"DOCTOR CHA"
Have you been taking your immunosuppressants?
Well…
I've been busy lately so I did forget a couple of times,
but I did take them regularly.
How do you feel these days?
I'm tired even on my days off and I've been having indigestion.
Since when?
Since about a week…
before my regular checkup?
Actually,
when I coughed today,
there was some blood.
That wouldn't be surprising.
Your CT and ultrasound readings came out,
and they're worse than I thought.
First, you have more ascites than I anticipated,
and your liver density has decreased by a lot.
Your L/S ratio has decreased a lot too,
and edema has formed around your portal vein as well.
Your right lung
has also developed a pleural effusion.
Of course, we'll have to do a biopsy to be sure,
but there's a possibility
this is a transplant rejection or acute liver failure.
All this happened because I forgot to take my immunosuppressants a few times?
You should be hospitalized, have a biopsy done,
and receive steroid treatment.
This is…
just so sudden.
I'm still quite stunned.
It'll be a huge inconvenience to everyone if one resident leaves.
I…
Need some time to get things in order.
Do it as fast as you can.
Get things in order quickly and get hospitalized.
Yes, Cha Jeong-suk speaking.
Yes, patient Ms. Seok Hui-suk?
BEST MEDICAL PERSONNEL OF THE MONTH DR. CHA JEONG-SUK, FAMILY MEDICINE
CHAIRMAN OH CHANG-GYU, GUSAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
10 BILLION WON DONATION CEREMONY
2022 GUSAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL'S RURAL COMMUNITY MEDICAL VOLUNTEER TRIP
Yes, I'll be right up.
Yes, Cha Jeong-suk speaking.
Yes.
Hello.
How are you today?
Does your stomach still hurt? Did you eat?
You have to eat well.
I chugged three cups of coffee, but I still feel sleepy.
I was on night duty preparing for a conference,
so I only had two hours of sleep.
Dr. Cha, you seem fine.
Do I?
Will it get better in our second year?
We're dispatched anyway, so it'll all be the same.
Still, I want to hurry up and become a second-year.
Don't you agree?
Yes, I think it'll be great
once we become second-years.
It'll be
really great.
Hello.
Do you remember me?
- Yes. - You haven't called.
So I came here to see you, though it may seem rude.
Have you given it some thought?
About our father's bone marrow transplant.
Don't you feel
even slightly bad for asking me this?
We'll compensate you handsomely.
So please let us know the amount you would like.
Yes?
Did you call for me, Professor?
Do you want coffee? I have tea too.
I'm fine. I already drank some.
But why did you want to see me?
Dr. Jeon, I want to ask you a favor.
Maybe I pushed myself too hard recently. I'm feeling pretty tired.
I want to run some tests,
but it'd be weird to order them myself.
Can you put in an order for a liver function test, a CT, and an MRI?
Yes, I can do that.
If this is your medical checkup,
should I add a gastroscopy or a colonoscopy as well?
I think that can be done after seeing the blood test results.
Also, please ask that they run a 1mm-thick scan for the liver CT.
One millimeter?
Isn't 1mm the protocol for liver cancer or a liver transplant?
Why would…
Because I need to.
- Okay. - Thank you.
Okay, I'll get it done.
Yes?
The police station?
Yes, this is Kwak Ae-sim.
You're a victim of the Seomun convalescent hospital scam, right?
Victim? Me?
That land is prohibited from development,
but we received a report that investments were received to develop a hospital.
It looks to be a sophisticated scam case.
I think you'll have to come to the Seodaemun Police Station.
I see.
Professor.
Ms. Kwak.
You must know now since the police station contacted you.
I'm very sorry about the investment.
I lost both money and friends over this.
The woman you met at the restaurant
was a woman I had been seeing after my wife died.
I had no choice but to reconcile with her because of this recent incident.
Please forget about a loser like me and start over with someone new.
Hello?
Ms. Kwak? Is that you?
Ms. Min, it's been a while.
What a coincidence.
I know, right?
There are rumors that the convalescent hospital you invested in
is all a scam.
Is that true?
The money you borrowed from me is safe, right?
Of course.
Professor Choi, over here.
I have some materials I urgently have to review.
I think I'll have to eat later.
Do it after you eat.
I have something to give the professors in our department.
I'm sorry. You can give it to me next time.
Okay.
Okay, let's get up too.
Take your time.
Thank you…
to you both.
For…
For what?
For being my fellow residents.
They say the friends you make
during med school and your residency last forever.
But I haven't worked for so long that I haven't seen my colleagues in ages.
I wanted to thank you for eating with an old resident like me
and letting me in on things I don't know.
It's nothing.
That's nice and all,
but you're talking as if you're going somewhere far away.
It feels weird.
Be on good terms with the other residents too.
It'll be awkward if you become enemies with someone you'll work with.
- Take it. - No.
- Like them? - I won't!
- Take Bong-suk's wedding invitation. - No, I won't!
You of all people must accept this, you punk!
I of all people won't accept it!
I won't accept it!
Then I'll read it to you.
Don't read it. I won't listen.
Even if I had ten ears, they are all closed!
Let go of me!
Professor Oh, read it!
No, I'll kill you if you do!
- Don't read it, you punk! - "Wedding invitation."
"We are two people
who used to walk on separate paths."
Then keep walking separately!
- "But we'll now walk on the same path." - Don't walk on the same path!
"Please join us in blessing our new life together."
"The groom, Jung Seong-han."
"The bride, Lim Bong-suk!"
Bong-suk!
Hey, Chief Yoon.
Make sure you come to the wedding.
I'll pay for your meal ticket.
Would you go if you were me?
"I am leaving once this night passes, to a person I don't want to go to."
"As my tears fall, I depart to a person I do not even love."
"I shed endless tears."
Hey, hold on.
Where is Professor Seo?
I need to give him this.
Something came up at home, so he left early.
Really?
I have to give him this.
Bong-suk!
LAW FIRM KIM DONG-WOOK
Mother.
Why on earth are we here?
If you're going to get a divorce anyway, you need to be prepared too.
Are you just going to let her walk over you?
Jeong-suk even sent you a divorce petition!
I'm not getting a divorce.
You need this!
This is necessary. Follow me.
- Come on. - Follow me.
After hearing your story,
it's undeniably clear that you're the spouse at fault.
So naturally, you don't have the upper hand.
Then,
what about the assets?
Will he get his assets taken from him?
How will the assets be divided?
Division of assets depends on contribution,
but recently, the importance of domestic work has been recognized,
so there have been cases where up to 50% has been awarded.
So she gets half of his fortune when she didn't contribute anything to it?
What kind of law is that?
She has a building under her name. Does she get half of that too?
It's actually my building, but it's just under her name.
She doesn't know that she has a building or anything else under her name.
Did you buy the building under her name to avoid taxes?
Yes, that was the case.
In that case, that counts as ownership trust.
You can be punished by law.
According to criminal law, you can go to prison for five years
or get a fine of less than 200 million won.
Even if we put that aside,
you'd need to prove that
your daughter-in-law didn't contribute to the building's purchase.
- But that seems difficult in this case. - My goodness. Then…
are you saying my building will be taken away?
I mean,
how could you keep something like that a secret from me?
Let's talk about that later.
First, we need to sell that building.
Tell Jeong-suk the truth and put the building on the market.
Even if we sell below the market price.
Why would you want to sell that below the market price?
About that.
I can't believe something like this happened.
Mother!
Three hundred…
You gave that scamming bastard 300 million won?
With the money you borrowed?
I didn't give it to him.
I invested.
That's the same thing, Mother!
You can get mad at me later.
What should I do?
If I don't pay back that money, I'll become an outcast among my alumni.
The building won't sell easily.
Can't you get a credit loan?
You're a doctor.
In-ho, do something.
Do you not remember?
I took out the biggest credit loan I could get last year
and repaid the secured loan on the house.
Interest rates are high these days.
Do you know how much the interest is each month?
Then what do I do?
Your mother's reputation
is about to be destroyed
because of 300 million won!
- Hey. - I have to head back for a surgery.
You pay for the meal.
In-ho.
JUNG-MIN'S MOM
Hey, it's me.
Let's meet later.
You could've told me over the phone. Why did you insist on meeting?
What is it?
This isn't something I can discuss over the phone.
But why do you look so pale?
What do you mean?
Did you…
hear anything...
Mother purchased a building under your name.
What?
You mean the one in Gimpo?
You knew?
I found out when I went to the bank
to take out a loan for I-rang's academy.
But what about it?
Why did you pretend like you didn't know about it?
Forget it.
She got herself into trouble, so she needs to sell the building.
You need to put it on the market.
If we list it below market price...
I don't want to.
- What? - I don't want to.
I don't want to sell it.
Do you…
Jeong-suk.
It may be in your name, but it belongs to Mother.
Do you have proof?
Are you crazy?
Yes, I am crazy.
Why do I have to obediently cooperate with the people who've used me?
Just think of it as a division of assets, in a broader sense.
We're not even divorced.
Why on earth are you mentioning division of assets?
I really didn't want to say this,
but did you contribute even a single thing
to the creation of these assets?
Don't be ridiculous!
I see you had a plan all along.
Is this why you refused when I offered you joint ownership of the house?
That's right.
I had a bit of conscience left, so I was going to take the building
and let you have the house.
Anyway, I don't want to sell it.
I'll claim the rights to whatever is under my name,
and that's that.
Then what about the money that Mother owes?
Just sell the house and take care of it with that.
Move to a smaller place,
or if you don't want to do that, then buy a big house in the suburbs.
If you sell the house, both options are possible.
That's it.
There are multiple ways of doing squats.
You can do that way too.
Ms. Oh!
- What? - Ms. Oh, please open the door.
- Ms. Oh. - Goodness!
Oh, my goodness! Ms. Kwak, what are you doing here?
Gosh, you reek of alcohol!
- Why did you drink this much… - Ms. Oh.
Have you been well?
Goodness.
Gosh, wait.
I'm heading to…
Did she go to exercise?
Are you up?
You should get up and have breakfast if you're awake.
I thought your stomach might be upset, so I made a clear broth.
I think I made a lot of mistakes last night.
Yes, you did.
Don't assume
That I lived this way or that way
Jeez.
You don't have to describe it in such detail.
Please forget all of that as fast as you can, Ms. Oh.
You're really upset
about the kids, right?
Thinking about the kids getting a divorce
makes me feel
like there's a hole in my chest.
It's not because I feel bad for In-ho.
It's because I can't live without Jeong-suk, Ms. Oh.
I'm being honest.
I really liked Jeong-suk.
She wasn't like a daughter-in-law.
No matter how much I whined,
she accepted it all like an older sister.
Honestly, that's who she was to me.
You should treat your daughter-in-law like your daughter-in-law.
You can't depend on her
like an older sister.
If you're an adult, shouldn't you act like one?
Don't talk about how much you liked Jeong-suk now.
Because of you,
Jeong-suk suffered so much both physically and mentally.
Even so,
maybe she knew that's how you felt
because she doesn't seem to hold much hate for you.
Sometimes,
it seemed like
she was trying to be the bigger person by not thinking too much about it.
But I can't say that she should continue to live in that house
just so you can be comfortable.
All we can do is just watch them handle things on their own.
Ma'am, do you still not have any energy?
Yes.
Ma'am, you're being injected with nutrients.
Since you can't eat,
you're being provided with nutrients through this injection.
And the results of the tests you took before will come out soon,
so just wait a bit longer.
You just don't have energy when you're old.
What's the point of tests?
I'll tell you a secret.
You're my last patient.
So I want to make sure you're all better when you're discharged.
She was born in 1920?
Then that'd make her over a 100 now.
This is the first time I'm seeing a patient that old in this hospital.
People really do live to 100 these days.
But why was she hospitalized?
It's all the same for patients of that age.
They either have no energy or are unable to digest well.
Dr. Cha, she's going home after getting the IV drip, right?
That was the plan.
But she has indigestion and chest pain,
so I had an APCT done just in case.
The video was uploaded, so I'm checking…
What?
It's an aortic dissection.
It's a critical situation
when the most important artery in our body is torn.
She needs to be transferred to Cardiothoracic Surgery for an operation.
But due to her age, I don't know if they will do the surgery.
If she doesn't get surgery…
the chances she will die are very high.
We brought her here because she couldn't eat or digest anything.
It's common for elderly patients not to show many symptoms.
Then…
do you mean my mother could pass away immediately?
If she doesn't get surgery immediately,
then yes, that could happen.
I'll first contact the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department.
Please wait in the hospital
just in case you need to do some paperwork regarding surgery.
Hello.
Is this Professor Seo In-ho's office?
Yes, that's right.
I'm a college classmate
of your mother, Kwak Ae-sim.
I see.
She would always brag about her son,
so I stopped by during a visit to the hospital.
- I see. - I don't know if you know this.
Your mother borrowed a little money from me.
I thought you should be aware of this as her son,
since your reputation shouldn't be ruined because of your mother.
You know how people get exposed for…
a family member's unpaid debt.
That happens to lots of people these days.
MOTHER
Yes, Mother.
In-ho, about that building.
I think it'll be difficult to liquidate it.
Which led me to think…
Here's an idea.
What idea?
Seung-hi.
How about borrowing money from her?
- What? - Isn't 300 million won
just chump change to her?
What are you even saying…
Mother, don't even dream of it.
Professor Choi.
Do you have some time tonight?
PATIENT NAME: LEE PAN-SIM DATE OF BIRTH: APRIL 21, 1920
What do you think it's like
to live until you're 100?
Just thinking about it is horrible.
That patient is really lucky that such a critical condition
was quickly discovered thanks to you.
Is she?
- How can I help you? - I'm Ms. Lee Pan-sim's guardian.
Yes.
What brings you here?
Who told you to take a CT?
What?
She's old, so we didn't expect much.
We told you to just give her an IV drip.
How much longer do you think she is going to live?
Aren't you just trying to make money?
No, it's not that...
She was just about to die,
so we reserved the funeral home
and contacted all our relatives.
So you came here
to pick a fight over why I was trying to save my patient?
Excuse me,
Doctor.
My mother has lived a long life.
I'll be 80 soon too.
I'm tired of life even at my age, so how do you think my mother feels?
What's the point of fighting? Let's just go.
Is this the afterlife?
Ma'am.
Are you awake?
So I'm alive.
I was trying to go this time,
but I wasn't able to.
I wasn't able to go again.
Living a long time…
is punishment too.
It's punishment.
It's a blessing to pass
when your children are still sad to see you go.
So you're saying you want to take a leave of absence?
Yes.
And you are aware that the residents who are left
will suffer two or three times as much if you leave now?
Yes.
I am aware.
Have a seat.
Dr. Cha.
You've done well until now.
Do you think it's easy for a resident who takes a leave of absence to return?
I know this hospital received a donation thanks to you,
but isn't this asking for too much?
Let's hear the reason.
What's the issue?
Is the work too hard?
I'm the issue.
My liver transplant isn't doing well.
I have to be hospitalized and treated again.
I have neglected myself.
- Chief Lim. - Yes?
Will there still be a place for me here even if I take a leave of absence?
I'm not sure.
I can't answer that right away.
I know it may seem irresponsible,
but please tell me I can come back, Chief Lim.
When I came back to the hospital,
I was determined to live as a doctor while I was still alive.
If you tell me I can come back after getting treated,
I think it'll help me stay strong.
Because it'll mean I have a place to come back to.
PROFESSOR ROY DO YOU HAVE A MOMENT?
Dr. Cha is taking a leave of absence?
That's what happened.
You remember Dr. Cha received a liver transplant
before she applied to be a resident here, right?
It seems that her liver was damaged again.
She says she needs to be hospitalized right away.
Professor Choi, please explain the situation to her fellow residents.
It's hard on everyone when even one person leaves the hospital.
I will.
But shouldn't this call for a resignation instead of a leave of absence?
It'd be hard not to hire someone new while we wait for her return.
I know.
I don't know why this is happening right after her mother recovered.
Dr. Cha wants to be reinstated after being treated,
but I think there will be a lot of complications.
I don't know whether to accept her reinstatement
or to suggest resignation.
It's a real headache.
You'll do what for me?
I think I'll be able to donate my liver to you.
I took a test and the results are good.
It's entirely possible.
You'd donate your liver to me?
That's out of the question.
Why?
The man who abandoned me
showed up after 40 years and asked for a bone marrow transplant
just because he's my biological father.
On the other hand, you're someone much closer to me.
You're my patient,
a friend, and a colleague I care about.
What more is there to explain?
This was a hard decision even for my husband of 20 years
to go through with.
This isn't something you should decide on a whim.
I want to see you live a healthy life.
That's reason enough.
And another thing.
I'm healthy and my liver is big,
so it's fine to cut a bit off.
If you don't want my liver, get treated well and get better soon.
Are you ready to be hospitalized?
Yes.
I'm ready.
CHA JEONG-SUK
Ms. Cha Jeong-suk!
- I guess you're leaving work. - Yes.
I think I might end up getting exposed for Mother's debt.
A creditor even came to visit me in the hospital.
This is all thanks to you.
Why is that thanks to me?
It's thanks to your mother.
Right, then I'll correct myself. It's thanks to both of you.
- Happy? - I am.
You'll become rich!
It must be nice!
What a jerk.
What is it?
You never ask to meet with me first.
The thing is…
I really wanted
to thank you for treating my mother-in-law.
I only did my job.
Still, you must have felt terrible,
so I wanted to say I'm sorry, and thank you so much.
Those are the only two things you always say.
Fine.
I'll accept your gratitude.
Are you done?
What?
Do you…
want to invest in me?
Invest?
How much?
About…
300 million won?
I'm not asking you to just give it to me.
I'm saying to invest it in the man that I am.
I'll make sure to pay you interest regularly.
You bastard.
You want to borrow money from me after everything you've done?
What is wrong with you?
And what's with this sexy act?
Do you think I'll just hand over money to a bad boy like your mother did?
How did you know?
Even a kid would know this is just your imagination.
What?
You should try to make yourself look pitiable instead.
If you have nothing more to say, I'm leaving.
Wait!
Seung-hi.
Please lend me money.
What are you doing? Get up.
I'm not asking for a handout. Just lend me some money.
I'll be homeless at this rate.
Seung-hi.
In-ho.
I know we were in a relationship,
but there's a line you shouldn't cross.
You're trying to act weak to control me.
But this is a type of gaslighting.
Is this…
also my imagination?
You caught on quickly.
You shouldn't do that
in reality, okay?
You told me to act pitiable instead.
You did seem less of a jerk than before.
You have nothing else to say, right?
Then it's my turn to talk.
Did you know
your wife is quitting the hospital?
What?
Here.
This looks delicious!
Thank you for all this.
It's been a while since I've cooked you a meal, right?
Yes, I missed your cooking so much!
What's the occasion? Why did you come all the way here to cook?
I did this just because.
- Mom, more meat please. - How pretty.
- Me first. - You can't be a picky eater.
- Give me some first. - Okay.
Why did Jeong-suk quit the hospital?
She wants to take a leave of absence, to be precise.
Leave of absence?
When I ran into her before,
she just seemed all high and mighty.
Did you not know your wife was ill?
Her condition isn't good right now.
She'll go through drug therapy at the hospital.
In the worst-case scenario,
she'll have to consider getting another transplant.
It seems that…
I have…
to be hospitalized again for treatment.
Don't worry too much.
I'll recover quickly after receiving drug therapy.
Are things really bad?
If you need to be hospitalized…
Well,
if the situation gets worse,
I might have to get another transplant.
But it won't come to that.
So don't worry, okay?
It's all my fault.
You were stressed out and on edge because I was sick.
You were already exhausted, and I made you worried on top of that.
Mom, stop.
Don't say that. How is this your fault?
Mom, I really can get through this.
So don't worry.
No need to worry ahead of time.
I can really get through this well.
I'm really okay.
So don't be too sad
or feel tortured over this.
Let's think of good thoughts and get through this, okay?
Okay?
Mom.
I was really shocked too.
Are you sure?
We have some responsibility
for Jeong-suk ending up like this.
Since we did a lot of unacceptable things to her.
Is your condition bad enough that I have to cancel my conference?
Honey, it's so pretty.
I'm glad to hear you like it.
I'll cherish this forever.
Thank you, honey.
Come on, don't go overboard. I can just buy you another one.
This is the first present I've received from you.
So it's that much more meaningful.
You'll be 50 by the time you finish.
The average life expectancy is longer now, so that's still young.
Who would welcome an old and sick resident?
Don't be a nuisance and just drop it.
Fine.
If you so insist, go ahead.
I won't stop you, so do your best.
- Really? - Yes.
Do what you want, since it's your decision.
Just pretend we don't know each other at work.
Don't even dream of whining or complaining about your tough work.
Do not ask me for help.
Do not expect to receive
any special treatment just because I'm there.
We will be complete strangers at the hospital.
I will only treat you as a rookie resident, do you understand?
Yes!
So please just quit!
Do you know how hard it is to see you at work?
You say whatever you want, but have you ever considered how I feel?
No.
I didn't think about how you felt on purpose.
I want to put myself first from now on.
I finally realized there's a life for me out there,
so I can't stop again now!
Honey, this is my last chance.
Please…
let me continue down this path.
I won't even ask for you to help pave the road or hold my hand.
Just…
let me be able to walk down this path.
Is it because of that punk?
Roy Kimberley?
Don't get ahead of yourself.
Do you think that decent young man is into you?
We're not even divorced.
Why on earth are you mentioning division of assets?
I really didn't want to say this,
but did you contribute even a single thing
to the creation of these assets?
Don't be ridiculous!
Professor Kim,
please explain my wife's condition in detail.
I need to know now, at least.
The results of her blood tests and her liver ultrasound aren't good.
Her symptoms are quickly getting worse.
Her abdomen is distended due to ascites, and her lungs are filled with fluid
which is causing breathing difficulties.
This will be hard to regulate through diuretics alone.
We'll have to do a biopsy,
but from the looks of it…
it's either acute liver failure or transplant rejection.
If my wife
needs a liver transplant, I'll do it.
That's what I came to tell you.
It seems quite late for that.
I know it's late,
but I want to make up for it.
How did you find out?
How long did you think I'd stay in the dark?
You've been admitted to the department I work for.
Yes.
This is what happened.
There's nothing I can do this time as well.
I can only get treated and hope for the best.
Yes.
Get drug therapy and if it doesn't work, I'll donate my liver to you.
So don't worry too much.
Now you've decided to?
I know it's late, but yes.
I don't
need your liver.
You refused to give it to me when I needed it most.
So why are you acting like this now?
Did you think
I'd give you back the building out of gratitude for this?
Is that why?
I called the real estate agency and put the building on the market.
I gave them your phone number,
so you should receive a call if there's a buyer.
Why do you always make me out to be the bastard?
I…
What I did was wrong, but still.
You should…
still give me one last chance.
You should give me the chance
to make up for the hurt I've caused you.
You should give me
at least one chance to be the tiniest bit
of help to you
as the father of our children
and as your husband.
It's…
all pointless.
We'll break up in the end.
So let's not make things difficult,
and end things when we can.
Even when we were a regular married couple,
you weren't able to willingly donate your liver to me.
What's the point of giving me your liver and getting a chance after all this?
I don't need any of that.
If I die,
then that's just my fate.
What do you mean by fate?
It's all my fault.
No, it's not your fault. This isn't happening because of you.
So stop.
It's my fate.
It's my fault I wasn't able to maintain my health.
It's no one else's fault.
No, it's not your fault. This isn't happening because of you.
It's my fate.
It's my fault I wasn't able to maintain my health.
It's no one else's fault.
What are you looking at so intently?
Something interesting to see?
I can see the funeral home from this room.
GUSAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FUNERAL HOME
Out of all the rooms, why did…
No, it's okay.
I think it makes you realize how close you are to life and death
when you're in a hospital.
Just think of good things.
Thoughts like successfully getting treated, going home,
and getting reinstated.
Even if they aren't those kinds of thoughts,
I feel like
I'm in the midst…
of a beautiful moment.
I've eaten various delicious food,
seen many amazing sights,
and studied as much as I could…
in my life up until now.
I saw my kids grow up
without missing a moment too.
I think I would consider myself so lucky
if I were able to die
amid a beautiful moment like this,
before I become too much for my children to bear.
So,
I'm not sad.
I feel…
at ease, Professor Kim.
The difficult tests will start tomorrow.
Your tests are done for today.
Is there anything you want to do before you get stuck in here?
There are so many things.
It's hard to choose what to do first.
Professor Kim.
Can I ask you for a favor?
I thought of something I want to do.
Why are you just leaving?
Didn't you come to see me?
- That's right. - Why?
To see what kind of state I'm in?
Get better and come back to work soon.
I will.
You…
had thanked me.
But I wasn't able to say anything.
I'm sorry.
I imagined what it'd be like to hear those words from you.
I thought nothing would change
no matter what you said.
But it's better than not hearing it at all.
When I got to college
and met you,
I wanted to be friends with you.
You got good grades and were smart…
but you weren't a shameless brat.
You came from an affluent family,
but you didn't make that obvious.
If things hadn't become so difficult between us…
then maybe right about now,
we'd be eating a meal together
while complaining about our husbands to each other.
Am I an idiot…
for feeling sad about this?
This whole time,
you…
and I…
went through so much.
I want to be…
at peace now.
I hope you can too.
JUNG-MIN'S MOM SORRY FOR YELLING AT YOU EARLIER
I WASN'T ACTUALLY ANGRY AT YOU I WAS ANGRY AT MYSELF
I'M REALLY SORRY IF I HURT…
What were you saying about Professor Roy before?
The chief resident said that
he asked Dr. Jeon to run a liver function test and a CT for him.
And a 1mm-thick scan of the liver at that.
A 1mm scan?
Why?
Does he have a really bad liver?
It's not that. The chief resident thinks
it's about Dr. Cha Jeong-suk.
Dr. Cha Jeong-suk…
My mom?
Yes, your mom is currently hospitalized.
What does that have to do with my mother being hospitalized?
Hey, the pure love and devotion of a man.
Don't you get it?
My goodness.
It seems Professor Roy has decided to donate his liver to your mother.
Hey, what are you talking about?
Where are you right now?
I asked you where you are!
Why did he ask me to come to a place like this?
You got here quickly.
Why would you give your liver to my wife?
Why can't I?
As you already know, organ donors don't have to be relatives.
That's not what I'm saying right now.
She has me. I'll give her my liver. So why are you butting in here?
Because I don't know when you'll change your mind again.
I'd rather give her my liver.
Are you crazy?
Why would she accept your liver instead of mine?
And I don't even drink. My liver is fresher.
I'm younger and work out a lot.
So don't be ridiculous.
And you've been drinking a lot lately.
As if that amount would do much!
- What are you doing here? - You don't need to know.
The two of you should stop.
I heard every little ridiculous detail.
I'll hear the reason why you're here later.
It's great that the person in question is here.
Let's ask her directly.
Let's do that.
Make your choice.
Between the two of us, whose liver will you accept?
Decide right here, right now!
Make your decision, Dr. Cha.
I'm not sure.
Whose liver should I accept?
I choose…
DOCTOR CHA
Please give me the chance to save your life.
Even though I may not be by your side one day,
I'll always protect you.
I'm scared I'll be causing unnecessary suffering for someone
because of me.
I'll let you go through with the divorce
and I won't pathetically cling to you.
So get the surgery.
And live.
Subtitle translation by: Yoon-ji Chi