I will tell you what it is.
The responsibility of Cheonha Group's slush fund.
Pin it on Managing Director Yoo Min Sung.
You wench.
You're finally showing your true colors.
My son is unconscious, at death's door,
and you want to frame him for what he didn't do?
Love for your son or Cheonha Group.
You must pick just one, ma'am.
It was wrong of me to compare the two.
Nothing can beat a mother's love.
But even if you choose your son over the company,
can you save him?
On the other hand, Cheonha...
can be saved if you make the right choice.
If you cut me loose,
you will lose a great deal.
My husband and his connections.
Are you prepared to lose that?
I can't do that to my son.
Not myself.
Your grandson, Director Yoo will do it for you.
You came in voluntarily as a witness?
(Episode 14)
(Cheonha Gallery Slush Fund Statement)
(Director of the National Tax Service)
(Superintendent of Education)
Yoo In Ha.
Do you know what you're doing?
Is this how you treat a witness who came forward?
Shall we get the titles straight, Prosecutor Kang?
I'll ask again, sir.
Do you know what you're doing, Director Yoo?
Ji Ho. I brought you the truth that you favor so much.
To make you a star.
Is the chairwoman in on this?
Oh, right.
There's something you should remember at all costs.
There's nothing my grandma doesn't know.
The chairwoman went against...
our deal?
There's no point in going to see her.
There's an exception to everything.
The exception to my grandma?
It's me.
I'm the only grandchild who can manipulate my grandma.
That makes me something you can never be.
I'm Yoo In Ha, her heir and successor.
You can go. Good news awaits.
I thought you'd gone home.
The chairwoman suddenly called and I put off signing my statement.
I just wrapped things up with the help of your staff.
In Ha changed his mind.
Is that on you?
Our conversation was quite interesting.
The aftermath will be quite something. Let's see how it plays out.
The White-haired Witch?
She's on the move.
(Seoul District Prosecutor's Office)
Do I seem like a different person?
It's the first time you gave instructions with an ulterior motive.
I was a bit flustered.
You hide a different you deep inside.
How would I be different?
Someone else will be put in charge of the special investigation?
Why do you keep asking?
It was the prosecutor general's call.
It wasn't yours?
The media calls you a conglomerate sniper and a star prosecutor.
Are you floating above the clouds?
It's about justice?
As if.
Se Young has you wrapped around her little finger.
She has covered both your eyes,
and you come, sit, and crawl when she says.
The girl who's so clever and sly manipulated you completely.
I don't think you should say that about your daughter.
What? Do you think I'm wrong?
Will you stop it, sir?
You'd hit me if I let you.
Busan, Daejeon, and Gwangju. Take your pick.
You were in Daegu before.
Shall I send you to Jeju Island?
Take a five-year break.
Wind, rocks, and women. Sounds nice, doesn't it?
Where's the owner?
Get out here!
Where are you? Show yourself!
Come right here.
You borrowed 300,000 dollars. It's time you pay us back.
Sell the store if you can't.
Or hand over a few organs.
This is too crazy.
You can't barge in here all of a sudden.
I'm repaying the interest on time.
So what if you pay the interest?
The principal remains untouched.
Don't you know you must repay the principal now too?
How much do I need to wire you each month, then?
The calculator.
- Here it is, sir. - Take this.
Each month, you must pay us 8,999 dollars and 99 cents.
Including the interest that's in arrears,
the total is 488,999 dollars and...
I'd rather you just kill me. Kill me!
- Kill me instead! - Hey.
Do you think I can't kill you if you ask me to?
You know her son's a prosecutor, don't you?
And that what you're doing is illegal.
I'll explain, just in case you don't.
Assaulting or threatening the debtor or someone they know,
giving away personal or credit details of a debtor to a third party,
demanding interest that exceeds the legal limit, etc.
Who are you? Who brought you here?
What do you think you're doing?
I can't sign this.
My boss, the White-haired Witch will bury me if she sees this.
This is the same rate a bank charges.
Must I subpoena your boss to make you sign it?
She'll bury not just you but all of us. Just sign it.
Okay.
You borrowed from a loan shark when you sold the Wangsimni store to move here?
It got this bad because I didn't know better.
Don't worry. I'll sort it out.
Where can you get 300,000 dollars in just two weeks?
I'll find a way.
My gosh. Seriously, Mom.
This is insane.
What should I do?
I think something's going wrong.
No.
I don't make mistakes.
And I never fail.
I'd been saving up to get married.
I'm out of my mind.
Is it my fault I was born to a poor single mom?
Have you ever lived a life where the only thing...
you were good at was studying?
For all three years of high school,
and four years of university, I was the top student of my year.
That's not an easy feat, you know.
I want to live like the people who live high up in society.
What's wrong with that?
If I can just get my claws into her,
I think that life can be mine, so what?
Love?
Yes, I love her.
Is it a desire to love a rich woman?
Does ditching a girlfriend of ten years make me a scumbag?
I wish I got a windfall!
What?
What's that?
What's this?
Am I dreaming again?
You acted like you're the smartest person alive.
You lost your mistress and had no idea your mother was in debt.
Kang Ji Ho, is bragging the only thing you're capable of?
When and how will you pay back your mother's 300,000 dollar debt,
and make enough to let my aunt and me...
quit cleaning and support all of Han Byeol's hobbies?
You're out of your mind,
and that's why you don't know you have problems.
You just talk about wanting to rule the world.
Don't come closer.
You want a windfall? Here are some punches instead.
Wake up and pull yourself together.
I'm letting you off with this because you're Han Byeol's dad.
Was that a dream too?
Was it?
Hello. I'm General Manager Joo Se Young.
I hope we all get along.
Thank you for the warm welcome.
What I think is most important is a sense of responsibility.
I expect a lot from you, Ms. Joo.
Cheonha Fashion's future just got brighter.
You're a great addition to the team.
Thank you.
Nice to meet you. I'm the head designer.
- It's a pleasure. - Likewise.
I hope we make a great team.
(General Manager of Design, Joo Se Young)
(Aphrodite, Cheonha Fashion Design Competition, 1st Round Selection)
(Creature, Cheonha Fashion Design Competition, 1st Round Selection)
(Black Knight)
(Black Knight, 2nd Round Selection)
Have a drink.
I heard of your prowess.
We need the youth to step up.
Thank you.
The thing is,
Mr. Joo, the head of my district...
appointed someone else to take over the Cheonha investigation.
Did he?
He told me you approved the decision.
Do you know how many things I approve each day?
To be honest,
when a district head asks for approval to transfer a prosecutor,
I don't even read the document.
If you weren't aware of it,
could you take back the decision?
I can't back out of the investigation...
and move to a different district.
Of course you can't. We know who you are.
You're a star who will do great things for us.
I think you'll get promoted before your head Joo Bum Seok does.
Thank you.
May I take that to mean I can continue with the Cheonha investigation?
If I let you,
what will you do for me?
You took a five-million-dollar bribe from Cheonha Group.
I can take you off the list.
I heard rumors you were ruthless and a stickler for rules.
You're willing to negotiate.
Once you get back,
what will you do?
I'll investigate thoroughly.
Was Managing Director Yoo Min Sung really in charge of the slush fund,
or is he a scapegoat they offered up to save someone else?
Must you get to the bottom of that?
Isn't that obvious?
How is it obvious?
What kind of math is that?
Welcome.
Let me offer you a drink.
Sure.
You believe you do what you do for justice, don't you?
But...
this is the result.
You took a five-million-dollar bribe from Cheonha Group.
I can take you off the list.
Kang Ji Ho. If you're really honest and upright,
you shouldn't offer to cover up his corruption.
Why are you doing this to me, sir?
Why?
Because I'm just an average human being myself.
I'm weak and I know how to compromise.
The fact that I'm all about ambition...
is something we have in common.
Weak to the strong and strong to the weak.
That's worldly logic.
Yoo In Ha.
This is the difference between you and me, Ji Ho.
You can't even touch the tip of my foot.
Enjoy yourselves.
I'll treat you at a much nicer place next time.
Have some, Mr. Ko.
Don't mind me.
It's hard work, always on your feet, standing behind the chairwoman.
Thank you for your generosity. I'll enjoy the treat.
It's delicious.
I picked out your favorites, ma'am.
I think the special investigation's drawing to a close.
Dr. Kim says...
my son Min Sung...
is likely not to recover.
I can't let...
Cheonha Group crumble and fall like this.
Cheonha Group and their subsidiaries' stocks...
reached an all-time low.
Chairwoman Ma Hyun Duk's heir Managing Director Yoo Min Sung...
is still unconscious following a car crash,
and the prosecutors' special investigation revealed...
Cheonha Gallery was used to amass a slush fund and offer bribes...
of which Yoo Min Sung was in full control of.
Please calm down, ma'am.
There is a solution. Let's talk in your study.
I think you should appoint a new managing director and soon.
Who do you think should take the position?
The new managing director should be...
me, Seol Yu Gyeong.
What?
Who?
Me, Seol Yu Gyeong.
I knew it. How did you manage to keep your ambitions hidden so far?
You can't wait to push me aside and take my spot.
You must be so impatient.
Do you think I don't know what you're plotting?
It's to bring order to the confusion.
We must rally the employees,
and get Cheonha's negative image back on track.
We can try to close our eyes, but the world will see the truth.
Don't you dare act like you mean well!
Since you gave a voice to your greed,
it's time to come clean and be honest.
Who knows?
If your greed and my practical interests align,
I might give you much more than you asked for.
What did I mean to you?
I was one of the university students you supported,
I was your secretary, I was your trusted servant...
And quite a clever strategist.
You were a good troubleshooter who never got my hands dirty.
Do you think I don't know that?
What about your life?
You want me to pay up now?
Yes. You can pay me back once for the 3 or 4 times I saved your skin.
If you truly care about me.
That's incorrect.
I don't care about anyone.
What if I'm still someone...
you need to keep around?
Yes. That is correct.
Then prove it to me.
Only then can I risk my life for you.
I will consider it seriously.
You need to brace yourself too.
"Black Knight?" Thanks for including me.
Do you think I'll be any help at all?
It's menswear.
Just having you on the team is a huge support.
You're better at sewing than I am.
You are my black knight.
I'm so touched.
Text me what you want me to do.
I'll leave work on time and focus on the competition.
- Stay in touch. - Okay.
What's this? I still have it?
I didn't think you'd ask to see me first.
- Here you go. - Hey.
I forgot I still had it.
I see.
I'd forgotten I'd lent it to you.
The handkerchief's just an excuse.
I wanted to ask how things are going.
What do you want to know?
Why did you announce you'll marry Se Young?
She's my fiancée.
Don't you know what that means?
Did you do so because if you announce you'll marry Se Young,
you thought Ji Ho would come back to Han Byeol and me?
If he were to do that, would you take him back?
I feel bad you're in such a mess.
But I'm sorry to say that announcement...
was more about healing my bruised ego than helping you.
I cared more about how I could hurt Ji Ho for betraying me.
Did you announce you'll marry Se Young so Ji Ho can't have her?
It's more complicated than that.
But to put it simply, yes.
I wanted to show Ji Ho my privilege.
How arrogant the wealthy are.
What Ji Ho can never have.
I wanted him to see that.
Then you must know how he's doing now, then.
And that his mother is in trouble for borrowing from a loan shark.
His mother owes a loan shark?
Sorry.
I thought you were angry with Ji Ho...
and got the loan sharks involved.
You thought that of me?
I guess...
you dislike me a lot.
Send loan sharks over? Me?
Didn't you?
Ji Ho is our biggest obstacle right now.
We agreed to push him aside.
Did that include sending loan sharks to harass his mother?
I didn't even know about the debt.
I did some digging.
Myeongdong-based White-haired Witch and Ms. An the secretary.
They're connected.
My mom's secretary?
No way. Did my mom...
No. It can't be.
Then it has to be my grandma.
You used to be friends. Aren't you worried?
Why not?
The coldness runs in your family.
Shoot.
Darn it.
- You can come in. - Yes, sir.
Myeongdong's White-haired Witch you told me to look into this morning.
I got her call history.
It traced back to An Hee Young, a secretary at Cheonha Group.
She works for Executive Director Seol Yu Gyeong.
Seol Yu Gyeong's secretary?
Weren't we investigating them for something?
Yes. This is the case file.
They have over 100 complaints for illegal loans,
and 50 reports of illegal collections?
Text me the White-haired Witch's number and address.
Okay.
The doors are closing.
Going down.
Where did it start to go wrong?
Why should I fall and not soar?
Hey.
Darn it.
Hey, you!
Stop right there!
She volunteered to sacrifice herself...
to bring an end to the special investigation.
The special investigation on Cheonha Group.
Pin it on Seol Yu Gyeong and wrap it up.
Then I'll let you have Se Young.
If you want me, release my mom and send the chairwoman to prison.
However much I love you,
I don't love you more than my mom.
The woman Se Young loves more than me,
and the woman Mr. Joo loves the most.
Don't you care about the truth?
If you can get fame and Se Young?
If you must choose between two paths,
the split second could dictate the rest of your life.
We'll soon find out what decision you make,
and what values and desires you have, Mr. Kang.
All the paths to my fall...
lead to one person.
(Inauguration of Cheonha Group Managing Director Seol Yu Gyeong)
Seol Yu Gyeong.
It's her.
Congratulations on your inauguration.
You were transferred to Jeju Island.
I hope you return soon.
(Game of Witches)
Why do you think it's me?
Only one person can manipulate all of them.
That's you.
Are you afraid I'll stay here forever and not give you the title?
Would I let you stay there forever?
In Ha. You should watch who you're up against.
You made me crash, didn't you?
You call this a crash?
This is just the beginning.
Seol Yu Gyeong.
I will expose you...
for the person you really are.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)