Love On A Rooftop (I Love You From Today / 오늘부터 사랑해 / Oneulbooteo Saranghae)

Episode 19

Mother gave Seunghye Cheongtaejeon tea.

Cheongtaejeon? / - Yes.

Cheongtaejeon isn't an easy tea to make.

It requires a lot of steps,

all of which are very complicated.

Seunghye.

Yes, grandma?

I'm sorry.

Oh? What for?

For that time

when I kicked you out of the house.

Grandma...

At the time...

You were so young,

and I left you with a permanent scar.

Grandma...

I won't ever

tell you to leave this house again.

Will you learn to make tea from me?

If you teach me, I'll do my best.

You can't let tea-making

take a backseat to coffee-making.

I can't accept that.

Right.

Oh, my!

You heard it, too, right?

Honey! Honey!

Honey!

Honey...

Mother had never brought up that incident

even once since it happened.

I'm sure it weighed on her,

though she didn't mention it.

But still,

after all these years of not talking about it...

It must feel good to get that off her chest.

But why offer to teach Seunghye tea-making

when Seunghye is learning to make coffee?

Well, that's because...

Yeah. She hadn't said a word of it before.

And she gave her Cheongtaejeon.

You know what that means, right?

You said you only got to try Cheongtaejeon

made by mother twice in your life.

Yes, when I first married into the family,

and when she began to teach me tea-making.

Then mother must really

mean what she said about teaching her.

She must've thought long and hard about it.

I hope Seunghye can learn well.

Old writings say that

the taste of tea is indecipherable in depth.

The steps in making tea

are so unfathomable in depth that

the mystery of it all is indescribable in words.

Yes.

That is why when you make tea,

you must channel all your energies into one.

I'll remember that.

Do you understand what it means for me

to teach you how to make tea?

Of course. I know what it means.

It means you accept me as your granddaughter.

Author's personal issues?

Why should I stop?

Why must I discontinue this story?

"In Debt to Romance"?

I've never even heard of this before.

What's so similar about it?

Mom, give me just a little rice.

I've gained weight lately.

You have not. You look great.

No, my waistline isn't what it used to be.

Grandma.

Why give dad and Seungjae so much?

This is how much I always give them.

Those who work or study

need to eat a full meal.

That'll only make them obese.

What a silly thing to worry about.

Your dad and Seungjae are thin.

Haven't you heard of "skinny fat" people?

It's even more dangerous than obesity.

It's like a shortcut to all kinds of illnesses.

Well...

Your grandma does have diabetes.

But men must eat a hearty breakfast

to have the strength for the day.

Seunga, will you ladle out the soup?

Okay.

I hear you're learning to make tea.

I thought you wanted to learn to make coffee.

I want to learn both.

I'll have my cake and eat it, too.

Your grandmother agreed to that?

Yes. I'm so happy!

What are you so happy about?

Grandma told me...

Stop gabbing over there and set these out.

Okay.

Let dad tell you.

Let me.

There's scorched rice, too,

so if you want more, have some.

Okay.

This is more than enough.

Where's Daesil? Why haven't I seen her?

I'll go check on her.

Here.

What's this?

How could it be so much like mine?

Aunt.

Seungjae, come sit here for a second.

I mean, how could this be?

I just saw the story I allegedly plagiarized,

"In Debt to Romance."

It's really similar.

You read it, too?

Yeah, I did.

Even if I were her, I wouldn't let it slide.

Aunt.

Don't be offended by what I'm about to say,

and answer me honestly.

I just want to verify the truth.

You've really never seen the story

"In Debt to Romance" before?

No, I haven't. Not once.

I'm seeing it for the first time.

You don't believe me?

Of course I believe you,

but law isn't as simple as that.

Have you met with the other author?

No, not yet.

I was so out of it after the contract cancellation.

You should meet with the other author first.

The other party may want to sue for damages.

What? I didn't plagiarize, though!

Right. So you need to make it clear

and say you didn't plagiarize.

Let the other author know that

you won't take it sitting down.

Say that you'll declare your innocence and

threaten to file a suit of your own.

I'll do that.

But do you think I can prove my innocence?

In Debt to Romance

I can see why they say she plagiarized.

But I think "In Debt to Romance"

is the story that was plagiarized.

Where did Dojin go

so early in the morning, anyway?

Goodness.

How dare you pick at your food like that?

She's probably not hungry.

Flounder is in season.

Daesil loves that.

You should've made it for her.

I'll make it for lunch.

That's okay. I have no appetite.

What's wrong?

Are you still upset because you're lonely?

It's the final stage of the "Old Maid Blues."

What? Final stage of the "Old Maid Blues"?

An old maid like her has said all these years,

"It's not that I can't get married.

I'm choosing to stay single right now."

One day she realizes,

"I didn't choose to stay single.

I actually can't get married."

Then she gets a case of the blues.

She noticeably loses her appetite

and can't eat well.

And finally,

she feels she deserves to starve

and stops eating altogether.

Daesil, eat just a little.

Have this mackerel pike.

What?

Why is there mackerel here and hairtail there?

What?

Seunghye got hairtail for mother,

but some was left over,

and there wasn't enough for this table.

How can you only give it to dad and Seungjae?

That's so petty!

Yeah.

If my girl wants some, she can have it.

Take this and have some with mother.

Here, Seunghye. / - Okay, dad.

Geez.

Father and I are fine without it.

Seunga can have it.

You're so immature.

That's not right.

The breadwinner should eat the best food.

But I love hairtail!

Am I not as precious as dad and Seungjae?

You're using food to discriminate.

That's so harsh!