R (Moon Sung-keun) arrives at Gimpo Airport after years of study and a PhD achieved in the intellectual mecca of Paris. Waiting for him is J (Kang Soo-yeon), a woman who shared life and bed with him during much of that time. Her loyalty had been rewarded by his contribution to her own PhD. Rather than hurry home to his family down in Daegu or even to find a proper position in Seoul, R runs himself ragged trying to get J back into any available bed.