(Episode 17)
You should've told me, silly.
Tell you what?
You must've felt so lonely.
You must've felt so alone.
You had no one.
How do you know?
I know...
you're not Joo Se Young.
You're not going to ask how I found out?
You believe my mom's trying to ruin you.
There's no way you sat and did nothing. You went digging into my mom's past.
How much does Mr. Joo know?
He knows I was adopted.
My dad believes my mom's the most noble and virtuous woman...
in the whole world.
He also thinks he's the only man she cares about.
How did you find my biological dad?
He was a regular at my late grandma's diner.
In the background of a photo my mom had taken...
was your dad and heavily pregnant mom.
My mom happened to remember your father's name.
He died in a car accident when you were four,
so I looked up all the cases and found his.
It was a hit-and-run.
You'd better wager your whole life.
A show of respect...
for the mother of the woman I love whom I will soon claim as my own.
That arrogant punk.
Who's a punk?
You're still up?
What punk was arrogant to you?
Just tell me and I'll teach the fool a lesson.
I'm a managing director now. I can do the teaching myself.
What?
You have a scary side too?
It's tough.
I'm not like that, but I must pretend...
to be cold and firm sometimes.
It's a rough and ice-cold place...
that's not ideal for a sweet person like you.
We're almost there. Bear with me.
Where's the emerald necklace?
I took it off before bed.
I thought you didn't like it.
As if. I like everything you get me.
Now I understand why...
you need to marry a rich heir.
Why does it have to be Cheonha Group?
My mom and dad want to use it as a foothold to do something bigger.
Dad wants to run for president.
He'll need Cheonha's connections as well as their money.
Your mom's managing director.
What more...
Does she want to be chairwoman?
That's my guess.
She doesn't show what she thinks.
Did you think I was kidding?
When we first met, I said if you want me whole...
I must do the impossible and become a rich heir.
"People come first."
I also am one of Chairwoman Ma's trusted people.
I will honor her motto and...
lead Cheonha Group so it always puts people first.
I'll keep my ears open and listen to your opinions.
In Ha.
That position will be yours.
Engrave it onto your heart, like a tattoo.
Mom.
Were you with Kang Ji Ho?
Your dad thinks I let you stay at your studio apartment.
Thanks.
Did Ji Ho say...
he knows you're Mi So?
Mom.
You're slowly becoming more like the chairwoman.
- What? - Was it you...
who was trying to ruin him?
You also sent loan sharks to put pressure on his mom.
Getting In Ha to do what your dad wanted...
and make Mr. Yoo responsible for the slush fund,
and transferring Ji Ho to Jeju Island.
You played a part in it.
You were the one who led me to do so.
The one person who got to both Dad and the chairwoman.
It was you.
Is that what Ji Ho said?
I don't need to be told.
Dad's still enamored with you but I'm not.
I love you, but I see it.
Maybe not all of it, but I see parts.
Then you'll also know why I did it.
Listen carefully.
The reason I was able to raise you was because your dad didn't know...
you were Mi So.
That I was once in love with a man...
and that we had you.
If your dad found that out,
he wouldn't have forgiven us.
He's kind and gentle now,
but if he were to find out, he'll turn colder than winter,
and we'll have to tread on ice even in mid-summer.
It would be torture.
Are you okay with that?
That's why I wanted to marry you off to Cheonha's heir.
If you're with In Ha,
then whatever storm blows your way,
you should be happy and calm.
I can't be happy with In Ha.
I'll only look calm on the outside.
If I'm to be happy, I must have Ji Ho, Mom.
Ji Ho's not meant to be yours.
I know he was Hye Soo's fiancé at first.
But he's mine now.
Ditch Ji Ho.
Would it be love if I could ditch him just like that?
I wish he were an illegitimate child of some other rich man.
Then you and Dad wouldn't disapprove of him flat-out.
How could that be possible?
Get ready for work.
How could you repay all 300,000 dollars?
I guess I had it in me somehow.
- The skies let down... - Did you visit the chairwoman again?
No, I did not.
Then what?
It wasn't Seol Yu Gyeong, was it?
Goodness...
She wouldn't bat an eyelid...
even if she saw someone gobble up a human.
As of this moment, you must forget my past.
With that pretty face and voice that sounds like a small bell...
She terrifies me.
So,
how did you know Managing Director Yoo Min Sung?
How did you find that out?
This photo's over 30 years old.
How'd you know him enough to sit holding his arm?
And this too.
(With loving Min Sung)
"With loving Min Sung?"
Did you date him?
Mom.
Is Mr. Yoo Min Sung...
my father?
Mom, you have to be really honest.
The chairwoman can't find out.
She threatened to kill you first.
It was 30 years ago.
It was a fleeting romance.
I swear.
That's harsh for a joke.
It's not a joke. I was adopted.
The real Joo Se Young's dead.
Why are you doing this, Se Young?
Kyung Won, you can be my witness.
You know my real name. Cha Kang Ju.
Wait, Mr. Lee.
Is this true?
Kyung Won, you can tell the truth.
Yes, it's true.
Me, Hye Soo, Sun Mi, and Se Young...
No, I mean Kang Ju.
We grew up together at Sunshine Orphanage.
(Who is Yoo Min Sung, heir to Cheonha?)
(Seol Yu Gyeong is promoted, what will become of Yoo Min Sung?)
(Was Yoo Min Sung behind the slush fund?)
(Yoo Min Sung still unconscious)
(Gate News)
(Managing Director Yoo has one son, Yoo In Ha)
Yoo In Ha.
I can't stand watching you live without a care in the world.
I wanted to give you something to worry about.
You were adopted?
You dare deceive our family...
and try to marry into it?
Is it forbidden by law?
What?
Since when did we have class and hierarchy?
Since when do you need to be born...
with a diamond spoon like you...
to be treated like a noble?
And since when do you have to be born in a family in law, politics, or education,
or the child of an executive who broke the glass ceiling...
to be able to say they were born with a gold or silver spoon?
Is that the birthright you need to become a candidate to marry you?
Joo Se Young.
What are you so proud about?
You're not the daughter of a head prosecutor or executive.
A girl adopted from an orphanage?
My gosh.
In that case,
you should beg.
"Your grandma will be furious if she finds out,"
"so keep it quiet."
Shouldn't you be pleading, if you were even normal?
Do you get it only now that I'm not normal?
I have a packed day. Excuse me.
Se Young, you really...
You're unpredictable and full of surprises.
In Ha.
Do you know why you can't beat me?
There's so much that I know and you don't.
Especially about your grandmother.
She knew about the adoption the moment it happened.
You can go and whine to her and the result will be the same.
You grandma's boy.
Se Young!
You said it was a secret to take to the grave.
You said you'd kill me if I told Yoo In Ha.
Ji Ho knows everything.
Even that you're Ms. Seol's biological daughter?
Yes.
Don't tell In Ha that, though.
Wouldn't that help you...
My dad can't find out.
If he finds out, he'll come after both my mom and me. Okay?
If Ji Ho talks...
I'll handle him.
You just play along with In Ha.
Grandma.
Did you really know Joo Se Young was adopted?
- Who told you? - She did.
She told you herself?
Yes. She decided to go off the rails.
She's eligible for a psych evaluation.
Grandma?
She's quite a character.
She knows how to play her cards.
So what? Now you know she's adopted,
you don't want to marry her?
I've known her since we were kids and she lied to me all along.
Could you have been open about it if you were her?
Now I get why you let us get engaged out of respect for Mr. Joo's legal ties,
but kept putting off the wedding. It finally makes sense.
- Marry her for now. - "For now?"
Sir, you're scheduled to judge the final round...
of Cheonha Fashion's design competition.
Grandma. We'll talk about Se Young later.
Joo Se Young's...
becoming more and more like Yu Gyeong.
How come I see you here more often than at ours?
I'm here to see the chairwoman.
If you're here to bargain for Se Young, your trip is wasted.
She's not your pair of wings.
She's a rotting piece of rope that'll break at any moment.
That's what she's really like.
How much do you know?
That she was adopted?
- You know too? - Wouldn't I know what you do?
Kang Ji Ho.
Do you want to know if I gave up on...
the rotten rope you speak of?
Don't let your guard down at the wedding.
You might lose your bride.
(Cheonha Fashion Design Competition)
We will begin soon. Be on standby.
- Okay. - Okay.
(Black Knight)
- What happened? - What's wrong?
What happened to the pants?
They were fine when we handed them in.
Who did this?
The show begins in two hours. What should we do now?
Hye Soo, I think we're done for.
Ms. Jung, Ms. Jin.
- Mr. Yoo. - Pull yourselves together.
Yes. There must be something we can do.
Goodness.
Why do you have this?
The person next to Mr. Yoo Min Sung...
is my mother.
I was two at the time.
- So? - My mother told me...
she and Mr. Yoo at the time...
had a fleeting romance but it was special.
The athletic leisure look is still popular,
and to that, we added Hyena's unique focal point.
Our model's wearing a shirt and tracksuit bottoms,
which is our take on the athletic leisure and one-mile look.
To say it's a new take on the one-mile look,
it's too last season.
A shirt and athletic leisure?
That's too far apart from the new look Cheonha Fashion wants for the future.
You threatened my mother and banished her.
By mentioning me.
One's child is a shackle that is unbreakable.
I was too young and don't remember a thing.
Is this Mr. Yoo Min Sung's?
Yes.
When he got into university,
I designed it and picked out the color to have the fountain pen handmade.
There's only one in the world.
My mother said it was a gift from someone special.
That if I kept it, I'd get good grades.
What's the real purpose of this visit?
Could my biological father be Mr. Yoo Min Sung?
I want to find out.
You can get enough DNA from this.
This should help too.
Until we get the results,
In Ha won't have to know.
What shall I do?
Even a stone bridge must be checked before crossing.
Compare his DNA...
with Min Sung's.
Yes, ma'am.
I thought the genderless look was out, but it still works.
They submitted a pantsuit,
but I like how they turned it into a skirt.
It's refreshing.
What's your design concept?
The core of our design is zero waste.
We create patterns that don't waste material,
which makes it eco-friendly.
We don't discriminate against race or gender minorities,
and tried to design a concept that we're all one.
Are you sure that's complete?
- It doesn't look finished at all. - That's not...
That's what sets our design apart from others.
We didn't hem the skirt to create a more natural look,
and show off the texture of the fabric.
I'd love to try on your skirt.
It looks hastily put on but it's cool too.
It's just what my college-age son would like.
We'll contact you if you make it through.
Thank you for sharing your youth, energy, and passion.
Let's have a word.
What exactly did you see?
I saw you...
tampering with Hye Soo's clothes.
Why did you do it?
Why did you go that far?
You and Hye Soo grew up in the same orphanage.
You were adopted by a nice family and grew up in a nice house.
Why do you hate Hye Soo so much when she had a tough life?
You don't know, In Ha.
Don't make assumptions based on what you see.
Everyone pities Hye Soo...
and praises her for the smallest of things.
I have to be good at everything because I have it all.
But that's not true. I suffer more and I hurt more.
So you take from her?
You stole her boyfriend of ten years,
the dad of her daughter, and crushed her talent.
You pity yourself the most, don't you?
More than your victim...
who almost lost everything because of your self-pity,
you cry for yourself.
Se Young. That's you.
Stop it. You don't know anything, you grandma's boy.
However hard you stomp on her, Hye Soo will get back up.
She'll change a crisis into an opportunity.
She's richer at heart and more relaxed.
- That's why she outshines you. - You...
I know I'm immature.
But unlike you,
I don't cut up the work someone has put...
their hopes of the future in just out of jealousy.
You act like you're noble...
and full of dignity and pride.
You're trash.
Hey, you. In Ha!
- You were incredible today. - Were we?
Ji Ho. Where are you?
I'll come over.
- Why that... - Stay out of it.
Hello, sir.
The Black Knight team? Yes, they're right here.
Hey, Black Knight.
How about an early celebration?
Let's go.
"Celebration?"
- Let's go. - Let's go.
You might be In Ha's father's illegitimate son?
Let's do a DNA test.
That was arranged. I told the chairwoman about it.
And I left her my samples.
Kang Ji Ho!
You... You really...
What's wrong?
You went to the chairwoman without telling me?
What if you're not a match?
Se Young.
What are you saying?
Don't you see how important this is?
It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You and I could get married...
out in the open and live as a couple...
acknowledged by the whole world.
It could be our only shot!
How dare you take care of that without discussing it with me?
"How dare you?"
Are you saying...
we should've faked a match even if it weren't?
Why can't we?
Why not?
A DNA comparison of Kang Ji Ho and Yoo Min Sung?
Yes. We'll get the result tomorrow.
How long have we known each other?
For about 27 years, a little off of 30.
No one knows me better than you.
You.
Until the day I die,
can I believe you work for me?
What can I do to make you believe so?
The results of Kang Ji Ho and Yoo Min Sung's DNA test.
I must get it before the chairwoman does.
(Game of Witches)
If the results say you're not the chairwoman's grandson,
what will you do?
The result will dictate...
what kind of deal I offer you.
He was once the prosecutor who threatened to take us down.
You must like Ji Ho a lot.
Put Plan B in action.
Whatever the result,
I must be the one in control.
Bring the real result to me only.
(Subtitles are provided by KOCOWA.)