Eps. 1
Geum-soon is bright and thoughtful. Since her father died and her mother abandoned her, she was raised by her grandmother. She wants to be a hairdresser. She’s taken the hairdresser-licensing test many times, but she fails every time. She meets Jeong-wan when she visits her aunt’s house which is a boarding house for college students. One day, Jeong-wan asks Geum-soon to pick up his mother at the bus terminal and show the way to his place. Jeong-wan’s mother isn’t impressed with the young lady who comes to meet her on behalf of her son.
Eps. 2
Geum-soon realizes that she’s pregnant. Her aunt and grandmother notice that Geum-soon isn’t herself and soon find out that she’s pregnant. Jeong-shim asks Jeong-wan about his relationship with Geum-soon, but he tells her that they’re just friends.
Eps. 3
Geum-soon’s grandmother finds out that Jeong-wan is the baby’s father and gets furious. Her grandmother asks every detail about Jeong-wan and his family and tells Geum-soon to bring him before her. Left without any other choice, Geum-soon goes to Jeong-wan’s school to find him.
Eps. 4
Meanwhile, Jeong-shim feels that something bad is going to happen to her son. Geum-soon and Jeong-wan don’t know how to handle the situation. On the way to Geum-soon’s house, Jeong-wan proposes marriage to her. Geum-soon isn’t happy because the marriage proposal she’s been dreaming of isn’t supposed to happen on a bus.
Eps. 5
Geum-soon’s grandmother wants Geum-soon and Jeong-wan to get married before people notice Geum-soon’s pregnancy. She insists on meeting Jeong-wan’s parents to talk about their marriage. Jeong-shim has a hunch that her son Jeong-wan is hiding something from her and asks him what is going on. However, Jeong-wan doesn’t have the courage to tell her about Geum-soon.
Eps. 6
Geum-soon’s grandmother finally meets Jeong-wan’s parents. Jeong-wan’s father is shocked to find out that his quiet and obedient youngest son causes such a stir in the family. Geum-soon gets disappointed with Jeong-wan who didn’t stand up for her in front of his parents. Geum-soon’s aunt and Geum-ah visit grandma’s house to find out what happened at Jeong-wan’s house.
Eps. 7
Extremely upset and shocked, Jeong-shim falls ill. Her husband and she stay up all night, worrying about what to do with their son. Meanwhile, Geum-soon is worried since she hasn’t heard from Jeong-wan since when she and her grandmother met his parents. Jeong-wan finally tells his parents that he’ll marry Geum-soon and raise their child together.
Eps. 8
Getting tired of waiting to hear from Jeong-wan, Geum-soon goes to Jeong-wan’s house. She runs into Jeong-wan’s mother in front of the house, but Jeong-shim completely ignores Geum-soon. However, Geum-soon sits with his parents and speaks frankly about what she has on her mind.
Eps. 9
Geum-soon’s grandmother and Jeong-wan’s parents meet to talk about the marriage. Jeong-shim and Mr. Noh are surprised to hear that Geum-soon’s grandma wants to set the wedding date as soon as possible. Finally, they agree that the wedding will be held before Jeong-wan’s school vacation starts. Also, Jeong-shim wants Geum-soon to live with her while Jeong-wan serves in the army. Geum-soon’s grandmother isn’t happy with Jeong-shim’s heartless attitude, but she keeps quiet for Geum-soon.
Eps. 10
Jeong-wan goes back to school leaving Geum-soon with his parents. Geum-soon is sad because she couldn’t see him off.
One day, early in the morning, Jeong-shim and Mr. Noh wake up to a loud alarm clock sound. Geum-soon sets an alarm clock for the crack of dawn, which only wakes up the other people, and not her.
Jeong-shim sends Geum-soon on an errand, but Geum-soon gets lost and calls Jeong-wan.
Eps. 11
Jeong-wan goes to his parents’ house to meet Geum-soon. On the way, Jeong-wan’s car is hit by a truck. Meanwhile, Geum-soon is still trying to find her way home, all the while not knowing that her husband had a car accident.
Jeong-wan’s father hears about the accident and rushes to the hospital.
Eps. 12
Geum-soon still has a hard time believing that Jeong-wan is dead. Exhausted from sadness, she falls asleep. When Geum-soon is preparing breakfast for the family as usual, her mother-in-law asks Geum-soon to leave the house. Her father-in-law suggests that Geum-soon stay away from the family for a while.
Eps. 13
Tae-wan leaves the house to join the army. Feeling bad about Geum-soon who is still absent-minded with sadness, he asks her to go out to eat with him.
Later, Geum-soon loses her purse and doesn’t have money to buy herself food. However, she doesn’t call her grandmother because she doesn’t want to worry her. Geum-soon’s father-in-law realizes that Geum-soon didn’t go back to her grandmother’s house and starts to worry about her whereabouts.
Eps. 14
Geum-soon goes back to her in-laws’ house. She tells them that she won’t give up the baby and she will stay with them for a while. Her father-in-law feels terrible about her situation. However, Jeong-shim can’t stand living with Geum-soon in the same house because she reminds her of Jeong-wan too much. She completely ignores Geum-soon, but Geum-soon doesn’t get discouraged.
Eps. 15
A promising young surgeon Jae-hee starts his day. He’s very strict, so all of the interns and residents at the hospital are afraid of him.
Geum-soon still has a hard time waking up early in the morning. No matter what Geum-soon does, Jeong-shim isn’t happy with her.
Meanwhile, Tae-wan finishes his military duty, but he stays out late drinking without coming back home.
Eps. 16
Tae-wan comes home completely drunk. By mistake, he goes into the room where Geum-soon and her son Hui-seong are sleeping. Mistaking Tae-wan as a thief, Geum-soon kicks him and screams at the top of her lungs.
Geum-soon starts a delivery job early in the morning, but she doesn’t dare tell Jeong-shim about it.
Eps. 17
Geum-soon goes to Jae-hee’s hospital to promote the vegetable drink she’s delivering. She runs into Jae-hee while she’s helping an old lady. Jae-hee gets mad at Geum-soon saying that no solicitors are allowed in the hospital.
Eun-ju, working at Jae-hee’s mother’s beauty shop, confesses her feelings to Jae-hee.
Eps. 18
Without knowing that Geum-soon is working, Jeong-shim gets angry at Geum-soon for staying out all day. Geum-soon finally tells everyone that she has started a delivery job. She adds that she wants her son to be proud of his working mother. The next day, Geum-soon goes out to work with her son on her back.
Eps. 19
Young-ok notices that something’s not right with her health. Dr. Jang tells her not to work too hard reminding her that she had a kidney transplant. However, she doesn’t listen to his advice. Jeong-shim is angry when Geum-soon still goes to work even though she told her not to.
Eun-ju suggests to Jae-hee that they go out ten times before he decides whether he will keep seeing her or not.
Eps. 20
Geum-soon’s father-in-law tells her to stop working. However, she tells him that she doesn’t want to become a poor and incompetent mother to her son. She also tells him that she will do whatever it takes to become a hairdresser.
Geum-soon’s son gets sick. Geum-soon gets upset about her situation and bursts into tears.
Eps. 21
Geum-soon delivers the drink to the hospital. She feels humiliated when Jae-hee asks her to stop coming to his hospital. Later in the hospital parking lot, Geum-soon, on her scooter, and Jae-hee, in his car, collide. Jae-hee believes that she ran into his car on purpose to get even with him for throwing her out of his hospital. So, he calls the police. Geum-soon tries to explain that it was an accident and begs him to have mercy on her, but Jae-hee just walks away.
Eps. 22
Geum-soon is taken to the police station and ends up spending the night in the detention cell. Feeling scared and miserable about her situation, she can’t stop crying. Meanwhile, her parents-in-law are worried at home since she doesn’t come back. Later, Jae-hee remembers that Geum-soon is still in the police station and tries to call the police.
Eps. 23
Geum-soon’s father-in-law gets angry at Geun-soon for not calling him while she was in the police station. Geum-soon feels thankful that her father-in-law really cares about her and treats her as his own daughter. Feeling sorry about Geum-soon, her mother-in-law gets Geum-soon a cell phone.
Eps. 24
Geum-soon’s mother-in-law, Jeong-shim decides to let Geum-soon try to get a job in the beauty shop and to take care of Geum-soon’s son while she’s working. Geum-soon thanks her, but Jeong-shim pretends that she’s still not happy with Geum-soon. However, seeing Geum-soon excited, Jeong-shim and Mr. Noh feel happy for Geum-soon. Geum-soon’s aunt and Geum-ah happen to see Tae-wan walking down the street with Geum-soon’s son in his arms. Geum-ah has a crush on Tae-wan.
Eps. 25
Geum-soon can’t understand the reason that she didn’t get the job. She goes to Mi-ja, the beauty shop owner and asks to give her a chance. Mi-ja tells her that she didn’t hire her because she’s a little too old. Feeling bad about what he’s done to Geum-soon, Jae-hee suggests to Mi-ja that she give her a chance. Dr. Jang finds out that his wife Young-ok needs another kidney transplant. Meanwhile, Jeong-shim slips in the bathroom and sprains her ankle.
