.

All right. Shall we go in?

Son.

Your father and I will go in first,

so bring her father in with you.

It's fine. I'll bring him in myself.

It's no trouble.

- Do that. - Yes.

You go in too.

No.

So of course I should wait and walk him in.

Sweetheart.

When will he get here?

(Dad)

Dad.

I'm not too late, am I?

Not at all. You're barely late.

It's a pleasure to meet you, sir. I'm Kang Seong Uk.

Yes, good to meet you.

Both his parents are already here.

Let's go in, Dad.

Yes, let's go in.

- Where are you, Dad? - I don't know either.

Dad.

Excuse me, where is this?

- What neighborhood is this? - Yaksu Dong.

She says Yaksu Dong.

Why are you there?

Weren't you going to Gyu Yeong?

I got out of the taxi on the way.

I pictured myself turning up...

and that girl losing her mind and foaming at the mouth.

My own daughter, and she frightens me.

Excuse me, one bowl of rice, please.

Yes.

You did well. You were right to get out.

You did well.

Yes, a pleasure.

This is pricey but a bit lacking in flavor, isn't it?

I said to prepare a Romanee-Conti for a first meeting with in-laws.

Honestly, I mostly drink makgeolli or soju.

I don't know much about wine.

And with drinks this expensive,

I don't think I could even get drunk in peace.

Quite right.

Your father is so down-to-earth.

And he looks like French nobility.

How many guests are you thinking?

Our family is on the smaller side, so...

What do you think?

I'd like a small wedding.

Thirty at most?

That few?

We were thinking at least 150.

Just invite as many as Gyu Yeong's side.

Seong Uk, how could we?

Then who do we invite and who do we leave out?

As you'll know, sir,

in our world, politics and business make everything a headache.

The bigger they are, the more they sulk over the smallest slight.

What are your thoughts?

Well, I'd like to do whatever they want.

It's their marriage, after all.

Yes.

Let's get on well from now on.

- Yes. - Tell us if you ever need anything.

- Just be kind to Gyu Yeong. - Of course.

I nearly forgot this.

- What is it? - The wedding gift list.

I put together something simple.

If your mother were here she'd have handled it,

but I didn't want you flustered and lost on your own.

Yes. Thank you, ma'am.

Next time I'll invite you to our home.

- Yes, thank you. - Yes.

- We'll be off then. - Yes, see you soon.

- I'm off. - Take care.

- I'll call you when I get home. - All right.

- Sir, we'll be going. - Yes, see you again.

(Wedding gift and Household Essentials)

So did everything go well?

Thank you so much for today.

I was terrified you wouldn't come.

But is this a marriage you have to have, even if it takes all this?

Yes.

I've become an accomplice by accident,

but this will wound your family, and later,

if his family finds out,

it could become a serious problem.

Can you take responsibility?

I'll deal with that when it comes.

Someone like you will never understand,

but this marriage is one I need.

One I have to have, even if it takes this.

All right.

I'll be going too.

My mother was right to divorce.

It's how she met someone as fine as you.

I mean it.

What is it? Something wrong?

No. Nothing at all.

By the way, where's Gyeol?

I've been looking and can't find him.

He's not in his room?

- Yes, Mom. - Where are you right now?

Outside a burger place. I came to meet someone.

Who?

The man from the game.

Why would you meet him?

He sent me game items.

Only the most popular, most expensive ones.

Exactly the ones I wanted most.

He seems like a better person than I thought.

Gyeol, why are you doing this too?

You should have told me about something like that.

If you haven't met him yet, come home now.

I already have.

I'll be home soon. Don't worry.

- Hello. - Hello.

I wanted to apologize. Properly.

I'm the one who should apologize.

For being rude to an adult. I'm sorry, sir.

Have you eaten?

No.

- Is a burger all right? - Yes. It's my favorite food.

I'm having the chicken mozzarella.

That's my favorite too.

- Toppings? - No onions or pickles, add a fried egg.

How are you exactly like me? Shall we go in?

Yes.

The number you have dialed is unavailable...

(Mom)

Answer it.

It's all right.

Who is it? Your mother?

My mom.

I said I'd be home soon.

- Let's go. - I haven't finished my burger.

Eat at home. Hurry up.

Hold on. I forgot my phone.

Never mind.

Gyu Rim.

Could we talk for a moment?

I have nothing to say.

Don't be like that. You should make up with him too.

He seems like a really good person.

Why? Because he sent you a few game items?

And you fell for it that fast?

You're already swayed by things like that. I'm disappointed, Gyeol.

Gyu Rim.

My mom was really shaken after the police station.

She burned the kimchi pancakes.

Go.

Go on home first.

I'll talk with him for a minute.

To make up? Good thinking.

Just make up properly, Mom.

- Go. - Yes. Good luck.

Don't call my son out like this again.

No notes, either,

and no game items.

I'm asking you.

I'd rather we never meet like this again.

There's something I want to know.

Is he...

my son?

Is Gyeol my son?

(Love on the Menu)

I heard Gyeol is eight.

And we broke up eight years ago.

Were you seeing someone else while you were with me?

- Liar. - Mom. Han Gyu Rim.

- Yes, Gyeol. - Why is my mom acting so strange?

She's been very strange since she met the man from the game.

A negative plus a negative makes a strong positive.

It means you like it. A lot.

- You know me, right? - No, I don't.

- Get a grip. I'm not your boyfriend. - I know.

Don't you think this is a bit much?

Then will you buy the apartment, Gyu Yeong?

Han Gyu O. Do you have any money?

Plenty of women brought you whatever you needed when you struggled.

It was Gyu Yeong's family meeting.

Gyu Yeong. It's Mom.

It's been a long time, Mom.