Reporters are after the entire Hong family. Grace tricks them into coming to the back gate of their family house. Unknown to them, she had already planted reporters to secretly take their picture. When they arrive, she reveals her true intentions and has their cars seized. The reporters who she had planted could have taken the family pictures had Hyun woo not blocked their line of sight by arriving in a bus and whisking the family away.
Before they know what’s happening, they are at Hyun woo’s hometown facing his family. Seon hwa, embarrassed declares that she didn’t come out of her volition and says she would leave despite the fact that there is no cab in the country side at such a late hour. She ends up tripping on cow dung, nearly falling over herself when in a comedic fashion, Hyun woo’s mother Bong ae appears to save her.
Hyun woo and Hae in speak in private. She tells him she is uncomfortable being in his house considering they are now divorced but Hyun woo simply tells her he is comfortable she’s there and that she should not worry, she should forget everything and just focus on being less miserable.
After the awkward phase, the two families sit down to have dinner. Soo Cheol shows his pickiness, refusing to drink water if it isn’t from the Alps. (Haha) Even his father joins in the pickiness making Hae in so frustrated, she slaps the back of Soo Cheol’s head forcing him to accept what is given to him.
After dinner, Mi seon and her other brother are gossiping about how harsh Hae in was to her brother while washing the dishes when Hae in suddenly appears offering to help them. They nicely reject her help but then apologise for calling her a sly fox and talking behind her back. Mi Seon then asks Hae in if she still has feelings for Hyun woo but she completely denies it leading Mi Seon to get so triggered that she tells Hae in that Hyun woo’s first love, the principal’s daughter is still asking for him. However, Hae in doesn’t show any interest and leaves.
Meanwhile, Eun sung is desperately trying to find Hae in without any luck. Seul hee who is enjoying the family wealth wonders why he’s so intent on having Hae in close by but he responds that just like she easily chose another family over him, then he can easily chose someone else over her.
Now, the family has to endure a world where they aren’t used to sleeping in cold hard floors and in a small space. Soo cheol is having a hard time, sobbing to himself. Seon hwa hears him and wants to give him their sheets thinking he’s uncomfortable since he isn’t used to sleeping on the floor but Beom jun reminds her that he came from a wealthy family as we. Meanwhile, Beom ja is outside the house speaking to her second brother on the phone, pleading with him to see their father but her brother refuses based on how their father treated him. Beom ja cries thinking it’s her fault Seul hee decided to turn against the family because of how badly she treated her. She’s still in tears when Mr Baek’s friend’s mother who is suffering from dementia appears to comfort her, giving her a handkerchief to help wipe her tears with. However, when her son appears looking for her, she tells Beom ja he’s a stranger who keeps calling her Mom and that she should pretend to be her daughter to chase him away. Beom ja does as she said, challenging him much to his amusement. However, when he reminds his mother of her drama which would soon be airing, she changes immediately and tells her son to take her home. (Haha) Beom ja is stunned as she watches them leave.
Meanwhile, Hae in is listening to music on the pink mp3 she had seen in Hyun woo’s room earlier when Hyun woo texts her to know how she’s doing. Both of them are vague, unable to tell each other how they truly feel. Hae in then tells Hyun woo that she’s listening to the songs on his mp3 which surprisingly fit her taste in music but Hyun woo tells her it isn’t his but belonged to a girl from highschool. He tries searching for her to return it but couldn’t find her. Hae in gets suspicious and asks Hyun woo the name of his high school and it turns out to be the same as her own. She looks closely at the mp3 and recognizes her inscription on it remembering that it’s hers. She’s stunned over this discovery asking herself if Hyun was born to love her. She then believes she is his first love and asks Hyun woo if the girl who owned the mp3 was his first love.
But Hyun woo panics not wanting her to misunderstand and completely denies it. He rushes to her room and takes the mp3 from her, saying that he doesn’t even remember the girl, whether she’s male or female. (Bad mistake oh my!) Angered, Hae in sends him out of her room.
The next morning, before heading out to work, Hyun woo comes to Hae In’s room while she’s asleep and covers the windows so the harsh sunlight doesn’t affect her. After he leaves, Hae in joins Bong ae in the kitchen to help her out but ends up enjoying her culinary skills much to Seon hwa’s displeasure. Seon hwa is unhappy after calling her sister who gives her excuses for not taking her and her family in. Mi Seon then invites Seon hwa to her salon after she let her have the shoe that got stepped in cow dung but Seon hwa gets humiliated by Mi Seon’s other customers who bad mouth her behind her back unaware that she’s there. When she reveals her presence, they get shocked. Seon hwa defends herself, telling them that her family would soon bounce back. Their problem is only temporary. She leaves in anger but runs into Bong ae who offers her food and drinks but her pride doesn’t let her take them.
Now, Eun sung major purpose is finding Chairman Man dae’s secret slush fund. He asks an important staff at the company about it but he have no idea how to locate it because Chairman Man dae made it very complicated to find. Eun sung then calls Hyun woo to his office. At first, Hyun woo pretends to show him courtesy but Eun Sung tells him to cut the act and asks why he insists on staying but Hyun Woo replies that he’s currently looking for a new job and would leave in a month once he has gotten one. He tries to assure Eun sung that he has nothing to worry about. But deep inside, Hyun woo is barely holding in his anger.
Meanwhile, Grace speaks with Seul hee and Eun Sung separately. However, it’s obvious that they don’t plan to elevate her status. Eun sung especially denies her from taking over Hae In’s position, telling her that she can start a small cosmetic line in the US. Grace is flabbergasted.
Hyun woo tracks down the technician who ran away when he was with his daughter and manages to get back the footage he had kept from him. He and Yang ki look through it and discover Da hye was the one who had lured the boar that almost killed Hae in.
Meanwhile, Soo Cheol reads again the heartbreaking letter Da hye sent to him detailing she had planned to betray him for a long time. After all this time, he didn’t recognize her as the girl who used to stalk him when they were younger. She reveals she wasn’t from a wealthy family and was actually older than him by five years. She also adds that their son Geun woo isn’t his. She admits she’s sad to leave him and knows she wouldn’t find another man like him. Hae in sees Soo Cheol in tears and asks him why he is in such a sad state and he replies that Da hye left him behind. She should have taken him with her. (What a simp!)
Actually, Da hye is having a hard time taking care of her son by herself. Soo Cheol’s memories of taking care of Geun woo brushes past her mind, unsettling her but she ignores it.
Hyun woo and Yang ki plan to take back the queen’s empire by exposing that Eun Sung didn’t legitimately make his money. He had actually scammed a two trillion investment fund, lured the Hong family into a fake business idea in other to steal their stocks. If he can prove all this, he would be able to get the family’s stocks back.
Meanwhile, Eun Sung has his spy find out if Hae in and her secretary are still in touch but secretary Na acts as if she no longer cares about Hae in so Eun Sung can’t get any information from her. The spy also tells him that Hyun woo isn’t acting suspicious as he’s only attending job interviews.
Some protesters gather in front of the queen’s office building shouting that the company committed investment fraud after luring them to give up their lands by promising to pay five times thr original amount. Instead, they only ended up getting paid double the amount. Hyun woo and Yang ki try to calm down the protesters but they are resilient, throwing eggs at them to show their grievance.
Mr Baek and Beom jun, Hae In’s father have a local drink called Makgeolli together with his friend. He ends up drunk and Mr Baek has to take him home. But he says he doesn’t want to go home as he’s ashamed of being a failure to his family. All his friends had abandoned him and he can’t believe he doesn’t even have twenty million won with him when he used to pay more than forty billion won as tax. Mr Baek is struck by what he just said.
Hae in suddenly slumped after speaking with Hyun woo’s nephew. The family all are with her when she wakes and asks her why she fainted and Hae in lies that she’s anemic but Seon hwa is very uncaring saying she too has anemia and that Hae in shouldn’t make a big deal of it since they’re all suffering. Beom ja glares at her. Bong ae is more concerned and suggests Hae in follow Hyun woo to Seoul and get a check up.
When they are alone, Beom ja is tempted to tell Seon hwa the truth about Hae In’s condition but controls herself and pleads with Seon hwa to treat Hae in better so she doesn’t regret in the future but Seon hwa brushes her advice aside, saying she has nothing to regret over. (Are you even a mother?) She leaves nonchalantly and just then, Hyun woo speeds in and rushes to see Hae in. Beom ja sighs wishing her exes were like him.
Hyun woo quickly meets with Hae in to see how she is but she demands to know what he’s been up to since her secretary secretly reported to her that he was acting strange and in most days, would be covered with eggs. Having no choice, Hyun woo has to be honest with Hae in. He tells her that a land broker offered to buy lands from their owners on behalf of Queens. They had promised to pay the owners five times the original amount if they sold their lands but after the deal, ended up duping them by paying only twice the amount. The owner of the broker company had vanished but Hyun woo discovered after searching his office that he would be having his wedding that week so they figured he would travel out after he got married. However, Hyun woo plans to stop him before then. Hae in then says that after everything has been sorted, they would be able to part ways like a real divorced couple. Hyun woo says he would do his best as long as her body can handle it.
Eun Sung is going through Eun Sung’s whole house. He comes to her bedroom and begins to look through her things when he discovers her hospital card in her wallet. The possessive guy used the card to check her hospital details. That’s when he discovers that Hae in has cancer and has only a few months left to live. He nearly goes crazy.
He storms her doctor’s office and demands he tells him how to save Hae in but the doctor responds that he isn’t related to his patient and so, doesn’t have the right to demand any information from him. This infuriates Eun Sung as the doctor asks him to leave. Hae in is at the hospital after Baek Hyun drops her off but after her treatments, he returns to tell her that Eun Sung had found out about her condition after the doctor called him.
Eun Sung meets his mother at the hospital where she’s looking after Chairman Man dae. They both talk about putting Grace in her place so she doesn’t expect too much from them. Seul hee then informs Eun Sung that she would like to take over Hae In’s position at the company but he adamantly refuses, saying that the position is only reserved for Hae in. Angered by his rejection, Seul hee reminds him that as long as the chairman is still alive, she owns twenty one percent of the company shares and so, he cannot overlook her. But when she leaves for a brief moment, she returns only to find that the chairman is missing. She calls Eun Sung and he admits he took the chairman so she wouldn’t have anything to threaten him with. Seul hee is so annoyed by him demanding he tell her where the chairman is but of course, he ignores her. However, in the ambulance where the Chairman is, he suddenly moves his finger. (He is regaining consciousness)
Hyun woo is being chased by some strange people. He tries diverting them but they manage to catch up with him. It’s actually the land broker Hyun woo has been searching for. He comes with his gang and they start fighting him.
Hae in is worried since Hyun woo has yet to return home. She starts calling his line and goes out when she hears a phone ringing. She sees a silhouette in the dark. Thinking it’s Hyun woo, she calls out his name but it turns out to be Eun Sung. (He finally found her)
The episode ends with Hyun woo fighting for his life (he’s surprisingly very good at boxing)
