When My Love Blooms (The Most Beautiful Moment in Life / Hwayangyeonhwa: Salmi Kkochi Dweneun Soongan / 화양연화: 삶이 꽃이 되는 순간)

It goes all the way back to my father.

I got a call when I was in the army.

That my father had taken his own life.

After being tormented by false accusations that...

he had betrayed his colleagues,

taking the lead in the destruction of the labor union,

and acting as the informant on the company's side.

He sued the company...

for unfair labor practice.

And we stopped that, didn't we?

Yes, the prosecution worked things out...

and laid the dissolution of the labor union...

and the layoffs to his charge.

Because of that, the executives of the dissolved union labor...

and the employees who had been laid off...

all ended up suing him.

So all the charges on the company were dismissed,

and he was the one charged for illegal destruction...

of the labor union.

He committed suicide sometime after,

and we just confirmed that...

he was Han Jae Hyun's father.

It was the most lonely funeral.

No one came.

It was as if...

my father had been abandoned.

Why he took his own life,

both Mom and I...

had no idea at all.

Until we found...

all the complaints issued against him in his bag.

Those who didn't attend the funeral...

were named in the complaints.

They blamed him for the broken union.

They blamed him for their lost jobs.

They were sure he embezzled from the company...

and demanded there should be a thorough investigation.

The path my father had taken his whole life,

the path that I was following,

disgusted me.

How I should live and what I should live for.

That's when I made up my mind.

How could we only realize that now?

For fear that our company would be connected to his death,

we made it look like he'd resigned...

and deleted all his files.

When we ran Mr. Han Jae Hyun's identity,

nothing showed up.

I apologize, sir.

And Jae Hyun.

Since when did he know?

Did he know when he approached Seo Kyung?

I don't believe so.

According to IT,

Mr. Han first accessed...

the files on the labor union five years ago.

But five years ago,

a union member called Kwon Hyuk Soo killed himself.

The old man's son?

His death reminded me of my father.

What began with a belief...

turned into foolish naivete,

and the colleagues' resentment and hatred...

sent him to his death.

It was the same.

That's when I started to search for the truth...

and found out that Chairman Jang was behind...

both the deaths.

The days I'd spent as his loyal hound...

became too much to handle.

That is why...

I didn't turn down the four-year stint in prison.

It must've hurt so much.

Being alone for so long.

While I was behind bars,

I thought a lot about my father.

The resentment and fury...

I felt after my father had died...

was actually my guilt and yearning for him.

As time went by,

I felt more guilty...

and missed him even more.

Dad...

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

Dad.

It's nothing.

Why can't you drink it?

It's delicious.

Jae Hyun.

Your father...

will miss you a lot too.

Just like him,

you're warmhearted and sweet.

You may have lost out,

but you always sided with the weak.

I also think he'll be very curious about you.

About how you will live...

from now on.

And what you will live for.

We are so very connected in a twisted way.

Excuse me.

Did the family here move away?

I haven't seen anyone leave in a while.

I don't know if they moved.

FM Music City's last song of the day...

is from Light and Salt.

"Do Not Leave My Side".

Jae Hyun.

Hey.

You're out on break?

Did Ji Su ever come by?

Would she come here?

You said she left on purpose.

But still. Just in case.

She's not at home or on campus.

Hi, this is Yoon Ji Su's boyfriend, Han Jae Hyun's pager.

If you're a guy, press 1 or 2.

And if you're a girl, just hang up. He's taken.

Besides, his girlfriend has a bad temper.

What are you doing? I'll scold you.

Hi, this is Yoon Ji Su's boyfriend, Han Jae Hyun's pager.

If you're a guy, press 1 or 2.

And if you're a girl, just hang up. He's taken.

Besides, his girlfriend has a bad temper.

What are you doing?

Hi, this is Yoon Ji Su's boyfriend, Han Jae Hyun's pager.

If you're a guy, press 1 or 2.

And if you're a girl, just hang up. He's taken.

Besides, his girlfriend has a bad temper.

Did you have to get discharged on such a hot day?

Did you have to come here when I told you not to?

I did out of pity.

You have no dad or girlfriend.

Did you look for Ji Su?

Thanks to you, I became great friends with the music majors.

They grew up wanting for nothing,

and they're so naive.

You got their pager numbers...

instead of looking for Ji Su.

You're talking about pagers?

Hey. The day after tomorrow, I get my new phone.

- Landline? - Cellphone.

You hold it like this and go...

"Ideal for Korea's geography".

- "Any"... - Stop talking nonsense and walk.

You should get one too now that you're a civilian.

I need to save money.

Don't you need to have money to save?

- I'll make some. - Doing what?

Anything.

Will you not take the bar exam?

I have no time for that.

I'll graduate fast and make money.

My mom's weaker and can't work much longer.

My dad's friends and colleagues...

are all gone.

What'll you do with money?

I have to repay a debt.

You're in debt? To whom?

- My dad. - Your dad?

Did your dad lend you the money for your tuition?

That's totally the American way.

My dad gave me the money he made by working day labor.

You just kept it?

I couldn't spend it.

So I want to return it.

With a million times in interest.

Do you miss your dad a lot?

I don't know.

Why don't you know?

I don't remember him.

When I was out on break,

I last saw him outside my house.

It was late and dark.

I don't remember him.

Why is it like this?

No one lived as tough as you have.

To Ji Su who will be somewhere.

I plan to turn into a different person.

If we meet again one day,

even if I'm very different,

please recognize me.

Will that be enough?

He'll come at us with all he's got.

According to Legal,

there's nothing he can find fault with.

They say the prosecutors are likely to go after him instead.

Did he not know that?

What is he up to?

I'm on the lookout as nothing has surfaced yet.

- The problem is... - What's the problem?

The ledgers we prepared...

in case of a search and seizure,

the prosecutors took without much of an issue.

It bothers me that they took the past 10 years' worth of...

electronic banking and shareholder meeting minute books.

From our subsidiaries too.

You should've doctored those in advance as well.