The next story is "The Unwelcome Guest".
I need help with a role in this story. Jin.
Do you want to give it a shot?
Me? Sure. Can I stay seated?
- Of course. Come closer. / - Okay.
- Little bit closer. / - All right.
(Come a little closer.)
A little more.
(You're not an easy one.)
He's so mischievous.
- You have a great sense of humor. / - Thank you.
Hello, I'm an affluent spinster who lives in Suwon.
I'm in my 40s.
An unwelcome guest showed up in my peaceful life.
"Aunt, I want to live with you starting today."
- I said she's 20. / - I see, she's 20 years old.
I thought she was a kid.
(My 20-year-old niece moved into my place.)
An unwelcome guest showed up in my peaceful life.
"Aunt, I want to live with you starting today."
Ever since my 20-year-old niece who lives in Gwangju
raided my place,
I've been doing all sorts of house chores including
cooking, washing dishes, doing laundry and cleaning.
I feel as if I live with a mother-in-law.
I'd be like, "Hey, you're the one who ate it."
"You should clean up after yourself."
- "My wrists are..." / - She's from Gwangju.
Gwangju? I don't know the dialect.
"My wrists are very weak."
And she doesn't even lift a finger.
What's more? She's extremely fussy.
"Aunt, this stinks. Did you not wash it?"
"I need my clothes washed after they're worn once."
She's from Gwangju.
(I said she's from Gwangju.)
Oh, right.
- "Oh, right." / - "Aunt, my blanket stinks."
"Wash it!"
(Speaking in a dialect is hard.)
One day, I just couldn't take it anymore.
I said to her, "Move back to your place!"
But she's still living with me, and I don't see
any signs of her moving out.
My fun single life.
Will I be able to get it back?
That's the story we received.
Let's meet her now.
- Come on out. / - Come on out!
(Who's the lady stressed out because of her niece?)
(Lee Yoonhee)
(Welcome to the show!)
Hello.
When did you start living with your niece?
Three months ago. One day, my niece showed up
with a suitcase and asked if she could live with me.
I said we could try it out.
But soon, I realized that I made a big mistake.
It has been very stressful.
Have you talked to your sister? Why did you contact us?
- I don't get it. / - I actually spoke to her recently.
I said I'd send my niece home, but she refused to go.
- Your niece. / - So we fought and ended up crying.
- It's not that simple. / - I should point out
that she contacted us after three months,
not three years.
- They must not get along. / - It must be really bad.
Why did she move out of her home all of a sudden?
She got into a university in the province,
but she was having problems with her parents.
She also hates Gwangju and Jeolla Province.
Why did you cry when you fought with her?
Shouldn't she be the one crying?
I wonder if all youngsters are like her.
- Until 2 p.m., / - Exactly.
- she sleeps. / - Doesn't her back hurt?
I wash dishes for her and do her laundry.
She does nothing. She's also very sensitive to smells.
After using a towel once, she says it smells bad.
- My goodness. / - Even with her blanket...
So she's lazy and sensitive.
There aren't many things that she can do by herself.
- She's 20 though. / - I know.
She didn't even know how to send a parcel.
- She didn't even know that? / - I taught her.
When she had to go to the bank,
I told her to take a number and wait.
I even wrote it down for her.
But she kept calling and texting me.
"Aunt, where are you? Come meet me here. Hurry up."
When you spend time with her,
what's the one thing you absolutely can't understand?
She gets very greedy with food.
She eats six servings of shabu-shabu by herself.
- After that... / - Six servings?
She also ate bossam.
Then she ate three burger meals at home.
(She devoured three burger meals.)
- Three set meals? / - Gosh, that's...
What really scares me
is the fact that she throws up after eating like that.
- Why? / - At night.
It's because she overeats.
- She throws up after overeating? / - Is she bulimic?
- I didn't know. / - Why does she do that?
She throws up two or three times a week.
- Every time... / - That's often.
It must be painful. It's odd that she keeps doing it.
She says that she never feels full when she eats.
- While she's eating? / - Yes.
She always orders a double portion for everything.
I have to stop her because she'd keep on eating.
- She's here, right? / - Yes.
- What's her name? / - Hyebin.
Hyebin? Jin, you should call her.
Hyebin!
(Who's the niece that shattered her peaceful life?)
She's skinny.
Hyebin, please stand up for us.
- She's slim. / - She is. Turn around for us.
She's tall too.
I guess I should throw up too.
(Do I need to throw up too?)
Will you start throwing up?
(What kind of nonsense is that?)
Is everything your aunt told us true?
Yes.
Then you must've known how stressed out she has been.
I did to an extent, but I didn't know that it was
bad enough for her to reach out to you guys for help.
I have to get 12 hours of sleep...
- 12 hours? / - Yes.
I can't get up unless I sleep for exactly 12 hours.
- But... / - What do you mean you can't?
- My gosh. / - You have to do something
after sleeping for 12 hours.
As soon as I get up, I feel... I'm actually anemic.
- You're anemic? / - Yes.
Because of it, I feel so spaced out when I wake up.
- What made you move out of home? / - I'm curious.
My parents had me ten years after they got married.
We don't get along because of the generation gap.
- You think differently. / - Yes.
My skin is on the dark side,
so I got teased a lot.
- When you were younger? / - Yes.
My parents own a fish store,
so people told me that I smell.
- Your friends? / - Yes.
- I heard it a lot. / - Especially in summer, right?
I used to wear a lot of perfume because of it.
(She had a stressful childhood.)
Yeongja, didn't your family also...
My family ran a fish store for a long time.
I experienced similar things, of course.
I'd go to collect payments after selling fish.
Whenever I tried to take a taxi... In winter,
they turn on the heater inside taxis, you know.
Taxi drivers used to refuse to drive me.
- Because of the smell. / - That's right.
I used to have to walk 2 to 3km because of it.
Do you relieve stress through eating?
Yes, I can't say that I don't.
I eat two to three bowls of jjajangmyeon by myself.
But your aunt said you throw up everything afterwards.
I have stomach problems.
- That makes it worse. / - Exactly.
I get hemorrhagic gastritis.
That plus nervous stomach
makes me vomit all the time. I'm on medication for it.
Once, I asked her, "Do you live on medicine?"
She has hypochondriac tendencies.
- Hypochondria. / - She sees all sorts of doctors
and says that her trapezius and shoulder blades hurt.
- Her trapezius? / - She says her entire body aches.
She says that she thinks her stomach is upset
and takes medicine.
- She "thinks". / - Exactly.
It's dangerous to self-diagnose and take
- medicine based on it. / - It certainly is.
Why do you take so much medicine?
- It gives me a mental relief. / - You feel relieved.
Did you move into your aunt's place
because you hate Gwangju?
- Yes. / - I'm sure all of your friends
are still in Gwangju though.
I had a lot of stress and used to be scared of people.
You were scared of people?
Yes. I used to cover my face whenever I had to go out.
- Because people might stare at you? / - Yes.
Are you okay now? Is the phobia gone?
I'm feeling all right because of these.
- Your glasses? / - Do you feel anxious without them?
I can't make eye contact with people.
I can't make eye contact with people.
But you can make eye contact when you wear glasses?
I just have to cover something on my face.
Then I can make eye contact.
She had a lot of problems with her classmates.
Once, they played a game that required holding hands.
Before they even held her hands,
they went, "You're disgusting."
they went, "You're disgusting."
Her friend made fun of her. After she moved in,
I realized she has such low self-esteem. She keeps
saying things like, "I'm so ugly. My eyes are tiny."
She goes on about it, and it stresses me out.
- Her self-esteem is so low. / - Yes.
She has masks of every color for when she goes out.
- From black to white... / - Seriously?
She always wears a mask.
I think she saw a group of women whispering.
They weren't talking about her, but she thought so.
Right, she can feel that way.
"Do they think they're so pretty?"
She got all angry.
Your aunt probably told you she contacted us
and that you'd have to come here.
- Yes. / - This show will be broadcast nationwide.
- I'm sure she told you these things. / - Yes, she did.
How did you muster up the courage to come here?
This show is all about learning to empathize.
- Right. / - I wanted to be part of the experience.
I'm so glad you're here.
Have you been feeling the need to change?
Yes, I have.
- I'm glad. / - That's what gave you the courage?
Please give her a big round of applause.
(We're rooting for you!)
- Today will be... / - I'm so glad you came.
About the wounds you're harboring in your heart...
Have you ever had a candid chat with your parents?
I've mentioned it to them here and there,
but my mom just said that's how the world is.
She instilled her negative mindset in me.
My dad, on the other hand, is a Jeolla Province native.
Because of his strong accent,
he always sounds as though he's scolding me.
Does that mean you never share your worries with him?
Not at all. I don't even talk to him.
Your mom must take your side though.
Do you not find it helpful when she says not to worry?
I don't think she understands me.
- You don't feel it? / - No.
The lady beside her must be her mom.
Yes, she's her mom and my sister.
Your older sister. As she's listening to her daughter,
- she keeps crying. / - Yes.
- Her heart must ache so much. / - I know.
Why do you keep crying?
When Hyebin mentioned those things to me,
I didn't think they were serious issues.
"Just forget about it. Kids are like that these days."
- Right. / - It must've been very stressful for her.
My heart aches a lot for her.
- After hearing everything. / - Yes.
When she first said that she wants to move out,
you must've been very upset.
When she first brought it up,
I was really sad.
I wanted her to stay by my side.
As you know, I had her ten years after I got married.
My husband is actually the oldest son of his family.
We had a girl when his parents wanted a grandson,
- so they didn't even look at her. / - Goodness.
- Your in-laws? / - That's why
I've always felt bad and wanted to be there for her.
After she packed up and left,
I cried so much. I was very sad.
Both you and your husband must've given her much love.
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