Ko Young-Hwan, a published poet, is staying at a hotel on the Han River, where he is visited by his sons Kyung-Soo and Byung-Soo, the latter of whom is a well-known film director.

The two brothers have a strained, jealous relationship and argue as they wait for Young-Hwan to join them in the hotel restaurant.

While waiting for his sons, Young-hwan approaches A-reum and Yeon-Joo as they walk around outside the hotel after a sudden snowfall, remarking repeatedly on their beauty.

Though he enjoys the accommodations, Young-hwan tells his sons he's been feeling strange, like his death is imminent, and that this is the reason he invited them to visit.

When she wakes up, she tells Yeon-Joo she was dreaming of her ex, who has returned to his wife, and remarks that he thought too much about failure, which led to the end of their relationship.

They eat at an adjacent table to Young-Hwan and his sons, who are trying to understand the hotel owner's change of heart.

Young-Hwan, drunk from dinner, abruptly tells his sons he is walking back to the hotel alone and hides from them until they drive away.