Heo Mun-Oh is a professor of Korean Literature at a university. He is well known for being hot-tempered and blunt. He badly wanted to succeed as a writer, but he never could achieve his dream. He now hides his wounds and inferiority complex as a writer. He lives with his wife Jo Hyeon-Suk in a pretty fancy apartment, but they’ve been sleeping in separate rooms for 13 years because of their unhealthy relationship. Both of them refuse getting a divorce. Lee Kang is an engineering student and sits in the last row of Heo Mun-Oh’s literature class. One day, Mun-Oh is astonished by the writing skills of his student Lee Kang. After Lee Kang’s talent is recognised by Heo Mun-Oh, he begins to take secret literature classes from him inside a small library office at Heo Mun-Oh’s apartment.
Kang Seongjae is the best military cook at Gangrim Military Outpost. His cooking is delicious every time he makes it. It doesn’t matter what kind of meal he makes, it’s always a 10. There is around 50 soldiers at Gangrim and all of them are obsessed with Seongjae’s cooking. Shin Ahwi is the Sergeant Mayor and a supply officer. His job is to manage supplies, equipment, logistics, paperwork, and the day-to-day functioning of the outpost.
Yeon Sieun is a new student at Eunjang All Boys High School. Eunjang is a very dangerous school that takes in rough and delinquent boys and students who struggled to get into other institutions. But Yeon Sieun is the opposite of a student that struggles. He had top grades in his old school back in Busan. Sieun was actually born in Seoul, but his family decided to move when he was only 5 years old.