Nam Goong Sang is a very clean guy with stable job and elegant hobbies. But to the other people, he's just a hysteric, old bachelor. Somehow he ends up sleeping on the same bed with Manager Lee. Nothing actually happens but he begins to have a bad feeling. And there' another girl, Yoo Jin Ah, who's very young and cute. To allure her into marrying him, he goes to the amusement park with her and even lies to her father. But he ends up getting into a big trouble. Being upset, he says some harsh things to Manager Lee. Then he tries to make up with her by asking her out to a date but he faces an unexpected truth.

A female slave or woman of a private home who was paid for mourning at funerals is called a dirge singer. Dan Geum is a dirge singer but her daughter Yun Shim doesn't want to be one because she would have to mourn and lament for her life. Yun Shim runs away to become a gisaeng, a female entertainer, thinking that smiling for life is better. But it's not easy as she's a daughter of a dirge singer, a low-born. Yoon Soo is born out of wedlock and is angry at his life as he cannot do anything because of his position. One day, Yoon Soo's brother, who is a true noble, dies. And Yoon Soo becomes the chief mourner of the house. He has never been treated that way so he gets confused. Will they be able to change their unfortunate destiny?.