Young Hoon is sentenced to life in prison for robbery and murder after trying to pay for his sick wife’s hospital fee. He enters the correctional facility leaving behind a baby girl that he wishes will never know who he is. His brother, Dong Chul, takes on the responsibility and vows to take care of her as Young Hoon had done for him. Dong Chul’s wife, So Yang Ja, protests against raising a child that is not hers but ends up unwillingly going along with it. Young Hoon walks out after serving 27 years and tells his brother to forget he exists.
아픈 아내의 병원비를 구하려다 범죄자가 된 영훈은 무기징역을 선고받고, 친혈육 같은 동생 동철은 영훈의 딸 도란을 자신이 키우겠다고 한다.
그렇게 하나뿐인 딸 도란과 생이별한지 27년, 뜻하지 않게 영훈은 모범수특사로 출소하게 되지만, 도란의 앞날을 위해 동철에게 모른 채 살자며 사라진다.
한편, 밝고 사랑스런 28살의 아가씨가 된 도란은 알바를 하던 중 봄앤푸드의 장남이자 본부장인 대륙과 얽히게 되고..
