THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION. ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES,
ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS
Get on his tail.
Closer. Surround him.
This should be enough.
What?
POLICE
- Everyone, come with me. - Get out of the car.
Go Seung-won, get out of the car now!
Did you not hear us? Go Seung-won! Get out of the car!
Go Seung-won, get out of the car.
Turn around.
Turn...
Turn around, you bastard!
Where's Jeong Sang-hun?
Tell me where Jeong Sang-hun is, you bastard!
I'm almost there.
I'll be there shortly.
ORIGINAL SIN
The thing is, I didn't see his face, so I really don't remember anything.
Memory is a funny thing.
You may suddenly have flashbacks if you keep looking at these.
Focus and look.
If anyone's face shape or jawline
reminds you of his at all, let me know.
Next.
I really have no idea.
Focus, please.
Look.
Wait. Can we go back for a second?
It could be this guy.
UNTIL THE DAY WHEN MOUNT BAEKDU IS WORN AWAY AND THE EAST SEA RUNS DRY
MAY GOD PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR COUNTRY
BAREUN NEWS ENTERTAINMENT TEAM
It's the same handwriting.
HANDWRITING PATTERN MATCH
YEONG-MIN
But will you be okay?
Sang-hun might die if you don't listen to the culprit.
Then you should do it.
It's what the culprit wants.
Would Sang-hun still be alive?
Hello, Detective.
Mr. Go.
On March 6, you cut off Jeong Sang-hun's hand.
Then on the next day, March 7,
you sent the hand to Assemblyman Kim's memorial ceremony. Do you admit it?
Yes.
Then do you also admit
to cutting off his foot
and leaving it inside the elevator at Songju RMC
on April 3?
Yes.
What about extracting his eyeball and sending it
to Bareun News' entertainment team?
Yes, that too.
Why?
I don't quite get it.
Why did you do all that?
What do you get from it?
Is it because of Yeon-u?
Did you want to get back at JQ for what they did to Yeon-u?
Is that why you abducted Jeong Sang-hun and dismembered him alive?
You wanted Chairman Jeong
to go through the pain
you experienced.
What do you think
Yeon-u will say?
Do you think he'll say, "Thank you for taking revenge on them"?
Will I see him
ever again?
I'm sure
he's in a better place by now.
How could I see him?
I did it with the full knowledge of the consequences I'd face. All of it.
I wanted them to experience the same thing.
It wasn't
just about avenging Yeon-u.
It was something that I had to do
to better cope with the rest of my unfair life.
That's why I did it.
So?
Where is he now?
Jeong Sang-hun.
Tae-sik, I don't think he's here.
We searched the entire area,
but he's not here.
I see. All right.
If he was already outside when we got there...
He's driving away now.
He should've fled sooner if he'd had extra time.
Why was he still there?
Did you
kill Jeong Sang-hun?
Where's the body?
Where did you leave it?
I buried it.
- I buried the corpse. - Oh, is that so?
Where?
Where did you bury him?
What's wrong? Is the location not on this map?
Did you bury him overseas?
He's alive, isn't he?
Starting in Cheongju, we've searched every place that is related to you,
but we found no traces of him except for in the basement of the villa.
You had blood on your hands when you got caught,
as if you had just killed him or something.
But except for the steering wheel,
not one drop of his blood was found inside your car.
You deliberately smeared
the blood on your hands.
You wanted to make us believe that you killed Jeong Sang-hun.
Where is
Jin Yeong-min now?
That day, you had over an hour from the time you arrived at the villa
to when you ran into us.
What were you doing there for over an hour and a half?
You waited there on purpose until we arrived, didn't you?
You bought time
so that Jin Yeong-min could flee with Jeong Sang-hun.
That day, he headed to Cheongju right after the shareholders' meeting.
But how come we only saw you?
Well, you plotted the whole thing
so that we couldn't go after him.
He took Jeong Sang-hun.
And that means Jeong Sang-hun is still alive.
Why?
Why did you scheme all this with Jin Yeong-min?
I get that you did it because of Yeon-u, but in his case,
all he cares about is getting rid of everyone that may get in his way
so that he can make JQ his.
Why did you let him rope you
into committing such a terrible crime?
Jin Yeong-min
is just taking advantage of you.
He used you.
No, you're wrong.
We share the same wound.
And that's why
we began the whole thing together.
Jin Yeong-min, that guy...
Just like me,
he also lost someone who was dearest to him.
"Someone who was dearest"?
What do you mean?
Choe Su-hyeon.
I really don't know anymore.
Did all of this begin because of you?
Or was it because of me?
- Hey, Eun-seong! - Yeong-min.
It's been such a long time.
- Right? - Yes.
- How have you been? - Good, of course. What about you?
- I've been well too, of course. - Yeong-min.
- Mr. Jeong. - Hi.
Call him Sang-hun from now on.
Sorry?
You mean, Eun-seong?
Yeong-min, I need you to look after Sang-hun from now on.
Make sure no one bullies him
and that he doesn't put himself in danger. Take good care of him, okay?
You can take him.
Let's go, Sang-hun.
Did you have fun on your bike?
All my life,
I was never chosen by anyone.
Do you know how that feels?
The cafeteria food sucks. Let's just go to the snack shop.
- Let's go. - Oh, hey.
- Sang-hun. - Hi.
- I heard you're getting the new phone. - Yes.
You can use it as an MP3 player as well. Can you just give me your old phone?
Don't be ridiculous. He'll obviously give it to Yeong-min.
Why do you even study?
Exactly. Just be Sang-hun's minion for the rest of your life.
All right.
I don't want to be called a minion,
so I'll be his butler from now on. You all got that?
- "Butler"? - That sure is something to brag about.
- I think it'd be pretty nice. - Come on.
But that became my everyday life,
and I got used to it.
Are you bored?
No.
Why do you keep checking the time?
It's just a habit.
All right.
- From now on... - Gosh.
Don't work so hard.
Don't be too anxious, and don't try too hard.
I like you just the way you are now.
Let's just take it easy and live happily ever after.
Okay?
That was my first time
hearing that I don't have to try so hard
and that I can be loved for just the way I am.
But I lost her like that.
I never even had a chance to thank her.
Because of you.
And because of me.
Mr. Choi will purchase the land for the business complex.
- And because of them. - I see.
What about the price?
Why Sang-hun? Why did it have to be him?
- Ms. Kim. - How...
Why are you using Sang-hun to get your revenge?
- Calm down. - He tried to help you!
But he did nothing.
That guy
did nothing after all.
Can you do anything?
What do you mean? What do you mean by that?
- Enough. - What does that mean?
- Stop. - What do you mean by that?
My gosh, sir.
Sir! Please...
I'm a worthless good-for-nothing,
so I don't care what happens to me,
but Dong-gu...
Dong-gu is...
Not him, sir.
Please, I beg you.
Please help him just this one time.
Please help my son, Dong-gu.
Just this once, please.
Please save him, sir.
Sir...
Look, Mr. Son.
Raising a child is certainly not an easy job, right?
I've lived long enough,
so I feel that I can have my way with most things.
But strangely enough,
I don't feel that way with my son.
What can you do though?
Only parents give unconditional love no matter what their children do.
Right?
Sang-hun
is probably with Yeong-min, right?
Yes, probably.
We've put out an APB, and I sent the entire team out to find him.
I failed to put a stop on the new business,
so I guess he doesn't want to send Sang-hun home.
If things end like this...
No.
Focus on how far we've come. Don't give up just yet.
Tae-sik, In Dong-gu was released from the detention center.
What do you mean?
Apparently, someone turned himself in instead of In Dong-gu.
Damn it.
This is nuts.
There's firm evidence that proves he is the killer.
"Firm evidence"?
We're only going by Yu Dae-yong's words.
Aside from Yu Dae-yong's statement, there's nothing.
We have nothing other than the statement
about how In Dong-gu gave some orders.
He got information from Yu Dae-yong using a burner phone
and gave him orders. Isn't that enough evidence?
There's no evidence to prove that it was In Dong-gu's phone.
It's not like he confessed.
He's denying all the allegations at the moment.
And Son Du-gang turned himself in, saying he did it
and that the phone was his.
He gave us a detailed statement about the crimes,
so we have no choice.
We found Choi Chi-deuk and Kim Pil-yeon's clothes
as well as Assemblyman Kim's dashcam at Son Du-gang's place.
This is nuts. You know that this makes no sense.
This man, Son Du-gang, is just trying to take the fall for his son.
Then what about the attempted murder charge?
What will you do about that?
All the officers who were at the scene
heard In Dong-gu giving an order to kill me
and even saw him trying to kill me himself.
Is Son Du-gang saying that was his doing as well?
We decided to investigate it without detaining him.
So regarding the other charges,
you'll have to bring firm evidence to prove that In Dong-gu is the culprit.
Then we'll issue another arrest warrant then.
It's better that I do this
because I've been behind bars before.
And you don't deserve to be locked up here.
Don't kid yourself.
Do not think
that I'll forgive you
for what you did to Mom and me
just because you're doing this for me.
I stopped thinking of you as my family years ago.
Take care of yourself.
I know that you're a busy man,
but you must've been all over the place
because you've had to assist the chairman
while helping Mr. Jin organize the shareholders' meeting.
Where is Mr. Jin?
I don't know.
Chairman Jeong knows everything.
Well, had I known his whereabouts,
I would've told you as soon as the meeting was over.
I mean, I need to survive too.
Why would I protect someone who has nothing now?
Anyway, I really don't know where he is.
I should've known when they entrusted Kim Seo-hui with that huge task.
Jeong Yeong-mun has figured out
that Jin Yeong-min is holding his son hostage
to destroy his company.
That's probably why he got In Dong-gu out. It was to catch Jin Yeong-min.
He wants to use In Dong-gu to get rid of Jin Yeong-min
and get Jeong Sang-hun back.
Then what about Jin Yeong-min?
What if Jin Yeong-min sensed all that?
What could he have done?
Where would Jin Yeong-min go?
- Hey. What? - Tae-sik.
You were right about that.
Jin Yeong-min, that jerk went the opposite direction that Seung-won headed.
But the place where he was last filmed by the security camera is Seoul tollgate.
SEOUL TG
I must say he's very gutsy.
Why do you think he came back to Seoul after running away?
He came back to Seoul?
Who would cooperate with Jin Yeong-min to help him achieve his goal?
Kim Seo-hui?
NO CALLER ID
Hello?
Yeong-min?
Sang-hun is doing...
I mean, he's still alive.
But he won't last for a long time.
No.
No, Yeong-min.
So, Seo-hui.
Listen carefully to what I say.
This is the last time.
I have no other choice.
Okay. What is it?
Your father had the evidence.
You have to find it.
"Evidence"? My dad had it?
What evidence?
From the beginning,
you were the only one who could do this.
Seo-hui.
Find it no matter what.
Yeong-min?
Yeong-min, I don't know what you are talking about.
What am I supposed to find?
Yeong-min.
Yeong-min. Yeong-min!
Yeong-min!
Yeong-min...
JIN YEONG-MIN
Mr. Jin was going to use Kim Seo-hui from the beginning.
He just let her do what she wanted knowing what she was up to.
To make her stop the new business.
Seo-hui.
I asked the patrol division for help.
They will start the search soon.
What did Jin Yeong-min say?
Did he say anything about Mr. Jeong?
Evidence.
He told me to find evidence.
What evidence?
I guess he meant the evidence that JQ contaminated Songju.
And he says my dad had the evidence.
He wants me to find it, but I'm not sure what he means.
He said this is the last chance.
It will be all over once he gets caught.
And he still wants to find the evidence?
He still wants to stop the new business.
Why...
Where's Mr. Jeong?
Where did you hide Jeong Sang-hun?
How would I know that, you idiot?
Mr. Hong.
"Consent to her arrest"?
Isn't it enough that you've already dismissed her from the party?
Do you really have to do this?
She's under suspicion of a serious offense, so we had no choice.
She's done as she was told.
Seo-hui
became an assemblywoman
and proposed the bill.
- She did all that. But why... - I wish
she only did what she was told to do.
I gave you Assemblyman Kim's documents only on one condition.
I just wanted your daughter to simply do her job well
until the bill was passed
without causing any problem or arousing suspicion.
But look at what she's done.
It's you who broke your promise, not me.
Why did you let her do whatever she wanted?
You knew how she would end up.
You've already learned your lesson with your husband's case.
Ma'am.
It's all my fault.
I'm begging you for mercy.
Please spare my daughter.
Please.
Please forgive my family, sir.
There's no use in begging me like this.
You already know
who's behind all this.
What are you doing in there?
What's all this?
Why are you searching through your dad's stuff?
Did you not hear me? What are you doing?
Mom, Dad had the evidence
that Father contaminated the land in Songju.
Do you know anything?
Was there any stuff that Dad tried to keep safe?
What would you do with that?
Why? Will you hold a press conference or something again?
Do you still not get it?
Do you want to fall even further down than now?
Please.
Seo-hui, please.
Please don't do anything.
Just stay still unless you want to die.
Do you want to end up like your dad?
You knew it, Mom.
You knew that Dad had the evidence.
Right.
That's why Dad was killed, right?
I can't believe this.
Why did you pretend not to know all that when you actually did?
Tell me. What's the evidence?
Mom.
What is it you know?
This isn't just about Chairman Jeong's crime.
PHARMACY
Hello.
I need antiphlogistic and compression bandage.
Okay. Please wait.
Here.
Thank you.
Sir, you didn't take your change.
This is Road 1278, Yeonhwa-dong.
He was filmed here.
Then he moved in his car.
As you can see,
he was last filmed by the security camera at Seoul tollgate.
But we haven't been able to locate him after that.
He hasn't even used his cards.
And there's nothing in his call history.
A pharmacy?
We just can't narrow it down.
He must've used national highways not to get caught.
What's the address?
Check all the security cameras on national highways.
- And set up roadblocks for inspection. - Thank you.
- Okay. - There's a witness.
A guy who looks like Jin Yeong-min bought
bandage and antiphlogistic at a pharmacy 30 minutes ago.
"Bandage and antiphlogistic"?
Yes. Apparently, he was bleeding.
Where was he witnessed?
Road 34, Yeongil-myeon, Songju.
Songju...
We should go there first.
- Okay. - Okay.
Tae-sik.
Do you really think Jeong Sang-hun is there?
He can't carry Jeong Sang-hun around in a car
when he's in critical condition.
People might have seen him if he did.
I'm sure they are there somewhere.
Jin Yeong-min and Jeong Sang-hun.
Here. See for yourself.
AGREEMENT
What is this?
KIM SEUNG-CHEOL, JEONG YEONG-MUN
AGREEMENT
Please trust me, Assemblyman Kim.
This is the only way that can protect everyone.
We can keep our power this way
and atone for the past by using that power to improve the world.
Once
you sign the agreement,
JQ will step forward
to help your legislative activities in the National Assembly.
That's not what I'm asking for.
It was you
who brought Jeonggeon Steelwork into Songju
20 years ago.
Thanks to the economic effect,
you became the first assemblyman of the ruling party
in Songju, which typically supports the opposition party.
Once this is made public,
even you won't be able to get away with it.
Even if you say you didn't know,
no one will believe you.
It was you
who was in charge of the environmental assessment
and lift the restrictions on Jeonggeon Steelwork.
Chairman Jeong, you...
It's not like
your reputation is your own.
You should think of your family.
Instead of raking over the past that will only tarnish our reputations,
we should rather work together for a better future.
Don't you think that would be better for both of us?
They agreed not to reveal
that Jeonggeon Steelwork was the cause of contamination?
KIM SEUNG-CHEOL, JEONG YEONG-MUN
Dad did this?
He knew all this?
Dad knew that people were dying,
but he still covered up for JQ?
- My dad? - Yes.
That's the evidence you've been looking for.
And it's the truth about your dad.
- Ma'am. - Mr. Kang.
Did you know all this?
Mr. Kang had been with your dad
since he ran for election in Songju.
Do you think he didn't know?
Did you...
Did you really know all this?
Everything...
The whole thing has been right in front of me.
The truth I've been looking for
was right in front of my eyes.
Why did you not say anything?
You watched the whole thing beside me.
Because he couldn't kill your dad twice.
He devoted his whole life to helping others.
He overlooked this one thing.
And your dad's life was about to fall into a ditch because of that.
Do you expect me to have sat by and let it happen?
What about our family? I mean,
Chairman Jeong wouldn't have left us in peace if things were revealed.
It was the agreement that kept him quiet.
You want to know why I did all that?
Do you think we even had a choice?
We didn't do it because we wanted to.
We had to survive.
We needed to survive.
When we were living a good life and keeping our silence,
people in Songju died without even knowing why.
Had at least one of us
spoken up and exposed them,
we wouldn't have been here in the first place.
We could have been able to stop Father.
And Sang-hun wouldn't have been kidnapped.
So what's your plan?
You're going to throw dirt on your father's name?
Can you really do that to him?
Seo-hui.
You have already seen the consequences.
So you should
just turn a blind eye. Okay?
Can we
just
live a quiet life?
GONGWON-RI IN YEONGIL-MYEON, SONGJU WAS SELECTED AS REDEVELOPMENT AREA
Everyone, get to your assigned places. Go.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
Hello, ma'am. I'm from the police.
Have you seen any suspicious man around here?
No, I haven't.
Okay. Thank you.
Tae-sik.
Damn it.
Shit.
Okay. So you couldn't find him?
We're still searching for him,
so please be patient for a bit longer.
Okay.
We're holding an inspection.
WILL ASSEMBLYWOMAN KIM BE ARRESTED FOR MISUSING FUNDS?
AGREEMENT
Ms. Kim.
Are you sure about your decision?
The party will consent
to me being arrested either today or tomorrow.
I must disclose this before that happens.
To me,
today's audit is my last chance.
If you disclose the agreement during the audit,
it will have a huge impact on the audit.
Both the late assemblyman and you
will be criticized.
I've braced myself for it.
Please get in.
This isn't the way to Yeouido.
Mr. Kang.
Where are we going?
I'm sorry, Ms. Kim.
I cannot let the entire life of the late assemblyman be tainted
just because of one mistake in his past.
Turn the car around now.
Mr. Kang.
Please go in.
Father.
AGREEMENT
How could you be so dense?
I gave you so many chances.
You are
disappointing me even to the very end.
The audit is about to begin.
Why hasn't Ms. Kim arrived yet?
Do you think something happened to her?
Get me the list for tomorrow's groundbreaking ceremony in Songju.
Let me go this instant.
This will not make me change my mind.
Why are you going so far?
I should ask you, Father. Why are you going so far?
You know what Yeong-min wants.
And you also know Sang-hun's life depends on it.
So
you're going to cave into that bastard's blackmail
and be a traitor to your own father and me?
You are the traitor, Father.
Do you still not see it?
This all happened because of you.
Father, do you not care about losing Sang-hun?
I will not lose anything.
Sang-hun or my company.
You really won't change your mind.
If you are not going to stay silent,
I'll make you stay silent.
As soon as the audit is over,
the national assembly will consent to your arrest.
Once you get investigated by the prosecution,
you will never think of going against my decision.
You did not
care about anyone, to begin with.
Not even about Sang-hun.
You only care about yourself.
You murderer.
You're the real devil.
I...
contributed a lot
to the good of this country as well as the world.
The good of your father and Yeong-min, too.
You guys are at fault for trying to bring me down
just because of a mere mistake I made, despite everything I've done for you.
I was right to punish such ungratefulness.
And you will also pay for your actions, Seo-hui.
And Yeong-min will soon pay for his action, too.
Mark my words.
You will
have to pay for all of the crimes you have committed.
Give her a day to think about it.
If she changes her mind, bring her to the groundbreaking ceremony.
If she doesn't,
hand her over to the prosecution.
Yes, sir. I will escort you to Songju Hotel.
Tae-sik, we searched everywhere, but we still couldn't find him.
I don't think he's in Yeongil-myeon.
- I couldn't find him. - Same here.
Expand our search.
Search other districts as well.
Yes, sir.
I'm sure he's in Songju.
He probably couldn't have left given his current situation.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
- Okay. - Let's go.
I have located Jin Yeong-min in Songju.
The police have expanded their search
and are continuing their search in the area.
Okay.
Let me know as soon as you hear something.
I want to be alone.
You...
I thought
that you and I needed to have an honest conversation at least once.
Where is Sang-hun right now?
Even now, you only want to know
about Sang-hun.
Do you remember
how I was brought to your house in the first place?
Several days after you adopted Eun-seong,
he ran away to the orphanage.
He said that he was scared of you.
He said that he did not belong there.
He said he didn't need new parents
and asked if he could continue to live at the orphanage with me.
That's when he started to confuse me.
I desperately wanted to have parents,
but it was so easy for him to say that he didn't need them.
I hated him, but at the same time,
I couldn't abandon him.
He was the only one
who needed me in this world.
I shouldn't
have brought you to my house that day.
I was really young back then.
But I already knew
that you brought me
only so that Eun-seong could form an attachment to you more easily.
When you were using me, you pretended that you were being generous with me.
Sometimes, you would pretend that you actually cared for me
and you made me obey your orders
because you knew what I feared.
I was always anxious that you might abandon me
which made me hang onto you more desperately like a pathetic loser.
That's how you always used people.
You got hold of people's weaknesses
they buried deep in their hearts
and strangled people with them.
SONGJU HOTEL
STAIRCASE
Are you saying
that this is all my fault?
Do you have the right to say that to me?
It was you who came up with the plan for the new business
and told me what that reporter
was investigating.
I know why you did that.
You were probably scared
that your girlfriend might find out how much you were involved in this.
That's why you wanted me to stop her.
Isn't that right?
I wanted you to stop her, not kill her.
You have yourself to blame for being short-sighted.
How dare you plot a scheme against me just to take revenge for your girl!
Don't make excuses.
You just
wanted to get rid of Sang-hun and oust me from my position.
That is the real reason behind plotting this scheme of yours.
You were simply greedy
for things that you don't deserve.
"Greedy"?
It's disgusting to hear such an accusation from you of all people.
Everything was a mirage.
Everything I chased after
and everything you gave me.
You do have a point.
I was unable to let go of that useless mirage
and caused her to face such an end.
That's how we all got here.
So you should tell the world what you have done and give up.
Cancel the groundbreaking ceremony and tell the truth.
Because of what you did, residents of that area died
and more residents are still dying.
And tell the world about all the victims you sacrificed to cover this up.
All of it.
To cover up your mistake,
you committed too many crimes.
You must end it now
for you and me.
And for Sang-hun as well.
What has Sang-hun done wrong?
- Why did you drag him into this? - You adopted him.
And he had me as his friend. I could say that's what he did wrong.
And the only person who can stop you
is Sang-hun, isn't it?
I only have one demand.
Confess to all of your crimes
and resign from your chairmanship voluntarily.
This is your last chance from me.
Choose.
Choose between your only son's life
and your company.
THE LIES WITHIN
Ambulance. Call the ambulance now!
Did you find Sang-hun?
I believe that revealing the truth
is a way to repent of my father's wrongdoing.
It's all Yeong-min's doing!
Why won't you admit your fault?
No one can dare lay a finger on us.
Jin Yeong-min, that bastard. What the heck is he thinking?
Now, you need to find me.
That can't be.
If I can, I want to bring everything back to its places.
Subtitle translation by Won-hyang Son