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We all have our dark sides.

Unfortunately,
humans can't be trusted.

And there are people
you should never hold hands with.

But that day, I held hands
with someone I never should have.

Then I'll bring you down with me.

I'll have no choice
but to tell everyone...

that you made me
stay in this wheelchair...

so you could use me for marketing.

So don't cause a mess of things.

I always knew you were sly,

but I didn't know you could be
so vulgar.

Let's stop bothering each other...

and do things that could
get both of us in trouble.

Life is a show anyway.

It's time for me to go up on stage
and put on a show.

Ji Eun, make sure you come out
with a smile on your face.

- Is this your scarf?
- Yes, thank you.

Director Choi, I have something
to tell you.

It's regarding the event.

Go ahead. I'll be in my seat.

Okay, I'll see you later.

We can't let Mi Ran
go up on stage.

We already settled the issue.
Must we go through it again?

I clearly told you that we need her
to gather attention...

for the upcoming photo exhibition
at our gallery.

If we let her go up on stage,
it'll be an act of fraud.

What do you mean?

Mi Ran was getting changed
in the fitting room.

And I just saw her...

stand up on her feet.

That's absurd.

I saw it with my own two eyes,
and now that I have,

I can't let her go up on stage.

She can't do a runway
in her wheelchair...

when she can actually walk.

We'd be deceiving the entire world.

And it'll cause us more trouble
than just criticism.

Seorin Group is the host
of the event,

and the aftermath will be severe.

I'll announce that the special stage
has been canceled.

Wait.

Let's just allow Mi Ran
to go up on stage.

I know it sounds absurd.

But I believe we can
both be of help to each other.

However, you must help me first.

I made a big mistake.

I recently bought
a very expensive painting,

and it turned out to be fake.

The phoenix flower painting
that's in my office.

I need to buy the real one
before the chairman finds out.

And in order to do that,
the photo exhibition...

must go as planned.

A rich Chinese decided to buy
the publication rights,

and we already signed the contract.

Wouldn't it be better
for the photo exhibition...

to show that Mi Ran
is miraculously able to walk again?

Yes, of course.

But we must exhibit photos
of Mi Ran in a wheelchair.

The daughter
of the rich Chinese buyer...

is also bound to a wheelchair.

And apparently, her daughter
thinks Mi Ran is her hero...

because she's also wheelchair-bound.

That's what got her to buy
the publication rights.

So Mi Ran needs to stay
in her wheelchair...

until the photo exhibition is over.

The Chinese woman over there...

brought her daughter here
all the way from Shanghai...

so they could see Mi Ran
appear on the runway.

If this deal goes down the drain,
it'll cause me a lot of trouble.

If people find out we took part
in helping her lie,

they'll become greatly disappointed.

I can't turn a blind eye to this...

when I know how much
it will harm the company.

You're so coldhearted.

I'm standing on the edge
of a cliff here.

It's not about trying to avoid...

getting scolded by the chairman
regarding the fake painting.

It'll put me at risk in that family.

As you know,
I'm not the chairman's legal wife,

although it may seem like it.

But I don't have
a child of my own either.

I have no one to rely on
in that family.

So that will put me
in a difficult situation.

I've never pleaded like this
to anyone.

The worst kind of situation
is when money is involved.

And that's exactly what
I'm going through right now.

Once you confess something,
you can no longer defend yourself.

And right now,
I'm telling you everything.

I won't let you take the blame.

You just need to keep quiet...

and not tell anyone
that you saw Mi Ran walk.

And that's solely up to you.

First, I'll tell Mi Ran
to stay in her wheelchair...

not just for this event...

but also for the photo exhibition.

I'll ask her to go public
about her condition...

once the photo exhibition is over.

Then everything will be fine.

What in the world is she thinking?
Why is she still in a wheelchair?

I just don't get it.

I guess it's to keep Mr. Jang
by her side.

I trust that you'll help me.

I should go and meet Mi Ran.

(Chairman Seo Mun Su)

I heard you asked for me, sir.

How could you let this happen?

Why did you let Mi Ran
go up on stage...

even though you knew she could walk?

You must be out of your mind.

How could you put
my company at risk like this?

Was it so hard to predict
what that would result in?

I'm sorry, sir.

Move.

If you go in there now, the chairman
will only get angrier.

You should wait until he lets us in.

He's going to get angry either way,

so there's no point in waiting.

Don't tell me...

you just threw this at her.

Even if I did something worse,

she'd still have nothing to say.

You raise your voice
so easily at me,

but you can't say a word to her.

Se Hoon, you also knew...

that your fiancee, Yoon Mi Ran,

could walk again. There's no way
you couldn't have known.

You don't even have control
over your own woman.

I can't believe I was
foolish enough...

to pay you that much
to bring you in as our CEO.

Were you in this together?

Who gave you this video?

A reporter sent it to me.

He called and asked...

if we let Mi Ran go up on stage
in a wheelchair...

even though she could walk...

so we could use it for marketing.

I'm sure Mi Ran did it
for her own advantage.

Ji Eun would never do
something like that.

You're a useless punk
who can't even judge properly...

because you're too crazy for her.

Please don't insult me like that.

Director Seo, it's my fault.

The chairman has every right
to be angry at me.

You didn't let Mi Ran
go up on stage...

even though you knew
she could walk, did you?

I wanted the VIP styling class
to gather a lot of attention,

and I guess my greed
got the best of me.

Why did you do that?
You always follow the rules.

Director Choi suddenly asked me...

to put Yoon Mi Ran on stage.

Sir.

The special stage
for the VIP styling class...

wasn't planned beforehand.

I should've stuck
to the original schedule,

but I thought it might help us
gather more attention.

I was too thoughtless.

I paid the reporter...

to stop him from writing an article,

but we need to find the informant
to deal with this.

Pressure the reporter
to find the informant...

and retrieve
the original video file.

Without any evidence,
it'll just be rumors.

So find the informant
to keep the person's mouth shut.

Where is Mi Ran?

She's at the hospital.
She's not feeling well.

Drag her out of there...

and have her hold
a press conference.

In order to keep this under control,
she must tell people...

that she started walking
after the styling class event.

If this causes any kind of damage
to the company,

your lives will be done for.

This is a crisis.

We don't have time.
Get moving already.

I want you to stay.

When we ran into each other
at the event,

you clearly told me...

that Director Choi asked you...

to suddenly put Mi Ran
up on stage.

Do you even know
how serious this is?

If you take the blame
for what happened,

you'll get fired from the team.

Chung Group won't help you either.

I know.

Are you trying to take the blame...

so you can protect Seo Jung Min?

Because Director Choi
is his stepmother?

This is very touching.

Why are you being sarcastic?

I'm just worried about you.

You always risk everything for love,

and that worries me.

Yes. That's who I am.

When I fall in love,
I become too careless about myself.

So when we got a divorce,

I used to hate you
and blame you for everything.

"Why couldn't he do as I asked?"

"I know my parents were
asking for too much,"

"but couldn't he have endured it?"

"Why couldn't he humor my parents
and be good to them..."

"even if they weren't
so good to him?"

That's what went through my mind.

You may have told me you loved me,

but you were always obsessed
about what was right and wrong.

And you never once lost a fight.

I promised to endure it, so I will.

I promised Jung Min
that I'll endure everything,

so I'll endure it until the end.

Do you really think
he'd be able to beat his father?

That's not what I want him to do.

I love him now.

I love him a lot.

So...

I'll stay by his side
and overcome this with him.

Are you saying all that to me
on purpose?

Maybe.

So from now on,

get rid of all the feelings
you have for me.

I'm Jung Min's woman now.

Whether I get fired
from the joint project team...

or Chung Group itself...

is my business, not yours.

And leave the worrying to him.

Judging by the circumstances,
I was right.

What circumstances?

Isn't it obvious?

Can't you see the ambition
that Ji Eun is hiding inside her?

She's the type who ignores rules
and does everything she wants...

in order to achieve her goal.

That doesn't sound convincing
coming from you.

Stop reacting so negatively...

and listen to what I have to say.

Do you think Ji Eun likes you
with an innocent mind?

Do you think she'd put up with...

all that humiliation
even if you weren't my son?

Ji Eun...

wants to marry you
because of this company.

It's not that this situation
is suspicious.

You're just suspicious of her
because that's who you are.

Dad.

She's a woman who's kind at heart.

She always does things
with good intentions.

Don't overanalyze her mistake.

Just think she got too enthusiastic.

She's just like her father.

Her father was determined
to become successful,

so he kept hitting on
Ji Eun's mother.

You'll have to give in anyway,
so why not just do it with a smile?

I'm never going to give up on her...

no matter how much you disapprove.

You make me so furious.

I want you to go on a business trip
to Hong Kong.

Go there to secure
our current capital...

and bring me a deposit certificate.

The best alibi is power.

Are you going to fire Ji Eun
while I'm gone?

Why would I do that?
I have nothing to fear.

Stop being her bodyguard...

and just do your job properly.

I'm trying hard to become
the son you want me to be.

So you should do the same for me.

I'm your only option.

If you do, you can cancel
our deal right now.

You give me a headache. Get out.

I bet you were
really disappointed...

when you found out
I broke the rules for my own good.

I suddenly thought to myself...

that maybe you were too pressured...

to show good results
as the brand manager...

so that you could prove yourself
to my father.

Otherwise,

an upright person like you
would never do something like that.

I'm not as upright and kind...

as you think I am.

I may love you,

but there are sides
that I don't want to show.

And there are things I don't
want you to catch me doing.

What could that be?

The sound of my snoring.

The sound of my farting.

And how mean I can be
to someone who spam calls me...

when I'm having a really bad day.

And what else?

There are a lot.

So I'm not as upright
as you think I am.

I can also be pretty mean.

Humans are all pretty much similar.

We can't be perfect.

But we can still do our best.

What's done is done,
and we can take care of it.

So let's cheer up.

By the way,

I really can't believe
how it happened.

Us two and Mr. Jang
were the only ones...

who knew that Mi Ran can walk.

Who do you think
tipped off the reporter?

I'm starting to think...

that Mi Ran might've...

planned all this.

No way.

Then the entire country
will call her a liar.

I'm sure she's
not reckless enough...

to expose her own weakness.

You never know what people can do
once they lose their minds.

And she's totally crazy
about Mr. Jang.

If anything bad happens to Seorin,

Mr. Jang will have to take
responsibility as the CEO.

And it looked like they were
going to break up that day.

Then she could've done this
to get back at Mr. Jang.

I'm just saying...

she's the first person
that comes to mind...

when I think about
who it could've been.

But then again.

The first person to get suspected...

in detective stories
and mystery movies...

always turns out to be innocent.

And a competent detective...

slowly gathers evidence...

and questions all the suspects...

before he starts investigating.

We also knew that Mi Ran...

could walk.

So does that make us
suspects as well?

Are you doubting me, Ji Eun?

No way.

Why would you do anything
to put your company in danger?

There's evidence for every crime,

and every question has an answer.

So I'm sure we'll soon find out
who the informant was.

Our company's information department
is trying hard to find out,

and my father would've asked
his secretary to look into it.

So we'll soon be able to find out...

whom it was that informed
the reporter...

and why that person is
trying to damage our company.

Goodness, we should get going.

I need to go on a business trip
to Hong Kong.

It's the chairman's orders.

When will you be back?

Tomorrow afternoon.

I know you're in a pickle,

and I'm sorry
I can't be here for you.

You should go and do your job.

We're both employees at Seorin.

It's true that you made a mistake,

but you know that I'm always
on your side, right?

I'll always be on your side.

So don't get intimidated, okay?

If the chairman summons you again
while I'm gone,

you'd better keep a record.

I'll confront him about everything
once I come back.

Your position in the TF team
will stay strong, so don't worry.

There's always a solution.

It's time I ask you
to trust me once again.

(Seorin)

(Chairman Seo Mun Su)

Let's just allow Mi Ran
to go up on stage.

But we must exhibit photos
of Mi Ran in a wheelchair.

The daughter
of the rich Chinese buyer...

is also bound to a wheelchair.

And apparently, his daughter
thinks Mi Ran is her hero...

because she's also wheelchair-bound.

There were no Chinese guests
on the VIP list.

The Chinese mother and daughter...

were secretly hired by your wife.

My blood is boiling right now.

I know I'm trying to protect her,

but when I lied down next to her
to sleep last night,

I got goosebumps
and couldn't sleep a wink.

If her plan isn't to steal my money,

then why else would she want
to damage my business?

It must be because she has
a grudge against me, right?

If you take a look,

you'll find out
what your wife is after.

Yes, Director Choi.

We haven't had much progress.

The chairman stopped
the article from being published...

by giving money to the reporter.

But every second feels like
a ticking bomb, and I'm nervous.

Especially because we can't let
the employees find out either.

We already have some guys...

looking into whom tipped off
the reporter.

And I sent Mi Ran the script...

for tomorrow's press conference.

She texted back saying she'll do it,

but I'm still quite nervous.

Don't worry.
Everything will be fine.

I visited her earlier today...

and helped her practice the speech.

Mi Ran needs people to know
that she can walk...

in order to make it seem like
she experienced a miracle.

And that will bring her
into the spotlight...

and help her
make a comeback as a model.

It won't end there.

It'll be sensational,

and she'll have
her second prime days.

It's all thanks to you, Ji Eun.

The photo exhibition went well,

so I won't have to be so nervous
about the fake painting for long.

But Director Choi,
there's something strange.

The reporter who threatened
Chairman Seo...

wasn't even on the list of guests.

And no one overheard
our conversation.

So how did anyone find out
that Mi Ran could walk again?

Here's what I think.

If that reporter really wanted
to publish an article about it,

he wouldn't have called
the chairman.

What matters is that he wanted
to get paid.

And I don't think anything
will happen...

until Mi Ran finally announces
that she can walk tomorrow.

Do you know which newspaper company
the reporter works for?

Where did you get this video?

I got an email from
an anonymous person on Christmas.

When I clicked on the email,

I saw videos of Mi Ran walking.

Who could it be?

Why did that person send it to you?

I'm not sure.

But I suddenly thought to myself...

that maybe someone sent it to me
on Christmas...

to tell me that I don't
need to be scared.

It also felt like...

that person was reprimanding me
for not stopping Mi Ran...

from going up on stage.

As you already know,
I used to be a helper.

And getting hired here
for the joint project...

was a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for me.

And in the end,

I compromised because I didn't
want to lose that opportunity.

And that's how you got involved
in Yoon Mi Ran's mess?

Anyway, it was a great idea
for you to use Chairman Seo.

He's the only person...

who will do absolutely everything...

to save his company from a crisis.

But he'll surely try his best...

to find out who was behind this.

My getting fired is
the worst thing that could happen.

I know there's no way back,
but I don't regret it.

But of course, I realized
that financial instability...

could really pressure you.

So I was always intimidated
and scared.

I pretended to be cheerful.

But every time the sun came up,

I was scared to get through the day.

And when the sun went down,

I was relieved to have
survived the day.

I was intimidated like that...

for the past 10 years.

Ji Eun.

You know how much I admire
your late father, right?

Your father once...

told me this.

"There are three ways
to live your life."

"You can run away,
be a bystander,"

"or take the bull by its horns."

Whenever I'm faced with a problem,

I always think of...

what he said to me.

But most of the time,
I make excuses...

and choose to be a bystander.

But unlike me,
your father liked facing things.

I'm sorry I made you
get involved in this.

Are you sure you'll be okay?

I don't have much to lose.

And people already hate me
for being a reporter.

So you don't need to worry.

I've pulled myself together.

And I learned
that there's always a way...

as long as you're determined
to make things work.

Yes.
Your father will be proud of you.

We all have our dark sides.

And the most painful word
is "regret".

The reason I was able
to turn back...

what I shouldn't have done
back then...

was because I didn't miss
the right timing.

The right timing.

Who was the person
that gave me time...

to think things through?

Who could it be?

(Yoon Mi Ran)

(Yoon Mi Ran)

(Yoon Mi Ran, Trash)

(Empty trash)

(Are you sure you want
to permanently delete this file?)

(Yes.)

(Yoon Mi Ran)

Ji Eun.

Cheers.

(Phoenix 2020)

It's up to me to decide what I want.

Who are they to tell me what to do?

Do you know how much trouble
you've caused to everyone?

If it put Ji Eun in trouble,
that's enough to satisfy me.

Mi Ran, you're confused, aren't you?

I think I could help.

"Chance"?

Jung Min?

Jung Min, why do you love me?

Because my love for you tells me
I should help you carry your burden.

I love you, Jung Min.