01x01 - Episode 1

[bunniefuu]

[This drama is fiction. The characters, places, agencies, organizations,
incidents, and settings have no relevance to real-life events.]

[Chapter 8 - The Advancement
of the Modern World]

Come, come!

Isn't she so cool?

Let's watch from there.

Lee Doo Hak!

Hurry up and come out!

[Gwangju Prison in the early 1980s]

Let me out!

Who the hell is that?

When I get out, you're dead!

Lee Doo Hak.

You have a visitation today.

Tonight at 8 p.m., in prison building 8,

there will be disinfection to
get rid of fleas, silverfish...

[Yeosu in the late 1970s]

What are you doing?

Just eat and go. Go and
wait for Cheol Woong.

[Episode 1] Gosh, he's going
to get indigestion like that.

- Add water and eat it.
- Yes, Father.

- Me, too!
- Hey, Girl!

Your school is nearby
so you can eat slowly.

Eat up a bit more!

Hey, here.

My son is so handsome.

[Choi Byung Cheol, Presidential Award]
Study well,

[Choi Byung Cheol, Presidential Award]
and if you ever get in a fight, don't lose!

Your mom will take care of everything!

Your son doesn't lose
in studying or in fights!

Of course, my son!

Drink up!

Cheol Woong, what are
you doing not coming out?

Doo Hak is waiting for you.

Hurry up and go.

Your dad might get angry!

Since I have dinner plans
today, I'll be a bit late.

Yes, don't drink too much.

Goodbye!

Have a nice day!

Yeah, yeah.

We'll be back.

- Yeah.
- It's reassuring to see you two

stick together like that.

It's nice to see! You
guys look like brothers.

Oh.

What's the matter?

I am pretty much like brothers with Hyung.

- We'll be late. Let's hurry up and go.
- Yeah, let's go.

Have a nice day!

What made you come out to see the kids off?

It's not that I came to see them off,

but Kyeong Ja asked me for a bit of help

making the side dishes for the kids' lunch.

Just a few dishes like anchovy stir-fry.

Yes, I asked Doo Hak's mother for a
bit of help since she's so good at cooking.

How are you so thoughtless still?

The farming work is so busy right now,

so how could you call
her for something so petty?

No, that's not true.

It's not busy at all.

Also, my family sent me some
really nice anchovies, so I said

- I would do it–
- Oh, no.

I appreciate your intent,

but it's an educational
issue, so please just go back.

Hurry up and come inside.

Wait!

[City Bus]

Get on!

♫ Saying that you'll leave and not return ♫

[The Peak of Young Ja]

It's premiering today on Saturday

in the city.

Supposedly, it's really fun.

What do you think?

Do you want to die?

Also, we're clearly minors,
so how could we get in?

Geez.

Why do you have so much fear?

We got seats!

Get up.

Get up, you b*stard.

How could second-year students sit down
while their hyungnims are still standing?

But...

I don't think you're that old where
I should give up my seat to you.

What did you just say, you b*stard?

What, you b*stard?

Did you really get left back a year?

If you can't believe it, go look up
Lee Doo Hak's transcript at our school.

That's a problem later,
you f***ing b*stard!

Damn it.

So embarrassing.

You b*stard!

One more punch!

I let down my guard.

Hurry up and hit me.

Hyung! At this rate,
we'll be late for school.

Let's hurry up and go.

Yeah.

Happy?

Let's go.

Wait, we're late!

Hey, hey, hey!

[Total security, education in action]
Close the gate!

Hey! Wait, wait, wait!

Wait!

Gosh!

Should we?

Let's hurry up.

Got it?

Does it show?

You're getting better at it each time.

This b*stard!

Your butt has met the wrong owner

and is suffering like this every morning!

Oh, look at these b*stards.

Did the principal tell you you guys can be
late because you are doing well in school?

You guys are worse, you b*stards!

Worse, I say!

Hurry up and get up.

Get in the push-up position!

You b*stard! Get in the proper position!

The results of the midterms came out.

Hey, you boneheads. Congrats.

Our class got last place
among the second-year students.

Although it's a relief that Choi
Cheol Woong placed first in the school

and Lee Doo Hak placed second,

we cannot erase the shame
of being in the last place class.

What is a class?

A community.

Everyone together...

Takes responsibility.

- Everyone will run five laps around the field!
- Come on!

You b*stards, do you know what kind of a
world we live in? Hurry up and go outside!

Hurry up and go outside!

If she didn't like it, then
she should just say so...

Education, what?

How much more educated
could she possibly be?

That's why I told you not to go.

Why would you go and make trouble?

Also, it's true.

Since she graduated from college in Seoul,

what other woman in this
area is as educated as her?

What did you say?

Whose side is this guy taking?

What I'm talking about is housework!

What's so good about
graduating from college?

Does she know how to
make rice or do laundry?

When it comes to doing housework,

I'm pretty much a professor. A Professor!

Okay. Then you can be a professor.

I told you thousands of times

that you should stay away from that house.

Geez!

Hey.

O-Over there.

G-Gosh...

In front of the proud Taegeukgi,

I firmly pledge to devote
my body and heart...

Ahjussi!

- Ahjussi!
- You think he would hear you if you call out like that?

Ahjussi!

Ahjussi! What time is it?

It's almost time for it to start!

I'm sure he'll come out.

What if we get caught like this?

What are you guys doing?

Us?

Is there anyone else here besides you two?

Then what about you?

It's clear what this is...

You guys are so naughty, loitering
around the backdoor of the theater.

What? Gosh, this little kid.

Then what are you doing here?

This is my house. Why?

Yeah, right.

Did this girl eat popped rice*
before coming? (Slang for lying)

Lies keep popping out of her mouth!

Piss off before I call someone.

So ridiculous.

We're here confidently,
having been invited here.

So, don't bother the oppas,

and just go over there and play.

Oh, you're here, Jung Shin?

The lumber?

Ahjussi!

Did you call these guys, Ahjussi?

Oh, well, it's a long story,

but if I were to explain concisely,

I have a friend in the lumber mill.

That friend asked me to help
these guys watch a movie–

Make them leave right now.

If you don't, then I'll tell my dad!

This girl is too much!

Then,

does your dad know you
come in through that backdoor

and watch movies?

- Does he know?
- Hey!

Look at this guy!

Who cares? What does
that have to do with you?

- Whoa, whoa.
- They were the ones who were in the wrong!

Don't be like that.

- I might not be able to come for a while.
- Why?

I feel like something
good's going to happen.

What good thing?

I enjoyed the movie, thanks to you.

What are you talking about? It's
not like she showed you the movie.

If you watched a movie
for free at my house,

then basically, I showed it to you.

From now, don't you dare
come anywhere near here.

- You got that?
- Don't you come anywhere near here.

That theater is your dad's, not yours.

Is it yours?

What did you say?

These guys look like
freshly dug-up potatoes!

- What you say?
- Potatoes don't like that.

Those guys need to die.

- Okay, all right!
- It's going to pop!

Gosh, that thing...

It's so loud.

Wait a sec.

You guys!

Hyung, it's those b*stards.

Look at these crazy b*stards.

- You got a girl to come with you
- What do we do?

- To the movie theater?
- It's them, right?

Hyung, run.

Run, run! Quickly!

Hurry, hurry!

Hyung, are you all right?

Gosh, this b*stard!

♫ Saying that you'll leave and not return ♫

Run! Run!

Oh, my!

- Ouch...
- Are you okay?

♫ My love who left Mansusan ♫

Oh, what do we do!

♫ If I could meet you now ♫

♫ With my lips filled with joy and sorrow ♫

♫ I could say everything to you ♫

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

Where did they go?

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

What are you guys doing?

- Whoa, whoa...
- What is it!

A mouse, a mouse...

Damn it...

Just kidding.

What are you doing!

I can't even joke?

All right. Let's go this way.

Damn it...

Well...

This is all my father's lumber mill.

Shouldn't we stop by a pharmacy somewhere?

Her leg...

If I ever see you guys again,

then I'll really k*ll you.

Accomplish. It means to achieve something.

Adventure. It means an incident,

or an excursion.

Adventure...

- What are you doing?
- Oh, my God!

When did you get here?

I just got here.

But why are you so surprised?

Oh, it's nothing.

I was studying vocabulary.

What are you doing? I told
you I was studying vocabulary!

To the girl whose name I don't know.

Gosh, is this studying English vocabulary?

"My name is Lee Doo Hak.

I felt so sorry about and bothered
by what happened at the theater,

so after some thought–"

Is this a love letter
you're writing to that girl?

How is that a love letter?

Since she scraped her knee that day,

I felt bad and sorry, so I just wrote it.

I wasn't even thinking of sending it.

Then,

why is your face so red?

What?

Well...

it's because the sun is hot!

Come on, I know you, Hyung.

Let's become honest with each other.

You probably feel the same way as me.

That girl's face keeps
appearing before your eyes,

and you can hear your heart
like a drum in your ears, right?

Hyung.

Will you be able to beat me?

Who said I would fight with you?

I really don't care, so
you do what you want!

Gosh, don't play dirty with me.

If you like her, you should compete
with me for her, fair and square!

Also,

the most important thing is

her feelings rather than ours, no?

She is not a girl whose
name you don't know.

Oh Jung Shin.

A second-year student at
Yeosu High School for Girls.

She transferred there early this year.

Her father ran a theater in Seoul,

but he came down here to recuperate
because he wasn't feeling well,

and she came with him.

But...

do you know what the
craziest piece of info is?

- It's not our first time meeting her.
- What?

You know...

The brass band leader last time

from Jinnam Festival, right?

The girl who was twirling the baton!

That's her.

Are you serious?

I should have at least this
much information if I want to start.

Don't you think so?

♫ We are the mighty men of South Korea ♫

♫ We are imposing and brave ♫

♫ With the strength we've grown
and the skills we've polished ♫

♫ Let's fight to the end ♫

- Here, eat up!
- Thank you for the food.

Aigoo, you're here.

Aigoo, everyone's
gathered here together, I see.

Aigoo, don't get up. Sit down. Sit down.

Oh, you've come.

Oh, you are all here.

Well, everyone, enjoy
yourselves while you're here.

Oh, my! Oh, my!

Be careful...

Aigoo, aigoo, aigoo...

Aigoo...

Mr. Choi is a bit drunk...

Hey, Cheol Woong.

Yes, Father.

You need to

live like your grandfather.

You got that?

- Yes.
- No matter what anyone says,

white is white,

and black is black.

Why are you saying that to our child?

Please wash up quickly and go to bed.

- Okay, okay.
- Aigoo, Hyungnim.

Aigoo, I'm sorry I'm always
just causing you trouble.

Then have a safe trip home.

Gosh, Mr. Choi is doing it again.

Hurry inside and get some rest.

Okay, be on your way. I'll...

Oh, okay...

Good night.

Ahjussi, thank you for all your hard work.

Aigoo.

It appears your father is
upset about a lot of things.

You should understand him, okay?

Okay.

When I look at you, Cheol Woong,

you take after your grandfather.

You will become a great person

just like your grandfather.

Well...

If I could be like him in the
slightest, I would be happy.

Aigoo, how you're also humble...

You are truly an adult. Really.

♫ I will go, I will leave ♫

♫ Holding my young son's hand ♫

♫ To where we plant potatoes... ♫

Doo Hak.

Your father is in such a great mood today.

Why, Father?

While I was in town with
Mr. Choi, I met your teacher,

and he said you entered high school

in the first place.

I heard that you also swore the oath as the
representative of the entering students.

How come you didn't say anything?

Oh, that...

I thought they would tell you
to come in and pay for a party.

Even though I am poor
and can't afford a cow,

I would have slaughtered a
pig for you if you had told me.

In any case,

he complimented me for raising you well

because you're smart and polite.

So I had a nice drink

of unrefined rice wine with your teacher.

But...

don't do that in the future.

Excuse me?

What good will come from
you beating Cheol Woong?

Cheol Woong supposedly cried
a lot because he wasn't in first.

It was only then that
Mr. Choi told me laughing.

Doo Hak.

Haven't I told you many times before?

A person should know what's right.

No matter how smart and talented you are,

if you don't know what's right,
you're no different from a cow or a pig.

Whose field is this?

Who have I to thank for learning to read

and being able to feed
and clothe our family?

That is all thanks to
Cheol Woong's grandfather.

If you know that, you would be ashamed
to even step on the shadow of their house.

So...

don't get first place.

I'm telling you not to beat him...

in whatever it is that Cheol Woong does.

You understand

what I'm saying?

I understand what you're saying, Father,

but...

until when?

Forever.

You can promise me, right?

Yes, Father.

I saw this morning that your
toe was sticking out of your shoe.

I don't know why that woman brought
back such tattered shoes for you.

Can you see anything?

Not yet.

Damn it. Maybe she's not practicing today.

Gosh, I'm sure I heard they were practicing

for the Alumni Field Day.

She will come out.

- Hey, why don't you come down for now?
- Wait, wait!

She's coming out!

Whoa, whoa!

- Did you find her?
- No.

I don't see her yet.

Did she come out?

I asked you if she came out!

Gosh, seriously!

Gosh!

Hi.

Hey, come on.

How are you?

Give me a break.

- I told you if I ever see you guys again–
- You will k*ll us.

Right.

Bruce Lee?

You know that, too!

I've rewatched The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way
of the Dragon, and Enter the Dragon so many times

that I'm pretty good at twirling this.

All right. Who wants to die first?

Well,

before we die, we have a wish.

H-Hey...

How about you die before your wish?

Wow, did you want to die so
badly that your brains got fried?

After all that you put
me through, you want...

you want to date me?

These guys! I should just–

Please make your choice right here.

Otherwise, you will
have to k*ll us to leave.

Yeah.

You guys are quite determined.

You.

Aren't you afraid of me?

I am. But...

you're pretty.

Don't laugh!

I've put my life on the line for this!

All right.

Hyung. Isn't it a bit too much to
say you put your life on the line?

Is it?

What about you?

What did you put on the line?

Me?

Oh, you think I wouldn't
put my life on the line?

Well...

obviously, my life is on the line,

and if you don't go out with me, I
will run around the neighborhood

yelling your name, Oh Jung Shin!

Put on your clothes! Put it on, put it on!

Okay, okay.

Gosh. These guys are nutjobs!

You guys are the first I've seen
putting your lives on the line.

Okay. But let's say that

I go out with one of you.

Who should I choose, yo–

gurt.

I'm telling you not to beat him...

in whatever it is that Cheol Woong does.

You two.

What is your relationship with each other?

- Well... w-we're friends.
- He's my hyung.

What?

Oh, yeah.

He's a hyung who's like a real hyung to me,

but he was left back a year.

His family and my family are really close.

- Hyung's family is–
- Gosh, maybe it's because I ate so fast,

but my stomach hurts.

Cheol Woong, I'll go ahead. Come
after you finish your conversation.

Sit down.

- I told you my stomach hurts...
- Don't run away,

and sit down.

Sit down.

Okay.

They say you even grant
the wishes of dead people.

Then, are you going to date us?

Oh, my. Wait!

First,

I'll meet you.

But with whom?

I don't know. Let's wait
and see for that one.

How can I pick when I've
only seen you a couple times?

How long are you going to wait and see?

For about a year?

Until then, we can meet as friends. Happy?

Can't you choose a bit more quickly?

One year is a bit...

What do you think about it, Hyung?

I'm fine even if it's late.

I'm fine with it, even
if it takes even longer.

Or I'm fine even if it
gets delayed forever.

Gosh...

You'll grow old and die waiting like that.

All right.

Then I assume it's been
decided as I had suggested.

Get up.

And you.

You'll speak casually to
me from now on. Got that?

Yes, miss! I mean...

Well...

Okay.

All right! Let's go, my friends.

Hey! Let's go!

♫ Saying that you'll leave and not return ♫

♫ I heard those words in my immature days ♫

♫ My love who left Mansusan ♫

♫ If I could meet you now ♫

♫ With my lips filled with joy and sorrow ♫

♫ I could say everything to you ♫

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

♫ How the heart grows cold
once you turn your back ♫

[I don't know. It's too hard.]
♫ I never knew what that meant ♫

♫ As the tears rolled down ♫

Here.

Oh, let's see.

- Isn't it hot?
- It's hot!

♫ With my lips filled with joy and sorrow ♫

♫ I could say everything to you ♫

Hey, hey! Your baton!

[Upcoming 10th Election for Assemblymen, the Ruling
Party and the Opposition Party Preparing Nominations]

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

♫ I lived with the world behind me ♫

Lieutenant Colonel Hwang.

If there were only sunny
days, all the trees will dry up.

Trees need snow and rain.

That's how the trees grow
up to be big and sturdy.

Don't consider this as a demotion.

Let's bear this through it.

Thank you for your kind words.

Thank you in advance, Division Commander.

First of all,

go ahead and boost
the morale of your troop.

I will ask for your kind
consideration going forward.

Thank you, sir.

Look at this guy. Does
he think we're beggars?

Team Captain Oh, add this to your
family's winter kimchi-making this year.

- No, thanks, Commander.
- Take it.

You're the only one who came with me.

Thank you, sir.

What? Trees need snow and rain?

What the hell? Am I a tree?

He's nothing but a baseless shitty commander.
How dare he looks down on us Security Command?

How could he even? In this day and age?

Team Captain Oh, look
into that guy's background.

Not to worry, sir.

I'll go through every speck of dust on him.

And did you start figuring out the
tendencies and trends of local influencers?

Yes, sir. I'm organizing them
according to election districts.

We have to do well in the
upcoming assemblymen election.

That's how we could go back.

Got it, sir.

[Let's elect good workers the right way /
Everyone, bring your ID and be sure to vote]

I have your exam results.

Is everyone ready to run around the field?

Yes.

But there's been a
significant change this time.

Lee Doo Hak and Choi Cheol Woong.

- Yes.
- Your ranks have been switched.

Lee Doo Hak took number one in
the entire grade for this round of exams.

You got a perfect score on everything.

Everyone, applaud!

Cheol Woong.

Congrats.

Oh, no.

I guessed a few, too. I just got lucky.

For this exam,

did you study with all your
might because of Jung Shin?

You know I wouldn't do that!

I said I just got lucky!

Well, it does get boring if
I don't have competition.

But still, it feels a
bit uneasy about this.

Then, let's hash this out.

Jung Shin must be waiting for us.

I don't feel too good today.

You go ahead alone.

- Hey, Cheol Woong–
- Doo Hak! Cheol Woong!

Hey!

Why did you come all the way here?

Hey, do you know how I did
on my exams this time around?

How did you do?

I jumped...

eight rankings in my class!

Wow! So, what number are you?

I'm 17th in my class.
190th in the entire grade.

It's my first time ranking within 200.

What the?

Do I have to rank number one
or two in the entire grade, too?

No!

You did great!

This is all...

thanks to you, Lee Doo Hak.

So...

you guys have to go
somewhere with me today.

Let's go.

Let's go!

What are you doing?

Let's hurry up and go.

Whoa, you ordered so much food, Mom!

Oh, Mom!

This is Choi Cheol Woong.

And this is Lee Doo Hak.

They're always ranking number
one or two in the entire grade.

And this time, Doo Hak got number
one, and Cheol Woong got number two.

Isn't that great?

Oh, really?

Gosh, thank you.

I heard you helped Jung
Shin with her studies.

Gosh, no.

Jung Shin studied really hard.

That's right. I studied hard.

Aigoo. Don't you think I know my Jung Shin?

If it weren't for you guys, she'd

never rank within 200, even if
heaven and earth came together.

I can do that without their help, you know.

Your father must be coming
home from the hospital.

Long time no see, Oppa.

I was so surprised to hear from you.

I did think I might get to see you

once at some point.

When I heard that

you came to Yeosu,

I was a bit surprised.

Let's sit down.

Oppa, you look the same.

Speak for yourself.

Any children?

I have one son.

He must be around high school age?

Yes.

Good thing you didn't marry me.

If you had married me,

you would've had to follow me
to all the different military bases

and you'd already be
a country folk ahjumma.

I'm sorry.

Only if it weren't for
my father's opposition...

Oh, no.

He was able to see into the future.

I hope he's healthy?

He passed away.

He had a stroke after he
dropped out of the campaign.

I see.

I'm sorry to hear that.

It's okay.

But what is this about?

I'm sure you didn't want
to meet me to just greet me.

Actually,

I have a favor to ask of you, Oppa.

You like Chinese food, I see.

Come over sometime.

I'll buy you some again.

Yes. I'll come over often.

I heard your father runs a lumber mill.

Your family is quite famous in Yeosu.

Yes.

It must be because my grandfather Choi Byung Cheol
had been involved in the Korean Independence Movement.

I heard.

He was a great man.

So, what does your father do for a living?

Yes, well...

He's just a farmer.

It must be tough for him.

But since he has a scholastic son like you,

he must be so proud.

Yes.

As they say, "A dragon rises from a small stream.*"
(A phrase about rising from a humble beginning)

Of course.

Doo Hak's father

used to be my family servant.

But my grandfather sent him to
elementary school and got him to study.

And as he left for Manchuria
for the Independence Movement,

I heard he burned his sl*ve contract.

Choi Cheol Woong, you're really...

Huh?

What I'm saying is...

Since you said, a dragon
rises from a small stream...

I'm just saying Doo Hak hyung
comes from a difficult family...

Well...

I don't know about a
dragon rising from a stream.

The fact that my family received a lot of
help from Cheol Woong's grandfather...

My father and I also know...

that it's a great favor he had shown us,
which we won't forget until the day we die.

That's right.

You're very thoughtful.

Do you mean that?

Yes. I mean it.

His views are completely
opposite from our party.

As well as his late father.

Isn't that how the image of the
Gukhan Party would improve?

Someone from a family who led
the Korean Independence Movement

and with opposing political views
has also joined Gukhan Party.

It's also effective in cutting off the funding support
to the opposition party from the southwestern region.

I just assumed.

But if you make such a
face, I get so embarrassed.

I ask of you, Oppa.

Is this what we've become now?

But...

did you get your husband to agree?

Of course.

If I help your husband,

what do I get in return?

Are you okay?

Doo Hak.

Wipe with this.

And let's go to a pharmacy.

I'm okay.

Go home.

You're not okay.

I said to go home.

Doo Hak...

I don't want to see you! So go home!

Hyung...

I'm...

sorry.

And you call yourself a friend?

Are you the only one with
self-respect? And Doo Hak has none?

What a petty b*stard.

Geez, that girl. She's
got quite a stinging slap.

Are you all right?

I'm really sorry.

I didn't mean to say it like that.

Hyung!

I said I was sorry.

Please let it go just once.

I deserve to die.

I wanted to rip my mouth open, too.

Let's not do this...

and just beat me up until you feel better.

Cheol Woong, you as*h*le!

You b*stard! Disloyal traitor!

Worse than a dog!

Hit me!

I deserve to get beaten!

Stop it.

It's fine.

What's fine?

I want to get beaten more.

I get how you feel.

So, stop it.

Do you really...

know how I feel?

Yeah.

Damn it!

Aigoo, my back...

Whoa! It tastes like honey, not water!

Even though you came out of my womb,

it's so amazing whenever I see you.

What do you mean?

Your father barely learned to read

and I might as well be blind
with my eyes wide open.

Makes me wonder how I managed
to give birth to someone like you.

And you even help out with farming.

I'm saying, how do
you study on top of that?

Where you plant beans, you
harvest beans. Not red beans.

If your father gave you schooling,

I'm sure you would've become
a judge or a prosecutor, Mom.

Right on.

If that had happened, I would've never
met such a stuffy man like your father

and met a stylish man in Seoul.

Isn't that right?

Right!

Doo Hak.

Do you when I feel the most satisfied?

When I awake from a light sleep

and see your back while studying at
your desk. I feel most satisfied then!

Makes me think, "That guy's
bound to become something great!"

Aren't you envious of Cheol Woong?

No.

Don't you worry.

I've saved up tons already.

You'll be able to live rich
and proud down the road.

Save up for what?

I know you have no money.

Money isn't the only thing you save up.

At times, you also save and cherish people.

What do you mean by that?

There's something like that.

So, go back in and either go
to the library or study at home.

Just go and study, got it?

I'll do the rest by myself.

- But I'm okay!
- Hurry up and go in!

Come on! Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Come and sit down for a minute.

You know, I think...

you've learned enough at this rate.

Why don't you just farm with me?

Pardon?

As for Jung Ok, she'd belong to
another family once she's married off.

You're the only son I've got.

What's going to happen
to all this farm work?

And...

I just don't have the confidence
to support you through college

by farming this small plot of land.

- So...
- Father.

You're saying this because
of Cheol Woong, aren't you/

It's because I beat Cheol Woong, right?

Why? Did Cheol Woong cry again?

Father, why can't I study?

Why can't I be number one in class?

Other parents praise their
kids when they rank number one!

Why do you try to stop me
from studying and ranking on top?

Father,

if we received favor from
Cheol Woong's grandfather,

we can repay them when I
become successful later on.

We don't live in the feudal
age or in the Joseon dynasty!

Why do I have to live like a servant, too!

You punk!

Are you trying to lecture your father?

If you become more learned,
you'll try to swallow me up!

That's why I'm telling
you to stop studying!

Father...

Father!

I'll never say that again.

I must've lost my mind for a minute there.

Father...

I'll make sure I'll never
become a nuisance to

Mr. Choi's family and Cheol Woong.

I swear it! Please!

Father...

I really...

I really want to study.

I don't even hope for college.

Please let me finish high school. Then...

I'll do as you say, Father.

And...

I will...

never...

I'll never upset Cheol Woong.

Father, please...

Please...

Then,

transfer out of your school.

Aigoo!

What brings you here at this hour, Honey?

Honey.

I did it.

It's all done now.

What are you talking about?

You'll become an assemblyman now.

What?

You'll be nominated!

Wait, come see me, Honey.

What are you talking
about? What nomination?

By chance, have you been in
contact with Minyoung Party?

If you're bound to do it, you might as well
hold on to a strong and thick rope of support.

What? Then...

By chance, Gukhan Party?

Are you out of your mind!

You've been nominated.

Why are you getting so angry when you've
pretty much won the assemblyman seat?

Come on. Listen to you. I had my
doubts about what you were saying.

What? Gukhan Party?

Are you telling me to become
a dog to a dictator right now?

I'm not saying you should become their dog.

Don't you know that you need to walk into
a lion's den if you want to catch a lion?

If a critical figure joins the party
and says what needs to be said,

how nice would that be?

No matter how much you try to get through
to them from the outside, it's no use.

Also, they're saying they'll
be generous and accept you.

Why would you refuse that?

I just can't get through to you.

Yeah, right.

Why don't you do all
those great things, then?

Honey. This was so difficult to accomplish.

It's a chance we can
elevate our family again.

You mean elevate your side of the family.

Our family has never faltered.

Honey...

I mean, how could you not know me
at all after living with me for 20 years?

That's right!

All the money you worked so hard to
make, you gave away to all kinds of people

and made some nobody an assemblyman!

You worry about the country so much!

Can't you get into politics yourself?

Instead of rotting away in this countryside

drinking rice wine with farmers!

This is my hometown.

This countryside you speak of!

I have lived as your wife

and this family's
daughter-in-law for 20 years.

I had no idea what a fool you were.

Do you know how much
running around I did for you?

Do you even know what I went through!

Yet not even a word of thank you...

Pardon?

My goodness...

So, something like that
had happened, huh...

He insists on throwing away a
nice table that's all set up for him.

I feel like I'm going to
die from a breakdown.

So that's why I'm saying this to you.

I think he might...

listen to you, Ahjussi.

Pardon?

Aigoo, I'm just a mere farming hand.

I know nothing more than farming.

Besides...

once Mr. Choi makes up his mind,

he is so stubborn as hell.

The lumbermill...

It looks good only on the outside. That...

pretty much belongs to the bank.

On top of that,

I think he'll find out that I've
been funding the opposition party.

And now, they're saying
they'll give us the factory.

In this situation, if he
turns down the nomination,

they probably will not
leave this family alone.

Aigoo...

Your family and our family...

have a special connection, you know.

With the cultivation of
unified rice beginning in 1973,

the production of our
crops has increased a lot.

However, to be independent
in grain production...

Geez, what a b*stard...

Hey, as*h*le!

Someday, you're going to croak.

Was it Lee Doo Hak?

Without him, you're no sh*t.

- How dare he!
- Whoa!

That b*stard...

Welcome. Thank you for coming.

How come Young Shik isn't coming?

He'll be here soon.

You're sure he changed his mind, right?

Yes.

Mr. Choi will say he'll enter the election

and they're the people
who will work with him.

We need to use people who
have worked on elections before.

By chance, he's not going to
campaign for Minyoung Party, is he?

That party already has
decided on a candidate.

I see.

- Come, welcome!
- Aigoo, hello, sir!

Hello!

Thank you.

Aigoo, you came!

Aigoo...

- Aigoo...
- He'll be the new assemblyman.

Our new assemblyman.

I wanted to live a quiet life.

But this world just won't leave me alone.

So, I will...

Although I'm lacking...

I made up my mind to enter the
assemblyman election, everyone!

Choi Young Shik!

- Choi Young Shik!
- Thank you!

- Choi Young Shik!
- Yes!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

Everyone! Just as dripping
water drops break the boulder,

although we are small in
power, we'll gather our strengths

and end this dictatorial government!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

Choi Young Shik!

You were correct in your
assumption, Commander.

You were right in not
recommending him from the get-go.

What did I tell you?

I told you he'd never campaign
as a Gukhan Party candidate.

All right.

We'll have to chew him
up one nibble at a time.

Lee Doo Hak, stop right there!

Why are you avoiding me?

I never did that.

But you never came to the
library, and you never called me.

I was helping out with farming.

That's not it.

You're avoiding me because you're
embarrassed that your father was a servant.

Go.

Lee Doo Hak, you're
really a loser, aren't you?

Is being a servant like being a traitor?

Did he sell out his country?

What's so embarrassing about that?

The future is more important, isn't it?

You can study hard like you are now

and once you become successful,
who'd look down on you?

I transferred.

To an agricultural high school.

Study hard...

and stay healthy, okay?

Are you saying you'll never see me again?

We can't be friends if you
go to an agricultural high now?

♫ I want to hold your hand ♫

♫ I want it to be like a birthday ♫

♫ No matter you'll be here,
forever love, the only one ♫

♫ I want to love, got your
love, take me, I'm yours ♫

♫ And me in your beautiful life ♫

♫ Come over here, back
in your love, in my life ♫

♫ Let me go ♫

My heart is set.

- W-Why?
- Why you? And not Cheol Woong?

Don't ask me stupid questions
like that going forward.

Just...

Just tell me you like me.

♫ I want to be myself ♫

♫ Let me go, in my life ♫

[Basic Mathematics Concept]

Hey.

Are you the newbie who got
transferred here last week?

And you beat up everyone in room 7, huh?

Are you the lunatic who got
sent to solitary confinement?

What's your crime?

He's not answering me again.

m*rder.

Who...

did you k*ll?

Hey, Young Tak...

Wake up!

Young Tak!

Why did you throw it there?

Young Tak...

The dead guy's name was Ki Young Tak...

He was...

my one and only younger brother.

And...

he was the only one...

who used to visit me

and put money in my detention fund.

Do you know how much I waited
for you to get here, you as*h*le?

It wasn't me.

What do you mean it wasn't you?

Lee Doo Hak, you son of a b*tch!

It wasn't me...

Cheol Woong!

[Basic Mathematics Concept]

♫ I want to hold your hand ♫

♫ I want it to be like a birthday ♫

♫ No matter you'll be here,
forever love, the only one ♫

♫ I want to love, got your
love, take me, I'm yours ♫

♫ And me in your beautiful life ♫

♫ Come over here, back
in your love, in my life ♫

[Oasis]

I'm dating you! I'm not dating Cheol Woong!

Choi Cheol Woong. You know him, right?

- Yes.
- Who messed you up like this?

Just go away!

This rude b*tch!

You b*stard!

You're going through quite an ordeal after
meeting a very refined man, Madam Kang.

You're hiding something
from me, aren't you?

Hyung, Hyung! Please save me!

Why should I do that?

Doo Hak, say you didn't do it!

Turns out all this happened because of you.

Don't ever act like you know me.

You said you'd take
care of my life, didn't you?

You said you'll be successful in your
life, and you'd pay me back, you as*h*le!

♫ I want to hold your hand ♫

♫ I want it to be like a birthday ♫