If you leave me or die, my heartbeat will stop.
Jung Hoon died that way.
When a beloved leaves, the heart cools, hardens and stops.
Without you, I'll be like that.
Unless I return to the sea, I'll die.
You'll die?
What?
- What did you say? - What?
Say it again. What stops, hardens or happens?
You hear my voice?
Your heart will stop?
How long have you heard it?
- You said you'll die. - How long ago?
Why will you die?!
You! How much do you know?
Start to finish; everything.
Who I am, where from, all of it?
I know. I remember everything.
The crazy guy with an umbrella,
the player taking your hand, the wacko cooking you ramyun,
were all me.
As a mermaid, you stopped me drowning and erased my memory.
You remember all that?
- Yes. I recalled it all. - How?
Now answer. What about dying?
Why will your heart stop?
You heard it all.
Those things
are all true?
If I'm gone, your heart stops?
You... will die?
You heard. You hear my voice.
Yes, you heard right. This isn't my world.
Once I left life in the ocean,
my heart beat for only you.
So...if I die, you die?
Yes.
So if you were killed,
saying I can live well alone
won't apply. I can't promise.
Once you're gone, I'll be gone.
If you didn't love that woman
and she didn't love you, you wouldn't have a tragedy.
What worse fate is there than your love causing your deaths?
Ma Dae-Young wasn't the problem.
I... could be your death.
Heo Joon-Jae, that's not it.
~ The Legend of the Blue Sea ~
EPISODE 15
You think all this will repeat?
If you send that woman where she came from,
won't you avoid that miserable end?
Did you guys fight big time?
No.
Why is Chong crying?
Is she crying a lot?
She's wailing her heart out.
If you're not committed to Chong, cut her loose...
Why's everyone saying that?
Did I do anything except make her cry?
You made her cry. Why get mad at me?
- Hyung. - What?
Chong came to find me from her own greed.
Not sending Chong away is from my greed.
What?
But... I want not to hear why I should send her away.
I want excuses not to send her away.
Yet big trouble could happen.
But since earlier,
I keep feeling Chong owes me something.
Well, I remember, but don't...
- Why say you remember but don't? - Why hit me?
What's your secret?
My secret is...I'm different from you.
I...am a mermaid.
Right, it was from then.
I could've been in big trouble.
If I fell in, I'd be exposed.
Hey, if you fall, you'll crack your head.
He knew back then.
He knew it all.
He knew...
He means not to think of him?
What's that gaze?
Is he mad at me? Why?
Now, it's quiet.
Think of nothing.
And do nothing.
He knew but didn't tell?
- I must ask. - What?
I thought no-one was home, and Jo Nam-Doo caught me swimming.
Then Jo Nam-Doo changed and threatened to use me for money.
So I erased his memory.
What about you?
Knowing who I am, didn't you hate me or get scared?
Does it matter?
Yeah. It matters to me.
Sure. I didn't hate you or get scared.
Since you were weird from the start,
I just thought much the same.
That's a relief.
It's enough if you don't hate me.
I'm happy I got caught. Every night before sleep,
I dreaded your expression if you found out next day.
Seeing hatred on your face
is my worst nightmare.
My worst nightmare is...
everything will repeat itself.
What will repeat itself?
Why'd we come here?
You asked what's repeating.
I'll show you.
Huh?
I know what you're thinking... but I'm better looking.
Who is it?
A man who loved a mermaid.
He drowned in the sea as a boy.
A mermaid saved his life.
The two spent a long time together and fell in love.
But the youth marries another woman.
On the wedding night, he ran away from the bride.
Se-Hwa! Se-Hwa!
He risks his life in the ocean
to meet the mermaid again.
He doesn't seek her again as her kiss erased his memory.
Time passed
and the two meet again as adults.
And the broken relationship
was resumed.
So? What happens?
Hm? What happened?
You said you'd say what repeats.
Those two...
Persimmon, your favourite.
~ I'm still dreaming ~
Is it snowing?
You don't know?
~ the imagined image of someone ~
~ as radiant as moonlight in the evening sky ~
~ is evoked ~
~ on petals floating in the wind ~
~ I sense your warm fragrance ~
~ our connection was brief ~
Those two...live happily.
Healthy and safe.
Having kids and raising them well.
Happily for a long time,
they grow old together.
They did.
Yes, they did.
That's their story that I saw.
~ I won't let your hand go ~
But why...
did I shed a tear?
Come here.
They saw us in their dreams too.
What was the nightmare?
Huh?
It's a beautiful dream.
Yeah.
You're scared a beautiful dream is repeating?
Hey. You can't be loud here.
It bothers people.
What people?
What scared you?
Our situation is different from theirs.
What's different?
You said if you stay here,
you might die.
If you stay by me and love me, my heart will keep beating.
It'd be the same for them living happily.
I'm not that man.
How do you mean?
I can't be sure of my heart.
A person's heart changes easily.
That's why loving couples split,
and a solid marriage ends.
Your life depends on my heart which I'm unsure of.
- So you're scared? - Yeah.
I'm scared of that.
- What? - It's unfair.
You hear my thoughts, but I can't hear yours.
Why must you hear mine?
I only tell the truth.
Don't swear. I can hear it.
[Secretary Nam's wife: 011-837-9238]
The number you dialed is unavailable.
- I have a good idea, Heo Joon-Jae. - Hm?
I don't want you burdened or scared because of me.
So?
- Let's erase yesterday. - What?
If we erase yesterday,
you can return to feeling unburdened like before.
What the heck?
I can control my strength.
- It should work. - Work what?
It's not easy in water, and I'm short on stamina on land.
But I'll try, huh, taking a bit.
Maybe a day or half-day.
What are you saying?
Close your eyes.
Why close my eyes?!
- It won't hurt. One sec. - Hey, stay away! What the!
It won't hurt. Trust me.
Hey.
Jeez! What, seriously!
Hey!
Hey, wait. Hold on. Wait!
Hey!
Hey.
Stop, really.
What are they doing? Playing tag?
Oh my, yesterday she was crying up a storm.
Hey!
I need to avoid silly scenes.
Hold on!
I have to erase half a day.
Can't I?
Shut the door.
- Half a day is good. - Will erasing it undo it?
What if I stop liking you?
I'm a smart mermaid.
Would I follow a fickle man?
I knew: "This is the man",
my once-in-a-lifetime love.
- You said your eyes were bad. - Hm?
My eyes were bad. I was so naive.
After I left the sea, Heo Joon-Jae was the first man I saw.
You thought I was the best.
You thought I was the only handsome guy.
TV has so many hot men. Does he have Prince Syndrome?
You said I was vain!
You heard? I was thinking angrily.
You were petty for not saying you could hear my thoughts.
Ok, then. How about we erase that too?
You listened in cheaply.
- We'll erase one week. - Hah!
Want to go to East Sea? Or fly to Boracay?
That ocean is nice. I'll visit you to go surfing.
Fine. I'll do nothing. Let's sleep holding hands.
Really, I'll just hold hands. Don't trust me?
Totally not.
He didn't buy it.
I heard that. Well done.
An innocent mermaid is a vulgar liar.
Read some fairytales.
Your ancestors weren't players like you.
Geez.
Sure you'll do nothing?
- Sure, I promise. - Hmm!
Do nothing. I'll check if your heart is okay.
It's beating well.
It beats well beside you.
What? She's their housekeeper?
Yes.
I wondered where she was hiding.
No wonder I couldn't find her.
What is it? You don't like it?
No, it's good. Try some.
Go to that house now.
Oh, Madam, what a surprise.
Why'd you drop in?
I couldn't take your calls.
- Sit. - Okay.
Then, that incident is forgiven?
- Sure. Drinking does that. - Oh...
Oh, thank you.
May I have a drink?
Of course. Is coffee okay?
Fine.
Ajumma! Bring 2 cups of good coffee!
Yes.
She made us side dishes, right?
Yes. You said the CEO liked them.
What to do? She's quitting.
Quitting?
Yes. She's a good worker.
She must've got a better offer.
She suddenly said she's quitting.
Ajumma. What are you doing?
Ajumma, your cooking is superb.
We've enjoyed your food.
I hear you're quitting.
Where for? How about my house?
Sure.
Can I go to your house? (CASUAL SPEECH)
Oh! Ajumma, are you drunk? W-what?
Can I cook there?
You'll give up the kitchen, if not the master bedroom?
Whatever you came to suss out,
you're wrong.
I lived like I was dead
because harm might come to Joon-Jae.
Now I've nothing to stop me.
Jin Joo.
Excuse us a second.
- Yes, yes. - You told me
a bitch stole a friend's husband and took her place.
You didn't know who the first wife was.
Did I...speak so...crudely?
Did I?
It's me.
The discarded first wife.
And this here
is the nasty bitch.
Oh my god.
Oh my!
Ooh!
Yoo In's mom.
What a great happening so early in the year!
You know. Our house is the site of history!
It will go down in history.
Get ready for it. Listen carefully.
Hyung. Did you find Kang Ji Yeon?
Yep, I looked.
This check-up gave me chills.
Suspicious happenings surround her.
Both her husbands died during marriage.
But she had airtight alibis for insurance claims.
But that's not all.
She was an orphan who was adopted, but her adoptive family
all died somehow.
Really?
I got goosebumps.
Where is she?
I can't locate her.
But she likely has a new identity, right?
There's another astonishing fact.
Say it in one go.
I prefer the thrill.
Kang Ji Yeon is from Jecheon.
I wondered where I'd seen her high school's name.
It was your mom's high school.
[ Graduation Certificate - Daneon Girls' High School ]
Be careful.
Honey, he's your new assistant, replacing Mr. Nam.
CEO, I'm in your care.
Goodness, I'm in your care.
Then I'll start the car.
Mm.
Oh, never mind. I'll do it.
Sit down.
Madam, sorry for today.
You haven't got new help, but I want to quit tonight.
- Unni (Big sis). - Huh?
You're my Unni by age.
I have no older sister.
I'll consider you're my sister.
Madam.
You needn't work. But if you leave,
you've no place to go.
Pretend this is your sister's home
and stay comfortably.
How can I?
Unni! It was like watching a sageuk (historical drama)!
You were Queen Inhyun; Kang Seo Hee was Jang Hee-bin (concubine).
The point is that Queen Inhyun gets back her rightful place.
I, Ahn Jin Joo, will help.
You'll be a triumphant Queen.
I have no such aim.
No, no. Do it anyway, at least for me.
I will help you, Unni, and never give up.
Just know that.
Agasshi (sis-in-law).
You knew!
So you groveled to Ajumma?
Knew what?
Ajumma was CEO Heo's first wife.
Huh?
You had no inkling?
What...?
I told this story countlessly
but my heart beats wildly every time.
Ajumma was the first wife of CEO Heo Il Joong!
I had no idea I was supplying the CEO with her cooking.
Isn't it dramatic?
Then Joon-Jae is...
Joon-Jae? You know the CEO's son?
How'd I know that? It's my friend's name.
But that son who left home
must be called Heo Joon-Jae.
Ajumma muttered something about a Joon-Jae.
Yes, Noona.
You waited for my call?
Why else did you answer so fast?
It's not that. I was gaming...
Skip it. Don't get flustered.
Will you pick me up?
Now?
Are you happy? Right, now.
But have no other intentions.
Where are you going?
Shi-Ah wants me at a club.
Really? Is it good water (club mood)?
Is it good swimming water? I want to go.
- You too?- Yeah.
What? How dare you...
Wh-what? I'm not usually flagged.
It's not that. It's her dress.
Dress? Ah...Chong.
Okay?
Wow, today's Swag-Chong! Let's go!
Cha Shi-Ah!
Why'd you drag in extras?
Cha Shi-Ah, you're at a nice place alone?
Cha Shi-Ah, don't drink. Heo Joon-Jae was cuter drunk.
It depends. Cha Shi-Ah makes drunken phone calls
and won't let you hang up.
I got it. I'll hit the dance floor.
I'm a safe guy.
To avoid bad incidents, my hands are always up.
Don't worry, just dance.
Wow!
Your eyes are so pretty.
Yes, what?
Where is everyone?
Ah, 'Detective' Heo. You're back from your investigation? We're at a club.
- And Chong? - Of course she came.
Why take her there?
She won't like it.
She's moving in space fluidly, totally at home here.
What?
Please move.
Move!
Hey Joon-Jae, what brings you?
Just because...
Let's have fun.
I have things to do.
Play with Nam-Doo and Tae-Ho. They'll take you home.
Come here! Stop.
Heo Joon-Jae!
Why? I'll dance more.
Are you sweating?
Yep. Dancing warmed me up nicely.
I bet. Come out.
Why? I'm dancing.
Right. Come here.
Oh my.
Aah. It's pouring.
One thing I can't do with you
is walking in the rain.
You know I can't.
There's nothing you can't do. Wait a minute.
Where'd you get these?
Don't say 'won't' or 'can't'.
I'll help you do everything people who live here do.
You should know that.
~ shining blindingly when I look at you ~
~ if I can love, you are the only one ~
~ If only my one love with you begins ~
~ my precious heart that I guarded for our love to come ~
~ I will use it in each and every moment ~
~ for you ~
It's interesting. How'd Ajusshi hear your thoughts?
I don't know. How'd you hear me?
I don't know. I just heard it.
Anyway, I feel less burdened now Heo Joon-Jae can hear me.
I needn't lie. Now I can live properly here...
like normal people.
But I learned it's not easy to live normally like others.
I'll make sure I grow old with Heo Joon-Jae.
Those women seem to hold luxury bags, right?
But they use the bags like umbrellas; they're knock-offs.
See that woman.
She holds her bag like an ancestral tablet. It's genuine.
Can a knock-off be rained on? It's like a genuine one.
The bags look similar but one person can't be fooled.
- Who? - The bag owner.
The owner knows whether her bag is fake or genuine.
That's why fake bags are used like rain umbrellas.
But even an owner of a fake bag can cherish it
because she likes and owns it.
In the same way, I feel I'm a fake in this world.
Still, I feel I deserve to be loved by someone.
Why are you so earnest? I was talking for fun.
You mean you can't tell fake from real from the outside, right?
- Mm. - That's a good sum-up.
Thank you, two. I'm try things people do normally.
And tomorrow is my birthday party.
- Tomorrow's your birthday? - Solar or lunar calendar birthday?
I don't know my birthday. I chose tomorrow. What date?
January 5th. It's succinct. Nice.
- Where's the party? - My house.
I don't visit houses, but I'll come.
- Any Saeng Seon (fish) in mind? - Mackerel.
No; Saeng Il (birth), Seon Mool (gift).
Can't I get a mackerel as a gift?
Ah, yes, Han Gyeol.
I'll drop by home. Come back after class.
I'll make you supper before returning to hospital.
Manager.
You look better.
It's chilly out lately. Oh right.
I saw Joon-Jae talking to you.
Answer my questions too?
Why would Ma Dae-Young make you like this?
Is the person linked with Ma Dae-Young- my mother?
I knew it. Of course.
Mother seems relieved that
you're lying down speechless.
But this isn't about speaking.
Right? The problem is...
here.
Your feelings.
Something can betray us anytime-
your mind.
- Hello? - Han Gyeol's mom?
It's Joon-Jae's mom.
Oh, Madam. How long's it been?
It is you.
I'm in a rush. Did Joon-Jae not study abroad?
I heard he left home. Is it true?
I'm sorry. I lied at that time.
I thought you'd be upset.
Do you know how Joon-Jae's doing?
Yes, I do. My husband was in a bad accident and is in hospital.
Joon-Jae sometimes visits.
May I have his phone number?
Of course.
Madam, I'll hurry and get my glasses to read it to you.
Don't hang up; wait.
Honey!
He has no heartbeat or breath. Start CPR.
- Honey! What happened! Honey! - You can't be here.
- No, honey! - Wait outside.
Don't forget my request.
See here. How do I live with your request?
I'll meet you again...
as a good friend.
I'm your friend.
Bring mom back. Bring mom back.
Honey! Honey!
Ma'am! Are you okay?
Who are you?
Cutting off his air supply sounds the alarm.
Luckily, they were changing shifts, or you'd be in big trouble.
Aren't you a fugitive? Why are you in Father's car?
Take no action.
Consider why your mom waits.
Don't talk rot! Why's a criminal around Mom?!
Brat!
Be quiet and benefit from what's done.
Don't overturn a prepared table.
Understand?
Hi, Han Gyeol's mom?
Ah. Chong.
Yes. Tomorrow's my birthday.
Can you come to a party at my house?
I'm so sorry. I'm unable to go.
I'd have gotten a gift if you'd told me earlier.
It's OK. I don't know my birthday so I today I decided
it's tomorrow.
So you've never had a birthday party?
No. It's the first time.
- You're parents aren't alive? - No.
I'll come. Where do I go?
I don't know. Out of the blue she wants a birthday party.
Yeah. She doesn't know her birthday. She picked today.
Oh, thanks. Oh, so pretty. Hey, let's throw out the TV.
She keeps wanting what's on TV dramas.
Alright. I'll be there.
Who are you?
Oh, my friend. Welcome.
Friend?
What? Food scraps?
Scraps? The Lady likes mackeral.
No house slippers?
The Lady?
Oh, oh! Don't just sit. Put this under you!
Don't you give steamed towels to wash your hands?
I'm used to eating cooked food, not raw food.
Yes, have scodfish soup with rice.
But the cod isn't wild; it has no intestines.
- You won't eat it? - Of course I will.
I can't wreck the party mood. Any jalapeños?
Yes, Chong. I just got off the bus.
Hello.
Why'd you come?
What's this?
Sea urchin seaweed soup, glass noodles and marinated beef.
I used to make it for my son's birthday. I hope you like it.
After making today my birthday, I feel reborn.
I'll live a new life.
I'm trying to leave the house I was hiding in.
Now I'll find the person I miss, and say what I want.
Oh. It's my Mung-Chongie (Dummy).
She's so happy, smiling easily.
Hey.
Oh!
- Who? - My boyfriend.
Heo Joon-Jae!
That dummy. I said not to call my name.
Heo Joon-Jae! Heo Joon-Jae!
Hello!
Your boyfriend is Heo Joon-Jae?
Yes. He's so good-looking.
His mom said when he was small...
It was hard to take 10 steps.
People kept wanting to touch and hug me.
What's wrong?
My son's name is the same.
Heo Joon-Jae.
I haven't seen him in a long time.
Heracles Tower?
Heracles' mom came here, yearning for her son.
Sympathetic people built that lighthouse
to light Hercules's way
to his mom across the ocean.
So? Did Heracles find his mom?
I'm not sure. But there's a legend...
"Those who part there will meet again".
Heo Joon-Jae, Heracles Tower legend was true.
Those who part there meet again.
They reunite and love again.
Congratulations. You're about to meet your mom.