(Episode 31)
(Applicant Nam Ki Taek)
(Resume: Nam Ki Taek)
What? Mr. Nam was doing that?
We can't leave him to keep working at the company.
We needed him to release the new product, so I left him alone.
I should report him and fire him.
The thing is that he's blackmailing me...
because he thinks I'm cheating on you with Seon Hwa.
What a jerk.
It seems like Seon Hwa promoted Mr. Nam's store before,
and he didn't pay her.
I helped her argue with him.
He's kind of blackmailing me for that.
What? Did she come to ask him to pay her today too?
We need to talk.
The preparations for the new product launch meeting are going well.
I'll replace you with Mr. Han Jong Ho to prepare for the meeting.
I don't understand what you mean.
Ms. Yoon, I've been putting in a lot of effort...
You know better why you're being replaced.
How bold you are.
Don't you know you can be punished for unfair competition by law?
Ms. Yoon, give me a break.
I'm going to report you, so you need to get a lawyer.
As of today, you no longer work at Daekook Confectionery.
Ms. Yoon, they say fair is fair.
Would you let it slide this once?
Mr. Moon and I decided to settle it by ourselves too.
Settle it?
How?
It turns out Mr. Moon is a married man with a child.
And I think the girl who promoted my store was named Bong Seon Hwa.
He was two-timing while taking good care of her.
Shut your mouth.
It's your prerogative to marry a guy like him,
but did you get Chairman Yoon's approval?
How dare you?
I was just going to fill him in.
Who are you to meddle in my business?
Seeing that you're trembling with anger,
I guess Chairman Yoon doesn't know about it.
If you want to tell my dad, go ahead. I won't stop you.
But you'll need to go to the station before that.
So you won't have time for that.
Come on. You're the chairman's daughter.
As someone who represents the company, why do you keep talking down to me?
Besides, once everyone in the company finds out...
that you're marrying a family man with the kid,
it'll bring disgrace on Daekook Confectionery. Is that okay?
Who do you think you're blackmailing?
Fine.
I'll just ask Chairman Yoon...
if he knows about this or not.
If he didn't,
you wouldn't be able to get married.
If he did,
I would get punished by law.
It'd be either of them.
Whichever it is, you'd get punished.
I'm going to report you...
for breaching the unfair competition prevention act.
Where do you think you're going?
How dare you threaten me?
Hey.
How blameless do you think you are?
I'm not the only one who violated the law.
You should let me off the hook since you're not totally innocent either!
Ms. Yoon, let's settle this by ourselves.
Can we please?
It'll benefit both of us...
if you turn a blind eye to this.
Why would you want to make it worse?
A jerk like you belongs to the police station.
Prepare yourself.
Where are you going?
Let me go.
Get off of me!
Let go of it.
Let it go!
It's an urgent document. Where is she?
What brings you here?
Ms. Yoon is in there, right?
Soo Chul.
What do I do?
No.
Help me, Soo Chul.
I didn't kill Nam Ki Taek.
You understand what I mean, right?
If my dad finds out about Seon Hwa and Sang Hyuk...
and what happened to the old lady, I'll be doomed!
I won't be recognized by my dad, and it'll all be over for me.
What are you going to do about it, then?
It's too late to give up now.
All right. I get it.
Let's talk again later.
Get out of here first.
Soo Chul.
Take care of the security cameras first.
We don't have enough time.
Okay.
Hold on.
Just a while ago,
Seon Hwa talked to Nam Ki Taek here.
Give me the phone.
Get the security cameras now.
Mr. Kim, what brings you here?
I always thank you for your good work.
Why don't you go get yourself some tea?
Thank you.
(Come to the emergency exit now.)
Come to the emergency exit now. I'll pay you.
That's a surprise. He's been reluctant.
I guess he realized he couldn't just hold out.
This is not fair.
What are you talking about?
I'll go meet someone for a moment.
Private Yoon.
Where is he rushing to?
Is he kidding me?
Hey, Mr. Nam!
Wake up! Come on!
Someone is...
Help! Someone's dead!
No! I didn't do this!
Why are you doing this? It wasn't me!
He was already dead when I got here.
We've reported it to the police. Wait here.
Did you get rid of the CCTV footage?
Yes. I removed all traces of you at the scene.
Are you okay?
Shouldn't you go to the hospital?
No.
Why am I so unlucky?
I never meant for any of this to happen.
Why me?
Why do things like this always happen to me?
What did I do to deserve this?
It's not your fault.
It's okay.
It's all right, Jae Gyeong.
Moon Sang Hyuk.
How can you be so irresponsible?
I accepted the marriage because Jae Gyeong is pregnant,
but I think I made that decision too easily.
Are we talking about this again?
I know you hate me.
I'm not asking you to impress me!
Your own child is living in that house,
and you neglect to pay the rent for months? How irresponsible of you!
Pay the rent?
Yes.
Are you paying her the child support?
It's none of your business. I'll take care of it myself.
Just mind your own business.
You jerk!
Don't you dare bully those two women! You better pay the child support.
And if you make Jae Gyeong shed a tear, I won't let it go.
You got that?
It's me.
What?
A murder happened at the company?
(Police line)
What's going on?
Is that the body?
It wasn't me. I didn't kill him.
Just come with us to the witness interview.
I just came here to meet him.
- When I got there, he was already... - Tell us when we're there.
(Police)
Get her in the car.
What happened? You said there was a murder.
Nam Ki Taek is dead.
What?
How?
I don't know.
But...
- Seon Hwa is the suspect. - What?
Seon Hwa?
Seon Hwa was at the crime scene.
So she was caught in the act.
What does that mean?
She killed him?
- That's impossible. - The police will find out about that.
We can't just sit here and be surprised.
We need to stop the news from spreading.
Yes, sir.
Yes, I understand.
I trust you completely, sir.
Thank you. It's all in your hands now.
I just talked to the chief of police.
Make sure you stop all the reporters from spreading this.
We'll make a statement as soon as the investigation results are out.
- So just keep quiet. - Yes, sir.
What happened, Dad?
The employees who saw it told me that they captured the suspect.
- Who is it? - Be quiet and sit down.
Who died, Soo Chul?
Nam Ki Taek from the bakery and pastry department.
Why did he die? I mean, why was he killed?
We don't know that yet.
How can this happen at a confectionery company?
What are you doing?
Contact the PR office and stop the news from spreading.
If this gets out, our sales and stock prices will be done for!
Jae Gyeong already took action...
so that the press can't mention the company's name. I'll get going then.
That's so mean, Dad.
Someone just died, and you're worried about the sales and stock prices?
What? You're adding fuel to the fire.
Why shouldn't I be worried about the sales and stocks?
You should take care of the family of the deceased first.
The person who passed away was an employee here.
We don't even know what happened. Why should we take care of them?
Stop acting like you're a philanthropist.
You're bothering me. Get out!
(Kkanpunggi's boss)
I'll see you at home.
Don't worry about it too much, Dad.
I'm sure it won't affect the company too badly.
Hello?
That little punk. He knows how to soothe me.
So you met the victim Nam Ki Taek because you had to get money from him?
How many times do I have to tell you?
- How did you get wounded? - What?
Well...
This...
He grabbed my shoulder,
and I tried to shake it off. That's why I got wounded.
- And that's why you pushed him? - No. I didn't push him!
How many times do I have to repeat the same thing?
Goodness.
Mr. Hong.
I was busy. You can't just call me whenever you want to.
Oh, this song!
When did you release this new song? I didn't hear about this.
What do you think? Don't you think people will love it?
I even did a radio interview.
Since when did you get so famous, Kkanpunggi?
I didn't.
I know a radio producer from when I just started singing.
Is that so?
Kkanpunggi.
Can I...
ask you a favor?
What is it?
It's my dream to be cast in a show.
But they said I was old-fashioned and useless. Nobody would cast me.
But what does it mean to be a singer?
It's about feeling alive when you're singing in front of the audience.
You were a singer?
You little... Hey!
I went to the sauna with Tae Jin Ah...
and drank soju with Song Dae Kwan...
when promoting "Red Butterfly."
So you've never actually made a debut as a singer.
That's why I opened up this cafe.
Hey, Yong Pil.
Yes.
Yong Pil.
I can't believe how strong her hands are.
My head still hurts.
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Are you?
She took out a lot of your hair, right?
Oh, Mom...
I'm going to listen to you well from now on.
Look at this little rascal.
You're the best, no matter what happens.
You're the only one...
- who cares about me that much. - You realized that now?
You can love Sang Hyuk as much as you want.
I won't get upset about that anymore.
All right.
But that fake mother-in-law was so strong,
even with two of us against her. We didn't stand a chance.
We went easy on her...
since it wasn't fair play with 2 against 1.
Right?
By the way, I'm scared that the chairman would ask us to pay...
for breaking the antique vase.
Goodness.
I can't believe something like that happened at the company.
You already heard about it?
Soo Chul has a big mouth.
Darling, I'm an executive at Daekook Confectionery.
Why should I be kept from this?
I didn't want you to get worried.
We already stopped the press,
so we'll be able to get past this.
The press has already caught on. Would it be possible to cover it up?
I can't believe there was a murder at a confectionery.
Don't worry.
People tend to forget about things that don't concern them easily.
The problem is how we'll handle it right now.
I heard you witnessed the accident.
Yes.
I saw the two people arguing.
That must be why you reported the suspect at the scene.
The suspect must've...
pushed Mr. Nam away, right?
I didn't see her push him over.
I did see her...
shaking him by the shoulder.
A murder took place at a confectionery.
If it were you,
would you want to buy products from such a company?
It doesn't matter that you didn't see her pushing him because of a time gap.
You saw...
Mr. Nam and the suspect as they were fighting.
And the suspect was by Mr. Nam when he died.
What else is necessary other than that?
That's right.
Chairman Yoon also wants this case...
to be closed quickly.
The promotion review will be conducted soon.
It seems that you have...
good work performance scores.
And I'll take into account that you help close...
the case early.
Thank you.
Please cooperate so that we can get back to work at the company.
Yes, don't worry.
It worked.
It'll all be okay.
There's no problem now.
Seon Hwa.
Where are you?
Why don't you come over quickly for dinner?
Bok Soon, I think I'll be coming late.
Please look after Sae Byeok for me.
Don't worry about Sae Byeok.
He's asleep after having food.
By the way, why do you sound so tired?
Okay. Don't strain yourself.
Why does she sound so listless?
Will Seon Hwa be coming late?
Yes.
Next news.
At an emergency exit of D Confectionery this afternoon,
Mr. Nam, of the cooking department, was found dead...
by a colleague, who reported it to the police.
The police arrested suspect A at the crime scene...
and are investigating after securing all CCTV in the building.
The police are also looking into whether there is a witness...
other than the one who reported.
The police have brought suspect A and are conducting an investigation.
In order to find the exact cause of death, the body has been moved...
to the National Forensic Service with a request for an autopsy.
Next news.
What is this about?
The building we just saw...
is the one Sang Hyuk works at, right?
Yes.
It seems like something happened at his company.
- Give Sang Hyuk a call. - Okay.
Do you think something terrible happened?
What could be happening ahead of their wedding?
You've submitted this phone...
as evidence of this case.
I only wanted to receive...
the promotional fee from him.
I didn't do anything wrong, so please let me go.
We have so much evidence that says you killed him.
Your transit card was found at the scene,
and there was your bloodstain in the victim's nail.
And the cut at the back of your hand.
There is so much that I can't read them all.
Why don't you get this over with by confessing?
I didn't do it.
Goodness.
Detective Kim.
What happened to the suspect?
Will she be arrested right away?
She had a clear motive,
so she will be taken into custody for the investigation.
After the evidence found at the scene...
is sent to the NFS and undergoes DNA analysis...
Evidence was found at the scene?
The dead victim was clutching a bracelet.
A bracelet?
Let go of it.
Let it go!
I'll call you back. What's wrong?
I'm done.
It's over.
The bracelet they found at the scene...
is mine.
What?
It's conclusive evidence.
I won't be able to back out.
What should I do about this?
I've tried so hard to get out of this mess.
But how could they bind me down like this?
Calm down.
Calm down, and let's think of another way.
What way could there possibly be?
How can I get my bracelet at the station back on my wrist?
Seon Hwa is running very late.
I know. She's not picking up calls either.
She's not usually like this. I'm worried.
I'll go over to Seon Hwa's house.
She'd passed out from malnutrition last time too.
Right. Hurry over there.
She could have passed out.
Seon Hwa has the same bracelet that I have.
Since she split up with Sang Hyuk,
I'm not sure if she still has it.
But I should cling to the tiniest hope.
Be careful. It'll all be over if you get caught. You know it, right?
Don't worry.
If something happens, I'll bear the responsibility.
Private Yoon.
Why are you here, Sergeant Bae?
That's what I want to ask you. What brings you here?
I'm here to give the landlady the rent she couldn't pay.
How did I bump into him here?
What about you? What are you doing here so late?
Seon Hwa didn't pick up my calls, so I was worried if she had passed out.
What? We should go check on her right away, then.
(The Second Husband)
It's yours, right?
That's ridiculous.
Why would he be clutching my bracelet when he died?
It was there because you are the culprit.
Jae Min is looking into a lawyer to save Seon Hwa?
Why is he meddling in every matter? What does he have to do with her?
Admit that I murdered him?
If you get sentenced to ten years while trying to prove your innocence,
who's going to take care of your child?
He might get sent to an orphanage.
You're wearing the same bracelet as Ms. Bong Seon Hwa.
May I see that on your wrist?
Are you suspecting me?
What's this scratch?