(Shin Hae Sun)
(Lee Jin Uk)
(Kang Hoon)
(Jo Hye Joo)
(Kang Sang Jun)
(Written by Han Ka Ram)
(Directed by Jung Ji Hyun, Heo Seok Won)
(Dear Hyeri)
(Funded by...)
(the Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea Communications Agency)
(This drama is purely fictional.)
(Child actors were filmed under supervision.)
I have breast cancer.
What? Breast cancer?
What? You have breast cancer?
Cancer?
I have a broken leg...
and cancer.
Then how much time do you have left?
If I don't get radiation or take any medicine,
I won't last another year.
What do you want to do?
I want to live just like this,
as a normal human being.
No.
Are you saying I can't be a normal human, you crazy thing?
No. I'm saying you can't die.
I'm not dead yet.
I can't live without you.
I can't go on if you die and leave us.
What are you talking about? Who's dying?
Get admitted right away.
I don't want to.
The doctor said you had cancer.
You should get admitted and start treatment.
No.
Why are you so darn stubborn?
Granny. I just looked it up.
If you watch what you eat and exercise,
you'll get better.
You eat whatever you want...
and never exercise. How can you get better?
Get admitted.
I'll take you to the hospital after work today.
Hyun Oh. I like it here.
Even if I die, I want to die here.
Granny. Being stubborn won't help.
You're not well.
If...
you die,
I'll die right after.
Me too.
I'll take my own life too.
Let's all do that.
We can all die at the same time.
If I smoke this all at once, it might kill me.
What's gotten into you?
No. I'll die too.
I will too if you die, Granny.
What am I to do if you die alongside them all?
Figure out how to live with your ugly mug.
I'm not that ugly.
Ji On is good-looking.
The punk I dated for a while years ago...
looked a lot like Ji On.
You lot are being silly.
Granny.
Stop fighting and get admitted.
- Get treated. - I said no, didn't I?
Granny. I'm saying this because I'm about to lose my mind.
I won't get admitted.
But I will get treated.
I'll take you to the hospital later.
I should hear what the doctor has to say.
I have a wish.
What is it?
Tell me what it is. I'll do anything.
Will you get married, Hyun Oh?
What?
Get married.
That's my only wish.
What kind of wish is that? Name something else.
I want you to get married...
and start a happy family.
Come on.
Hyun Oh will start his happy family when he's ready.
You don't have to wish for it.
Granny. Even if I want to marry,
no one wants to marry me.
Is that so? Why not?
- So Granny. Forget about that... - There's me.
I want to marry Hyun Oh.
Can't I marry him?
What?
What's gotten into her?
I'd like an explanation, Cho Rong.
Your jokes are going a bit too far.
I'm not joking, Hyun Oh.
I said that because I really do want to marry you.
Marriage isn't that simple or easy.
It's not simple.
I know it's a serious rite of passage.
You know that and you volunteered?
It's not some vote for class president.
I volunteered because it was a great opportunity for me.
What kind of opportunity?
I wanted to marry you so badly.
Why would you want to marry me?
Do you like me or something?
No.
Enough with the jokes and get back to work.
I like...
your family very much.
What?
I lived with my older sister.
Then when Granny Hye Ja got sick...
That was...
Seven years ago.
You remember.
That's touching.
Why is that touching?
Anyway, I moved in seven years ago.
That's when I realized something.
What did you realize?
That I find happiness in being part of a large family.
And that I want to be a real family member.
Eun Cho Rong.
That shows you think marriage is no big deal.
Your sister did most of the caring for the grannies, not you,
so you think this life is easy.
You're wrong.
The situation changes when you become a real family.
Everything you said could be a good thing,
but you must help others just as much.
The grannies will get older,
and they'll require more help.
The grannies raised me,
so I don't mind that.
I think this is my duty.
But you know,
I think it's preposterous that my spouse should do the same.
Just because you like the hustle and bustle.
Choosing this hard life just for that reason...
Hyun Oh.
I had...
a grandmother when I was young.
We lived together for about ten years.
She had dementia.
When my sister went to work,
I had to look after her and I was just nine.
I even changed her diapers.
Do you think I liked or hated doing that?
I liked it, Hyun Oh.
Because Grandma was at least there.
She was alive.
That was good enough for me.
That's because she was your real grandma.
Do you look after the grannies because you're all related?
Hyun Oh.
It's my dream.
I want to marry you...
and become your wife.
I want to become a real member of this family.
I won't even ask you to like me back.
I'll be fine.
I just want to marry you...
and become a real member of this family.
- Cho Rong. - What?
I really don't think that's right.
Listen, Hyun Oh.
Aren't you willing to do anything and everything Granny Mi Ja wants?
The only thing you can do now is get married.
I can make that happen for you, and I want to do it.
Hyun Oh.
In my opinion, you have no choice now.
This is something we have to do, Hyun Oh.
Yes.
Well, it was pretty good.
Of course, I'm all right.
Yes, okay.
Sounds good. Let's have dinner together soon.
The line is busy. You'll be connected to voicemail...
Hey, Jung Hyun Oh!
Hey, I hear you're getting married.
My gosh, finally.
So what's going on? Tell me more.
Well, it's...
When's the wedding? Will it happen this year?
Marriage, did you say?
Forget it.
I won't ever marry.
Hey, how did it happen? Tell me the full story.
Well, it's...
No.
No way.
No.
It makes no sense. No way.
It just can't be true.
I must've misheard him. Yes.
It's impossible.
- It can't be. - Hey, where are you going?
Yes, I must've misheard him.
- I misheard him. - Hey, Joo Eun Ho.
- No way. - Joo Eun Ho!
Hey, what are you mumbling to yourself?
By the way, don't you have the news?
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
You're watching "PPS News at Noon" for Tuesday.
(The next report is about Brazil's steel import regulations.)
The next report is about Brazil's steel import regulations.
The Brazilian government recently announced that they'd impose...
extra tariffs on imported steel to protect the domestic industry.
What effect will this have on our steel industry?
Let's now find out the details.
Our economics reporter, Jang Gi Yeon, is here in the studio.
Welcome.
Hello.
We are seeing increasing protectionism in global trade.
Yes, the Brazilian government has decided to impose...
an additional 25-percent tariff on imported steel.
Hey, I hear you're getting married.
My gosh, finally.
So what's going on? Tell me more.
It seems to be a step taken to protect the domestic steel industry.
No.
This will surely impact...
- our domestic steel industry. - No way.
- Those in the steel industry... - What's with her?
Are trying to rework their export strategies.
Audio Director, please completely mute Joo Eun Ho.
Keep her out of the frame.
Eun Ho.
- Eun Ho. - They stated that they'd focus...
on increasing their product value by improving their technical skills.
It's all a lie.
I see.
- Then technical innovation... - Eun Ho.
And market expansion strategies...
- Eun Ho. - will become even more important.
The viewers can hear you.
That's correct.
- The Brazilian government... - What did you say?
They stated that...
it'd be more beneficial in the long run.
Yes.
Then how will this decision of the Brazilian government...
affect the global steel industry?
Have you guys lost your minds?
Have you gone insane?
Why was your microphone on at that moment? Why was it on?
Don't you know you shouldn't even breathe when your microphone is on?
You've been an announcer for 14 years.
How could you talk to yourself during a live show?
You must've completely lost your mind!
You call yourself a news anchor when you can't even focus...
with a reporter present in the studio?
A news program is nothing without trust.
You guys completely ruined the program.
The viewers now think the show is a joke. Do you know that?
Do you know that?
We're really sorry.
(Manager's Office)
(Announcer Jung Hyun Oh)
Do they want an incident report?
Hey, why did you make a mistake like that?
Gosh, seriously...
But, hey.
Let's be honest.
That jerk has been dying to find fault with you.
Are you sure he'll let you off with just an incident report?
Oh, boy. I guess he's not going to fire you, after all.
Anyway, hurry up and write the report.
Be as polite as possible.
So Chin Guk has it out for you,
so try to humble yourself as much as possible.
Oh, dear.
Hello, dear viewers.
I am Announcer Joo Eun Ho, a member of PPS' 28th crew.
(Hello, dear viewers.)
(I am Announcer Joo Eun Ho, a member of PPS' 28th crew.)
- What did you say? - In the long run...
Oh, my. Over 50,000 people have watched this already?
Hey, this is so embarrassing.
But Joo Eun Ho is a celebrity now.
Isn't it a good thing, then?
- That was what she wanted. - Goodness.
No, that can't be true.
No way.
- That scared me. - My goodness.
I know...
that no one probably knows who I am.
But I've been appearing on TV...
for 14 years already.
I bet no one even knows who I am,
but I've been working very hard.
If I may give an excuse for what happened,
I was out of it.
The thing is, I had a boyfriend.
He always said to me,
"Marriage, did you say?"
"I won't ever marry."
You said that yourself.
Am I wrong?
But what? You're getting married? You jerk.
It's not like that, Eun Ho.
Then why are people saying you're getting married?
Go ahead and explain why and how it was brought up.
Okay.
I will explain, so hear me out.
It's true that it was brought up, but...
So it is true?
Hey.
So you've been seeing someone else all this time, and I had no idea?
No. I swear, I have not been seeing someone else.
It had to be brought up because...
Actually,
whether you've been seeing someone or not is none of my business.
Why? Because we broke up.
Why did we break up?
You know why.
As soon as we started dating, you said to me...
that you'd never get married.
You said it was a deal breaker for you.
That's why we dated for eight years without a mention of marriage.
But the moment I brought up marriage,
you broke up with me as if you were waiting for it.
After all that,
I don't know whom you met or where you met her.
But people are saying you're engaged.
And the news spread like fire. But it's not true?
It's nothing like that?
You're telling me that there's a reason behind this?
You! What kind of nonsense is this?
You want me to explain this nonsense, don't you?
It doesn't matter if you get married or not.
The news already spread. What's important is...
the fact that people are talking about your marriage.
That fact alone...
So you can't marry me.
But you can marry this girl? The one people think you'll marry?
You know what, Hyun Oh?
What on earth...
did I mean to you?
My dear viewers.
Given everything that happened, here's the conclusion I reached.
He didn't marry me, not because he didn't believe in marriage.
It was me whom he didn't want to marry.
Here's why. When I broke up with him,
this is what everyone told me.
Hey, Hyun Oh is dating someone else, right?
- No. - He has to be.
Seeing how he broke up with you out of the blue,
he must be seeing someone else.
He's not!
Then why did you guys break up?
Hyun Oh is such a great guy.
Eun Ho, I may even say that he's too good for you.
Exactly.
Hyun Oh doesn't believe in marriage.
What? He doesn't?
Right. He will never marry, no matter what happens.
Even if there's a knife pointed at him, he still won't.
I think I've heard something about that.
But I want to get married.
What choice do I have? We had to break up. Don't you agree?
Right.
Then you had to break up with him.
I know, right?
My dear viewers.
That's how...
I became a fool.
(Episode 8: My Dear Viewers)
(I hate myself.)
I must've liked you.
Who are you talking about?
You?
Or Hye Ri?
I just...
I only need Hye Ri to return.
(Media N Seoul, Parking Management Office)
(Kang Joo Yeon)
Joo Yeon.
Yes.
How did you do at the joint campaign?
How was it? Was it fun?
I'm not sure.
How could you not be sure? You already filmed it.
Then did you have fun at least?
You know what?
- Hye Yeon. - Yes, Joo Yeon.
You know...
the udon you talked about...
I don't know how it tastes since I didn't have it that day.
But I want that udon.
Do you want to go and eat that?
What?
When should we go?
How about today?
What?
Let's eat it.
- What did you say, Hye Yeon? - Sir.
Joo Yeon...
- might be going crazy for real. - No.
Joo Yeon isn't going crazy. The crazy one is...
No, sir.
Think about it.
The whole time I've known him, he had never eaten...
the bouncy chewy udon. But he suddenly wants to eat it.
Of course, he did go there with his girlfriend.
But I'm not his girlfriend.
With all things considered, why of all people,
did he ask me to go there and have the udon with him?
This is...
just so odd.
Hye Yeon.
But to me, Joo Yeon seems perfectly normal.
The one who's acting weird is...
- What? - What?
What is it?
Oh, nothing. Never mind.
I guess Joo Yeon has something to say to you.
Like what?
Sir, it's over between me and him.
I told you, didn't I? He has a girlfriend.
Well, then Joo Yeon must have something on his mind.
Something he can't share with anyone.
Maybe he needs someone to talk to and share his thoughts with.
That must be it or something.
I see!
Joo Yeon. Something is troubling you, right?
What?
Something you can't share with anyone. Right?
Otherwise, there's no reason you would want to have udon with me.
Besides, this was my wish.
I think I'll be okay.
What do you mean?
I thought I wouldn't be okay.
But I've thought a lot about it, and I'll be okay.
I'll keep waiting.
Then she'll show up again.
Joo Yeon?
What are you talking about?
So are you telling me that's what's been troubling you?
When she shows up,
I'll be really good to her.
I believe,
if I do that, I can win her over...
because...
I have just one heart to give.
And my heart...
has space for only one person.
My gosh. How is that I didn't understand a word of that?
No matter how serious her illness is,
that won't change anything.
Hye Yeon.
Joo Yeon.
You see, you should include...
direct objects and subjects in your sentences. Okay?
Try again.
Hye Yeon.
This udon is really good.
I mean it.
Thank you so much for recommending this place.
I'm serious.
It's so good that I might...
even cry while eating this.
You can transfer to the Gyeongui–Jungang Line...
or the Airport Railroad at this station.
This station is Digital City.
The doors will open on your right.
This station has a wide gap between the train and the platform,
so please mind the gap as you get off.
(2011 PPS In-house Sports Day)
Hey, shouldn't you go home?
Do you know what time it is?
I'm hungry!
Did you know?
That we talked to each other for the first time today?
You talked to me for the first time today...
since we began working here two months ago.
Then you asked to go home together out of the blue.
But how come you're not heading home?
Can I ask you why you keep sifting through the sand...
on the school field?
Can I?
Hey!
This station is Jeungsan, Myeonghee University Station.
The doors will open on your right.
Come on. All you need to do is tell me...
why you're searching through this schoolyard.
Have you lost something?
I've lost a necklace.
"A necklace?"
What? Was it from your girlfriend?
I don't have a girlfriend, okay?
It's fine if you don't have one, but why do you get upset about it?
Listen. I'm going to go home now.
It's been four hours since the sports day ended.
And that's even way longer than the actual sports day.
So I'm going home.
Here's my last piece of advice.
It's forever lost if you haven't found it until now.
Bye.
Darn it.
This stop is Bulgwang. You may transfer to Line Three.
Is he crying right now?
Why are you crying?
What, when, and how did you end up crying?
Hey...
Was the necklace made of pure gold?
Was it 24k gold or something?
It was...
the same necklace as my mom's.
Could it be that...
your mother passed away?
Seriously.
Then go home and tell your mom.
"Mom. I lost our necklace of fate during sports day."
Ask her to get you another one.
She left home.
Oh, so your mother left home.
And she never returned.
Now what? Shall I buy you one?
We could find one that looks similar.
Will it work if I buy you one?
Listen, I have a wish.
It's to get out of this schoolyard.
I want to leave this place and go somewhere else.
I'll buy you one. Will that let me break free from here?
And to cry?
We're not close, and yet you cry in front of me.
So I'll buy you one, okay?
I still have some first paycheck left.
Come on.
Let's go have some meat.
- What? - Let's have some meat.
I'm out of juice after crying.
Is that a no?
No.
It's just suddenly wanting meat in the middle of crying is a bit...
It'll be on me.
I like sirloin.
Chuck flap tail and thin flank, too.
I'm all about the special cuts. Come on.
Do you usually cry easily?
No.
But can you really get me...
the exact same necklace if I draw you one?
Do you expect me to buy you one?
Of course. You promised.
Did you really press this down?
I did.
But is it still a bit wrinkly?
It only seems like it.
You didn't iron it, did you?
I did.
With what?
The warm sunlight, the clean breeze,
fresh air, and...
That was just hanging out the laundry.
It's what you call ironing, Hyun Oh.
Good grief. Where's the iron?
Are you looking down on the sunlight?
Do you despise the breeze and the fresh air?
Seriously.
Tell me where the iron is.
I thought as much and pressed down a shirt real hard.
So there was one.
There was an ironed shirt.
You were testing me when you had already ironed a shirt.
- Aren't I lovely? - Yes.
How much?
You're very lovely.
"Very lovely?" And? Is that it?
You're very, very lovely.
Get changed.
This stop is Gusan.
The door is on your right.
Please mind the gap between...
the train and the platform as you get off.
(Incident details)
(Greetings...)
Greetings to my dearest listeners.
This is Announcer Joo Eun Ho from "Joo Eun Ho's Every Morning,"
the one in charge of your mornings for the past four years.
Firstly, my sincerest apologies for being late for today's show.
I passed by several train stations as my mind wandered elsewhere.
By the way,
- did you know? - What's this?
Is that an incident report for the radio department?
Goodness gracious.
Were you late for the show?
I lived life to the fullest.
- I did my best. - Why do you keep making mistakes?
But why do such incidents always happen to me?
Eun Ho.
- I'm not talking about being late. - What's wrong with you?
- You're really... - My life...
sucks.
It really sucks, everyone.
Yes, this is Kim Shin Joong.
Eun Ho?
Why do you need her?
Are both the news and the incident report a joke to you?
What's more, you were late to today's radio.
I've cut you enough slack already.
Resign from the noon news...
and the radio show at once.
I knew this would happen.
I knew you were the lousiest of the lousiest.
What on earth...
is so special about this fool...
that made Jung Hyun Oh protect her and give up the 9pm news?
I wonder what's so good about you. Really.
I can't get married, Granny.
Let's get you treated first. And then...
Whether I get treatment or not,
my days to live are fixed.
And I was going to bring up that wish someday.
How is me getting married a wish of yours?
Even without marriage, I'll always be with you.
That wish of mine isn't to have you stay by my side.
Then why?
Do you know...
why I brought you here?
I...
needed someone to see me off when I died.
Because...
I was lonely.
I thought bringing you here would solve everything.
But while living with you,
I became greedy.
Once I leave...
and everyone else does too,
you'll be alone, which makes me extremely worried.
That's why I'm telling you to get married.
Only then can I rest in peace...
because you won't be lonely.
What is it?
Is it tough?
(Media N Seoul, Parking Management Office)
What are you doing?
I'm working.
Joo Yeon. I did some deep thinking.
What did you think about, Hye Yeon?
About what you said when we had...
the bouncy chewy udon.
You said your heart only had room for one person.
Yes, that's what I said.
But do you know what?
One's heart can have room for two people.
How so?
Joo Yeon, he and I occasionally sleep together.
Do you know what FWB is? Friends with benefits.
Why you...
But he's also been dating Kim Hyeon Ji of the news department.
What the...
- How can you... - What I'm saying...
is that he and I...
have feelings for someone,
but for two separate people.
The heart can only love one person.
Sure. Let your heart only beat for one person.
But if it can be separated, you would have room for another.
Know this, Joo Yeon.
One's heart...
can have room for 2, 3, and even 4 people.
So don't worry too much.
Announcer Joo, you must've been to many festivals yourself.
I have.
Now that it is May,
universities are busy preparing for campus festivals.
As a bustling crowd is expected,
safety should be a priority.
(On air)
- Good job. - Good job.
You did great.
Ms. Joo.
Yes, go ahead.
Can we talk?
(Incident report)
(Announcer Department Joo Eun Ho)
What on earth?
Are you writing another incident report?
Sir, I was cut from "Issue In" as well.
What?
Darn it. Without informing me first?
Who? Who fired you?
The order came from So Chin Guk.
He deemed me crazy and had me cut from all shows.
I can't say I'm surprised.
That rat.
Does he think he runs the station?
I'll go and talk to that jerk.
This is actually great since I was looking for the right moment...
to grill him about dropping you from News at Noon.
No, sir. Please don't do that.
What?
There's no way...
for me to come back from this.
Eun Ho.
What's going on with you?
What is it?
Are you ill?
Are you okay?
I'm fine with everything else,
but it hurts to be cut...
from News at Noon.
Of course it can hurt.
You loved presenting that show.
No, it's not that.
Hyun Oh gave up the 9pm news to keep me on that show.
He gave up his dream for me,
but I failed...
to secure my slot.
I say this again, but this isn't your fault.
It was my fault.
It wasn't.
The situation you were in...
Hyun Oh breaking up with me...
People whispering about me...
Being dropped from all the shows I was on...
And others being upset because of me...
Everything's my fault.
Come to think of it, that's the truth.
Don't blame yourself.
I'm not blaming myself, but just listing the facts.
It's true, Ji On.
I met someone who was sad about being the last day of February.
What's so sad about it?
I saw Kang Joo Yeon smiling.
It made me smile too.
He has such a pretty smile.
The ray of sun pouring into the parking office booth...
was beautiful to watch.
It was as pretty as Joo Yeon's smile.
Shin Joong said Hyun Oh gave up his news slot for me.
Should he have given that up for someone like me?
I constantly hold Hyun Oh back.
I met Kang Joo Yeon.
He's someone I have deeply wronged.
(Jeon Jae Yong is being received well. Darn it.)
Jeon Jae Yong is being received well.
Darn it.
How exciting.
Joo Yeon's house smelled nice.
I was able to perfectly fold the parking guidelines today.
I'll brag about it to Joo Yeon.
Nice! I was able to get off work with Joo Yeon today.
I met Joo Yeon's mother.
She gave me a twisted string ring. Nice!
I love the sound of rain knocking on the parking office booth roof.
It makes me happy.
Jung Hyun Oh is getting married?
Getting married?
To whom?
I may have to drop all the shows I'm doing.
I'm a failure.
I hate...
myself.
(I hate myself.)
(Dear Hye Ri)
Kids, we're at a broadcasting station today.
(Media N Seoul, Parking Management Office)
Here. Have the garlic and seaweed soup.
It's good for those with breast cancer.
I hear that exercising by raising your arms does wonders.
You need to exercise.
Don't be ridiculous. Garlic is the best.
Here. Eat lots of garlic.
- No, exercising is the best. - Wait.
Garlic is the best.
No, she must exercise to beat this breast cancer.
You crazy bats, that's enough!
Hyun Oh, you need to move the books downstairs.
I'll do it tomorrow. I'm going out for a bit.
Where?
Where are you going?
Dear Hye Ri.
Ms. Joo Eun Ho?
Hye Ri.
Isn't Ms. Joo Eun Ho here?
(Joo Eun Ho)
I wanted to be happy.
I hoped that myself...
was enough to fill every inch of my heart.
I wish...
I could be happy.
(To Eun Ho. You failed to be happy.)
(Now, I am taking over. Me as in Joo Hye Ri.)
To Eun Ho.
You failed to be happy.
Now, I am taking over.
Me as in Joo Hye Ri.
(Dear Hyeri)
Hello.
I heard you came to see me.
Hello.
I'm Kang Joo Yeon from Media N Seoul.
I see. To what do I owe this pleasure?
Where is...
Announcer Joo Eun Ho?
You should first tell me...
who you are to Announcer Joo...
to ask me that.
I'm the one who's been dating Joo Hye Ri,
Ms. Joo Eun Ho's other personality.