# WebtoonLib — Dirt Cheap #1 ## Series - title: Dirt Cheap - slug: dirt-cheap-f3osuhat ## Chapter - number: 1 - chapter_key: 1-qnq2za - release_date: 2026-11-05 ### Summary Dirt Cheap tells the story of Jo Eun-Soo being forcibly confronted by her father at a rural psychiatric hospital. Her father demands she accept the marriage alliance imposed by the Chairman's order, beating her and threatening her by reminding her of her mother's death while fleeing. Then her future husband Do Hyun-Il arrives, and Eun-Soo tells him she will not marry a gangster. - summary_language: en - summary_source: chapter_translation - summary_verification: verified ### Key events - The marriage alliance ordered by the construction chairman to unite two rival groups is revealed. - The woman recalls her mother died while fleeing with her and hides her fear behind surveillance as excuse. - The future husband arrives at the hospital, sees the bruised woman, confronts her father, then is left alone with her. - A father forcefully visits his sedated daughter at a hospital, yells at her, hits her, and orders obedience to a marriage. - The woman asks her fiance to cancel the marriage while they exchange insults during first private meeting. ## Spoiler - level: auto ### Safe teaser Dirt Cheap tells the story of Jo Eun-Soo being forcibly confronted by her father at a rural psychiatric hospital. ### Spoiler summary Dirt Cheap tells the story of Jo Eun-Soo being forcibly confronted by her father at a rural psychiatric hospital. Her father demands she accept the marriage alliance imposed by the Chairman's order, beating her and threatening her by reminding her of her mother's death while fleeing. Then her future husband Do Hyun-Il arrives, and Eun-Soo tells him she will not marry a gangster. ## Status - data_status: complete - summary_status: editorial ## Transcript - transcript_source: community - transcript_language: en - transcript_bubbles: 99 ### Content COME HERE. A CUNNING MAN. A TERRIBLE DECEIVER. IN THE END, TO HIM, I'M PROBABLY NOTHING MORE THAN A USEFUL CARD TO PLAY. EVEN SO... AT LEAST HE ISN’T THE WORST. BECAUSE HE’S THE LESSER EVIL I CAN CHOOSE. WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?! LET GO OF ME! SIR, PLEASE! PLEASE CALM DOWN FIRST...! WHAT'S WITH ALL THE FUSS?! CAN'T A FATHER EVEN SEE HIS OWN DAUGHTER'S FACE?! WHAT'S GOING ON? WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN...? SHE HASN'T BEEN DOING WELL LATELY. ...SHE WAS GIVEN A TRANQUILIZER JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO. WITHOUT ANY PREPARATION OR RESOLVE, A MAN FAR TOO TERRIFYING TO FACE SO SUDDENLY. DID I SAY I WAS GONNA EAT HER ALIVE?! WHERE'S EUN-SOO?! MY FATHER. WHAT DID YOU SAY? WHAT, YOU CAN'T GET MARRIED? WHERE DO YOU GET OFF TALKING BACK TO YOUR FATHER?! SIR, YOU CAN'T!! THINK YOU'RE ALL GROWN UP NOW, HUH?! AND I TOLD YOU THIS IS THE CHAIRMAN'S ORDER. THAT MEANS YOU NEVER HAD A CHOICE IN THE FIRST PLACE! CHAIRMAN SON SANG-DOO OF SD CONSTRUCTION, FORMER BOSS OF THE SANGDOO MOB, ONCE KNOWN AS “BIG BROTHER SANG-DOO.” BENEATH HIM WERE TWO RIVAL FACTIONS, AND MY FATHER LED ONE OF THEM—CHAIRMAN SON’S RIGHT-HAND MAN. THEN CAME CHAIRMAN SON’S ORDER TO UNITE THOSE TWO FACTIONS: A MARRIAGE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THEM. EVEN KNOWING MY PLEA WOULD BE IGNORED, I WANTED TO AVOID IT, BUT SEEING HIM COME ALL THE WAY TO THIS RURAL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL OVER SUCH PETTY DEFIANCE... EUN-SOO. IN THE END, THERE IS NO ESCAPING IT. JO EUN-SOO. WON'T ANSWER ME, JO EUN-SOO?! IS IT BECAUSE OF THE TRANQUILIZER? MY TONGUE WON'T MOVE PROPERLY. ...YES. MARRIAGE ISN'T THAT BIG A DEAL. YOU KNOW THAT FROM LOOKING AT YOUR MOTHER. MOTHER? YEAH. JUST LIKE YOU'RE LIVING HERE NOW, YOU LIVE AT YOUR HUSBAND'S HOUSE. THAT'S ALL MARRIAGE IS. THE MOTHER WHO DIED WHILE RUNNING AWAY FROM HIM WITH ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG... ...ONLY TO DIE JUST LIKE THAT? JUST HOW LONG DOES HE INTEND TO BRING UP MOTHER IN FRONT OF ME? THOSE GODDAMN EYES OF YOURS... FUCK, YOU'RE JUST LIKE YOUR MOTHER. WHAT, YOU GONNA RUN AWAY? GONNA RUN AWAY LIKE YOUR MOTHER DID? AND WHAT HAPPENED TO HER, HUH? SHE DROPPED DEAD, DIDN'T SHE? IF YOU WANNA END UP LIKE THAT, GO AHEAD AND TRY. THAT'LL BE THE DAY YOU DIE TOO. I HAD NEVER EVEN DARED TO TRY. BECAUSE EVEN IF I WERE PUSHED OUT THE DOOR, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. RUNNING AWAY... FREEDOM... ...WOULD ONLY BE POSSIBLE ON THE DAY I BREAK FREE FROM THIS SICKENING FEAR. SO HE MUST NEVER KNOW. HE MUST KEEP BELIEVING HIS DELUSION. THAT THE REASON I CANNOT RUN AWAY IS HIS SURVEILLANCE, NOT MY FEAR. YOU— WON'T LOOK ME IN THE EYE?! YOU... WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE? ...WHO IS THAT? DIDN'T YOU SAY YOU'D QUIT ACTING LIKE A THUG? HE LOOKS FAMILIAR. IT'S DO HYUN-IL. IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE SOME LOWLIFE THUGS WITHOUT ROOTS, EITHER. ACTING LIKE THIS WILL ONLY GET YOU CALLED UNCULTURED. THE MAN WHO IS TO BECOME MY HUSBAND. HMM... GUESS YOU CAME TO SEE YOUR BRIDE'S FACE. I DIDN'T EXPECT HER TO BE BRUISED, THOUGH. PERHAPS I SHOULD HAVE COME ANOTHER DAY. SHE WAS GIVING ME SUCH A HEADACHE THAT I TRIED TO GIVE HER A LITTLE LECTURE, AND IT JUST ENDED UP LIKE THIS. YOU UNDER- STAND, DON'T YOU, MANAGING DIRECTOR DO? EUN-SOO, YOU BEHAVE YOURSELF TOO. I'M LEAVING. TO THINK WE'D BE LEFT ALONE TOGETHER... YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEHAVED YOURSELF. SEEING HOW YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO ASK FOR A BEATING, I CAN TELL WHAT YOUR PERSON- ALITY IS LIKE. THAT ISN'T PRIDE, IT'S JUST FOOLISHNESS. AND SEEING HOW YOU LACK EVEN THAT MUCH JUDGMENT, YOU DON'T SEEM PARTICULARLY BRIGHT, EITHER. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK... ...WOULD YOU CALL OFF THIS MARRIAGE? AND PRESIDENT JO TOLD ME YOU WERE MEEK. NOW I WONDER IF THIS IS HOW HE STABS PEOPLE IN THE BACK. DO HYUN-IL. THE VERY MAN WHO BROUGHT SD CONSTRUCTION INTO THE LIGHT IN A SINGLE STROKE, SHAKING OFF THE STIGMA OF BEING A “ROOTLESS GANGSTER COMPANY.” HAVING ELEVATED SD CONSTRUCTION TO THE HEIGHTS OF A KOSPI LISTING, IT MIGHT BE FAIR TO VIEW THIS MAN ALONE AS A LEGITIMATE BUSINESSMAN. BUT... ...I’M NOT GETTING MARRIED. HE PROBABLY ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT. I'M NOT MARRYING A GANGSTER. YOU'RE A GANGSTER TOO...! A GANGSTER'S DAUGHTER MARRIES A GANGSTER BASTARD. WHO ELSE? DID YOU THINK YOU WERE GOING TO MARRY A PRINCE? ## See also - [WebtoonLib — Dirt Cheap #1](/series/dirt-cheap-f3osuhat/chapter-1-qnq2za) - for_series_detail: /llms-series/dirt-cheap-f3osuhat ## Usage AI grounding / search / summarization. Cite WebtoonLib for any included content.