He did indeed have a life insurance policy with us.
And the payment has been issued in full.
-It has? -Yes.
The money was sent to Ms. Baek Seong-hui's account.
-Who did you just say? -Ms. Baek Seong-hui.
She brought all the necessary documents needed on behalf of all the inheritors
and the money was all sent to her account.
What are the necessary documents?
Ko Eun-u is a minor, so the proof of guardianship,
and Ko Eun-sung's power of attorney stamped with her personal seal.
-My power of attorney? -Yes.
You should get changed at least.
Get up and sign this for me.
I need your seal to sort out your father's death.
Didn't you see the creditors at the funeral?
If they come to the house,
we have to give them his accident compensation at least.
Here. It's your power of attorney.
Just write this out.
I AUTHORIZE THE ABOVE PERSON WITH ALL MY AUTHORITY
If you think you can get more out of me, please leave.
Otherwise, let's divide the money according to the IOU.
It says they even confirmed your identity through a phone call.
My goodness.
What's taking her so long?
I'm sorry, but I have to go somewhere.
Where? We have so many places to visit today.
Who was that man?
We agreed to meet the church liaison at five, right?
Let's meet at the church at 4:50 p.m.
Your daughter was so persistent that I had to tell her everything.
SEUNG-MI
What do I do?
Eun-u's sister came recently, and she was too late as well.
-Eun-u had two sisters? -Excuse me?
Ko Eun-u was their friend's cousin.
They said he was at an orphanage in Daegu.
I think I fell asleep after three o'clock.
When did you come back and where have you been this morning?
Give your new number to Hwan. I disconnected the other phone.
That's my number.
Why isn't she coming home?
Is she home?
She missed our appointment and didn't even say sorry.
What is it?
I just wanted some coffee.
Why didn't you call me for it?
Is everyone home right now?
Everyone, except one.
Who? Ko Eun-sung?
-How did you know? -She's still not home?
How could she...
He didn't look too friendly.
What if something really happened?
Sorry for making you organize the storage and work late.
Excuse me.
SUNWOO HWAN
What's up, Hwan?
Are you with Eun-sung?
-Why do you ask? -Did you meet her or not?
Hang up if you're with her. Tell me if you're not.
I'm not with her.
What's going on?
What's Eun-sung's phone number?
Why are you asking me that at this hour?
Just tell me what it is!
She left at two, missed our appointment, and still didn't come home yet.
She still didn't?
Eun-sung didn't come here.
It's the way I left it this morning.
Where could she be?
She's not picking up.
Apparently, she spoke with a man, and left looking all pale.
Any idea who it might have been?
No.
I didn't even know she knew a man that old.
Okay then. I'll go looking for her.
-Where will you go? -Wherever.
Please let me know if you find her.
Yes.
You want me to call In-yeong?
It's 1 a.m. right now.
That's why I'm asking. Call her and find out if she met Eun-sung.
Did she take the cab home?
The number you have dialed is turned off.
My goodness.
Did something really happen to her?
Hey!
What's wrong with you?
Why do you make me worry so much?
Do you know what time it is? Where have you been all this time?
Did you forget the appointment you had with me?
Why didn't you pick up your phone? Why did you turn it off?
Are you here to drive me insane?
When you're perfectly fine...
Were you waiting for me out here?
Why didn't you keep our appointment?
I'm sorry about that, but why do you worry about me?
Why can't I...
worry about you?
Are you here to drive me insane?
Why can't I worry about you?
I didn't break your phone on purpose.
I'm sorry.
Hwan, you idiot.
Whatever.
Forget it.
You're angry, aren't you?
We had a company dinner.
I forgot I turned my phone off to watch a movie.
It was the manager's birthday, so we went to a nightclub.
Oh, okay.
I see.
I had hangover soup afterwards, so I'm not hungry.
I shouldn't have cooked the soup then.
I have to leave early for a meeting.
What took you so long? The soup must be cold now.
Someone's not here.
She said she wasn't hungry and left not too long ago.
It's the saddest thing when you're sick and you're alone.
Please get well soon. From Park Tae-su.
EUN-SUNG
Hi, Eun-sung.
Please meet me at 2:30 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m.?
I need to speak to you about my dad.
HYE-RI
Hi, Hye-ri.
Tell me right now. What's going on?
I messaged you that I'll tell you later.
It's something to do with Seung-mi again, isn't it?
If it's not because of Seung-mi's mom,
why would you wander around in the dead of the night like that?
I have to get to work now. I'll call you later.
Hey, Ko Eun-sung! Hello?
Something big is definitely up again.
You scared me!
Hye-ri.
Is the Seung-mi you just mentioned, the same girl that I know?
Oh dear.
-The thing is-- -I can find out really easily.
Yes.
So, Seung-mi's mom is Eun-sung's stepmother?
That's right.
Then why didn't Eun-sung tell anyone?
It was for Seung-mi.
Seung-mi's mom said that Seung-mi and Hwan were betrothed
and begged Eun-sung not to tell them about her.
Even after that woman kicked her and her brother out,
she actually listened to her request?
It was Seung-mi's mom who did wrong,
not Seung-mi herself.
How could she ruin Seung-mi's life because of her mom?
You know how she is.
Why didn't she tell me?
She must have been so upset.
I'm going to see Eun-sung.
I'll get going now.
Come and eat.
Eun-sung...
-Where's Ms. Ko? -She has something to do.
She left ten seconds ago.
Without even having lunch?
Eat first.
You didn't even have breakfast.
Don't be nice to me.
I'm just telling you to eat.
Don't feel sorry for me either.
I don't think I lost Eun-u because of you anymore.
Let's work on our own from now on too.
Work on our own?
What's wrong with you all of a sudden?
I don't want to be sorry to you anymore.
Sorry for what?
What are you sorry for?
Did you...
lie to me about something?
I'm sorry about certain things, but I've never lied to you.
Then what are you talking about?
Be nice just to the woman you're going to marry.
Don't waste your time worrying about some stranger.
Where did you hear that? Who told you that?
What does it matter who I heard it from? Yoo Seung-mi...
She's the one you're going to marry.
I'm going to marry Seung-mi?
Do you have no appetite?
But since when did you start worrying about Ms. Ko like that?
-Mr. Han Su-jae. -The old sayings are always true.
I guess all that fighting brought you guys closer.
It's nice to see.
Just eat your food, please.
Hwan, I came to see Eun-sung.
She went out.
It's lunchtime and she's gone already? Where did she go?
Why are you asking me?
What do you want?
Thanks for your efforts last night.
Thanks for not letting Eun-sung walk alone at night.
It's not something you should be thanking me for.
But don't do it ever again.
Don't do what?
-Going out to see Eun-sung home? -Don't do that anymore.
Don't like or worry about Eun-sung anymore.
-Sort out your feelings. -Why?
Can't I like Ko Eun-sung?
-You cannot. -And just why not?
Because all you do is hurt Eun-sung.
Hurt her?
Hwan, I don't want Eun-sung to suffer anymore.
I'll make sure of that.
Are you saying that I would only hurt her more?
Even right now,
you're only here to stop her from taking the company.
So, don't get confused.
And on top of that...
I love her.
What does she want to talk about?
Did she meet her dad?
No. Then they would've come to see me together right away.
You came out without asking questions when I said this was about my dad.
Just tell me what you want.
"Why did you do it? How could you do it?"
I won't even ask those questions.
I already know it's for the money,
and that there's nothing someone who abandoned Eun-u can't do.
Just get to the point.
There was a life insurance policy that dad prepared for me, Eun-u and you.
But you took it all without telling me anything.
You even forged my power of attorney.
A power of attorney I was unaware of. A number that wasn't mine.
Someone even confirmed my own power of attorney for me.
I asked to meet because I was curious about what you will do
now that I know everything.
What will you do?
Was this about the insurance payout?
So, the thing about your dad was about the life insurance payout?
That's right.
It's the money that Dad left for us
as he contemplated suicide because of the bankruptcy.
Right.
I received that money and paid off all your dad's debt.
What did you say?
Don't you remember the creditors coming to our house?
You set that up to take the payout all for yourself!
You have a knack for insisting, don't you?
Don't treat me like a fool.
You wrote the power of attorney with your own hands.
That was only because you said you needed it
to sort out Dad's compensation for the accident.
No. I said I needed it to sort out things from your dad's accident.
And...
I used everything your dad left us to pay back his debt.
How dare you come and argue about things
when you made me take care of everything
because you couldn't even take care of yourself?
You really are...
amazing.
I thought you'd at least say sorry now that I know everything.
You must think that I can't do anything
because you have solid evidence.
Should I contact all of the creditors for you?
No.
There's no need.
Dad's insurance payout, the money...
You can keep all of it.
Thanks to you, I get to inherit Ms. Jang's inheritance.
I can pay you off that much.
-What? -If you had just
found one tiny apartment for me and Eun-u,
I would never have met Ms. Jang.
Then I wouldn't have worked at a nightclub to pay the rent,
and I wouldn't have lost Eun-u.
If I hadn't lost Eun-u, I wouldn't have sold dumplings on the streets.
If I hadn't sold dumplings, I wouldn't have met Ms. Jang.
And if I hadn't met her,
I would never have the chance to inherit her fortune.
What are you trying to pull?
I'm telling you that in the end,
you're the one who handed Ms. Jang's inheritance over to me.
Once she passes away, and I become the chairman of Jinsung Food,
it'll all be thanks to you, Mother.
Keep yapping away.
So, take that as payment for your trouble.
Fine.
Think however you like and take Ms. Jang's company.
Right, there is the legal portion for the family.
If you can take that, it would be a huge fortune.
So I guess you'll never give up on Sunwoo Hwan
since your sole purpose in life is money.
I want them to get married because Seung-mi loves Hwan.
Then I'll have to make sure that they never get married.
What did you say?
What will you do if I stop Seung-mi from marrying Hwan?
You don't think that after all you've put me through,
I'll keep my mouth shut for Seung-mi's sake.
If Seung-mi can't marry Hwan,
you'll only have yourself to blame.
If you mess with Seung-mi,
I'll make you regret it.
That's right.
Live every single day
worrying and in fear.
What's with the lunchboxes these days? I can't eat this anymore.
You have to visit three sites today.
No time to complain.
Working for a wage... All we're doing is benefitting the owner.
If I had just held on to Eun-sung, I'd be living the easy life.
Exactly. Why did you take Jun-se to the airport?
You never take a friend that's better than you on a date.
Anyway, good for you In-yeong.
Make sure that Eun-sung likes you.
Why should I? Seung-mi's boyfriend will take the company in the end.
-What do you mean? -They both work at the second branch.
Unless Ms. Jang promised something to her grandson,
why else would they work together. They hate each other's guts.
In-yeong, are you saying you're taking Seung-mi and Hwan's side now?
Hey! What kind of person do you think I am?
I'm just taking the side of the person who has been wronged.
Sure.
Yes, this is Lee Hyeong-jin.
Oh, hello.
Hello, sir.
You said you were leaving Seoul. What brings you back?
I got a reason to stay in Seoul.
I know it's shameless of me, but I'm back.
I see.
Sir, you're not just a laborer, are you?
You worked in construction, didn't you?
You're good at finding faults.
I learned it all over the shoulder.
Either way, I'll give you work because you're so sharp.
So please look out for any problems as you work.
Sure thing. Thank you.
They want to go with a buffet. I'm sorry.
But...
If you use our seolleongtang for this event,
we'll provide our food for your soup kitchen too.
How did you know I was here?
You told me when I called earlier.
Are you working alone today?
I thought you worked with Eun-sung.
I do.
But not today.
You're hot, right?
Let's go drink something refreshing and then have a nice meal.
Let's eat at home.
I'm out of cash.
I'll pay.
I'm the man. I can't always let you pay.
You like strawberries, right?
One orange, one strawberry, please.
Do you still think that if you prove your worth at the second branch,
Grandma would cancel her will?
No, not anymore.
I did at first...
but not now.
I realized that it might be futile.
Then why do you keep working there?
Because I've started it.
No one told me to, yet I decided to start to show my worth.
I have to finish it.
If you're that uncertain,
why don't you finish your studies in the States?
Studies?
Grandma probably understands that you've changed now.
If you tell her you'll finish your studies, wouldn't she send you?
Hey, what did I just tell you?
It's the first time I've ever done anything on my own.
I'm going to increase sales by 20 percent no matter what.
What if the company still goes to Eun-sung after all your effort?
What will you do then?
I don't know.
By the way,
you mentioned last time that
it was a relief Eun-sung asked you to keep your relationship a secret.
-Yes. -Then...
Maybe it wasn't just Eun-sung.
I thought maybe...
you didn't want to tell me about your relationship with Eun-sung either.
Why are you hiding the towels instead of folding them?
I didn't hide them. I was going to fold them later because there were so many.
Why do we use so many towels?
If you do it like this, it will get wrinkly.
Watch how I do it.
Fold it like so first.
Then fold it a third of the way this way.
Keep the sleeves straight like this without any wrinkles.
Then fold it in half, like so.
That's how you should do it.
It's easy when I see you do it. Why can't I do it?
Show me one more time.
Don't think I'll fold all these for you.
My goodness. How did you know what I was thinking?
-I can see right through you. -Really?
Mr. Pyo, are you sure you're not a ghost?
Did you think I was human all this time?
What?
Do you think I'm really Mr. Pyo?
Goodness, you're scaring me.
Are you laughing?
What are you doing with Mr. Pyo?
We're folding the laundry.
Then what's so funny?
By the way, I'm home, Mom. I'm home, Mr. Pyo.
-Yes, hi. -Yes.
Fold the rest properly.
Good thing you came, Jeong.
Pick out your clothes and fold them.
Me? No way.
Wait...
You fold your own clothes from now.
-How can I? -Use your hands.
I do the dishes, the laundry, and set the table.
Do you know how much work that is?
I go out and earn money.
You're not earning any of that for me.
My goodness. Mom,
when Grandma passes away, we'll have plenty of money.
Why do we have to work like this?
Grandma is still alive.
Mom, why don't we tell Grandma
that we know about the legal process and ask her to let us have some now?
She can hand the company over to Eun-sung as she wishes.
Grandma, I want to ask you something.
But promise me that you won't get angry.
Don't ask if you know I'll get angry.
I heard that Eun-sung won't get all of your inheritance.
Even if you write it like that in the will,
half of it still belongs to us.
So?
Mother, if you had just told us from the start,
we wouldn't have been as upset.
That's the problem with the law.
Why ignore the one who worked for the money,
and give the descendants the right to take it?
What's so great about being family?
-Mother. -Grandma.
Didn't you see the news about the elderly who were abandoned in the Philippines?
The bastard who stole his parents' inheritance
and abandoned them in the Philippines.
How can he call himself a son?
Do you agree that he has the right to the inheritance?
But we're not that bad.
Right. As if my offspring are such low-lives.
Of course not, Mother.
We might be immature but we're not human trash.
That's right.
You ask why I didn't tell you about your right as descendants?
I was hoping
that you'd understand my will before that.
"Even if you don't get the company
you'll still get half of the inheritance,
so don't hate me."
Why must a parent ever reason like that with their child?
That's not what we mean...
If you had just told us--
If I had said that and asked you
to follow my wishes, would you have listened?
I'll tell you one more time.
That is just the law, it's far from my will.
So don't even dream of getting free money from me until I die.
Does that mean we have to keep living like this?
Just until I die!
Work like everyone else,
and learn the joy of working hard in life.
I'm home.
Yes. Good work today.
KOREAN FOOD BIDDING NOTICE
BIDDING ITEMS: SEOLLEONGTANG
You're not very likable but I don't think you're wicked.
Because all you do is hurt Eun-sung.
My god, what an asshole!
He should apologize if he made you fall! How dare he shove a check at you!
She even took my side.
All I do is hurt her?
I thought maybe
you didn't want to tell me about your relationship with Eun-sung either.
What's wrong?
I just have a headache.
Let's talk.
I need to discuss something with you about Eun-sung.
Why should I discuss about Eun-sung with you?
I don't want to talk to you about it.
You must.
Mom!
We must do so.
That's the only way you can marry Hwan.
You must marry Hwan at all costs.
If we had stopped earlier, it might've been different.
But we've come all the way here. How can we just turn back?
Yeong-ran!
-Yes? -Where's Hwan?
Mother, he just left.
Call him back right this instant. He took my car keys again.
Car keys?
Mother, you gave your keys to Eun-sung.
What? When did I?
You must have forgotten. You told her to use it for work.
Right.
What's going on? You never forget anything.
I know. I guess you can't help it with age.
Aren't you going to work?
I left my car keys.
Ms. Ko's idea was key.
Deliveries are increasing much faster than we anticipated.
Even I had to run deliveries yesterday.
What a relief.
The children's menu suggested by Hwan is very popular as well.
There's an increase of customers coming with children.
Yes, sir.
The second branch is getting more and more customers.
This much result in less than a month is excellent.
If you just secure that church event,
our dream of 20 percent increase will become a reality.
Why aren't you going together to get the contract from the church?
We decided that Hwan would take care of that
and I'd be in charge of government offices and schools--
Are you insane? Do you know how critical it is right now?
You said you'd clean the church and hold a taste testing session.
How can Hwan do all of that on his own?
This contract will guarantee an event for 1,000 people.
I know that but...
I don't care what's going on between you two.
But I do care about losing this chance because of personal reasons.
I know. Please distinguish work from personal lives.
Here are details of the building site purchase
for the third factory in the south as discussed at the recent meeting.
Yes. It's my dream to make Korea's representative seolleongtang.
I should secure the south before I die.
I guess you've decided now that you chose the heir.
Are you done with feeling sorry for yourself?
I'm still upset but I will respect your wishes.
I knew you'd understand me.
But I will keep an eye on her.
As you said, this company belongs to its 1,200 employees,
not you or your family, and I am one of those employees.
That's exactly what I mean.
I believe I have the right to judge
whether she really has what it takes to lead the company
after you are gone.
Of course. You played a crucial role in building the foundation of this company.
The price of the property has risen a little.
That's why I suggested we purchase it first.
They're planning to develop the area.
-Write up the contract. -Okay.
-Are you done? -What do you think you're doing?
-I was hungry. -And I'm not?
We work together, and you eat alone?
-Want some? -Forget it.
Eat this.
Just eat it your--
Here.
You don't want it?
So petty, teasing me with food,
and so unlikable!
I am kind of unlikable, right?
Did you just realize that?
But I'm not wicked, right?
You wrote that.
How did you know?
Good work today.
Hwan is such a kind boy.
Always hanging out with her like that.
Hey, Seong-hui.
-Have you had dinner? -Of course.
Your mother-in-law is home, right?
Of course.
You're so funny. Why are you asking these things?
What? You want to visit our house?
Now?
What brings you here at this hour?
And what is it that you have to tell my mother-in-law?
I'm sorry for barging in uninvited.
-How are you? -Good.
What is it that you need to tell me?
First off,
please listen to what I have to say to the end.
Okay. Go on.
There's something I haven't been able to tell you.
The man...
that I remarried, passed away a few months ago.
Passed away? Your husband is dead?
She asked us not to interrupt her.
The reason why I couldn't tell you this earlier was
because my husband died so suddenly from an accident.
And also because of my daughter.
Go on, will you? The suspense is killing me!
I don't know...
if you saw it on the news,
but my husband died in the Incheon gas explosion.
It was so sudden...
It was such a freakish accident
that I was not in the right mind to contact anyone.
The creditors came at me because the company went bankrupt,
so I didn't call anyone and just quietly held the funeral.
Goodness...
That's how I lost the opportunity to tell you.
The daughter of my late husband...
is Eun-sung.
What?
What did you just say?
I'm sorry, Yeong-ran.
Are you saying that your late husband's daughter is Eun-sung?
The girl who lives in my house? Ko Eun-sung?
Yes.
Why didn't you tell me from the start?
-Jeong. -Yes?
Can you call Eun-sung for me?
Yes!
Hey! Get your butt downstairs right now!
-Why? -You...
Anyway, you're in big trouble. Come down now.
Hwan! Come down right now. Hurry!
This is huge!
What is it?
Eun-sung is Seung-mi's stepsister!
How did you know?
Seung-mi and her mom are here. They're talking right now.
I have to go listen to the rest, so come down right away.
That's how she left home
and I was thinking that I'd never see her again.
But when Seung-mi joined your company, we met Eun-sung again.
I'm so sorry that I didn't tell you this earlier.
But she was my daughter for seven years.
I tried to convince her over and over in secret.
And it's come to this point.
What do you mean by convincing her?
What did you try to convince her in secret about?
I told you that if you keep this up, I have no choice but to resort to this.
What do you mean by that?
I have no idea how and where Eun-sung met you,
but she knew...
exactly who you were when she met you.
What do you mean by that?
What do you mean she knew me?
Do you remember this?
Eun-sung must have seen it many times whenever she came back to Korea.
No! That's not true.
You mentioned that Ms. Jang was admirable
for establishing a corporation through seolleongtang.
When did I ever say that?
She knew who Hwan was as well.
She knew my brother?
Seung-mi talked about Hwan all the time. How could she not know Ms. Jang and Hwan?
She saw countless photos of Hwan in Seung-mi's album.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Hwan.
I don't believe this.
So you're saying that Eun-sung planned this right from the start.
No, it's not true.
Keep your mouth shut!
Everyone,
remain silent until she's done.
Because I felt guilty about not telling you that I'd become a widow,
I tried to resolve it in secret and convince her to leave this house.
But her greed for your inheritance would know no bounds.
That's true. She went around boasting to her friends
that she'd become rich.
No, it's not true. She's saying all this because of my dad's insurance money.
Yes,
there was an insurance payout from Eun-sung's father's death.
There was compensation for the accident, along with a house and land.
We lost the house long before to bankruptcy.
I told her that we needed to use the money to settle the debt.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
She wrote this out herself, telling me to take care of it.
You did write this, didn't you?
But that...
You know that wasn't why I wrote it.
Things were such a mess...
I didn't realize that I didn't need the power of attorney
to authenticate her seal but I just held on to it.
I searched the entire house all night and found it.
I couldn't let her do this anymore, so I told her
that even if it ruins Seung-mi, I would reveal everything.
Then she threatened me
by saying that she'd tell you I stole her father's life insurance payout.
I'm sorry that it had to come to this.
Please understand that Seung-mi and I had no other choice.
I'm so sorry.
You've had to endure so much because of my shortcomings.
I'm sorry, Yeong-ran.
-Oh, my head. -Mom.
I'm sorry, Hwan.
I'll get going then.
We'll talk later.
I'm sorry.
-You monster! -Mom!
How dare you deceive us all?
I knew something was wrong
from the moment you leeched onto this house.
You were completely fooled by her, Mother.
I'm so scared. She's so scary.
Mother, what will you do now? The entire family is a laughing stock!
It's a mild sedative.
-Please calm down. -Does it look like I can calm down?
My goodness. Are you finally leaving?
Goodbye.
Hey! Say something before you leave.
Subtitle translation by Blake Lee