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(This drama is a work of fiction.)

(All characters, organizations, and events in this drama are fictitious.)

(This drama complied with production guidelines...)

(for filming child actors and animals.)

(Mono Group Chairman Choi Young Ho shares warmth for the Korean New Year.)

(Joins Hope 2025 Sharing Campaign for sustainable CSR)

(Visited a flophouse district to volunteer and offer support)

(Mono Group's major overseas projects moving smoothly)

(Record-breaking performance expected this year)

(Successful overseas expansion continues)

(The hidden architect behind the veil)

(Chairman Choi Young Ho's suspicious master plan)

(The illusion of delegated management, Mono Group's dual structure)

(The hidden architect behind the veil)

(Chairman Choi Young Ho's suspicious master plan)

Choi Young Ho made a fortune in overseas construction.

Starting with nothing, he's come this far...

with almost no real enemies,

which proves his business sense and ability are exceptional.

(Mono Group)

It's the company he founded,

but for the past few years, he's entrusted management to Vice Chairman Yoo Min Ho,

and is known to retain only final decision-making authority.

But many still believe...

he continues to direct and decide everything behind the scenes,

so he's definitely a man who is not what he appears to be.

(Choi Hee Su's fiancé - Ryu Jun Ho)

It feels like he's deliberately keeping his domestic activities to a minimum...

in several different ways.

He's so shrouded in secrecy...

and spends most of his time overseas...

that getting close to him is impossible.

I've heard people say his plane is his office.

(Kim Soo Yeon)

Mom.

Mom, I'm here.

His wife passed away a few years ago.

Since then,

he's been spending far more time overseas.

He has a daughter studying abroad,

and she's probably around your age.

Whatever it is, if it comes out of that girl's mouth,

you can assume anything is possible.

She's his only blood relative,

so apparently, he's very attached to her.

This house?

It was listed at five million dollars...

Just like you said,

that girl, Choi Hee Su,

got a place in Hanyeon-dong.

You'll need to find out exactly where it is.

Of course.

She's lived abroad for a long time,

so she likely doesn't know many people in Korea.

That means she'll spend a lot of time at home.

Choi Hee Su bought a building worth over five million dollars...

and uses it as a studio,

but the neighbors say they've barely even seen her face.

She has a closed-off personality,

so getting close to her won't be easy.

It's clear she doesn't trust people easily.

She acts exactly like him.

Like father, like daughter.

(Atelier)

(Inner Landscapes: The Flow of Emotion Choi Hee Su Solo Exhibition)

Which piece are you most attached to?

This is my first solo exhibition in Korea,

so I tried to put a bit of my emotions into each piece.

She majored in painting,

and she's fairly well known in the industry.

Her skills are top-notch.

She's not some rich girl...

who lives off her family and does nothing.

The only way to meet Choi Young Ho...

is to approach this girl and wait for an opening.

I don't see any other way.

This is where it gets difficult.

Think carefully about how to approach her,

then act with caution.

There must be countless people swarming around,

looking for a way to get something...

out of that rich man.

The moment you look like one of them, your chance is gone.

Forever.

Sorry, but let's finish the interview.

Please take a good look around.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Hello.

For a moment, I had this thought.

Maybe my target...

should include the daughter Choi Young Ho treasures so much,

Choi Hee Su too.

He killed someone else's family while protecting his own blood,

so maybe that would be a more fitting way...

to take revenge on that shameless old man.

Do you like the painting?

That's when one idea came to me.

- Thank you. - Maybe,

Choi Young Ho's end...

will be crueler than I expected.

Because there's no such thing as revenge that only gives back...

what was done to you.

(Revenge)

Come here, honey.

I'm home.

Why do you look so down?

Did something happen?

- No, nothing. - Really?

Ms. Ham Myo Jin.

You have a package.

Here's your package.

Thanks.

What?

No way.

This...

Dad.

You'll get hurt, careful.

Dad, I wanted this so badly.

Do you think your dad or mom wouldn't know...

what you want?

I'm going to draw so well with this.

All right.

- My pretty girl. - I love it.

(Cheongham Flower Farm)

There.

Mom.

That's pretty.

Three flowers?

Is that our family?

Yes.

Who did you get those crafty hands from?

Myo Jin.

- I'm going fishing. - What?

Wait for me!

Hey, you'll fall.

Be careful.

Goodness.

I never imagined...

this was how you and I would end.

Shut up.

Even if you went back a hundred times,

you'd do the same thing. That's who you are.

Please.

Please!

Even after your memories came back,

even after you learned everything,

please,

if you had just pretended not to know,

we could've been happy.

Shut up, you evil bastard.

Over one stupid memory?

It's already over and gone.

You're the one trapped in old memories.

You're the one who can't get out.

I'll kill you.

Yes.

Yes.

I wish that too.

I wish...

someone...

would stop me.

Yes.

Let's go together.

Ryu Jun Ho, stop.

Now.

Let go of her.

Damn it.

Ms. Ham.

Ms. Ham, wake up.

Please wake up.

I'm home.

Honey, how was school?

I bought snacks.

Wait.

Dad, what happened to your arm?

This, well...

- Right. - Yeah?

Did you tell your art club friends to come over?

I'll buy something tasty, so bring everyone.

You can all draw on that computer and have fun.

No, it's embarrassing.

Embarrassing?

I'm the only one without my own room.

I don't want to invite my friends.

I see.

But Dad, how did you hurt your arm?

This?

Earlier,

- I was working in the field and... - Yeah?

When the kids see our place, they'll think it's kind of shabby, right?

I told you not to keep telling her to bring friends over.

You're so clueless.

Well,

Myo Jin does need...

her own room now.

Of course, she does.

Our daughter is a grown young lady now.

With our situation,

when could we ever find a place with a proper room?

Just wait and see.

This time,

who knows if we might get picked for public housing?

If we didn't get it last year,

why would we get it this year?

You and your bad luck.

We need to give Myo Jin her own room.

Still,

Myo Jin is so bright.

That puts my mind at ease.

Goodness.

Do you think she isn't hurting inside?

She just doesn't say it.

Do you think I don't know...

how deep-hearted Myo Jin is?

You have to leave for work at dawn. Go to sleep.

I don't need anything else.

Just tell me this.

Did you kill my mom and dad?

Myo Jin!

Do you miss your parents?

Will you only be satisfied after seeing blood?

If you want revenge,

get your head on straight first.

Do whatever it takes to recover your memories.

The things I told you.

No matter how bad the accident was,

they're not something...

you can just forget.

I tried hundreds of times,

but nothing worked.

Coming to you was the last thing I could do.

It isn't true that I confessed to the police...

I set the fire by mistake.

The truth I hid even when I went to prison...

and told only you.

You still don't remember it?

None of it?

Tell me...

what happened.

Who killed my mom and dad, and why?

This cancer is eating my body away.

I don't know what'll happen or when.

So I kept something.

I told you...

the first time you came saying you'd kill me.

A guy like me...

doesn't trust the world.

What you can trust isn't people or money.

It's the insurance you keep on them.

Lee Jong Su.

He's the guy who brought Chairman Choi Young Ho's money.

I recorded my conversation with him.

There will come a time when you need it.

Then this is...

Listen to it.

You won't have anything left to wonder about.

Now go.

And don't ever come back.

I won't be here even if you do.

Seriously?

They make me do all kinds of ridiculous crap.

This is it.

Are you on your way back from the hospital?

I cleaned this morning.

I just did this while I was cleaning the second floor.

By the way, what did the hospital say?

They said I'm recovering faster than expected...

and told me to take even better care of myself.

See? What did I tell you?

If you do what I say, you'll get better in no time.

I'm happy for you.

(Atibam)

Good morning.

Is there any place in particular that feels uncomfortable?

No, I'm fine.

Your test results are all normal.

That's a relief.

The anesthetic that paralyzed your body...

has been completely cleared.

You're healthy enough...

to be discharged today.

Thank you.

Doctor.

Can I ask what happened to Ryu Jun Ho?

You mean the suspect with the gunshot wound?

Yes.

I heard his injuries are serious, so he's in the ICU.

If he's in the ICU,

does that mean his life isn't in danger?

Yes, that's right.

Even if someone is a major criminal,

in cases like this,

for the sake of the investigation,

they usually do everything they can to keep them alive.

Is he in this hospital?

No.

Since he's a murder suspect,

he's under separate protection.

He's under special police supervision,

so even we don't know where he is.

I see.

Take care.

(Seoul Namyeong Police Station)

It seems Ryu Jun Ho...

planned to make it look as though you,

after killing Choi Young Ho and Choi Hee Su to avenge your parents,

also killed Wang Gi Cheol,

who was paid to give false testimony for them,

and then staged everything as an impulsive suicide...

caused by traumatic brain injury.

Even though he knew you were recovering,

he kept making you take medication for schizophrenia,

deleted the recordings...

that could have exposed his past actions,

and they were all part of the same pattern.

On the day of the incident,

the secretary, Director Kim Won Il,

used a forged passport and attended the conference in Germany...

in Ryu Jun Ho's place.

But when we actually began tracing his accounts,

he confessed to everything.

How are you feeling, Ms. Ham?

Thanks to you, I'm much better, Detective.

I don't have to go to the hospital anymore, either.

That's really good to hear.

What happens from here?

In about two weeks,

the full investigation will begin.

In the end, it'll become a battle over sentencing.

I see.

Ryu Jun Ho is currently exercising his right to remain silent,

so we still haven't heard directly...

why he tried to kill you, Ms. Ham.

Detective.

If Ryu Jun Ho is staying silent...

What you're assuming is right.

The country's top law firm is representing him.

He's rich,

so he's put together an extremely high-end defense team.

Now,

has your suspicion about Ms. Ham's Jebu-do Island accident...

been cleared up, Detective Woo?

Of course.

I've been very rude all this time.

She went all the way to the villa to save Choi Hee Su...

and nearly lost her life.

The shock of that moment and the accident...

are what have tormented Ms. Ham until now.

I'm glad the misunderstanding has been cleared up.

I have a favor to ask.

Please let me see Ryu Jun Ho one last time.

I want to return it to him myself.

Yes, of course.

Thank you.

Questioning as a witness?

What bullshit.

I wasn't born yesterday.

It's all because of that idiot.

I'll never work with brainless bastards again.

Damn it.

I'm sorry! Are you hurt?

No.

Are you Korean?

Do you speak Korean?

Well, I'm an overseas Chinese.

But are you okay?

Are you hurt?

I'm sorry.

I'm okay.

I missed my flight last week,

so I was rushing a little today and caused this accident.

I wish there were more flights to Hong Kong.

Are you going to Hong Kong?

Same as me.

- Really? - Yes.

I go every week for work.

But the time...

Would you like to talk while we go together?

Sure.

Let's go.

Thanks.

(Restricted Area)

I did receive Detective Woo's call,

but because of the patient's condition,

I can't give you much time.

Yes, I understand.

When you're finished,

press this button.

Then a nurse will come and escort you out.

Can he hear my voice?

Yes.

Mr. Ryu.

Ms. Ham is here.

I was afraid.

If your memories came back,

you'd learn everything,

and you'd leave me.

Then I'd go back...

to the past again.

For one brief moment,

there was a time...

when I doubted you.

(Voice Mail)

(You have a new voice message.)

Jun Ho.

Your phone is off, so I'll leave a voice message.

Tonight,

I don't think I can meet you.

I should have stopped then.

It was the last chance...

to get away from you,

but I threw it away.

That's right.

Every choice was yours.

You must have hoped my memories would never return.

Because you wanted me to forget everything...

and live inside the cage you built for us.

(Change of Address Form, Ham Myo Jin)

Here you go.

Yes, that's all set.

This is him.

Okay.

What?

But my feelings remembered you,

and they showed me what I had to do.

I came to say thank you.

After the accident, if it hadn't been for you,

none of this would have been possible.

The police said...

I killed...

Hee Su.

What do they mean, I killed her?

That day,

I did try to kill those two,

but I didn't...

think of...

doing so brutally.

At least,

I never...

thought of doing it that way.

Was it...

you?

Don't be curious.

It's meaningless to you now anyway.

Were...

all the moments you spent with me...

really...

all lies?

I'm surprised...

you still wonder that.

Why...

be that cruel?

Because that day,

you were the one who set fire to my house.

Because you...

are the murderer who killed my mom and dad.

You'd better brace yourself.

Until your whole body rots away,

slowly, step by step,

I'm going to break you down.

Please...

die slowly.

(No Unauthorized Entry)

(The late Ham Jun Seong, Lee Yoo Jeong, 2010.03.16)

(Mom, Dad, rest in peace.)

Dad.

Mom.

I'm here.

I'm sorry...

I came so late.

Welcome.

It's been a while.

One pour-over coffee, please.

It's all right.

I'm curious to taste the coffee you make yourself, Ms. Ham.

It's good.

It feels perfect.

Last week,

the police came as part of the investigation.

I heard about your parents, Ms. Ham,

and looked up the articles from back then too.

The reactions you showed during the initial tests...

seemed like unrelated answers every time,

but when I analyzed them again, that wasn't the case.

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

Maybe everyone, myself included,

was completely fooled.

Choi Hee Su, Ryu Jun Ho,

Chairman Choi Young Ho and Wang Gi Cheol.

Everyone who brought tragedy to your family is dead,

and that can't be a coincidence.

Is that how I look to you, Doctor?

I didn't come here with any other reason.

As a doctor,

I was left with one unanswered question.

When did it start?

When did you begin hiding that your memories had returned?

Even if I told you,

it wouldn't matter anymore.

Why not?

Because memories...

belong to the past,

and the past can't be undone.

I told you.

Back then, we got acceptance letters from the best universities in America.

Can that...

be a reason to kill people?

People with nothing to lose...

all think like you, of course.

What?

You.

When you first came to my exhibition and saw my paintings, you cried.

You said it yourself...

that you could feel my sorrow inside my paintings.

My passion,

my talent, all of it, so vividly.

You said that you'd never felt anything like it before.

You're insane.

If those people had ruined me back then,

my paintings...

wouldn't exist in the world now.

Can you even imagine that?

Hey.

Do you know what people with nothing to lose...

are capable of?

They just wait for their chance.

They wait to find fault with people who have money,

and when they get the chance, they pounce and rip them apart.

Like animals.

That's what happened to us that day.

There is no one in this world who has nothing to lose.

Because those people were someone's father and someone's mother too.

Stop with the pathetic sob story.

Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?

Are you saying I should've been ruined...

because of people like them?

I...

am not like those people.

I'm not one of those beastly types who swarm like dogs...

at the slightest opening just to squeeze money out of people.

This is insane.

They're all insane.

Why is it so noisy?

Hee Su.

Hee Su.

Suspected traffic accident patient.

Blood pressure 90 over 60.

Ryu Jun Ho...

Suspected thoracoabdominal trauma and femur fracture.

- killed... - Requesting trauma team standby.

- my mom and dad. - Copy. The trauma team will stand by.

I mustn't...

- forget. - Patient is being transported.

The patient is unresponsive.

That man...

killed...

my mom and...

Check the bleeding sites again.

(Rescue Team)

Emergency patient.

She was conscious at the scene,

but lost consciousness again during transport.

Move her to the OR quickly.

- Call a surgeon. - Yes.

(Central Surgery Center)

Ma'am.

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Yes?

What did you say?

When I wake up,

tell me...

that Ryu Jun Ho...

killed...

my mom and dad.

I must never forget.

I must...

remember.

Ryu...

Jun...

Ho...

Myo Jin.

Please wake up.

Are you coming around?

Jun Ho.

What?

Ryu...

Jun Ho.

Yes, that's right.

It's me.

Ryu Jun Ho.

Myo Jin.

I...

told you, didn't I?

When you...

first woke up after the accident,

you didn't remember your own name,

your family's names,

or anything at all.

Nothing at all.

But...

you only remembered...

my name.

You can forget everything else.

Just keep...

remembering...

only me,

like you do now.

Forever.

Have you ever felt truly terrified?

That fear that everything could collapse in an instant,

and someone might make your life turn out that way.

You have a capable father and someone you love.

What are you afraid of?

Everyone has at least one secret they can't tell anyone.

Mine...

came too early.

A secret?

Yes.

A secret...

preserved like a specimen until the day I die,

following me everywhere.

What kind of secret stays hidden forever?

Is that so?

Someone might already know it.

You have...

a secret too.

What?

I,

sometimes,

want to let everything go.

I'm so tired.

It's too hard.

Myo Jin.

Have you ever received a present?

Myo Jin.

Please put that away for me.

That's...

because the chairman and Ms. Choi have this condition.

They can't look at anything sharp.

A present?

Yes, a present.

I don't know.

I've never lived thinking about things like that.

Then should I give...

that present to you?

You? To me?

Why?

Just...

because when I look at you sometimes,

you feel similar to me.

There is no one in this world who has nothing to lose.

Because those people were someone's father and someone's mother too.

Stop with the pathetic sob story.

Who do you think you are to talk to me like that?

Are you saying I should've been ruined...

because of people like them?

I...

am not like those people.

I'm not one of those beastly types who swarm like dogs...

at the slightest opening just to squeeze money out of people.

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