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[Previous episodes] She has returned.

How long are you staying this time?

No, I want to stay here and get a part‐time job for the time being.

He's got a girlfriend named Irene.

Oh yeah, I mentioned Kim Bo Yeong not too long ago.

It's about this misunderstanding between you two.

It's really been a while.

It all burst.

I'll escape from here, just like this.

I'll just move back to Seoul.

Just spend five days here.

We can then call a repairman and the house will be as good as new.

Eun Seob!

Since he's not at the other places, he's probably there again.

Why would he go to the mountain?

He goes sometimes, like a crazy person.

How do you go around there like that?

It's because I'm used to it. I'm familiar with it.

It's a mess right now!

Someone disappeared in the mountain and now the neighborhood is in chaos.

Why do they ask Eun Seob as if it's perfectly normal?

There are people who never say what they really feel.

Saying it's hard when it's hard, saying they're hurt when they're hurt...

They sometimes take those feelings to their grave.

What is this?

Did you dig out sweet potatoes?

No, I got some from my sister‐in‐law.

Aigoo! Good for you, you have somewhere to get sweet potatoes from.

Don’t eat your sweet potatoes alone, call me.

Of course I will share with you.

Right, right, right.

I’ll bring a bottle of makgeolli to drink with it.

[Bukhyeon‐ri ‐ downtown Hyecheon ‐ Seohyeon Village]

I knew you'd get nauseous.

You get motion sickness because you talk too much in the bus.

Who gets motion sickness because of talking on a bus?

[Episode 5 A Noblewoman Arrived From The West]

Perhaps... Aren't you Myeong Ju?

Hello.

You've gotten very old.

Mom!

Mom!

Let's go together.

Grandma!

Did you have a sudden acceleration of your car?

Was it an accident of sudden acceleration?

So even though you stepped on the brake, the car kept moving?

No.

I did not step on the brake.

Despite your husband being in front of the car.

Yes.

Despite this.

Was it because you were taken aback, or had a cramp in your leg...

No.

I saw my husband in front of the car.

But I did not

want to step on the brake.

[Case files ‐ 2010]

I sentence Defendant Sim Myeong Ju to seven years in prison.

However, considering the fact that

the defendant committed the crime inadvertently

while attempting to escape the victim's drunken fury,

of the fact that the victim, by habitually assaulting the defendant,

is also responsible in provoking the crime,

and that the victim's bereaved family does not wish the defendant to be punished...

[Cheongsan women penitentiary]

Miss Mok Hae Won.

Inmate number 3901, Ms. Sim Myeong Ju, is refusing visits.

Sorry?

[Return to sender ‐ addressee refusal]

Did you eat?

Oh gosh, the eldest daughter is here.

Is that her inside?

Is that Myeong Ju?

Mom.

[Good Night Bookstore]

Hae Won?

Yes, hello?

Yes.

[Walnut House]

Mom, so what happened is, that is‐‐

You can just smash everything down.

It's fine even if it gets damaged.

This guesthouse is out of business anyway, so what if it's pretty?

Even if you demolish it all‐‐

The water pipes burst. We're doing some construction work.

The supervisor said it would take two weeks‐‐

Finish it within three days.

How can we finish it in three days? They said it would take ten days.

Should I do it?

No. I'll try to talk to the supervisor.

Where are you two staying at?

Her, at Eun Seob's. Me, at Su Jeong's house.

‐ Eun Seob? ‐ It's a man. And Su Jeong is a woman.

There are two rooms, we are in different rooms.

‐ Then what about me? ‐ You?

You... I'll try to talk to Su Jeong. She's going to take you in

for a couple of days, at least.

But... Did you close down the guesthouse?

How are you going to make a living... even if you are very brave.

Right, Myeong Yeo?

[Good Night Bookstore]

Did you go to your house?

Yeah. Mom came.

‐ Your mom? ‐ Yeah.

We meet twice a year, Mom and I.

Welcome! Early summer, 2 years earlier, in Seoul

There is a line at the moment. Please wait a little bit.

The weather has gotten hot now.

Here are your extra noodles. Enjoy.

Once in summer.

‐ Hello. ‐ Oh, Hello. What should I serve you?

Kimchi stew please.

‐ Auntie, one order of kimchi stew. ‐ Yes.

The weather has gotten cold.

And once around when winter comes.

What do we do when we meet?

We eat a meal and drink tea.

See you next time.

And then we split up.

Because we have nothing to talk about.

Mom is someone who is indifferent toward her family.

I see.

Why did she come here?

Did she come suddenly? Without even a call?

Yes.

I think there must be another reason.

What's more, she really hates coming to her hometown.

She says it reminds her of dad.

But...

Why, suddenly... Why did she appear?

Put your arms up, you too.

Hey, hey! Your skirt!

Oh, Yeong Su. You're commendable.

Kids, look and learn from him.

Oh my, Kim Yeong Su, we meet again! How come we always meet at this time?

Should we call this fate? By the way, what did you do yesterday?

As for me, I read a book. A novel.

The title is, "Me, Natasha and the White Donkey".

Yeah, so?

Are you asking me for my review? I didn't like it. Lee Jang Wu liked it.

No...

Uuh, then are you asking the price?

It was 12,800 or 11,500 won, something like this.

‐ Aren't you a second year? ‐ Yeah, I am. I'm second year Im Hui.

"Im" as in clinical test, and "Hui" as in whistle.

Why? Are you perhaps regretting saying that you dislike me last time?

‐ No, I don't regret it. ‐ Then what?

It's a bit irritating. I'm a third year, you know.

So what?

You're speaking informally to me right now.

Ah this. I like informal speech so I speak informally.

Ah, you like informal speech so you speak informally?

Yes.

Then I like rejection, so I'm rejecting you.

What?

Don't talk to me from now until I graduate.

Right!

"Me, Natasha and the White Donkey" isn't a novel.

‐ It's a poem. ‐ What?

If you read it, you would have known, but a novel is a prosaic form of literature

that makes up a story in a fictional way,

based either on reality or on the author's imagination.

A poem expresses ideas, inspiration and the like,

that come from life or nature, in a rhythmic and connotative language.

‐ What? ‐ If you don't get it, forget it.

So that was a poem? It was so long, I thought it was a novel.

If they were going to write such a long poem, shouldn't they have told people beforehand?

And did I just get rejected again? Uh?

Hui. The girl that that top student likes...

Yeah. Who is it? Who? Who could it be?

There isn't any. He is not interested in any girl at all.

Someone who can keep the top student position

while being interested in girls does not exist.

Then, those who are good at studying

but are also popular with girls and good at sports,

what are these guys?

In technical terms, we call these kind of guys unicorns.

U‐Unicorns?

Those horses with a horn on the head, and who can fly?

Yes, it means it's an imaginary creature.

No, wait... But... really? It doesn't make sense.

You're telling me they really don't like girls? Even those who are perfectly formed‐‐

Hey! They don't even have time to study, so what girls?

They can't possibly be interested in girls.

‐ Why isn't the bus coming? ‐ But, really?

‐ Were you like that too, Oppa? ‐ No, I'm a unicorn.

But that's the truth. The top student in school would never.

Right. He said he didn't like girls.

Since he doesn't like girls, it's obvious that he would reject me.

Why? Because I'm a girl.

Daebak, first place Song Jae In got a boyfriend!

‐ Who? ‐ Kim Yeong Su!

The Kim Yeong Su I know?

No way, it's Song Jae In who must have gotten her hands on him.

If Song Jae In got her hands on him, they are dating.

That's too bad for Kim Yeong Su. Did he get hit by Song Jae In?

That's what I'm saying.

‐ Song Jae In has a peculiar taste. ‐ It's big news!

I don't know how it was in your orchestral field.

But in the literature field, there were so many crazy people.

They all think they are Virginia Woolf, Natsume Soseki, Svetlana Alexievich,

Patrick Süskind, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, or Milan Kundera.

They're all full of themselves and believe they are some kind of thinker.

And they think they are some kind of genius. Is that all?

They think whatever they spit out is a poem or novel.

Really, it was so lame that it was hard to open my eyes for the whole four years.

But among them, there was one who was the craziest. Who could it be?

‐ I'm not sure. ‐ It was Aunt.

Right answer.

The most crazy about all of these things.

The nutcase of all nutcases, the best of the loonies, who was it?

That was me. It was me.

I was the most bizarre of all the students at Isin University.

However, there was just one person who won over me on that matter.

‐ Who was that? ‐ Who?

Mom.

Right answer.

Right, that was your mom.

Your mom was the weirdest of all, no matter where she went.

You can't get to her with common sense, and she doesn't understand language.

She's cold. Mean. Scary.

Aunt. I got it, I got it. Stop it, we know all of this.

‐ You know it all? ‐ So what's your point?

Get up. We have to go out.

Go out? Why?

Your mom said to have a meal.

‐ Why did she say that? ‐ I don't know.

If Unni says to come out, we just have to go out.

Come out, quick.

‐ Should I drop you off? ‐ Mok Hae Won, you better come out quickly.

Why did you come here today?

What?

[Breeze Bookstore ‐ Breeze History of Education]

I heard somewhere...

Yes?

...that Sim Myeong Ju came by?

Yes. I've been asked that a lot since I came here.

It's just because Myeong Ju is pretty famous.

That must be it.

She was a year younger than me...

She was so pretty.

She did seem like a beauty.

If a little cold.

That was her charm.

It's coming so hurry!

Back then, all the male students in this neighborhood

had a crush on Sim Myeong Ju.

Hey hey hey, it's Sim Myeong Ju.

‐ What about Sim Myeong Ju? ‐ It's Sim Myeong Ju.

‐ It's Sim Myeong Ju. ‐ Where?

We're leaving!

I wondered who in the world would marry that kind of woman.

Unexpectedly, she married the one guy who tried the hardest out of all those boys.

Careful.

Unexpectedly she became pregnant.

Still,

I had no doubt she would live a good life.

I'll take these.

Oh, these?

I'll take twenty percent off the total.

The total is 102,200 won.

I'll transfer it to your account.

Do you still receive self‐published books these days?

Occasionally. They're piled over there.

‐ Come by sometime and flip through. ‐ Okay.

Take whatever looks interesting.

[Lin Billiards Hall]

Hello?

Hae Won.

I'm finished, where are you?

I'm done too but I have another appointment.

It'll take about an hour.

Well, you go ahead first.

Alright.

It's me, Eun Seob.

Where should we meet?

Are you leaving?

Take care.

Bye.

Welcome.

Do you have camellias, by chance?

Camellias? One moment.

These are left over from a customer order this week.

How many would you like?

Please give me half of these.

Alright.

‐ Shall I mix them with other flowers? ‐ No, that's alright.

Have you been well?

Hm, you're here.

What will you drink? I‐‐

What is it?

I thought it was urgent.

Is there something?

[Garden Flower Shop]

[Towards Downtown]

Your ribbon is pretty!

Did you hear? Mok Hae Won apparently stole the boy Kim Bo Yeong likes.

For real?

I heard that too.

Kim Bo Yeong said she was the victim.

I bet Kim Bo Yeong feels it's unfair.

But who's the boy Kim Bo Yeong likes?

Mok Hae Won stole away the guy Kim Bo Yeong likes.

Im Eun Seob. Look!

You know what?

There's someone I like.

Who?

The outcast who reads books.

The outcast who reads books? ‐ Yeah.

I really like him!

When did you come?

Just now.

Mom. Why did you really come here?

You don't exactly have a reason to come.

You wouldn't have come to see me or Aunt,

it's not Grandmother's memorial day, nor Dad's death anniversary.

What reason do you have to come?

Did you leave anything, by chance? You could've told me in advance.

I could've mailed it to you, no problem.

Although, I don't know your address.

Are you trying to start an argument with me right now?

Why would I argue with you?

Have we ever argued? I don't think so.

Isn't it?

We haven't.

Why did you come?

Are you not going to tell me?

It's because it has nothing to do with you.

Why are you laughing?

"Because it has nothing to do with you".

I've heard that so much from you.

But the funny thing is,

that's not something a parent says to her child,

it's usually something the child says to the parent.

It's not like you only do that to me.

You did that to Aunt, Grandmother, and Dad.

That, doesn't‐‐

Have anything to do with it. Right, I know.

However, what am I supposed to say to a mother like that?

I'm really curious.

What should I ask you and say to you?

I haven't asked you anything to this day. Is there anything I have asked?

Where you live now, who you live with,

if you live alone, or why you won't live with me,

why we only see each other once or twice a year despite being family.

I haven't asked any of that!

Why...

Why you never accepted my visits

or ever answered my letters,

why back then

why you did that to Dad back then,

and whether it is really for the reason I know of‐‐

Let's stop.

If you really meant to kill him,

or if it just ended up that way

and you felt sorry for Dad so you went to jail.

I've never asked, did I?

Stop it.

It was hard for me too.

My heart was hurt too at the time.

I really wanted to die too, even if not as much as you.

I really wanted to go somewhere and ask you

what I did wrong to be thrown away like this

but I didn't.

I didn't have anyone to ask.

You all threw me away while taking care of your own pain.

Leaving me alone.

So it's really uncomfortable and inconvenient for me if you come looking suddenly.

So, leave tomorrow. And definitely let me know before you come next time.

I'm back.

Sim Meyong Yeo! Do you take one or two eggs?

Say, where did my sister go?

I don't know. She wasn't here when I woke up.

‐ Be careful of cars! ‐ Good morning!

Seung Ho, Ha Yun, Yu...

Han!

[Good Night Bookstore]

Hey, over there.

Good morning, Hae Won's mother.

Just call me "ahjumma".

Yes, Ahjumoni.

Do you have some time?

‐ Me, Madam? ‐ Yeah. You, "madam."

‐ You also asked her why she came? ‐ Yes.

So, why did she come?

I don't know that, and she said she's going back tomorrow.

‐ Tomorrow? ‐ Yes.

Why on earth did she come? Without even a call. I don't get it.

Got it.

‐ Is there anything I could help you with? ‐ No.

Hey, we're finishing the repair work tomorrow. You know, right?

Yes, I know.

‐ Excuse me. ‐ Oh, sorry.

‐ What about the kitchen side in there? ‐ Just demolish it all. Tear everything down.

Thank you.

And you, you don't sit?

No.

You're a friend of Hae Won?

Yes. Since young, we just...

‐ Perhaps, is Hae Won... ‐ Yes?

Never mind.

‐ Never mind, my main point is... ‐ Yes, please say it.

Myeong Yeo said that you know Park Huin Dol?

Yes, I do.

I wanted to ask you to give these to that person.

It's because I can't give it myself.

Well, he didn't write his address, so I don't really know.

[From Park Huin Dol to Sim Myeong Ju]

Yes, I will deliver it.

I also have something to tell him. Should I tell you?

No. I don't think I will be able to convey that.

‐ Oh really? ‐ Well, it's not anything good, is it?

It's not.

Then, I'll deliver only this.

Okay.

Then, I'm done with my business here.

‐ Then goodbye. ‐ Sure.

Ah but, you and I, haven't we seen each other somewhere?

I feel as if I've seen you somewhere.

Yes. We have.

‐ It's you indeed. ‐ Yes, it is.

You grew up well.

But why, with my mom...?

Just somehow, like that.

‐ Do you know my mom? ‐ No, I've met her once.

When?

That was... when I was around ten years old.

At the intercity bus terminal.

What is it, kiddo?

‐ Are you fascinated by me? ‐ Yes.

‐ What is fascinating?

‐ You are pretty.

And that is also cool.

This is...

This,

is something like glasses, that people who are into fashion wear.

Ah, I see.

‐ What is it? ‐ Ahjumma, are you a pretty person?

Of course I am a pretty person.

What is it?

You also want to see my eyes?

Yes. Because I think the eyes behind these would also be really pretty.

Really?

Then...

If the cute kiddo says he wants to see,

I should show you.

How was my mom?

How is it? Is ahjumma pretty?

She was a beauty.

I see.

Actually, yesterday I wasn't really in a good mood.

Why?

I saw you downtown. Together with Bo Yeong.

Can I ask?

Hi.

Have you been well?

[January 16th December 22nd on the lunar calendar]

It's the flowers you liked. It's your birthday, so take them.

You brought these all the way here?

It's my birthday today. I'll make you happy my whole life.

Please marry me.

But even though, as always,

I hate you.

And I also hate today, the day my misfortune started.

So you came here to take these? The clothes?

‐ Mmm. ‐ You should have told me.

I could send them to you by post.

I had to pick and select them.

Next time call me in advance, I'll prepare something.

It's not easy to take care of it, since it follows the lunar calendar.

What's more,

you had never celebrated Brother‐in‐law's birthday before.

He only celebrated your birthday and Hae Won's.

‐ Hey. ‐ What?

‐ I'm going. ‐ Go.

By the way. Mok Hae Won. She was angry at me.

She's been angry at you for thirty years.

But Unni.

There's only one thing for you to do to melt her anger.

‐ What is it? ‐ A letter.

Write a letter. Like what you did for me.

Because she suddenly asked to meet.

‐ Yes, hello? ‐ Eun Seob. It's Bo Yeong.

Yeah.

Do you have time today? I wanted to talk a bit.

I have something to request of you.

‐ Have you been well? ‐ You're here?

What do you want to drink? I'll have...

What is it about?

[Garden Flower Shop]

I would like you to help me.

What can I help you with?

I want to be friends with Hae Won just as we were in the past.

But Hae Won doesn't listen to me at all. She keeps misunderstanding me.

I want to get along well with Hae Won.

It doesn't seem right that we are being like this

after ten years, when we're friends.

That's how I feel.

Could you help me?

Yes.

I said I didn't want to,

but she came in front of the house impulsively to find me. I didn't like that.

Some people would call her a romantic.

But I don't agree.

It's disregarding my feelings, since I said I didn't want to.

It's saying that in the end, she will do as she pleases.

She should respect the feelings with which I rejected her.

She should acknowledge my feelings when I said I wouldn't accept an apology.

Don't you think so?

You're right.

To me, Bo Yeong's feelings are burdensome and I dislike them.

Hae Won, let's do something to make us feel better.

Eun Seob.

Nothing.

Yes, Grandfather.

I am on my way. I'm almost there.

You're at the town hall?

Please ask Father directly about his own matters.

Yes, Grandpa. I'll see you in a bit.

But where is this?

I think it was there.

It is the time a small and trivial thing

enters my body.

Aren't you going to keep your eyes open when you walk?

Damn you!

What are you doing?

It is the scratchy seed of a cocklebur

What?

...or it is Min Seok's fingers secretly touching me under my arm

Song Jae In said she was looking for you.

...or it is the toothache which comes looking for me whenever I forget it

and tears into me with pain.

Wait!

It is like the smell of jajangmyeon after class is over.

It is the time something so small and trivial

enters my body.

Something so small and trivial,

I didn't know my body is my prison.

After entering my body

You will embrace me passionately.

It's the poem "Things that are small and trivial" by Ahn Do Hyun.

Jang Wu. Isn't this on that side?

‐ It was always here. ‐ Be careful on your way.

Aigoo, I held it in for a while.

Why did you hold it in again?

I really liked the poem.

Today was meaningful as well.

Everyone take one piece with you, to celebrate.

‐ Why did you work so hard? ‐ Your son...

Why is your sister like this?

I don't know. She's been like this since she came.

She's scary. I'm too scared of your sister.

She's so bubbly but then gets angry, it scares me too much.

I'm the same.

Right, you're the same, too?

‐ Then see you next week! ‐ See you.

‐ See you next week! ‐ See you next week.

Bye, Uncle!

Hui, goodbye.

Yeah, Unni. Bye.

It was terrifying, I got really scared.

I think I have a phobia of angry women, because of my mom.

I'm going, too. See you... I don't know when. See you whenever.

Why are you so busy?

You know, the preparations for the Hyecheon High alumni joint reunion.

Ah, they're really doing it?

You didn't get the message? It's the day after tomorrow.

The alumni reunion for the fifty years of Hyecheon High School.

Everyone must come.

But Jang Wu, why are you preparing this alone?

During the get‐together of the past presidents,

I had the bright idea to say that it would be nice, like they do abroad,

to organize an alumni reunion where seniors and juniors could meet,

and they hit me with "Then you should prepare it." Now I’ve been at it for days.

I can't even sleep, I keep making calls and having to prepare events, I'm so very tired.

And even though I'm this tired, I still have so much to do.

I'm going.

‐ Work hard. ‐ Go.

Yeah yeah.

Let’s go in.

He must have forgotten something.

Excuse me...

What is this? It's Mok Hae Won.

Do you know me?

What is this? It's Mok Hae Won.

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

[I thought about the things I said to Irene before.]

[All first loves are in the past perfect tense? Aaah, why did I say such a thing back then.]

[Thanks to the repair work at Walnut House, ]

[she and I are sharing the same space unwittingly.]

[If she asked again now, I might say this.]

[That most first loves are in the past perfect tense, ]

[but I'm the exception.]

[That for me, nothing has been finished yet.]

[P. S. Irene bought flowers. When I asked why camellias, ]

[she said that it was the flowers her father liked when he was alive.]

[With the stories of her family she sometimes tells me, I feel a little bit closer to her.]

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

I came here because of you, only to see you.

Go up first and rest. I'll clean up the rest.

Today is the day that I go home.

At ten p. m. this evening,

the alumni reunion of Hyecheon High opens at Hyecheon sports field.

Did you see? Oh Yeong Wu came too.

He came in together with Mok Hae Won. Does it bother you?

No matter what feelings you have for me at the moment, I am not curious.

It doesn't matter.

Is it that you have someone you like?

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