(Delightfully Deceitful)
(All people, organizations, locations, and incidents...)
(in this drama are fictitious.)
(Child actors filmed in safety.)
I will make my case.
You'll do as I asked?
It was An Yoon Sik's death anniversary.
The day we had a beer outside the store.
I told you about myself,
but you didn't.
Other than the few jokey remarks.
Don't you have any friends?
I had one, but he died.
He's the reason...
you became a probation officer.
What does that have to do with this situation?
It's related.
Because you and I...
share the yearning to save people who were...
so dreadfully unfortunate.
Tell me what you couldn't that day.
Then I'll tell you...
the connection you must know...
before you go after Lee Ro Um.
His family was on benefits,
and his mom served men at a karaoke bar.
His father abused her every day and eventually killed her.
He first ran away from home in elementary school,
went to juvie in his early teens and in his late teens...
He was already branded a delinquent.
He was released at 20 and worked in construction.
He had to work three jobs to pay off his parents' debts.
He dozed off on a site and hurt his back on a rebar.
He had no money for treatment,
and his debt ballooned.
He signed off the rights to his organs...
and started committing insurance fraud.
You know what that is.
Jumping out in front of cars to get paid for treatment.
He flew ten meters before landing on a guardrail, breaking every bone.
I was the only outgoing call on his phone.
He'd come to see me a week before he'd died.
Not knowing he needed money,
I took him to drink with my college friends.
All we did was talk about traveling or women.
I suffered since I was young because of my famous mother.
Yoon Sik was my only friend.
I was a model student.
I did as my mother said.
Until Yoon Sik died.
Once I saw the life he had led,
I couldn't go to school as if nothing had happened.
I fled life and joined the army,
and there, I decided.
What if the unfortunate...
were given a choice?
What if criminals could be corrected?
I wanted to see that happen.
That's it.
Now it's your turn.
What is...
the connection?
Can you not guess?
Just tell me.
I'm ready.
I'll hear you out, then decide...
if the case you made is any good.
(Psychiatrist Mo Jae In)
No, wait.
I really don't get it.
This is a really great opportunity.
Do you honestly think this makes sense?
We're about to break into a hotel vault...
that was set aside for the VIP clients.
Does it make sense that you want to get in...
and take just one notebook?
Am I the only one who finds this weird? Am I the only greedy one?
- Su Ho. - What?
I told you to focus.
Okay.
I must listen to the boss lady.
Yoo Il, Yoo Neung.
Do you remember what I said?
If you think it's risky or at all dangerous,
you two are to run.
Don't try to save me.
I'll save Ro Um too.
And I'll save myself too.
We have less than an hour left.
Will you go over the timeline again?
Jang Kyung Ja booked to enter the vault at five sharp.
(Jang Kyung Ja)
Concierge Office will confirm her identity.
She'll exit the elevator at the vault level.
She'll scan her palm veins and the barcode.
An OTP code is sent to her phone in front of the vault.
We'll turn her phone into a useless brick...
and steal the OTP code.
(Input complete)
If she can't get in,
Jang Kyung Ja will leave immediately.
There's no going back in without her phone.
Ring Go will cut the emergency hotline to Concierge Office.
Her only solution will be the elevator,
but as soon as she gets in, we'll freeze that too.
The next vault booking is 30 minutes later.
Everything must be done by then.
Da Jung.
("Navis Well-being to Get 100-million-dollar Investment")
The deal's done.
She should leave about now.
She's headed to the office. What's going on?
Turn on the audio.
Hold on.
(Slide to power off)
(Power off)
Jang Kyung Ja turned her phone off.
I'll try connecting to the Wi-Fi network.
Found one. Hold on.
We should prepare enough PR materials in advance.
Wouldn't it be best for both companies' sakes?
We have to monitor the investors' reactions too.
I must say, celebrity marketing was more effective than anything else.
- Ring Go. - Yes?
How may I help you?
- One moment. - One moment, please.
I need you to translate this.
Just let me know, if there's anything you need.
What do you say?
I'll keep that in mind.
Let's go to the hotel and sign the second contract.
We already consulted our advisor regarding the dual contract.
Are we getting what we had requested?
They're signing their second contract.
A dual contract. It'll be signed in Jang Kyung Ja's hotel room.
They were talking about a 12kg gold bar.
I guess that's why they booked the vault.
What? A 12kg gold bar? Then would it be 900,000 dollars?
The problem is that security will be extremely tight.
On top of that, they said Mr. Yoon would enter the vault too.
Only one person can enter the vault because of the sensors.
But he could reach the entrance.
Mr. Yoon must have a cell phone too.
What if he uses it to contact the hotel?
He'll have to take the elevator if he can't reach the front desk.
What if he calls the bodyguards?
It doesn't matter because we'll stop the elevator anyway, right?
So you want Ring Go to stay in front of the power distribution board?
What does that change?
Ring Go is in greater danger now.
Gosh, that's enough. It's fine.
I got this.
I'll give this a shot.
I don't know how many bodyguards are here, but they don't know my face.
I'll only have to hold out for a few minutes.
I know you guys got this.
Don't worry, okay?
Ro Um, are you sure you want to push ahead with this?
Stop making such a fuss.
All's fine if you and Na Sa get your jobs done in a timely manner.
I've arrived at the hotel.
Everything's good, right?
Can you hear me?
What happened with Ko Yo Han?
The talk went well.
I'll head over to the van now.
Wait!
Jang Kyung Ja's phone turned on, and updates are being installed.
The update will render the program useless.
The phone will be like a useless brick.
What? Can't we stop it?
After reboot, it takes a while to get access.
The update is almost complete.
So what's the conclusion?
We have to start over.
What Mr. Han did. We have to do it all over again...
to regain access to Jang Kyung Ja's phone.
Darn it. Are you kidding me?
We can't do this today. Let's pick another day.
How far out is Jang Kyung Ja?
Please leave.
Who are you?
Do you know me?
Please leave at once.
Yo Han.
Yo Han?
You must be her son.
Now, you know. So leave at once.
I need a one-on-one with my mother.
If it's not urgent...
Have you ever seen me setting foot in this house in the past ten years?
If it's not urgent, then what?
Must I make an appointment to see you, Professor?
(Hyemyung Hotel)
This way.
Okay.
This way, please.
Ms. Jang.
(Hyemyung Hotel)
Mr. Han Moo Young?
Hello.
What brings you here?
I had to take care of something.
What a coincidence.
Are you here because of Ro Um too?
I can't stall her for as long as I did the last time.
Is there a quicker way?
We could send a text message.
But we'll need Jang Kyung Ja to open the link.
Care to elaborate?
What does Lee Ro Um have to do with this hotel?
She said...
she'd tell me the truth behind the murder ten years ago.
She told me that I'd find the real culprit here.
The culprit behind a murder?
Was she talking about her parents' death?
No.
Director An Chae Hong.
I just got a text from Ro Um.
Did you get one too?
(December 9, 2022)
This won't open.
Do you see something?
The real culprit behind the murder?
Mr. Han Moo Young.
(Jung Da Jung: Done.)
I can't open it either.
I won't keep you.
I'll contact you if I find out something.
Make sure he leaves the premises.
Don't let him enter again.
Is it true?
What?
The Jeokmok scholarship students.
You selected them, Mother?
I heard you were their counselor. You analyzed...
their criminal tendencies and submitted your reports.
Is it true?
I did work for the foundation as their advisor.
I heard Lee Ro Um had been assigned to you.
Who told you?
She was like that as a kid too.
Insensitive and dark.
How do you know that?
She was on my show once.
Everyone called her a prodigy with eidetic memory.
Right, you never watch my shows.
Back then, I thought she was a dangerous kid.
And she killed her own parents in the end.
She's been acquitted.
The people you manage as a probation officer...
are all criminals. Am I wrong?
Just be careful. Don't fall for her.
I know you're immensely interested in those in the gutter.
How could you be so shameless?
Watch what you say.
You've become rude because you've been spending time with criminals.
Because of your judgment,
a few kids were raised to be criminals.
Taking your advice,
they disciplined the kids using violence...
and raised true criminals.
Do you still feel nothing?
I told you not to grow attached.
I guess you did in the end.
Why?
Do you pity them?
I don't think we can go back to the hotel.
I'll go to the van.
- No, go home. - Home?
You said you wanted a better ending.
That's where that ending is.
Da Jung, disconnect Moo Young.
What's going on?
What? How long did you think he'd be with us?
(Hyemyung Hotel)
I'm going to the restroom.
You've been confirmed, ma'am.
Please follow me.
Jang Kyung Ja and Mr. Yoon have passed by the front desk.
They'll take the elevator to the vault soon.
(VIP Basement Vault)
(Concierge Office)
(Recognition complete)
Jang Kyung Ja is entering the vault.
I got the codes.
Five minutes.
(Hyemyung Hotel, VIP)
(There has been an error while running the app.)
(Confirm)
Jang Kyung Ja just left. You may enter.
(Authorized Personnel Only)
I'm at the panel board.
Signal me.
Be careful.
Call the hotel.
Put me through to Concierge Office.
Hello?
(VIP Basement Vault, Concierge Office)
How long?
Jang Kyung Ja is in the elevator.
I need the OTP!
It's unlocked!
(VIP Elevator)
(Input complete)
Are you doing it?
Be quiet, everyone.
They were the gifted...
born in the gutter.
Having far too high IQ means...
that you're different from others.
Being different from others means...
that you cannot live in an average environment.
And if your family is underprivileged,
you're naturally unstable.
I merely analyzed those signs.
They weren't capable of normal thinking in the first place.
I didn't make them that way.
They were already like that, and I simply analyzed them.
(December 9, 2022)
No.
(December 9, 2022)
Ring Go!
Jay.
Shoot.
Spare my life.
Jay, please...
Wait.
Please spare...
Spare my life... Jay...
Please.
Jay.
Jay. Spare my life.
Spare my life. Jay, please.
Jay.
Open the door. Jay.
Hae Dong. Do you hear me?
No.
Ring Go.
A group of ticking time bombs.
Of course nothing worked out.
Jay's here.
He locked Hae Dong up. Do something.
Na Sa, are you not done yet?
Did something happen to Ring Go?
Can I go inside?
Na Su Ho, report to me.
Na Su Ho!
Darn it.
They're reckless...
and care too much about the result.
They're bound to mess up.
Lee Ro Um!
Answer me, Na Su Ho.
Do you have the notebook?
(VIP Elevator)
Yes.
It's here.
What are you doing?
Ro Um.
I did some research.
You can't use the revolver against me.
What will it prove?
Gosh.
What? I have a slave mentality?
Na Su Ho.
Say that again. I dare you.
Say it again, Ro Um.
Am I still a pushover?
Find the notebook and get out.
You'll be in danger too if you stall.
Whether I side with Jang Kyung Ja now...
or be treated like this by you, it's the same for me.
So if you want the notebook,
quit giving orders, shut it, and wait,
Lee Ro Um! Okay?
Don't boss me about.
Or you could...
come and get it yourself.
Yoo Il.
Get the car and stand by.
Darn it.
(Work in Progress, Staff Only)
(Do not approach)
You came in?
Where's the notebook?
The notebook.
Hand it over.
What's this?
Get it out yourself.
Will you shoot me?
Go ahead.
Do you even have bullets?
What's going on?
(Work in Progress, Staff Only)
A gunshot.
- Lee Ro Um. - It was a gunshot, right?
They're disconnected. What's going on?
How would I know?
Darn it. I can't go back in.
What happened to Ring Go?
I think we should back out.
Da Jung!
Make the call.
We can't wait any longer.
Yoo Il. Pack up and leave in the van.
Okay.
I need you to get Ring Go.
Staircase B will be the quickest.
Okay.
There are lots of ordinary people.
If you move through crowded areas,
they won't be able to do much.
I'll get him and regroup with Yoo Il.
I'll be in touch.
Do you think you're the only one who sells bullets?
Gosh. Are you out of your mind?
Are you insane?
Darn it.
You're a cold-blooded freak.
Here.
I got Ring Go.
We'll head to a nearby university hospital.
Okay, I'll move too.
Text me the address and stay with Ring Go at all times.
Did you come for this?
Sorry.
It's a wasted trip.
It has been ten years.
Aren't you pleased to see me?
How could I miss you when your face is plastered everywhere?
I've been around.
Did Jay not tell you?
Is this it?
Where are the rest?
In the underground parking level. And outside.
The parking level is clear.
They must've fled.
I sent the lawyer away long ago.
Let me off. Please, let me go!
Shoot.
Call security.
Have them call the police.
(September 18, 2007 Moyang Foods con)
(Han Jae Seok's office)
(Han Jae Seok's phone)
What's so amusing?
Why wouldn't it be amusing?
Because the president will find out...
that this was the first place I tried to rob...
after I was released from prison.
Don't you understand the situation?
From now on, the president will want to know what you are hiding.
The president will suspect you.
Wait.
Hang up.
This won't do.
You...
need to suffer more.
(Report on Fraud Case Involving Moyang Foods Factory)
(September 18, 2007, By Lee Ro Um)
(Team: Lee Ro Um, Jung Da Jung, Na Su Ho, Park Hae Dong)
(Target: Moyang Foods' factory in Gimje)
(Owner of the factory, Han Jae Seok)
- Hey! - Say something!
- Gosh! - What on earth happened?
Mom.
That's your theory?
Because they were born in the gutter,
they deserve such lives?
When Lee Ro Um was arrested for murder,
you must've been thrilled.
And when Yoon Sik died like that,
I bet you gloated over his death, thinking you were right.
Knowing he was your son's only friend!
You called him a good-for-nothing and told me to stay away from him.
I was upset.
I lost my only son because of that incident.
You see, there are people...
who actually lost their families.
Don't you dare say that to anyone else, Mother.
Unlike you, there are those who want to help such people.
Right, I'm sure.
Of course, there are other people...
who are just like you.
(Lee Ro Um)
The call cannot be connected. Please leave a message...
Yes.
Dr. Mo.
You know you have an appointment with Mr. Han this evening, right?
At 7:30pm, right?
But will he show up today?
I'm a doctor.
Sorry, that was a dumb question.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
Okay.
You're still here?
I was just about to leave.
Why is he standing there?
Excuse me.
Sorry, could you...
This is nuts.
I'm sorry, but could you get out of my way?
I never liked her.
Is she Dracula or what?
Who lives in a mansion like this in the 21st century?
Excuse me...
I can't even use public transport to come here.
I get so angry whenever I have to come here.
My taxi ride here cost 45 dollars.
Excuse me, I'm really sorry.
But I'm in a hurry. Could you please step aside?
Sure, give me a ride.
What?
What? Why wasn't the door locked?
Well... You can't do this.
How do you know Professor Shin?
She taught me.
- Are you two close? - No, not really.
I just visit her once in a while and...
I'm her real son.
You saw us earlier.
Yes, I did. I've also heard her say some things about you.
But if you suddenly barge into my car like this...
Drop me off on the main road.
Professor Shin really hurt me today,
so I need to get a ride from her student.
Do you believe it?
- The thing with your mother? - No, not that.
I'm sure everyone in the country believes it, and so do I.
She's certainly capable of it.
My question is...
Do you believe that this is the right thing to do?
Ms. Lee's plan to get revenge.
If everyone did that, it'd never end.
And strictly speaking,
Ms. Lee has hurt others too.
Yes, you're right.
Mr. Ko, if your job is...
to make sure she never goes anywhere near muddy mires,
I'll be the one fighting alongside her...
if she ever falls into a muddy swamp.
What's the right thing to do? Keeping someone out of the mud?
Or going in there with the person?
Keeping them out...
or playing in there with them.
Pick one.
What kind of mud are we talking about?
Like the Boryeong Mud Festival?
If you are close...
(General Ward A)
Mr. Han.
What happened to everyone?
Where is Ro Um?
I heard a gunshot.
Then I heard Na Sa scream.
I don't know what happened after that. Ring Go is badly hurt.
- Does that mean Ro Um... - Did she shoot Na Sa?
Probably.
Once something becomes useless, she ruthlessly ditches it.
There's a flash drive.
On the flash drive,
I found a file.
Please leave.
Da Jung.
You still have no idea.
Ro Um can betray us. I get it.
We betrayed her first, after all.
She can use us. We deserve it.
But that's not the case for you.
She doesn't need a reason to deceive others.
You must remember that.
She and the president have a lot in common.
The president knows that too. Hence the obsession with her.
When she has goals to achieve,
she can use others.
How much do you know?
How much of it was planned in advance?
When did you start planning for it?
Did you guys do it?
The fraud case at the factory of Moyang Foods in 2007.
Was that your doing?
Yes, it was.
It wasn't even one of the big ones we'd done.
We were aware that the incident shattered your family.
Ro Um and I both knew.
So...
stop getting involved with us, and go.
- Is that you, Ro Um? - Ro Um.
Hang in there!
Are you a prodigy with eidetic memory?
But you seem to keep forgetting...
how you failed.
What should I do to get you out of my life?
I gave you a chance.
You should have let me go when I asked to leave.
Why should everything in this world go as you want?
Why on earth? Who do you think you are?
When you blackmail me,
am I supposed to bring you a bag as you want?
What makes you think it's fair to have it your way?
Did you think that everything in this world would go...
as the plan you made with that insignificant brain of yours?
As if you were a higher being making every decision for us?
That's why you can't win.
Because of your arrogance.
Because of that rash judgment of a 19-year-old girl who thought...
she could have three adults wrapped around her finger.
Because of that stupidity...
that made you believe you could still make everything work...
as planned even after a decade.
In reality, you couldn't even handle your group,
so they all left you alone to die.
Still, you got yourself a pretty good lawyer.
Or a loyal one, should I say?
Do you want to call him?
Maybe he'll come to save you.
Still too proud.
You never learned ten years ago.
You can't do this by yourself.
Give me some time.
After I tear you into pieces,
I'll chew up the president myself.
I'll help you realize that you're a mere plaything.
Just like we were.
"We?"
Who's here other than you?
You see,
you're right.
Maybe they'll be suspicious of me.
But what can they do?
When there isn't even proof?
Welcome home,
Ro Um.
Attorney Han!
(Ko Yo Han, Probation Officer)
The person you reached is unavailable.
Darn it.
Strictly speaking,
Ms. Lee is a perpetrator who created victims.
We were aware that the incident shattered your family.
Ro Um and I both knew.
I don't mean to be forgiven, though.
As an assailant.
Use me.
Who cares?
I'm using you too.
You said you wanted a better ending.
That's where that ending is.
I'm sorry I took so long.
Let's go back home.
(Delightfully Deceitful)
Why are you doing this to me?
She'll need time.
She will come back, won't she?
Why are you here?
Can't we be a team of our own?
Ro Um will kill me first.
You've been looking after Ro Um.
"Look after?"
She's not a child.
The connection you mentioned, Mr. Han.
I think I found it.
I'll start exactly where you left off, Ro Um.
Han Moo Young. Do you trust me?
I'll wait.
Come back.