(Episode 15)
You did well.
Did Ji Ho not give you a hard time?
Shall I be honest?
Why? Did he threaten you?
It was fun.
What?
Kang Ji Ho was cuter than I thought.
Don't say that.
I sent him to Jeju Island.
Honey, can you excuse me?
Prosecutor Kang figured out you're connected to...
the White-haired Witch?
Yes. Both Prosecutor Kang and Director Yoo In Ha.
Did they make contact separately?
Yes.
Prosecutor Kang might subpoena the White-haired Witch.
He would.
I'm more concerned with what you'll say.
Why would you say that?
Chairwoman Ma assigned you to work for me.
And I still made you do something that would change my daughter's life.
It's my signal that you should change sides.
I'll keep an eye on you, Ms. An Hee Young.
Myeongdong-based White-haired Witch and Ms. An the secretary.
They're connected.
Other people might do that, but never my mother.
Why are you here?
I wonder.
I'm hungry.
Let's eat first, even if we fight later.
Was my downfall what you wanted?
- What? - Now you're officially engaged,
do you want to get rid of me?
Having me transferred to Jeju Island...
and getting loan sharks to harass my mom.
It was your mom, wasn't it?
Why do you suspect her?
There's me, In Ha, and my dad...
No, there's the chairwoman too, so why...
Only one person can manipulate all the people you just mentioned.
Your mother, Ms. Seol.
My mom's not that kind of person.
She always puts others first and focuses on charity and caring.
She's naturally sweet and kind.
Unlike me.
Why do you...
love your mother more than anyone?
She's my mom, so...
She's your stepmother.
- What? - Your father's first wife...
is your birth mother, I believe.
You knew about that?
Ms. Seol was your father's first love.
He married and had a daughter,
but got divorced because he couldn't forget Ms. Seol.
He then got back with his first love, completing the romance of the century.
It's a secret everyone knows.
That Mr. Joo's a helpless romantic.
She might not be an evil stepmother most stories talk about,
but from your point of view, Ms. Seol...
hurt your mother a lot and caused her divorce.
How could you love her so much?
You live under the same roof, eat together,
and wear what she picks out in the morning.
We live under the same roof, eat together,
and I wear what she picks out in the morning.
And watch her doze off...
while reading by a sunny window.
I watch her doze off...
while reading by a sunny window.
You hear and feel her footsteps and breaths every day.
You hear and feel her footsteps...
and breaths every day.
She looks sweetly only at me,
and loves and cherishes me to no end.
You know nothing, so don't speak out of turn.
Executive Director Seol Yu Gyeong is my mom.
My one and only mom.
Congratulations on your inauguration.
You were transferred to Jeju Island.
I hope you return soon.
You made me crash, didn't you?
You call this a crash?
This is just the beginning.
You must've forgotten because you have a doting husband.
You'll pay dearly for taking even an ordinary prosecutor lightly.
Why don't you see that?
You're quite something, Ms. Seol.
You managed to deceive everyone.
I will expose you...
for the person you really are.
You what? You need to borrow money?
Was leaving my niece at the altar...
and driving a stake in her heart not enough?
How desperate must I be to come here?
I'm dying, you know. 300,000 dollars is a huge amount.
You evil witch.
Auntie.
Why don't you get a bowl of clean water...
and pray that...
your rich heir of an old boyfriend...
who's unconscious in hospital wakes up instead?
Who knows?
If he does, he might give you a large sum for old times' sake.
Yoo Min Sung.
Coming here to ask for a loan makes you less than human.
I won't warn you again.
Stay away from my son Min Sung.
If not, you'll get to find out...
who I'll take from you next.
Min Sung's unconscious.
Should I visit the chairwoman?
Goodness...
Either she kills me with her icy glare,
or the loan sharks will kill me.
It's death for me anyway.
(Managing Director Seol Yu Gyeong)
I'm almost there.
A little more. Just a little more to go.
Nice.
Congratulations.
You got promoted.
Can I have some tea, Ms. Managing Director?
Two chamomile teas.
You didn't even ask what I'd prefer?
Drink what you're given.
What? You're a dictator now?
Only when I'm still a tutor to you.
I preferred it then, even though you were strict.
I want something else.
I want an iced mocha with lots of cinnamon powder and three ice cubes.
You're such a nuisance.
How did it feel?
I'm just doing what I always did.
- It's just that... - Just that...
you have a different title now?
So many people would give anything for a nicer title.
Can you say you wouldn't?
You lose everything after just a few years.
It's so obviously clear if you take just two steps back.
But people fail to do that.
You know that flowers must fall once they bloom,
but you become enamored...
and see nothing but the flowers.
Would I be any different?
Why?
Are you afraid I'll stay here forever...
and not give you the title?
Would I let you stay there forever?
My grandma said...
"Seol Yu Gyeong is a supervisor with a fancy title."
"In Ha, you are of my blood, and you should..."
"take it all back."
Tell her I'll hand it all over now.
If it's something you can just take because you want it.
Not anyone's cut out to be a supervisor.
If you want to be managing director, you must be worthy of the title.
Darn it. I lost.
I approve.
Gosh, I like the couch.
It's much nicer than mine.
In Ha. You should watch who you're up against.
Prosecutor Kang Ji Ho is meeting the chairwoman in private.
You're quite patient.
I thought you'd visit sooner.
Why did you break our deal?
How many deals do you think I make in a day?
I don't know.
The rule of the game is that you stick with the most appealing deal.
Was Ms. Seol's offer more appealing?
I heard Cheonha Group is what you value the most.
But I was a little disappointed.
I expected you to have some maternal love.
I didn't think you'd abandon your son.
You must already know, but I will move to Jeju Island in a few days.
Before I do, I'd like you to compensate me for our broken deal.
Let's see if you can make me.
I want to find the answer.
Save me the time.
You want to save time?
That could be more precious than money.
I'm intrigued. Take a seat and explain.
Did you send loan sharks...
to badger my mother to pay up?
Why would I do that?
What about my transfer, then?
Why would I bother with that?
I'd have just gotten rid of you.
This is my last question.
The person who's cornering me.
Is it the person I think it is?
Whoever it is you're thinking of, that is the correct answer.
Even if they do the same thing, some think they're an ally,
and some think they're an enemy.
Whether it's love or hate...
depends solely on how you think.
Why does my grandma put up with someone like you?
She's too accepting.
You're just an ordinary prosecutor.
I let her off today.
She was the one who broke our promise.
My grandma never makes promises.
She makes deals.
Deals that can be broken whenever a better one comes up.
People like you are a useless pawn on her chessboard.
Chess is no fun if it's all about checkmates.
The better a pawn does, the more thrilling the game.
I'm glad I got to see you before my transfer.
We'll meet at my wedding.
Since you're an old friend,
I'll send you a return plane ticket too.
With the invitation.
In Ha. I wronged you terribly.
I admit that only until today.
Go on in. You're dead anyway.
Put on a thick face and ask for the money.
Where's your conscience?
You're using an old sob story to ask for money?
You should sell the store and apartment...
and move to a monthly rental instead of doing this.
I worked so hard.
I can say I lived a more decent life than anyone.
A one-time fling of a rich heir...
and her son are about to become homeless.
Who cares about 300,000 dollars?
I'd give myself three million if I were her.
- Please. - No.
Just this once.
She'll know if you tell her it's Kang Gong Sook.
The chairwoman only meets people who made an appointment.
Will you please make the call?
It's Kang Gong Sook who owned a diner in Wangsimni 31 years ago.
The chairwoman's son Yoo Min Sung...
- So... - Mom.
What?
Ji Ho. What are you doing here?
I should ask you that.
Ji Ho's mother Kang Gong Sook came to see the chairwoman?
Yes. She came to the chairwoman's residence.
Did Ji Ho leave after his chat with the chairwoman?
Yes. It looks like mother and son met outside,
and it's a bit...
Why won't you tell me?
How do you know the chairwoman and Mr. Yoo?
A long time ago, they were regulars at my mom's diner.
Why would you visit the chairwoman?
Well, I read about it in the news...
that her son was in an accident and fell unconscious.
I felt so sorry for her,
so I came to console...
You came to console a rich chairwoman?
Do you have something on Chairwoman Ma?
What? Like leverage?
How would I have something like that on a chairwoman of a huge company?
I know you too well.
You're here to borrow 300,000 dollars.
You're too smart.
I don't know what happened between you and the chairwoman,
but don't mention 300,000 dollars. Not even 30,000 dollars.
Don't even ask for three cents.
What should we do about the loan, then?
I'll take care of it for you.
So can you please not do anything?
My gosh...
Prosecutor Kang didn't seem to know his mother knew...
the chairwoman and Mr. Yoo.
Kang Gong Sook and Chairwoman Ma.
Or Kang Gong Sook and Yoo Min Sung?
What is their connection?
Kang Gong Sook?
For the broken window and...
My neck hurts.
For the stress-related compensation, who should I talk to?
Thank you.
I think you look awfully familiar.
Do you not remember me?
The gukbap diner in Wangsimni.
Gong Sook, the daughter of the mean owner.
We became friends because we're the same age.
You were a regular, you and your student husband.
You had a massive pregnant belly.
You came over 3, 4 times a week.
Did you have that baby?
You mistook me for someone else. Goodbye.
It is her.
Is it not?
Kang Gong Sook.
So models will wear the clothes we made...
- and put on a show? - Yes.
And you and I will be the designers?
Yes.
Do we get to say, "Thanks for attending?"
Hey.
What are you two doing here?
You're not dressed for cleaning.
We had business here.
- At the Design Department? - Yes.
Hye Soo dreamed of becoming a designer since she was at the orphanage.
She has magic hands.
We even chanted about them. Do you not remember?
So, what was it?
Did Hye Soo enter Cheonha's fashion design competition?
Yes, we both did, as a team.
We made it through the second round.
We just submitted the final design.
Sun Mi.
You two are working as a team?
This is so exciting.
I'm one of the judges.
You didn't know that?
I'm Cheonha Fashion's General Manager of Design.
If you guys win,
you'll have to work for me as interns.
I look forward to it. Don't you?
We're done for. What if she drops us on purpose?
What now?
(Cheonha Fashion Design Competition, Finalist, Ares)
(Ares: Poor)
(Black Knight)
(Black Knight: Good)
What's up?
Do you want to ask for a favor because I'm one of the judges?
You stole my fiancé.
You made him leave Han Byeol on her birthday.
The man who said...
he'd give you all his love and the world.
Are you sick of him already?
Must I answer that?
Was your goal just to take him from me?
So he could never return?
Or rather, so I could never take him back?
Why must I explain that to you?
Couples fall in love for so many reasons.
Ji Ho was transferred,
and his mother was swamped in debt.
Does that have nothing to do with you?
Why would I even do that?
In case he gets in the way of your marriage to In Ha.
Aren't you capable of that?
Jung Hye Soo.
Don't ruin Ji Ho.
You said you and him are over! Why do you care about him?
He's Han Byeol's dad.
It's over between us, but there's a tie that will never break.
If I take Ji Ho back,
will you steal him again?
Will you put everything back to normal?
Will you cancel his transfer...
and call off the loan sharks?
Jung Hye Soo.
It's over?
You and Ji Ho aren't over, are you?
You still love him, don't you?
You don't want to see him ruined.
No, it's over.
I'm talking about being decent human beings.
You said you love him.
So why ruin him?
You say you love him even now. So how can you ruin him?
Don't do that, Se Young.
Don't ruin him.
Jung Hye Soo. We're different.
I can ruin people I love.
Because I'm more important.
Because I love myself more.
(Seoul District Prosecutor's Office)
Name.
The White-haired Witch.
Name.
- Cheon Min Sook. - Age.
I'm 49.
We use the Korean system here.
Then I'm 52.
- Occupation. - Finance.
Loan sharking.
For how long?
Has it been 35 years? 40?
You got into it when you were 12?
Do you launder your age too?
Forget all that.
How long have you known Seol Yu Gyeong?
Shall I show you proof?
Mr. Prosecutor. Will you save me?
Are you hungry? Shall I order you soup?
No. Seol Yu Gyeong will kill me if I talk.
Why are you so afraid of her?
She's nothing but class.
You don't know what you're talking about.
When people in my circle hear the name "Seol the Witch,"
we shudder so hard we end up gritting our teeth.
"Seol the Witch?"
Back when she was Chairwoman Ma's troubleshooter,
everyone called her "Seol the Witch."
She got me once and almost froze me to death.
What do you mean?
Entrepreneurs come to us when they need money.
I didn't take Chairwoman Ma or Seol the Witch seriously,
and they taught me a huge lesson.
They locked me in a freezer and didn't let me out...
until I'd screamed myself hoarse and almost died.
Since then, I do anything Seol the Witch says.
Is that Seol the Witch...
Managing Director Seol Yu Gyeong?
Can you prove it?
Mr. Prosecutor.
No one does what I do without keeping some kind of proof.
That never happens.
It's just not for free.
Are you trying to make a deal?
I don't do that even with chairmen now.
My office safe.
It's Seol Yu Gyeong's Pandora's Box.
Should I have brought this?
I guess I should've gone to Seol Yu Gyeong instead.
Ji Ho.
What does this photo have to do with Ms. Seol?
I don't know who you are, but you came to the wrong place.
Do you not remember me?
Did you have that baby?
(Game of Witches)
I paid off what you owe the loan sharks.
As of this moment,
you must forget my past.
Seol Yu Gyeong's daughter Jung Mi So is alive.
Do you know something?
Do the likes of you really know something?
You'd better wager your whole life.
You'll also have to wager everything, No, more than everything.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)