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[Episode 24]

Just how sick is she...

to send Mi-na to her in-laws' house and not pick up my calls?

Something must've happened.

[Queen Bee]

Hello, Mom?

In-sung, I heard Ji-sung is sick.

How did you know that she's in the hospital?

What?

She's in the hospital?!

Just how sick is she to be in the hospital?

Is she staying at Hee-sung's hospital?

I have to go see her right away.

Mom, don't worry too much.

She's just there for some checkups.

If you go now, you'll just wake her up.

Let's go together tomorrow morning. Okay?

All right.

What is this?

Did he just leave?

Here. Here.

Sergeant So, you were quite the character.

Here, please take this.

Bro...

So what happened after Dad stepped on the landmine?

I always got tired when Dad got to that part and never heard the full story.

You brats, Dad told us that story at least a dozen times,

and you don't know the full story?

You two are really out of it.

You must've dozed off while Dad was talking.

So what happened after that was...

[Summer of 1979, Baekryungdo Dark Horse Troop Operation Area]

Who's there?

Sergeant So, what are you doing there?

Platoon... platoon leader...

I think I stepped on a landmine.

What?

This is a big problem!

He couldn't move an inch because he was stepping on a landmine.

But Platoon Leader Ma came back for him.

But of course,

there was nothing much he could do, either.

Why? Because he already stepped on the landmine.

And what happened?

Dad said he saved his life.

He must've somehow saved Dad's life.

You brats! Listen up.

The story gets interesting from here.

So do you know what happened...

while Dad couldn't move a step because of the landmine?

Hundreds of armed communist guerilla soldiers invaded the island!

What, hundreds? Give me a break.

That would be a war, then.

Maybe he said dozens not hundreds.

Either way...

Even then, Leader Ma did not run away on his own...

and stayed by Dad's side all night long.

They couldn't go to the bathroom or eat.

They spent the night there,

and then another night came.

Gosh, that makes no sense.

This is why I can never believe Dad.

He does tend to exaggerate a lot.

I'm tired. So what happened?

Dad thought that he also couldn't risk the leader's life...

just because he made the mistake of stepping on the mine.

Sir... Sir...

You should go.

I'll die on my own.

Don't you say that!

Hold tightly on to my arm!

Sir...

And another 24 hours passed,

and it became the next night again.

So they didn't move for two full days?

Gosh, is this some kind of never ending story?

It's the climax of the story now.

You know how Dad hates snakes the most in the world.

It's... a snake! A snake!

Sir... Sir... Sir...

Sir, there's a snake...!

What's the matter, Sergeant So?

Ahh!

No!

Sir! Sir!

Sir!

Sir! Sir!

Sir!

Since he was stepping on the landmine for a long time,

the blow wasn't too strong.

A bunch of debris got stuck on Leader Ma's butt,

and he was sent to the army hospital,

and Dad had to return to his old post.

And they never met each other ever since.

That's so stupid.

It sounds like a made-up tale.

I don't know. But that's what Dad told us.

One, two. One, two, three, four!

We're the Marines! We can even catch ghosts!

We're the Marines!

Our young blood boils!

Who could stop us?

Lai lai lai lai cha cha cha!

Lai lai lai lai cha cha cha!

Go towards the left!

One, two, one, two, one, two!

Stop!

Turn to your right.

One, two.

Salute to the general!

Victory!

Why did you just leave?

What else was I supposed to do?

Did she want me to wake her up?

Is this her way of thanking me for putting my jacket on her?

I guess she was touched to see my jacket...

covering her when she woke up.

These are the natural feelings that normal people feel,

do you get it now?

I hope you know.

Should I text her back?

"Since you were sleeping..."

No. No.

"You looked too tired for me to wake you up..."

No. No. No.

"Why?"

Let's see what she says to that!

[Why?]

Why?

[For taxi services, call this number.]

Gosh!

Hey, come on out. Let's have a drink.

You just go home and sleep, ok?

What do you mean, "Why?"

How come you didn't give me your report?

You put a jacket on me so that I don't wake up...

and ran off, didn't you?

What?

I ran off?

My gosh!

Why would I run off?

Is saying thank you that hard?

Gosh!

Hee-sung, what's going on here?

I heard that Ji-sung is in your hospital.

Oh, yeah. Mom...

Actually, she had a stomach cramp and was sent to the ER.

But she's doing much better now. She wanted to go home,

She wanted to go home,

but In-sung and I persuaded her to stay for more tests.

What?

How come you didn't tell me all this?

You know how worried I am about her stomach.

How can you not tell me anything?

Hang up now.

Gosh, how many more buttons do I need to add?

My gosh...

She should've returned my jacket in person.

My report.

What took you so long?

How could she not text me after reading my text?

Huh?

Are you talking to me right now?

No, just some girl I know who has no manners...

Just some person that I know...

All right.

The airing is at 7PM today, and the rehearsal is at 2PM.

Are the clothes at the studio now?

I called Designer Huh's secretary.

She said she'd bring the clothes to the studio by this morning.

She must've taken off by now.

All you did was just call her?

You should've went and brought them yourself.

You're the one who said I was just an observer...

and Ms. Hong Ae-jan and Designer Huh are the main characters.

There are things that observers have to do, too.

You have to be responsible for bringing the clothes.

Yes, ma'am.

Should I also prepare the Plan B products?

That's not what's important right now.

Just get Designer Huh's clothes first.

I'm going out and I'll meet you at SH.

She's faking illness...

because she doesn't want to teach at the cultural center.

I didn't think she'd do something like this.

I bet she had no idea I'd show up like this.

How dare she play me.

Oh, Sis.

Mom knows that you're in the hospital.

She'll get here soon.

What?

Mom knows?

Yes.

She was a bit surprised,

but when she sees you eating porridge,

she'll feel much more relieved.

So you have to finish this entire bowl.

All right.

Just tell her that I'm doing some simple checkups.

All right.

You go ahead and eat.

I thought you'd be too sick to eat anything.

But my, look at the way you're eating.

Mo... Mother...

How could you think of not telling me this?

Since you have an important show to do,

we were going to tell you after that.

Did her test results come out?

It's chronic gastritis.

Her condition worsened slightly.

It's not that serious, though.

Why isn't her gastritis getting any better?

She's eating rice porridge from today?

Yes, she was eating it earlier.

She looked much better now.

Let's go and see her.

Hello, In-sung?

Mom just got here.

I didn't think you had this in you.

But you're quite manipulative, aren't you?

You didn't come to the cultural center...

saying you didn't have enough students,

and now you're in the hospital.

Did your mom tell you to do this?

I don't think this idea came out of your head.

No, Mother.

My mom really didn't know.

I was sent to the hospital...

because I had a bad stomach cramp.

Stomach cramp?

You think I never had that before?

Nobody is admitted to the hospital over a stomach cramp.

You sent Mi-na to my house...

and were planning on doing your work...

right here at the hospital, weren't you?

That contract you were using on my son...

No wonder you ripped it up so easily.

Did you rip that contract...

thinking you'd come up with some clever ideas like this?

What is she talking about?

She ripped the contract?

No, Mother...

I really ripped it thinking I'd do all the house chores.

You're quite the smooth talker, aren't you?

Then why did you send Mi-na to my house...

and refuse to come out to the cultural center?

How dare you say you can't teach a class without any students.

How dare you go against what I tell you.

You're writing your thesis here on your notebook, aren't you?

I told you to delete all of your thesis files and not write it again.

Did you think I was joking?

What did you mean by that?

You made her erase her thesis?

Oh, hello.

Mom!

What's she talking about right now?

What do you mean you ripped the contract?

Ji-sung, did you really rip the contract...

that we all signed together?

Yes....

She ripped it with her own hands.

I didn't do it.

What about her thesis?

She wouldn't give up on her thesis that easily.

She wouldn't erase her files that she's been working on for years.

What's going on here?

Why don't you ask her yourself?

Just what's going on here?

Tell me everything.

Did something happen?

No, Mom.

Everything she's saying is true.

I deleted it because I wanted to give it up.

It was too hard for me to handle,

so I gave it up.

See?

She says she couldn't handle it.

So I told her that she could write her thesis...

after Mi-na gets older.

Tell me the truth right now.

What's going on here?

Mom...

You tell me.

I just can't understand what's going on here.

You were yelling at her for faking her illness just now.

So you tell me what's going on here.

Just what did she do so wrong...

that you're treating her this way?

Tell me why she had to rip the contract up,

and why she has to teach at the cultural center that has no students.

Why are you yelling at and reproaching her so much?

You said she was faking illness...

so that she could hide to write her thesis.

Then why wouldn't you let her write her thesis...

that she wanted to write so badly?

Why? Why?

I guess you don't know what's really going on.

Don't you know she's doing this for you?

Ji-sung realizes that my clothes...

are way too high-end to be on your TV show.

And when I said I'd let you advertise my latest designs,

Ji-sung must've wanted to look good to me...

so that I wouldn't change my mind.

Mother!

I see.

She really shouldn't have done that.

Professor Ma, let's write the contract again.

And don't teach at some late cultural center.

Don't you dare do any house chores, either.

You just focus on your thesis and go to Yale University.

What did you say?

Your mother-in-law can't cancel sending her clothes to my TV show.

The whole preview was aired all over the country.

She'd be too humiliated to stop now.

In-sung, you said you were planning to launch her design...

with JW Apparel after the response from my TV show.

Yes.

JW belongs to me.

You think I can't launch my own clothes at my company?

I think you got this all mixed up.

But the person who should be nice to me is you.

Should I tell the world during my show...

that your clothes are a bunch of crap...

that's not worth any money at all?

Will you be able to launch at JW Apparel if I do that?

What?

My clothes... crap?

Not worth any money?

Oh, and I think I should return your button-filled shirt.

This is the truth about your shirt.

What's this?

What's going on here?

My gosh!

What is this?

Even my mother-in-law redesigned your shirt because it was uncomfortable.

She had no place to wear it,

so she wore it when she was working on the field.

Ah...

I wonder what kind of comments...

I should say during my show about your clothes.

My darling.

You were taking all this from your mother-in-law for me.

No wonder you kept on getting sick.

Mom, what are you going to do now?

Why are you worried about me?

Who cares if I can't do my show today?

I'm not about to sacrifice my child just for my career.

Did you forget why I work so hard?

You three are my one and only reason...

to work and go on with my life.

Girls, listen up.

Don't get stressed by other people because of me.

Don't let anyone hurt your pride.

I'll be the one to take all the pain and suffering.

I told you that I'd take all of your burdens for you.

I'm so upset.

I can't believe I made you girls suffer because of me.

Mom...

Mom...

Mom...

Ji-sung, you work on getting better.

Hee-sung, get back to your work.

You, too, In-sung.

I should get prepared for my show.

Let's take it one step at a time.

I'm the queen bee who came this far,

overcoming much tougher obstacles than this.

Don't you worry about a thing.

All right? Okay?

The airing time today will be at 7PM.

We're going to observe the response...

and decide on launching your wife's brand with JW Apparel.

I think the response will be great.

Her design is solid in everyone's mind as being high-end and luxurious.

When we decide on launching her brand,

we'll also sell them at JW Distribution.

We think the TV Home Shopping that will be aired today...

will be very important.

I agree with you.

Once it's exposed over TV Home Shopping,

people might feel closer to her brand.

Yes, all right.

They'll leave right now.

Okay.

Hello.

Are you sending them to the home shopping?

Yes, it's late. We have to hurry.

Wait. Don't leave and be on standby.

Oh, I'm so mad!

I'm so mad! I can't believe this!

What do I do?

My goodness!

Excuse me.

Hello, my dear?

I'm going crazy!

I just can't calm myself down right now.

What should I do about the TV Home Shopping?

Honey, everybody feels a bit nervous...

just before the airing.

When I'm doing the TV interviews,

I feel very nauseous, too.

We were talking about your brand,

and how we'll launch it after the airing.

I don't want to do it.

I want to just quit everything!

What did you say?

What kind of nonsense are you blabbering this time?

I can't take your fickleness anymore!

You were so stubborn about doing TV Home Shopping.

Are you about to make a complete fool out of me?

Dad, calm down.

Let's talk later.

Put this up. Hurry up! Hurry!

Hurry up and insert this.

Hurry up and hang this.

Put that up there. I can't see it.

Producer, where is Ms. Hong Ae-ja?

She's probably in the makeup room.

I need to see light #3 again.

Huh?

The clothes still aren't here?

They'll get here.

Ms. Hong gambled our whole team to our director,

so this has to be successful.

It just has to be...

Hello, Ms. Ma. Where are you?

Now, her secretary isn't picking up the phone.

Why aren't the clothes here yet?

Oh, hi.

The clothes are here, right?

They have to hurry up with the setting.

They're not here yet.

They're still not here?

Her secretary said they left awhile ago.

But she's not picking up my phone calls.

Did something happen?

Listen, Mr. So...

Can you go and bring the clothes yourself?

You must bring them at all costs.

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm fine.

Go and say you're from JW.

If they refuse to give out the clothes, say it'll be a very big problem.

All right.

Who is it?

I'm from JW.

I'm here to pick up the clothes that will be aired on TV Home Shopping.

Ms. Huh will take them herself.

She doesn't want to risk losing high valued products.

Well, that's why I'm here to pick them up myself.

Oh, I see.

Hang on.

Ms. Hong, it's ready.

Five seconds to airing.

Cue!

"This is On Hong Ae-ja."

I'm back, everyone.

And for today's special show,

I brought a very precious product.

This elegant jacket...

Your eyes must be shining just looking at it.

I'm sure fashion leaders will know at a glance...

that this jacket is Designer Huh Eun-sook's design.

That's right.

I barely got permission from the designer...

to bring this valuable product.

This isn't a jacket you'll see everyday.

The minute you put it on,

you'll be reborn as an attractive lady.

When the wind blows,

when the leaves fall,

and even when it snows...

The minute you pick up your phone and purchase this jacket,

you'll be wasting your precious money...

on a piece of crap jacket!

Who in their right mind would invest their money in this?

Only fools would!

What are these dangling things here?

What in the world are these?

My goodness!

This is just a bunch of crap!

Goodness me!

Oh, gosh! My goodness!

Now, it finally looks like a jacket.

[Subtitles provided by MBC]

[Preview]

We're not on air right now.

Why is that program on air right now?

I can't bear to lift my head from embarrassment.

Why is it your fault?

It's all Ms. Hong Ae-ja's fault.

Aren't you being too harsh?

What did you say?

You shouldn't live your life that way.

It was entirely my mistake.

In the spirit of the Marines!

My daughters are all grown up.

I never had a hard time.

I think I made my girls suffer.

You should've gone home after having a fun night out.

Why are you back here?

Actually, hold on.

What are you doing?