The feeling of sadness after a bitter betrayal
How would you feel if you were in this situation?
Your family suffered a tragedy more than 25 years ago when you lost your kid sister. Now, after 25 years, she has been found and your family welcomed her home with open arms. Her return made your parents incredibly happy and in a way mended their strained relationship. After clearing up earlier misunderstandings, as Oppa, you have also opened up your heart to welcome home your kid sister.
Then you got hit unexpectedly by a bombshell! The woman whom you thought was your sister is not your sister! And she is the one telling you to your face, word-by-word, and not mincing her words, “I am not Choi Eunseok. I am Seo Jian. The real Choi Eunseok is my sister.”
At the drop of a bombshell
Putting myself in Choi Dokyung’s shoes, my first reaction would be anger, for having been cheated, bitter from betrayal! More so, feeling the impact of this betrayal on my parents who had suffered in silence over the years, never giving up hope of finding my sister. And now, they have to suffer again the bitter disappointment of having showered their love on someone who have deceived them!
Last weekend’s Episode 14 cliff hanger saw this bombshell dropped. What will happen next? I won’t fault Choi Dokyung from feeling bitter from this betrayal!
Remember to watch “My Golden Life” tonight on KBS 2 at 1955h Korean time. I know it will not be a pleasant episode from the preview which KBS shared. But how bitter will it get?
What will happen to their relationship after a bitter betrayal?
“我黄金光辉的人生”第15集：苦涩的背叛
如果你处于这种状况，你会感到如何？
25多年前，失去了你妹妹的时候，家人遭受了一场悲剧。现在，25年后，她被找到了。妳家人张开双臂欢迎她回家。她的回来让妳的父母非常开心，也修补了他们夫妻之间的关系。而你和妹妹清除早期的误会之后，作为偶吧Oppa的你，也放开了心房，兴奋的迎接妹妹的归来。
Seo Jian has to weather the wrath and anger of Oppa Choi
然后突然有个炸弹往你这抛！你以为是妹妹的女人，其实不是你的妹妹！她对着你的脸，一个字一个字，慢慢，清楚的对你说：“我不是崔恩素，我是徐智安，真正的崔恩素是我的妹妹。
把自己放在崔道京的立场上，我的第一反应就是愤怒，因为被欺骗，被背叛了！更重要的是，这背叛对多年来一直为了失去女儿而沉默悲伤，但没有放弃的父母的打击。妹妹归来，他们是多么的开心，用爱去迎接她。现在，又再次遭受痛苦和失望！
上周末在第14集观看到被炸的悬念。接下来会发生什么呢？我不会怪崔道京因背叛而感到又愤怒又悲伤！
今晚记得在韩国时间1955点在KBS 2台观看“我黄金光辉的人生”。 从KBS分享的预告，看起来不会是愉快的节奏。 但是会有多痛苦呢？
Photo Credits – Many thanks! KBS Drama
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#朴施厚# #我黃金光輝的人生# 知道這個突如其來的消息,道京的憤怒是可想而知,我們也十分明白.今晚又可以繼續觀看,不知道接下來的劇情會如何發展呢?大家要好好留意了.
Yes! Let Choi Dokyung boil in anger and bitterness from being betrayed and cheated. To those who pass judgement on him for not being able to handle the situation better, think again at the impact and consequences of this act of betrayal by the Seo’s on the Choi’s. Just because the Choi’s are rich it does not mean they are not allowed to express strong emotions when they are slapped by foul play and injustice.
However not all are lost – as the title suggests, it’s going to be a golden life. And I am sure by that it means for both the Choi’s as well as the Seo’s. BUT. It is guaranteed to be a rough and long emotional roller ride for all of us who love this drama and are in hot pursuit of every episode! Wonder if our dear Sihoo-ssi will once again remind us not to forget to watch the 2 new episodes this weekend. Meanwhile KBS World is replaying Episode 12 in a few minutes’ time. I want go capture the magic again! So bye!
It is human nature to find blame when things go wrong. It sounds fair to say being rich also should have right to be angry at betrayal and foul play by Seo the poor. Fair enough that is human’s feeling and reaction. However if the Chois are such clever and cool minded people, the reaction I expect, is to blame themselves for not taking enough steps to ensure no mistake is made. Who on earth wouldn’t go do a second DNA test? Why so careless in handling such a huge matter? It was only the one meeting and very 1st meeting with Seo mother that she said Jian is the one. What if this Seo mother is of unsound mind? Mother Choi doesn’t even know mother Seo at all. What if mother Seo has been having split personality, what you call those sometimes sane sometimes insane type of person? I say this because it is 25 years. 25 years is a very long time to play up on human memory. I say this because never before i myself will think one day my own siblings are arguing whether in total there had been total 10 of us siblings or 9 siblings. My true story. 10 were all born, not a case that some of the 10 were aborted. But memories failed, too long a time, some of my siblings died very small, some adult. Now my older brothers are arguing had there been 9 or 10 in total……So why are the Chois being given the vote that yes they had been betrayed and yes they had the right to slash out at people in this case the Seo parents who deceived them? I say is your own fault to have landed yourselves such mess. I like to see a mother Choi licking her wounds for being too sure of herself, and failed to do the things that anyone of us would have done, especially when me, the Chois have so much more to lose.
Chai Hua Loke I am not siding with either the Chois or the Seos but putting a different spin on the situation. Mother Choi has been projected as a hard person, but deep down, she loves her lost daughter and has never given up trying to find her. I would say given how long it has taken, she is like a desperate woman grasping at straw. That is how much she and her husband want to have their daughter back. These were evident from the earlier episodes. Can’t fault her in her desperate state to make mistakes. Mother Seo knew she was committing a crime but she went ahead to do this anyway. Till now, she has not shown any sign of repentance. In fact, she is basking in her new restaurant business! Under the law, the Chois have every right to bring punishment on a crime of fraud on the Seos and in addition for causing them mental distress. Mother Seo being the main culprit and Father Seo being accessory to the crime since he knew but did not stop it. Seo Jian will not be blamed as she was not in the know. Mother Seo will have to prove her unsound mind in court if this happens.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 :), I agree with you Nance. I just said those words as cheeky reply to Dorothy because she is saying why rich people cannot be allowed to lash out anger because of deceit. hahaha. It’s almost like a fight of rich and poor. And I thought if I provoke my words with those facts, I will inject some thoughts of the 2nd DNA thing. To be very honest, I actually like mother Choi for her reasons, I also like mother Seo for her reasons. I don’t dislike either of the mothers. I just rewatched episode 11 where mother Choi smashed that Ms Yin. In all honesty, I salute the way Mother Choi reasoned out the whole thing with that woman. I too would have done exactly the same thing as mother Choi’s. Someone I supported for 10 years intentionally turned against me. As she said is there anything wrong that I decided to stop my donation….really, what’s wrong? I love Mother Choi because she has not been an unfair person in all the scenes so far. Her take of fairness and how she execute things sit quite well with me. Mother Seo will need lots of human symphaty in order to stand by her. Is very wrong of her to commit such a huge mistake, however, just as she said something to her friend, she too doesn’t think she knows who she is anymore. The real sad case of a human’s plight or fate, or own doing.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 Is Chois’ every right to sue Seo for criminal act. They already let Seo off 25 years ago for not reporting a loss child. I am not a viewer who just want to fight for poor people or rich people. It is not a case that when I support Jian then all her moves and decisions are righteous or pure. I live in a world of what is reasonable and what is not as reasonable, still reasonable, but which one has one little small degree of being more reasonable. As I said before, I did not say it is right or wrong of Father Seo when he did not tell Jian the truth there and then. I just said under the circumstances when his hands were tied, therefore thereon those were the consequences. Our world is not a right or wrong world, is what action or no action is the cause of the next thing to come. That’s the reason I like to watch family drama.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 Lastly, I wouldn’t like the script to let mother Seo get away by going down the unsound mind route. She committed it when her mind was definitely very sound, so sound to the point that she even ensured all the orchestrate of strings were pulled at the speed that she wanted it to be. My point of unsound mind was coming as Mother Choi’s lacking in making sure a 2nd DNA test, as a matter of saying, what if the woman who stands in front of me, her words could come from a mind she believes it to be when she told me Jian is the one, what if she as a person has no intention to say the wrong thing, but after 25 years, there are other reasons I cannot (as mother Choi) think of that would lead her to say one or the other. Why would you believe the words of a woman who you met for the 1st time at such a crucially important matter where the woman is not even an objective 3rd party. So 2nd DNA tests is what every mother would do in that circumstances.
Again I continue to view from a different angle. The truth came unexpected and told just as it is. However, it matters that SJA didn’t know herself either before she found out by accident. If CDK can simply forget how their relationship developed after the Namdaemun experience and fall back to his ice cold attitude from before, then he doesn’t have my sympathy nor understanding. It will be no surprise for SJA as she knows this is the kind of situation which would trigger his ice cold behavior towards her again…..
In the face of such a terrible situation where trust can collapse, you can yourself unbalance emotionally , even if you have a strong character, because the blow comes unexpected. This perspective it’s valable more for Ji An who, with her thoughts and nightmares, she is one step away from going through the Cha Seung Jo experience .
For Choi Do Kyung, after the moment of justified fury, a definitive rupture must follow. But due to the circumstances, you must still see yourself with the person who has deceived your expectations. And then you have to erase the anger and the resentment to hide it. At that point you will be able to see things more clearly.
So I shall watch with eyes wide open, to see what stage of a character is CDK in episode 15 and 16 next weekend. As I said, CDK is only justified to be angry til boiling because of him, his character, his upbringing that Chois are a fort that he always need to protect. As you said Jian is the one who is driven to just one step away from being mad, depressed like Cha Seung Jo. CDK in relative perspective, does not get my symphaty as much as poor Jian, yes, CDK will be so disturbed, and as a man, when things like this happen, the usual reaction is anger, to let out the unexplained emotion, the disbelief, the betrayal (betrayal only fair to be used on Seo parents, Jian did not betray CDK, we need to be clear), followed by the worries of the losing deals and consequences to his Choi’s empire. But I wouldn’t cast him the vote that he is justified to be angry at Jian. He is justified to be angry. Full stop.
Chai Hua Loke Watch Ep 15 and find out the reason for his anger. he is not unreasonable and is justified.
Great! otherwise, I will start wondering if writer is taking too much risks on CDK’s character.
Chai Hua Loke Ep 15 is a must watch as it reveals quite a bit, especially SJA’s own motives
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 Wow, next Saturday night better no lightning or power out in my town….kekekeke
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 by your words, I speculate SJA is a wolf hiding under a sheep skin,…………hmmm………
Not saying that but that her motives for going isn’t as pure…I salute Writer So for her understanding of human psychology and societal issues
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 so far only Jisu has purity in her motivation. Jian never. Only what is most fair that is within her capabilities, at the same time to better herself with what’s in front of her, is Jian. If suddenly Jian became sacrificial just to be martyr then again I cast doubt the writer is risking the character of Jian too much. The fundamental basis of the story so far, I interprete it to be self survival 人不為己,天誅地滅
It’s time for the rating to pass the threshold of 30 for Saturday’s episodes. I am tempted to try again (with the inspiration of AGB data) for ep.15: 30,2% and ep.16: 35,5%.
But the surprises door is open. In front of this tense state, will the rating explode?
30.2% rounded down and 29.7% rounded up yield the same result of 30%!
Daniela Maria Miricescu Next week, we will surpass the 30% for sure!
However Episode 15 has exceeded 30 now. According to TNmS, the rating is 30,2%! ^^
The standard is not TNmS, it is AGB Nielsen which is more recognised by the industry and media 🙂
Daniela Maria Miricescu it just came to my attention you are also about right on the rating for Episode 16! You have guessed 35.5%
Dorothy Ooi My enthusiasm rose the rating with 0.5% at each episode. Maybe next time I’ill be closer^^.
Next Sunday…40% right? Daniela Maria Miricescu
Maybe … our golden sunday?
Ok I just read Nance’s article. Bitter Betrayal. Now, as Nance has earlier clarified the preview of episode 15 is misleading of CDK’s cold face after the initial shocked and angry looking face upon learning the shocking statement from Jian (which many of you have watched last night, but I haven’t watched episode 15 preview either, none at all). So I am making my comment on the basis that the preview is misleading, that CDK’s only cold face was only shown as his very 1st response. After that CDK has not been deadly icy cold and angry at Jian. Now, is CDK justified to have that total angry looking face when the 1st statement was made? Without watching any sliver of the real scene, just as myself, put myself in his shoes, I think my very 1st reaction should be similar to Seo Father’s reaction when he 1st heard what his wife told him that she said Jian was the Choi’s daughter. Seo father’s 1st reaction was “can you say things in words that I can understand”……….meaning such kind of news is simply too beyond belief and anyone 1st reaction should be total dumbfounded, disbelief, shocked, absolute loss of expressions or words or reasoning, but the brain works at 10,000 times faster trying to rationalise, retrieve, think, til the brain actually cannot function and asked the person in front of you, please explain. And even after explanation, I will still be in denial of wanting to believe the words, if these words are coming from someone you have had some understanding, not just a moron on the street. If CDK was still in the early stage of not having become Jian’s confidante, yes, his 1st reaction should be absolute anger, even snigger with immediate sarcasm that I knew you are up to no good. But, now, CDK and Jian both have invested their embracing each other capactiy, towards the liking each other type of relationship, CDK has begun to admire Jian’s work capabilities, has begun to realise Jian is a good person, so I don’t understand why CDK is deemed to be justified to immediately fall into anger and nothing else. I actually expect disbelief, torment, and symphaty towards Jian if the writer has intention to portray CDK’s character that he is a person so groomed by his strict upbringing however, does have a heart of gold inside. Yes, CDK being a true Choi trademark who carries his mother’s teachings and training, he of course will instantly think about the family, he will also immediately associate with the bad things that will follow the hurt and betrayal his parents would go through, the impact on the family stable smart image in the chaebol world. If we support CDK that he is justified to be in total outrage towards Jian (I am presumptuous here, high possibility CDK is in complete outrage of the lie, not at Jian, but then reading the comments from all of you, I can’t conclude whether it was the situation that he was lashing out his anger, or he immediately turned cold towards Jian and followed by anger), that means the character of CDK is still a very selfish person, who only think about Chois and no one else. Just like his initial reasoning when he found out Jian, this most annoying stranger is his lost sister, his reasoning is since she now is a Choi, so she will be included in my wings of protection, his willingness to act his part towards this new found sister did not come from his repent heart that perhaps I should give this person a chance by understanding better of the person before I judge her with whatever that I saw/experienced. There might be more things behind that I didn’t know. That wasn’t how CDK think, he is a true Choi with their 1st instinct of family and place importance on benefits. To him the world is a gain gain gain world, what is beneficial, what is not. Just as his very 1st council to Jian when they 1st thawed their cold war, he asid to Jian, think about what will give you the benefits, as one of the reasoning in order Jian won’t be so conflicted anymore. No doubt some of the things he said are very sound advice, example, greed is the reason you are feeling conflicted. Similar to what CDK explained to JIan in episode 11, he meeting up Sora and then they will be engaged and married etc, the words he said were, all deals are important to strengthen the family. We, the Chois, cannot lose out in our deals. So when CDK is of such character and thinking (at this stage of the drama, as PSH has said before CDK has his imperfections in character), then I personally would not give him the vote that CDK is justified to be angry at Jian. He is justified in his, up to this moment role of an imperfect CDK, to behave and be that angry and cold face towards Jian. But in my humanity world, I would not give him the justification to lash out his anger onto Jian, if he continued to be that angry and cold face after the initial shock, then, again, that is just the way the scriptwriter want to show the CDK role is still as such, who we have faith will transform to reach a stage of golden maturity of a well balanced and good human being. But at this particular analysis of CDK’s behaviour, is he justified to be so angry, yes, only in his capacity as CDK. But, Not justified from my own rule of how a good man should be.