Lee Ja Young comes from a poor family who lives in the basement of one of her rich schoolmates, Lee Shin Hee. Ja Young is one of the top students in her class as Shin Hee is one of the more mediocre students. On the day for college entrance exams, Shin Hee's family bribes Ja Young family into Ja Young taking the test for her. Ja Young is forced to take it for the sake of her family's future. More complications arise when Ja Young's first relationship ends due to a mistaken identity and Shin Hee's crush, Jung Hyun Woo begins to fall for Ja Young.
Cast: Ryu Si-won, Choi Ji-woo, Park Sun-young, Son Ji-chang, Seonwoo Jae-deok. Hyeon-woo (Ryu Si-won), Shin-hee (Park Seon-young), and Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) drink at a bar and decide to forget all the unpleasant feelings they had in the past and live on good terms. Hyeon-woo and Ja-young, riding in the car driven by Shin-hee, drive down the road, leaving behind their ominous premonitions. Then a car accident occurs, and Hyeon-woo and Ja-young are seriously injured. To hide the fact that she was driving, Shin-hee puts Ja-young in the driver's seat and watches Ja-young, who is in a vegetative state and does not wake up. In high school, Ja-young and Shin-hee were friends who lived in the same house. Unlike Ja-young, who studies hard even in difficult environments, Shin-hee does not study even in wealthy environments. Shin-hee asks Ja-young to show her the answer to the test to improve her grade, and Ja-young has no choice but to show her the answer. They try to show it just once and end it, but Ja-young is embarrassed by Shin-hee's persistent demands.
Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) refuses her mother's request to take the college entrance exam for Shin-hee (Park Sun-young), saying that she will never be able to do it, and makes her intentions clear to Shin-hee as well. Shin-hee earnestly asks Ja-young to give her an apartment and help her take the test as a proxy, but Ja-young's intentions are firm. Then, when her older brother Yeong-cheol (Ahn Jeong-hoon) is in danger of being arrested for assault, Ja-young decides to take the CSAT test instead of Shin-hee. So, while Shin-hee enjoys her college life, Ja-young attends a re-education academy. Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang), who saved Ja-young from perverts in the past, naturally approaches Ja-young and the two begin dating. Meanwhile, Shin-hee invites Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) to her birthday. While on his way to Shinhee's house, Hyeon-woo accidentally splashes water on Ja-young, and to make matters worse, he injures his hand. Feeling sorry, she asks Shin-hee to give Ja-young a gift, and Shin-hee starts to get angry when Hyeon-woo, whom she likes, even gives Ja-young a gift.
Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) buys the clothes that Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) gave to Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) as a gift. I can't hold back the anger boiling over me as I look at the letter. Then, by chance, he sees Ja-young and Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) at the window. Shinhee sarcastically tells Jayoung about her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Ja-young tells Hyun-woo that she has a boyfriend, but Hyun-woo continues to be interested in her. Shin-hee feels uneasy as she watches Hyeon-woo buy not only clothes but also headbands for Ja-young. Seung-jae, who only knew that Ja-young was the daughter of a member of the National Assembly, quickly becomes closer to Ja-young, and he thinks that the closer he gets to Ja-young, the closer his path to success will become. However, in front of Ja-kyung's house, Ja-kyung is not a member of the National Assembly, but the driver's daughter. When I found out that this was true, I became angry. From then on, Seungjae begins to cut off contact with Jayoung.
Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) happens to hear Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) and Seung-jae's coworker talking about herself at a convenience store. He met Ja-young thinking she was the daughter of a conglomerate's congressman, but when he found out she was actually the daughter of that family's driver, he decided to dump her. Upon hearing this, Ja-young sheds tears of sadness. Ja-young, who entered college, coincidentally meets Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won), who goes to the same school. Hyun-woo shows interest in Ja-young, but Ja-young is cold to her. Meanwhile, Shin-hee (Park Sun-young), who found out that Hyun-woo met Ja-young, asks Ja-young to leave the house immediately. Ja-young also wants to move out of her house and into an apartment, but becomes frustrated once again when she learns that Yeong-cheol (Ahn Jeong-hoon) went bankrupt by buying stocks with the deposit money for the apartment. In the end, Ja-young ends up working part-time at the restaurant where Eun-sil (Park Kyeong-rim) works, and when Hyun-woo finds out about this, he also works part-time at the same place as Ja-young.
Shin-hee (Park Seon-young) climbs over the wall to enter a house that is locked late at night. Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang), who sees this, catches Shin-hee, thinking she is the culprit of a recent robbery. And when he finds out that Shinhee is the real daughter of a chaebol family, he helps her get over the wall. Hyeon-woo (Ryu Si-won) hears the story of Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) from Eun-sil (Park Kyung-rim) about her past. Hyeon-woo, who wants to help Ja-young, asks an acquaintance to tutor Ja-young. Ja-young, who knows nothing, is happy to be tutoring and uses the money to buy gifts for her family. Then, when he finds out that he happened to be tutoring through Hyeon-woo's introduction, he gets angry and tells Hyun-woo not to pity him, and Hyun-woo also gets angry at Ja-young for not understanding his feelings. Ja-young consults with Jun-yeop (Seonwoo Jae-deok) about her feelings for Hyun-woo, and tells Hyun-woo that she is grateful and sorry. From then on, the two begin to grow closer rapidly. Shin-hee meets Hyeon-woo's mother and tells her story about Ja-young, and Hyun-woo's mother tells Hyeon-woo that Ja-young I am opposed to associating with Hyun-woo tells Shin-hee about his feelings for Ja-young, but after hearing this, Shin-hee gets angry and drinks and drives. After hearing the news of Shin-hee being taken to the police station after being caught running away from a drunk driving crackdown, Congressman Lee (Jeong-wook) is very disappointed in his daughter, and to make matters worse, he gets very angry when he hears about Shin-hee's proxy test.
After seeing Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) and Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) breaking up in front of the house, Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) meets Ja-young separately and asks her if she is dating Hyeon-woo. Ja-young honestly confesses the fact that she met Hyeon-woo. Shin-hee meets Hyun-woo and confesses her feelings, but Hyun-woo rejects Shin-hee's confession. Shin-hee is shocked and starts drinking, and Seung-jae drives her home, as she stumbles while drunk. The next day, Shin-hee contacts Hyun-woo's mother and asks for permission to date Hyeon-woo, and Hyun-woo's mother happily agrees. She then encourages Hyun-woo to marry Shin-hee, but Hyun-woo refuses his mother's request, saying that he loves Ja-young. Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) meets Ja-young by chance while waiting for Shin-hee in front of her house and they talk. Shin-hee, who watched this, calls Seung-jae aside and tells him to make Ja-young become Seung-jae's woman again.
Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) tells Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) to make Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) become Seung-jae's woman again. Seung-jae decides to grant Shin-hee's request under the condition of getting her a job. Meanwhile, Shin-hee meets Hyeon-woo's mother and tells her bad stories about Ja-young, giving Hyun-woo's mother a bad opinion about Ja-young. In order to change Ja-young's feelings, Seung-jae goes to Ja-young's school and tells Ja-young that he still has old feelings for her and that they will meet again. Ja-young flatly rejects Seung-jae’s words. However, Ja-young can't stand Seung-jae's persistent contact with her, so she even changes her contact information. Meanwhile, Shin-hee and Hyun-woo's (Ryu Si-won) parents meet each other, and Hyun-woo, who went there without even knowing what was going on, is embarrassed. Hyun-woo has a promise with Ja-young. He gets restless and eventually leaves the meeting to meet Ja-young. Hyeon-woo takes Ja-young, who had been waiting for him until the end, shivering in the cold, home and meets Seung-jae. Hyun-woo tells Seung-jae not to contact him again and leaves. That night, he summons Ja-young, who sulks at him, and gives her a gift and a kiss, confirming his love once again.
Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) throws a punch at Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang), who keeps coming to school to see Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo). Seungjae goes to the police station and files a complaint against Hyunwoo. Hyun-woo is put in a detention center, and Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) and Ja-young, who find out about this, become worried and look for Hyun-woo. Seung-jae ends up refusing the agreement with Hyun-woo, and a newspaper reporter who is watching this approaches Seung-jae and reports this fact in a newspaper article. When her son gets into trouble, Hyeon-woo's mother calls Ja-young and asks her to break up with Hyun-woo. Ja-young eventually sheds tears of sadness, saying that she will follow Hyun-woo's mother's words. As Ja-young decides to break up with Hyun-woo, Hyun-woo is naturally freed, and he does not give up his feelings for Ja-young, even going against his parents' will to break up with Ja-young. Hyeon-woo happily contacts Ja-young, but Ja-young just tells Hyun-woo that they are breaking up. Although Ja-young is painful about breaking up with Hyun-woo, she tries to push Hyun-woo away from her by showing herself with Seung-jae in front of Hyun-woo.
Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) tries to take Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) away from her. So, in front of Hyun-woo, she sheds tears while hugging Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang). When Hyeon-woo sees Ja-young like this, he gets angry and turns away. Seung-jae, who did everything as requested by Shin-hee (Park Seon-young), now goes to the company to get a job, but he doesn't like the position of security guard, so he gets angry at Shin-hee, and Shin-hee promises to find another job. While filming as a school PR assistant, Shinhee was noticed by a broadcasting station PD and ended up working as a reporter. And then, upon hearing the news of her promise to Hyeon-woo, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do. Meanwhile, Seung-jae gets angry after finding out that the second job Shin-hee applied for is even worse and goes to Shin-hee's house. I found Seungjae in front of my house. Shinhee is embarrassed and leads Seungjae to a place where no one is around. Hyeon-woo, who happened to be passing by, sees these two and learns that everything that happened so far was planned by Shin-hee.
Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) overhears a conversation between Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) and Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang). When Hyun-woo learns that Shin-hee made Seung-jae take him away from Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo), he gets angry and shows great disappointment to Shin-hee. Shin-hee says she will tell him everything and begs Hyun-woo to listen to her. And Hyun-woo tells his parents everything Shin-hee did and that he will not get engaged to Shin-hee. Hyun-woo's parents are shocked to hear this. Jayoung is asked not to tell anyone where she is. Going down to my aunt’s house in Gangneung. Hyeon-woo, who cannot contact Ja-young, desperately searches for her, and Shin-hee also wonders where Ja-young is. He tells Seung-jae to find out where Ja-young is, and tells him to find it before Hyun-woo and change Ja-young's mind. With the help of Eun-sil (Park Kyung-rim), Hyun-woo goes to Ja-young's place and tells Ja-young that everything happened because of Shin-hee, but Ja-young still tries to push Hyeon-woo away from him.
Hyeon-woo (Ryu Si-won) visits Ja-yeong (Choi Ji-woo) in Gangneung, and at first there is conflict, but later they confirm their love for each other. After going through trials, the love between the two becomes stronger, and they leave Gangneung with happy hearts and return home. Ja-young meets Shin-hee (Park Seon-young) and declares war, telling her not to interfere with her and Hyun-woo in the future. After hearing this, Shin-hee is at a loss for work. Hyeon-woo asks his father to meet Ja-young just once, and his father accepts Hyun-woo's request. Hyeon-woo announces to Ja-young that a meeting with his parents has been decided, and Ja-young is happy. Hyunwoo goes to Jayoung’s house to say hello, The father accepts Hyunwoo’s request. Hyeon-woo announces to Ja-young that a meeting with his parents has been decided, and Ja-young is happy. Hyeon-woo goes to Ja-young's house to say hello, and Shin-hee, who watches this, confesses to her mother that she had Seung-jae separate Hyun-woo and Ja-young. After hearing this, Shin Hee-mo tells Ja-young's mother to stop meeting Hyeon-woo because she will send Ja-young to study abroad, but Ja-young says she cannot do that. Meanwhile, Ja-young goes to the meeting place with Hyun-woo's parents, but Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) interferes with it, and ends up kidnapping her.
Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) kidnaps Ja-young (Choi Jing) to prevent her from going to Hyun-woo's (Ryu Si-won) parents' meeting place. Ja-young, who was resistant at first, seems to have given up on everything and tells Seung-jae to step on her and climb up. After hearing this, Seungjae eventually releases Jayoung. Hyun-woo's parents, who were waiting for Ja-young, are disappointed again, and when Hyun-woo learns that the person who kidnapped Ja-young was Seung-jae, he goes to Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) and gets angry, but Shin-hee denies that she did it. Ja-young tells Shin-hee that if she doesn't tell Hyeon-woo's mother the truth, she will expose the CSAT proxy test. Shin-hee has no choice but to confess to Hyun-woo's mother everything that has happened so far. After clearing up all the misunderstandings about Ja-young, Hyun-woo's parents meet Ja-young formally, and Hyun-woo's parents, who like Ja-young, allow Hyun-woo and Ja-young to date. Meanwhile, Yeong-cheol (Ahn Jeong-hoon) is disheartened when he learns that he has been the victim of contract fraud just a few days before the opening of his side dish store. After learning that Shin-hee has been continuously being threatened by Seung-jae, Assemblyman Lee asks Shin-hee to apologize to Ja-young to prevent any strange rumors from spreading as the election day for the National Assembly member is just around the corner. Shin-hee gathers together to sincerely apologize to Ja-young and Hyun-woo, and the three, who have reconciled, get into an unexpected accident while driving home and are seriously injured.
Shin-hee (Park Sun-young), Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo), and Hyun-woo (Ryu Si-won) suffered an accident. Shin-hee, who was the first to wake up, was asked if the driver was Ja-young Lee, and she answered yes. Shin-hee sheds tears as she sees Hyun-woo unable to wake up from his critical condition and Ja-young in a vegetative state. Then, out of guilt, he tries to turn himself in, but Assemblyman Lee tells him to just cover it up since the mayoral election is at stake. Young-cheol (Ahn Jeong-hoon) cannot believe that Ja-young was driving the car, so he visits the police station and junkyard to reveal the truth, but it is not easy. So he goes to Shin-hee and tells her to tell the truth, but Shin-hee just screams at him to get out. Feeling sorry for her daughter, who cannot do anything for her, she moves out of Shinhee's house and even opens a snack bar to start a new life. Upon returning home after being discharged from the hospital, Shin-hee receives a letter and a photo, which is none other than a photo of Shin-hee sitting in the driver's seat at the time of the accident. When the family finds out that the letter and photo were sent by Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang), they grant whatever Seung-jae wants. He gets him a job in the marketing department and promises to marry Shinhee. Shin-hee, who returns to her daily life, continues to see visions of Ja-young and Hyun-woo out of guilt, and eventually collapses. Seeing Shin-young in pain, Seung-jae secretly sneaks into the hospital where Ja-young is hospitalized and disconnects the oxygen respirator that had supported Ja-young's life from Ja-young. An emergency situation occurs, and the gathered doctors and Ja-young's family look at Ja-young with heartbreaking grief. Ja-young miraculously opens her eyes through first aid.
Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) is out of oxygen and receives emergency treatment. Fortunately, she responds and wakes up, and her family sheds tears of joy. Ja-young asks her family how Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) and Hyeon-woo (Choi Ji-woo) are doing, but the family reassures her that they are doing well. Meanwhile, Ja-young learns that she was driving Shin-hee's car and that Hyun-woo is not waking up in the hospital. Ja-young urges Shin-hee to tell the truth, but Shin-hee flatly says that Ja-young just can't remember because of the shock of the accident and that Ja-young was the one driving the car. Ja-young tries to uncover the truth, but it is not easy. And Hyunwoo's mother also sheds tears of sadness as she treats him coldly. Shin-hee learns that Ja-young has woken up and is afraid that the truth will be revealed, but Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) calms her down. He then goes to Dr. Lee and asks him to quickly get engaged to Shinhee. Meanwhile, Ja-young submits another petition to the court and continues to stay by Hyun-woo's side, worrying about her. Hyun-woo's mother also begins to treat Ja-young warmly, as if she knew Ja-young's sincerity. Then, Hyeon-woo finally wakes up, and Ja-young, who realizes this, runs to Hyun-woo and happily calls Hyun-woo's name, but Hyun-woo doesn't know Ja-young. It looks like it's a person and makes a puzzled expression, asking who it is.
Hyeon-woo (Ryu Si-won) dramatically wakes up from critical illness. Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) happily calls Hyun-woo, but Hyun-woo suffers from short-term memory loss and does not recognize Ja-young. Meanwhile, Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) is anxious because Hyun-woo has woken up, and Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang) gets angry at Shin-hee for not telling him that Hyun-woo hasn't woken up, but he comforts Shin-hee, who continues to feel anxious. Hyun-woo diligently undergoes physical therapy, and Shin-hee and Seung-jae get engaged and follow Congressman Lee to his campaign site to campaign for him. Meanwhile, Ja-young is on an oxygen respirator. Suspecting that the people who left out were Seung-jae and Shin-hee, he visits them and persuades them to turn themselves in now, but Seung-jae and Shin-hee refuse. Ja-young is still heartbroken seeing Hyun-woo whose memories have not returned. To get back together, he goes to Hyeon-woo's school and goes to the playground, but Hyun-woo can't remember Ja-young. After watching the video of Ja-young and himself captured on Woo-hyun's camcorder, Hyun-woo learns that Ja-young and he were more than friends, and they meet Ja-young and talk. And when Ja-young is about to collide with an oncoming car on her way home, Hyun-woo urgently calls Ja-young.
The moment Ja-young (Choi Ji-woo) crashes into the car, Hyeon-woo (Ryu Si-won) urgently calls out to Ja-young, as all of her memories come back. Now that Hyun-woo's memories have returned, Ja-young becomes confident in clearing his name. Hyun-woo visits Shin-hee (Park Sun-young) and asks her to reveal all of Ja-young's false accusations, but Shin-hee refuses Hyun-woo's request, saying that she cannot ruin her family. When Shin-hee does not reveal her intention to turn herself in, Ja-young posts her false accusation on an online bulletin board, which is soon read by many people. Shin-hee was worried about Seung-jae (Son Ji-chang), who had not contacted him for several days. Seung-jae, who shows up at Shin-hee's house in a bad state, threatens to do the same to Congressman Lee who tried to kill him, and Shin-hee asks Seung-jae for forgiveness. Meanwhile, Yong-seok reads Seung-jae's letter telling him to send the tape to the address indicated if he does not hear from him, and sends the tape as Seung-jae tells him. The person who received the tape was Jayoung. Ja-young watches the tape and uploads the video to the Internet. With this, all the truth will be revealed, and Rep. Lee will be arrested. Shin-hee and Seung-jae stay in a secluded place to avoid the eyes of others, and Shin-hee feels sorry for the situation that has come to this because of her. He then commits suicide by leaving a letter behind and jumping into the water with a happy expression on his face in the car. Meanwhile, Congressman Lee sheds tears of repentance after receiving Shinhee's letter at the detention center. Ja-young and Hyun-woo start a new life on the plane, half with anticipation and half with fear.
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