Summary

Hyeonseo gets a job as an interpreter for a South Korean tech company. She begins to relax and enjoy life a little more. She feels financially secure even though she is still repaying the debt to her uncle. She misses her family acutely and sometimes wonders what life would be like had she stayed in North Korea. She makes friends with many Korean-Chinese people and South Koreans but no one knows her true identity. Despite her successes, she wishes she has a North Korean friend to relate to who will understand her. As if by luck, she meets a fellow North Korean woman named Ok-hee and they become great friends.

Not long after meeting Ok-hee, Hyeonseo gets a surprise phone call from her brother. Min-ho asks her to send some money and a cellphone as people on the border cities are...