the story of a love journey that never fades between two romantic couples and great love

DRAMAIPAN

the greatness of love shows the power of love and is eternal. This is proof that their love will not be separated forever, despite all the obstacles they have faced, but their love has proven to the world that their love will last forever.

Transcript

00:00:00Years ago, on the sea, a little girl in purple clothes was anxiously urging her mother to come

00:00:05ashore. Her mother was one of the many Hino on the island who made a living by fishing.

00:00:11The greedy mother came ashore only after catching abalone. Ready to sell the catch to the fishmonger's

00:00:16son, a nearby Hino asked her to share some with a sick Hino who couldn't dive. A-Soon's mom refused,

00:00:23she was unwilling to pity others at the expense of her own child's hunger.

00:00:27After speaking, she took A-Soon back home. Angry, she questioned why her daughter came to her house,

00:00:33since her ex-husband died, she had remarried and was not responsible for A-Soon, directing her to

00:00:38seek help from her grandmother instead. A-Soon was heartbroken, she wanted to stay and eat at her

00:00:43mother's house, but her grandmother disliked her resemblance to her mother and did not welcome her.

00:00:48Her uncle also refused to give her yellow fish despite her wishes to stay near her mother,

00:00:53heartlessly A-Soon's mom sent her daughter away. As they were leaving, she noticed her new husband

00:00:59hiding cigarettes. For Hino who relies on holding her breath, smoking was akin to a death wish.

00:01:06A-Soon's mom sighed, her husband suggested keeping A-Soon at home. Knowing he wanted her to work and

00:01:12take care of her siblings. However, staying with her grandmother allowed her at least to finish her

00:01:18schooling. She then solemnly picked up a poem A-Soon had left behind, which won second place.

00:01:25A-Soon's poem criticized her mother for only focusing on catching abalone, fearing she might

00:01:30die at sea. One abalone fetched $100, and she wished she could earn that to buy a day off for her mother,

00:01:36to ease her workload. A-Soon's mom cried after reading the poem, touched that her daughter understood her

00:01:41hardship. Meanwhile, A-Soon was preparing dinner for her grandmother's family when Guan-Sik the

00:01:46fishmonger's son who liked A-Soon brought six yellow fish. Claiming to give one to her grandmother's

00:01:52house, he brought an extra for A-Soon. Knowing her uncle wouldn't feed her, just as her uncle took

00:01:58the fish. A-Soon's mom, furious, threw the fish at him, scolding her grandmother's family for

00:02:04mistreating her daughter. She then left with A-Soon, cleaning her face by the sea. Telling her she too

00:02:11wished to spend a whole day with her. She hoped A-Soon would grow up quickly and give her

00:02:16$100 daily so she wouldn't need to dive anymore. Watching her sleeping daughter, A-Soon's mom

00:02:22felt immense relief knowing only this child truly cared for her. From then on A-Soon stayed by her

00:02:29mother's side, one day after school A-Soon came home crying, complaining that although she had the

00:02:34most votes, she was only made deputy class president because a powerful boy's family influenced the

00:02:39decision. Seeing her daughter's breakdown, A-Soon's mom, touched by her plight, helped her pregnant

00:02:44aunt in the fields under the scorching sun and harvested sesame, all to borrow a pearl necklace

00:02:49for a wedding to support her own dignity. A-Soon's mom dressed carefully and went to the school to meet

00:02:55her daughter's teacher. Bringing a box of rice cakes as a gift, she hinted that the rice cakes were

00:03:00special. After she left, the teacher found an envelope stuffed with money inside the box and was very

00:03:06pleased. Walking home with her daughter, A-Soon expressed concern about burdening her mother.

00:03:13Reassuring her that being just the deputy class leader was okay. Her mom encouraged her, saying

00:03:18it was herself who was pitiful, not her daughter, and that she should just enjoy life. That evening,

00:03:23A-Soon's mom threw all her hidden cigarettes into the fire. Planning to quit smoking because her daughter

00:03:28had said that buying her a pearl necklace would be her first act when she grew up, she wanted to live

00:03:33to see that day. However, the next summer, A-Soon's mom fell seriously ill, other who urged her not to

00:03:40dive, saying they would not let her starve, but the stubborn A-Soon's mom preferred to dive than beg.

00:03:46Wanting to leave more money for her children, in a fit of anger A-Soon burned her mother's diving

00:03:51suit and ran out of the house. Throwing stones at the sea and cursing it for not sparing her hardworking

00:03:57mother. Guan-Sik came quietly to her side and offered her roasted chicken. As she cried and

00:04:03ate she declared she would never marry Guan-Sik. In the evening A-Soon's mom woke A-Soon up and

00:04:09prepared roasted abalone for her. Knowing she would not see her daughter get married, she painted her

00:04:15daughter's nails with garden balsam, telling her to go to her grandmother's house after her death.

00:04:20As staying would only mean serving her stepfather, she wanted her uncle to give her away at her

00:04:25wedding, otherwise she would cry in heaven. With tears in her eyes A-Soon's mom lulled her daughter

00:04:30to sleep before passing away. At the funeral A-Soon was in a daze. Guan-Sik brought a bowl of

00:04:35meat soup and seeing him made A-Soon burst into tears, missing her mother. Deeply, A-Soon planned

00:04:41to leave her stepfather's house. But her stepfather said he was going fishing and asked her to take care

00:04:46of her siblings until the tuna season ended. She reluctantly agreed, with her stepfather away she

00:04:52cared for the children and cultivated the land with Guan-Sik's help. As the stepfather kept finding

00:04:58reasons to keep her there. Guan-Sik often brought fish and even a garden balsam hairpin for A-Soon.

00:05:05Tired of her life taking care of her siblings, her stepfather hurriedly reassured her. Promising to

00:05:11earn money for her to study literature on the mainland, which she loved, A-Soon agreed. As time

00:05:16passed, A-Soon worked at a vegetable stall in the market facing Guan-Sik's fish stall. She studied there

00:05:21while he helped her with the stall, bringing her a chair and tidying up. The Hino watched them smiling,

00:05:26feeling that A-Soon's mom would have no regret seeing Guan-Sik take care of A-Soon. Guan-Sik's mom

00:05:32watched her son help A-Soon sell vegetables, calling him a fool. The grandmother disapproved of Guan-Sik

00:05:39working for A-Soon and knocked over her stall. Guan-Sik quickly intervened and sent his grandmother

00:05:45away. He then found A-Soon, helped her change her shoes and quietly listened as she vowed never to marry

00:05:51him. A man who didn't even know classic poetry, she was determined to marry someone from Seoul.

00:05:57Guan-Sik listened silently, nervously fidgeting with his clothes, wishing she would take her hands from

00:06:03his pockets to someone in Seoul. The two went to a canola field where A-Soon saw the fish in Guan-Sik's

00:06:10hand and mocked herself for not needing his pity or charity. Guan-Sik stubbornly turned his head,

00:06:14he wasn't just following her for 10 years out of pity. A-Soon kept asking why,

00:06:19and unable to hold back, Guan-Sik took her hand, stepped forward and kissed her,

00:06:23he wanted to spend his life with her. A-Soon felt especially happy, she returned home to find her

00:06:29sister missing so she searched the house and shockingly discovered her stepfather and his

00:06:33new girlfriend hiding in the closet. The girlfriend did not want to take care of A-Soon and planned to

00:06:39kick her out. A-Soon asked her stepfather for her college tuition, which he had promised to provide,

00:06:45the girlfriend mockingly noted that he was already in debt and had no money for her.

00:06:50A-Soon realized she had to rely on herself, A-Soon reluctantly sought help from her uncle.

00:06:56Hoping he would take her in, however, he wanted her to quit school and work in a factory in Busan.

00:07:02Offering room and board plus a salary, half of which she would send home, unwilling to be exploited

00:07:07by her grandmother's family anymore. A-Soon, feeling desperate, went to Guan-Sik and tearfully asked if his

00:07:13family had a spare room and if he could convince his grandmother to take her in. Now having no home

00:07:18but Guan-Sik's, she broke down, thinking she would end up marrying a local and living a miserable life,

00:07:24Guan-Sik, seemingly foolish, loudly recited. Her favorite nostalgic poem, Furious, A-Soon scolded

00:07:30him for making her live with such a fool. Guan-Sik held her tightly, he didn't dare approach his

00:07:36grandmother but instead planned to elope with A-Soon. Taking money from home, A-Soon also took her

00:07:42stepfather's girlfriend's jewelry and met Guan-Sik dressed in her clothes. Before leaving,

00:07:48A-Soon warned Guan-Sik that once they eloped. There was no turning back, they had to stick

00:07:53together no matter what. Guan-Sik, fearless, kissed her excitedly and took her on a ferry to Busan.

00:08:00On the ferry the crew wanted to check their IDs but they had none since they had run away.

00:08:04Guan-Sik, trembling, tried to bribe the crew with a ring. A-Soon quickly stopped him and loudly

00:08:10declared to the crew that they were a married couple, not runaway kids. In Busan the couple

00:08:15went to a jewelry store to pawn the stolen jewelry. The owner asked several questions and

00:08:19honest Guan-Sik admitted they had run away from home. Owner, suspecting the origins of the jewelry,

00:08:25refused to accept it. Without money they went to a motel hoping to use a ring as collateral for a room.

00:08:31The understanding owner thought they were honeymooners and let them stay.

00:08:35Even providing two bowls of ramen and a bottle of soju for free.

00:08:40Encouraging them to enjoy a passionate night, however. When they woke up drunk,

00:08:44they found their luggage gone. They urgently asked the owner, who claimed they arrived empty-handed

00:08:49and even threatened to call the police on them for trying to stay for free.

00:08:54A-Soon realized the owner had eyed their money and set a trap. Despite their protests,

00:08:58the owner threatened to call the police if they didn't leave as they had no ID cards.

00:09:02Disheartened, Guan-Sik and A-Soon sat by the roadside, after crying. A-Soon decided to get

00:09:08revenge and retrieve their luggage. That night, another female guest arrived. The owner tried to

00:09:13intoxicate her with the same trick, A-Soon, and Guan-Sik warned the guest not to turn off the lights.

00:09:20The owner waited for the guest to fall asleep but eventually had to go to bed herself.

00:09:25Once the owners were asleep, Guan-Sik and A-Soon sneaked in.

00:09:29Guan-Sik went for the cash box and A-Soon looked for their luggage and her mother's photo.

00:09:35As they were leaving, A-Soon saw her hairpin on a little girl and startled her while retrieving it.

00:09:40Which led to their capture by the owner. Guan-Sik dropped the cash box and charged at the owner

00:09:45and both were taken to the police station. The police harshly reprimanded them,

00:09:50hitting A-Soon with a folder and criticizing their elopement.

00:09:53Later, Guan-Sik's mother arrived and first asked about the jewelry. After hearing it was stolen

00:09:58by the motel owner, she went to the motel, calling it a dishonest place and driving the

00:10:02guests away. The owner grabbed Guan-Sik's mother's hair and the two women fought until the police

00:10:07intervened. That morning the owner tried to pawn the jewelry but the jeweler recognized it from the

00:10:12day before and reported her theft to the police. Thus Guan-Sik's mother retrieved the stolen luggage

00:10:17and took the young couple back to Jeju Island. In that era elopement was considered scandalous.

00:10:23A-Soon was expelled from school and everyone on the island soon knew about her actions.

00:10:28Her uncle also scolded her, making it clear she was now unqualified even for factory work.

00:10:34With her past of elopement no man would take her unless she married Guan-Sik.

00:10:39Guan-Sik was trying to convince his family to let him marry A-Soon. His father disagreed with

00:10:44marrying an orphan who had been expelled from school and only had a middle school diploma.

00:10:49Surprised, Guan-Sik rushed to A-Soon's house, finding it unbelievable that while he was suspended,

00:10:55A-Soon was expelled. The grandmother explained that in their time, a man doing the same thing

00:11:00might be called a hero, but a woman would be shamed, knowing not to oppose Guan-Sik directly to

00:11:05avoid worsening his rebellious spirit. His mother went to A-Soon, using Guan-Sik's future as leverage to

00:11:12persuade her not to be a stumbling block in his life. This tactic worked, when Guan-Sik next visited,

00:11:19A-Soon refused to marry him. Her family started looking for other suitors for her. Finding a

00:11:24divorced man with a child who was financially stable and promised to send A-Soon to university

00:11:29within 10 years if she behaved well. He was also willing to fund her poetry publication provided that

00:11:35she bore at least three children. Hearing this, A-Soon felt hopeless about her future filled with

00:11:41childbearing. Hanyo aunts demanded justice for A-Soon and created a scene at Guan-Sik's home.

00:11:47Hearing about A-Soon's arranged marriage, Guan-Sik brought many fish to her house, pleading with the

00:11:52elders to let him marry her instead. Arguing that she should not marry a 30-year-old divorced man,

00:11:57pressured, the uncle said it was A-Soon who didn't want to marry Guan-Sik, driving him nearly insane

00:12:03with confusion. It was A-Soon's grandmother who reminded him to ask what his mother might have

00:12:09said to A-Soon. Meanwhile, A-Soon returned with the man she was set up with. Guan-Sik pulled her away

00:12:16to a canola field, begging her to marry him and even putting a ring on her finger. A-Soon provocatively

00:12:22said that the other man could provide for her education and poetry publication. Guan-Sik insisted he

00:12:28could also work hard to give her the life she wanted. A-Soon, fearing Guan-Sik giving up his

00:12:34athletic potential for her, threw the ring into the field and rejected him with her actions. Guan-Sik

00:12:39asked if he was blocking her life, a question his mother had also asked in private. This time A-Soon

00:12:44affirmed it and convinced him to leave. Afterward, she searched the field for the ring but never found

00:12:49it. They parted ways and Guan-Sik pursued his athletic career, participating in competitions.

00:12:54On the day he left by boat, A-Soon was at a shop, ordering clothes, a man accompanying

00:13:00her insulted Guan-Sik for being rude. That night A-Soon defended Guan-Sik, which angered

00:13:06the man. He reminded her that her university funding would depend on her efforts. A-Soon

00:13:12blurted out that she didn't want his money. Confused, the man asked why she would marry

00:13:17him if she didn't want money. A-Soon's simple answer was that she had no home and no other

00:13:22choice. As she spoke, her thoughts were filled with Guan-Sik. A-Soon suggested to the man that

00:13:28he hire her as a nanny. The man was speechless, he felt that his wife would naturally take care

00:13:34of the household chores and saw no need to waste money. His plan was simple find a filial daughter

00:13:39in law for his mother and a thrifty diligent mother for his two children. A-Soon, driven by a

00:13:44sudden impulse while staring at a wall clock, ran towards the direction Guan-Sik had left.

00:13:49By the time she reached the dock, the ship had already sailed. She ran and called out Guan-Sik's

00:13:54name. Guan-Sik heard A-Soon's shouts and begged the captain to turn back. However, the captain would

00:14:00not change course just for one passenger. Without A-Soon, Guan-Sik felt he couldn't go on. The only

00:14:07way he could think of to return to her was to jump into the sea. Guan-Sik swam towards A-Soon at full

00:14:13speed, Guan-Sik's mother and grandmother watched. Regretting ever letting him learn to swim,

00:14:19the couple embraced tightly. Finally able to be together for life, nothing could separate them

00:14:24now. Eight months after their marriage, they welcomed a daughter conceived during their

00:14:29elopement to Busan. With their daughter, the couple felt they owned the world. A-Soon no longer thought

00:14:34about attending university and Guan-Sik never regretted giving up his athletic career and the

00:14:38chance to win a gold medal. A-Soon had a loving husband, but life with her in-laws was difficult.

00:14:44Her mother-in-law wanted a grandson and demanded A-Soon bow 3,000 times before a

00:14:48Buddhist statue to show sincerity. On the way back, her grandmother threw red beans at her.

00:14:54Fearing the soul of A-Soon's mother might cling to her. In her spare time, A-Soon visited her

00:15:00stepfather's house to see her siblings. Maintaining a good relationship with his new wife,

00:15:05she often complained about her mother-in-law in front of the new wife and helped with her

00:15:09children's diapers. The new wife gave A-Soon a tricycle for her daughter. When the grandmother

00:15:15saw the tricycle, she demanded A-Soon throw it away. Insisting that riding was for boys,

00:15:21the mother-in-law agreed and suggested trading the tricycle for candy. That night, the grandmother

00:15:26took her great-granddaughter to sleep. Hinting that the couple should go to their room and try for a

00:15:31child. Exhausted from the day, A-Soon lay in bed, Guan-Soon, feeling sympathy for his wife,

00:15:37always wanted to help share her burdens. A-Soon asked him to keep the tricycle for their daughter,

00:15:42arguing that if she didn't stand up for this small thing, her daughter would end up busy in the

00:15:47kitchen all her life like her. A-Soon hoped her daughter could do whatever she wanted and not

00:15:52just serve her in-laws but be bold enough to overturn tables if dissatisfied. Guan-Soon encouraged A-Soon

00:15:58to do the same, overturn or smash tables and he would handle the rest. This lifted A-Soon's spirits,

00:16:05the next morning before dawn. A-Soon got up to face another day of red bean baptisms as her

00:16:10grandmother prayed for her to have a son soon, at breakfast. Guan-Soon brought good news,

00:16:15he had bought a new tricycle for their daughter, if his mother wanted to trade it for candy of equal

00:16:20value, he had no objections, successfully securing his daughter's ride to ride. In her husband's family

00:16:26there was a tradition during meals where the grandmother and the men of the house sat at the

00:16:29main table while the other women sat at a separate table, the main table's bowls often had many peas.

00:16:36Knowing his daughter liked peas, Guan-Soon sat next to A-Soon and gave her all the peas from his bowl,

00:16:42announcing he would eat at this table from now on, with Guan-Soon's affection. A-Soon didn't find life

00:16:48in her husband's family too hard and cheerfully saw him off to work every day. Soon after, A-Soon became

00:16:54pregnant again, the grandmother decided to send her great-granddaughter to become a Hino to earn

00:16:59money for the family. A-Soon loudly protested, refusing to let her daughter become a Hino,

00:17:05remembering her own mother's early death due to a respiratory illness caused by diving.

00:17:09Her mother had also warned her never to become a Hino or a servant to her in-laws.

00:17:14A-Soon was determined not to let her daughter follow in her mother's path. This defiance led the

00:17:18grandmother to slap A-Soon and throw red beans at her, ordering her to leave. Guan-Soon arrived home

00:17:24just in time to witness this scene. He emphasized that A-Soon had married him to live with him.

00:17:30Not to be mistreated by his family, he declared that from that day onward,

00:17:34they would live on their own. Guan-Soon picked up their child and left with A-Soon.

00:17:40The family of three rented a small house, living a humble but free life. However, they fell behind on

00:17:46rent. Guan-Soon asked the landlord for more time only to learn that someone named Island Virtue had paid

00:17:52three months' rent for them. The couple couldn't guess who this person was, away from the in-laws.

00:17:58A-Soon was much happier, she knew Guan-Soon was earning money through fishing but didn't know for

00:18:03which captain he worked. One day, noticing Guan-Soon's injury and that he wore long sleeves

00:18:09even in hot weather, A-Soon lifted his pant leg and saw his wounds. Wanting to help, she brought a

00:18:14gift to the captain's house only to find out the captain was the man she had previously met during

00:18:19the arranged meeting. His wife informed her that on the day Guan-Soon was injured, the captain had

00:18:24deliberately delayed their return, forcing Guan-Soon to endure the pain. The captain's wife, a kind woman,

00:18:30knew her husband had a bad temper and had advised him against mistreating his workers. But he seemed

00:18:36to harbor animosity towards Guan-Soon. A-Soon argued that wrong is wrong and others should not tolerate

00:18:42his mistakes. After leaving the gift, she went to find Guan-Soon at the dock. Where she saw the man

00:18:49hitting him, A-Soon ran over and publicly declared that Guan-Soon would no longer work for him.

00:18:55Before leaving, she kicked the man, cursing him as worse than a pig or dog. Throughout their lives,

00:19:01the couple lived in poverty, but it was their love that made them overlook everything and move forward

00:19:05together. After resigning, Guan-Soon lost his income source, spent his days disheartened,

00:19:10and soon there was no food at home. His daughter Gum-Yang faced hunger too. A-Soon, his wife, started to

00:19:17worry, she couldn't ask others for help. All she could do was cry in front of her grandmother.

00:19:23The grandmother's household was barely better off, still in debt. Disappointed, A-Soon returned home,

00:19:29unable to sleep. Lying awake on her bedding, realizing for the first time how difficult the adult world is.

00:19:36She couldn't endure hardship like her late mother did. Nor could she manage like the Hino aunt who

00:19:42despite hardships, always managed to eat and sleep on time. Just then, her grandmother's voice was

00:19:48heard outside. She had come late at night to give A-Soon a passbook with the money so Guan-Soon

00:19:52could buy a boat and become a captain, earning a substantial income. Before A-Soon's mother passed

00:19:57away, she had asked the grandmother to accompany her for a final photo and entrusted A-Soon to her.

00:20:02Knowing her daughter well, she believed A-Soon wouldn't trouble her grandmother unless absolutely

00:20:07necessary. If such a day came, she hoped the grandmother would help A-Soon for the sake of

00:20:12her late son. The grandmother reassured her daughter-in-law that she would take good care

00:20:17of A-Soon. Hearing this, A-Soon was overwhelmed with tears, vowing to live a good and peaceful life.

00:20:25With the money, Guan-Soon purchased a boat and became a real captain. During this celebratory moment,

00:20:31A-Soon's water broke. Her second child was about to be born. Guan-Soon quickly emptied the cart and

00:20:37rushed A-Soon to the hospital. After the birth of their son, A-Soon's relationship with her in-laws

00:20:43gradually improved. A-Soon, a kind and forgiving soul, had long forgotten being ousted by her in-laws.

00:20:50Guan-Soon still worried about his mother troubling A-Soon, but she reassured him, having born a son and

00:20:55made Guan-Soon a captain. Even his mother couldn't be fast enough to appreciate her. Once the in-laws

00:21:01left, Guan-Soon shared great news. With A-Soon, they finally had their own home, standing at the

00:21:07doorstep of their new house. A-Soon felt as if she was dreaming, Guan-Soon had purchased her mother's

00:21:13old house. A-Soon remembered her mother's remarriage from her childhood, and seizing any chance, would run

00:21:20from her grandmother's house through the mountain path to find her mother, who would embrace her

00:21:25warmly upon hearing her daughter's young voice. Now, Guan-Soon had contacted the landlord and bought

00:21:31the house for A-Soon. Making her dream a reality, with the house, they gradually added more furniture.

00:21:38Including a brand new mother-of-pearl wardrobe for A-Soon, the family took a family photo at the door,

00:21:43in this new home. A-Soon became pregnant with their third child, on a hot night, her mother appeared

00:21:49in A-Soon's dream, repeatedly saying the woman next door bought a truck. At first, A-Soon thought her

00:21:54mother was criticizing Guan-Soon's inadequacy compared to the neighbor. After A-Soon woke up feeling

00:22:00discomfort in her abdomen, she woke her daughter, Gum-Yang, and asked her to fetch the neighbor.

00:22:06Following her mother's advice, A-Soon rode in the neighbor's car to the hospital,

00:22:11where she gave birth to her second son, once recovered. A-Soon witnessed presidential elections in

00:22:16South Korea. At the same time, the village was electing a chairperson and vice chairperson.

00:22:22With the villagers' support, A-Soon became the vice chairperson. During this period,

00:22:27the government was cracking down on men and women who danced socially. A-Soon, part of the law

00:22:33enforcement team, searched the women's restroom at a dance training center. She found the chairperson's

00:22:38wife and daughter hiding there, known for his temper. The chairperson was alarmed when the wife,

00:22:43helped by A-Soon, through a restroom window made a noise while escaping. A-Soon covered for them,

00:22:48taking on the arrest duty and preventing others from following. The wife dropped a shoe during

00:22:53the escape, which the chairperson recognized, after successfully escaping. The wife thanked A-Soon

00:22:59and shared her struggles with her verbally abusive husband at home. Dancing had become her mental refuge,

00:23:05secretly practiced in her spare time. In contrast, A-Soon appeared elegant and confident.

00:23:11More like a noble woman, envied by the chairperson's wife. Who hoped her daughter would also marry well,

00:23:17traditionally women were not allowed on boats. Believed to bring bad luck to seafaring men,

00:23:23thus Guan-Soon always took his son on the boat while A-Soon and Gum-Yang stayed ashore.

00:23:28Ignoring the custom, Guan-Soon reached out to them, as wary of the superstition, held back Gum-Yang,

00:23:34who was eager to board. A-Soon didn't want her daughter influenced by such beliefs and bravely

00:23:38stepped onto the boat herself, breaking the superstition by example. As the children grew,

00:23:44one day A-Soon's young son knocked over a candy jar, while she was busy picking up the candies,

00:23:49ignoring her crying son. A typhoon was brewing outside, Gum-Yang's classmate came to find A-Soon.

00:23:56Reporting a bike accident with a motorcycle, A-Soon rushed to find her daughter. Entrusting her

00:24:02neighbor, who was half asleep and didn't catch her instructions with the boys. When A-Soon returned,

00:24:08both sons were missing. A Hino aunt found the older son on the breakwater and brought him home.

00:24:14The younger son, following his brother, got lost, despite the storm. Villagers searched and

00:24:20eventually another Hino aunt brought back the young boy's body. Overwhelmed by grief, A-Soon held her

00:24:26son's cold body in the storm, insisting on taking him to the hospital. The tragedy shattered the once-happy

00:24:32family. A-Soon regret not embracing her son instead of scolding him earlier, after their loss. A-Soon

00:24:38and Guan-Sick often lay idle, reminiscing about their young son and neglecting the feelings of

00:24:43their surviving son and daughter. Their eldest son dared not speak to A-Soon, thinking, she blamed him,

00:24:49in fact, he blamed himself for not staying home to look after his brother. Which he believed led to

00:24:55the accident, Guan-Sick, noticing Gum-Yang's perfect test score and a tuition fee reminder. Asked about her

00:25:02situation, Gum-Yang broke down, regretting her bicycle ride that day. Believing it led to her

00:25:08brother's death, at that moment. The couple realized their neglect and embraced their beloved children.

00:25:14Unseen by them, both children were living with deep guilt. Realizing they had to change,

00:25:19Guan-Sick began eating properly and returned to work to earn money. His first priority was to pay Gum-Yang's

00:25:26tuition fees. A-Soon continued to sell seafood at the beach to make a living. Though they had to keep

00:25:31dealing with the sea, A-Soon resented it for taking both her mother and son. She vowed never to deal

00:25:36with the sea again and often cried at the thought. Guan-Sick, as the strong one, upheld the family,

00:25:41understanding that as parents they needed to live well and not let their children live in guilt.

00:25:46A-Soon confessed to her husband that their young son's body was found on the dike.

00:25:50A place she often took the children to wait for Guan-Sick's return from sea. The children remembered

00:25:57that spot, which was particularly dangerous during typhoon season. Guan-Sick comforted his wife,

00:26:03never blaming her, he blamed himself. Tormented for decades, thinking if he had not gone to build a

00:26:09seawall on the day of the typhoon. He might not have lost his son, filing the death report. Each entry

00:26:16reminded him of his loss, causing him to sit on the floor and weep, with his rough hands supporting

00:26:21him. A-Soon noticed the kitchen full of food from neighbors. The mysterious person who paid her rent

00:26:26turned out to be her stepfather's new wife, who helped A-Soon before moving away. A-Soon felt

00:26:31fortunate, despite not yet being a strong adult. Grateful for the kind people who helped her grow

00:26:36into a grateful woman, in a loving environment. Gum-Yang grew up and was admitted to Seoul National

00:26:42University, on her first day, she met her future boyfriend. Meanwhile, A-Soon found local fishermen

00:26:48arguing with officials. With the Seoul Olympics approaching, the government was clearing Jiju

00:26:54Island's roadside stalls. Refusing to leave, the fishermen called for Vice President A-Soon.

00:27:01Without a word, she lay in front of the demolition team's vehicle. Daring the bulldozer to run over her,

00:27:07forcing the team to leave. After this incident, everyone supported A-Soon in the upcoming

00:27:12Fishermen's Association election to run for President. Guan-Sik also campaigned for his wife,

00:27:17bringing snacks to the fishermen he knew to secure votes for her. Friends joked that once A-Soon was

00:27:22elected, he would become the husband of the lady president. Teasing that a man must maintain his

00:27:27dignity, Guan-Sik was unperturbed. He had always dreamed of being the first first gentleman,

00:27:32while A-Soon aspired to be the first female president. The current president was trying

00:27:37to secure votes by treating the fishermen to high-quality black pork and disparaging A-Soon's

00:27:42family during the feast. Mocking her second son as a fool, meanwhile, A-Soon dressed up and went to

00:27:48attend a meeting celebrating her son's promotion to group leader at school. Unexpectedly, she was

00:27:54called to the playground and scolded by a teacher. It turned out that Eun-Yong had caused trouble at

00:27:59school by removing and selling the English-led car badges from teachers' cars, believing that

00:28:05possessing a university's initials could secure admission. Furthermore, Eun-Yong was conducting

00:28:10other business at school, acting like a little merchant. A-Soon was so upset and lectured her son,

00:28:16wishing he was even half as good as Gum-Yang. Returning from school, A-Soon went to help at a

00:28:21local restaurant, where the president was again hosting a lavish dinner to garner votes,

00:28:25continually belittling A-Soon, fearing she might take his position. The Hino women advised A-Soon

00:28:31to fight back and find a way to expose the president's vulnerabilities. At the banquet,

00:28:36the drunken president met with a female agent in a private room. The agent wanted to evict the

00:28:41street vendors to allow the Olympic torch relay to pass through the village and increase property

00:28:46values. From which she hoped to profit, the president agreed to help her for a 30% cut of the

00:28:52profits. He then made inappropriate advances towards her, at that moment. A-Soon burst into

00:28:58the room and stopped them, she then exposed the scene to the fishermen. As expected, A-Soon was

00:29:04elected president of the Fishermen's Association, she hosted a celebration feast for the fish,

00:29:09where she sang and danced joyously while drunk. Eun-Yong urged his father to stop his mother from

00:29:14making a spectacle of herself in front of everyone, however, Guan-Sik happily watched his wife,

00:29:19knowing it was the happiest day for A-Soon, who had spent 30 years achieving her dream,

00:29:24evolving from deputy leader to president. She wished she could share this moment with her

00:29:28mother and hold her hand again. Despite her tough childhood, meanwhile, today a driver came to pick

00:29:34up Gum-Yong for a tutoring session at a wealthy family's home. Gum-Yong left without greeting her

00:29:40boyfriend who had come to the school to see her. Worried about being late, at the tutoring session,

00:29:45the girl didn't even know the simplest English words. Was only interested in fashion, and her

00:29:51parents were rarely home. Only the nanny was there, who cooked delicious food for Gum-Yong and took

00:29:57special care of her. Today, surprisingly, the lady of the house requested to see Gum-Yong.

00:30:03Waiting for her arrival, the lady suddenly produced an exam admission card with Gum-Yong's photo on it,

00:30:08it turned out she had not hired Gum-Yong as a tutor to improve academic performance but to have her

00:30:13take the exam in her place. If Gum-Yong could get into one of the top three universities,

00:30:18the lady promised to give her an apartment in Seoul. She assured Gum-Yong that the examiners

00:30:23had been bribed and all she needed to do was to take the exam as a proxy. To persuade Gum-Yong,

00:30:29the lady had researched her family background. Appealing to her to consider her parents who were

00:30:34working hard to afford her education. Gum-Yong, remembering her parents who had taught her to be

00:30:40honest. Refused the offer, angered, the lady falsely accused Gum-Yong of stealing a valuable

00:30:46diamond ring and called the police. At the police station, the police searched Gum-Yong's backpack

00:30:52but found no ring. Still they did not believe her and intended to search her physically. A maid,

00:30:58unable to stand by, took the supposedly stolen ring from the bedroom and threw it under a table,

00:31:03pretending it was found there. She then convinced the lady to call the police to admit the misunderstanding.

00:31:07The lady, thinking the maid was foolish for scolding her, saw her opening a window to throw the ring

00:31:13out. Desperate, she rushed to stop her and agreed to call the police. The lady was puzzled why the maid

00:31:19would risk her job to defend a stranger. The maid revealed that she was a former guest saved by Guan

00:31:25Sik and A-Soon years ago after they had alerted her to potential theft of her luggage. She remembered

00:31:31A-Soon's kindness, simply motivated by the belief that no one should suffer theft.

00:31:35Twenty years later, recognizing Gum-Yong who resembled her young mother.

00:31:41The maid repaid A-Soon's kindness, after leaving the police station. Gum-Yong missed her mother and

00:31:47called her, but broke down in tears. Unable to speak upon hearing her mother's worried voice,

00:31:53A-Soon told Gum-Yong that Guan Sik was invited by the mayor to visit a museum in Seoul and might visit

00:31:58her if possible. Hurrying back to school, Gum-Yong arrived at the station just in time to see her

00:32:04father sitting on a bench, overwhelmed. She tried not to worry him and joined him for noodles. She

00:32:09couldn't help but complain about not receiving a scholarship as first place and being asked to

00:32:13vacate her dorm. She knew her achievements were burdening her parents. And despite her selfish desire

00:32:19for more, it only increased her guilt and self-blame. Guan Sik, understanding her sacrifices

00:32:26for the family situation, offered her some squid he had picked out, reassuring her to pursue her

00:32:31desires as he would fully support her. As he left, Guan Sik told his daughter not to worry about rent.

00:32:38He would work hard fishing. Gum-Yong, however, was fixated on the independence hall badge on her

00:32:44father's wrist. Realizing her politically unaware father didn't understand the mayor's intent in

00:32:49showing him the memorial, it was an opportunity to see his daughter, with tearful eyes. Gum-Yong

00:32:54watched her father walk away from the car and couldn't help but wave back. Guan Sik waved vigorously,

00:33:00just as he did when leaving for fishing trips during her childhood. Gum-Yong said goodbye to her

00:33:04boyfriend who was returning to military service after his leave. They embraced reluctantly, he asked her to

00:33:10wait for him, for two more years, promising to marry her once he was discharged. The latest literary

00:33:16poetry contest began, and A-Soon set up a stall at the event. Remembering her own high school poetry

00:33:22competition, the Hino aunt praised A-Soon's talent and suggested she participate. A-Soon joked that it was

00:33:29a high school competition and she shouldn't intrude. A-Soon ran into a high school classmate and felt nervous.

00:33:35Not because of the reunion, but because she couldn't bear to look at the son who was about the age her

00:33:41younger son would have been. Guan Sik felt similarly, calculating that if their son were alive, he would be

00:33:4715, and he would give snacks to children of the same age. Meanwhile, a female professor wanted to support

00:33:53Gum-Yong, from a poor family, to study in Japan. Gum-Yong was thrilled and immediately shared the news with

00:33:59her mother, when A-Soon asked about it. Gum-Yong responded that regardless of whether she told her mother,

00:34:04they couldn't afford it just by running a stall, this led to an argument between them.

00:34:09Afterward, A-Soon confessed to Guan-Sik her guilt over not providing better living conditions for

00:34:14their daughter. Guan-Sik felt useless, regretting that his wife and daughter had to endure hardship

00:34:20with him. Soon the family was moving to the city. A-Soon placed Candy and the new house address on the

00:34:26window sill to guide her son's spirit to their new home. On the same day they moved, Gum-Yong boarded an

00:34:32international flight, tears falling as she clutched tightly wrapped Japanese yen. Her parents had done

00:34:38everything possible to give her the best. Initially, A-Soon's mother had hoped her daughter

00:34:42wouldn't live a life like a maid's. Remembering her mother's advice, A-Soon wanted her daughter to

00:34:47live freely and did her utmost to support Gum-Yong's dreams. A-Soon sold her house and moved into a small

00:34:53apartment, Guan-Sik blamed, himself for being too poor and making A-Soon live in such a rundown house.

00:35:00Upset, he immediately wallpapered the bedroom with floral patterns and enthusiastically asked his wife

00:35:05if she wanted new curtains. A-Soon guessed Guan-Sik's thoughts and told him smilingly that she didn't care

00:35:11where she lived. As long as she was with Guan-Sik, that was her home. The couple smiled at each other and

00:35:18started decorating their new home together. Initially, A-Soon planned to open a fish store

00:35:24with three Hino aunts by pooling money together, but she gave all her money to her daughter and now

00:35:28had to set up a stall outside the fish store temporarily. On the opening day of the fish

00:35:32store, they took a picture and sent it to Gum-Yong, seeing her mother's lonely stall next to the fish

00:35:37store. Gum-Yong couldn't help crying and swore never to steal her parents' dreams again. A year later,

00:35:43after her study tour, Gum-Yong, returned to Korea and rented a rundown room in a remote mountain area

00:35:49in Seoul to save money. The landlord was difficult and refused to install a lock on Gum-Yong's door.

00:35:56After several requests were denied, Gum-Yong reluctantly blocked the door with a wardrobe.

00:36:02Unexpectedly, just after she blocked the door, she heard the landlord knocking madly.

00:36:07Then a man with glasses pushed the wardrobe aside, asking for her help. It turned out he was the

00:36:13landlord's daughter's boyfriend. They were dating secretly at home and got trapped when the landlord

00:36:18arrived. Gum-Yong had already hidden the man with glasses in the wardrobe. The landlord's daughter

00:36:23tried to distract her father but inadvertently drew his attention to the wardrobe, where he caught the

00:36:28man. Meanwhile, A-Soon and the landlord shared the same anger. Today, A-Soon heard whispers coming

00:36:34from her son's room and went in under the pretense of bringing juice. Hearing noises from the wardrobe,

00:36:39she, quickly called Guan-Sik to open it and found her son's girlfriend. A-Soon didn't blame them but

00:36:45inquired about the girlfriend's family. Shocked to learn she was the daughter of a man previously

00:36:50connected for an arranged marriage. She was speechless, that evening, she took her son to visit the girl's

00:36:56family. Leaving the arranged marriage man smoking in the stairwell. Upset, Gum-Yong continued her studies

00:37:04in Seoul and looked for a part-time job. On the bulletin board she happened to meet Park Chang-Go,

00:37:09who was posting a movie poster, seeing her looking for a job. He introduced her to a ticket-selling

00:37:14job at a cinema, on her first day. The cinema owner complained to Gum-Yong about Park Chang-Go,

00:37:19describing him as an obscure painter who depicted erotic movie covers as landscapes, never talking

00:37:24back despite the scolding, but never changing his style either. Gum-Yong was just about to ask more

00:37:30about Park Chang-Go when a customer came to buy a ticket and invited her to a movie, seeing the ring

00:37:35he tossed. She excitedly asked the owner to cover for her and ran backstage to meet her boyfriend.

00:37:41They embraced sweetly, a scene Park Chang-Go saw from the projection room. Feeling inexplicably

00:37:48jealous, he started playing the news to interrupt the couple's intimate moment. That evening, Gum-Yong's

00:37:54boyfriend walked her home, seeing the dilapidated and dangerous neighborhood she lived in.

00:37:59He was very worried. Just then, Park Chang-Go happened to pass by. The boyfriend quickly

00:38:05shielded Gum-Yong. She reassured him not to worry, explaining that Park was a co-worker from the

00:38:10cinema and that she was fine living there. However, her boyfriend insisted strongly that she move to

00:38:14his apartment in a wealthier area. Feeling her pride trampled, Gum-Yong angrily walked away.

00:38:20That day, the boss sent Gum-Yong to deliver dumplings to Park Chang-Go, who was painting in the

00:38:25basement. Arriving in the basement, she was impressed by the paintings. Suddenly, a noisy

00:38:30argument erupted. Gum-Yong quickly hid, overhearing the landlord's daughter mocking Park Chang-Go for

00:38:36being too poor to take her out to a Western restaurant. Park Chang-Go accused his girlfriend

00:38:42of disrespecting their relationship by going on six blind dates since they started dating.

00:38:46Just then a phone rang. The landlord's daughter answered it and spotted Gum-Yong hiding. Gum-Yong

00:38:53explained she was just passing by, but the landlord's daughter was skeptical. Especially

00:38:59upon learning that Gum-Yong's job was introduced by Park Chang-Go, she accused them of having an

00:39:04affair. Park intervened, asking his girlfriend to speak more respectfully. She was left speechless

00:39:09by anger. A few days later, on her boyfriend's birthday, Gum-Yong brought seaweed to his apartment

00:39:15and unexpectedly met his mother. The mother disapproved of Gum-Yong's inability to even

00:39:19serve seaweed soup properly, even touching the seaweed with her hands at the dinner table.

00:39:24Trying to please her boyfriend's mother, Gum-Yong ate a lot and praised her cooking.

00:39:29Only to be told the food was store-bought and criticized for her large appetite.

00:39:34Moreover, the mother warned Gum-Yong that the apartment was bought for her son and was her property.

00:39:40Hence she did not want Gum-Yong visiting again, after dinner. Gum-Yong cried in the rain,

00:39:46feeling like a cheap clown in front of her boyfriend's mother. She asked her boyfriend

00:39:51to choose between being a good son or a good husband. Then left crying, Gum-Yong took a break

00:39:57from her relationship to focus on work, she noticed an aunt who came to the cinema entrance whenever a

00:40:01new movie was released. Telling everyone that the movie posters were works of art, Gum-Yong guessed

00:40:06her identity and took her to the cinema, giving her a movie ticket claimed as a staff benefit.

00:40:11Park Chang-Go's mother thanked Gum-Yong and praised her son's painting skills. The kind-hearted boss

00:40:16handed the aunt a stack of tickets, saying the cinema would be doomed without Park Chang-Go,

00:40:21his mother, very happy. Went into the theater, it was her first time watching a movie. And she was

00:40:28emotionally caught up in the story, Park Chang-Go. Watching his mother engrossed in the film from the

00:40:34projection room. Sincerely thanked Gum-Yong, she suggested he paint her a painting. Joking that she

00:40:40could sell it for a lot of money when he became famous. They laughed and joked as the movie quickly

00:40:46came to an end. And then they walked his mother back to the store, on the way home. Park Chang-Go's

00:40:52mother excitedly discussed the movie plot with her son. Afterwards she thanked the warm-hearted Gum-Yong,

00:40:58praising her as a good daughter. She would never forget this day, at their family copy shop.

00:41:02She gave Gum-Yong many English books left by customers and asked her son to walk Gum-Yong home.

00:41:08Park Chang-Go treated Gum-Yong to noodles as a token of appreciation. Gum-Yong took the opportunity to ask

00:41:14him to clarify their relationship to the landlord's daughter. But Park Chang-Go said it wasn't necessary,

00:41:19as his girlfriend knew nothing serious was going on between them. He was just trying to alleviate

00:41:25his guilt for marrying someone else for money. Gum-Yong quickly comforted the heartbroken Park

00:41:31Chang-Go. That evening, A-Soon went to her uncle's house to prepare offerings for the next day.

00:41:37The anniversary of her father's death, the family reminisced about a dangerous incident involving

00:41:41A-Soon on a day of ancestral worship 30 years ago. A-Soon was chopping wood with her cousin when she

00:41:48spotted a black dragonfly, which she associated with a death omen. She tried to catch it to prevent it

00:41:54from taking other dying dragonflies, chasing it to a bus stop. A disabled woman asked A-Soon to get

00:42:00change for her to ride the bus. A-Soon obediently got the change and received a coin as a reward.

00:42:05The woman then asked A-Soon to go to an alley to exchange more money. But as A-Soon approached a man,

00:42:10her mother intervened, realizing a human trafficker was trying to abduct her daughter.

00:42:15A-Soon's mother had rushed over the mountain, feeling a sudden unease after learning her

00:42:20daughter was chasing a dragonfly. After confirming the disabled woman had a scar on her wrist,

00:42:26A-Soon's mother became suspicious, knowing the woman had seen A-Soon's face and wouldn't let her go.

00:42:32In the days that followed, whenever a female customer came to buy seafood, she would check

00:42:37their wrists, scaring many customers away but eventually catching the woman and her accomplice.

00:42:42The villagers, learning they were traffickers, beat them up. Recently, A-Soon has been having

00:42:49recurring nightmares, waking up feeling anxious about her daughter's safety. She's been calling

00:42:53Gumyang every night, urging her to come home early and not stay out overnight. However, Gumyang is

00:42:59frustrated with her mother's nagging. A-Soon, upset, hangs up and complains to Guan-Sik that although

00:43:05their daughter has grown up, in her heart she remains the little girl she worries about constantly.

00:43:10At night, A-Soon dreams again about the day her son died because she went to attend to Gumyang who had

00:43:15fallen off her bike and wasn't watching her son. Leading to his accidental death, waking up anxious.

00:43:22A-Soon goes to find Gumyang and discovers her unconscious from carbon monoxide poisoning.

00:43:27Pale and unresponsive, holding her daughter, crying as she did when her son died. A-Soon frantically

00:43:34rushes to call an ambulance, by chance. Park Chang-go is also at the landlord's place.

00:43:39He immediately carries Gumyang down the mountain to get help.

00:43:43Because A-Soon was overly worried, she repeatedly saved Gumyang throughout her childhood,

00:43:48when Gumyang was sent to the hospital. Her boyfriend rushed there immediately.

00:43:52A-Soon remembered this young man. She eavesdropped on the young couple's conversation and heard the

00:43:57boyfriend had given Gumyang a ring. Hoping she would move out of her shabby house after marriage,

00:44:02he couldn't imagine life without her and tearfully reiterated his marriage proposal.

00:44:06Promising to persuade his mother while asking Gumyang to try to make his mother like her more.

00:44:12Unable to listen any longer, A-Soon confronted the boyfriend. Asking why his mother looked down

00:44:18on her precious daughter. The boyfriend remained silent, A-Soon retorted that she didn't think highly

00:44:23of him either. Two years passed and Gumyang's brother went to serve in the military. At the same time,

00:44:3028-year-old Park Chang-go also enlisted without prior notice. Leaving Gumyang feeling lost,

00:44:37she noticed a painting leaning against the wall covered by a scarf. It was a portrait of her

00:44:41painted by Park Chang-go. After two years of effort by the boyfriend, both sets of parents finally met

00:44:46to discuss the wedding. A-Soon and her husband arrived at the restaurant early and waited an hour

00:44:51for the groom's family. As they entered, Gumyang stood up to greet them, asking if they felt car sick.

00:44:56The boyfriend's mother didn't apologize, instead, A-Soon kept saying it was okay.

00:45:02The boyfriend's father reached out to Guan-sik, who held his hand tightly. Not wanting to show his

00:45:08rough hands from labor, while the elders talked. Gumyang served soup to everyone, only to find a

00:45:14little left for her own bowl. Seeing this, A-Soon felt sad, realizing that she always ended up serving

00:45:21at her in-laws. Thinking this, A-Soon exchanged her soup with her daughters. Feeling she hadn't

00:45:28set a good example, the boyfriend's mother continued to dominate the conversation, criticizing Gumyang for

00:45:33her lack of domestic skills and suggesting she quit her job after marriage to take care of the family.

00:45:38The boyfriend's father unapologetically handed Gumyang a bowl to serve more soup. Guan-sik looked at the

00:45:44boyfriend, knowing that a man should protect the woman he loves. This is why A-Soon never felt bitter at

00:45:49her in-laws. She clearly remembered Guan-sik being the first family head to sit and eat with the women.

00:45:55Guan-sik always showed through his actions that he would be a steadfast partner for his wife.

00:46:01The boyfriend stood up to help, A-Soon took the spoon from him. Not wanting the in-laws to think her

00:46:07daughter was incompetent. She stated it wasn't that Gumyang couldn't do these tasks. It's just that she

00:46:13never taught her to perform tasks meant for servants. The meal was tense with the in-laws only caring

00:46:19whether Gumyang could cook soybean paste soup and other dishes. They had sent Gumyang to university

00:46:25not to learn how to serve her in-laws. The more A-Soon thought about it the angrier she became.

00:46:30Guan-sik also didn't support the marriage. Days later the families met to choose fabric for

00:46:34traditional Korean clothes. A-Soon liked pink but the in-laws decided without her and chose a fabric

00:46:40that looked like red bean soup. After making their selections, the three of them agreed to have

00:46:44dinner with Gumyang's boyfriend. While Gumyang was picking up her boyfriend, her future mother-in-law

00:46:50spoke frankly. Expressing her wish for A-Soon to stop the wedding. She described her son as her

00:46:56life's finest creation and could not accept him marrying Gumyang. She compared A-Soon's poor family

00:47:03to trees growing in the shade which could never match the trees thriving in the sunlight of wealth.

00:47:08During the meal A-Soon was unhappy, unaware of the conversation. Gumyang scolded her mother for

00:47:14being unfriendly, leading to an argument between them. Gumyang saw A-Soon's compromise and thought

00:47:20her mother felt unworthy of the boyfriend. Hence trying to please the in-laws at all costs.

00:47:26A-Soon explained that she was merely trying to prevent future mistreatment of her daughter by

00:47:30the in-laws. A-Soon advised Gumyang to consider carefully, reminding her that she was a precious

00:47:36child to her parents and that they would be heartbroken to see her suffer. At that time Gumyang

00:47:40was determined to stay with her boyfriend and had no plans to break up. Boyfriend's mother,

00:47:45unable to sit idly by, confronted Gumyang. Thinking A-Soon would persuade her daughter,

00:47:51discovering Gumyang still intended to marry. She realized that A-Soon too had been silently

00:47:57enduring hardships. Gumyang decided she could no longer tolerate it, she told the elder that her

00:48:02past silence was not out of weakness but to spare her boyfriend embarrassment.

00:48:06She pointed out that while she could consider her boyfriend's feelings, his mother treated her

00:48:12child's life as her property to be trampled at will, after this argument, Gumyang firmly decided

00:48:17to break up. The couple who had been together for seven years took a year to completely end their

00:48:22relationship, on the night they severed ties. Gumyang spoke her truth, saying she had always loved

00:48:28her boyfriend deeply but love did not mean sacrificing her. She lamented how she had compromised for

00:48:33him, her boyfriend was willing to set boundaries with his parents but Gumyang shook her head,

00:48:38believing that if love required such sacrifices, it would only lead to mutual resentment, she did not

00:48:44want her boyfriend to end up resenting her. With Gumyang's insistence, the former lovers ended their

00:48:50relationship with a hug. Knowing about their daughter's breakup, A-Soon and her husband were somewhat

00:48:56worried, sighing heavily at the dinner table with somber expressions. The next moment, Gumyang's voice came

00:49:03from the entrance. She had returned home, instantly her parents' faces lit up with smiles. A-Soon rushed to the

00:49:10kitchen to prepare food, while Guan-Sik brought a heater for their daughter to warm up, watching her parents

00:49:15busy themselves. Gumyang imagined how quiet the house must have been before she entered, in stark contrast to the

00:49:22current lively scene. A-Soon prepared a table full of food, varying the dishes daily to feed Gumyang. Unsure how to soothe

00:49:29their daughter's emotions, her parents could only think of making sure she was well-fed and energized

00:49:34to face the new day, one day before dawn. Guan-Sik took his daughter Gumyang out to sea to watch the

00:49:41sunrise. Gumyang could hardly imagine how her father managed to go out to sea every day before dawn. As waking

00:49:48up early was a torture for her, Guan-Sik's motivation came from his family. His early mornings ensured a

00:49:55comfortable life for them. Allowing Gumyang the luxury of sleeping in, Gumyang felt guilty for

00:50:01canceling the wedding and embarrassing her parents. But Guan-Sik actually hoped she wouldn't marry into

00:50:06that kind of family and didn't care whether she married at all. Gumyang disagreed, determined to

00:50:11marry because her parents were happy together. As they spoke the sun rose to Gumyang. Guan-Sik was the

00:50:17person that took care of the family, always making her feel warm. Speaking of the cancelled wedding,

00:50:22A-Soon had never sent out the invitations. Sensing her daughter might change her mind,

00:50:27A-Soon held her daughter's hand, comforting her that it's okay not to forget, but to pack up cherished

00:50:32memories and keep them deep in the heart to reminisce whenever desired. Gumyang looked at her mother and

00:50:38encouraged A-Soon to continue writing poetry. Her only hobby which she still pursued daily, Gumyang

00:50:45returned to Seoul. Opened her windows to let light in, changed her bedding, cleaned the fridge,

00:50:51and stored the side dishes her mother had prepared for her. After seeing off Gumyang,

00:50:56the couple returned home. Somberly moved to tears by gifts of skincare products.

00:51:01A-Soon's sister-in-law came to sell her products. Her car was filled with various items, being family.

00:51:07A-Soon bought two mattresses, asking her sister-in-law to deliver one to her mother-in-law.

00:51:12The sister-in-law felt awkward, as she, being the biological daughter, only remembered her mother when

00:51:17she needed help. Unlike A-Soon who frequently cared for the elderly, A-Soon gave the other mattress to

00:51:23her grandmother on her birthday. Grandmother was somewhat senile, not recognizing family members

00:51:28and only knowing A-Soon as her granddaughter. A-Soon, grateful for her grandmother's kindness,

00:51:34planned to take her for dentures in the spring. Her grandmother remembered that A-Soon had also lost

00:51:39a son. A feeling she understood well, at home the couple tacitly never mentioned their deceased

00:51:45young son. In that moment A-Soon cried on her grandmother's lap. At night the grandmother slept

00:51:51on the mattress A-Soon bought, commenting that A-Soon was a filial child. In the past she had never

00:51:56given A-Soon much, even as little as a small yellow fish, but now her granddaughter was repaying with

00:52:01kindness and even wanted to take her to live with her, making the grandmother feel her life was

00:52:06nearing its end. Scenes from her life flashed before her eyes, sometimes life was hard, almost

00:52:11suffocating, but overall having her children by her side made it a happy life, after their grandmother

00:52:17passed away. A-Soon and her husband went to pay their respects. As they grew older, dealing with

00:52:23farewells became a part of life. A-Soon was somewhat afraid of being separated from Guan sick and they

00:52:29promised each other to face death together. On this day, the couple welcomed their son home from the

00:52:34military. His return was accompanied by his girlfriend, not only had they reconciled. But

00:52:41she was also pregnant with a new life. A-Soon was initially unable to accept this, and Guan sick even

00:52:47considered giving his son a stern talking to. Park Chang-go also returned from the military. As soon as

00:52:52he got off the bus he saw A-Soon sitting in the car. He ran after the bus, blending in with a group of

00:52:58fans chasing after a celebrity. He loudly called out for Gum Yang. It seemed like Gum Yang heard someone

00:53:04calling her name. Spring was about to arrive for Gum Yang. In 1997 in South Korea, a financial crisis

00:53:10hit, big and small companies went bankrupt. And the unemployment rate soared. Gum Yang was also

00:53:17struggling between finding a job and getting laid off. The movie theater where Gum Yang used to work

00:53:23didn't escape the hard times either. She was on the bus when she saw the announcement that the theater

00:53:28would close in December. And she suddenly felt like going to see one last movie there. Park Chang-go also

00:53:34came. He entered the theater after the movie had started and sat a few rows behind Gum Yang. The two

00:53:40of them didn't notice each other. When the movie ended, the owner asked Park Chang-go if he had seen

00:53:44Gum Yang. He made Gum Yang come to the movie and intentionally arranged for them to sit close to each

00:53:49other. Park Chang-go realized he had missed. Something he chased after Gum Yang out of the theater and saw her

00:53:55get on a bus. He ran as fast as he could, took a shortcut, and finally caught up with the bus

00:54:01carrying Gum Yang. The bus was very crowded. Park Chang-go stood at the front of the bus,

00:54:06always watching Gum Yang who was dozing off and gradually moving closer to him as passengers

00:54:11gradually got off the bus. Park Chang-go sat down in the seat in front of Gum Yang, waiting for her to

00:54:17wake up after not seeing each other for years. The two of them went to a small diner to catch up.

00:54:22Park Chang-go got straight to the point, admitting that he had been going to the movie theater every

00:54:27day hoping to run into Gum Yang again after they broke up. He always thought about Gum Yang after

00:54:32drinking a few bottles of alcohol. Yang was a little tipsy and accidentally dropped a bottle on the

00:54:37ground. Park Chang-go immediately bent down to pick up the broken pieces, worried that Gum Yang would

00:54:42get hurt, and then checked Gum Yang's hands to see if she was okay. Seeing the guy in front of her

00:54:48caring for her like a father, Gum Yang agreed to go out with him. After dating for a while,

00:54:53when it was time to think about marriage, Gum Yang took her boyfriend home to meet her father.

00:54:58Guan Six future son-in-law went to the sea, but unexpectedly Park Chang-go got terribly seasick.

00:55:04He fell to the ground, vomiting, feeling weak, and having a hard time standing up.

00:55:08Guan Six didn't like that Park Chang-go was weak like a chicken, and his face clearly showed his

00:55:14disdain, meeting the future father-in-law. Drinking alcohol was also part of the test.

00:55:19After spending a day together, Guan Six felt like he understood. Park Chang-go was clumsy,

00:55:24didn't know how to say nice things, got seasick, and also had a low alcohol tolerance.

00:55:29Park Chang-go's face was already flushed red and he was a little unsteady on his feet.

00:55:33Even so, his eyes were always on Gum Yang. When he saw Gum Yang go to the restroom,

00:55:39he worried that it was cold and dark outside and that Gum Yang would fall or get hurt.

00:55:43Today on The Boat, Guan Six also noticed that Park Chang-go always followed closely behind Gum Yang,

00:55:49protecting her, making sure she was always within his sight. Park Chang-go put his jacket around Gum Yang,

00:55:56pulling her away from the broken bottles lying on the ground. Gum Yang took the opportunity to

00:56:01remind Park Chang-go that he needed to be more relaxed and try to win her father over.

00:56:05If Guan Six didn't approve, she wouldn't marry Park Chang-go. Hearing this, Park Chang-go became

00:56:11determined. As soon as he walked into the house he flashed a bright smile and acted cute with Guan

00:56:16Six. Asking to peel shrimp for him, A-sun who was inside saw everything. She realized that Park Chang-go

00:56:22really loved her daughter. Both she and her husband agreed to let their daughter marry him. But most

00:56:27importantly, Park Chang-go's mother also prepared gifts for the two of them and wrote on the card that

00:56:32she really liked Gum Yang. That one sentence was enough to make A-sun happy all night. Her daughter is

00:56:37beautiful and has a good personality. How? Could any older person not like Gum Yang, with the approval

00:56:42of both families? Gum Yang held her wedding soon after. She held Guan Six's hand as she walked down

00:56:48the aisle. From childhood the sentence Guan Six said to his daughter the most was no matter what happens.

00:56:54Don't try to endure it alone, just come find your dad. In this situation that sentence became the

00:56:59catalyst for tears. When Gum Yang was little her dad would often feed her and tell her that if it wasn't

00:57:05good she could spit it out at any time. When Gum Yang reached school age, Guan Six told his daughter

00:57:10that if she didn't like school she could just come home. The same was true when running. Guan Six told

00:57:15his daughter not to try too hard but just to run back to him. Gum Yang grew up with these words filled

00:57:20with a sense of security. Knowing that her dad would be a strong support for her, thinking about this,

00:57:26Gum Yang cried uncontrollably, ending the wedding in tears. However at the same time as embracing

00:57:31happiness, Gum Yang's younger brother encountered a disaster. Getting caught up in legal trouble,

00:57:36her brother single-mindedly wanted to make a lot of money. He was deceived by an acquaintance and

00:57:41became a fall guy for them. Facing the blame from his parents, the son unloaded all of his

00:57:46dissatisfaction from childhood. His parents loved Gum Yang more, they gave her everything good and often

00:57:51praised her, saying my daughter is so good, compared to his sister. The son never received the same

00:57:57treatment, over time the son felt unfairness in his heart. He wanted so badly to make something

00:58:02of himself and prove that he was better than Gum Yang. Which is why he was deceived by others and

00:58:07became a fall guy. This was a problem that A soon had worried about, when she was young she couldn't

00:58:12be a perfect mother who took care of everything and sometimes she was careless. She was afraid that

00:58:17she might inadvertently cause harm to her children, but this time it wasn't like there was no way to

00:58:22save her son. As long as they paid back all the money that the people who were cheated had lost,

00:58:27her son would be released. As for A soon, she went to the mother of the acquaintance who had harmed her

00:58:32son. Wanting to find out his whereabouts, that mother deliberately hid information so A soon got angry,

00:58:38grabbed her hair and sat on her to beat her up. The people she was with had never seen A soon so

00:58:43feisty and were all surprised and white-eyed. After making a scene, A soon took the newly purchased

00:58:48electrical appliances from her shop and even the ring on her hand as compensation for her family.

00:58:53And Guan Sik went everywhere borrowing money, having to humble himself and beg others for his children

00:58:58in middle age was truly heartbreaking. Next Guan Sik sold the first boat he ever owned. The boat held

00:59:04so many memories for the whole family, but to save his son he felt that giving up anything was worth it.

00:59:09After collecting enough money, his son was released, compared to the joy of regaining his freedom.

00:59:15The feeling of guilt in his heart was even greater. Maybe parents and children are like this,

00:59:21children can easily hurt their parents and abandon them. But no matter what,

00:59:25parents always hold their children's hands tightly. A soon advised her son that Guan Sik had worked hard

00:59:30to support the family and had suffered countless injuries. Even if her son couldn't help his father

00:59:35ease the burden. He should at least not say things that would hurt his father. Losing his fishing boat,

00:59:41Guan Sik could no longer continue to earn money. A soon,

00:59:44who once dreamed of a wealthy life, began working on cleaning squid for customers at the market.

00:59:49She had to stand all day at the market. Her face flushed red from the cold. Besides her son also

00:59:54wanted to help the family reduce the burden. Every day as soon as it got dark, the son would find all

00:59:59sorts of excuses to go out. It turned out that the son was working a side job in the evening,

01:00:04because he couldn't find anything else to do. The only thing he could do was go out every night to

01:00:09sell glutinous rice cakes and buckwheat jelly. Selling for six to seven hours, the daughter-in-law

01:00:14felt bad for her husband and begged Guan Sik to temporarily support the whole family of three.

01:00:19Guan Sik didn't soften at all. As the head of the family it was right for him to endure hardship.

01:00:24Guan Sik said that. But in his heart he still cared about his son. Until one day the son left behind an

01:00:30envelope containing money and quietly left. The whole family worried that the son was thinking of

01:00:34doing something drastic. A soon received news that her son seemed to have boarded a deep sea fishing

01:00:39boat. The whole family rushed to the pier. The nightmare of losing her youngest son years ago

01:00:44came back, and A soon couldn't accept losing another beloved child. When Guan Sik arrived at

01:00:50the communication room at the pier. The boats had already set sail. He asked the captain to turn back

01:00:55and promised to pay the fuel costs. The father-in-law snatched the device from his hand and promised to

01:01:01pay double the fuel costs. The captain's eyes lit up at the sight of the money and he turned the ship

01:01:05around. Guan Sik scolded his son when he returned, asking who does such dangerous fishing work.

01:01:11It's very likely to have an accident, drown, get crushed by the equipment, or even have your hand

01:01:16cut off. Guan Sik was experienced and understood the dangers of fishing. He could take risks for the

01:01:22happiness of his family but he absolutely wouldn't allow his son to follow his path. His son cried and

01:01:27told his dad that every time he sold rice cakes, customers would tell him to treat Guan Sik

01:01:32well, so many people said. The son realized something was wrong and he finally understood

01:01:37the whole story. It turned out that Guan Sik and his father-in-law had been secretly helping him.

01:01:42The truth was exactly that, earlier Guan Sik had taken his grandson to meet the father-in-law who

01:01:47wasn't loved by his wife and children. Seeing the adorable child, the father-in-law's heart melted.

01:01:53Guan Sik advised him not to be so bossy at home all the time or he would eventually be alienated

01:01:58by everyone. The father-in-law also wanted to improve his relationship with his daughter,

01:02:03so he agreed to Guan Sik's proposal, giving money to the people in the neighborhood and inviting

01:02:07them to buy from his son. Ae Soon arrived late and as soon as she arrived she hit her son,

01:02:12she almost lost him. Ae Soon tearfully apologized to her son saying that it was all because of her

01:02:18favoritism that her son felt unfairness. After this incident the son was brought home safely.

01:02:22Guan Sik found his son a job that paid enough to live on. Gum Yang came home to visit her mother,

01:02:28when she left she rarely took so much fruit. Ae Soon noticed that her daughter seemed to be having

01:02:33financial difficulties. After she asked about it, she learned that Gum Yang had quit her job

01:02:38and started a business and had poured all her money into it. Before Ae Soon could scold her daughter,

01:02:44she saw her son bandaging his frostbitten fingers. She had reminded her son many times to wear gloves

01:02:50when handling frozen ice. Ae Soon was angry that her children didn't listen to her and kept causing

01:02:56trouble for the family. Especially Gum Yang, starting a business at her age. She should be

01:03:02having kids quickly. Her mother's words ignited Gum Yang's anger, she didn't want her children to live

01:03:07a poor life like she did, so she chose to start a business. She wasn't as lucky as her younger brother

01:03:12who had such a loving father. Gum Yang's words made Guan Sik sadly return to his room, stable his

01:03:18whole life, this time for his children he decided to go big and make a lot of money quickly. Guan Sik

01:03:23sold the family's only vegetable, garden and mortgaged for a large sum of money to buy a shop

01:03:28in a desolate place. The couple along with the fishing ladies went to see the shop. Guan Sik told

01:03:35everyone that the broker said a golf course would be built here and it would soon be incredibly lively

01:03:39with lots of customers. Soon everyone arrived at a desolate commercial area. Standing in the middle

01:03:45of nowhere, Ae Soon and Guan Sik renovated the shop looking forward to prosperity after the golf course

01:03:51opened. This was the first time the couple had taken such a big risk, if the shop had no customers

01:03:57they would have to sell their apartment to pay off their debts. Guan Sik was curious why Ae Soon had so

01:04:02easily agreed to him buying the shop. Ae Soon smiled saying that when Guan Sik said he wanted to buy the

01:04:08shop. His expression was exactly the same as when they ran away together 30 years ago, so she agreed

01:04:13without hesitation. The two looked up at the empty shop in front of them, unaware that unforeseen

01:04:19difficulties were about to come that night. The son found out that the broker who sold the shop to

01:04:24Guan Sik had run away. And the vegetable garden that Guan Sik had sold was used to build a restaurant.

01:04:30And its value plummeted, that meant that Guan Sik had been scammed by a fraudulent corporation.

01:04:35The son cursed his useless father, saying that he was too old to be doing such stupid things.

01:04:42If the vegetable garden was still there, there would have been money for his daughter to study

01:04:46abroad. Hearing this, Ae Soon angrily scolded her son for being ungrateful, the vegetable garden

01:04:53was Guan Sik's property, so he could do whatever he wanted with it, if it wasn't for wanting to give

01:04:57his children a better life. He wouldn't have risked his entire life on this gamble, Guan Sik had never

01:05:03lived for himself a single day, he was the last person who should be scolded. Gum Yang heard the

01:05:08news that her father had been scammed and ran around, everywhere borrowing money to help her

01:05:12father pay off his debts. She complained to her mother that from childhood she had always educated

01:05:17her to be the pillar of the family, which made her feel suffocated, she blamed her mother for

01:05:22sacrificing too much, sending her to study abroad, which made her always carry a burden of guilt.

01:05:27Whenever she thought about her parents doing everything they could and putting all their

01:05:31hopes on her, she felt pressured, after saying this she burst into tears and angrily left home.

01:05:36Ae Soon looked at the vegetables that Gum Yang didn't take with her with a heart full of grievances

01:05:41that she didn't know where to vent. She looked up at the photos stuck on the refrigerator, and her

01:05:45daughter's apologies and tears couldn't help but fall. She blamed herself for being useless, for letting

01:05:50her daughter run around borrowing money while pregnant, just like she was back then, powerless.

01:05:55A few months later the day came for Gum Yang to give birth. Unfortunately Gum Yang had prolonged

01:06:00labor for more than 12 hours, but the baby still wouldn't come out. Park Chang-go anxiously called

01:06:06Ae Soon, telling her to come because Gum Yang was having a difficult birth and kept asking to see her.

01:06:12Ae Soon rushed to the hospital and successfully helped her daughter give birth to the baby.

01:06:17After this experience Gum Yang realized that her mother was only 18 years old back then.

01:06:21Giving birth to her in such terrible circumstances. And must have suffered even more, she hugged her

01:06:28mother and cried. Ae Soon took care of her daughter's food and drink. Guan Sik made the bed for her,

01:06:35and Park Chang-go kept talking about the baby's condition. Even laughing and saying that Gum Yang was

01:06:41like a weak princess, Guan Sik wasn't happy and scolded him not to forget his place. Winter passed and spring

01:06:47came. Guan Sik finally decided to open a restaurant. Although the location of the shop was far from the

01:06:52city, he could deliver food, relying on his hard work and dedication to develop the restaurant.

01:06:57Soon Guan Sik and his son rode a small motorcycle, distributing flyers, introducing dried squid to every

01:07:04house. After years of hardship, God finally began to take care of Guan Sik's family. In 2002 the Korea-Japan

01:07:11World Cup was very lively, and people gathered to watch soccer. Guan Sik's home-delivered dried squid

01:07:17became an indispensable snack for soccer viewers. Thanks to this boost Guan Sik's restaurant business

01:07:22quickly prospered. Not only that but entering the 21st century. Jeju Island also became a popular

01:07:29tourist and filming location. And the restaurant welcomed wave after wave of tourists and even

01:07:35celebrities. A top Korean actress made a special trip to Guan Sik's restaurant and filmed a commercial.

01:07:40This actress had a connection with Guan Sik. A few years ago the actress was caught in a scandal.

01:07:45In despair she boarded Guan Sik's fishing boat and wanted to jump into the sea and end her life,

01:07:50but was rescued by Guan Sik. When the ambulance arrived, Guan Sik thoughtfully put his jacket over

01:07:56her face to prevent others from recognizing her. The actress had always been grateful to Guan Sik,

01:08:01and wanted to repay him but Guan Sik always refused. This time she finally found an opportunity,

01:08:07after being promoted by the actress. The restaurant's business became incredibly prosperous.

01:08:12Ai Sun had never been so happy. Now that the family's financial situation was better,

01:08:17she decided to fulfill her childhood dream and start writing poetry. But before writing poetry she

01:08:23still had to take care of her beloved daughter. Ai Sun received a call for help from her daughter.

01:08:28Her granddaughter was not listening and broke a rice bowl. Ai Sun helped her daughter take care of her

01:08:33child and also cleaned the house spotless. Gum Yang came home from work and blamed her mother for

01:08:37working too hard, which made her feel guilty. Ai Sun knew her daughter was working hard taking care of

01:08:42her child. She reminded Gum Yang not to think of her child as her whole world and to do whatever she

01:08:47wanted to do without hesitating. If she forced herself to live a life she didn't want, resentment would

01:08:53definitely arise. And she would eventually create pressure for her children. After Ai Sun said this,

01:08:59she left her daughter deep in thought and returned to Jeju Island. After her mother left, Gum Yang talked

01:09:05with Park Chang-go about wanting to use the money to buy a piano for their daughter and to take her

01:09:09parents for a comprehensive health checkup. Park Chang-go loved his wife and of course nodded in

01:09:14agreement. Guan-sik and Ai Sun went to the hospital for a health checkup, after a stomach and intestinal

01:09:19endoscopy. Ai Sun woke up first. She noticed that Guan-sik, while dreaming, kept calling out the name of

01:09:25their youngest son and shedding tears. Ai Sun then realized that Guan-sik, just like her, had buried

01:09:31the pain of losing their youngest son in his heart and had never truly recovered. One day before the

01:09:36memorial day of their youngest son, Ai Sun went to the grave to find Guan-sik. She realized that every

01:09:43time the memorial day of their youngest son came, Guan-sik was afraid of seeing Ai Sun heartbroken.

01:09:48To avoid her he always visited the grave one day early. But Ai Sun didn't know that every time she

01:09:53visited the grave of their youngest son. Guan-sik secretly followed her, fearing that she might do

01:09:59something drastic and jump into the sea. The health checkup results showed that Guan-sik had health

01:10:04problems for a long time. Guan-sik had suffered from arthritis. This health checkup revealed that

01:10:09he had multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer similar to leukemia. Now the condition had progressed

01:10:15to kidney failure, and he had to receive treatment immediately. Ai Sun and Gum-yang could hardly accept

01:10:20this shocking news and hurriedly arranged for Guan-sik to undergo chemotherapy. In the blink of an

01:10:25ice-spring arrived. Ai Sun supported Guan-sik as he went for chemotherapy. Guan-sik again blamed her for

01:10:31always looking at his feet instead of looking at the blooming flowers in front of her. Ai Sun held her

01:10:36husband's hand. Her eyes red. Guan-sik picked a flower that had fallen on her head, worrying about how

01:10:42lonely his wife would be in the future. After chemotherapy, Ai Sun was busy helping her husband hold

01:10:48the examination ticket and register. But Ai Sun was old and unfamiliar with the high-tech medical

01:10:53system, so she kept making mistakes and getting scolded by the staff. Guan-sik couldn't bear to

01:10:59see his wife being bullied. So he stepped forward to defend Ai Sun. When Gum-yang arrived, she became

01:11:05angry with her daughter, ordering her to accompany her to the hospital from now on. Ai Sun comforted her

01:11:11daughter. Guan-sik stood by and watched an elderly woman who had missed her appointment number,

01:11:16thinking that Ai Sun would also be lonely and helpless like that in the future.

01:11:19And he felt extremely sad, that night he sent his wife home so his daughter could come and sleep with

01:11:24him. All night he told Gum-yang about Ai Sun's life from when she was young. When he mentioned the two

01:11:30running away, he recalled the three things he had promised Ai Sun years ago, to help Ai Sun become a

01:11:36poet, to send her to college, and to go to Seoul. Only when he was about to pass away did he fulfill

01:11:41Ai Sun's dream of writing poetry. Finally Guan-sik asked his daughter to take care of Ai Sun after

01:11:47he passed away. He knew that he would be failing his daughter by asking her to take care of his wife.

01:11:52But just thinking about Ai Sun being lonely and alone made him so sad that he couldn't sleep.

01:11:57In his final moments Guan-sik wanted to go home to live. Arriving home, his son bowed his head and wiped

01:12:03the sofa that he had bought for his father. Opening his eyes and seeing his father's thin body,

01:12:08he couldn't help but burst into tears. He remembered back then because his birthday

01:12:12and the memorial day of his younger brother coincided. His grandmother didn't allow him

01:12:16to celebrate his birthday. Guan-sik secretly took him out to eat black bean noodles and bought him

01:12:21toys for his birthday. Like that every year his dad secretly took him out to celebrate his

01:12:26birthday. The son had actually known for a long time that his parents also loved him.

01:12:30But because his sister was spoiled too much, he had deliberately forgotten the love his parents had

01:12:35for him. As the days went by, Gum Yang's company became successful. In her speech she narrated the

01:12:41initial intention when establishing the online trading company. Wanting to help those who have

01:12:46dreams but don't have the opportunity to go to school like her mother. To be able to study on her own,

01:12:51Ai Sun was deeply touched after listening. Good news followed, Ai Sun's poetry collection was published.

01:12:57She joyfully told Guan-sik the news, she had fulfilled her promise to herself. Guan-sik hugged his

01:13:03wife's poetry collection and couldn't hold back his tears. Excitedly picking up Ai Sun and spinning

01:13:08her around. In the evening Ai Sun begged Guan-sik not to leave her. Even if it was just to stay for

01:13:13one more happy year. But Guan-sik was also powerless. He told Ai Sun to promise him not to

01:13:19cry at his funeral. He only needed to see his wife heartbroken to have his heart shattered. Guan-sik gently

01:13:25comforted Ai Sun who was crying like rain. Just like he had always comforted and encouraged her. It was

01:13:31precisely because of Guan-sik that Ai Sun was able to feel like she was living in heaven no matter how

01:13:36hard the days were. Guan-sik's health continued to weaken and he finally couldn't hold on any longer

01:13:41and had to be hospitalized. Ai Sun looked at Guan-sik struggling to breathe through the glass, they had

01:13:47been husband and wife for so many years that they knew what the other was thinking without needing to

01:13:51say anything. Ai Sun thanked this life for having Guan-sik by her side, she had obtained a life of unparalleled

01:13:57happiness. Guan-sik used his hand to signal his wife to pull down her mask. In his final moments

01:14:03he wanted to engrave the image of Ai Sun in his mind. Guan-sik's death was heartbreaking for everyone.

01:14:08Losing her father, Gum-yang received a savings book that Guan-sik had left for her. Inside was the money

01:14:14that his daughter had given him each time. Compared to spending their children's money, the hearts of the

01:14:19children were enough to make their parents happy for a long time. As for Ai Sun, she lived in the small

01:14:24house that the two of them shared. She often felt that Guan-sik was still there, present in every

01:14:29corner of the house by her side. Ai Sun was suddenly moved, opened the notebook and wrote lines of poetry.

01:14:35Gradually the content in the notebook increased. The grandchildren also gradually grew up. Gum-yang

01:14:41photographed her mother's poetry collection and sent it to the editor-in-chief of the publishing house.

01:14:45The editor-in-chief looked through the poetry collection and was moved to tears. The editor-in-chief

01:14:51also didn't know what was happening to her. Tears just kept flowing non-stop after reading through the

01:14:56entire book. The editor-in-chief gave her assessment, she felt proud of the author of the poetry collection.

01:15:02Not long after, Ai Sun's poetry collection was published officially debuting. She refused to live

01:15:07with her children and lived alone in the small house from years ago. Her only wish was to be able to

01:15:12see Gum-yang more often before she passed away. Looking back on her life, she had so many happy memories,

01:15:18the most precious memories in her life were all written in the poetry collection,

01:15:22because of having the poetry collection as a companion. Ai Sun lived very happily every day,

01:15:27the back of the poetry collection printed a photo of her and Guan-sik when they were young.

01:15:31Ai Sun remembered that from the age of nine, Guan-sik had always been by her side, the two had

01:15:37experienced so many ups and downs and hardships together, if it weren't for Guan-sik bringing her a

01:15:42happy life. This poetry collection would not have been born, Guan-sik's love was the best nourishment in her

01:15:47life. This is where the story ends, don't forget to like and subscribe to not miss out on more

01:15:52amazing videos, for now goodbye and until next time.

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