It's you, Seon Joo.
Seon Joo, it is you.
Let me see you. Let me see if you are...
really my daughter.
Seon Joo.
Seon Joo, it is you.
Seon Joo.
My baby.
It's me. Your dad.
- I'm your dad. - Let go of me. Let go!
I'm not Seon Joo.
- I'm Shin Hwa Kyung. - Seon Joo...
Seon Joo!
Hwa Kyung.
- Seon Joo... - Mr. Park, are you okay?
Seon Joo...
(Episode 3)
Hwa Kyung.
(Seoul Daehan Hospital)
Mr. Park, what's wrong?
What's going on?
Seon Joo was here.
I couldn't even ask her to forgive me.
She just left.
Seon Joo...
What do you mean?
Park Seon Joo was here?
How did she know?
I'm not sure about that.
Are you sure it was her?
Perhaps you mistook someone else for her.
It was her.
I checked the scar on her ear myself.
She was definitely my daughter.
And Seon Joo was in a picture that your daughter...
has shown me on her phone.
She showed that picture to me...
and asked if I recognize her.
Woo Jung did that?
Hwa Kyung is...
really Park Seon Joo?
I guess fate took pity on me after I was abandoned...
in front of an orphanage at five.
I'll take your bag.
When I was adopted after a year,
- All right. - I was very happy.
- Goodness, Seon Joo. - I believed I would be...
- You're so adorable. - happy forever.
Although I was abandoned by my biological parents,
I believed that the world...
and fate will not abandon me.
But after my foster parents got a daughter of their own,
everything has changed.
Seon Joo, keep your eyes on Se Jeong, okay?
I need to use the bathroom.
Okay.
Se Jeong, I'll feed you.
I'm sorry. I'll wipe your face.
Se Jeong, why are you crying?
Goodness, look at her face.
You did this, didn't you?
I'm sorry, Mom.
It was a mistake.
I'm not your mom.
Get out of here. Get out.
I'm sorry, Mom.
Get out.
Please don't abandon me.
All because of one mistake.
It was just like how a kid throws away...
their old toy once they get a new one.
Mom.
That's how I was abandoned once again.
The world and fate...
were harsh.
I will never go back to that.
I won't be abandoned again.
To do that, I must have everything.
I must get to the top.
To do that...
no one...
can know who I am.
Park Seon Joo.
Is it you?
Yes.
Why did you deny it?
If I could, I want to say it's not me.
I was at an orphanage since I was five.
A year later I was adopted then abandoned again.
I met my current parents when I was seven.
Never once did I consider them...
as stepparents.
Never.
Now a man shows up saying he's my birth father.
How am I supposed to take that?
For whatever reason, he abandoned me.
Until I was 27...
I lived not knowing who my real parents are.
I forgot it all.
If I could, I want to erase it all.
Do I need to open up again?
I know you're hurt and upset,
but I think...
there are things that...
even best friends can't tell each other.
You never told me before,
but after I met Soon Young...
and asked if you're Park Seon Joo,
you should've told me the truth then.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to lie to you.
It was so sudden...
and I was so confused I didn't know how to react.
Right. I get that.
Thank you for understanding.
I didn't know you had such a rough past.
I never imagined it.
You should've told me earlier.
I'd have listened even if I didn't understand.
Did you think of me as a friend at all?
You witch.
From now on, if you have a problem, tell me right away.
Friends share each other's burdens.
Promise me, okay?
Yes, I promise.
What is it?
I have a favor to ask you.
- What is it? - Woo Jung.
Please keep it a secret that...
I'm Park Seon Joo.
Don't tell your mom either.
I have to hide it from her too?
I'm sure she'll understand your situation.
She'll find a way to sort out the show...
No.
She's a broadcaster.
She'll understand me emotionally,
but in her head, she'll want to broadcast my story.
Let me tell her.
Will you do that?
Okay. You talk to my mom.
And...
about Park Choon Sung.
You'll see him again, won't you?
Hwa Kyung.
I know you hate him, but he's your birth father.
I need time.
Will you understand me?
Being willing to fight...
but with a gentle touch...
That's it. My granddaughter's the best.
She's the prettiest and smartest.
Isn't she?
Why do you want to go into broadcasting?
What if you make it?
Are you good enough or not,
is there a scandal or not.
People will gossip.
You don't see the big picture at all.
Do you think I sent...
my granddaughter out there just to become an announcer?
I know you want her to...
gain recognition and get into politics.
Do you have to go that far?
She can help my husband and learn the ropes.
Right, Hwa Kyung?
Hwa Kyung. Your mom asked a question.
Pardon?
Yes. You're right, Mom.
You're talking nonsense again.
You're so weak.
If you'd given me a healthy grandson,
Hwa Kyung wouldn't have to do this.
I wondered why you didn't say that.
Hwa Kyung.
No one knows...
you're the granddaughter of Miseong Group, right?
Pardon?
No, Grandpa.
Good. Try and make it...
without Miseong Group's help.
I'll see how far you can get.
I'll do my best to not disappoint you.
Good.
Who's the girl standing next to you?
She's pretty good.
Not as good as you, but still.
Woo Jung?
She's my best friend.
They have a beautiful friendship.
Then now...
The poor thing. It must've been so tough for her.
How could she keep it from me too?
Woo Jung.
What's wrong with you?
Are you crying?
I'm not. I wasn't crying.
Watching the show...
reminded me of the training and practicing.
There's still the most important step.
Don't relax just yet.
I'm not relaxed. I'm even more nervous.
You disappeared from the hospital yesterday.
Is everything really okay?
Yes.
I was too preoccupied this morning to ask you.
Park Choon Sung said something odd yesterday.
He said you have Seon Joo's photo on your phone.
What's that about?
Oh, that...
I showed him a photo...
I'd taken with the other announcer candidates.
He misses his daughter so much he mistook someone.
Is something wrong?
No, everything's fine.
Then why weren't you able to answer your grandpa and mom's questions?
You seemed distracted.
Does it involve your birth father?
I told you it's not just about you.
If your grandpa finds out...
Are you...
afraid too?
- What? - Like me, are you...
afraid the world will find out about my birth father?
No.
You're scared that Mom and Grandpa...
will find out about it, right?
You and I,
whether we want it or not,
are on the same boat.
Since the day...
you picked me when I was seven.
- Come along. - I don't want to go.
We'll go and get something nice to eat with my wife.
Okay?
Take me, please.
I look more like Hwa Kyung...
than Soon Young does.
That was the day...
we became accomplices.
Accomplices?
You started it.
You dragged me into it.
Come in.
That lady is...
Mom.
Hwa Kyung, where have you been?
Mom.
Do you know how much I missed you?
I had no idea a seven-year-old kid...
could instantaneously call my wife her mom,
who was still in shock after losing her daughter.
It was probably your survival instinct.
But it was quite frightening.
That's when I should've known what you were like.
No, you knew it too.
The moment you decided...
to adopt a girl,
who was the same age as Hwa Kyung and looked like her,
you were already set...
to bring home a fake Hwa Kyung.
My fake life has been created by you.
You were the planner too.
Your problem is that you're way too smart.
Help me.
What?
Make sure my birth father...
doesn't appear in front of me...
ever again.
Have you met him?
Does he know who you are?
You will help, won't you?
If I help you,
what will you give me?
Don't expect anything in return.
And don't expect me to step down from Grandpa's scale,
where you and I are getting examined.
It's for your sake too.
You can't be my friend.
A life as a drunkard's daughter suits you perfectly.
A secret? Nonsense.
I'm going to tell my mom...
and everyone in the world...
that you're a fake.
Shin Hwa Kyung, you're a fake.
What? Your mentor? Your role model?
Do you think I'm a joke?
I guess it could make an interesting TV show.
A fake granddaughter of a rich man who was abandoned twice.
Don't you love the title?
It'll get great ratings too.
You're a fake?
It must be a lie.
Where's the real Hwa Kyung?
Bring her here immediately.
You hurt her, didn't you?
You brat. Don't even call me your mom.
Get out of this house.
You aren't related to me by blood?
You've deceived me.
Myung Joon. Make sure you be gentle with her.
Where should we take her?
Yes, lock her up in the mental institution with Mr. Seo.
Go lock her up in there.
Show her that it will be more painful to be alive than dead.
For life.
No.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm going to live here forever.
I'm going to live as Shin Hwa Kyung.
What? Someone who'll take the responsibility?
There are dozens of people who took money from me.
They can't ask me to be responsible at this point.
If they want more money, give it to them.
Nowadays, there are things that can't be done with money...
Good job. Do not avoid it.
If someone has to take the responsibility,
there's no one else who can do it other than you.
How can we make Yeon Hee that weak kid go to prison?
And this old man can't go either.
I'll find a way.
You've been waiting for me?
Is something going on?
Can you show me Seon Joo's picture one more time?
The same picture that you've shown me before.
She's my daughter.
Please show it to me again.
She wasn't your daughter.
You were mistaken.
Please don't get worked up and hear me out first.
Your daughter will be back.
But even if I was your daughter, it wouldn't be easy.
You did make a mistake.
I don't know what the reason is, but it was very wrong of you...
to send your daughter to an orphanage.
Think about how she has lived for the past 20 years.
How can she easily accept you as her father?
I am guilty as charged.
Please be patient and wait a little longer.
She will be back.
Do you really think so?
She might have a deep resentment against you,
but she probably also misses you a lot too.
After all, you're her father.
It's not like I can pull out Mr. Seo from the mental institution.
If he finds out about Hwa Kyung,
things would be much worse than going to prison.
You have a board meeting in an hour.
Postpone it to three hours.
(Doctor: Go Seong Deok, Patient: Park Choon Sung)
Are you Mr. Park Choon Sung?
Yes, I am.
Who are you?
Park Seon Joo.
No.
Shin Hwa Kyung is my daughter.
Seon... Seon...
You must be...
Seon Joo's stepfather.
I'm not her stepfather. I am her dad.
I'm her father, not you.
You have no right to come into her life.
How can you want to be her father after abandoning her?
Just once. Please let me see her just one more time.
I have done something unforgivable even with my death.
I want to...
tell her that I am sorry in person.
I want to give her a hug...
one last time before I die.
I want to hear her call me father...
"father"?
It wouldn't be too much even if she cursed you for life.
You expect her to call you her father?
Do you really think she'll do that?
I lived my entire life with a huge guilt in my heart.
I was tortured every single day.
I want to spend...
my remaining life for my daughter.
There is something you can do for her.
What... What is that?
Tell me.
You should...
just die.
Why?
Are you afraid of death?
Then do you want me to kill you?
You can never appear in front of Hwa Kyung, my daughter.
Once people find out about you,
she will be abandoned once again. Do you understand?
No, don't do that.
Please do not abandon my daughter.
Please help Seon Joo live happily ever after.
Use this to pay for your surgery.
And use the rest...
until the day you die.
It'll be tough to find Mr. Park's daughter, right?
It's not easy.
- What should we do? - Let's wait a few days more.
If nothing comes up, let's mix another segment into the show.
One second.
(Park Choon Sung)
Yes, this is Han Joo Won.
Mr. Park?
Ms. Han.
I do not want to be on the show.
I mean, I can't.
What do you mean?
You don't want to be on the show?
I am sorry. I'm so sorry.
Hello?
Mr. Park.
He won't be on the show? What's the reason?
He just hung up.
We're airing previews already.
We can't just cancel your episode.
May I ask why you changed your mind?
To save my skin...
I abandoned my own child.
What right do I have to claim to be a father?
I don't want to hurt her again...
to make myself feel better just because I'm dying.
Do you mean that?
He's right.
She's not...
Park Seon Joo now.
She should go on living as Shin Hwa Kyung.
Who?
Shin Hwa Kyung?
My daughter now goes by the name Shin Hwa Kyung.
Her...
stepfather came to see me.
Her stepfather?
Thanks to him,
my Seon Joo...
grew up so well.
Did you meet your daughter as well?
She was raised in...
pretty good surroundings.
She looked very well-off.
What's wrong?
Shin Hwa Kyung isn't a rare name.
It can't be.
Do you have a photo?
Ms. Han's daughter...
had Seon Joo's photo as well.
Woo Jung?
Here.
She's auditioning to be an announcer.
Her name is Shin Hwa Kyung.
This is my Seon Joo.
Seon Joo.
Seon Joo...
(Kyungae Special School)
He's the kid who drank cola by himself.
What are you doing?
Ignoring people is his habit.
Do you play the clarinet?
He's yelling again.
We've met before.
Only bad people touch other people's things.
Bad people must be punished.
You're mistaken. I wasn't trying to do something bad.
- Bad people must be punished. - How?
Report spies at 113, fires at 119,
and bad people at 112.
You want to report me? Hey, kid.
- Turn the phone on. - Hey, come on.
You're so complicated.
Hey, just a moment.
The call cannot be connected.
Woo Cheol. Woo Cheol.
Woo Cheol, where are you?
What?
Who are you that you're using his phone?
What? He's where?
- Woo Cheol. Woo Cheol. - He's over there.
Woo Cheol. Where were you?
I told you to wait.
Why are you here?
Did someone bring you here?
Are you his sister?
Yes.
- You're the caller? - That's right.
Thank you so much.
You saved him.
You need to settle with someone.
Settle what?
It's not like that, Officer Kim.
I wasn't trying to steal the clarinet.
He'd been to my restaurant so I said hi.
You know that...
I majored the clarinet in university.
So I just touched the case.
I touched it very lightly like that and he started to yell.
Excuse me.
Woo Cheol's a bit different.
You're his sister.
I'll let you two talk.
How could he treat me like a thief and call the police...
just because I touched the case?
Everyone in the neighborhood knows and respects me.
I'm really sorry.
Let me apologize instead.
Your brother should be the one to apologize.
If he's like that, you shouldn't let him outside.
He's just inconveniencing everyone.
There are hospitals for people like him.
Send him to one.
Or to a care facility.
Would you say that if he was your son?
What?
Is he a criminal or a lunatic?
Why should he be locked up?
Woo Cheol never inconveniences anyone.
He's just different.
It's not an illness, it's a disability.
- That's not what I meant. - It is what you mean.
That's what you just said.
He shouldn't be let out?
He should be sent to a hospital for people like him?
I'm not deaf.
He acts like he's not listening but he hears everything.
His memory...
It's 10 or 20 times better than yours.
You never thought...
just how much you're hurting him, did you?
A conversation goes back and forth.
We should talk. If you berate me, it's no longer a conversation...
What happened, Father?
Do Bin.
Woo Jung.
What's wrong?
Do you have a problem with my father?
Oh, dear...
Is this the tastiest cola we have?
Yes.
It's fine.
He only drinks three cans a day.
Cola is not good for you.
Woo Cheol doesn't drink more than three a day.
And adult who forces is a bad adult.
Okay, I understand, sweet Woo Cheol.
He has his own firm rules.
Why did you touch his case...
and end up at the station?
Are you trying to make me hate you more?
Your respected husband...
went to the police station but got out safe and sound.
You should bring me some tofu, not speak so crassly.
- I'm not crass. - Mom, Dad, stop it.
You can fight later.
Hold it in.
You're the only one who drinks cola like alcohol.
Alcoholics drink alcohol because it tastes sweet.
Cola is sweet.
Cola is sweet. Good. Very tasty.
I didn't know you knew my son.
Sorry.
I got a bit worked up earlier.
No, I spoke out of turn.
Like you said, if Woo Cheol was my son, I wouldn't have said that.
I should apologize.
Han Woo Cheol. I'm sorry.
I was inconsiderate.
Han Woo Cheol. I'm sorry. I was inconsiderate.
Woo Cheol, say it's okay.
Woo Cheol, it's okay.
Adults who apologize are good adults.
Right. Thank you.
Can we have a talk?
If you want to apologize, you don't have to.
We found Park Choon Sung's daughter.
You found her?
What do you mean?
You know that...
your friend Shin Hwa Kyung is Park Seon Joo, don't you?
Ms. Han. Woo Jung's friend Shin Hwa Kyung is Park Seon Joo.
Park Choon Sung confirmed it.
Hwa Kyung is Park Seon Joo?
(Han Joo Won)
Hello.
Right now?
(Secret and Lies)
- Will you air the show? - We must.
Change the topic?
Ms. Han, do you think that little of producers and writers?
- We'll go with the plan. - Do Bin.
As long as the show airs,
you care about nothing else?
Is that what you're like?
Will you meet your birth father?
For some strange reason...
I keep thinking of when you were six.
Hwa Kyung is dead.
Shall I say that again?
Hwa Kyung died when she was seven.
My grandson is alive?
Are you talking about Yeon Seok's son?
Bring me the facts, right now.