Our Sticky Love (이런 엿같은 사랑)

OUR STICKY LOVE

It might have been a memory, not a dream.

If Jang Tae-ha's really a gangster,

this might also

have something to do with him.

Isn't it enough you've ruined your life with violence already?

Now you want to drag Pil-seung into that fiery hell with you?

Not my boy.

I won't let you!

Mrs. Pang!

No matter how angry you are,

there are things you just don't say.

Everything else aside,

how can you do this when you know why Tae-ha went down that path?

I also won't stand by and watch my boy get hurt.

I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner about Pil-seung,

but if you want to blame or sue anyone, blame me, the head coach.

Don't take it out on Tae-ha!

You're right.

I went too far.

It's not that I don't know what you've been through.

I just lost my temper out of concern for my boy.

And I know that not all boxers become gangsters,

but it's easier to fall in with those guys than other jobs.

I was scared that those punks might start eyeing my kid.

What kind of mother would want that?

Please try to understand me, Tae-ha.

Let's go. Come on.

Wait, Mom.

Oh, shut it.

Mom, please.

Ms. Go.

Ms. Go.

Whoa! Hey, what?

You scared me.

Didn't you see me?

Are you okay?

Are you…

okay?

You know I can take a hit. I'm just worried about Pil-seung.

What, you think he goes down easy?

He's probably butting heads with his mom, going a few rounds.

Fancy a drink?

I should go home.

All right.

It's a good thing you have someone at home on a day like this.

The warmth of someone being home.

It makes a difference.

I'll get going.

This morning, the ceremony for the Irang-dong development project

was attended by Gangju City officials and Mirae Eden Company representatives.

This project is a joint effort between Gangju City and Mirae Eden Company,

and the plan is to complete the development in three phases by 2029.

Though the blueprint for this project was presented in 2020,

it was effectively halted due to the real estate market downturn.

But earlier this year, the development area was…

Go Eun-sae.

Drink this. It'll help you calm down.

Do you still not believe Tae-ha?

I believed him

a little bit.

In the midst of this absurd situation,

there were moments

when he seemed sincere.

Sorry I don't express myself well.

You're the only woman I've ever liked,

so I don't really know how.

He wasn't exactly my ideal type,

but he didn't seem like a bad person either.

I never knew she was so pretty.

But it turns out he's a gangster.

And everything he said to me was a lie.

Apparently, my name isn't even Go Eun-sae.

It's Go Ji-won.

Sorry?

I don't know where to start questioning things again,

or why Jang Tae-ha lied to me about all of this,

and what I'm supposed to do now.

I don't know anything anymore.

I'm scared.

Go Eun-sae!

Go Eun-sae!

Eun-sae…

Hello?

It's me, Min Su-ji.

Right. I can't really talk right now…

Are you looking for Ms. Go?

Is she here?

Yes.

I heard her telling Gi-jun that she found out you're a gangster.

And that her name is Go Ji-won, not Go Eun-sae.

She said she saw her friend's social media.

What's going on?

Is she really your girlfriend?

Now, then…

- What should we do? - Sorry?

I understand your situation, but that doesn't mean…

I can't exactly let you crash at my place.

And I can't lend you money for a place to stay, since you can't pay me back.

Doctor.

Yes?

You don't have many

friends, do you?

No, I guess I don't.

I was just joking to cheer you up. Come on.

You were being serious.

Well, I'm sorry.

Jang Tae-ha.

I'll explain everything, so let's go home.

How can I trust a thug and go with him?

You should trust what you've experienced.

Has he ever been a threat to you?

Has he ever threatened you, used violence, or extorted you?

If not, then Tae-ha isn't a thug to you.

He's just

an ordinary man, isn't he?

Let's talk outside.

- Go Eun-sae. - But I'm not Go Eun-sae.

I'm Go Ji-won, aren't I?

Go Ji-won is your legal name. Eun-sae is the name your mother gave you.

Are you getting caught up in your own lies? My mother?

You said I was an orphan.

Your mother left you at an orphanage right after you were born.

The orphanage head only realized

after registering your birth under the name Go Ji-won

that your name was Go Eun-sae in your mother's maternity notebook.

You liked the name Go Eun-sae better.

You said she wouldn't have given

such a pretty name to a baby she didn't love.

You didn't even resent her for abandoning you.

And the designer goods? I saw pictures of me and my friend.

I was dressed from head to toe in designer items.

Then why don't I have anything like that in my closet or shoe rack?

You got rid of them when we moved.

- Why? - I never asked why.

I…

I'm sorry that I was…

a gangster.

I was too ashamed to tell you.

If I'd known you were a thug, I wouldn't have believed a word you said.

If I know anything,

it's that I'd never, not in this life or any other,

fall for some lowlife gangster.

I don't do that anymore.

I won't ever use my fists outside the ring anymore.

I promise.

No, forget it.

Just why are you putting on this act to keep me here?

What in the world do you want from me?

Nothing else.

Just don't disappear without a word.

Just stay out of danger.

Just…

Just stay safe.

Why are you overreacting?

How would you know if he's really Ms. Go's boyfriend?

He is her boyfriend.

Is she really your girlfriend?

Is Eun-sae okay?

- What? - Has she been crying?

Is she hurt?

Go inside.

Ms. Go is fine.

Do you remember when we went to Yeosu, and I left the hotel after we argued?

Why are you bringing that up now?

Was it right to ghost me for hours because you were mad?

I got lost back then.

I was just gonna cool off, then go back, but you know I get lost easily.

I was in an unfamiliar city, and I'd left my phone behind.

I was terrified.

When I got back to the hotel after wandering for hours,

you asked if I was happy I'd win by making you worry.

Perhaps the one who was never really a boyfriend

isn't Tae-ha,

but you.

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HI. THIS IS JI-WON. YOU'RE MY FRIEND, HYO-JIN, RIGHT?

Please read it.

Please read it and get back to me.

Hey, hey, don't run

You'll only get hungrier

This heart-aching road of the barley hump…

Hey there, Song-wol.

These are dried persimmons.

Put them in the freezer and eat them with your grandma.

How did you ever live through those days?

Mother's sorrow

Endless days of living on roots and bark

- Have you been well, ma'am? - As those times fade into the wind

- I haven't been able to visit you lately. - Mother's sorrow, buried…

Are you happy that Tae-ha moved down here?

Yes, ma'am.

I'm so sorry.

I said something I shouldn't have to Tae-ha.

Despite knowing why he ended up like that

and everything you went through to raise him,

I was blinded by my love for my own child.

So I drove a nail

into poor Tae-ha's heart.

Even though I have two children of my own,