The Snow Queen

The opening starts with the introduction of a genius. At 17, Tae Woong meets two people who will later become people he loves. The guy he meets is Kim Jeong Kyu also classified as a genius, and though at first they did not get along, they soon set aside their differences and became best friends. Tae Woong also meets a little girl being bullied by older girls for her money and saves her. The girl develops a crush on him and gives him her beeper for future contact. Later on, Tae Woong and Jeong Kyu both enter an international math Olympiad, but when Tae Woong wins, Jeong Kyu commits suicide. The following tragic events soon took its toll on the rest of Tae Woong's life, and forgets about ever set a date to meet the little girl. Then, for 8 years he struggled to carry on with his life.