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(Lovers in Bloom)

(Episode 100)

Officer Moo said you guys had broken up.

I want you to stop confusing her...

by using the fact that you're her partner as an excuse.

Please act like the gentleman you always are.

You haven't changed.

- You're still a coward. - What did you say?

Do you think a coward like you can be a good match for Goong Hwa?

I don't think so.

Goong Hwa...

is more righteous than you think,

and she's a police officer.

So you better come to your senses.

Get a life, will you?

Stop thinking about how you can use others' weaknesses to backstab them.

That's too sneaky.

Cha Tae Jin.

Do you know what Goong Hwa hates the most?

Abusing the weak.

That's what she despises the most.

You know what?

I'm going to try to become a wonderful man who deserves her.

I want to live a different life from now on.

Thanks for your advice.

By the way...

Can I ask a favor of you?

Of course.

There was a murder in our jurisdiction a little while ago,

However, the murder suspect called Mole...

hid himself behind your father's back...

while he was on the run during the drug case three years ago.

I'd like to know why.

Why don't you look into it for me to celebrate starting a new life?

I think it'll be great help for our investigation.

Did you come here again because you couldn't sober up?

Shall I call you a designated driver?

Officer Moo.

I'll try to change myself in any way you want.

So please watch me.

See how I can change into a great person.

That's right.

I want you to become a better person than you are now.

If you did, you wouldn't be like this.

Never come back to the substation.

Officer Moo.

If you do it again, I won't let it slide even if you're family.

Dad, who is that jerk, Mole?

- What? - I asked, "who is that jerk?"

Come with me.

Dad, what kind of life are you living?

Are you still living the low life of moneylending by daily installments?

- What did you say? - What do you have to do...

with that jerk Mole?

How did you get involved with that filthy jerk and help him out?

From whom and what did you hear? Why are you acting like this?

I heard you helped him hide...

when he was the suspect of a drug case three years ago.

That was a long time ago, and it's none of your business.

- Where is that jerk right now? - How would I know that?

Listen to me carefully.

Never get involved with that jerk again in any way.

And if he contacts you, let me know first.

I'll catch him with my own hands...

and put him in jail.

Come in.

- We're home. - We're home.

Hi. Bo Ra, are you feeling any better?

Yes, I'm fine.

You don't look fine. You look so haggard.

Have you been working until now?

Yes, I made some side dishes for my lunch boxes...

and made a few kinds of kimchi.

I'm sorry. I should've come earlier and helped you.

Don't worry. I did half of the work.

Thank you, Goong Hwa.

Mother, I think I could make the lunch boxes...

that young people would like.

You?

Gosh. You easily get sick. Do you think you can do that?

It was just fatigue.

Don't make it get any worse. Go to your room, and get some rest.

- But... - Thank you, Mom.

Gosh.

Why are you pushing yourself too hard?

Ms. Na said...

that my food is more popular among young people.

And elderly people prefer Mother's food.

Bo Ra, something is going on with you, right?

Nothing is going on with me.

Do you think I don't know you?

What is it?

You used to do more volunteer work when you were stressed before.

My dad visited me.

- Because of Goong Hwa? - Yes.

What did he say?

He asked if she likes Do Hyun too.

I was afraid he might go to see her and say something,

so I told him the truth. I said that she likes someone else.

I'm glad you did.

Then he asked who that is,

and I told him it's Inspector Cha Tae Jin.

After he heard Mr. Cha's name, he acted really odd.

What do you mean?

He seemed surprised when he heard Mr. Cha's name.

How would Father know Mr. Cha's name?

Exactly.

Bo Ra doesn't look so well.

Do you think she's stressed out a lot?

Of course she is.

She lives a totally different life compared to how she used to live.

So please don't stress her out, Mom.

When did I ever stress her out?

It's you who should stop stressing me out.

What kind of daughter makes her mom walk on eggshells around her? Gosh.

Go to bed now.

That's weird. You've been keep trying to be alone lately.

Goodness. I'm just a bit tired. Just go to bed.

- All right then. Goodnight. - You too.

- Go on now. - Okay.

All right. Let's see what comments we have today.

Oh, my. He never misses a single day.

I go to the cafe Barista Jin every day.

They make great coffee.

Having a cup of coffee there used to be the only joy in my life,

but recently, I have another joy in my life.

Seonny, your lunch box makes my life full.

Thank you for your delicious food.

That's childish.

Barista Jin?

How good would the coffee from that cafe be?

No, let's meet somewhere else.

Somewhere else?

If you walk along the main street from the substation,

you'll see an intersection. Do you know the cafe there?

Why did he call me?

How would he know me?

He really is suspicious, right?

If he really is an informant, he wouldn't have used a voice changer.

It's obvious that he wanted to hide his identity.

Something doesn't feel right.

We have requested to trace his phone number,

and a voice analysis for now.

We'll find something when the results come out.

Good job.

If we can find any data matching with that voice...

No, wait. That wouldn't be a good thing either, would it?

If so, it means that the informant isn't reliable.

Still, it would be helpful if we could find out who he is.

Gosh. It doesn't seem to be resolved so easily.

I'm really worried.

I think Senior Inspector Hwang glares at me whenever he sees me.

What if he sends me to another area like he did to Detective Han?

If he does that,

that would prove that he has something to do with Mole.

Mr. Lee, I really don't want that to happen to me.

Gosh. You get scared so easily.

Gosh.

But who's the friend of Officer Moo that came to see her?

Yes, what about him?

There can be no friendship between a man and a woman.

Is he her boyfriend?

I'll get going now.

Why would he look so upset?

Did I make a mistake or something?

If you know that, you should leave now.

What... What did I ever do wrong?

Besides, you're the one who brought that up.

You got back up again.

What's this? It's as if I'm at a total defeat.

If you look closely, you have many cards to win too.

You're like a professional gambler.

Mother, please.

I still have a long way to go to catch up with you.

I think you can throw this card.

If I throw this one...

That's a match, and I got all three blue ribbons.

Why didn't you throw the one you meant to throw?

You got a hint from my face, right?

Do you think I'm a person who would read others' faces?

I'm home...

Did you really get all of them?

Seriously.

You did really well.

What are you going to do?

I won't stop here.

In that case, I'll go and turn down the heat for the soup first.

Where are you going? I'm on a roll right now.

I'll do it.

What do you need, Dad?

Oh, I just wanted to turn down the heat for the soup.

I'll do it.

Yes.

Are you saying that call was made from a burner phone?

Okay.

Was it about work?

Yes, an informant called Officer Moo to talk about the murder case,

but he didn't show up where he was supposed to meet her.

Is that so?

But how would he know Officer Moo?

I'm not sure.

Is she working on the case with you?

No, she's not.

But she ran into Mole when we were staking out.

And she got a call from someone...

who claims to be an anonymous informant after that incident?

Why do you ask?

Well, I just got a hunch that there's something fishy about it.

"A hunch"?

People will say that I'm old-school,

but I'm getting a bad feeling about this.

She ran into the murder suspect,

and it looks like the informant intentionally got in touch with her.

What was the voice like? Is it a man?

It is a man, but he masked his voice.

We sent a sample for an analysis, so we should wait for the results.

All right. For now, keep an eye on her...

so that nothing happens to her.

Yes, I was planning to do so anyway.

Hae Chan, when will you start your cooking classes?

We'll go meet her later today.

Meet me there right after school, okay?

Okay.

Hae Chan will learn cooking?

Yes, Officer Moo's sister-in-law will teach him. She's well known.

Uncle, when will you get married with that lady?

Hae Chan.

Why? I can't bring up this topic?

Well, I like Officer Moo.

My gosh. You're so articulate, Hae Chan.

It looks like you can stop worrying about him now.

Ms. Oh, please.

Thanks for the food. I'll see you all later.

Oh, just a second.

I picked up your uniform and left it in our room.

I can get it myself. You should finish your breakfast.

No, no. I'll get it for you. Okay?

I'll get going.

I must say, she seems to not be herself sometimes.

Gosh, Mom. She's just kind-hearted.

Totally. She has a pure heart, you know.

Pure? "Dumb" will be a better word choice.

Sometimes, I wonder if she's playing dumb.

She's a real trickster.

I must agree. You're really right, Grandma.

She always finds a way to say everything she wants to say.

I'm the one who yells, but she always wins.

Right, you sure are a simpleton.

What? Me?

Were you guys talking about something funny while I left?

No. Not at all, Mother.

Would you like some more soup? It's delicious, isn't it?

Yes, I'd love some more soup.

What about you, Mother?

Hey, you're here.

Let's see.

I got Ms. Heo's signature.

I feel like I can finally breathe.

- What about Mr. Yoon? - He just boarded the plane.

Okay. Everything is taken care of then.

Oh, right. See if you can gather some intel on that guy, Mole.

Find out who he is,

including everything he's done in the past.

And don't tell my dad about it.

All right.

I know that he gets rid of people ruthlessly.

Why hasn't he been able to get rid of that nasty jerk?

I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else.

What's wrong?

What are you while you're on patrol?

I got a call. I thought it could be the informant.

He might call again, you know.

To be honest with you,

I haven't been able to sleep well since I've gotten that call.

He deliberately called me,

and it probably wasn't a prank call because he masked his voice.

I told you before, but you shouldn't do anything without telling me.

Got it?

You're not sharing any information with me,

but you want me to report to you when he calls me?

Don't you think you're being too unfair?

Oh, here.

Hi.

- Have you been waiting for long? - No, you must be tired.

I'm fine. I'm not tired at all.

- Gosh. - What shall we drink?

I can't believe he's seeing a young woman at that age.

Gosh, this is so bitter.

Goodness.

What on earth am I doing here?

I should just go home.

Gosh, Chief Lee.

Ms. Lee, what brings you here?

Someone raved about how amazing the coffee here smells.

I guess you're here to meet someone.

Oh, yes.

It must be a woman. Is it a date?

Pardon me? Well, about that...

But what is this smell?

What smell?

Gosh, Chief Lee.

No one uses such strong-smelling mothballs these days.

Gosh, you should get it dry-cleaned again or something.

Women will assume that you don't care to impress them.

- Well... - Gosh, this smell.

Anyway, I hope you have a good time.

- I should get going. - Wait.

I better go. Bye. Gosh.

I feel bad for him. That old man is trying so hard.

Gosh, I'm so worried about him.

Are you ready to order?

I'd like a cup of coffee.

A double-shot espresso.

Please make it very strong.

Excuse me, Officer Moo.

That informant called you about the golf lounge murder case, right?

- Yes. - I wonder what he wanted to say.

I know, right? And why didn't he show up?

You see,

we want answers. That's how we feel,

but we have no way to find out since he didn't show up.

You're here again.

Let's talk.

All right, we got him.

If you keep this up...

A financial fraudster's voice that was kept on the FSS' record...

matched with the anonymous informant's voice.

But there's something even more important.

Have a look at this.

This voice was collected before and after...

Mole was locked up for assaulting the debtor.

So it matches the time periods when Mole was active.

That's it.

It's very likely that he is the informant.

But if he really was the one who called,

would it be okay to leave Officer Moo like that?

Wouldn't it be better to have her investigate the case with us?

I'm not sure.

But what if she becomes his target?

I think he's already paying attention to her.

But still,

we should tell her the situation so she can be more careful.

Or... What's it called? A smart watch.

We should at least tell her to put on a smart watch.

Officer Moo would be laughing if she had heard that.

Gosh. Being confident like that could cause more trouble.

People who learned martial arts get in trouble more often, you know.

Please keep Seoul Corporation in check for now.

I think I should watch Officer Moo for a bit more.

Right. You should at least do that.

Since that jerk Mole is such a ruthless man.

I feel so uneasy too.

This is it.

Hee Jin... Hee Jin.

Mom.

Say hello to her, Hae Chan.

She's the person who gave birth to me.

She's your grandma.

Hee Jin.

He should know by now.

What are you waiting for?

Hello.

Hi. I'm so grateful to you, Hae Chan.

If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have even met your mom.

I'm really sorry about that private lesson.

That's okay.

I'm going to start to learn how to cook now.

Cook?

He wants to try cooking.

- Is that why you visited Bo Ra? - Yes.

But how do you know her?

I told you before...

that he has children.

I thought I should say goodbye to her before I leave.

She was the only one in that family...

who always helped me out.

Mom.

I'm relieved that Bo Ra will be teaching Hae Chan.

I can trust Bo Ra.

Are you going somewhere?

- I'm going on a trip. - When are you leaving?

Next week.

Gosh. Don't worry.

I'm going abroad to clear my head as things have been sorted out well.

It's about time for him to call me.

Hee Jin, I'll make a quick call.

The number you have dialed does not exist.

Please check the number, and try again.

What's wrong, Mom?

I'm sorry, Hee Jin.

I think I should leave now.

What is it?

It's nothing. I hope it's nothing.

Finish the food.

I'll call you later.

Hae Chan, I'll see you again later.

- I'm sorry. - Mom.

What's with Grandma?

Well, I think something came up.

Welcome.

Staying up all night is really exhausting.

But I'm doing this for Hae Chan. I should endure this. I should.

Where is Hae Chan?

He went home.

What's wrong? Do you not like his cooking teacher?

- I met my mom when I went there. - How?

- Mom raised her. - What?

However, I think something happened to Mom.

Why?

We went to a restaurant to eat together.

Mom suddenly called someone, and her face turned so pale.

She then ran out frantically.

Why didn't you ask her about what happened?

I couldn't ask her that in that situation.

She looked like she was completely out of her mind.

What should I do?

I think something bad might have happened to her.

What could that be?

What do you have to do...

with that jerk Mole?

How did you get involved with that filthy jerk and help him out?

Senior Inspector Hwang, we should meet.

I wanted to call you anyway.

Mole said that he had information about the golf lounge murder case.

Did he call you by any chance?

In fact, he called and threatened me.

Cha Tae Jin requested a voice analysis of his voice file.

The person who is working with him works in the investigation team,

so I just can't stop them now.

I'm sure that they know that it was Mole by now.

I think we should do something about Mole.

We shouldn't let him act like this.

He won't be easy to take care of.

It would be better if you convinced him to go abroad.

No, no.

I should put an end to this once and for all.

I see. I think you're right.

Considering his past behavior, he'll come back when he runs out of money.

But what if things go wrong, and your son's incident is revealed?

I told you that I'll take care of it.

So you should find a way to stop Cha Tae Jin...

so he wouldn't be able to have it his way.

That jerk, Cha Tae Jin, will keep causing you trouble...

just as much as he'll do to me.

I've already started to look for a way.

You should eliminate the source of trouble completely.

Of course.

Put Mr. Yoon on the phone. Do it now!

You don't know where he is?

Does it make sense to you that you don't know where your husband is?

Make sure to tell your husband...

that I won't let it slide if he doesn't call me.

Gosh. What should I do?

You're home. Did you eat dinner?

Gosh.

Are you going to fix me dinner?

It seems that you have aged too.

You were quite young when we first met.

Of course I've aged. Years have passed since then.

I know.

We used to be happy together.

Let's do as you said.

If I have to watch you age in such a pathetic way,

I think ending it now isn't such a bad idea.

Get out of my house.

- You should know that by now. - I mean,

- it's not easy. - Are you complaining to me now?

- We're back. - Welcome back.

Good job, everyone.

Go home now.

Why is Chief Lee so downcast all day long today?

I know. He looks like he got dumped by a woman.

Mr. Cha, could you please teach me how to do this?

I wanted to ask Corporal Jang, but she always says I'm so pathetic.

Please.

- What is it? - I don't know how to fill in here.

I'm not sure what to write down.

Who was that man who visited you last night?

Did you already start dating again?

I've known him for a while.

That sounds even more suspicious.

I can tell that he likes you by the way he acts.

Are you saying that you met him while you were dating Mr. Cha?

Officer Moo, were you two-timing Mr. Cha?

Don't you think that is out of line?

How could I date my in-law?

- What... What? - I said, he's my in-law.

Mr. Cha.

You have a smart watch, right?

Yes, why do you ask?

Always keep it on you from now on.

- Are you underestimating me? - Just do as I say.

And don't walk around alone late at night.

Are you saying that I should avoid him and run away from him?

I refuse. I'll make sure to catch that jerk, Mole.

For my daughter's sake at least.

So please let me investigate the case with you.

I promise you that I will not burden you in any way.

Goong Hwa.

If you won't allow it, I'll go ahead and investigate it on my own.

You should have just listened to Officer Moo.

That would be much safer.

Are you sure that Chairman Jin helped Mole hide...

during the drug case investigation?

Yes, I'm sure.

What would such a powerful man like Chairman Jin have to lose...

to help a petty punk like him?

Who knows? Mole might know about his weakness of some sort.

You're right.

Considering that he had his back while we investigated the drug case.

That's why I'm trying to find out when the two of them first met.

Name, Chun Young Bae. Age, 39.

He has quite a history. I can't even go through everything on this list.

From countless assault charges...

to drug dealings and murder charges, he's practically done everything.

Murder?

Are you talking about the murder at the golf lounge?

Yes, but that wasn't his first time.

What else has he done?

He killed someone in an accident while driving when he was drunk.

Driving while drunk?

When was that?

Oh, here. May 28, 2010.

The collision took place in the middle of the night.

Did you say May 28?

(Lovers in Bloom)

Their mother needs to be happy for them to be happy.

It looks like she's trying to leave the man she's been living with.

Are you saying that you'll drive while you're drunk?

I told you to get off!

Are you really going to be like this?

What would you have done if he ran over you with his car?

His mistress runs a hair salon at the market.

I'm just wondering if you've heard from Mr. Chun at all.

What happened after that accident?

I don't know much about it since I left right away.

- Are you serious? - What brings you here?

Is there something I can help you with?

Have you lost your mind or something?