(Letter of Resignation, Pi Seon Ju)
What is this?
(Episode 81)
I thought long and hard about it, so please respect my decision.
I'm not saying I don't respect it. I'm saying I don't understand.
We discussed a project just yesterday,
and today you're resigning. I find this puzzling.
I don't think it's right to hang on like this.
I'd get it if she wanted to challenge my competence,
but knowing she's bullying me based on how she feels...
Director Jin?
She does it at every turn and I don't think she'll stop.
It'll end only if I resign.
She was always like this.
We know her well enough.
Isn't leaving like this running away?
I can't help it even if you think so.
I thought you were strong, but you're...
I didn't expect this.
This is what Sang Ah wants.
Won't you regret doing as she said?
It's too early...
to decide what to do with your resignation.
I'll think about it as well.
We have to send Hansung the final floor plan.
I'll send you the details. Go over them for me.
(Team Leader's Office, Planning Team 1)
(Head of Planning Team One, Kim So Woo)
(Executive Director, Jin Sang Ah)
I was told you left the team to be transferred overseas.
Is that not the case?
Well, nothing is official yet.
That's why I thought Director Jin...
was taking over all the finances too.
The finances?
She asked us to send her the subcontractor expenses...
a month in advance.
We wired what she needed to her personal account.
To Director Jin's personal account?
We found that a bit odd,
but she called to ask for it in person,
so we trusted her with it.
K-Culture Town's expenses.
You had the funds wired to your personal account.
(Transaction Receipt)
I needed the cash urgently. I was going to put it back next month.
That's embezzlement. The misuse of company funds.
You had company funds sent to your account and misused them.
It was a short-term loan.
I lent it to Mom who needed it urgently.
She wouldn't steal it.
You wired money you embezzled to a family member?
She could be charged too.
- Jeon Nam Jin! - You threatened me with the lottery.
Economic offenses are punished more severely regardless of the amount.
So what? Will you report me?
I came to ask for your opinion...
as to what to do.
About what?
As a Jin Architecture employee,
I think I have a duty to report a director's embezzlement to the CEO.
You seem to be mistaken.
This is my father's company.
I'm his successor.
Do you think he'd sue me?
How dare you call it embezzlement?
A million dollars?
I can make up for that within the company no problem!
Even company owners get locked up for embezzlement.
- Do you want to go to prison? - What?
How long do you think the CEO will back you up?
You're not even his real daughter.
I wonder how he'll react...
when he finds out all that happened.
How about the three of us have a nice chat?
Darn you.
Jeon Nam Jin!
How could you?
It's not cracked.
It's time for you to think...
really long and hard about what you must do next.
Darn it.
Mr. Jeon.
I heard you'd be transferred. Is that true?
No. That won't happen.
What was that about? He's not going abroad?
I don't know. I heard he'd be going too.
I don't know what's happening around here.
How long do you think the CEO will back you up?
You're not even his real daughter.
I wonder how he'll react...
when he finds out all that happened.
Hi, Sang Ah.
Mr. Jeon found out.
What should we do now?
What did he find out?
Is that true?
You must be busy, so why did you ask to see me?
You seem to have the wrong idea.
I asked Sang Ah for the money.
She didn't use...
the company funds out of greed.
My business is...
Every crime has a reason.
Whatever you needed it for, what she did was embezzlement.
Even if she had no ill will,
she broke the law.
Is this the kind of person you really are?
You should be more understanding and accepting.
I asked Director Jin to marry me because I understood...
and accepted everything.
Or I'd have reported her right away.
I won't drag this out.
What do you want?
Money? To be an executive director?
I'll get you what you want.
You can't...
get any of that for me.
You got your daughter to steal for you because you needed cash.
How can you pay me?
Why can't I when Sang Ah will inherit the company?
I can pay you then.
I'd rather marry Sang Ah...
and help her run the company.
Why take the longer route?
You must know I know a lot of your secrets.
That Sang Ah isn't the CEO's daughter.
She's your daughter and you made Mr. Jin think she was his.
You took credit for what Seon Ju's mother did...
and got a salon that made you Ms. Grace Shim.
Not to mention you married the CEO of Jin Architecture.
That's way too many secrets.
Are you blackmailing me too?
I feel almost sorry for Sang Ah.
You put so much pressure on her.
Help us...
get married.
Don't you think...
we're in the same boat now, Mother?
(Head of Planning Team One, Kim So Woo)
I don't think it's right to hang on like this.
(Letter of Resignation, Pi Seon Ju)
She was always like this.
We know her well enough.
Isn't leaving like this running away?
I thought you were strong, but you're...
I didn't expect this.
I don't think it's right to hang on like this.
It'll end only if I resign.
It's so tough.
What?
Marry him.
You said you'd talk to him. You did nothing at all.
He's using our weaknesses,
and there's nothing we can do right now.
Why did you ask me to do such a thing?
I'm sorry.
I can't do this.
Let's tell Dad the truth and put the money back.
We can't do that. It won't end with that.
It's not just about the money.
Your dad only just started to show you some favor.
What was Mr. Jeon's weakness that you said you'd found?
Seon Ju bought a lottery ticket.
Mr. Jeon claimed it.
What does that mean?
The ticket Seon Ju bought was a winner,
but Nam Jin claimed the money.
Did he really? My gosh.
He bought us gifts and his mom an apartment.
He'd spent Seon Ju's money.
My goodness. How could he do such a stupid thing...
without a worry in the world?
Exactly. I can't stand him.
He seems to plan to marry you...
and take over the whole company as well.
For now,
promise to marry him, but drag your feet.
Let's find something else on him and get rid of him then.
Hello.
I'm Jin Chu Ah.
Hello.
I'm Jin Chu Ah.
Ms. Jin. Weren't you in trouble recently?
The Internet was in an uproar.
Yes, but that's all settled.
Give me a call.
Don't you think you should lie low for a while?
I am lying low.
I feel terrible for what I did.
Even if it's a tiny role, give me a call.
The recent hardship improved my acting.
Did it?
Yes. Do give me a call.
Hello.
There's nothing worth using.
So what if it's a long list? Every idea is weird.
There's nothing worth using.
Are you only good at drunk ramblings?
- Ms. Bae. - You're defending her again.
Goodness.
Let's take a short break.
Darn it.
Do give me a call.
Ms. Bae.
Ms. Jin.
How are you?
I'm full of passion and the will to work.
Call me if you have anything.
Okay.
That bag is really pretty.
This one?
What?
Where are we going?
Why...
Do you want this bag?
Are you serious?
This is the second time I used it.
I'm not doing well financially, so I can't buy you a new one.
I haven't been working recently.
What...
My gosh.
You look great.
It suits you.
Does it?
If you get me in something,
I'll buy you one in every color. How about a new bag every season?
I can't take it.
It's fine. No, thanks.
It's okay.
I talked to your mother.
She pleaded with me saying you did what you did...
because she asked you to.
You're a surprisingly sweet daughter.
Enough with the sarcasm.
What do you want to do?
Tell your parents I'll pay them a visit.
A visit?
You said any sized rock would be enough to ruin a life.
I think...
the size of the rock matters when you're being stoned.
Are you saying I'll be stoned with a bigger rock?
You're not Mr. Jin's biological daughter,
and you stole from the company.
I stole my ex-wife's lottery ticket.
Shall we tell everyone everything and see who suffers more?
For that, I wouldn't feel too bad...
if we went down together.
Fine. Let's get married.
You got dirt on me and that hurt my pride.
You'll get me as a wife,
but you won't have my love.
I won't?
I don't care.
I don't need your love anyway.
What do you want, then?
I clawed my way this far.
There are some things I don't want to give up.
A good business partner.
Let's say that's what we are to each other.
Did Seon Ju say anything?
What about?
I thought I'd gotten through to her.
She clings on like a leech.
- What? - She acts like she's quick-witted...
and that she cares for others more than anyone.
What a joke. That's why I hate her.
- So that was it. - What do you mean?
You used me to get to her.
It was you again.
I finished what you asked. Here you go.
Thanks.
Bye, then.
Are you...
resigning because of me?
What?
You resigned.
Was it out of concern for me?
I wouldn't mind if it were just me,
but this isn't fair to me,
to the company, or to everyone else.
Who is that "everyone else?"
If that includes me,
your resignation actually hurts.
Do you think I can't get through this on my own?
It's not like that.
I'm doing this for everyone's sake.
I'm not running away.
Okay, then.
I'll take a look at this. Let's talk later.
Okay.
Hello, chief.
Did you think about what I asked?
I was thinking about what program would suit him best.
Were you?
Thank you. Yes.
Bye.
Hey. Go on a variety show.
What variety show?
I don't know yet,
but the chief said he'd get you a role.
Build up a new image.
How?
People think you kept quiet while two-timing...
Chu Ah and Mi Ju to weigh your options.
Some call you a criminal accomplice.
You got chewed out.
Go on TV and show how innocent you are. Convince people you're not at all...
the scheming, shallow sort.
Aren't you pleased?
Show the public you still have it.
Do your best.
Goodness.
Are you discussing ideas?
Hello, chief.
What is it?
That actor called Jeong Woo Sang.
- Yes. - Give him a role.
- What? - What?
Why are you so surprised?
Jeong Woo Sang wants to do a variety show.
Come up with a couple of episodes as a pilot show.
Wasn't he in the news a bit too much recently?
A diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond.
Give him a role and come up with something that people will watch.
I cast him for you, so I did half the work.
- Right? - Yes.
Jeong Woo Sang?
Why? Do you know him personally?
No.
I don't like him at all.
What's wrong with him?
Isn't he a top-level actor?
His pretty face got him in a lot of trouble.
Is he using us to revamp his image?
He came clean in the end. Doesn't that make him a good guy?
Not at all.
Wasn't one of your ideas...
about helping troublemaker celebrities make a comeback?
You called it "image-laundering" and didn't like the idea at all.
I did.
Since the chief got involved, shall we stick to that theme...
and see where it goes?
What was the working title?
"Correcting Troublemakers."
Let's go with that.
Ta-da.
Isn't that cute?
Isn't it too crazy?
It's not. It looks hip.
If you go to bed like this...
and show up to kindergarten tomorrow,
your friends will think you're beautiful.
Come here, Tae Ri.
You're next, so be prepared.
Auntie. Can you not practice on us?
Hello?
Mi Ju. I'll be on a variety show.
You will? Which one?
I don't know yet,
but I'm worried.
I'm timid around new people,
and I'm not good if people go off-script.
Do you think I should still do it?
Of course you should.
You never tried it. I think you'll do just fine.
- Do you? - Don't worry at all.
Congratulations.
Congratulations about what?
What?
I'll see you around, then.
A friend is getting married.
Really?
Do you talk to a friend like they're your superior?
We're friends, but we're not that close.
Are you going somewhere?
Yes. I'm off to visit Sang Ah's parents.
You are?
I thought she was stalling, but good for her.
- See you later. - Okay. Good luck.
Thanks.
Set a date for us to meet for dinner.
I should double down and lose some weight.
I'll register at a gym and get a facial.
What else should I do?
I want to look nicer than Ms. Shim.
What?
What is she saying?
She wants to marry Mr. Jeon.
Are you serious?
Yes. He'll be here soon.
You're not saying you'll date him. You're saying you'll marry him?
Yes.
I talked about it with Mom and made my decision.
That's all you need to know.
No way.
What got into her?
How about...
a fight tonight?
Sounds good.
(Boxing Club, Main Branch)
My gosh.
Earlier today,
I was quite flustered.
And upset because you didn't...
discuss something that important with me.
I'm sorry for not doing that.
Sang Ah is a tough superior,
and that makes Jin Architecture a tough place to work.
I'm also beneath her in rank.
Working for someone who acts like that...
is rough for anyone.
I don't know how much longer I'll work there,
but can't you stay for as long as I do?
I'm not trying to give a textbook answer,
but some blessings wear a disguise.
- Blessings in disguise? - Yes.
Think about what happened since we met.
For you, they were all hard and painful,
but I think, thanks to all that, we found each other.
Is that so?
I think that's how...
life sometimes...
gets back on track.
My life...
was never easy.
Everything that others did easily,
I had to run and jump to do.
Nothing was smooth sailing.
All that...
was so I could meet you?
Is that how I'm supposed to think?
Yes.
You thought...
I was in trouble...
and decided to quit for me, and I'm grateful for that.
But...
I'd be more grateful...
if you'd discuss things with me...
and stay to give me strength.
Hello.
Welcome.
Hello.
We decided to get married.
Did you two think carefully about this?
Yes.
Our project is nearing its end.
I'll keep your resignation letter.
When even I think things have gone too far,
let's resign together. How's that?
Sounds good.
I'm sorry for trying to resign without talking to you first.
Do you feel better now?
By about 50 percent?
Then...
I have a secret.
Can I share it?
What is it?
My bottom.
It's really pretty.
What?
It is.
So what?
What about it?
Isn't that too racy?
But it's the truth.
I can't bare it for you. Shall I show you another talent?
Shall I write your name with my bottom?
What?
Hang on.
Okay.
Are you serious?
Watch and try not to faint.
"Love..."
- "as if you were never hurt." - Stop it.
Perhaps that poem was written...
for people like us.
- My gosh. - Join me.
Fine.
Being careful but not fearful...
and loving with all your heart.
We were hurt a great deal,
so perhaps...
we might do even better.
(Desperate Mrs. Seon Ju)
We'll live with your mother?
Says who?
You're not his daughter, so don't be so haughty.
Stick to one thing.
Mom, I was cast on a variety show.
I'll be on it with Woo Sang.
That's a tragedy. You'll both go down.
For a bride-to-be, don't you think she doesn't look excited?
What do you know?
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