This is the recap for Family by Choice: Episode 5. Hae-Joon tries to beat San-Ha. Jung-Jae stops Hae-Joon. Jung-Hee scolds Jung-Jae. She thinks he didn’t teach the kids well. Jung-Jae and Hae-Joon continue the fight when they eat together. Dae-Wook scolds the two kids. He thinks they shouldn’t show their tempers in front of the outsiders.
Joo-Won walks Park Dal on the campus. She complains it to her that she didn’t eat well because of her childish brothers. Joo-Won got some cash from Dae-Wook. She planned to take the two brothers to eat chicken for getting them to make up. But San-Ha and Hae-Joon had an argument when they decided the fired chicken or spicy chicken. The one who suffered was Joo-Won in the end.
Joo-Won eats with Park Dal in the classroom. Joo-Won thinks she needs to let the two brothers make up before Hae-Joon’s aunt comes for Hae-Joon’s birthday. Joon-Ho shows up. He invites Joo-Won to go to bike with him in the park. She’s not interested in it. But she thinks it’s a good chance to San-Ha and Hae-Joon.
She invites her two brothers to bike with her. They agree to it. She invites Park Dal then. Park Dal’s mother drives Park Dal to the academy. But Park Dal flees after her mother left. Joo-Won goes to the SkyBike with her brothers. She’s surprised that there were many people coming to the park.
Joo-Won’s classmate Jae-Eun leaks that they came because of Hae-Joon. Joon-Ho has no shame to show up. He tries to take Joo-Won to go to take the ride. Hae-Joon and San-Ha are angry to stop Joon-Ho. Joo-Won reveals they’re waiting for Park Dal. But Joon-Ho thinks the girl won’t come.
Park Dal is on the bus. She cannot arrive in time. Joo-Won thinks they have to let Joon-Ho join them. But San-Ha offers to ride three of them. He pushes Joo-Won out of the bike. The three begin to ride the bike. Joo-Won is tired because she’s the only one who works hard on the bike. San-Ha and Hae-Joon laugh. They join Joo-Won.
San-Ha and Hae-Joon have a fight on the bike. Joo-Won is furious to leave the bike. She tells her two brothers to go home alone because she needs to go to look for Park Dal. Park Dal arrives at the park. She’s tangled by the thugs.
Jae-Eun witnesses it. She tries to go to help Park Dal. But her boyfriend stops her because he knows Min-Soo’s friends are scary. Hae-Joon and San-Ha are on the way to leave the park. San-Ha worries about Joo-Won. Jae-Eun reports to Hae-Joon and San-Ha that Park Dal got tangled. Hae-Joon runs away. Jae-Eun mistakes that Hae-Joon has feelings for Park Dal.
Joo-Won finds Park Dal. But she passes out because of heatstroke. Min-Soo and his friends find out that Joo-Won needs water. They go to get water. Hae-Joon and San-Ha find Joo-Won. Hae-Joon mistakes that the thugs hit his sister.
Min-Soo and his friends come back with the water. Hae-Joon and San-Ha beat Min-Soo and his friends when Park Dal tries to explain it. Everyone is taken to the police station. The cop learns that Min-Soo only went to by Joo-Won water. But Min-Soo and his friend got beaten. The cop asks Joo-Won for the guardian.
Jung-Jae and Dae-Wook are at home. Jung-Jae plans to get rid of Dae-Wook’s beer for getting the kids a used car because the kids are going to go to universities. Dae-Wook goes against it. He gets a call from the cop. San-Ha apologizes to Min-Soo and his friends when he thinks it was a misunderstanding. One of Min-Soo’s friends decides to forgive San-Ha.
Dae-Wook arrives at the police station. He calls San-Ha son. The cop recognizes Dae-Wook. Dae-Wook leaves with the cop. Min-Soo and his friends think they were tricked. They claim that they’re victims. Dae-Wook comes back. He tells the cop to give his son a punishment. Min-Soo and his friends think Dae-Wook did it too much. They forgive San-Ha and Hae-Joon.
Dae-Wook walks out of the police station with the kids. He tells San-Ha that he was very luck. He drives Park Dal to the academy. Park Dal’s mother witnesses it. She scolds Park Dal when she blames her for not picking up her phones. Park Dal persuades her mother that her friend’s brother is better than the academy.
Dae-Wook and the kids are in the car. He tells the kids that he didn’t let Jung-Jae know it. Joo-Won lies in the bed in her room. San-Ha puts the cover on her. He tells a lie to her that he made up with Hae-Joon for comforting her.
He and Hae-Joon had a fight after they left Joo-Won’s room. He asks Hae-Joon to pretend to make up with him for Joo-Won. Hae-Joon agrees to it.
Joo-Won goes to the school with her brothers. She’s very happy after she witnessed them embracing each other. She tells Park Dal that the SkyBike worked. But Park Dal doesn’t look well. Jae-Eun spreads the rumor that Hae-Joon has feelings for Park Dal in the classroom.
Joo-Won tries to take Park Dal to ask Hae-Joon out because she thinks what Jae-Eun said is true. Hui-Ju finds Hae-Joon. She threatens to hurt Park Dal. Hae-Joon claims that Park Dal is his sister. Park Dal overhears it. She’s furious to run away. Joo-Won steps on Hae-Joon’s foot.
Joo-Won follows Park Dal. She offers to eat snacks together for comforting Park Dal. Park Dal rejects it. She thinks it was just a fake rumor. Joo-Won persuades Park Dal to ask Hae-Joon in person. But Park Dal rejects it again because she believes her instinct.
San-Ha and Joo-Won go to the mall to buy Hae-Joon a pair of sneakers. San-Ha buys Joo-Won a pair of sneakers. The seller gives San-Ha a discount because she mistook San-Ha and Joo-Won for the couple. San-Ha tries to deny. But Joo-Won stops him when she takes his arm.
So-Hee eats noodles with Jung-Hee at a restaurant. So-Hee wishes to see her brother. Jung-Hee rejects it. She goes to restroom. So-Hee sees San-Ha. She goes to chase him. So-Hee trips. San-Ha checks her wound. He finds out that her knee was hurt.
Jung-Hee finds So-Hee. She learns that her daughter was hurt. She thinks San-Ha only brought bad things to them. Joo-Won takes San-Ha’s side. She claims that San-Ha only brought good luck to them. She takes San-Ha to go to watch the show.
He tries to touch her hair. She catches him when she asks him what he wants to do. He tells a lie to her that he wanted to check if she still has fever.
It’s Hae-Joon’s birthday. Jung-Jae closes his restaurant for the birthday. He and Hae-Joon are busy in the kitchen. Joo-Won goes to get San-Ha. She breaks into the room when San-Ha is getting changed. San-Ha is startled. He drives her out of his room.
Joo-Won dislikes the aunt Yi-Hyun because Yi-Hyun always gave Hae-Joon a hard time. San-Ha persuades Joo-Won not to speak. Yi-Hyun arrives. She notes that everyone is working except Hae-Joon. She takes Hae-Joon to the room. She persuades him to go to live with his real father because she thinks he owed Jung-Jae. Jung-Jae overhears it when he’s outside Hae-Joon’s room. Dae-Wook interrupts it when he comes back. Dae-Wook bought a birthday cake. Joo-Won is happy to show Hae-Joon the cake.
Hae-Joon blows out the candles. He makes a wish. Joo-Won gives him a present. Yi-Hyun asks Hae-Joon to pay Jung-Jae back. Jung-Jae is drunk. He scolds Yi-Hyun. He thinks Hae-Joon is a present the heaven sent to him. He never thought about letting his kid pay him back.
Hae-Joon takes Jung-Jae to his room. He takes care of his father. Yi-Hyun volunteers to clean the table. She thinks San-Ha and Hae-Joon are different because San-Ha’s father paid Jung-Jae. But she’s told that Dae-Wook didn’t pay Jung-Jae. She cries.
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Hae-Joon takes Yi-Hyun to take bus. She apologizes to him for what she said. She persuades him to forget his mother. He comforts her that he will pay her and Jung-Jae back. He hugs her and he tears up. Hae-Joon walks into Jung-Jae’s room with the water and the medicine. He’s happy to call Jung-Jae father. He leaves his room. He joins San-Ha and Joo-Won on the rooftop.
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Jung-Jae works at his restaurant in the morning. A lady visits the restaurant. She takes off her sunglasses. Jung-Jae finds out that she’s Hae-Joon’s mother.