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(Ju Ji Hoon)

(Ha Ji Won)

(Nana)

(Cha Joo Young)

(Oh Jung Se)

(Climax)

(This drama is a work of fiction.)

(Characters, places, and events are not real.)

(Children and animals were filmed under production guidelines.)

(Episode 9)

Sang Ah.

Director Lee asked me to give you this.

(100 percent real, not a deepfake or AI!)

(Where's the full video?)

(The link was just deleted. Again)

(Who leaked this?)

("Scandal Over Private Video Going Viral")

("Shocking Video of Actress Chu Sang Ah Leaked")

("Is This The End of Bang Tae Seop's Political Career?")

("Creation Party to Release a Statement Soon")

(Her husband a politician? Unbelievable.)

(Get your own family in order.)

(He can't manage his family and wants politics?)

(Get your wife under control.)

The 22nd National Assembly General Election polls...

closed a moment ago at 6pm.

The vote count begins shortly, and we'll see the public's choice.

Let's check in with our reporter at the ballot-counting station.

Reporter Jeon Min Soo, is everything for the count going smoothly?

Hey, Reporter Hwang, push the Son Guk Won story too.

This isn't the kind of story to be buried by cheap gossip!

Release a ton of articles. Plaster it everywhere.

Sir, this isn't "cheap gossip" right now.

Think about it. With a scandal of this magnitude breaking,

- who cares about politics now? - Hey, Reporter Hwang.

Besides,

maybe Son Guk Won's team blocked it. The higher-ups killed the story.

Anyway, this is as far as I can take it.

Hey.

You have your back channels. Since when do you follow the rules?

Hey!

Yes, Assemblyman Choi, I...

Is this election a joke to you? How could you do this to the party?

We were saving it for a key moment, and you threw it away on a whim?

So you don't care about the party, is that it?

No, sir. I'll explain everything and fix it.

- Later, I will... - Enough.

We'll brief the press. Clean it up. No party blowback.

Getting beaten by a woman? How pathetic.

Yes, Executive Director.

I'm going to need you to cover for me.

The phone is currently off. Leave a message after the tone.

Those jerks! You're all dead! I'll kill you all!

You're all dead!

(We're pulling out.)

We're pulling out.

Is Candidate Bang Tae Seop inside?

- How's Candidate Bang Tae Seop? - Let us through.

When can we expect an official statement?

Please explain what happened.

- Get out of the way! - A comment, please!

What are your thoughts, Assemblyman?

Things were looking so good for them.

I guess they never saw such a huge reversal coming.

Bang Tae Seop's camp popped the champagne way too early.

At this point, you have to assume his political career is over.

Yes. As the assemblyman said,

Bang Tae Seop's camp, once so sure, must feel like a funeral now.

It was the final nail in the coffin.

Before his camp could even figure out what was happening,

public opinion had completely turned against him.

What did I tell you?

Nothing trumps a good old-fashioned sex scandal.

Thanks to you, I've learned a valuable lesson.

Now you have a clear path to The Blue House.

- Have a drink. - Of course.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

Now, let's turn to the dramatic race in Dongnam District A.

Candidate Park Hong Jip, with 63.5 percent of the vote...

is the projected winner.

Who are you people?

Yes, sir. I'll put him on.

Hey, Bang Tae Seop.

Humiliating, isn't it?

Because I'm humiliated too.

CEO Jang...

I'll handle this. I'll fix everything...

Forget it. As of now, my investment is officially your debt.

And you'd better answer my calls.

And pay me back in full. In cash.

(New politics, new worker)

(Bang Tae Seop)

It's a one-way ticket for a flight out tomorrow.

I sent a box of cash to your house. It should've arrived by now.

It means your job is done, so get lost and never return.

If it wasn't for us, you'd be rotting in a cell for life.

So just shut it and get out.

I think you've got this all wrong.

You don't have anything on me. I was framed.

And you can tell Lee Yang Mi...

that it's in her best interest to leave Chu Sang Ah alone.

What do you have up your sleeve?

You have something on us, don't you?

Sang Ah.

Hwang Jung Won was the mole.

Which means this was all a setup by Choi Ji Ho and Lee Yang Mi.

They were framing Hwang Jung Won for murder,

- so she... - Stop.

I'm hanging up.

Say something.

Anything at all.

At this point,

I know this sounds like an excuse,

but I wasn't in my right mind that night.

I think Hwang Jung Won put something in my drink.

And I don't remember anything after that.

Aren't you even going to say you're sorry?

I'm sorry.

So deep down,

you really think this is my fault, don't you?

You need to apologise to me too.

That tax evasion scandal Lee Yang Mi cooked up...

You knew about it, didn't you?

If you had just told me, I could've done something about it!

Did you really let that happen just to save your own skin?

Everything that's happened to me up until now...

I thought it was my punishment.

Punishment for trying to survive,

for refusing to let those jerks crush me.

I thought it was a price for not apologising to those I hurt...

and stepped on to get ahead.

I thought I was finally paying for it all.

And that's why it hurt so much.

But it turns out I was just being played all along.

When I hit rock bottom, hurt and broken,

couldn't you have told me once that it wasn't my fault?

Couldn't you have told me that I had paid my dues?

I'm sorry.

There. Are you happy now?

Go beg Lee Yang Mi for forgiveness.

We can't win against Lee Yang Mi. We can't! We just can't! Darn!

Go get on your knees and beg her, whatever it takes! Please!

It's your pathetic pride that's dragged us down this far!

Darn it!

Hey!

Do you know what I was protecting, going through all this nonsense?

By going through all this, just trying to survive?

Pathetic pride? You call this pathetic pride?

You think I sold you out just so I could get ahead alone...

That I let myself get trampled on to get to where I am now?

Hey. Hey!

It's not like I have you wrapped around my finger.

When I call out to you, do you even pretend to look back?

Do you?

I...

stayed by your side through all of that.

Do you have any idea what it took for me to just hang on?

How lonely I felt every time I looked at you...

Have you ever once stopped to think about that?

Have you?

You're blaming me?

But still, I...

I held on and on, and on, just to protect us.

I was just trying to hold on. And after all that...

After all that I've done!

How could you do this?

Fine.

Ultimately, you wanted to own me.

Am I wrong?

Let go.

Let go of me!

Let go!

Let go of me, you jerk!

Fine.

Let's just...

Let's just die.

Let's die together.

It's better this way.

My life...

is unimaginable without Chu Sang Ah.

Our journey to get here was not an easy one.

I consider it the best choice and greatest challenge of my life.

(Actress Chu Sang Ah: Murder and tax evasion)

(Shocking past exposed!)

We made a promise to each other.

That we would be the best possible partners.

But that...

was the worst choice and the biggest disaster of all.

Their marriage, presented as the fairy tale everyone dreams of,

was actually a complete sham hiding a twisted and ugly truth.

(Chu Sang Ah's surprise wedding: From first date to "I do")

(The issue trackers)

(Creation Party)

(Creation Party: Creating value together)

I apologise.

This may sound like an excuse,

but that video was doctored.

To ensure this doesn't harm the party,

I will do everything in my power to contain this.

If you...

- just give me one last chance... - We've already...

explored every possible avenue to contain this on our end.

This is the only option.

(Candidate Bang Tae Seop)

(Statement on leaving the Creation Party)

Darn!

Due to my personal issues, I've caused the party, its members,

(Breaking news: "Candidate Bang Tae Seop...")

and all of those who have supported my campaign,

("Statement on leaving the Creation Party")

great disappointment and turmoil.

For that, I offer my sincerest apologies.

The responsibility for all of this...

lies with me and my personal issues alone.

(Breaking news: "Candidate Bang Tae Seop...")

(The Chu Sang Ah scandal and Hwang Jung Won)

(Our front door)

For crying out loud! Will you just get out of here?

You're going to Chu Sang Ah's? How do you know her?

- The public has a right to know. - For goodness' sake.

- Gosh. I said, get out of here! - Careful!

- Unbelievable. - Just one comment, please.

Hey, you.

Why not keep your wives in check? Just you watch.

- Just one comment before you go. - Please, just one word.

That's it! I'm reporting you for trespassing.

I knew it from the very beginning.

That this marriage was a mistake.

That you...

would just end up betraying him instead of helping my brother.

And you know why I couldn't stop this marriage?

Because even though he's my little brother,

I've never won an argument with him. Not once.

Go ahead and curse me out.

Believe me. I came here today...

to ask why you'd ruin his future when he's struggling so hard.

I was ready to rip your hair out, and hers, and tear you both apart.

My gosh.

One look at the state of you and this house,

it's clear all hell has already broken loose.

If I were to start raising hell on top of it,

it'd be kicking you when you're down, wouldn't it?

It'd be a total waste of my energy.

So why...

Why...

Look.

You may be a wench,

but you were the one who was secretly filmed.

That makes you the victim.

Even so, for now,

be so humiliated you could die,

and suffer so much you wish you were dead.

Especially since you're a celebrity, not some nobody.

That's the price you have to pay.

Let that be your darn punishment.

However,

don't you dare be irresponsible like last time...

and pull that stunt about suicide.

Because I...

will personally dig up your grave,

grab you by the scruff of your neck,

and drag you right back out.

You better stay alive and make up for this.

Got it?

Today's your birthday, isn't it?

What a mess...

of a life you have.

You know, Tae Seop...

probably fell for you because you're so much like him.

Abandoned by your own mother,

left all alone in the world.

You fought tooth and nail just to survive.

And you endured. That's why.

(Lee Yang Mi)

What are you doing? Not going in?

Let me guess. Wondering where you went wrong?

"I shouldn't have gone in there that day."

"I shouldn't have used Nam Hye Hun's card."

"I shouldn't have joined that idiot, Kwon Jong Uk."

I'm sure many things are on your mind.

But you're wrong, Tae Seop.

That's not it.

The worst choice you ever made was marrying Chu Sang Ah.

And the best choice I ever made was marrying Kwon Se Myeong.

Do you get it now?

Come on, this is your last chance.

It's your choice.

(VIP)

Today, let's...

die together.

Are you out of your mind?

It's not fair for me to die alone, is it?

But before we do, let me ask you one thing.

Why on earth are you going this far?

Sang Ah...

Why are you so determined to drag her down to rock bottom?

Because that's the only thing you really have.

Of everything you own,

she's the most valuable.

- Darn... - Gosh, darn it.

You call this rock bottom?

You think it's over?

Don't make me laugh.

Die?

You'd really kill yourself?

This pathetically?

You think I don't know you, Bang Tae Seop?

You knew this was your last chance when you came here!

You need to figure out what to do right now...

to turn both your life and Chu Sang Ah's around.

So make the right call.

Okay?

- It's Chu Sang Ah! - Let's get a comment over here!

How did we...

end up becoming such monsters?

Bang Tae Seop.

I'm not letting it end like this.

Ms. Chu, you are currently at the center of controversy.

Can we get a comment?

I will crush Lee Yang Mi by any means necessary.

Just one comment, please!

What you've lost,

and what was stolen from me, I will take it all back.

Ms. Chu, please just give us one comment.

How are you feeling right now?

- Ms. Chu! - Ms. Chu!

Please give us a comment!

- Ms. Chu! - Ms. Chu!

Ms. Chu!

Because you are me.

We're the same breed.

I know all too well...

that you'll do whatever it takes.

You go your way.

And I'll go mine.

Let's each see this through...

to the end we want.

This is the ancestral tomb of Gu Hong Seo,

Son Guk Won's only rival.

Your mission...

is to sever that family's bloodline for good.

This is basically like putting a hit on the dead.

You must drive this into its skull and heart...

to sever its life force.

However,

this act defies the laws of life and death,

so whoever performs it must pay a price.

For example,

the person closest to you could be struck by the curse.

(Recents)

(Chu Sang Ah, Nam Woo Sik)

(To: Bang Tae Seop)

What are you doing?

Is this what you got...

for embarrassing yourself in front of the whole world?

Watch your mouth.

I'm giving you this for old times' sake.

I'm getting out of here.

Don't look for me.

Are you messing with me right now?

After everything I did for you?

You want me to take this chump change and go?

You need to stop doing this stuff.

Start living like a decent human being.

I'm going to go somewhere no one knows me...

and start a new life.

You're saying this because...

you got a taste of the high life in the industry with Chu Sang Ah.

So cut the nonsense.

Woo Sik.

(Deep Sea Aquarium)

Where are you going?

Running away?

You're the only proof I have left that Lee Yang Mi did this to me.

And you're just going to bail on me like this?

I know your life got messed up because of me and Bang Tae Seop,

but if you run away now just to save your own skin,

then I'll be done for.

I came here knowing everything, so go ahead.

Let's hear your excuse.

I have no excuses to make.

It's just that you...

had the bad luck of running into someone like me,

and your life got messed up.

Didn't you know I've always been this rotten?

I've gotten blood on my hands to survive,

and I've spent my whole life taking advantage of others.

What, did you really think I had any decency left in me?

Fine.

But still,

my feelings for you...

were real even for a moment.

Let me ask you for one last favour.

I'm going to use all my power to destroy Lee Yang Mi.

So what you saw,

what you heard, and everything you know!

Give me every piece of ammunition I can use to take Lee Yang Mi down!

For people like you and me,

if we go any further with this,

it won't end with us just getting hurt.

So please, let's just stop right here.

Did I really wish you were dead?

I'm already dead anyway.

I died the day Ji Soo was killed,

and living like this...

is the same as being dead.

So even if it destroys me, I'll destroy that monster first!

Please...

Just stop it!

Okay?

Okay?

We've turned into monsters.

- No! - No!

Jung Won...

Hurry, go after him.

Jung Won!

Jung Won, look at me.

What do I do?

Oh, gosh...

Jung Won!

Look at me.

Look at me.

Jung Won, stay with me.

Jung Won...

Please, stay with me.

Please...

Jung Won!

Jung Won...

Jung Won!

Jung Won...

(Sang Ah)

The person is unavailable. Please leave a message.

Darn...

You're Chu Sang Ah's husband, correct?

Yes. What's this about?

So, a man in his 30s wearing a black top...

killed Hwang Jung Won with a weapon and fled the scene.

And you didn't get a clear look at his face?

(Case record)

(Gossip Base, trending)

(It's really Chu Sang Ah.)

(Police Station)

Are you disappointed it wasn't me?

- I said it wasn't me! - All right, let's go quietly.

- Let go! Let go of me! - I said, quiet down.

- It wasn't me! It's not me! - Shut it!

Hey! You know it wasn't me. You saw!

- Hey, shut it! Get in there! - You saw!

- Be quiet! - Get in there, punk.

Hey, Chu Sang Ah! Hey, you saw it! Hey!

Hey! Chu Sang Ah!

What do you think you're doing?

It wasn't him. I know it.

So what?

Do you really think this is going to help you right now?

Don't get tangled up in this mess anymore.

This is where it ends.

A rookie actress, Ms. Hwang, has been murdered by her stalker.

Convicted of attempted murder on her mom's partner nine years ago,

she reportedly hid her past to pursue her acting career.

Mr. Nam, caught at the scene, stalked Ms. Hwang since last year.

He also had three assault convictions...

and was arrested many times before.

Meanwhile, from the wads of dollars found in a bag in his car,

the police believe this incident may not be simple stalking,

and haven't ruled out the chance of it being a contract killing.

(The media covered for her. An actress trying to kill someone?)

(So did she kill her dad back then? Or her mom's boyfriend?)

(Why cast a lead with a record? They only care about money.)

(This industry is a black hole. Why is it full of so many weirdos?)

(The late Hwang Jung Won)

Darn it.

(Morgue)

Excuse me.

May I ask what your relationship to the deceased is?

Why?

If there's no next of kin, she'll be processed as unclaimed.

I'm her next of kin.

In that case, I'll need you to sign here, please.

(Deceased: Hwang Jung Won)

(Relationship to Deceased: Next of Kin)

(ID Card: Hwang Jung Won)

(To: Bang Tae Seop)

What do you have up your sleeve?

You've got something on me, don't you?

Remember I was an informant for Bang Tae Seop...

when he was a prosecutor?

If I reveal what I have,

we all go down together.

(Please help keep the area clean.)

Eliminate Hwang Jung Won.

(Director Lee Yang Mi)

(Choi Ji Ho, Dark Web Screen Capture)

(Key File)

This is the USB Hwang Jung Won sent before she died.

(Park Jae Sang, Real Culprit Files)

It has the CCTV footage of Park Jae Sang's killer...

and logs of calls between the broker and the person who ordered the hit.

(Call Logs)

Is this a threat, or a pledge of loyalty?

What does it look like to you?

I'm not sure.

Either way, it wouldn't count as direct evidence.

Still...

It'll be a big help with the case, and things could get messy for you.

So?

What else do you want besides a spot on Son Guk Won's campaign team?

Clean up the mess with the leaked video...

and make sure Chu Sang Ah's movie gets released.

How touching.

To think you still have feelings for Chu Sang Ah after all this.

My trophy wife has to be sparkling when I make it to the Blue House.

This is exactly why I took you under my wing.

Because you...

are one dirty jerk.

Imagine that.

You don't actually think...

there are good people in this world, do you?

(Climax)

What are you trying to do that's worth the risk?

I'm planning to get rid of Lee Yang Mi.

If I turn the wheel, it isn't long before they go right off a cliff.

Medical malpractice and soliciting murder.

This will be the biggest story of the year.

You left no loose ends, right? It must look like a perfect suicide.

I'm going to turn WR into a house of cards.

WR is about to get its true owner.