"I'll meet my poor mum one day, I'll buy her some pretty clothes, some meat, and a beautiful house."
This is what Cha Moo-hyuk (So Ji-sub) has to say to his parents who abandoned him
in an orphanage when he was a baby. This is how kind he is.
Adopted by an Australian family but abused and left homeless, Moo-hyuk grew up to be a con artist targeting Asian tourists. His girlfriend leaves him for a rich man, but at her wedding, he saves her life by shielding her from a bullet. Although he miraculously survives, his left brain is damaged and he only has a few more months to live. He suffers from intense headaches and displays erratic behaviors, side effects of the bullet left in his head. He decides to return to Korea to look for his biological mother before he dies.
In Korea, he finds his intellectually challenged twin sister, Yoon Seo-kyung (Jun Hye-jin) who is a single mother with a young son, Kal-ji. Later, he discovers that his mother, Oh Deul-hee (Lee Hye-young) is very rich and has another son, Choi Yoon (Jung Kyung-ho) who is a popular idol. He hates his mother who abandoned her children even though she was not poor, and he is jealous that she dotes on Yoon.
Moo-hyuk gets himself hired as Yoon's manager, and starts to plot revenge against his mother and half-brother. In the process, he falls in love with Yoon's coordinator, Song Eun-chae (Im Soo-jung). Although Eun-chae is in love with Yoon, she starts developing feelings for Moo-hyuk too.
Meanwhile, Yoon starts dating actress Kang Min-joo (Seo Ji-young). Moo-hyuk disguises himself to seduce Min-joo. When Min-joo falls for Moo-hyuk and breaks up with Yoon, a heartbroken Yoon gets into a car accident. Deul-hee is devastated when the doctor tells her that Yoon's genetically weak heart is severely injured. She screams that she is willing to donate her heart to save her son.
Eun-chae, who had a big fight with Yoon before the accident, cannot bring herself to visit him at the hospital because she feels guilty. She locks herself in her room and refuses to eat or drink. Moo-hyuk drags her out and asks her in the car,
"Do you want to eat? Or kiss me?"
"Do you want to eat? Or sleep with me?"
"Do you want to eat? Or live with me?"
"Do you want to eat? Or die with me?"
This scene is a classic scene which has been parodied many times. It depicts how hurt and lonely Moo-hyuk feels, falling hopelessly for Eun-chae even though he is a dying man. He secretly wishes for Eun-chae to stay by his side and bring him comfort for the remainder of his short life.
After the accident, Yoon realizes that his true love is Eun-chae. Unaware of Moo-hyuk's condition, Eun-chae decides to choose Yoon because she feels that he needs her more. When she tearfully tells Moo-hyuk her decision, he asks her to stop crying and says that he will give Yoon his heart when he dies. In return, he wants her to spend his remaining days with him. She gets angry with him for joking about death, unaware that he has less than three months to live and intends to donate his heart after his death.
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