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슬플 때 사랑한다
The essence of love is fading and is evermore harder to do. In this day and age, will there be love that is woeful and forlorn just for the sake of love itself? Love in Sadness is a love story that encapsulates the mythical-like fate of love that is so coveted that it ignores all bounds. In it, love outweighs what the world thinks, ignores the pain and anguish with it, and pursues its destiny. In the drama, Ma Ri is a beautiful girl, married into wealth with a seemingly perfect life. Ironically, her husband, In Wook, who looks like a more than ideal husband, is an obsessive lunatic who is also violently abusive. When he pushes her too far, she reaches out for help from Jung Won, an honest, smart, handsome plastic surgeon. And when he agrees to help her escape from her husband's hands, they fall in love. But In Wook, who is consumed by his obsession for her, isn't going to let her get away from his grasp. Watch as these two characters struggle to stay on their arduous road to love.
Sad and somber, Ma Ri finishes up her painting. After watching an interview with plastic surgeon Seo Jung Won, in which he promises his work helps people find their lives back, she decides to visit him for a consultation. She fools her bodyguards and finds a way to the clinic. When she consults with Dr. Seo, Ma Ri asks him to transform her face completely.
At breakfast, In Wook's father, Kang Il Gook, shouts at Ma Ri demanding to know when she will bear him a grandchild. But when she's given herbal medicine to promote fertility, she pours it down the drain and shouts at In Wook that she doesn't want a child. Later, she escapes her bodyguards to meet with her friend who's going to fill her in about her painting winning a prize at the art exhibition.
In Wook asks Ma Ri to have dinner together, the one they were supposed to have the day before, but she can't bear the thought of it and runs away from the house. She makes her way to Jung Won's house. When he sees her soaking wet and hunched, he takes her inside. She tells him about her misery and the reason behind wanting the radical surgery and implores that he perform it. Meanwhile, In Wook hears of her disappearance and tracks her down.
In Wook successfully uses Ma Ri's mother to lure Ma Ri back. And for running away, he strongly reaffirms his love for her verbally and tries to make her understand why she can never leave him. Meanwhile, Jung Won can't stop thinking about Ma Ri's situation and the night his wife, Ha Kyung, got into a car accident.
Having a gun pointed at her face was the last of what she could take. In her attempt to escape In Wook, Ma Ri first moves her mother to another sanitorium with a new identity. She then fakes her death making sure to keep In Wook on her trail. Meanwhile, when Jung Won returns from the States, he hears of heart-breaking news.
Jung Won changes his mind and alters Ma Ri's face. After Ha Kyung’s funeral, the thought of regretting not doing anything weighs heavy on his mind. And for him, having Ha Kyung only in his memories isn't enough. When he performs the face-changing surgery on Ma Ri, he brings Ha Kyung back to life. Meanwhile, In Wook's men find Ma Ri's handbag and shoes nearby the place of her presumed suicide.
With Hae Ra's face, Ma Ri goes back to look for her bag and sees In Wook's men searching the area. She realizes that In Wook knows that she is alive finding her handbag and starts to worry. Later, she runs into an altercation with some drunk men and calls Jung Won for help. Meanwhile, In Wook and his newly hired private detective, Cheol Young, try to get a lead with the purple dress.
When Hae Ra goes to see how Jung Won is doing, she is lost for words when she sees Ha Kyung standing in front of her. At that moment, Ma Ri clues into whose face she has but doesn't blame Jung Won for doing it. She decides to leave his house. Meanwhile, In Wook and Cheol Young get down to the last two buyers of the purple dress.
Down to the last person on the list, In Wook and his private investigator, Cheol Young, enter Jung Won's residence. Trembling in fear, Ma Ri locks herself inside the bathroom. When In Wook approaches the bathroom door, Jung Won stops him. In Wook then asks to see the purple dress, and when he does, he becomes speechless.
After finding a place to live, Ma Ri goes to see her mother. Cheol Young reports to In Wook that Ma Ri and Hae Ra are friends, heightening his suspicions with Ha Kyung, Jung Won's wife. Later, In Wook visits Hae Ra at the art gallery to find out more and to ask why she hadn't mentioned that fact.
Hae Ra tells Jung Won that Ma Ri's husband is Gunha Group's president, Kang In Wook, but it doesn't disturb him. Ma Ri also comes clean. She tells Jung Won that because of her husband's status, there was nowhere she could go for help. Meanwhile, Ma Ri tries to get back on her feet by selling her paintings.
After listening to what Seong Ho had dug up on In Wook and seeing the Gunha family picture, Jung Won goes to see Ma Ri. Ma Ri still trembles in fear that In Wook will find her. She reminds herself of the comforting words of Jung Won and tries to move on. Meanwhile, In Wook receives a call from Cheol Young, informing him of Ma Ri's mother's whereabouts.
In Wook inquires about the painting Ma Ri had given to the art gallery run by Hae Ra and insists that he buy it. Ma Ri contacts her old friend, Woo Seon, to ask for a favor in secret, but when Woo Seon goes to meet her, In Wook follows her. Seeing In Wook on her tail, Ma Ri aborts the meet. Later, Ma Ri gets a call regarding her mother who keeps asking to see her daughter.
Going against Jung Won's words, Hae Ra goes to see In Wook by herself and accepts his request to do business with the gallery. Later, In Wook learns that Ha Kyung was in an accident five years ago and is still in a coma. Meanwhile, Jung Won receives a call from his mother that the police came to her house.
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Jung Won tells Hae Ra that the painter of the Cistus flower that they had been looking for, is Ma Ri. But when Hae Ra asks him about Ma Ri acting as Ha Kyung for In Wook, he tells her not to mention that idea again. Later, after receiving a call from In Wook, Hae Ra calls Ma Ri to meet.
Ma Ri agrees to help Hae Ri by meeting In Wook as Ha Kyung, the director of the gallery. While Jung Won goes to visit his mother to tell her about what he had done with Ha Kyung face, Ma Ri assures herself that she isn't Ma Ri anymore. She meets In Wook as Ha Kyung, but In Wook's keen sense tells him otherwise.
In Wook notices that Jung Won's office is in the same building as the gallery and decides to see him. However, he meets Seong Ho instead. When Jung Won returns to the gallery, he bumps into Ma Ri as she leaves. Disappointingly, he finds out from Hae Ra that Ma Ri was here as Ha Kyung to sign a contract with In Wook.
Confused about the feelings he has towards Ma Ri, Jung Won goes to tell her that he'd like to dig deeper. Ha Kyung professes her love to Jung Won but is turned down by him. Later, Ha Kyung goes to meet with In Wook at his request, to discuss the Art Gallery Agreement Jung Won had said he'd cancel.
After the dinner arrangement, In Wook follows Jung Won and Ma Ri to her rooftop room. When Jung Won leaves, In Wook surprises Ma Ri and threatens her demanding to know where she hid his wife. Feeling that something was not right, Jung Won returns to the rooftop room and confronts In Wook.
