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ALL PERSONS, LOCATIONS, RELIGIONS, INCIDENTS, AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS DRAMA

ARE FICTITIOUS

CHILD ACTORS HAVE FILMED SAFELY UNDER PARENTAL SUPERVISION

SCENES INVOLVING ANIMALS WERE FILMED SAFELY WITH EXPERT ADVICE AND COOPERATION

You can give it back now.

I can read the room.

I won't go back to him. Give it back.

Break up with Namgung Ho.

We have no chance anyway.

If you can read the room, you should know.

There's no room for us between them.

-So-- -You really do love Lee Mi-do.

I thought you weren't serious then.

I thought you were crazy.

Let's form an alliance.

You like Namgung Ho, and I like Lee Mi-do.

But we only have one month.

How about a strategic approach?

A FEW DAYS AGO

What's the plan, exactly?

Here's what I was thinking.

Go on an overnight business trip, no matter what.

Nothing even has to happen.

Just go.

Just knowing it happened would make someone anxious,

angry,

and suspicious.

All we need is a tiny spark to break their trust.

That's all.

I refuse.

I guess you aren't serious about Namgung Ho.

People would do worse things if they're in love with someone.

Gladly and gratefully.

That's what one does.

You're the one who isn't serious.

Give me a break.

I hate you, and you disgust me.

Because the person I love suffered because of you.

And because of you,

he's hurting even at this very moment.

I'm begging you.

Break up with Ms. Lee.

Stop messing

with Ms. Lee.

Yeah, fair enough. I get how you felt back then.

So I'm breaking up with her.

But it seems you've had a change of heart.

Stop it.

You're only making it harder on Namgung Ho.

Don't you know?

I know.

But…

Namgung Ho shouldn't suffer because of you.

And I hate seeing him hurt over Ms. Lee.

Originally,

really, at first,

my goal was to make him happy for one month.

But that's changed.

I want to make him happy forever.

I want…

to make him overwhelmingly happy forever.

Namgung.

Namgung, look at me.

Look at me.

You must know

how miserable and hurt I feel.

But, Namgung,

I know.

How sorry you are.

How angry you are at yourself,

how you hate all this,

and how much pain you're in.

I know that too.

I know all too well.

It's my fault.

I brought it all on myself,

and I'm the one to blame.

I was so arrogant and vile that I caused all this.

You did nothing wrong.

It's all my fault.

Lee Mi-do, that's not fair.

-If you do this, I-- -Namgung.

I guess I finally grew up.

Let's see this through.

Let's take it

all the way to the end.

Our month is almost up.

So let's do it

with no regrets,

all the way to the end.

Okay?

13. WHO WILL WE BE WITH IN TEN YEARS?

THE SECRETS OF SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE

Is our homeroom teacher insane?

Twenty laps in this weather.

It was you, right?

You're the one who keyed their car.

Since they gave you a zero.

Namgung Ho's loyalty is unmatched.

What are you doing?

Where's volume nine? No volume nine?

It was the homeroom teacher's fault.

They lost my assignment and gave me a zero.

Are you an idiot? Why raise your hand?

Did you think I'd thank you?

Why would you run 20 laps?

Remember when Lee Yeong-do almost burned down that rib joint,

and you cleaned it for a month? I know everything.

You paid for Wan-do's swim lessons

and bought his swimsuit too, right?

Stop living like that.

People will walk all over you.

Seriously, why live like that?

You really don't know?

You really have no idea why I did that?

That's right.

I have no idea.

Then just stay clueless.

Fine! I'll keep living like this.

I'll stay immature my whole life!

I'll never be an idiot or a pushover like you!

Park Su-a, for breach of trade secrets,

code of ethics violations, and suspected bribery,

is suspended pending the inquiry, but will report to work as normal.

They want you to type this up.

The sensory evaluation sheets?

Why bother when an OCR scan can do it?

Would you rather organize receipts?

TF Team 3 will be disbanded soon.

I'm sorry I can't help.

Don't talk to me.

Don't look.

Our coup failed, so now it's every man for himself.

I'll only take the blame for the disposal.

What you did, you did on your own.

It has nothing to do with me.

SCRAP PAPER BIN

Take them back out.

Take them out and put them back.

No, I won't.

You know Jeong and Seok went to Thailand?

They're on vacation, not suspended at home.

-Executive Director Yoon, too. -So what?

You can take time off and go to Thailand too.

You're not penalized yet, so you can take time off.

-You have plenty of days left. -That's not what I'm talking about…

People will be back soon.

If people see you with me--

Finish typing.

Or I'll stay right next to you.

Assistant Manager Namgung.

Lunch is almost over.

People are coming.

Want to make things hard for me?

It's not CGI. I shot 52 seconds a day for four days.

-You're sure it's not CGI? -It's not.

If I check and you're lying, you're dead.

No studio would let you shoot a sunset for four days.

Of course I'm lying.

You're crazy.

I wrote lines and shot scenes, then cut everything and kept the sunset!

Admit it, I'm cool, right?

You're so annoying.

I can't argue with that.

-Cool, right? -Yeah, a little.

What about the ending scene with that moth on the window?

-Lee Mi-do. -Yeah?

-I'll only tell you. -Okay.

I only saw it in the rough cut.

Really?

The editor added it for impact.

Wow, that's crazy.

How'd you shoot the airport scene?

For that, I got the drone and lighting teams

-and I-- -Do you own this place?

Quiet down.

My partner ghosted me,

so I'm in a terrible mood.

Quiet, please.

We're sorry.

Hey.

Since he said "partner,"

I think he swings my way.

Was that flirting? He kept staring at me earlier.

Hey.

If you're going to wear knockoffs, get high-quality ones.

Once you get paid, just go to the store and buy the real thing.

Chin up.

Good.

-Is it that obvious? -Yeah, totally.

He's handsome.

Seriously, what is with you?

Ms. Lee, don't overdo it.

You're already a mess over Namgung Ho and Park Su-a.

Don't push yourself.

Are you in any position to celebrate others?

Why? Does it look like I'm pushing myself?

Aren't you?

No, I'm not.

Mi-do, where did I leave off?

Right!

The fall from the building.

-That was-- -Tak Jackson.

Yes?

Remember back then?

Three years ago, when Park Jae-yeong's casting fell through,

the studio told you to give up.

Remember what you said?

Oh, yeah!

That we'd quit movies and start a YouTube channel.

Masked Mouse, trashing the film industry!

Right, we said we'd do that!

-No? -"I want to write this story."

"I really want to make this."

"I have to make this."

You said that. Don't you remember?

I knew right then.

I thought, "This movie will get made."

"This bastard's going to make it."

"This is what a real director looks like."

"It's someone like him who should be making movies."

People calling your movie a Lord of the Rings knockoff?

Screw them.

Don't listen to them saying you had no real competition.

Tell them to cut the bullshit about getting lucky.

It wasn't just the cast.

It wasn't.

Listen to me.

It worked out

because you did a great job.

And because you didn't quit,

you made it happen.

Right?

Luc Mi-do.

A really good runner

only sprints in the last two kilometers.

Yeah.

But you're not at the last 2K yet.

That's why it's so tough.

Hang in there, okay?

Seriously? You call that comforting?

Sorry, that was a bad example.

You think so?

Hey!

Luc Mi-do!

Can I buy you dinner?

At times like this, you need to eat well.

Food is 80% of what keeps you going.

Su-a.

Sweetheart.

Deok-sun.

Can I buy you dinner?

Let's get something good to eat.

Please tell me…

the secret Ms. Lee doesn't know.

You said you'd tell me after 10 seconds of eye contact.

I know it's childish.

I hate being like this.

-But-- -The reason I've never told Lee Mi-do

is because I love her so much.

It's truly humiliating for me.

So I never wanted her to find out.

And…

I can't tell you for the same reason.

You're a coward.

You're being really, really cowardly.

I know.

So I'm buying you a good meal.

What do you want?

No, thank you.

I'm going to cook for you.

I'll make you something really, really good.

All right.

There are great meal kits these days.

Before your boyfriend arrives,

ditch the packaging to destroy the evidence.

Put the chopped scallions and minced garlic into containers,

and pretend they're yours.

Six out of ten will buy it, and four will just play along.

Try to date one of the six who'd buy it.

Dense people should date each other.

I don't want to.

I'm going to date you.

You're starting to fall for me, right?

Then keep falling for me.

I'll make you really, really happy.

I'm confident I can.

No.

You'll be jobless soon.

I don't like women with no future. It's not attractive.

My resume can get me anywhere.

Once I clear my name at the hearing,

I'll submit my resignation.

-In two months-- -Think this won't happen elsewhere?

Are you going to run away then, too?

Am I wrong?

You were right but dismissed,

while those in the wrong stand proud.

And yet the world

keeps turning as if nothing happened, leaving you furious.

That's why you're running away.

Why can't I?

If I accept

what is wrong, then I'm just like them.

That's not who I want to be. I refuse to live like that.

Then don't.

But if you refuse,

you won't even make it 100 meters.

The life ahead of you is 5,000 kilometers long.

Yet with those noble convictions,

values, and principles,

you won't make it 100 meters keeping them all intact.

I'm not telling you to break them.

If people like you disappear,

it's even better for those people.

Isn't that so unfair?

I felt so, so wronged.

I was so, so furious.

So…

instead of breaking them, I let them get chipped away.

I told myself, "I can just cut off some parts."

That's the compromise I made with myself.

So…

just cut off some parts.

If you want to protect your convictions and values,

let them get chipped away and just cut parts of them.

Head home now.

I don't want to.

One more lap.

We've done ten laps. My legs hurt.

We barely have any time left. You can't even do that for me?

Han Tae-seung.

You hugged that Director Tak or whatever he's called.

Let me have this.

You know what?

Lee Mi-do.

You're a better person than I thought.

That's why

I think I can let you go.

I think I have to.

I'm going to get over you.

I really, truly will.

Just watch me.

I will get over you.

Who the hell are you, you bastard? Huh?

Mi-do, are you crazy?

Who is this bastard?

Are you cheating with him?

On Namgung Ho?

Have you lost your mind?

Namgung Ho is seeing someone else too.

-Han Tae-seung. -That bastard Namgung Ho

is seeing someone else too.

HONDURAS KARAOKE

I'll go with you starting this weekend.

Don't you dare go alone.

Weren't you mad at me?

Don't be so dense.

I'm not mad. I'm just upset.

How many meters deep are you?

How far down…

are you right now?

Yeong-do! What are you doing? Are you crazy?

It's not true, right? Tell me it isn't.

Let's talk outside.

Why? Worried it will shock this kid?

It's about Sang-su. Just a misunderstanding.

He broke up with Lee Mi-do.

Yeong-do.

Lee Mi-do is seeing that lawyer punk from his army days,

and he's dating a junior at work.

That's a lie.

It's not true, right?

He's got it all wrong, right?

Lee Mi-do has always been crazy.

She's never been in her right mind.

So you should've held onto her!

Sure, she probably messed up first.

She caused trouble first, obviously!

Still, you had no right to do this.

No matter what she did, you had no right.

Who caused my dad to…

I didn't mean that.

Wasn't it enough?

Was everything I did still not enough?

I thought I did my best…

to repay the price of your dad's life.

Hey, Namgung.

I'm asking you.

Answer me.

Wasn't it enough?

I cleaned up after your family members,

every day out of guilt.

I gave everything I had…

to pay back the price of his life.

You know what?

Every single day was hell for me.

Ever since I survived that day,

there's not been a single moment…

truly, not a single moment,

when I've been happy.

You know that?

Dad died because of me.

That day,

Dad didn't want to go in the water.

But I threw a fit,

so he went to save him.

It wasn't because of Namgung.

It was because of me.

Dad died because of me.

Namgung, I'm sorry.

I was such a coward.

I hid behind you.

For far too long,

I hid behind you.

I'm sorry.

I'm so, so sorry.

Namgung won't forgive me, will he?

He'll never see me again.

Don't be ridiculous.

Wait.

Why are you sitting over there?

Wanna get punched some more?

Yes.

My injuries won't last four weeks, so I can't sue.

Punch me some more.

That's the only way I'll come to my senses.

Your dad was named Model Firefighter three times.

Believing he came to save me just because you begged…

is a huge insult to your dad.

And what I said to Yeong-do earlier…

I just got so mad.

I said it without thinking.

Yeah, it's true I felt guilty.

And indebted, too. But…

But I…

I really…

Mi-do, I really did…

I know.

You were happy, right?

Being able to do something for my family made you happy, right?

How could I not know that?

Of course I know, you dummy.

Stop living like that. People will walk all over you.

I'm happy.

I was happy I could do something for you.

So I never felt tired running.

I was so, so happy.

Mi-do, even I think I'm pretty weird.

Helping someone I care about gives me strength.

I don't care if it means losing everything.

It just makes me happy.

You'll just be called a pushover

and taken advantage of.

It's not being taken advantage of.

It makes me really, truly happy.

You dummy.

Namgung.

That's just who you are.

Someone who knows the joy of giving.

And who's happy because of it.

People who don't understand call that having low self-esteem.

They say you just want to be loved.

But that's not it.

You have more love than anyone.

Giving your love makes you truly happy because you have so much of it.

A pushover isn't someone who is stupid or easy to manipulate.

They're someone with a lot to give.

That's why you can give to others. Because you have so much.

And because you can fill up again,

you can gladly give away everything you have.

Right?

You're a happy pushover.

Aren't you?

Mi-do.

Yeah?

Don't grow up.

Don't grow up, Mi-do.

Don't grow up.

QUEENS SALON

So what's Mi-do been doing lately?

Don't.

She's marrying Namgung soon, right?

A woman just needs to marry well.

Right.

-Just quiet down and read your magazine. -Okay.

Ms. Ma, want to head to Daehak-ro?

Let's sell these and get some good food.

Deal?

What about work?

Took a half-day.

The weather was just so nice on my way to work this morning.

So I thought of you and played hooky.

Just like me.

Too nice a day to just spend it rolling perms.

Liar.

You know everything, don't you?

So you won't even try?

Trying isn't the hard part.

I just feel so terribly sorry.

I'm so sorry…

that I can't do this.

I'm sorry.

Ho.

Remember what I told you before?

Yeong-do is the soft one.

Wan-do is the mean one.

Mi-do is the kind one.

What kind of guy do you think you are?

The…

best-looking one?

Don't flatter yourself.

The most pathetic one?

The heartbreaking one?

No?

I know.

The one you hate most.

The one you hate the most

but feel too sorry for to ever truly hate.

Right?

No.

The precious one.

The one I love most.

Back then,

when you were so young,

I said such awful things to you, things I could barely bring myself to say,

and it weighed on my mind forever.

I was furious.

I thought, "Who was this kid who killed my husband,

to stay stuck in my heart like a thorn?"

No matter how I looked at it,

I thought I had every right to be like that.

No matter how young you were,

I thought I had the right to take it all out on you.

How else was I supposed to survive?

Without someone to tear into, how was I supposed to survive?

That's why I went to see you.

You kept crossing my mind,

not as a thorn,

and not out of guilt.

I wanted to believe I just hated you.

I figured if I saw your face,

I might be able to hate you more.

-Thank you. -Enjoy your food.

-Enjoy. -It's spicy. Would you like a little?

Enjoy your food.

Green light, red light!

Green light, red light!

Green light…

-Namgung! -You're it!

-You're it! -You're it!

-You're it! -Freeze!

-Come here. -Unfreeze me.

But you were just so lovely.

I went to find a reason to hate you,

but all I saw was how lovely you were.

So I brought you home.

Because you were lovely.

Too lovely to leave in a place like that.

Ho.

Out of everyone,

I have the most reason to hate you.

So if you were that lovely to me,

then you really are a lovely person.

You must never forget that.

Even if,

even if by some rare chance,

you break up with Mi-do

and you end up all alone again,

as long as you remember this,

you can still live a good life.

That will get you through the rest of your life.

Mi-do

will be fine.

She's much stronger than you think.

I was too busy scraping by to raise her like that,

but you raised her that way.

You did such a wonderful job.

Is the rumor true?

It isn't, right?

Please tell me it isn't.

It's true.

I've been transferred to the Tongyeong factory.

You can probably stay at headquarters.

But I've had previous incidents…

That's not what I'm asking.

Did you really restore it?

Did you restore the footage?

Yeah, Namgung did.

He's a real tough cookie.

That's why he took it to Executive Director Yoon.

It was Namgung's call.

It's thanks to him that I at least got sent to Tongyeong,

and you get to stay at headquarters.

You've never let me down until now.

You gave that footage…

knowing he could do it, didn't you?

Or rather,

so he wouldn't expose it

and instead cut a deal with Executive Director Yoon, right?

You did it knowing how he'd been chipped away at.

How could you do that?

To him, of all people!

How could you do this?

After everything he suffered…

Because I've been chipped away down to nothing.

I had nothing left to lose.

I'm sorry.

For the Taegye-ri case,

find another lawyer.

Han Tae-seung won't take it.

That's not for you to decide, Director Lee Mi-do.

Do you know why he likes me?

Because I'm a crazy bitch.

Just out of curiosity,

you're not playing that Song Hae-na card to threaten me, are you?

I'd really be disappointed then.

That's no fun.

Besides Park Pil-du, the leader of the Jaeseon Party,

there are plenty of takers for the Song Hae-na card.

You and your father-in-law have so many enemies.

I made myself clear.

Don't give the Taegye-ri case to Han Tae-seung.

Don't give him any shady cases.

Actually,

stop messing with him. Don't come around.

I'm not going to him.

He comes to me.

Do you have any idea what you did?

I threatened Seo Ju-hyeok and got caught by you.

So I'm pissed.

You think Seo Ju-hyeok is a pushover just because you can push me around?

I let you off easy

on the settlement agreement because I liked you.

If I'd handled that like my other cases,

you wouldn't be here.

Han Tae-seung.

-You don't have time to relax-- -Want to go get udon?

Let's go get udon.

JEONGDAM UDON

I promised to find out why you wander around Myeong-dong.

Seriously.

That's quite a parting gift.

How long have you known?

I said, how long?

Known about what?

That this udon is the reason you roamed Myeong-dong?

Or that this udon shop turns out to be

full of memories you made with Seo Ju-hyeok?

That you love Seo Ju-hyeok so much?

Are you crazy?

I'm crazy about women!

I knew from the day I called you Seo Ju-hyeok's lapdog.

That you really care about Seo Ju-hyeok.

You looked really sad back then.

You handled the Taegye-ri matter for his sake, right?

When his father-in-law pressured Seo Ju-hyeok,

you looked into it to help him.

What? That's not true.

I said it's not.

I told you.

I know you better than you think.

Your Honor.

The defendant, Han Tae-seung,

may indeed have killed the victim.

Yet the reason I defended him and argued for his innocence

is that Han Tae-seung

so earnestly told me

he was not the killer.

I respectfully ask Your Honor to give this 16-year-old boy

the strength to live on so that he is no longer alone.

You must miss him so much.

The Seo Ju-hyeok from back then.

But Han Tae-seung.

You can never see that Seo Ju-hyeok again.

Wait.

There's one way.

Want me to tell you?

You just have to become him.

The Seo Ju-hyeok back then.

Seo Ju-hyeok, the good lawyer.

You can be him.

You were probably a good kid.

Really.

A really good kid.

Why did you do it?

You didn't have to do anything.

Why go that far…

I wanted you to hang on.

At least HQ is better.

There's at least hope there.

Hang in there. Grit your teeth.

This is the first and last time I let myself be chipped away for you.

So whenever you want to run away,

remember how I got chipped away for you,

and how painful it was for me and hang on.

In life, there are things you'd never do for yourself,

but strangely, you can endure them for someone else.

My biological father was total trash.

He was a famous gangster in Busan,

and dozens of people were left disabled because of him.

I hated having his genes so much.

I was scared.

But…

they say I'm good at drawing because I take after him.

As soon as I found that out, I quit drawing.

Because I hated having his genes inside me so much.

The talent that made me feel that the world was fair

came from him, and it disgusted me so much.

This is my secret and shame that not even Lee Mi-do knows.

Park Su-a, I kept my promise, so you keep yours.

Starting tomorrow,

we're coworkers. Nothing more, nothing less.

You're wrong.

I'm not a good kid.

You know I didn't do it just for Seo Ju-hyeok.

I'm someone who found it easy.

That's why I could do it.

But…

since you want it,

I'll give it a try.

I'll try with everything I've got.

So please…

don't leave me.

I'll be good.

Don't leave me.

You…

You've never held me before.

How can you hold me while leaving me?

If you do this,

how am I supposed to forget you?

I'm the one who's really not a good person.

I think this is how I can forget you.

I'll feel less guilty.

I'm sorry.

You're a coward.

I had such high hopes.

If I knew a secret Ms. Lee didn't,

I was ready to settle for that.

You said to let myself get chipped away?

Fine.

I will.

I'll be a coward.

I won't keep that promise.

Even if you marry Lee Mi-do,

I'll keep loving you and stay right by your side.

THANK YOU TO LEE SANG-YI FOR HIS SPECIAL APPEARANCE

Tell me you don't miss Namgung Ho at all.

If you and I had met like ordinary people,

our ending would've been different.

I just broke up with Han Tae-seung and came straight here.

You're the one who taught me that life could be this happy.

Why are we such a mess?

What can we do? It's just who we are.

Subtitle Translation by Soya Back