THIS DRAMA IS A WORK OF FICTION. ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES,
ORGANIZATIONS, RELIGIONS, AND INCIDENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS
Sir.
Sir,
are you all right?
Jin Yeong-min just left after meeting with the chairman.
Call the police and follow his car.
Sang-hun.
I don't even know how long it's been
since we last spent time together like this.
I'm so happy that you're back.
I'm happy too, Dad.
By the way,
what's gotten into you?
You didn't even listen to me when I told you to come back to Korea.
There's no special reason.
I figured
it was about time for me to come back.
By any chance,
is something wrong?
Well...
I wanted to come home and be with the people I love.
I wanted to see them as often as I could
and thought it'd be nice
to return the love I've received.
Before it's too late.
You should get going now.
Have you decided where you're going?
The groundbreaking ceremony.
Please get in.
You made a wise decision.
Things would've been easier for both of us had you been like this from the beginning.
We're ready, Assemblywoman Kim.
Do you plan to expose the agreement during the annual audit?
No, they even managed to mess up the press conference.
They'll obviously influence the audit as well.
But this time, we'll actually use it to our advantage.
- What do you mean? - Father and JQ
will probably attend the groundbreaking ceremony as planned.
That's when we'll make our move.
The agreement will be given out to all the reporters, assemblymen and women,
and residents of Songju who will be at the ceremony.
That way, everyone there will be a witness.
Then they won't be able to stop us
unless they kill all of them.
Even my father-in-law
won't be able to stop us this time.
Where does this road lead?
I've checked, and it leads to Buheung-myeon.
Buheung-myeon?
BUHEUNG-MYEON, YEONGIL-MYEON, HAGYE-MYEON
"Yeongwon Children's Home"?
Isn't this where Jeong Sang-hun and Jin Yeong-min grew up?
Yes, it is.
Hello, was Jin Yeong-min here by any chance?
Pardon?
No, why would Yeong-min...
Then is there a shed or an empty building around here
that people don't use?
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
It has already been
almost 30 years since I first founded Jeonggeon Steelwork
here in Songju.
Since that day,
I have been single-mindedly running
toward the goal of making the small city, Songju,
one of the best cities in the country.
Starting with this groundbreaking ceremony,
Songju will be the center of
all renewable energy businesses in the future.
I'd like to ask everyone here
to show us their support and join us in taking
the meaningful first step.
NEW ENERGY BUSINESS COMPLEX GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
Now, we will unveil the scale model of the business complex.
Please proceed to the podium.
You should go too, Assemblywoman Kim.
No, I'm fine.
ALL CONTACTS
CHOOSE CONTACTS
Now, we will all get to see the scale model of the business complex.
Three,
two,
one.
What's going on?
THOSE WHO WERE SILENT THOSE WHO WERE NOT
- You two, go that way. - Yes, sir.
- What is that? - My gosh!
- What's that? - What the heck?
- What on earth is that? - What's going on?
- My gosh! - This is terrible.
- Is this... - How can this be?
- Search the place. - Yes, sir.
Jeong Sang-hun...
- Goodness! - This is so terrible.
- I can't believe this. - Let's go.
- Hey, take photos. - Gosh, let's get out of here.
I can't believe this!
- My gosh! - This is crazy.
- Gosh! - Take photos.
- My goodness. - How...
Hurry.
How...
- What is happening? - What's going on?
- Gosh, what is that? - What is it?
- Shit! - No. This can't be.
Don't come near me!
Don't come anywhere near me.
Don't you dare touch me.
You have no right.
Look! It must be Jeong Sang-hun's.
Sir.
Gosh! It's a heart!
I can't believe someone put a heart in there.
- This is crazy. - God.
My gosh, what is going on?
What is happening?
First, let's preserve the scene.
And call Forensics right away.
Detectives, please continue to search the site.
JIN YEONG-MIN
Did you find Sang-hun?
You.
Now, you need to find me.
The view is actually better than I expected.
Should I be glad?
After Su-hyeon died,
I could deal with most things.
But I couldn't bring myself to come here.
She must've been terrified.
And it must've been so painful.
Why did you do that?
She didn't do anything wrong.
Yes, she did.
She put Chairman Jeong in a tight spot.
Jin Yeong-min, that bastard.
What the heck is he thinking?
Do you know why we feel uneasy around each other?
I used to be like you.
I wanted to be acknowledged.
I wanted to be esteemed.
I wanted to be chosen.
I felt as if that was my only goal in life.
Back then, I thought that was everything.
But taking just one step back
made everything clear.
It was all so useless.
I know why you went to such extreme lengths.
I know why you had to kill Su-hyeon
as well as Assemblyman Kim Seung-cheol.
You wanted Chairman Jeong to notice you.
You wanted him to need you.
But you know what?
Do you think he finds you worthy? Do you think you mean
anything to him?
Probably not.
Look.
Whom did you commit all those crimes for?
And who's in jail now?
What are you trying to say?
I always feel bad for you
because I used to be just like you.
Enough.
In Dong-gu!
- Hey! - Drop the knife!
Don't move!
Stay still!
Ambulance. Call the ambulance now!
- Yes, sir. - Stay still.
In Dong-gu.
If you get locked up this time,
you won't get out until the day you die, you bastard.
- Take him! - Okay.
What the hell?
This was my choice.
I don't want any more regrets.
Hey, Jin Yeong-min.
Jin Yeong-min! Hey!
Excuse me.
Here.
I found this in his pocket.
TO SEO-HUI
Seo-hui.
If you're reading this letter,
it probably means you now know what I was trying to do.
It also means
that I'm dead.
It would've been so nice if I'd been able to tell you everything
from the beginning.
But all my life,
I learned to hide myself,
so I still
don't really know where and how
I should begin the story.
I decided to come back to Korea
because I wanted to spend
the time that I had left with you and my father.
That was also why I returned to the company,
which I hated so much.
Mr. Jeong.
But after the reporter, Choe Su-hyeon, came to see me,
everything changed.
One day, a completely innocent person
was found dead
just because she knew the truth
and tried to reveal it.
Does my father know that you killed Choe Su-hyeon?
I have never done anything
Chairman Jeong didn't approve.
What?
If you don't stop,
those who help you will get hurt in your place.
Don't forget
that others will be hurt because of you.
That was when I realized something.
Dad, you know everything.
You know how many people lost their lives because of JQ.
Why won't you admit your fault? Why not?
"Fault"?
I didn't do anything wrong.
Don't worry, Sang-hun.
No one can dare lay a finger on us.
- I won't - I finally learned what kind of person
- let it happen. - my father is,
what kind of life he's led,
and
how powerless I am
in front of him.
But after your father passed away,
I had to muster up all my remaining courage.
If even I remained silent,
it'd be so unfair...
Yeong-min.
...for all the innocent victims.
Help me, please.
If I could, I'd really love
to turn everything back.
Had I never sided with Chairman Jeong in the first place...
- Yeong-min. - How can we stop them?
What can we do to stop them now?
That was when I thought
of the only way to stop my father. I thought of you as well.
My father won't stop.
Now that my father-in-law is dead,
he'll need a new face to pass the bill and launch the new business.
He'll probably
try to use Seo-hui.
And she'll end up helping him
without knowing anything.
I can't let that happen.
So you want to tell Seo-hui?
No, you mustn't tell her anything.
It'll only put her in danger.
We can never stop my father
with the things that I've tried so far.
More people will die.
Except for me.
We need to do something
that my father and Mr. In
can't even imagine.
Something that can get the world's attention.
Someone who can help Seo-hui get closer to the truth.
The only person my father will never
want to lose.
We must use that person.
Who is that?
Jeong Sang-hun.
Sang-hun.
OPEN FOLDER
No...
Yeong-min.
It's okay.
I don't want to die
without accomplishing anything.
I want to do something.
You know what I mean.
I made Kim Pil-yeon a suspect at first
because he also kept his silence knowing the whole thing.
If he was spotted as the culprit,
I thought he would tell you and the police the truth.
And I did the same thing to Choi Chi-deuk who only tried to make money
using the whole thing when he knew the truth.
I thought they all were accomplices.
But after they were killed by Dad and Mr. In,
I had no other choices.
Even after Choe Su-hyeon was revealed, Dad still tried to cover it up.
And he even tried to make you the scapegoat.
We had only one choice left.
I can't do this.
I know how cruel it was to you
and how selfish it was of me.
But, Seo-hui...
It had to be you.
I really wanted you to do this.
Because
the whole thing started with our dads' wrongdoings.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
I'm sorry, Sang-hun.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry. It must've hurt so much.
Please come back.
Come back to me, Sang-hun.
Sir, there are a lot of reporters camping outside.
I don't think we can control the press reports.
After the agreement is revealed, the shareholders are reeling.
What should we do?
- No. - Pardon?
No.
My son wouldn't do such a thing.
Sang-hun would never...
Did you
do the whole thing on purpose?
Did you not even want to live in the first place?
Did you want to stop the business that badly?
Detective Jo.
You did as much as you could.
I know you were done
with the life here already.
But it felt like the old times when we were working on this case.
You weren't afraid of anything.
Is that what you think?
But I couldn't find him until things had gone this far,
even though I tried to do my best.
We can't find out what he was thinking right before he died
with an autopsy, can we?
I mean...
I'm just curious.
What could those two
have been thinking of?
The man named Jeong Sang-hun must've been in a lot of pain.
Given what he went through, I can tell how painful it was.
Brain tumor.
It had grown a lot.
He wouldn't have lasted for long anyway.
And I'm pretty sure he knew about his condition.
He even used the euthanasia drug.
There was no way you could stop him.
Tae-sik.
Don't beat yourself up.
Okay?
But still...
It must've been hard.
For you.
The disappearance case of CEO Jeong Sang-hun of JQ Group
that caused quite a stir across the country
finally came to an end
yesterday afternoon after three months.
Jeong was found dead in a deserted building
located in Yeongil-myeon, Songju,
and his body had been mutilated
when it was discovered.
According to the report, the criminal who murdered Jeong
is Jin, who became the new CEO of Songju JQ after Jeong's disappearance.
He allegedly committed
the crime due to personal grudges.
JQ Group hasn't yet made any official announcement about this case.
According to the agreement, your father, the late Assemblyman Kim Seung-cheol
was involved in the contamination case of Jeonggeon Steelwork.
Were you not afraid to reveal the agreement?
Before my father passed away,
he was going to confess his crime.
And...
I also realized something going through this incident.
I realized that it's wrong to reveal
only parts of the truth that will benefit you.
It's no different
from telling a lie.
Too many people have become
victims of such lies.
I believe that
revealing the truth
is a way to repent of my father's wrongdoing.
Your husband was recently found dead.
Apparently, the criminal was the CEO of Songju JQ
and the best friend of your husband.
Why do you think he committed those crimes and harmed your husband?
CEO Jin also tried
to correct all the mistakes.
And...
my husband
asked him to do it.
- What's she talking about? - He asked him to do it?
- I don't understand. - What does she mean?
The criminal who murdered my husband
was CEO Jin Yeong-min.
But it was also
my husband, Jeong Sang-hun, himself.
- What do you mean? - What makes you say such a thing?
- Can you tell us more details? - Do you mean he killed himself?
- How is it even possible? - Please answer it.
JQ is a company of murderers
and it must be punished.
- It must be punished. - My husband believed
that he should reveal JQ's brutality and accuse those who tried to cover it up.
And he thought he had to sacrifice himself
for those who suffered from the contamination.
Have the car ready.
Assemblyman Hong.
We'd like you to go to the police station with us.
Where am I going?
Do you know who I am?
I know it well.
Mr. Hong Min-guk, I'd like you to go voluntarily
to the police station
on the charge of accepting bribes and sexual advances from JQ.
How dare you...
If you don't want to, I can interrogate you here.
It doesn't matter to me.
Are you okay with that?
NAM SU-MI
Ms. Nam Su-mi.
You are under arrest for dereliction of duty.
Get your hand off the mouse and come here.
Go and handcuff her.
Handcuff her.
- You might get hurt. - Let go of me.
You have the right to talk to an attorney and defend yourself.
You can also ask for habeas corpus and remain silent.
I clearly told you.
Take her.
Take all the stuff in here.
- Okay. - Shoot.
Chairman Jeong.
You're under suspicion of offering bribes. You should come to the police station.
Let's go.
Mr. Kim, you don't have to come.
Call my attorney, Mr. Choe.
We've had enough of this, right?
Facing each other in here like this.
But,
you're not getting out this time.
I can fill this place with people
who saw you killing Jin Yeong-min.
He...
enticed me.
Whether he enticed you or not,
the fact that you killed him doesn't change.
And now you know
why Jin Yeong-min did all that.
You know what?
Jin Yeong-min and you are quite similar.
Though his last choice
was totally different from yours.
So...
are you not going to admit that Chairman Jeong was involved?
Chairman Jeong
has nothing to do with this.
You're unbelievable.
That's impressive.
You never change.
It's like
a long crush on someone
has turned into your belief.
I guess you don't know
how to live your life in a different way.
It's not my business how you live your life.
But what about your father?
Will you leave him there?
You'll end up in jail anyway.
Now that it's happening,
it might be better
not to do anything you'd regret.
Are you saying
the agreement is fabricated
and Jeong Sang-hun didn't kill himself,
but murdered by Jin Yeong-min?
Is this your claim?
No matter how many times you ask, my answer won't change.
That's enough
of the tiring squabbling.
I came all the way here
to talk to you when you don't even have an arrest warrant.
I believe
I did all I could do.
CEO Nam Su-mi of Bareun News and Assemblyman Hong Min-guk.
They've already admitted the charge of accepting bribes
from you.
We found the borrowed name bank account and circumstantial evidence for bribery.
I guess you guys weren't very loyal to each other.
Apparently they are already seeking for a way of escape.
It's just their claims.
False statements can't be used as evidence...
I already know that.
So?
Are you not going to admit the charge?
"I'm sorry. It's all my fault."
How hard is it to say such a thing?
Remaining silent
doesn't make what you did go away.
That's why your son ended up like that, so now you should...
Hey.
Shut your mouth.
Don't say
a word about my son.
Time's up.
He answered your questions as best as he could.
You don't have the legal rights to keep him here.
We should get going now.
Chairman Jeong, let's go.
That's too bad.
- I'm afraid you can't leave. - What do you mean?
The arrest warrant
has just been issued.
Please have a seat.
Mr. Jeong Yeong-mun.
Sit.
Let's get started.
I have never dealt with such awful people in my life before.
You know what? In Dong-gu at least admitted
to the crimes his father took the blame for.
But look what Jeong Yeong-min said.
His own son
came up with this dreadful plan because of what he did
and even sacrificed his life.
He said it was Jin Yeong-min's doing and he was being framed.
How could a human being say such a thing?
To that bastard, apologizing is harder
than killing someone.
That's how he lived his whole life.
He thinks the world will collapse
the moment he admits his mistakes.
He doesn't know that it already collapsed.
Ms. Kim.
I would like to talk to my father-in-law.
There is...
There's no way my son would do such a thing to me.
Yeong-min planned everything.
It's all Yeong-min's doing!
Father, I knew
you wouldn't accept the truth.
Read it. Sang-hun wrote the letter himself.
Do you still refuse to accept it?
Sang-hun started all of this
only to stop you, Father.
No.
- No. - He tried everything,
but he still couldn't stop you.
Because he couldn't stop you,
he thought he must tell the world the truth
even if it meant he had to sacrifice the remainder of his life.
Here's what I think, Father.
Regardless of your relationship with Sang-hun,
I believe
that Sang-hun truly loved you.
That's why he just couldn't let you walk
on the wrong path or see people die because of it.
No one
would go this far for someone they don't even love.
What about you, Father?
Did you love Sang-hun?
Of course.
Do you mean it?
Are you sure you loved him?
Father, if you loved Sang-hun as your son
even for a moment,
and if you can understand what Sang-hun had gone through,
you should answer his wish.
You have already hurt him enough as it is.
Do you want his death
to be a waste, too?
Will you abandon him
even in his death?
The lieutenant in charge of the case will explain
the result of the investigation in detail now.
Hello. I'm the lieutenant in charge of the case. My name is Jo Tae-sik.
We obtained the videotapes Jeong Sang-hun had filmed when he was alive.
We have found out that this case was not executed by Jin alone
and that it was a planned crime Jeong Sang-hun was also part of.
At the end of our investigation,
we found out that these two individuals planned the act
in order to expose the corruption of Jeonggeon Steelwork.
- Please say something to the people. - Mr. Hong. Please answer our questions.
- Are the accusations all true? - How much money have you received?
- How do you feel right now? - Mr. Hong.
As of now, we are investigating
and summoning
every politician and businessman related
to the contamination in Songju.
- Please answer our questions. - You'll hurt yourself. Be careful.
Through this case,
we had to repent of our ineffective protocol for initial investigations.
We also discovered corrupt relationships between police officers
- and those who wield political power. - Mr. In Dong-gu.
We also had to bear the pain of countless sacrifices
which stemmed from these.
Some of the sacrifices belong to innocent people
who were devastatingly hurt.
Among them, there was a death
of a young detective who had just begun his career.
We, the police, will reflect on our actions
so that a tragedy like this never happens again.
And we will do our best to dedicate our lives to bringing justice.
LATE JIN YEONG-MIN
I...
don't understand it yet.
I don't get how we ended up here.
But I know one thing for sure.
That the decision you made suits you.
YEONGWON CHILDREN'S HOME
Yeong-min.
Jin Yeong-min.
Rest in peace now.
Just be yourself.
And rest.
JEON HO-GYU
Ho-gyu.
How are you?
We...
caught the culprits.
People who hurt you like this...
We caught all of them.
Had we caught them a bit sooner,
you could have stayed with us.
You got promoted.
Goodness.
You punk. Aren't you a big shot now?
Things could have been awkward between us with your promotion.
I just dropped by.
Congratulations.
Sergeant Jeon Ho-gyu.
Good job.
And thank you.
I miss you.
I miss you a lot, Ho-gyu.
Hey, pour him a glass of soju.
Okay.
You know, he's not good at holding his liquor.
I need to pour him just a little bit.
If I give him two glasses, he'll get drunk.
It sounds like you two had drinks together.
That day when you yelled at him, I comforted him.
So we had a few drinks together.
I see. You knew he can't hold his liquor, but you still made him drink?
It's not what you think.
Nothing happened, right?
I think
Ho-gyu sort of had a thing for me.
Really?
- Hey, he's probably listening. - No.
Don't make up stuff now.
- Have you finished packing? - Yes.
Let's go.
Are you emigrating or something?
Does my stuff duplicate itself or something?
Why do I have so much stuff?
Let's go before the traffic jam starts.
Detective Jo.
- Thank you for your help. - Good job.
- I appreciate your help. - Goodbye.
Did you park the car over there?
- Yes, it's parked over there. - Okay.
- Ms. Kim. - What's going on?
How could you not even say goodbye?
You didn't tell her?
No wonder she's disappointed.
Since our case is wrapped up,
we're going back to Seoul.
I don't think I can survive in the countryside.
What's wrong?
If you feel sad about saying goodbye, should we have some gukbap
- and soju? What do you say? - Hey.
Go and wait in the car. Hey.
Take this.
And wait in the car.
Ms. Kim.
Thank you.
You found Sang-hun.
No. I...
I wish I'd done a better job.
Detective Jo.
I'll tell you what.
There were several times when I wanted to give up on everything.
I was really scared.
Things looked bleak.
I just wasn't confident that I could deal
with those hellish moments by myself.
But whenever I looked around,
you were trying so hard with the case.
It wasn't like Sang-hun was your husband.
Come on. Why are you saying that?
Anyway, I was able to finish it thanks to you.
I'm pretty sure
I could have never done it by myself.
And I'm sure
Sang-hun is really grateful for your help, too.
Do you hate Mr. Jeong Sang-hun?
I'll hate him for the rest of my life.
And I'll miss him for the rest of my life, too.
I can't
picture myself
spending time without Sang-hun yet.
I'm sure you'll get through it.
We won't probably see each other again.
Right.
We shouldn't.
All right.
Watch your step.
Goodness.
This is nice, isn't it?
- Home is the best place to be, isn't it? - Yes.
Gosh, you've gotten so old now.
Well, I do age, too.
We should say goodbye to the hospital
and live a healthy and long life at home. Okay?
The house must be in a mess. What should we do?
I told you to clean up whenever you had time.
To be honest, I thought my back was going to break yesterday.
Good job, my son.
Take a seat.
When I was young, this house looked so big.
- Mom. - Yes?
How come you never talked about Ga-yeon?
Come to think of it,
after that incident,
you never talked about her.
You never brought her up.
Well, you're talking about her for the first time, too.
That's true.
Gosh, it took quite a long time.
Mom, how are you?
Do you still
think about her a lot?
I think about her from time to time.
On some days, I don't know what had gotten into me.
I would wake up in the middle of the night
and cry my eyes out.
And on some days,
it surprises me that I didn't think about her
even once.
And after all those years, I'm here.
My days
aren't always excruciatingly painful.
My days aren't always without thoughts about her.
It goes back and forth. The line gets blurred.
- That's life, I guess. - Okay.
It must have been hard for you, too.
No. I've been okay because I have you, Mom.
I've been able to live until now thanks to you, too.
Jo Tae-sik.
Tae-sik!
Hey, Tae-sik.
I told you to wait for me.
Let's go together.
When did you grow so tall?
You are still skinny.
Do you skip meals?
What are you talking about?
I eat a lot and gained weight, too.
By the way, I'm a cop now.
I know that, too.
It's all right, Tae-sik.
You heard what Mom said earlier, right?
That's how life is.
There are some good days and bad days.
I know that you've been torturing yourself because of what happened to me.
So I want you to stop thinking about me now.
Ga-yeon, where are you?
Ga-yeon.
- Ga-yeon. - Goodness, you guys are such crybabies.
Ga-yeon, where are you?
Stop pranking me.
Ga-yeon.
- Have a good life, my dear brother. - Where are you, Ga-yeon?
Take this!
Let's go!
Charge forward!
Eun-seong.
It's my first time calling you by your real name.
Eun-seong.
Yu Eun-seong.
I'm sorry
that we couldn't stay together longer.