"Episode 34" " Why are you so late?" " I dropped by Gahwedong." "Dad gave me his consent." "But all those veterans are disappointed." "If you just oust them that way..." " Minjae." " Yes." "I gave it some thought, and it would be better to forget that practice range thing." "Answer me!" " Honey, it's just to gain a little experience..." " If you hate the idea of working under me so much," "I'll find you a job at a friend's company, so go gain your experience there." "At least give him some time to think about it..." " He already promised his uncle..." " Stop contradicting me!" "What I was saying is just to let Minjae handle this on his own, for once." "He's my son, so I'll raise him my way!" "And I wasn't implying anything else with that." "Let's just eat." "Yes." "Go ahead." "Mom." "Forget what he said." "I'm okay." "Mom." "Really?" "We were barely able to find him hiding in Philadelphia." "I just got a call." "I'll get some of my boys and head there right away." "When we catch Song Jinho, what do you want us to do with him?" "Hold him there, I'll come right away." "You'll come to New York?" "I'll call you again." "Who called?" "Honey." "Minjae." "I suggest you take a DNA test, to see whose son Minjae really is." "Minjae." "Go to your bedroom." "What is that supposed to mean?" "Minjae is your son, so I should stay out of this?" "How can you let him hear that?" "!" "If you say that in his presence, what does that make of me?" "This is between Minjae and I, so stop trying to get involved." "You've raised him long enough, so your job is done by now." "Honey!" "All you wanted was to become wife of Atlantic Group's owner." "You've fulfilled your wishes now, so stop trying to use Minjae." "I love him!" "I never thought of him as someone else's child even once!" "If you really loved him that much, you should have sent him back to Yang Insuk!" "You're right." "I'm the one who abandoned Yang Insuk." "Because I knew that my father would have never accepted her." "Stop it." "Remember when we went to the hospital to see Minjae for the first time?" "Do you know what's the first thing I thought when I saw him?" ""Dad must really be happy, now that he gained his precious grandson."" "I can't live without Minjae." "If you say that, then I'll feel like I have no right to live here." "Do you want me to leave this house?" "All I meant is that be it you or Minjae, I'll abandon anyone who gets in my way." "Ever considered the possibility that Minjae's name might be on that testament?" "Because if that's truly the case, all that ambition of yours will vanish into thin air." "So you can't abandon us, not me and surely not Minjae." "Because we're all on the same boat now." "Should that boat sink, you'll drown with us." "Dad can't stand me." "Whom he hates is not you, but me." "We will track down who posted that frivolous video, and hold him responsible." "Are you suggesting that it's not Baek Ingi?" "Take a good look at that video!" "It's not her." "Why doesn't she clarify that herself?" "She suffered such a shock that she is in no condition to do interviews." "Have you ever seen Baek Ingi attempt to hide her past?" "She was the one who revealed the fact that she grew up in an orphanage." "But this is a whole different story." "Someone purposely fabricated that video to hurt her image." "Ingi..." "Ingi?" "Ingi!" "Open the door, Ingi!" "Ingi, open it!" "Ingi..." "Open the door!" "Ingi!" "Ingi..." "Ingi..." "What are you doing here?" "Ingi, wake up!" "Ingi!" "Eonni..." "You brat..." "You scared me!" "I'm not dying." "Why would I?" "I'll have to get revenge." "And make Yoon Nayoung pay." "Who is it?" "Come here right now, Minjae." "I'm scared Ingi might do something stupid." "What's the matter?" "So you still haven't seen it..." "Check the net." "Just a moment." "Ready?" "Check any news portal, news of Ingi is probably all over the place." "Seen it?" " Leaked Baek Ingi Video Stirs the Net " " Search her name and..." " I'll be there right away." "Minjae..." "Where are you going?" "Go back to sleep." "Minjae might not be my son, after all." "What did you say?" "What did you just say to me?" " Isn't that Kim Minjae?" " It's Kim Minjae!" "Thank you for coming, Minjae." "Ingi..." "Open." "Minjae is here." "Ingi." "Ingi..." "I said Minjae is here!" "Ingi, open the door." "Ingi!" "Don't touch me." "Ingi." "I don't want you to lay a finger on me." "Whatever your past might be, I don't care." "I said don't touch me!" "I said we wouldn't meet again." "Why are you treating me like this, Ingi?" "If you're really that curious, go ask your mother." "Go and ask her!" "Go!" "And you believe that?" "He exploited Yang Insuk like a vulture, and yet you believe that scumbag?" "Honey." "Yang Insuk was not that kind of woman." "She sincerely loved you." "She merely lost the chance to make you hers because of me, but deep down she was a kind person." "If you're that suspicious, you could take a DNA test and get it over with." "You already did?" "Did you or not?" "I have no intention of abandoning Minjae." "Say what?" "You're afraid your father will find out?" "You are." "You're not afraid that Minjae might not be your son, it's your father that scares you." "You have no right to say that." "Fine." "I'll take Minjae and leave." "We'll go back to New York, and he'll continue his studies." "Then you won't have to worry about your father." "And you'll become owner just as you wished." "You can't abandon Minjae, Honey." "I don't care if you abandon me, but not Minjae." " He's your son." " You think I'd want to believe that?" "Would I possibly want to believe otherwise?" "All the more reason." "Let's just go on living this way." "What's the point of revealing whose son he is, at this point?" "I'll tell your father everything." "So if you abandon Minjae, everything you wanted to gain will vanish before you can even regret it." "I want to believe he's my son, too." "I love him just as much, even more than you do." "Dad..." "Go away..." "Stay away from me!" "Dad." "Shall I just leave Chairman Kim Taejin alone?" "Dad..." "I can't do this anymore..." " Everything ready?" " Whenever you're ready." "Right as the controversy regarding the revealing video exposing her past still rages on, top star Baek Ingi still refuses to comment." "The man believed to be her boyfriend, Kim Minjae, was caught on camera last evening, as he was coming to visit her." "This way!" "Folks." "Once we're done with the photos, Kim Minjae will comment on his relationship with Baek Ingi." "We're not going to accept any questions, so we ask for your understanding." "Baek Ingi and I... plan to get married this spring." "Does Atlantic Group approve of this?" "Please, be quiet." "Don't you believe that video on the Internet?" "Whether the rumors on the Internet are true or not, it doesn't concern me." "And even if they are, that doesn't change our vow." "What did you just do?" "Answer me, Minjae!" "Even if I lose my future, I can't lose you." "Isn't Kim Minjae cool?" " Chief Yang." " Yes, Vice-chairman." "Tell the entire board of executives to participate." "Yes, I've already contacted everyone." "Kim Seongjae." "Have you seen it?" " Come see it." " The hell is this?" "!" "Those are photos of Kim Minjae!" "He's become a hero." "Son of Atlantic Group's vice-chairman, Kim Minjae will marry Baek Ingi this spring..." "What is all this about?" " Atlantic Group's Kim Minjae Announces Marriage " "Do as I said." "President, we can easily overcome that kind of scandal." "And if you cancel your exclusive contract with her, the shooting will be halted as well." "Think of all the losses." "Have I ever asked you to worry about that?" "Announce it to the reporters right away." "Thanks to Minjae, you've gotten famous now?" "Minjae?" "So that's why you shouldn't bother someone as tenacious as Baek Ingi." "What's that all about?" "I guess you still don't know?" "!" "Check the Internet." "No..." "Showing you this will do." " Baek Ingi and Kim Minjae Announce Marriage " "Baek Ingi and Kim Minjae announce their marriage." "Replies praising Minjae already number in the tens of thousands." ""The symbol of purity, Kim Minjae." Sounds cool, doesn't it?" "Especially when a 3rd gen. chaebol, the grandson of Kim Taejin at that, announces his marriage with an actress involved in sleazy scandals." "I was touched as well." "Then again, seducing a naive boy like him is a piece of cake." "You shouldn't have provoked Baek Ingi." " What's that supposed to mean?" " You still haven't heard a thing?" "But considering you don't have the slightest clue about computers, it's understandable." "Stop putting on airs and just tell me." "What's the matter?" "Minjae is marrying Baek Ingi." "What?" "!" "With that actress involved in all those scandals?" "Yoon Nayoung's blood must be boiling by now." "Where did Mother go?" "She went to see her friend in Shinmun-Ro?" "My..." "She's going to get an earful." "I came to have a word with her..." "That's too bad." "I'll get going." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "Is Father home?" "Who did he get so angry at?" "Who do you think?" "Who gets the short end of the stick, if not my husband." "Get up!" "You little..." "It's just that I'm dizzy, Father." "I'm feeling perfectly fine, and then I suddenly find myself crumbling, so what can I do?" "!" " You what?" " Father..." "I think my time might come even before yours." "I ought to..." "I'm sorry." "I know what a sacrilege it is to let your parents witness your death..." "Get out!" "I can't stand to even look at you anymore." "Yes..." "I'm sure it's quite the spectacle." "But, Father..." "To be really honest, you're not too better off." "Youngmin is cutting off your limbs as we speak." "He's conspiring with that Mister Hong, and turning you into some kind of vegetable." "You little son of a..." "Be careful!" "Or you'll really become a vegetable." "Father..." "I'm sure you understand how I'm feeling now?" "!" "You shouldn't make your eldest suffer so much." "You really think I'm faking all this because I don't want to do time in the can?" "No Sirree..." "My blood pressure is killing me at least a dozen times per day." "Li..." "Listen!" "Is anyone out there?" "Father." "Why don't you write that testament from scratch?" "Youngmin is not a devoted son." "He's scarier than you think." "So?" "You want me to write your name instead?" "Like that's going to happen..." "Then, what is it that you want?" "Don't let Youngmin cause you any more distress with his shenanigans, and just write Youngjun's name." "But if I do that, it'll all go to his in-laws." "What?" "So you really wrote Youngmin's name?" "I don't know." "You don't know?" "!" "I just forgot." "You can't make fun of someone my age like that!" "Remember when I collapsed on my birthday feast?" "The moment I regained my consciousness, Mister Hong brought me that testament, and I changed it right away." "But I really don't remember whose name I actually wrote." "Then, who was your first choice?" "I do remember who my first choice was." " Was it Youngjun, Father?" " It was your name." " Me?" "!" " Yep." "Ehh..." "There is no way." "If that's really the case, I'll set all my fingers on fire." "What now?" "Looks like my eldest will have roasted fingers for dinner?" "!" "Aigoo..." "I'm dying..." "I'm dying!" "Father..." "You know what my last wish is?" "You want me to beat you to a pulp?" "Yes!" "Exactly that." "Yes..." " Aigoo..." "Aigoo..." " Listen." "I'm not dead yet." "Mister Choi Hyojin?" "Park Seonggu." "Jung Hoyoung." "Why are you still sitting there?" "Weren't you notified?" "You are no longer board members of Atlantic Group, so leave your seat." "Chief Yang!" "Haven't you heard what he said?" " Sir, I'm sorry." " Chief Yang, what are you waiting for?" "Yes, Sir!" "How can you treat people who have devoted their lives to this company in this manner?" "!" "You'll be punished for this!" "Who made Atlantic Group what it is today?" "!" "We'll throw away the old once and for all." "If anyone has any problem with that, feel free to quit." "How can this be possible, Youngjun?" "Can founding members like us be kicked out in this manner?" "Let's hear who's behind this, for starters." "The chairman told us not to worry about a thing just yesterday, did he just say that?" "Let's hear an answer, shall we?" "Did you kick them out?" "I..." "They all went to President Kim Youngjun's office." "But I told you to kick them out!" "They've worked here for decades, how could I just force them..." " Chief Yang." " Yes..." "Vice-chairman." "I'll have to take the morning flight to New York." "Yes, I'll make all arrangements." "It's a list of the next round of senior executives to be removed." "They were all followers of the three who resigned today." "The ones on the bottom must be urgently ousted, while the rest of the list can always be arranged after the announcement." "The chairman will soon react to all this." "You must be prepared for a severe rebuttal." "You stay there, too." "Youngmin." "Choi Hyojin is one of my men." "What gives you the right to ask for his resignation?" "I'm in charge of the entire group." "And not you." "If you keep acting like this, Atlantic Group will be split in half for real." "It's what you want." " Dad is still chairman." " He already stepped down." "What?" "From here on in, I make the decisions." " Youngjun, what he's saying..." " Aren't you the one orchestrating all this?" "If that is what you think, I have nothing else to say." "You need to backtrack and undo all changes." "Unless you really want to see this group divided." "Don't you worry, Young Master." "Don't you know how he is?" "His insecurity is to blame for falling out of favor with the chairman." "I said don't worry." "Deep down, the chairman is happy." "Because you're acting just like him." "Active immediately, our exclusive contract with Baek Ingi is over." "How about the film she's set to star in?" "We decided to halt the shooting." "So what about the marriage announced by Kim Minjae?" "To my knowledge, it's not true." "But he announced it firsthand, how can it not be true?" "Those are private matters I have no knowledge of, so ask Kim Minjae and Baek Ingi personally." "That'll be all for today." "Come in, nobody is home." "Come." "Have a seat." "What are you, visiting strangers?" "Eonni." "When it's just the two of us, let's have some peace, shall we?" "Nayoung, the girl from the orphanage I raised..." "That girl is Baek Ingi." "Nayoung..." "Say that again." "That girl... is Baek Ingi?" "She's your daughter." "Baek Ingi." "I'm sorry." "I should have told you earlier." "Wait, let me think." "Say that one more time?" " Lying to you was wrong of me." " Lying about what?" "When you gave birth at the hospital..." "I didn't want to ruin your future." "How could you raise a kid when you didn't even know who the father was?" "So I was going to raise that child without telling you." "In case you'd be looking for her later, I'd tell you." "And if you resigned yourself to accept her death," "I thought it'd be all right to just raise her as my daughter." "That's the only reason I lied to you." "So it's Baek Ingi..." "Is Baek Ingi really my daughter?" "She is." "Did you tell her?" "Did you tell Baek Ingi I'm her mother?" "You should have told me first!" "How can you just do that?" "She's going to do everything to destroy me now!" "How can you say that?" "What did she say?" "After you told her the truth, what did she say?" " Are you that curious?" " Of course I am." "You think there's any affection between us?" "I kept thinking she died all these years, and she grew up not knowing who her mother was." "You really..." "You're heartless." "And what the hell are you, God?" "What gave you the right to lie to me about that?" "If you were planning to raise her in secret, you should have taken responsibility!" "If you just barge in now and tell me she's my daughter, how do you think I'll feel?" "Tell her you lied, that she misunderstood or something." "Nayoung..." "Say that you did raise her, but you're not sure who her parents are!" "What do you expect me to do now?" "!" "But are you really going to partner with Uncle Youngshik?" "Yeah." "Looks like it has potential." "People are sending him tons of applications to open new branches." "By the way, you even got us famous?" "!" "I'm getting calls from all sorts of people all day long." "All those brats are singing his praise, saying he looked cool." "Minjae." "Your father is here." "I'll get going." "Good luck, Minjae." "If you like her, take this to the end." "I'll see you around, Minjae." "Hi." "Where are you sleeping?" "There are lodgings downstairs." "It's not too bad." "Don't worry." " So you'll marry Baek Ingi?" " Yes." "Fine..." "For the time being, live your way." "That can be a good experience, too." "But as for marriage..." "It's not urgent, so let's take our time to think it out." "Dad." "I'm not against it." "I'm just telling you that you've got all the time to give all this a second thought." "I hear she's got a problematic past?" "Yes." "I guess people your age don't care about that." " The only reason Mom doesn't like her..." " It's only natural she'd be against it." "Who would like to become in-laws with someone like her?" "I'm leaving for New York tomorrow." "It's for business, but also to deal with something more complicated." "Baek Ingi is not the kind of woman you imagine." "What did I imagine?" " Ingi is just..." " You're only seeing what your eyes wish to see." "Just like you saw your real mother as some kind of sacred entity." "If you want to survive in this world, learn to face reality." "Don't lose yourself in flights of fancy." "I know." "The reason you're telling me that." "I'll wait." "What kind of answer you'll bring back from New York." "What are you implying?" "You're suspecting Mom." "Who are you referring to?" "Yang Insuk?" "I've heard she was dating someone before you met." " From whom?" " I just heard." "Aren't you going there to verify that?" "Have you forgotten what I told you?" "I don't accept things I can't understand." "Anything I can't comprehend is an illusion to me." "Come here, Minjae." "I said come." "Whatever those results might say, you're still my son." "But this must remain between you and me." "I better go." "Why did you even bother going to that orphanage?" "If you had let her there, wouldn't she have been adopted by a nice family?" "From somewhere far away, like the States or Sweden." "I did think about that." "But..." "If you had done so, she would be much happier by now." "You even drink now?" "How do you think I managed to endure all these years?" "All right." "Just go." "You must tell Minjae, too." " Minjae said he's going to marry her..." " Eonni!" "Are you out of your mind?" "Say what to Minjae?" "!" ""Before she got married, your mother dated some bus company owner's son,"" ""got pregnant, and because his parents were against it..."" "I'll be damned..." "Was it really the son of that bus company owner?" " What?" " The father." "I thought you were raped by those street thugs." "What difference does it make, anyway?" "!" "It was still a fatherless child." "What else could I do?" "This "father" is the same man who paid gangsters to rape me..." "So how could I give birth to that child?" "It should have died there." "That child should have never been born." "What if Minjae keeps insisting?" "That he'll marry Baek Ingi." "Is Minjae the issue here?" "My life is at stake." "If my in-laws find out, it's all over for me." "Think Youngmin will forgive me?" "My life will be over!" " Still, Minjae should..." " Wake the hell up, Eonni!" "How do you think I lived all these years?" "It wasn't a decent life for sure." "The only thing I had in mind was seeing my husband become owner, and avenge our fa..." "What are you talking about?" "Avenge our father?" "!" "You don't need to know." "Nayoung..." "What are you talking about?" "I said you don't need to know!" "What's wrong with you?" "Keep this up and it'll kill you!" "I wanted to show it to someone." "My husband becoming owner, and Minjae succeeding him..." "I wanted to show all that to someone." "I haven't forgotten, Dad." "What really killed Mom..." "And what crippled you..." "Dad!" "I haven't forgotten it...." "Why would you care?" "Just let Youngmin do as he wishes." "All the better, why complain?" "You would have been forced to deal with them as well, anyway." "Youngmin is getting rid of all that trash and coping with all the heat on your behalf, why would you act like that?" "Say something." "Stop keeping quiet about everything." "Fine..." "I've had it, too." "I've done everything I could, so you handle it." "I brought the thirsty horse to the riverbanks, so what else should I do?" "Drinking is only up to you." "Where are you going?" "We finally speak?" "!" "Now that I'm on my way out." "What did you say, again?" ""I met someone I like." Was it that?" "The same thing happened to me." "So if you want to meet that hick, be my guest." "I won't interfere." "Instead, stay out of my life." "And don't forget." "Don't even dream of quitting your job." "Are we clear?" "Then again, where would I find another man like you?" "If you weren't already my husband, I'd have fallen head over heels as well." "See you later." "Don't wait for me." "Might spend the night out." "Did I make you wait?" "Of all places, you ask me to come here?" " Is he not home?" " He is." "You really..." "What if he looks and sees us?" "He's not the kind of man who would do that." "It feels so awkward..." "I wouldn't mind if he looked, actually." "And saw who I was hanging out with." "Get up, Honey." "I made breakfast for you as well, since I was there." "Although if it gets too cold, it probably won't be any good." "I'm taking the morning flight to New York." "I need to find out where it began, where it all started going wrong." "Your father?" "I came home late, and he wasn't here?" "!" "I knew it." "Where did you spend the night?" "None of your business." "Heesuk?" "Think she'd be up this early?" "I'm going to get some shut-eye, so don't wake me up." "Are you starting again, Mom?" "Starting what?" " Why do you even bother living together?" " Don't want anyone else to have him, why?" " Are you cold?" " Really cold, isn't it?" "!" "It's because I just turned on the stove." "Would you like a hot cup of coffee?" "No, thank you." "I'm all right." "Just give me a minute." "I'll replace the oil and make you some fried chicken." "Just sit." "I should just be glad you didn't kick me out." "Why would I kick you out..." "I promised I wouldn't come again, didn't I..." "I'm the one who told you to come in, anyway." "Is that so?" "Cold weather really seems to affect you." "I've heard of people dying after falling asleep with their heater on, so..." "I guess I fell asleep without turning it on." "Then, you spent the night in there?" "No..." "I listened to music, and wrote a letter." "A letter?" "Yes..." "These days nobody writes them anymore, so I gave it a try." "Would you like to read it?" "I think I'd better go now." " Drink something first..." " I won't show up like this again." "Don't worry." ""I spent the whole night trying to write this letter,"" ""starting from scratch countless times, and after promising myself this would be it,"" ""here I am again, writing to you."" ""Jeongsuk." "I've made up my mind."" ""Once I wrap up things with my father's company..."" ""I'm sorry."" ""I actually tore this letter once again, and was trying to remember what I wrote."" ""What I really want to say is that I wish to spend the rest of my life with you."" ""Ridiculous, isn't it?"" ""I don't really know whether I got the grammar right, Jeongsuk."" ""But I love you."" ""I tried to find a thousand other ways to say it, but it's the only one that works."" ""I love you."" ""I love you, Jeongsuk."" ""Is it too childish, telling someone you love her?"" ""But I want to repeat that a thousand, a million times."" ""Because I love you."" "Because the past..." "It's not like words written in the sand, something that water can erase." "Wouldn't it be revealed, one day?" "Just like your past." "Was wondering when you'd show up." "Are you happy now?" "After pushing me into the pits of hell?" "I guess you felt the same when you first abandoned me, without a single hesitation." "You want to start with that?" "Where else should I start from?" "Fine, then." "Let's not talk about that." "I don't want to lose myself in those useless "ties" we share." "Useless ties?" "Well said." "Seeing how easily you set the record straight, I feel such clarity." "I wondered, from time to time." "Asking myself what the woman who abandoned me looked like." "Turns out she was much better than I expected." "Or at least that was my first impression." "What's going on between you and Minjae?" "I'm sure you know already." "How serious is it?" "So you didn't come to see me, but just to find that out?" "Are you going to use that as a weapon now?" "Before you say things like that, can't I even get the slightest apology?" " What apology?" " Just..." "Saying you're sorry." "Why should I apologize to you?" "If you really want apologies, go ask the woman who raised you." "I didn't even know you were born." "If I knew you were alive, I certainly wouldn't have left you in an orphanage." "I bet." "You'd have wrapped me in used newspapers, and buried me somewhere." "Wouldn't you?" "Nah." "I'd have brought you to your father." "Although he would have never accepted you." "What a relief." "I thought I didn't even have a father." "Answer me." "How serious is it with Minjae?" "I said answer me!" "Minjae is your brother!" "Ingi." "Let's at least save him." "This is not going to kill people like us, is it?" "But he's different." "If he learns you're my daughter, he won't be able to take it." "But still, you gave birth to me." "At least today, you could have just embraced me!" "I'll take you to hell with me."