Hey... Geu Roo.
Yes?
Then...
How about you move to the US with me?
Well, the publishing firm I'll be joining...
is also looking for an editor.
The one who scouted me...
and overlooks the entire market in Asia is Korean.
That person asked me...
if I knew of anyone whom I could recommend.
Of course, I know that things are going well at Arang now,
and I also know that you're happy there.
But it'd be nice to see a bigger world and do new things.
That's why I'm going.
Marketing-wise, the market here is very limited...
because people don't read much.
You were very disappointed too.
Even if it's a great book by a talented author you discovered,
it'd often go out of print after the first edition,
and that has upset you in the past.
But if you come with me,
you'll be able to introduce books by all the great Korean authors...
to the US... No, even to Europe.
What do you say?
How long have you been thinking about this?
Well, I heard about it a while ago.
But your mother isn't well.
And most importantly, you've been all over the place.
Okay, I'll think about it.
Let's eat first.
Okay.
(Be My Dream Family)
(Episode 113)
Okay, I'll give you my answer.
- Already? Think about it more... - I won't go.
I don't want to go to the US.
Of course,
I know that I can't go just because I want to.
I'll just get an interview with the company,
but no.
You know, I have...
my own life and my family.
And you have your own life.
We've entered each other's life, and it was really nice.
And I like you a lot, but...
Okay.
You don't have to say more.
I know...
that your family matters the most to you.
Right. I can't expect you to leave with me...
when your mother isn't well.
It'll be too much to ask.
I know all that,
but I still had to ask you...
because I was desperate.
I won't be clingy though.
We don't have time to drown in despair.
Let's spend lots of time together.
Like we've been doing,
we'll chat a lot, hold each other whenever we can,
and look each other in the eye.
We'll do that until the day you leave.
- Honey! She'll be here shortly! - Really?
She's on her way.
Where is she?
Just five minutes away. Where's the envelope?
Here.
My gosh, we can finally pay Mother back.
I know, finally.
We can sleep better at night now that we've cleared our debt.
Hey, where are you?
We can't make it. We'll be left out again.
Why not?
You said you'd stop by before the shoot.
I don't know. Why do I have so much to do?
Let them know I'll stop by in the evening.
All right.
We won't have a party without you.
Good luck with work, and I'll see you later.
All right.
That was Sang Gu.
He hates being left out, no matter what we do.
- Grandma! - Welcome home.
- Come on in.
- Welcome! - You did it.
- Congratulations, Grandma. - My gosh.
Oh, my goodness. Thank you.
These days, I'm getting more flowers than I ever have.
Are you throwing her a surprise party?
Well, it's not really a party.
We wanted to congratulate Mom on finally coming home.
It must've been so hard for you too, Mr. Geum.
Not at all. This must've been hard for you guys.
It's the weekend, so you should still be in bed.
But all of you are here.
We made some porridge for you, Mom. Let's eat.
Yes, let's do that. I can eat a lot now.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
- Go wash up first. - Okay, thanks.
- Good. - Thank you.
- Yes. - Come in.
- What is it? - What?
What is it, guys?
Go have coffee with the others.
We wanted to give you this first.
What?
This money caused all the trouble.
We can finally pay you back.
Please accept it, Mother.
Oh, dear.
I'm glad you're doing this.
You should accept it.
He's paying you back with the money he first earned from his business.
- Here, Father. - What?
What is this?
For the first time, we can give you some spending money.
You're giving me money too?
Is this really from your profit? Did you take out a loan?
No, not at all.
It's the profit from our business plus our savings.
As for your investment, please give me some more time.
All right. Thank you.
I will accept it.
And...
Here. I want to give it back as your spending money.
What?
My gosh. Please don't do this.
You said I'm your mother now.
So you're my eldest son and daughter-in-law, right?
Then you should accept it.
My goodness.
Even though you were busy with your newly opened business,
you took such good care of me.
But I was so busy looking after myself...
that I couldn't even buy a chair for my son's restaurant.
So let me do this for you, okay?
Take it.
I'll spend my own money, so you do the same.
Come on. It's from your mother. Take it.
This is not why we brought the money.
- Honey. - Yes?
Can you scold them? They talk too much.
Just take it, okay?
Here.
Take it.
This is what parents do for their children.
I was going to gladly accept it if our kids gave us...
their hard-earned money in the future.
We'll never be as thoughtful and giving as they are.
Honey.
- You take this. - What?
This isn't just from the restaurant.
It also includes your hard-earned savings.
It's all yours.
Gosh, it's okay. You keep it.
You have so many expenses when you run a business.
The excitement about a new restaurant will fizzle out,
so you must stay very focused.
Mother thought of all that and gave you the money.
Then take 1,000 dollars.
Spend it on yourself.
Go shopping, take a trip, or go out for a nice meal.
Whatever you do, just spend it on yourself.
What? Are you sure?
Even if I told you to spend all of it,
you wouldn't be able to.
Just 1,000 dollars.
Spend it all.
Don't go shopping and buy stuff for me and the kids.
Buy yourself some new clothes, shoes, purses...
Buy whatever you want.
Hold on. Is it too little to buy everything you want?
What about you?
I just spent it on you.
Who knew this day would come?
Dad, let's go to work.
Okay!
You should get going too.
Go to the mall, okay?
Buy yourself something. Anything!
Yes, hello.
Hello. It's me, Maeng Jeong Wook.
Can you talk now?
Yes, go ahead.
If you're free this evening,
would you like to have dinner with me?
Dinner? I don't think I can.
It's lunchtime soon. How about we have lunch together?
Well...
Are you not available? Then I'll see you another time.
No, I am available.
Pick a place and text me the address.
I'll meet you there.
Sure, sounds good.
Okay.
Hey, Young Hye.
What? Shopping?
Gosh, I wish you called me a minute earlier.
I just agreed to meet someone for lunch.
Yes, that director.
No. I don't want to make it awkward for Min Hee.
I also thought of your advice and decided to see him once more.
I didn't want to spend my evening with that boring man,
so I'm meeting him for lunch.
I'll leave right after lunch, so I'll call you.
Okay.
What?
You just got home, and you're already studying?
My goodness.
I took such a long break.
I was worried I'd forget everything,
and I really did.
Take it easy. You need to relax.
Here.
Look at these flowers.
How beautiful.
Right, let's go for a walk after the sun sets.
The doctor said adhesions may occur if I don't walk enough.
Some patients walk for three hours a day.
My gosh. That will be exhausting.
All right. Get some rest, and we'll go in a bit.
Okay.
And honey.
Maybe I should...
tell the kids now.
Well...
I have something to tell you.
Sure, go ahead. What is it?
Well...
It's okay. I'll tell them. Girls.
At first,
I didn't know you girls well.
So I didn't really feel affectionate toward you.
But you are the family of the person I love,
so I wanted to impress you.
I just thought you'd like me back...
if I gave you everything and was nice to you.
My sons always called me a cranky old man,
but you girls thought highly of me,
so I wanted to live up to your expectations.
I really did.
No, I'll be honest.
I thought seeing me put in the effort...
would make her happy.
Yes, we understand.
Frankly, I was quite guarded around you at the beginning.
We knew it'd be hard for you...
to truly open up to us right off the bat.
That's right. It was.
But not anymore.
You girls are incredibly kind and adorable.
I know that now.
I mean it from the bottom of my heart.
Every one of you means so much to me.
And I think...
I've truly become her husband.
Married couples are there for each other...
when going through difficult times.
So in that sense, we truly are a married couple now.
It's not just about the illness.
Countless other hurdles may be in our way,
but we'll get over them together.
Right?
With that said, I'd like you...
to think of me and accept me as your stepfather.
If you can call me like that, it'll be even better.
Ga Eun, you can just keep calling me Grandpa.
Okay, sure.
I know it's not something I can request you to do,
but if it's hard for you to change it suddenly,
take your time...
and think about it, will you?
Okay, we will.
We've actually been thinking about it...
but didn't have the courage.
We'll try.
Thanks.
We should have brought it up first.
I know.
Sang Min, Young Hye, and even Sang Gu...
now call Mom "Mother".
We took too long, and it hurt his feelings.
Right?
What? Yes.
Do you feel that bad?
You can just keep calling him the way you always have.
Yes, that's true.
Girls.
- Yes? - Yes?
Nothing. I have to use the bathroom.
Okay.
Anyway, we should really try our best.
It must not have been easy for him to bring it up.
Yes, we should.
Seriously. What would've happened if it weren't for Mr. Geum?
And if Sang Baek wasn't at the salon that day...
If this isn't a family, what is?
My heart has accepted everything, but habits are hard to break.
Let's work on it.
Yes, let's do that.
Hey, are you going somewhere?
You must have a date.
Right, every single day must be so precious.
Yes. Precious, indeed.
By the way, is he really leaving?
Will you really let him go?
Even you're being like this? Mind your own business.
You talked like you'd change your mind for Mom.
Yi Jae is away right now.
You should have another talk with Ji Wan when he's alone.
No, it's all over now.
I told you. We've both decided to let it go.
You saw him when he and Si Woon came to say hi to Mom.
We're totally fine now. We're comfortable around each other.
Are you shooting a coffee commercial?
What?
Quite the mood, I must say.
Looking all lonely and sad.
Oh, dear. When will Yi Jae be home?
His dad is so lonely.
I've got a date, but I have to force myself to leave the house,
knowing you'll be home alone.
Get going.
Well, what's going on with Da Bal?
Be good to Geu Roo.
She must be stressed out, even if she doesn't say it.
Don't change the topic.
She's my girlfriend, so I sure know.
I'll see you later.
He won't drag me around everywhere again, right?
Gosh!
Yoo Young!
Yes?
My gosh. Are you all right?
- Are you hurt? - What...
No, I'm okay.
Thank goodness.
Here, let me.
Thank you.
Gosh, I'm sorry.
That must've scared you. I stopped too suddenly.
No, it was my fault.
Gosh, no.
When I was leaving the office,
something came up, so I had to take care of it.
I was in a rush, so I borrowed my colleague's motorcycle.
I didn't want to make you wait.
Right, I see.
Do you ride a motorcycle often?
Sorry?
Well, it's dangerous.
Right, but...
That's right.
You're a doctor at a rehabilitation clinic,
so you must see many patients injured in accidents.
I don't ride it often.
I used to when I was young.
But safety comes first, you know.
It's okay if you're super careful every time you ride it,
but you must always be careful.
I get so nervous around you, so I'm fumbling my words.
I should drink some water.
You should've waited until your next shoot to stop by.
You didn't have to come all the way here today.
They should come to see you. You're home from the hospital.
I'm glad you came.
Yes. To come here today, we worked like crazy...
I mean, we had to work very hard.
You look good. You're eating well, right?
Yes. I've been walking a lot, eating whenever I can, and sleeping.
I've never had this much time to relax.
- It's so nice. - My goodness.
I'm glad to hear that.
Focus on your recovery.
When you start your chemotherapy again,
I'll take you to the hospital I told you about.
Get some rest.
Are we leaving already? Why? I want to stay a bit longer.
Yes, stay and hang out with us.
You must be tired though.
We'll come and hang out all day when you're fully recovered.
I'm happy we got to see you today. Let's go.
- She needs to get some rest. - Okay, wait.
We have a shoot at the restaurant in two days,
so we'll visit you again then.
Sure. Come by again and stay for dinner, okay?
Get going. We won't see you out.
All right.
- You should lie down. - Okay.
I should entertain Mother.
- All right, next time. - Bye, Mother.
- Bye. - Bye.
Bye.
It's a long drive here and back.
I can't believe we're leaving so soon.
You're tired too.
You've been yawning nonstop.
- That's true. - You can sleep on the way.
- Hello. - Hi! You're here.
I guess you came to see Mother.
Yes. We're leaving as soon as we got to see her.
I see.
Since you're already here,
why don't you come in for a moment? Did you have dinner?
Yes, we did.
- Is that okay with you? - Yes, of course.
I can sleep later.
I didn't want to leave so soon, so let's have some tea together.
- Come on in. - Come in.
Okay, thanks. How's the business doing?
- It's doing so well. - Really?
Here.
By the way, where is Young Hye?
She's enjoying her alone time.
I told her to go out and have fun.
My gosh, I'm jealous.
You're so sweet, Sang Baek.
Why are you looking at me? Am I not good to you?
You weren't good to her.
But isn't he better these days?
Yes, he is. He's very good to me these days.
I picked on him out of force of habit.
And you're so good to Mother too.
When I see you these days,
I do believe that people can change after all.
Dad changed first.
That's true.
But when did it start?
Did you gradually open up to Mother...
because of her boundless love and support?
Yes, that is what happened.
But he said she made his heart skip a beat once.
What? His heart?
Why? When?
Goodness. You didn't have to bring that up.
Once, on my way home from your restaurant,
I ran into her, so I offered to give her a ride home.
But she kept saying I should visit her.
So I asked her,
"Why do you want to see me all the time?"
"What for?"
And? What did she say?
She said she wanted to see me.
Apparently, she wants to see me all the time.
I mean, think about it.
Who else would want to see me that much?
Unless I ran off with their money or something.
Unless they're after me to have it out with me,
who'd want to see me like that?
Then when I was leaving,
she stood there and waited until I was gone.
I don't know. I guess that's how she won me over.
I see. I'm glad.
We should tell everyone. Let's not drag it on.
Well...
Yes, we should tell them.
But I should've at least given the girls a heads-up.
Gosh, I should have just told them earlier.
I just couldn't bring it up right at that moment.
Gosh.
Let's tell them together. They won't be against it.
My dad already said he'd love a daughter-in-law like you.
And as for Mother, she's fond of me.
I know that, for sure.
Young Hye said they'd be happy for us.
She said they'd "probably" be happy for us.
Well...
Okay, let's do it. We'll tell them.
Here's the plan.
If it doesn't seem to be going the way we're expecting,
you should step out.
What? Why?
When you get flustered,
you tend to blurt things out.
You're...
You can get a little emotional, you know.
Me? No way. I'm a very rational person.
Gosh, it's not a bad thing.
You're an artist,
so it's natural for you to let your emotions take over.
Anyway,
we'll bring it up together.
But if things aren't looking good,
you should either step out or go upstairs right away, okay?
All right.
Ga Eun. Sang Min.
- Hi. - Hi, Geu Roo.
Where did you guys go?
- We just stepped out for a moment. - Yes.
You said you had a date. Where is Mr. Hyun?
He's taking a call in the car.
It's for work. It'll take a while, so let's just go inside.
- Okay. - Okay.
Gosh, I want to go there.
It looks amazing.
- My gosh, you're back. - Hey, you!
- We're home. - Come on in.
- I'm back too. - Hi.
- I'll be upstairs. - Okay.
- Geu Roo. - Yes?
Just a moment.
Can you all spare us a moment?
Sure.
What is it? Do you have something to tell us?
Yes.
We want to get married.
Marry who?
- What? - Hold on.
Who are you marrying, Ga Eun? You've been seeing someone?
What?
I mean, us.
I will marry Ga Eun, and she will marry me.
We want to get married.
Honey, I think...
I think I'm hearing things.
Is this one of the side effects of the medications?
What did they just say?
What?
(Be My Dream Family)