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[Episode 26]

I knew you'd be here.

What are you doing here at this hour?

Can't you have fun when others are having fun?

If you had a good time, you should've gone home.

Why are you back in the office?

I'll get going now.

Wait. Wait a minute.

What the...?

I sang a song at karaoke.

And it was really nice.

So I wanted to sing it to you.

I stand tall in this world.

And I have people who love me, surrounding me.

I want to walk my path with the people I love.

I know you were lonely,

but that was just a practice in life.

You'll never fall down again...

You should really stop drinking so much.

And don't drunk-sing to me.

Oh, gosh.

What do you think you're doing?

We live in the same neighborhood.

To Sogyukdong, please.

Sure.

Why are you following me?

I'm just going my way.

What's your problem?

You live across the street from here.

Well, why were you roaming around my neighborhood last week then?

I told you I had an errand to run that day.

Well, I do, too.

Gosh!

Actually, I wanted to say I'm sorry.

About what?

About how the airing didn't take place.

If I got the clothes from Designer Huh Eun-sook,

maybe the airing would've taken place as scheduled.

Even if you got the clothes ready, if she called to cancel...

it would've gotten cancelled.

So, Ms. Hong Ae-ja... No.

Your mother... must be very upset right now.

No.

Who said she'd be upset?

You should be honest with your feelings.

Goodness...

What kind of girl are you?

What did you just say...?

See? You're still all there. You're not so discouraged.

Ms. Ma, press down my thumb.

Come on. Just do it.

I stand tall in this world.

And I have people who love me, surrounding me.

I want to walk my path with the people I love.

How do you feel? You feel better now, right?

Hey, you just smiled! You really smiled.

Ms. Ma, press down my thumb again.

Come on. Just do it.

Go home.

Ouch!

You should relax when you can,

and rest when you should, like other people.

Thanks for putting your jacket on me that night.

Thanks to you, I had a really good sleep.

Oh, goodness... Why is she bringing that up?

Don't worry about anything and just sleep tight!

Letter of Resignation.

I feel very sad to leave SH Home Shopping...

where I worked for over 15 years.

The network started as a local broadcast selling products for the ederly...

And now it's one of the most representing home shopping networks in the country.

And I was there to witness the process...

and am sorry to leave the company.

However, I pray for the best of luck...

with the company and have nothing but goodwill.

Mom, I'm home.

Oh, hi. You're home.

Did you eat dinner?

I made some ox tail soup. Have a bowl.

I'm not hungry.

Mom, what were you doing?

It's nothing.

Mom, it's a letter of resignation.

Why are you quitting your job?

Don't do this.

Last time, I retaliated because they tried to fire me...

over something that wasn't my fault.

But if I had quit back then,

I wouldn't have put you girls through so much heartache.

You're not sounding like yourself, Mom.

You did the best you could today.

You did well, Mom.

Either way, don't tell Ji-sung and Hee-sung...

anything about me quitting.

I'll tell them after I move to another company. Okay?

Hey, Ji-sung.

In-sung, since Mom kept on saying she was all right,

I couldn't ask her the details.

But what is really going to happen to Mom?

What happened today wasn't really Mom's fault.

It was your mother-in-law's fault,

and it was also JW's fault for not making this happen.

I'm sure the company will take that into consideration.

You're getting discharged tomorrow, right?

Don't worry and go to sleep.

Let me know if anything should happen.

All right. Good night.

[Mi-na's Other Grandmother]

Why is she calling me at this hour?

[The person is not answering...]

Why isn't she picking up her phone?

I guess she feels a bit guilty after all.

Does she think she can do whatever she wants and get away with it?

Please pick up the phone.

Don't we have unfinished business?

What unfinished business?

How was I supposed to let her sell my clothes when she was acting like that?

I guess you've lived your life however you wanted to until now.

Well, just know that with a mere stone that you throw,

a frog can get hit by it and die.

What in the world is she talking about?

Is she saying she's a frog?

Oh, goodness.

Why did you cancel the show today?

I don't want to hear it.

Don't say anything more.

Go out of the country for a month or two,

and come back when things quiet down.

Let me and Woo-jae take care of the company.

I didn't do anything wrong. Why would I leave?

You're old enough to know better now.

Just admit what you did wrong,

and show others that you're sorry.

The home shopping network apologized to me.

They apologized for pairing me with someone unqualified like Hong Ae-ja.

I'm sure they said that because...

they felt like they could still use you later.

How are you going to face Ji-sung's mother?

And how will you face Ji-sung?

The reason I had to do this was because...

of Ji-sung and her mother.

Why are you blaming me when you don't know anything?

Do you know what they said to me at the hospital that day?

Ji-sung's mother and her three daughters...

Hong Ae-ja told me to just watch what she says about my clothes.

That my clothes are pathetic!

I initially stepped up to help Ji-sung's mother...

out of good intentions.

Are you sure it was out of good intentions?

You used that as an excuse to manipulate Ji-sung, didn't you?

Well, I... Is that a bad thing?

Anyway, we're going to hold a meeting tomorrow...

about what happened today.

And I need you to accept any consequences...

that come out of the meeting.

You want to send me away for a couple of months...

and do whatever you want with my company, huh?

Well, I won't let you do that.

Since I made him CEO of the company,

does he think he owns the company or something?

Ha!

What's his problem these days anyway?

Is he having a midlife crisis?

Gosh, that was good.

How long has it been since I had a homemade meal?

Mr. So doesn't even have a wife,

but he raised his 3 kids so well.

What do we eat?

Dad said to not eat the bulgogi until Jung-geun got home, so I didn't touch it.

We only have cold rice.

Dad gave the whole pot of stew to him.

Why do you think the show didn't air?

The preview showed that "It's On Hong Ae-Ja" was going to air today.

What if they put all the blame on Jung-geun for this?

Kids, why are you pouting?

We have nothing to eat...

because you gave all the food to him.

We have plenty of food to eat.

Jung-ie, hurry up and heat up the rice,

and you go get some side dishes.

All we have is kimchi.

Why, you brats!

Did you forget how I lived when I was your age?

I was so hungry, but I overcame poverty....

I'm home.

Jung-geun is home.

Don't you say anything to him.

Hi, Jung-geun.

Dad, press my thumb. Like this.

What for?

I stand tall in this world.

And I have people who love me, surrounding me.

I want to walk my path with the people I love.

I know you were lonely... Good night!

But that was just practice...

Hey, Jung-geun...

What happened today?

The show wasn't aired.

Yeah, it just didn't happen.

Why?

Your team leader failed to get her mother back on air?

No. No. It's a long story.

Yeah, right.

I'm really worried that...

she'd put the blame on you.

You said she had a feisty temper.

Her temper is not ordinary.

Dad, I've never met a woman like her.

I can't even bring myself to call her a woman.

She says so herself that she's the happiest...

when she's doing work.

My goodness, she must be a workaholic.

She sounds terrible and selfish.

How come there are so many selfish women these days?

I know a man whose wife handed him divorce papers...

on his 60th birthday party and kicked him out.

Your team leader isn't married yet, is she?

No. But how did you know?

I can just tell.

What man is crazy enough to marry her...

when she has such a feisty temper?

Right. I bet she's never even dated anyone yet.

Hey...

What if she falls for you?

I mean, you're such a handsome boy...

Dad, she doesn't view me that way at all.

Remember how I got beat up the other day?

She beats the daylights out of a person...

when she gets mad.

What? So she's the one...

who gave you that black eye the other day?

She gave a black eye to my precious son!

I'm not going to let her get away with this!

Dad. Dad!

I'm just joking. I was only joking.

Don't worry about anything and go to sleep.

Jung-geun, don't let her intimidate you.

If she treats you unfairly in any way,

you should stand up to her and fight.

Why, of course! Victory!

Victory!

At ease.

What kind of girl is she anyway?

Good night.

Thanks for putting your jacket on me that night.

Thanks to you, I had a really nice sleep.

Ms. Ma, just what exactly do you think you're doing?

What's this? Huh?

What's that?

Well, look at it!

The distribution system of each department...

all over the country is malfunctioning.

What do you mean malfunctioning?

All the stock that should be in storage...

is showing that they're all being sent here!

So where is the stock?

All the stock couldn't possibly be here.

But don't worry.

Very soon, all the stock will leave the storage in accordance with the records.

Did you learn to fool the system with numbers...

during your fancy career abroad?

You know how we make the orders first,

and in the system, it shows that the stock is out,

but in actuality, the stock is released a few days later.

That's how you can think of this issue.

Whose side are you on right now?

This is absolutely unthinkable from our company's sales system.

Ms. Ma, I caught you good this time.

I should've seen this coming a long time ago.

What do we do?

This is because we did this without your approval, right?

What do we do?

Don't worry and get back to your work.

I made enough porridge, so put it in the freezer...

and eat it whenever you can.

I also added in soy sauce marinated beef and water kimchi.

Mom, when did you have time to cook for me?

How did you find time?

I always have time to cook for my daughters.

Mom, where's my lotion?

Oh, goodness. I forgot to bring it.

You should buy your own lotion.

You can't make Mom buy you lotion.

They don't sell the lotion I use at the hospital store.

Can't you cookyour own porridge instead of making Mom cook for you?

Yes, you're absolutely right.

Mom, don't worry about me from now on.

I'll just buy porridge if I have to.

No, I'm really fine with it.

It doesn't take that long for me to make it.

Hee-sung, I already bought your lotion, too.

I'll bring it to you tomorrow.

All right.

Oh, Mom. What did your home shopping say?

What do you think?

It's not my fault that my show wasn't aired.

It's all because of your fickle mother-in-law.

I'm all worn out because of this project,

so I want to take a break for the time being.

You're going to take a break from your show?

Why, yes. Nobody can take my show away from me.

My company knows how hard I worked...

to try to get Designer Huh Eun-sook on board.

So when I said I'd take a few days off, they agreed to give me a vacation.

Of course they should.

Mom, you're going to get sick this way.

Your face is so tiny now.

I wonder how many days you can force yourself...

to rest from your work.

Why, I'm capable of not working, too.

Did your husband come by?

You know how busy he is.

Come on, he can't be that busy.

This is why I don't ever want to get married.

You have certain expectations of each other,

but in the end, you end up getting hurt.

There's no reason to get hurt.

Just think of him as somebody unrelated to you.

Look at me.

Do I ever expect anything from your dad?

All you have to do is think of him as your roommate.

Let's go. Come on.

Hurry. Let's go.

Let's go, Mom.

Mom, give that to me.

What?

Is that all you can say to me?

I'm busy. What do you want?

Never mind.

Come home with Mi-na later.

I'm discharged from the hospital.

Ma'am, it's me.

You don't need to pick up Mi-na later.

I'll be going myself.

Bye.

Ms. Jung.

Are you incapable of saying hi to me?

Oh, Ms. Hong.

What are you doing here?

What do you mean what am I doing here?

I came here on my own two feet.

Maybe she hasn't heard the news yet.

Let me ask you one thing.

Last night at 7 o'clock when my show was supposed to air.

How could you have aired your show?

Didn't you hear?

The director ordered me to get ready to air...

if you failed to launch Designer Huh Eun-sook's designs.

So I was on standby.

Do you even know how hard it was for me to prepare for it?

I had to be on air live for two whole hours.

Even if it was the director's order,

how could you steal the time slot of your own co-worker?

If I were you, I would've told him that...

Ms. Hong would air her Plan B product...

and refuse to air my own show during the time slot.

Isn't that what being loyal is all about?

How can you rob me of my time slot like that?

Loyalty to what?

Those who are more capable survive...

and those who are incapable are edged out.

What?

So, that's the way it goes, huh?

Don't live your life that way.

One day, it'll all come back to you. That's life.

Live a little longer and you'll know what I mean.

See you around.

What's wrong with this?

Ms. Hong, see you around.

Is my pass broken?

It's not letting me through.

Producer Kim? Where are you?

Airport? What are you doing there?

I'm going for a trip abroad for a couple of months.

What? But what about your work?

I tried entering the building with my pass,

but it's not letting me get in.

You didn't know that our team is broken apart?

What?

Our team is broken apart?

I'm on leave for two months.

And you're released from the company.

They'll send you the official notice soon.

What?

They're releasing me from the company?

If I quit on my own, that's one thing.

But how dare they fire me like this?

You told me you had daughters.

Aren't they saying anything...

about you being kicked out of the house like this?

Well, they're all on their mother's side.

They only feel sorry for their mother.

But still...

they don't even ask you where you're staying?

They're not even calling you?

Well, my daughters are very busy.

One is a professor, and the other is a doctor.

They're so preoccupied with their work all day.

But my second daughter came by the other night,

and we had dinner together.

That's all she did?

Even if they're busy, this is wrong.

How can they be so calm about their father who raised them,

being kicked out of the house?

Well, they're not the ones who kicked me out.

They really did nothing wrong.

They're just too scared by their mom...

so they can't do anything to stop me.

Nothing like that could ever happen in my house.

Even when my wife was still living,

everything revolved around me... the head of the family.

Even if it were a tiny pea,

I had to cut it for everyone in my family to start eating.

I miss my wife who's in heaven even more today.

When I look at your family,

I think you're the luckiest man on earth.

Well, that's what everybody tells me.

My kids are all grown,

and I have a small office and a home.

And I can still bring food to the table.

All I want now is to welcome daughters-in-law.

I have two daughters who aren't married.

Should I set my girls up with your boys one day?

My daughters are doing very well, too.

Goodness me! I know he saved my life and all.

But seeing that his daughters are fine with kicking their dad out.

They can't be good girls.

I can't have them as my daughters-in-law.

I don't know how a once bold and brave Marine like yourself...

became so miserable.

This is why people say...

you have to meet the right woman to be happy in life.

Right.

But seeing that she still didn't register my divorce papers,

I guess she's not really going to divorce me completely.

Yes. That's what I think, too.

Do you think I should call your wife...

and introduce myself as your friend?

Maybe I can talk some sense into her.

Good idea. She never listens to anything I say,

but she cares about what others think of her.

Maybe it'll work on her.

Give me your wife's phone number then.

I'll give her a call right now.

All right.

But remember, she's very quick-tempered.

You need to know exactly what you're going to say.

What's this?

I keep on getting calls from somebody I don't know.

Hello?

Is this Mr. Ma Jung-gi's wife?

Mr. Ma Jung-gi's wife?

Well, I'm not his wife anymore.

Why is he looking for Ma Jung-gi's wife?

Is he a loan shark?

Hello?

Well, you were once Mr. Ma Jung-gi's wife, right?

Listen up.

I divorced him a long time ago.

Don't call me again.

Wait.

I don't think you know what's going on.

Although you sealed the divorce papers,

you didn't register it,

so you're still technically married.

What?

I'm still technically married to him?

All I have to do is seal the divorce papers.

What kind of nonsense are you blabbering?

And who are you, anyway?

Oh, I'm a friend of Mr. Ma Jung-gi. We were in the Marines together.

What? The Marines?

Why are you mentioning something from decades ago?

This is a voice phishing call, isn't it?

If you call me again, I won't let you off easily!

I'm going to report you to the police.

[Subtitles provided by MBC]

[Preview]

That makes no sense!

I should be responsible. Do you hear me?

Why are you taking all the blame alone?

Please don't tell Dad.

Jung-ie, why didn't you go to your class?

Dad, you don't know anything.

Why are you here again?

Who is that guy?

How dare him talk to the Queen Bee that way?

We decided to close down the cultural center.

What did you say? Whose decision was that? Whose?

Mom, please!

Why do you keep making me the bad person?