I expect tearjerker moments coming up for poor Seju, who will be devastated that the warm love of a mother she was craving for at one point in her life had been stolen away from her. At the same time though, learning this truth is the much-needed progress to help change her outlook on life. She has always been insecure over her abandonment issues. But now she can start to believe she's not alone anymore.
As for the red mittens, it was kind of symbolic to see her struggle to free the piece (or should I say Sumin's leftover love) out of her mouth. Then you have this powerful moment she spat it out at last (finally letting go of the past) and called out Won-Ah (her new love) on top of her lungs. It's safe to say she won't be thinking about her ex for quite a while.
The symbology of spitting the gloves for me was also clear in this chapter. And the way Seju called Won was clear that the emotional feeling must have begun. I'm not Korean, but when you use the honorific AH this is like calling someone you have a lot of intimacy. This will make me happy and more anxious for the next chapter.
How old was Seju when her mother died?
I think she was killed, when Seju was still a baby
I remember her mother, but I was wondering how old she was when they killed her mother, I always thought that Seju was still a baby or very young.
You know I was thinking that Little Won could have been a witness for the murder of Seju's mother?, she was living with her parents at the hotel when they work there, right?. And that is why she repeats several times "I'm sorry" to Seju, maybe she feels guilty for not saying or doing anything at that moment?.
Doubt Wonnie could have known or seen Seju's mother if she died shortly after giving birth to Seju. She is 7 years younger than Seju after all, meaning she probably wasn't even born when Ahn Chahee was still alive. However, it is possible Won's parents might have known her since they worked at the hotel before.
Won apologizing seems more like she feels guilty for keeping the secret about her real job from Seju and also for not being there to protect her the exact moment the brother came in to attack her.
But only if Seju was a baby when her mother died, then yes this theory would be impossible. But if her mother died for example when she was 11 years old, then Wonnie would be 4. There could be a scene where she was hidden with fear since she was very little while Seju's mother was being murdered.
Another thing that came to my mind, what if Seju's mother don't really died? and little Wonnie was the one who saved her, coming out of her hideout and cutting the rope that was about to kill her, but Seju's mother asked her not to say anything in order to fake her death and be able to escape from her murderer and that crazy family, I know that this would make her a shitty mom for abandoning Seju but maybe she didn't see another option, and maybe it was her who was actually taking care of Seju all this time from a distance and in the shadows, having Seju's brother watch over her, hiring bodyguards and who knows what else.
I know I'm imagining a lot lol
Anything can be possible. haha But I think her mother is dead. And Wonnie went to talk about her secret job as a bodyguard.
I also think she's dead too, but it would be cool to have a plot twist like this lol.
Yes, it would be interesting.
Well, to be fair, I don't believe there's a hard confirmation when Seju's mother had exactly died. I mean I suspect it happened shortly after she gave birth to Seju since she would have at least been presented once in a flashback alongside her daughter during the main story or Paradise, and yet there's none. Then, of course, you have Seju referring to her as "that woman" like she barely knows her. I can be wrong though.
It's possible the father choose to raise Seju himself, and the mother was kept away in that hotel for her own safety. If so, little Wonnie could have known Ahn Chahee and witnessed the murder incident.
As for the mother faking her death and staying in the shadows this whole time, I'm gonna have to rule this one out, as interesting as it may sound. Like you said, it will still make her a shitty mother who more or less abandoned her child, and that's no good for Seju's mental health. This poor girl suffered enough already. Another twist being thrown like this will be too much drama.
Main story is mostly focused on Sumin and Paradise is also narrated mostly from her perspective, also Paradise was about happy times and a prologue for One.
We have no confirmation of Seju's age when her mother died, but it would not be strange that she had grown apart from her mother, since Ahn Chahee not only lived in that hotel just for her safety but also because she was the mistress of Seju's father and obviously she couldn't live in the same house with him. I remember in a chapter that her brothers mention her mother and how she cried because of this woman, referring to Ahn Chahee. Her father could have taken Seju since she was her daughter and he wanted to raise her in his own house with his other children?.
And don't forget that TG love to make Seju suffer :/. I doubt that something like that happened, but I was just imagining things lol
Seju spent her whole life hating her mother and now she finally knows that her mom didn't leave her because she wanted to, i wonder how this new information will hit her, will she get sadder or will a weight be lifted off her shoulders. If she ever meets Won's parents maybe they can tell her that her mother loved her even when she was inside her womb. I really hope this time they put the brother behind bars (or under ground) because last time they didn't even call the cops.
Seju will have to stay in the island now to take of Won, hopefully there isn't major damage in her head. She probably went to the villa to tell Seju the truth but will she tell her now?. Also I love how naturally Seju says Won's name now, it shows that she was calling her caretaker just for the sake of it before. Whenever I see the red mittens I get pissed off, never hated a pair of fictional clothes this much lmao.