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Meanwhile, Eun-soo lives with her fear of going outside, her hallucinations, and her small routine in the hospital garden, and tells Do Bae that she hates him because he is a gangster.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Dirt Cheap tells of Eun-soo's refusal to marry Do Bae and their tense encounter when he comes to the hospital. As Do Bae goes to see Eun-soo in her twenties with earrings and a necklace, his plan to keep up the marriage act for three months and the power calculations around Jo Man-ik and Chairman Son Sang-doo come to light. Meanwhile, Eun-soo lives with her fear of going outside, her hallucinations, and her small routine in the hospital garden, and tells Do Bae that she hates him because he is a gangster.","key_events":["Thirty-three-year-old man buys earrings and necklace for marriage meeting with woman in early twenties.","Woman explains inability to go outside and hallucinations, now able to walk to garden as doctor assignment.","Plan revealed to maintain fake marriage act for three months to stall rival and lower his guard.","Woman scattering dandelion seeds in hospital garden meets man and refuses marriage calling him gangster.","Woman's swelling subsided leaving only bruises to fade while someone waits for her."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I BOUGHT EARRINGS AND A NECKLACE. JEWELRY SEEMED LIKE THE SAFEST CHOICE.\n\nWHAT IS THIS EVEN FOR?\nTO GO SEE SOME YOUNG GIRL,\nSHOULD I REALLY BE PUSHING MY WORK ASIDE?\n\nA YOUNG GIRL BARELY PAST TWENTY.\nYET WHETHER DUE TO SKIN SO PALE SHE LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAD NEVER SEEN THE SUN,\nHER YOUTHFUL FACE LACKED THE AIR OF SOMEONE HER AGE.\nAND ON TOP OF THAT...\nI'M NOT MARRYING A GANGSTER.\n\nIT MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE THE SPIRITED ATTACK FOR HER.\nTOO BAD FOR HER THAT IT ONLY SOUNDED AMUSING TO ME.\nAM I EIGHT YEARS OLDER?\nTHAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE THIRTY-THREE RIGHT NOW, DIRECTOR DO... SO AN EIGHT-YEAR GAP IS CORRECT.\n\nWHY DIDN'T YOU THROW IN SOME CANDY?\nDON'T KIDS PREFER THAT SORT OF THING?\nCOME ON, DIRECTOR, STOP JOKING AROUND.\nYES, VICE CHAIRMAN.\nIS TODAY THE DAY YOU GO SEE THAT GIRL?\n\nI'M ABOUT TO LEAVE NOW.\nEVEN IF IT'S A BOTHER, SHOW YOUR FACE OFTEN AND GIVE HER SOME GIFTS.\nI HEAR JO MAN-IK IS ALREADY STRUTTING AROUND ACTING LIKE YOUR FATHER-IN-LAW.\nPLAY ALONG SO THAT IDIOT GETS EVEN MORE CARELESS.\nTHE REAL PLAN HIDDEN BENEATH THIS SHOWMANSHIP.\n\nTO CLEANLY PURGE THE EXECUTIVES MORE USED TO KNIVES THAN PENS.\nCARRYING ALONG IGNORANT MEMBERS WHO ARE ONLY GOOD AT THROWING PUNCHES\nIS LIKE SPRINTING WITH SANDBAGS ATTACHED-A TRUTH THOROUGHLY REALIZED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.\n\nIT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF DRIVING OUT THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY LOST THE SHAREHOLDERS' TRUST THROUGH VARIOUS INCIDENTS.\nHOWEVER,\nDESPITE BEING AN OLD MAN WHOSE DAYS ARE NUMBERED, THE SYNDICATE'S ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY-\n\nCHAIRMAN SON SANG-DOO.\nJO MAN-IK, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THE OLD MAN IS HIS FINAL LIFELINE,\nKEEPS FINDING WAYS TO PROLONG CHAIRMAN SON'S LIFE WHILE PUSHING FOR A CONSOLIDATION OF POWER THROUGH MARRIAGE.\n\nTHE CHAIRMAN REALLY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT NOW.\nTHE WAY I SEE IT, THREE MONTHS AT MOST. PLAN ON DRAGGING THIS OUT FOR THREE MONTHS YOURSELF.\nHE SEEMS STURDIER THAN HE LOOKS.\nLOOK AT HOW HE'S HELD ON THIS LONG, EVEN WITH A MUG AS PALE AS A CORPSE'S.\nA THAT WILL DRAW TO A CLOSE ONLY WHEN CHAIRMAN SON'S LIFE RUNS OUT.\n\nTO THINK I HAVE TO KEEP THIS UP FOR THREE WHOLE MONTHS.\nTHAT'S A LONG TIME.\n\nLUCKILY, THE SWELLING HAS GONE DOWN COMPLETELY.\nNOW WE JUST NEED THE BRUISING TO FADE, MISS.\nHAA... MIN-SOL MUST BE WAITING...\n\nDID DIRECTOR DO SAY HE ISN'T COMING AGAIN?\nWHY WOULD HE COME HERE...\nI TOLD YOU, I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED.\nGOODNESS, WHY NOT?\nASIDE FROM HIS HANDSOME LOOKS, HE SEEMED LIKE SUCH A REFINED GENTLEMAN.\n\nIT WOULDN'T HURT TO SEE HIM A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE DECIDING.\nMRS. CHOO SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIS TRUE COLORS TOO.\nAFTER WATCHING HIMSTEP IN AND STOP SOMEONE FROM HITTING ME, SHE FLIPPED COMPLETELY IN FAVOR OF THE MARRIAGE...\n\nYOU KNOW...\n...THAT I CAN'T LEAVE THIS PLACE.\nTHERE IS A VERY CLEAR REASON THIS MARRIAGE CAN NEVER HAPPEN ANYWAY.\n\nAT FIRST, I SIMPLY DIDN'T TAKE A STEP OUTSIDE FOR THE TRIVIAL REASON THAT I HAD NOWHERE TO GO.\nWITHOUT EVEN REALIZING I WAS LOCKING MYSELF AWAY.\n\nEVERY TIME I TOOK A STEP OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL,\nTHAT HALLUCINATION NEVER FAILED TO RETURN—\nUNTIL AT SOME POINT, I GREW TERRIFIED OF THE OUTSIDE AND BECAME TRULY TRAPPED.\n\nNO.\nYOU'LL LEAVE HERE ONE DAY, MISS.\nWHEN YOU'RE ALL BETTER, YOU'LL SPEND ALL DAY STROLLING THROUGH THAT FLOWER FIELD.\n\nI TRULY BELIEVE THAT.\nOH DEAR, CRYING AGAIN. I'M ACTING SO FOOLISH. GO ON AND DO YOUR ROUTINE, MISS.\n\n...I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.\n\nA HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT GIVEN EVERY SINGLE DAY.\nA SORT OF PRESCRIPTION FROM MY DOCTOR.\n\nANYTHING IS FINE, EUN-SOO.\nEVEN IF IT'S JUST PICKING UP PEBBLES.\nTRY BUILDING A HABIT THAT GIVES YOU A SMALL SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.\nEVEN THE SIMPLE TASK OF WALKING AROUND THE HOSPITAL GROUNDS WAS HARD AT FIRST,\nBUT BY GRADUALLY EXPANDING MY RANGE, I CAN NOW REACH THE HOSPITAL BACKYARD.\n\nAND\nI CAME TO TREAT SCATTERING DANDELION SEEDS INTO THE WORLD AS MY OWN LITTLE ACHIEVEMENT.\n\nI SHOULD'VE KNOWN...\n\nI SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT CANDY AFTER ALL.\n\nWHY IS THIS MAN...?\nDID HE SEE ALL THAT?\n\nHOW EMBARRASSING.\nWHY ARE YOU HERE?\n\nDO YOU HATE ME THAT MUCH?\nYES.\n\nAT LEAST LOOK AT MY FACE.\n\nWON'T YOU LOOK ME IN THE EYE?\n\n...I DON'T WANT TO.\nDEFYING ME WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT JUST MAKES YOU LOOK PRETTIER.\n\nWHAT WILL YOU DO IF I SLIP UP AND ACTUALLY SAY LET'S GET MARRIED?\n\nDO YOU REALLY HAVE THE NERVE TO CRAWL INTO MY BEDROOM?\nBASTARD...\n\nWHY DON'T YOU TELL ME? WHAT ABOUT ME DO YOU HATE SO MUCH?\nBECAUSE YOU'RE A GANGSTER.\n\nI GET THAT. ANY OTHER REASON?\nI THOUGHT IT'D BE TROUBLESOME, BUT NOT DIFFICULT.\n...BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO OLD?\nYOU MUST NOT KNOW YOU WERE ORIGINALLY ABOUT TO MARRY A GUY TWENTY YEARS OLDER THAN YOU.\nEITHER SHE WAS BORN WITH A REBELLIOUS STREAK OR WHAT.\nTWENTY YEARS????\n\nCOMPARED TO HIM, I'M PRACTICALLY FRESH MEAT.\n\nHOW AM I GOING TO COAX THIS SOFT LITTLE KID AROUND?","bubble_count":98,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Dirt Cheap tells of Eun-soo's refusal to marry Do Bae and their tense encounter when he comes to the hospital.","spoiler_summary":"Dirt Cheap tells of Eun-soo's refusal to marry Do Bae and their tense encounter when he comes to the hospital. As Do Bae goes to see Eun-soo in her twenties with earrings and a necklace, his plan to keep up the marriage act for three months and the power calculations around Jo Man-ik and Chairman Son Sang-doo come to light. Meanwhile, Eun-soo lives with her fear of going outside, her hallucinations, and her small routine in the hospital garden, and tells Do Bae that she hates him because he is a gangster."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/dirt-cheap-f3osuhat/chapter-2-jtfqf5","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — Dirt Cheap #2","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T16:30:50.115Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/dirt-cheap-f3osuhat"}}