Yeon Sil is hurt by Soo Chul and Dan Dan's attitude toward Anna, now that she is sick. However, she soon has a change of heart and allows them to help Anna throughout her recovery. Young Guk also helps Anna as she awaits her surgery and tries to keep her spirits up. Meanwhile, Gun and Sa Ra spend more and more time together until an unfortunate tragedy occurs.

Feeling her last moments drawing near, Anna asks Young Guk to take care of Dan Dan. Yeon Sil also promises Anna that she will stay by Dan Dan's side. Meanwhile, Soo Chul finally gives Dan Dan his blessing to be with Young Guk. Dan Dan looks forward to Young Guk's big proposal, but he struggles to come up with a good idea.

When Dan Dan returns to help console Se Jong and continue working at Young Guk's house, Sa Ra feels threatened by her. Se Ryeon gets drunk and barges into Dae Bum's house, asking him to take her back. The two families end up clashing once again. Meanwhile, Dan Dan joins Young Guk and the kids on a trip to their vacation home for Se Chan's birthday.

Dan Dan confesses her feelings for Young Guk in a drunken state which sends her into a frenzy the next morning. It makes her even more nervous to face Young Guk, and Young Guk also starts to notice Dan Dan in a different way than before. Meanwhile, Dae Ran and Sa Ra decide to lie about the dementia test results and continue to harass Dan Dan.

Dan Dan gives Young Guk time to make up his mind about her until the next day at midnight. Young Guk contemplates long and hard about what to do. Meanwhile, Dae Bum realizes that Se Ryeon is about to get married to a two-timer and tries to stop her, leaving Se Ryeon feeling confused. Later on, Sa Ra witnesses Dan Dan with Soo Chul and tries to use it to get Dan Dan kicked out.

Dan Dan and Soo Cheol realize that they work in the same household and worry that their employer might think they are up to something suspicious. Yeon Sil tries to persuade Dan Dan to leave her position, but Dan Dan refuses. Meanwhile, Young Guk decides to let his late wife rest in peace, and he has her things cleared away.

Young Guk's strict nature with his kids makes his relationship with Se Jong worse than ever. Young Guk enlists Dan Dan's help to resolve the matter. Although they bicker about how to handle the kids, Dan Dan's advice makes the kids grow brighter by the day. Meanwhile, a mysterious man appears before Sa Ra, which makes Ki Ja suspicious about her daughter's past.

Dan Dan is upset that she has to lie about going to see her dad in the hospital and ends up blurting out the truth to Young Guk. When Young Guk hears of her relationship to Soo Chul, he becomes angry that she was untruthful and fires her. Sa Ra is glad to see Dan Dan go and takes this chance to get on Dae Ran's good side. Meanwhile, the kids miss Dan Dan dearly.

Young Guk finds Dan Dan in the woods with a sprained ankle. Sa Ra becomes angry and jealous when she witnesses Young Guk carrying Dan Dan on his back. Meanwhile, Dal Rae sees a photo of Mi Sook and her younger brother and is reminded of Soo Chul's childhood photo. Later on, Young Guk invites Dan Dan out to a restaurant.

Dan Dan and Young Guk realize that they have a past connection. When Sa Ra sees how close Dan Dan and Young Guk are getting, she is overcome with jealousy. Meanwhile, Se Ryeon meets the man Dae Ran wants her to marry. While on her date, Se Ryeon runs into Dae Bum in his food truck. Finally, Dae Ran and Sa Ra scheme to have Dan Dan thrown out.

Young Guk and Jae Ni fight when he mistakes Jae Ni's new friend, who happens to be a boy, as her boyfriend. Dan Dan helps the father and daughter make up, and Young Guk feels grateful. Meanwhile, Yeon Sil's mom, brother, and niece return from working abroad for five years. She asks them to come to the annex at Young Guk's house and trouble ensues.

Soo Chul finds out that Dan Dan got an advance on her salary and gave it to Yeon Sil. He becomes upset and goes to see Dan Dan to return the money. However, he is only met with more disappointment when Dan Dan asks to continue living as strangers. Meanwhile, Anna decides to stay at Young Guk's for a while to be close to Dan Dan.

Young Guk becomes confused after having kissed Dan Dan on the lips, and Dan Dan, who finds it inconceivable that their lips touched, becomes bothered by it. Meanwhile, Dae Ran gets annoyed with Ki Ja and Sa Ra bickering about their circumstances. To cool things down, she gives Young Guk the advice of getting engaged to Sa Ra, and Young Guk thinks about it.

Dan Dan gets hired to work as the live-in tutor at Young Guk's house, thanks to the help of Sa Ra. However, she gets into trouble on her first night on the job. Meanwhile, Sa Ra gets invited to a fancy restaurant by Young Guk and begins to get her hopes up. As Dan Dan tries to get used to living and working in Young Guk's household, she runs into an unexpected familiar face.

Young Guk's family treats Soo Chul as if he were a parasite and a fraud, and they kick him out. As Dan Dan watches her dad endure such humiliation, she decides she must leave her job as well. The children see how sad Dan Dan is, and they come up with a plan to cheer her up. Meanwhile, Anna begins looking for a way to get back in touch with her daughter.

Young Guk confesses to Dan Dan that he couldn't tell Anna about their relationship, and the two agree to take things slowly. However, Young Guk continues to worry that Dan Dan might get hurt by other people's comments about their relationship. Meanwhile, Kyung Seok's girlfriend shows up just as Se Ryeon's wedding is about to begin.

Dan Dan takes Young Guk for a handsome psychopathic criminal, like in the movies, and she hits him in the head with her water bottle. Young Guk ends up with a gash on his forehead and is baffled by Dan Dan's plea for forgiveness. Meanwhile, Guk Hee suggests Dan Dan go in for an interview to become the live-in tutor at Young Guk's house.

Sa Ra confesses her feelings for Young Guk, making him decide that they cannot work in the same house anymore. As Sa Ra resigns and leaves Young Guk's house, Dan Dan and Young Guk's secret relationship starts to get more serious. Meanwhile, Sa Ra calls a driver to take her home after she has too much to drink, and Gun shows up for the job.

Jealousy overcomes Young Guk after seeing Dan Dan and Hyun Bin affectionately together. Using coincidence as an excuse, he tries to spend as much time with her as he can. Sa Ra attempts to get close to the 22-year-old Young Guk, but it's not as easy as she thought it would, and she becomes irritable. Meanwhile, Young Guk participates in Se Jong's sports day.

Young Guk finally regains all of his memories but doesn't want Dan Dan to get mixed up in his complicated life anymore. Soo Chul wants to send Dan Dan abroad before she finds out about Young Guk's memories coming back and arranges a meeting between her and Anna. Meanwhile, Sang Gu gets suspicious of Sa Ra's behavior around Se Jong and runs a DNA test.

As the day of her engagement draws near, Sa Ra feels anxious about Gun's presence in Young Guk's house. She decides she must do something about it and asks to see him. Meanwhile, Young Guk can't hide his feelings for Dan Dan any longer and confesses his feelings to her. However, Dan Dan's reaction is not what he expected.

After the fire at the vacation house, Dan Dan returns to Soo Chul's place on sick leave given to her out of consideration by Young Guk. However, Young Guk ends up heading there to pick up the kids, who had gone to visit her at Soo Chul's house. Meanwhile, Yeon Sil explains to Soo Chul about the baby pictures that look similar to Dan Dan she saw at Anna Kim's house, and Dan Dan expresses her longing for her biological mother.

Dan Dan and Young Guk finally admit their feelings for one another and start dating, although they have to keep their relationship a secret for now. As the prospects of Se Ryeon and Seung Ho's marriage become more realistic, Seung Ho goes to see Dae Bum and tries to give him a wad of cash. Meanwhile, Sang Gu reappears before Sa Ra and demands to know where his son is.

Sang Gu continues to threaten Sa Ra for money, and when that doesn't work, he decides to use Se Jong as bait. Se Jong nearly gets into an accident while running away, and Dan Dan gets injured while saving him. Meanwhile, Ki Ja gets caught for stealing Dae Ran's gold and money, but this leads to Young Guk finding out about the whereabouts of his mother's diamond ring.

Dan Dan grows up being told that her birth mom is dead but still becomes a hard-working young woman. One morning, she overhears her stepmom and stepbrother talking about something that sounds like trouble for the family. Meanwhile, Young Guk is a single father of three kids after losing his wife two years ago. He asks a friend to help him find a live-in tutor.