
With nowhere to go for Eun-Sang, Kim Tan offers to let her stay at his home. When the dust is settled, Eun-Sang walks out of a police station and her passport is temporarily confiscated. Soon, Eun-Sang runs off after Kim Tan’s friend and Kim Tan goes to help Eun-Sang. Kim Tan knows immediately that the ziplock bag doesn’t contain drugs, but rather powder grain to make traditional Korean drinks. Kim Tan’s American friend then sees a ziplock bag with a powdery substance fall out of Eun-Sang’s suitcase and runs over to scoop it up. He is sitting out on the patio of the beach front restaurant, watching everything unfold between Eun-Sang and her sister. Meanwhile, Kim Tan is not your typical high school student, but a handsome and wealthy Korean heir to a large conglomeration. Eun-Sang’s dreams of starting a better life in America quickly vanishes and she crumbles to the ground in tears. When Eun-Sang finally tracks down her sister working at a beach front restaurant, she takes the money Eun-Sang brought for her wedding and leaves without even saying goodbye. Her sister is also not getting married or going to school and works full-time as a waitress. Her older sister lives in a filthy home with a deadbeat boyfriend who seems violent. When Eun-Sang arrives in California she is in for a shock. herself to see if she can start a better life with her sister.

Eun-Sang isn’t happy with her situation and decides to go to the U.S. Eun-Sang’s mother then asks Eun-Sang to send her older sister some money from her savings account. One day, Eun-Sang’s older sister (Yoon Jin-Seo) calls from the U.S. Her mother works as a housekeeper and Eun-Sang also works part-time jobs to help out. Unlike the others, Cha Eun-Sang is considered ordinary and comes from a poor background.ġ8-year-old Cha Eun-Sang lives with her mother who is mute. “The Heirs” depicts the friendships, rivalries and love lives of young, rich heirs led by Kim Tan (Lee Min-Ho) and a girl named Cha Eun-Sang (Park Shin-Hye).
