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Part 14 Lost
Publishing House Assist. Manager Girin Jin-ah The company will call you about plagiarism...
Publishing House Assist. Manager Girin Jin-ah The company will call you about plagiarism.
Call me if you need any help.
I'm sorry.
Oh.
Why are you standing there?
Oh, no reason.
I sent someone else for the other appointment.
I feel it'll be pickier and more interesting here.
Did something happen just now?
You look glum.
No.
What would happen?
Right.
Manager Ahn A picture has been sent
Come on, pick up.
This is why people
Your call cannot be connected...
come to your house.
Be careful of Gang Min-jeong Mind your own business, Lee Gang-jae
Your call cannot be connected...
What the?
Both of them aren't picking up?
He asked for a wake-up call this morning.
Where did he go with his broken leg?
2021 Grade 9 Civil Service Examination Lee Soon-ju
Administrative Law Language
No. 1 Examination Room General Administration Grade 9
Manager Ahn
Should I go up?
Yes.
Publishing House Girin
A book?
I should study up on the VIP.
"Notes on Life" Jeong A-ran
It doesn't look like you bought it.
I got it from a woman I know.
A woman you know?
Who?
Dear Dad, I guess I thought when I was over forty...
You don't know her.
It's just a woman I know.
I thought she'd be easy because she's ordinary.
I guess she isn't.
You can't tell a book by its cover.
Sample
Grade 5 Class 3 Park Mi-hye
Class 3 Park Mi-hye Sample
I've come to deliver a letter of resignation
in Park Mi-hye's stead.
Letter of Resignation Park Mi-hye
My daughter says she can't come out.
You can leave her stuff here.
Okay.
She says she has to pay you.
How much is it?
She already paid the advance.
Missed calls Gang Min-jeong
Park Mi-hye giving letter of resignation
Gang Min-jeong / Pick up!
Pick up!
Gathering her things, the last phone call,
transportation because I took the bus...
KRW 80,000 will do.
- KRW 80,000? - Yes.
How are the people there?
What people?
The people.
The office people.
The people?
They're just ordinary office workers.
I thought they'd be devils.
But I guess they aren't.
When people gather to work...
I too was an office worker briefly.
They're not understanding when you're sick.
They say you're not tenacious,
that you're not professional.
I don't know how the world is today.
But I guess it's worse for mentally ill people.
They would've said everyone suffers stress,
and that it's a problem
of mental strength.
She really loved
going to work.
But now she hates it.
So what is left?
Nothing. She lives an empty life.
Gang Min-jeong Pick up!
Missed calls Gang Min-jeong
Alright! I'm No.1.
- No.1. - No.1.
Gang Min-jeong
Ms. Lee Bu-jeong
Detail: Acting to confirm identification Place: Namyangju Police Station
Acting role: Friend
Ms. Lee Bu-jeong.
The Galaxy has arrived so I'm sending it to you. From Lee Gang-jae
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong.
Thanks to you,
I feel I've become a better person,
and with that cheerful heart,
I returned home safely.
How have you been?
The promise to meet in Seoul next time...
The bet that is yet to be settled...
The feeling that they're all valid,
makes me endlessly excited
and also endlessly afraid.
- We'll take care of all the expenses. - Okay.
Please don't tell anyone what you see here.
Oh, yes. Okay.
Is this reality?
or
am I in a fantasy, unable to return to reality?
I don't know yet.
But
I just want to trust this feeling.
Saying that you don't have to reply
is something you really don't mean.
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong. Thanks to you, I returned home safely.
You don't have to reply.
Are you doing well?
I know.
I know what you're saying, Reporter Song.
That's what I'm saying.
He's crazy.
But
we don't want to cause others harm.
Director Lee suffered burnout, rested for 3 years...
Okay, okay.
...and returned.
It's okay now.
Even if soap operas are dead now,
it's the leading show with ratings of over 30%.
It happened while practicing acting.
A fight can happen while practicing.
I'll do better.
Yeah, method acting.
You know Jin-seop is passionate about it.
Write a good article for me.
This medicine was acknowledged by the FDA
for helping women's health and menopause.
So where are you now?
I'm at the taxi station in front of your office.
The place you picked me up last time.
You should've called first before going there.
Then you wouldn't have wasted your time.
Don't scold me.
I get intimidated easily these days.
I didn't scold you.
Can you come?
I know it's your day off but...
Where should I go?
I'll be shopping.
Call me when you leave home.
Okay.
Wait.
Jeong-su.
Bring a lot of money.
I'm going to shop like crazy.
You say these unnecessary things.
I'm hanging up.
I'll be waiting.
Mom.
Huh?
Did you have a dream?
No.
What is it?
I have to go out on urgent business.
You know the clothes I used to wear?
Do you still have them?
Clothes? What clothes?
The clothes I wore before I got married.
Clean shirts and cotton pants.
Where are you going?
You said you'll leave after dinner.
It's a work thing.
Work?
Something happened at work?
It's no big deal, Mom.
Do you have clean clothes?
Yes, I have some.
Mom.
Huh?
You don't have to rush.
You're Just's friend?
Yes.
Did Just not mention me?
He came to my club a few times.
Oh, right.
Are you his girlfriend?
Well.
I'm a girl
and his friend.
I can't be his guy friend.
School friend?
It wasn't for me?
I thought it was for me, so I waited.
Want some water?
No, it's okay.
How long have you been staying here?
I'm not staying here. I come to work here.
This is our office.
Office?
Yes.
Oh, you mean
the stand-in service.
I see.
I never knew that.
I just thought this was Gang-jae's place.
You came here because he won't pick up.
Right.
Then of course you don't know.
It's only been 4 days.
Why is the door open?
Huh? Jong-hoon!
Hey, are you hurt?
Oh, yeah.
Where did you get hurt?
Was it an accident?
Oh, well,
I was carrying some stuff from the second floor
and slightly fractured my leg.
But the doctor said I had to do this.
I'm glad it's not serious.
Hey, come in and sit down.
Okay.
Jong-hoon.
Why are you here...?
Oh, well.
That bastard's not picking up his phone.
You should've been careful.
Oh, right.
I'm fine now.
If you use this on wrinkles,
it will manage both wrinkles and elasticity.
It'll glow naturally, making your skin look smooth.
You can use it with your makeup on.
I'll apply it for you.
You just have to sweep it around your eyes
and sweep it across your neck wrinkles.
You can use it on your lips, too.
Tap it on.
You can manage your wrinkles and look dewy.
How did you get here?
Are you feeling alright?
What?
I'm not sick.
No, that's not why.
Well.
I asked since you went through a tough thing.
You look like a student in those clothes.
A student, my foot.
Stop talking nonsense.
It's true.
Don't do that.
You can't get anything from me.
What do you mean?
I told you to bring a lot of money.
Seriously.
Forget it.
Did it disappear?
Huh?
What?
Did my wrinkles disappear?
Was something there in the first place?
Now I see you're a total player.
Why are you picking a fight?
Nothing's there. I'm calling it as it is.
I know it's empty talk, but I still feel good.
I'll take the whole set.
You're not paying, so don't look at me like that.
I just feel
like thinking about something else.
So don't stop me from buying.
I'm not going to stop you.
How will you make your payment?
No, I'm going to pay.
Don't.
Stop it.
Just accept it in situations like this.
We were practicing acting,
and feelings started boiling up.
I'm at the hospital.
Six weeks to heal?
No, it's two weeks.
People report to the police for nothing these days.
It's driving me insane.
Is it that hard to stay still?
How frustrating.
Are you alright?
Can you pull up the bed more?
That's enough.
This is good.
You didn't call the police, did you?
After you left, he came back to apologize,
then this happened.
He was beating me up when security came,
saying someone called the cops.
So I sent him away.
Maybe someone saw something.
Things got out of hand.
I heard Ms. Jeong talk to a reporter.
I don't think my story will make the news.
I'll probably be dropped from the show.
It's a relief.
I didn't call the police.
But I did tell security downstairs
to go up to check on you.
Darn it!
It was you.
It could've been someone else.
Maybe next door.
Do you need anything else?
How do
I look to you?
Pathetic?
Well...
Not pathetic.
Sad.
The woman who worked before you.
Your friend.
Hee-sun.
Right? Nam Hee-sun.
Yes.
She got hurt while sticking up for me.
Is your hand okay?
Yes.
She was trying to stop Mr. Seo from dragging me
to the front door.
I told her to get a lot of compensation from him.
But a little later,
rather than compensation,
she got fired.
Be careful.
If you get
fired because of me,
I can't help you.
Can you put a pillow behind my back?
What kind of friend was she?
Because of the age difference, you can't be alumni.
We met at a club.
A club?
On the internet?
Yes.
What kind of club?
A suicide club.
Have you made an attempt?
For real?
I went to the place with other people,
but I never actually tried.
Did you write a suicide note?
I haven't finished it yet.
Ms. Lee.
After you clean that up,
you can leave.
Okay.
Why don't you pick up your phone?
What the?
Keep it open.
Just left it open as he went out with his girlfriend.
They'll be back soon.
They went to get something to drink.
I'm a guest.
When will you come? Jong-hoon is at your house.
Huh?
He saw.
Gang-jae read it.
He checked my text.
It says he read it.
If he can come, he'll be here.
If not, he won't.
Right.
Did you choose? What did you choose?
Just something suitable.
Why did you come with me? You hurt your leg.
You should've stayed with Manager Seo.
Just...
I have nothing to say to him.
Why not?
I heard you were very popular.
What? Me? Why was I popular?
Manager Seo said he really wanted you.
Because the middle-aged women liked you.
He says things like that
for no reason
all the time.
Why?
Oh, well.
It's the highest compliment he can give.
You told me to wake you early. Where did you go?
What?
Where did you go? You turned your phone off.
I went to the library.
Library?
Yes.
What library? What's the name?
A library is a library.
There's no other name.
You're lying.
I can tell.
It's so obvious.
Later,
when things work out, I'll tell you.
When what works out?
Just.
Everything.
If it doesn't work out, you won't tell me?
This is so frustrating.
- Oh, no, that's not it. - I should just get crazy drunk.
You'll drink soju?
I'll hold this.
I can hold this.
I didn't break my arm.
Please. I'll hold it.
Please.
Whoa. So much soju...
Wow, you really have nothing.
Want to go out for drinks?
Why go through someone else's fridge?
How rude.
And I quit drinking.
You're just taking a break.
You didn't quit.
What are you so confused about?
Wow, you have a good hunch.
How did you know I was getting confused again?
You hit the bull's-eye.
Seeing you suddenly come to my house,
I figured you suddenly got confused again.
Hey, is #1003 here that woman's place?
Or is it her father's?
It's listed under her name.
Who is that woman?
Hey, don't be coy.
You acted like you knew everything just now.
Let's not make this awkward.
What?
Beating about the bush is my thing.
You don't like beating about the bush.
It's about Jeong-woo.
What about him?
That woman.
I said I gave Jeong-woo the job before you.
But Jeong-woo didn't do anything.
I thought
the kid was sick
so he wasn't in his right mind.
He used up all the money and left.
But now I think he gave me nothing on purpose.
Why?
I don't know why.
No, I mean why do you think that?
Huh?
Yeah.
Why do I think that?
How about you?
What about me?
Come to think of it, you gave me nothing, too.
It confuses me.
Huh?
You don't have a sick kid like Jeong-woo.
You're not suicidal.
You don't want to talk to Jeong A-ran yourself.
She was a ghost writer for Jeong A-ran.
She held her bag, and acted like a secretary.
She doesn't have anything you can suck dry.
Hey, I'm not a vampire.
What do you mean, suck dry?
That's how I lived.
If they had a weakness, I caught it.
If they didn't, I made stuff up.
After I made it, I covered it up for them.
Like that, I let them know
I existed.
Then I got attached.
You can feel pity, then fall in love.
You and I are only human.
I got attached to Jeong A-ran that way.
What is it you want to say?
What's so confusing? What do you want to do?
You know.
Your pictures.
I gave them to Jeong A-ran.
What pictures?
The pictures that you saw. Those ones.
It's weird that you ask.
To be honest, on my way here,
I thought about my promise, and I felt bad.
So I came to see you and talk.
But I don't know. Whatever.
Leave.
I can hold this much.
Forget it. I can do it.
You're leaving?
Huh?
Yeah.
See you next time.
Be careful.
You shouldn't drink.
I'll be careful.
Give me a call.
See you later.
Writer Lee.
Come talk with me.
I'll talk with Writer Lee for a second.
Oh, okay.
I'm sorry, Ma'am.
I'll call you tomorrow.
No, it's okay.
Then I'll be going now.
I'm sorry.
Get in.
If you're going home, I'll take you.
You have her address, right?
Yes, Ma'am.
Did you move?
It's been a year.
I'll talk here and take the subway home.
I'll take you.
We don't have a lot to talk about.
Okay then.
Park the car somewhere and go get some air.
I'll call you.
Yes, Ma'am.
I guess you saw it all.
I'm so embarrassed to go on site.
He says it happened while practicing acting.
That'll make a dog laugh.
I don't know how long I have to do this.
You do it because you like him.
If you didn't, you'd just let him sink.
You're right.
But
I'm not doing it because I like him.
It's because I need him.
I heard it's been months
since you worked for Ji-na.
That's what she said.
A little over 6 months.
Then it's when you started trolling me.
I trolled you for longer than that.
It's been over a year.
I started at the last stages of the manuscript.
There's a lot you haven't seen yet.
Say what you want to say.
What is it that I want to say?
You want to talk about the plagiarism.
Seriously.
You haven't changed a bit.
You're so high and mighty, huh?
Is that why you plagiarized?
From the book you were translating, no less?
I couldn't believe
you'd do that to your own book.
So when the company first told me,
I didn't believe it.
When you first came to me to publish a book,
what did you say?
That you liked books, and wanted to publish yours.
You said that was the reason you lived.
Even when they called you night and day,
you said you can endure it
because you like making books.
Were you the one
that posted it?
Well.
It doesn't matter.
The book didn't even sell 1,000 copies.
We collected all that was in stock, discarded them
and discontinued the book.
People can have similar thoughts.
But using the exact same words was the problem.
The company said they'll sue you.
But I stopped them.
Why are you working at Ji-na's house?
To find something to screw me over?
Yes.
So?
Did you find something?
Why would i reveal that to my opponent?
How can you beat me?
I'm not fighting you to beat you.
Even if I can't beat you,
I can hurt you.
I can make you bleed.
I prayed every day.
I sometimes pray even now.
I prayed the both of you would die.
I think you two are trash.
You disregard others,
and only think of your survival.
Writer Lee.
If you hate someone that much,
you're the one that suffers.
What do you think hell is?
If your hatred becomes unbearable, then that's hell.
Besides,
you can't beat me.
It'll be good for you to stop hoping.
Although I'm not giving you advice.
You think
I don't have anything on you?
You think you're so clean?
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong. Thanks to you, I returned home safely.
You don't have to reply.
What?
Hey.
Next week,
Min-jeong can move into a study room.
You can stay with me until then.
Forget it.
Soon-gyu is loud
and her cooking is bad.
I'd rather get take-out.
That's true.
You smirk? I'm telling on you.
I'm telling on you first.
I didn't say anything because Min-jeong was there.
In case you'd get embarrassed.
But you hurt your ankle while carrying blankets?
It got fractured.
You expect me to believe that?
Tell me.
What did you two do when I wasn't there?
What do you mean?
You know.
When I wasn't there,
you two could've
slept under one blanket...
Jeez.
...or used the same spoon
or played hide-and-seek or something.
When we're alone,
we usually talk about you.
Why talk about me? Talk about you.
Well,
you're the only common topic we have now.
And it's fun talking about you.
What?
What about me?
There's a lot.
Your first stand-in service was in 4th grade
when you acted as my friend when I was bullied.
I paid you KRW 100,000 for two months.
You bastard.
What?
You always tell that story when you meet a girl.
No, I don't.
You tell that story to get sympathy,
but girls don't fall for that easily.
Min-jeong
found it funny.
Min-jeong? Whoa.
Unbelievable.
Something happen between you and Jong-hoon?
Nothing happened.
You look distressed.
Hmm?
Never mind.
The day will come when I tell you.
It's a first for me, too.
So there.
Okay.
I'll wait.
Thanks.
Hey, right now,
you look really charming.
- Stop it. - Wait for me.
It's true.
What's that?
Huh?
You going somewhere?
You got a haircut.
What's with your hair?
You said you'll grow it out
and braid it into pigtails.
You copied my hair, right?
Who copied who?
This isn't an ordinary haircut.
If it's not ordinary, then what is it?
Retro.
- What the? - You wouldn't know.
So where are you going?
Karaoke room.
Out of the blue? Why?
Why do you think?
- To sing. - To sing.
Together?
Yeah.
Want to tag along?
Want to go, Gang-jae?
You crazy? What's with you?
It's really soundproof.
It's really private.
Why go there?
And your leg hurts.
Oh, it's good you brought it up.
Huh?
How could you get my precious boy injured?
Who? Me?
Yeah.
He hurt himself moving stuff at your place,
so it's your fault.
What are you talking about?
It was because he brought blankets from here.
Blankets?
What blankets?
- Huh? - Crazy bastard.
Tell me. What blankets?
We'll be off. Keep an eye on the house.
Okay. Have fun.
Not in front of the kids.
Be careful!
Go on inside.
- Be careful having fun? - Let's go.
They might follow us.
What's to be careful about at a karaoke?
Lee So-ra April 27, Wine bar couples' meeting
Acting as boyfriend, 4 hours
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong. Thanks to you, I returned home safely.
You don't have to reply.
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong. Thanks to you, I returned home safely.
Hello, Ms. Lee Bu-jeong.
You don't have to reply.
Thanks to you, I returned home safely.
You don't...
...have to reply.
Last Unit Even if there's no special reason,
Even if I don't have a reason,
can I see you?
Last Unit I want to see you.
Are you alright?
I'm so tired.
If you're tired, let's go.
I'm tired, but I can't sleep.
Help me sleep, Jeong-su.
I feel like I'm dying.
I'm so clingy, right?
Don't say that.
Let's go home after this song.
Will you be okay?
About what?
Can you
go home alone?
You said you didn't sleep for days.
I'm alone, so going alone is nothing.
Let's stand up and sing. It's the last song.
Ms. Lee Bu-jeong
I'll come to you.
Huh? Gang-jae, where...
Where's he going?
The rooms are full. What do we do?
We need to wait an hour?
An hour?
That's too long.
You know her, huh?
Yes.
Who is she?
The guardian of a patient at the hospital.
Yire Motel
Is it
the first time for us?
Yes.
I think
it's our first time.
But we dated for so long.
It's unbelievable.
Lee Bu-jeong
We meet again.
In Seoul.
Lost
What do you like?
I liked you the most, Jeong-su.
I still do.
Where should we go?
I know.
How about life with an illusion?
Bu-jeong.
I'm fine.
I'm okay.
Do you want a drink?
Let's drink.
Father!
Father, wake up!