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You even came to see me off.

It's an honor.

Hey.

Why don't you tell me now?

What?

That day.

Why you broke up with me.

Did we break up only once or twice?

We broke up around a thousand times.

The very last time.

September 5, 2010, 9:23 am.

A text message: "Let's break up."

I'm asking you to answer about this, Sim Myeong Yeo.

What on earth was the reason?

Let's break up.

Let's break up.

Myeong Yeo. Class is over. We should go.

Everyone has left already.

How could you wear a sweater with a dog on it?

Higher!

Let's break up.

You should still push me. Come on!

Oh, okay.

More! Higher!

Why aren't you pushing?

I will.

‐ Stop crying! ‐ I'm not crying.

‐ Hey. ‐ Yeah?

Don't you think your steps are too straight?

Right. I'll walk... like this.

You're making my head hurt.

Let's break up.

Why?

Answer.

There's no specific reason.

[Episode 11 Two Stories]

[Cancer Ward]

Why do you only bring tangerines? You brought them for yourself.

I brought them for both us.

I don't want them. You always eat them.

Eat the tangerines, it's a fruit of the season.

I like peaches.

I should grow a peach tree.

I want a peach that looks like your face.

There's no peach like that.

Hey! Sim Myeong Yeo!

What, you finally stopped by because I said I was going to die?

I asked you to come to reunions and you never showed your face even once.

Well, you see me now. Just appreciate it.

‐ Ms. Choi Sun Yeong? ‐ Yes?

‐ Did you ask to be moved to a six‐person room? ‐ Yes.

‐ You'll have to wait a little longer. ‐ Alright.

Are you really going to die?

Yeah. That's what they say.

Hey, you two be careful of breast cancer. Don't miss check‐ups.

What the heck?

‐ What's wrong with her? ‐ That's what I want to say.

You're like an old woman, you even brought yellow peaches.

Who brings yellow peaches these days?

Hey, what happened to your eye?

‐ What do you think? Do you feel better? ‐ What?

Misery loves company, they say.

What are you talking about?

I'm asking if you like it?

Myeong Yeo!

Can you explain this to me?

‐ Sim Myeong Yeo, tell me! ‐ You see what you see.

‐ And what is it that I'm seeing? ‐ Glaucoma.

‐ What did the hospital say? ‐ I told you, I'm too lazy to go.

Are you out of your mind?

So noisy. Why are you screaming? We're in a hospital.

It's okay. It doesn't hurt.

It doesn't hurt one bit. Isn't that all that matters?

Let's go. Let's go get an examination.

‐ Excuse me, it's too late. ‐ It's not too late, so let's go!

I can't see through it anymore.

Su Jeong, I've already lost vision from that eye.

Myeong Yeo.

So what if I can't see out of one eye?

The other one's just fine.

Don't follow me out. Go back to her.

Hey. Hey!

You should still get it checked out!

Hello?

Yes.

I see.

One moment, please.

Hello?

Yes.

The owner said that himself?

Yes, I understand.

What is it?

It was the daughter of the owner of this place.

She said we should get out if we won't pay the rent.

What?

‐ You're going to go now? ‐ Yeah. The owners live in Suncheon.

I think it's best to speak to them about this in person.

So, they gave you this place without asking for rent?

Yeah.

The house was deserted back then.

I'll be back.

‐ I want to go, too. ‐ What?

We can close the bookstore today.

We sold a lot of books at the flea market, anyway.

Would you feel uncomfortable if I come, too?

‐ No, not at all. Let's go. ‐ Yes.

‐ It's cold, right? ‐ Yeah.

Raise the temperature to 28 degrees Celsius.

The temperature has been adjusted to your request.

It'll become warm soon.

Yes, Mother. I just arrived upstairs.

Mother, you've become so much younger since we last met, which was this morning.

Mother, you should have let me know beforehand...

Hello. Are you Lee Jang Wu? I'm Jo Yeong Mi.

Hello.

But why did you take the train that time?

When I was under the maple tree that day,

now that I think about it, you took the train too.

Yeah.

I was there because I was running away. What about you?

That was a weekday for sure. Why did you cut school to go there?

Hello?

Hello?

Is this Jin Ho?

It's me, your mother.

Kim Jin Ho. Your name is Kim Jin Ho.

I gave you that name.

Your father didn't tell you?

My name is Eun Seob.

Im Eun Seob.

You know, Jin Ho,

I am very sick.

So,

I was hoping you could come see me.

I really want to see you.

I'm in Andong. Could you please come?

So, did you see her?

No. I didn't go that day.

Why not?

[Hyecheon to Andong]

I thought I would be betraying my parents if I went.

Also,

I saw you there that day.

‐ Hmm? ‐ Just...

Bon appetit.

I heard that waiters often cover their mouth with a mask, these days.

‐ You're drinking in the daytime? ‐ I found a reason to drink.

Honey, I heard you made a contract with Sim Myeong Yeo.

Yeah, what about it?

You should back out. I don't like it.

No, I'm good.

‐ Why don't you like it? ‐ You dated her. For 20 years, at that.

What idiot doesn't know that in this industry?

So void that contract right away, Mr. Cha Yun Taek,

if you want to do my next book with me.

I have to publish her novel. There's something I need to find out.

Grandfather Ham Il, can someone live without love?

I have my answer.

Is there something you want?

‐ Something I want? ‐ I need you so much as a writer.

Tell me. What must I do for you to sign a contract for your next book?

Instead of answering, Grandfather sipped his healthy peppermint tea.

We're here.

I know you're just pretending to be asleep.

The grandfather looked at me without saying anything.

Get off.

I don't want to.

He probably thought that there were too many things in life

I shouldn't know about yet, because I was young.

Do it already.

O‐okay.

‐ I'm going to go. ‐ No, I'll do it.

Grandfather Ham Il, why aren't you answering?

Grandfather, can a person live without love?

This was all you wanted?

Yes. To me, this is everything.

"Yes."

[All of My Firsts A Novel by Cha Yun Taek]

[MY. Dedicated to her]

Grandfather bowed his head, as if embarrassed.

Suddenly, tears began to flow down his face.

‐ You've arrived? Come in. ‐ Hello.

It must have been hard to come from so far away.

You could have just called.

Still, I thought it would be best to discuss this in person.

Our daughter by chance must have stopped by there.

She said your bookshop was doing really well.

And how could we give that house to a stranger, like that?

We had an event in our village, so a lot of people came by.

That's why she might have misunderstood.

If you two aren't comfortable, I can pay rent starting this month.

Forget that.

‐ Meet me in my reading room. ‐ Pardon?

Now.

I knew he would do that. He wants to show off.

‐ Show off what? ‐ His books.

When he heard that the bookstore young man would be stopping by,

he set up all of his old books.

I see.

Does someone play the piano?

‐ I do. ‐ Really?

I've been learning these days. It's pretty fun.

I see.

Do you perhaps know Baek Seok's poetry book titled "A Deer"?

Yes.

Because only a hundred copies were released that time, it is very rare.

[Baek Seok 'A Deer']

This...

Even the poet Yoon Dong Ju couldn't obtain a copy,

and it's said that he transcribed it by hand.

How did you...

I have my ways.

It might be an unauthorized edition, I don't know.

But still, I liked it so much that I read it for a long while.

[Wine Evening Sky]

In a room where the light is off

as cold as the white clothing on the clothesline in the distance

I hear the sound of the bell hung around the horse's neck.

When I opened the door,

the scent of pine mushrooms was released in the wine evening sky.

Don't pay attention to what my daughter said.

Still, Elder...

I am happy that you are using the house I abandoned as a bookstore.

Yes, but...

I raised my daughter as my gold and jade.

But when money is at stake, this all goes to nothingness.

Everything in the world changes. It changes, and it leaves.

It's the same for your children.

But books are different.

Even though they hold so many things, they are unlikely to change.

Please protect the bookstore well.

Didn't I tell you from the start that if it were a bookstore,

it was fine no matter how you used it?

Yes, I understand.

I had a great time.

Ah, yes.

Where are you heading now?

I have to go back to work. Enjoy your lunch.

Well, we can always meet some other time.

‐ Yes, I'll see you next time. ‐ Yes.

‐ Go in. ‐ Goodbye.

Look here, Friend.

Friend who is older than me.

‐ What were you doing right now? ‐ What? About what?

As expected, feigning innocence.

F‐Feigning innocence about what?

Will you still feign innocence with this?

Tell me, Friend. Friend who is way older than me.

That is, Hui...

I was just saying hi.

‐ Oh, is that so? ‐ Yeah.

I met an old friend after quite a long time, how unexpected.

Aah, so Jang Wu, when you meet a friend on the street after a long time,

you greet them stiffly like this, smile awkwardly, and shake their hand?

Jang Wu, there is so much I don't know about you.

Delete the picture, quick.

You‐Where did you learn all these bad things?

You're nothing like your brother.

Yes, I have some sense and am perceptive. Eun Seob can't compare to me.

Look here, Friend.

I give ten thousand won to Gwon Hyeon Ji for the information she collects.

Really.

Oh Oppa! But I meant that ten thousand won was enough!

Ah ah, thank you! I'm thankful, so I'll call you oppa for a few days now.

It's gross, so just call me Jang Wu.

Sending.

D‐Don't send it, just delete it. Then I'll be grateful. Thank you.

Delete, delete.

Y‐You, aren't you supposed to be in school right now?

It's lunch break, so I came out for a bit.

During lunch break, a student has to eat at the cafeteria.

Come on, you don't even eat at your office cafeteria

and instead you're here being like this.

That's because during lunch time I just came‐‐

So you know it's the same thing, Friend. Friend who is way older than me.

Well then, I'm busy so I'll go. Fare well, Friend. Bye!

Go, quick. Leave.

Didn't you tell me to go, just now, Friend?

It meant you should fare well after you drop me off at school, Friend.

Oppa, I'm in a hurry. Let's depart, quick.

My lunch break is running out. It might already be over.

Do you want to see me getting penalty points?

I got so much penalty points because of Eun Seob's "Catcher whatever," not long ago.

Let's go.

I don't have that much time either.

Let's go, Friend!

Oh my, Hui why are you so heavy?

Aigoo, quickly go, Friend.

How come you don't have any strength in your legs?

You know, on that day...

That day. That day I took the Mugunghwa train.

That day, I really wanted to die.

That's all I felt, back then.

[A murderer's daughter sits here]

During those times where getting up in the morning

and going to school felt like hell,

I was thinking of how I should die...

And I thought,

"Right, let's go to a station where there is a river."

"Let's go there, and just die."

But it seemed like I wouldn't die if I just fell in the water.

I was thinking, "Should I put stones in my pockets?",

but then...

I was so hungry.

I told myself, "Alright, then should I eat just a meal and then die?"

But after having finished the meal, I was sleepy.

"Then, should I just get a wink of sleep and then get up?"

I spent half a day like this, and a thought came to mind.

"Ah, at this rate I won't be able to die."

"That won't do. I have to die."

"I have to die, and after my death,

All those who are harassing me will regret what they did."

Mok Hae Won!

Mok Hae Won!

Mok Hae Won!

Mok Hae Won!

Mok Hae Won!

Hey, Mok Hae Won!

You wench! Mok Hae Won!

Oh, but how‐‐

Mok Hae Won!

It still intrigues me. How did Aunt know to come there?

‐ Is that why you decided not to die? ‐ Yes.

If you want to die,

I can die together with you, it's fine.

What the...

Let's die together, then. It's nothing difficult.

Ah, really!

What. Are you scared?

My desire to die completely vanished all of a sudden.

For some reason, it felt like Aunt would be next to me, nagging me even in death.

It's fortunate that you lived.

Thank you for not dying, Hae Won.

Tell me.

Please tell me, Im Eun Seob.

Tell you what?

You and I...

Is it love?

Answer me, please.

Is it love?

Yes.

It's love.

For me too.

[Walnut House]

You scared me!

What do you want?

How much of your novel did you write, so far?

What's this?

How much did you write?

Look here. Hello, Mister?

It hasn't even been four days. Four days.

Hey! What kind of crazy editor‐in‐chief

pressures their writer a few days after signing the contract,

asking how much they wrote?

Have you gone mad?

You must have written the first line, no?

Ah, the first line?

‐ You wrote it, didn't you? ‐ The first line?

I did write it, but don't tell me you came here to talk about that?

Of course, I came all the way here to talk about that.

So you're even more idle than I thought, crybaby.

All the work is done by the editors, I only have to stamp it.

What work do I have to do? Don't you think?

What? That's perfect timing.

What is?

‐ You know Sun Yeong, right? ‐ Yes.

‐ Choi Sun Yeong? ‐ Yes.

‐ She's dying soon. ‐ What?

Breast cancer in late stage.

It spread all over to the point that chemotherapy isn't possible.

She doesn't even have a month left.

Hey. But... are you talking about just any stranger?

It is about a stranger.

She was in Seoul but said she wanted to die in her hometown,

so she's in the municipal hospital here now.

I have to go there now. Take me to the hospital.

What? Open the door.

Hey.

I'm tired from driving all the way here, can't you drive us?

No, I can't. I don't drive.

Why don't you? You used to drive well.

Whatever. Go, quick.

Amazing. Do you do it like this only when I'm not here?

‐ We did a really big one. ‐ Amazing.

Look at him, his hair has fallen off.

I can't even recognize him.

Cha Yun Taek!

Hi, Sun Yeong.

‐ She likes peaches. ‐ Oh really?

What is it? What?

Well, it's nice to see you two.

‐ What are you saying? ‐ Oh, you brought something expensive!

‐ Hey. ‐ What?

What is it?

‐ I heard that your family has a bookstore? ‐ Yes.

But you know, I changed my bicycle saddle.

I've gotten so fast.

You'll probably be totally surprised when you see it.

Wait.

I would like to go there.

Actually, I do know where it is, but it's awkward to go alone.

And more than that‐‐

‐ Are you even listening? ‐ What?

I would like to go to your family's bookstore. Actually...

What is it? What kind of information is it this time?

‐ Kim Yeong Su likes books. ‐ What?

I heard that you also hold some kind of book club...

What's wrong with you?

No. Don't come.

Don't come. Or you're dead.

Actually, you can come, Sunbaenim.

What?

As long as you keep to the conditions of the deal I will tell you about.

You're tired, right?

A little bit.

Go up and rest. I'll stay downstairs.

It's fine.

Quick. You must be tired from driving.

‐ Go! ‐ Alright.

What is it?

Well, there are things to do. And there are a lot of books, too.

I should put these away.

What is it?

Nothing.

‐ But, Eun Seob. ‐ Yes?

I want to sleep with you.

Wh‐What did you say?

That I want to sleep with you.

Is this what I'm supposed to do?

If what we have is love

it would be nice if you asked me

not to leave.

To stay by your side,

like snow that never melts.

‐ But Cha Yun Taek? ‐ Yeah?

You've become really cool.

‐ Was I really so uncool back then? ‐ Yes.

‐ Do you really not know, Crybaby? ‐ Crybaby...

Okay, I got it.

Hey, be on your way. We won't go out too far.

Let's see each other again, Choi Sun Yeong.

It was great to see you.

‐ But... ‐ Hmm?

This has been bothering me.

What's with the bruises on your face? ‐ Huh?

Do doctors put shots on your face now? Why are those bruises on your face?

Oh, this? I bumped into something.

Isn't that right, Su Jeong? Yes?

Yeah, that happens.

She was on the wheelchair the other day, and that happened.

I didn't bump that hard, but I bruise easily these days.

It's true.

Choi Sun Yeong.

So she's still getting beaten up, huh?

Since she's about to die anyway, why can't she divorce that bastard?

I really do not understand.

Maybe this is how it is for Sun Yeong, too?

Since it isn't like this all the time, she puts up with it.

What?

Honey, take a look at this.

How do you like it? [I love you, Sim Myeong Ju]

When she's not being hit...

It's pretty.

Isn't it pretty?

What about Hae Won?

It's almost time for her to come.

I brought the bulgogi that Hae Won likes and the rice balls that you like.

But maybe I didn't bring enough.

Maybe I should have brought more?

It's fine.

...maybe he is the sweetest and warmest guy in the world.

Huh?

Is that something to get so angry about?

Don't you realize what you said back then?

I didn't say it to you, did I?

Yeah, he just cannot quell the sudden anger he feels in that moment.

Honey, I'm really sorry.

I think I went insane.

Honey, just this once.

This is really the last time.

I'm really sorry, Myeong Ju.

Then he begs and says he is sorry.

So she believes him, and keeps on forgiving him

by believing in that false hope.

But he never keeps his promise.

He breaks his promise and keeps on hitting her.

Sudden anger? Everyone gets angry, but they hold back their anger.

But someone who can't control his anger and hits her?

Why should she have to endure that?

Yes, you are right.

Even if it's only once in a while, it's still hitting.

And a man like that is warm? Does that make any sense?

‐ Yeah. It does not make sense. ‐ How can she...?

What is so great about him?

I pity him.

Unni, did you marry Brother‐in‐law because you pitied him?

No.

He was good to me. He treated me the best.

But he hits you.

But now I pity him.

Come to your senses, Unni.

Hae Won will find out everything when she is older. So before that happens...

I pity him.

Auntie, hurry up.

Honey, hurry up.

Idiot.

Let me off.

‐ Now? ‐ Yeah.

Thanks.

I really do pity him.

How can I abandon him?

All he does is hit me once in a while when he gets really angry.

I can't abandon him.

If I abandon him, who will take him?

Well, work hard everyone!

‐ Oh, goodbye! ‐ Good work, Jang Wu. ‐ Yes!

‐ Oh, Jang Wu? ‐ Yes?

I heard that you had a blind date at lunch?

How do you know about that?

Don't you know this neighborhood?

I'm sure even our chief knows what I had for lunch by now.

So, how was it?

Well, um, let's see...

Did you like her? How was she? Was she alright?

Well, she seemed like a good person.

You must have been flustered if you didn't know about this.

No, it's not the first time this happened, to be honest.

Please eat.

No, it's alright. I'm on a diet lately, so...

Ah, you're on a diet.

If you're a civil servant, what is your hobby?

Yes?

My friends who are civil servants always have at least one hobby.

It's such a drag to sit and work in an office all day long, isn't it?

How is it for you, Jang Wu? Isn't work no fun?

And boring?

Or maybe not?

How shall I put this? When I meet women this way,

I don't think I can see their charms very well.

Yes, it can be like that.

But how regretful, I heard she was quite pretty.

But how can you know that? It's not as if anyone took a photo‐‐

We have our ways.

Then what kind of woman does our Jang Wu like?

Me?

Don't you have any woman you are interested in?

‐ Oh, that looks tasty. ‐ Yeah, that's beef tenderloin.

Tenderloin.

Well... her smile should be pretty...

and she should eat well.

‐ A woman who eats well with a pretty smile? ‐ Yes.

That is too hard to find.

Is that so?

‐ Back to work, then. ‐ Yes.

Yes, back to work.

That's too bad.

You know,

when the sun sparkles on the surface of the lake,

what do we call it?

Sun glitter.

I want to sparkle like that too.

I should be the one dying.

Get a hold of yourself, you're the chief mourner.

What's this, really?

Even when I die.

What do you think you are?

You little...

Who do you think you are?

That you, that you...

Let go. Let go! Let go, you bitch!

Hey, you dared, to me ...!

You...

To me, you dared!

Let go!

Let go! Let go!

You dare to!

Hey! Who do you think you are? Who are you,

‐ to hit my sister? ‐ Myeong Yeo. Myeong Yeo!

‐ Hey! Hey! ‐ Get off! Damnit!

‐ You! ‐ No! No!

‐ Come here, you! ‐ No.

Myeong Yeo! Myeong Yeo.

‐ Stop! ‐ What are you doing?

You'll get it! You bitch!

Dammit!

My sister got beaten sometimes.

By her husband, the sweetest and warmest man.

Divorce him.

I'm telling you to divorce him!

Divorce him!

What are you lacking, that you have to live with this loser?

‐ Unni! Why do you keep staying‐‐ ‐ Myeong Yeo!

No! Stop!

Stop it!

You're asking for it, bitch!

What did you say? You'll get it!

Myeong Yeo. Let's go.

Let's get out.

Stop here! Dammit!

Get out! Get out!

My story starts here.

This will be the first sentence of my novel.

You know, Eun Seob...

Nothing.

What were you going to say?

Nothing. Next time.

[Editor ‐ Cha Yun Taek]

[Best‐selling author Sim Myeong Yeo]

Look here. Who do you think

killed my brother‐in‐law?

[Look here. Who do you think killed my brother‐in‐law?]

[Bookstore journal ‐ Good Night Bookstore Blog Private writing posted by Seob]

[I was the son of a vagrant living in the mountain, and one day I was abandoned.]

[I was raised by my adoptive parents.]

[Although I didn't really think that it was a weakness of mine, ]

[there were some people who wished I would consider it painful.]

[How come you are not unhappy?]

[Aren't you someone who used to live in a cabin in the mountain?]

[Your father was a hobo, wasn't he?]

[Should I be unhappy and sad, just as these people want?]

[...I thought about it for a long while, but no.]

[My conclusion was that there are people I am grateful to, ]

[and I don't particularly have any reason to be unhappy.]

[Anyhow, now this is all in the past.]

[I'll Go to You When the Weather is Nice]

I'm sleepy. But I want to continue looking at you.

Ji Eun Sil?

You see, there's something I want to ask.

Can I ask?

He's a new member of the book club. Applause!

What is this? Explain.

Don't you know about the fax you sent yesterday?

Did you come to give this back?

This is a pretext. Actually, I used to like you.

I liked you first.

‐ For a really long time. ‐ I'm in trouble.

I feel like I'll never forget the way you look now.

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