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Once upon a time, a young woman from a wealthy family ran away from home. Pregnant and in disgrace, she collapsed in the arms of a man from a poor family. A man who had a wife who was also pregnant. On a snowy winter evening, both women gave birth in the man's small home. Both babies born that evening were girls. From extremely different backgrounds, these girls would grow up as sisters, only to become rivals and then enemies.
The wealthy young woman died that night after giving birth, leaving the poor man and his wife stuck with an additional newborn baby. They decide to take the girl in and raise her with their own daughter. The girls grow up believing they are twins. Eun-hee, the daughter of the wealthy woman never quite understands why her mother treats her twin sister Keum-hee so much better than her. While Keum-hee is allowed to study and is given every advantage that the poor family can afford with their meager farming income, Eun-hee is forced to help labor on the farm. It is Eun-hee who must sacrifice any luxuries she has whenever something goes wrong with the family. However, in spite of this sense of unfairness, Eun-hee does love her sister, and wishes her well in her studies and is proud of her achievements. In return, Keum-hee loves her sister too, yet she feels the pressure of being expected to make something better of herself through her studies. She hates their life of poverty and wants to get out. She even feels somewhat jealous of her sister sometimes, especially when it comes to matters of love.
The only thing that Eun-hee has that she truly treasures and doesn't want to give up to anyone is Ji-hoon, a young medical student and possible love interest. Ji-hoon helps Eun-hee out when she is stranded and desperately needs some assistance. He is cute, smart, and seems genuinely interested in her. However, Keum-hee also met this same young man and falls for him instantly, setting up a love triangle.
As what happens often in Korean dramas, a shocking event occurs to shake up the family and separate the sisters. After a family tragedy strikes that threatens to make the family even more poor than before, a wealthy man appears, claiming to be the grandfather of one of the girls. Eun-hee and Keum-hee are shocked to discover that they aren't twins after all. The man wants his granddaughter to come live with him and be raised in a life of luxury. At this point, their mother makes a decision that would haunt her forever. Bitter and angry over having to raise a daughter not her own, and grasping for the only chance to see her own daughter become successful, she tells the gentleman that Keum-hee is his granddaughter. He immediately takes her away to live with him.
This leaves Eun-hee to continue toiling in poverty with the woman she thinks of as her mother, struggling every day to survive. The love triangle fades away, as Ji-hoon is away at medical school and Eun-hee is too busy working. She and her mother eventually have to give up their country farm and move to Seoul, where Eun-hee ends up becoming the backbone of her family. She supports her mother, twin younger brothers, and even her own infant son, the result of a different unfortunate relationship. As an unwed mother, Eun-hee's workload is exhausting, yet she faces it with lively, often obnoxious, fervor.
Meanwhile, Keum-hee's life with her new family is not all she expected it to be. Sure there is wealth, but within the family, she is looked down upon by jealous and petty relatives. Her only source of comfort is Ji-hoon, whom she has maintained her friendship and to whom she is still attracted.
Inevitably, the sisters meet again, and old rivalries return. A new crisis faces them, and they must somehow get over past grievances. The love triangle is rekindled and expanded to a square, with the entrance of In-woo, the owner of a struggling food corporation and Eun-hee's money-focused employer. In-woo is a jaded, surly, kind of guy, and his run-ins with the outrageous Eun-hee make a deep impression on him.
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