BATTLE FOR HAPPINESS
ALL CHARACTERS, EVENTS, LOCATIONS AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS.
Are you awake?
PREVIOUSLY
What on earth exactly happened?
What did you say?
Do you have something to do with Yu-jin's death?
Are you crazy? How dare you accuse me?
There was an incident with Ms. Oh.
With Yu-jin?
Hello, Mr. Lee Tae-ho. I'm Jang Mi-ho from Unit 1004.
I'd like to ask you something. Please give me a call.
You thought we didn't know?
That your husband is having an affair?
Are you all right?
You're looking for Oh Yu-jin's USB, aren't you?
Did you know?
Jo A-ra is pregnant.
You should worry about your own life.
You're standing at the edge of a cliff.
Please help me.
It seems serious.
-Does anyone know her? -Is something wrong, Na-young?
Na-young.
Open the door. Right now.
Na-young!
Please get me the master bedroom key.
Hurry!
What's going on here?
Na-young.
-Na-young! -Here you go.
To the right.
Get me scissors. Now!
EPISODE 6
-What happened? -I don't know.
I heard a noise from your floor.
What are you talking about?
Na-young.
Then I called 911 and brought her here.
Why did you do it?
-Pardon? -You knew how unstable she was.
I told you that day in the ER.
How could you provoke her?
What are you talking about?
You think I don't know?
It's all your fault!
Look, Mr. Lee Tae-ho.
Who's blaming whom here?
How could you say that right now?
You're not going to say
you don't know why
Na-young is in such agony, are you?
In any case,
if anything happens to my Na-young, I won't let this slide.
I will find out who's responsible for it, so you better be prepared.
Hey, Park.
My wife had a little incident.
What happened? Is Na-young all right?
Yes. She'll be moved to a general ward soon.
Why did Na-young do such a thing?
I don't know either.
But you were there when it happened,
so you must have an idea of what this is about.
I really don't know.
Please don't ask me such questions.
What did she say? Why did she do it?
She told me not to ask her such questions.
What? Maybe there really is something between them.
Why was she there? Think about it.
Na-young got so angry every time she saw Mi-ho.
We all know that.
They had an argument at the kids' cafe the other day.
Come to think of it, Jang Mi-ho does have a temper too.
They grew up separately, but they were sisters, right?
You know how one's upbringing influences their personality.
I don't want to gossip about the deceased,
but Yu-jin had quite a temper too.
But we're not certain of anything yet.
Let's not gossip about someone who just went through something bad.
When should we go see her?
Did you know?
Jo A-ra is pregnant.
You're lying.
Who are you to give advice to me right now?
You should worry about your own life.
You're standing at the edge of a cliff.
DELETE
You thought I didn't know?
That Oh Yu-jin knew your secret?
If you don't do as I say, I will go tell that to Jang Mi-ho.
And also
about what we did before Oh Yu-jin died.
KIM NA-YOUNG? HOW? REVENGE? LOVE AFFAIR?
You were totally wrong.
03:40 PM PICK UP JI-YUL, HA-YUL
Are you all right? Are you hurt?
Get up.
Oh, my.
That must hurt.
Where is your mom?
Tell me.
You know your mom's number?
Give me her number.
Jun-ha!
Mom.
Oh, no.
My goodness.
I'm sorry your son got hurt.
It's not that serious.
He recently learned to ride a bicycle, so he's still a bit clumsy.
Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
Go see a doctor just in case.
I don't think there's a need for that.
You can go if you are busy.
Okay. I'm really sorry.
-Go see a doctor, okay? -Okay.
I told you to be careful.
You should practice in a yard.
-Real auntie! -Real auntie.
Are you okay? Did you get hurt?
I'm sorry I'm late.
Auntie.
Let's go to the kids' cafe.
Everyone else went.
Everyone else went?
We wanted to go with them, but they didn't take us.
You didn't seem comfortable
with someone else taking the girls last time,
so I was watching them.
Oh, I see.
By the way, is Ms. Kim okay?
I heard that she had an accident.
What kind of accident was it?
You should ask her yourself. It's not a difficult thing to do.
Let's go.
HERINITY ENGLISH KINDERGARTEN
We want to go to the kids' cafe too.
Can't we go too?
-No. -Why not?
I feel uncomfortable around them.
I'll be leaving soon anyway.
You're leaving?
No.
Let's have fun together. What do you want to do?
A Princess Sophia game.
I want to do origami.
Okay, let's do both. Let's go have fun.
Let's go.
Sorry. I just saw your text.
I got off work. Should I pick it up on the way home?
No, it's okay. Jung-un will pick it up.
He'll be here soon, so don't worry about it.
Really?
I wish I had read the text sooner.
I wanted to do it for you.
Is there anything else you need?
No. What's going on?
Why are you so nice today?
Come on. When was I not?
You mean everything to me, so of course I am nice to you.
I love you so much.
See you later at home.
Okay. Bye.
I thought your younger brother came.
I asked him to bring something, so I went to get it.
What are these?
The store clerk recommended a new perfume the other day.
The purse that I've been waiting for came in today.
Jung-un went to pick it up anyway,
so I asked him to buy them for all of you.
I love it.
You are so generous.
There are many rich people out there, but not many of them are so generous.
-You're right. -You're looking for an essay tutor, right?
You've been waiting for over two years to get into a place in Daechi.
I know a teacher from that school. You want his number?
Really? I'd be so grateful then.
Of course I can do this for you.
Mom.
When is Ji-yul coming?
A-rin isn't here either.
Ji-yul can't come today.
Go play with everyone over there.
I do feel guilty about not bringing them with us.
But their aunt told Ms. Jo not to let just anyone pick up the girls.
We're not just anyone.
It's really hard to like her.
-You're right. -Yes.
It is quite upsetting.
I thought about it, and Na-young's incident...
It's not something that we can let slide.
What do you mean?
Well, as you all know,
after what happened to Yu-jin, Na-young has been quite mentally unstable.
And she's been harassing Na-young so much.
She even accused Na-young of killing Yu-jin, right?
You're right.
It means she's been hanging out with us while suspecting Na-young.
It gives me chills. Is it just me?
Exactly.
Imagine why Na-young did such a thing.
If you think about it, we don't know anything about that woman.
We may have opened up to her too easily just because she is the girls' aunt.
I'll be honest now.
I didn't like her from the beginning.
She's always so cold, and I can't tell what she's thinking.
I'm not the only one who thinks that, right?
Anyway, let's keep our distance from her from now on.
-Hey, Mr. Han. -Just as you asked,
I got public social media accounts ready.
Okay. Good work.
Oh, and I'll send you a business card.
Tell Mr. Gong that I have another job for him.
There is Ms. Jang Mi-ho at the head office.
Dig into her past.
Since our junior year in high school.
We met again after 18 years.
Focusing on her high-school years.
I think we will need to use those accounts.
FOLDING CARNATION
Ta-da! Who wants this carnation?
Me. I want it.
-Okay. -It's my turn.
Don't fight. Hold on.
Just a minute.
Hello?
It's been a while, Ms. Jang.
Hi. How have you been?
Why did you call?
I just called to tell you
I may have found someone to look after the girls.
Then when can that person start?
We'll need to discuss it first, but probably within two or three days.
I just wanted to let you know that. I'll call you again tomorrow.
-Who was that? -Your grandfather.
Why did he call?
Well...
I'll let you know when it's confirmed.
It's bedtime already. Shall we go to bed?
I'll go first next time.
No. I'll go first next time too.
You can't do that.
You're awake?
What is it?
Phone.
The detectives took yours a long time ago.
No.
Yours.
Why?
BANNAE-DONG COUPLE MURDER CASE
REVENGE? LOVE AFFAIR? THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MURDER
Her absence is quite noticeable.
ASSISTANT MANAGER JANG MI-HO
DGB BANK
What if I'm not okay?
There's nothing more I can do now.
MS. JANG MI-HO
-Ms. Jang. -What is it this time?
Must there be a reason for me to call you?
I just wanted to see if you were okay.
Is everything all right?
Something did happen, didn't it?
What happened? Tell me. Come on.
Really? To the ER?
Are you all right?
That was a close call for Ms. Kim.
Everything will be fine,
so don't worry about anything else and take care of yourself.
DGB BANK HEAD OFFICE
You're really coming back to work?
That's my plan for now.
You made a good decision.
You should call the chief.
I will. By the way, where are you?
At home.
Yes.
Okay. I'll call you again soon.
SEO KYUNG-JUN
Why aren't you two asleep yet?
Why?
I want to sleep with you.
I want to sleep with you too.
What's with you two?
Let's all sleep together. I want to be next to you.
No.
You can't sleep here. Get up.
No. I'm going to sleep here.
I won't accept your whining.
You must sleep on your own from now on. Okay?
I hate you.
What's wrong with you two?
I'm not going!
Why not?
Get in.
What's wrong with you two?
You must tell me.
How can I know if you don't tell me?
No!
-Hi! -No!
You can go. They'll be fine once you're out of sight.
Let go. I'll shake your hand off if you don't let go.
Real auntie.
I'm not your real auntie.
I'm sorry.
Mr. Seo. It's me.
DGB FINANCIAL GROUP
You think this is your bedroom? Where you can come and go as you please?
Should I start next Monday?
Whatever.
Oh, right. Is everything resolved now?
Yes, I think he found someone to look after the girls.
That's great news, but...
You won't end up taking them in and take maternity leave later, will you?
That's absurd.
True. It's not like you were shot in the head, right?
-Let's go. -In my head?
What are you doing?
Are you that happy to see the one that you've been waiting for come back?
What are you talking about?
Check in with HR while you're here.
And it'd be nice to have the number of end-of-month customers updated too.
You're always trying to milk her.
You punk. I wouldn't be like this if you didn't lose the data. For God's sake.
Until when are you going to bring that up?
At one point, everything must go back to its place.
You've done enough.
You've been through a lot taking care of the kids for their grandfather.
But I do feel bad for the girls.
Kids their age...
Many people think they wouldn't know anything at that age,
but they actually know
who abandoned them and who sincerely dote on them.
Has Ms. Kim Na-young gotten better? You said she wasn't hurt much.
I don't know. I haven't heard anything.
It's not your fault, so don't worry about it.
Let's go. I should go back now.
Why don't you have lunch with us?
I must go somewhere before picking up the girls.
Can't we just briefly see her?
She needs to rest,
and her guardian asked us not to let any visitors in.
Then can you give this to her for us?
Why won't they tell us how she's doing?
Tell me about it.
Should I call Jung-ah?
No, I will.
-These two tables are for the VIP guests. -Yes, ma'am.
-This is for the foreign investors. -Yes, ma'am.
Hey. How did it go?
They aren't allowing visitors. We got kicked out.
You did?
There's nothing we can do then.
Anyway, will you or Sung-hee make a separate chatroom?
To exclude Jang Mi-ho?
Of course.
How can we keep the victim and the assailant in the same chatroom?
Anyway, I'm sorry I couldn't come with you.
Thanks.
Bye.
SECRETARY HAN JUN-KYUNG
Yes, what is it?
Already?
Mr. Gong is indeed fast.
Yes.
Seora High School?
You can tell me the details later. Send me the pictures first.
So you've been acting all this time?
Deceiving everyone?
Did my mom go somewhere?
What?
She left earlier to go read a book.
I guess she left knowing you'd come around this time.
What is she pouting about this time?
I'm sure she's not pouting.
Yes, she is.
She seemed upset that you haven't come recently.
MOM
Your call is forwarded to voicemail...
LEEGIPPEUM SANATORIUM
MY DAUGHTER MI-HO
I'm sorry. I've been busy.
You know I'm about to be promoted.
Why would you say that?
Why do you make me look like
a mom who's badgering her working daughter?
I'm sorry. I just assumed.
You wanted tteokbokki, right? It's from a famous...
I called you at work.
They asked me if I didn't know.
I was so embarrassed.
I was going to tell you.
When? After I died?
Why would you say that?
You're acting like a pushover.
She's treating you like a fool even when she's dead.
-Mom. -You're living like this because of her.
And what? You're looking after her kids?
You shouldn't take in someone else's children.
Did you not learn from me?
That blood isn't going anywhere. I don't need to meet them.
Don't say that. They're just kids.
You're taking their side because you took care of them?
It's all for the best.
They wouldn't have turned out well under a mom like her.
How could you say that?
Why do you think?
It's because I'm so upset.
She shamelessly came to see me before she got married,
and now she's dumped her kids on you?
She came to see you before she got married? Who did?
Didn't I tell you?
She came to me before her wedding and after she gave birth.
She was looking for you.
Why...
Why didn't you tell me?
Because it was obvious what she was up to.
She just wanted to fill up her guest seats.
You know how cunning she always was.
What if that's not what it was?
We screamed and fought the last time we saw each other.
We never got to talk about it properly,
and now she's dead.
What if...
What if she came to make up with me?
What if that's why she came to see me?
I really doubt it.
Don't you know how important...
Why didn't you tell me something that important?
Where are you going?
She thinks she can be like that because she earns money.
That year was the best year of my life.
SEORA HIGH SCHOOL
My hair finally grew out down to my shoulders.
I grew five centimeters taller
and got the 2nd highest grades in my class
and the 19th highest in the whole school. My personal best.
And my mom was sincerely,
sincerely proud of me.
I thought those happy days would continue.
What happened with your stepfather...
Is it true?
No.
Nothing happened between me and my stepdad.
Nothing happened?
SCHOOL VIOLENCE REVIEW COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER, 2003
Come and eat, Mi-ho.
Okay.
Try to be more like Yu-jin.
Can't you see that she's always helping me in making breakfast?
Yu-jin makes my life worth living.
-Enjoy your meal, Yu-jin. -Okay.
All right. Let's pray.
Lord, we thank you for our daily bread.
In Jesus' name we pray.
Eat.
SEX EDUCATION
Will you pass these back?
SEORA HIGH SCHOOL
Hey.
Let's go together.
Who was that boy earlier?
The one in the hallway.
Oh, the math research group president.
He had a question to ask.
It looked more than that to me.
You don't look so bad these days.
It's all thanks to me.
What are you talking about?
By the way...
I did take a few more.
What?
For real?
You told me to take a few when we handed them back.
EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
I want to keep these.
-Why do you need them? -Then why would you need them?
Besides, I told you to take them.
-Just in case. -Me too.
Come on. It won't be anytime soon.
Let's make water balloons with these.
Hey!
How could you not have an ID yet?
If Mom sees me doing this,
I'm dead meat.
It's just chatting. What's the big deal? Your ID is the same as your email address.
What about your password?
Well...
Just use mine.
PASSWORD ooyj0328
You always use that password. What do those numbers mean?
It's my mom's birthday.
Girls, I'm home.
Okay.
Mi-ho. Yu-jin. We'll be late to church.
I told you to put on socks.
Your body temperature drops if you don't wear them.
I thought, without a doubt, Yu-jin felt the same way I did.
Yu-jin and Mi-ho. You're all grown up now.
Your family looks so harmonious.
It's such a blessing.
That's right.
You are all always smiling.
Enjoy your meal.
SEORA CENTRAL CHURCH
But just as a flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado,
a small crack changed everything.
-Oh, no. -Oh, no.
-What happened? -Oh, no.
Are you okay?
Let me see. Are you hurt?
I can't walk.
I told you not to fool around.
She got hurt because of you.
She should go see a doctor. You can't walk at all?
Sir, you should carry her.
Me?
-Yes. -Hurry.
No, I'm fine.
Mi-ho, hop on his back.
Come on, Mi-ho.
It's okay. Careful.
One, two, three.
Be gentle.
This way.
I hope it's not too serious.
Jang Mi-ho.
-Sit over there. -Why?
Just do as I say.
The injury wasn't that bad. Why did you make all that fuss?
Let's eat, honey.
Sure.
-We're off to school. -We're off to school.
Jang Mi-ho.
Let me look at you.
Get a haircut.
A student should always look neat and tidy.
No, I don't want to. I want to grow out my hair this time.
You'll be a senior next year.
You can't study with your hair bothering you.
My hair has nothing to do with my grades. I'm studying really hard.
You shouldn't care about looks.
What about Yu-jin? Why are you only on my case?
You two are not the same.
Come straight home after school.
You're not going to disappoint me, are you?
Why was I the only one to go through this?
Yu-jin and Mom who favored Yu-jin...
I hated them both.
Stop crying.
You can always grow out your hair again.
You know how slowly my hair grows.
Why is she like this only to me and not to you?
Why does she discriminate us?
You really don't know?
Why she's like this?
She's jealous as a woman.
-What? -Some moms are jealous of their girls.
In the original story of Snow White, the queen was Snow White's real mom.
And yet, she tried to kill her daughter.
Why do you think she did?
Because she was jealous.
She hated that her daughter was becoming a woman.
That's absurd. Moms like that don't exist.
Stop talking such nonsense and go to your room.
Go.
-Hello. -Hi.
Good morning.
Hi. Good morning.
Let go.
I'll carry it for you.
I don't need you to.
What are these?
Hey, what are these?
I thought you should know.
Since many other students saw it.
I don't know what to say.
Yu-jin is curious about a lot of things.
You're a teacher, so you must know very well
that education can't change the temperament you inherited.
You know that her mom ran off with a younger man, right?
Mom.
What did you just say?
How dare you interrupt grown-ups' conversation.
Those aren't even mine.
Sir, they're hers.
She took them during the sex education class.
That's not true.
Why are you doing this? You told me to take them.
I did take them, but I gave them to her.
You told me that you needed them.
When did I say that?
Quiet!
Go write a letter of reflection. And stay after class.
Why did you lie?
It's true. You did steal them.
Is it because of what Mom said earlier?
You know how carelessly she speaks. She talks like that to me too.
Or...
Is it because she took my side?
Hey.
You're being ridiculous.
I'm not jealous of you.
I don't need a mom like her. Not even a truckload of her.
What? "A mom like her"?
That's right. She's tacky and old-fashioned.
And she makes me feel suffocated.
My dad will get sick of her and run off like your real dad.
Hey. Your mom is the one who ran off with a man.
How dare you!
Hey.
You...
The small crack grew with time
and destroyed us all in the end.
Get out! How dare you come here!
I'm going to kill you!
I'm really going to kill you!
Yu-jin, stop.
That's enough.
What a shame.
-Hello. -Hi.
Hey, who's Jang Mi-ho?
Jang Mi-ho?
What, is she crazy? Who would've known?
Hey. It's Jang Mi-ho.
Hey.
I want to expose the truth about Jang Mi-ho in Class 2-12.
Jang Mi-ho has pretended to be a model student and deceived everyone.
She is nasty and disgusting.
Even then, Jang Mi-ho insists that I'm the one to blame.
What's worse is that Jang Mi-ho has hit on her own stepdad.
I can't forgive her.
I won't be framed like this.
She pretended to be innocent.
I'd rather just die.
Oh Yu-jin from Class 2-7.
Oh Yu-jin. Where is she?
There she is. What's she doing?
Come down. Come down from there.
Admit that it's your fault.
Admit that everything I wrote is true.
They're all lies. Are you crazy?
Yu-jin, please.
Please don't do that. Please.
Say it. Say it's all true.
Why are you doing this to me?
You're the one who tried to kill me.
Please!
Don't do it, Yu-jin.
Yes, it's true.
You're right.
I'm the one who was discriminated against.
I'm the victim of you and your mom's terrible act.
You despicable wench.
You and your mom are the same.
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
I'm sorry, so please come down from there.
Oh Yu-jin!
Why was I so clueless?
Honey.
Open the door.
Until when are you going to be cooped up in here like this?
I won't go through another divorce.
I know you feel the same way.
Honey.
Exactly.
It's not an ordinary scandal.
You know how they say, "There's no smoke without fire."
Please open the door, honey.
Honey, please.
Honey.
Or did I pretend to be clueless?
I heard that Yu-jin's dad regained consciousness in the hospital.
They're not sure if he'll be able to live a normal life though.
We decided not to go through the legal procedures.
There's no point in telling everyone of another failed marriage.
You know it's all your fault, right?
I'm sorry.
Because of you...
Live the rest of your life atoning for what you did.
To me, you're a sinner.
JANGSOO MOVING COMPANY
The wound that was forcibly sutured seemed to be healing.
Hello.
One copy of family relation certificate...
Two copies, please.
-One moment, please. -Okay.
DGB BANK: Congratulations, Ms. Jang You were accepted to work at DGB Bank
Thank you.
COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER
FAMILY RELATION CERTIFICATE
CHILD: OH YU-JIN
Why was I so clueless?
She shamelessly came to see me before she got married,
and now she's dumped her kids on you?
This time, it's your real aunt.
Wait.
You know we need to talk.
So if you don't want others
to find out what you did, shut your mouth.
Why was I so clueless?
Or did I pretend to be clueless?
I don't want to!
I don't know what's wrong with her today.
Let's go. You're giving her a hard time.
I don't want to!
-Goodbye. -I don't want to!
Let's go, Ji-yul.
I don't want to!
You don't like me? You don't want to go?
I hate you. I hate you, Auntie.
You do? Then you're on your own.
I don't care if you come home or go with your teacher.
Are you going to abandon us too?
You're going to abandon us too, aren't you?
Didn't I tell you?
She came to me before her wedding and after she gave birth.
She was looking for you.
I have many aunties.
This time, it's your real aunt.
My real aunt?
All the other aunties are fake,
but Auntie Mi-ho is your real auntie.
Why did you come see me?
What did you want to tell me?
KANG BONG-SEOK (YU-JIN'S FATHER-IN-LAW)
Hi. Did you get my text?
I want to look after them until my leave is over.
That's okay. Thank you.
Hello.
Wait.
You didn't come with Jung-ah today?
Why do you ask?
I wanted to have brunch together.
I have some questions to ask about Yu-jin too.
I thought you all would know most about her.
Brunch?
Now?
I don't think that will ever happen.
Goodbye.
Like you said, she was being so shameless.
I'm sure she was feeling guilty.
So what did you tell her? That we will eat with her?
Are you mad? We've known Na-young for many years now.
Good job.
Keep doing that.
Considering our bond with Na-young, we shouldn't even talk to that woman.
Right. What time is Sung-hee going to visit Na-young?
She probably left already.
She said she'd go to the hospital with the director and available teachers.
Which teachers are free today?
What?
NEW MESSAGE
What are you doing out here, Ms. Kim?
Mommy!
Hey, A-rin.
"Let's make a deal."
"I'll give you what you want"?
"11:00 p.m. Underground parking lot. B3, Zone A."
"USB"?
"Don't forget to bring it"?
BATTLE FOR HAPPINESS
What?
What USB are they talking about?
Hello.
Is it because an unexpected guest is here?
Even the almighty Song Jung-ah can't beat Lim Dan-ah.
Stupid. I told you it's not a shining gem.
It's a USB.
Does he know too?
That the three of them including Na-young
were quite intense right before her death?
Get rid of her completely.
What exactly happened before Yu-jin died?
PANDORA'S BOX
Why?
You want to accuse me of killing Oh Yu-jin this time?
Some fool is running amok. You thought I wouldn't do anything?
Keep your mouth shut and get lost.
Unless you want to be kicked out.
Ms. Jang. Where are you?