An unemployed academic Ko Yun-ju lives in an apartment with his pregnant wife Eun-sil. He struggles to maintain his life to become a university professor, and his straining relationship with Eun-sil makes matters worse. He hears loud barking which drives him crazy, and finds an unattended Shih Tzu. He tries to drop the dog from the roof, but is stopped when a Granny comes to dry some radishes there. He goes to the basement and locks the dog in a cabinet.