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ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND EVENTS ARE FICTITIOUS

Previously on The Penthouse: War in Life…

We are all here to punish Dan-tae and Seo-jin.

My first plan is to cause complete division between Dan-tae and Seo-jin.

Above all else, it's money. I want 200 billion won.

-I want 500 billion won. -What? 500 billion? Are you kidding me?

I plan to dry up all of Joo Dan-tae's funds.

This picture shows Joo Dan-tae following Oh Yoon-hee's car in his.

Send this to every media outlet. Move fast so it can be breaking news.

I'm going to kill you, Cheon Seo-jin!

There's a boat that casts off stowaways to China.

They're all gone now.

After all, the ultimate winner is you, Cheon Seo-jin.

I'll erase all your bad memories, Mom.

I've been saving all my pills for you.

We're leaving soon, so wait inside.

You mean, in here?

Yes, we don't have time.

Darn it.

He'll rot in there forever.

An eye for an eye.

I don't know how much longer he'll live,

but it'll be more tormenting than death.

What's going on?

What is this?

Go!

Let's go.

Gosh.

Hey.

Hey!

Where am I?

What is this? What is this place?

Hey!

You woke up.

Mr. Baek Jun-ki.

Baek Jun-ki?

What…

Baek Jun-ki?

What is this place?

Where am I? Why am I here?

Open this! Now! Let me out!

Open this now.

Joo Seok-kyung.

Was it you?

You wanted to take your revenge on me,

just as Soo-ryeon's daughter would?

Is this how you repay me for bringing you up to this day?

Is that how your mom taught you?

I learned it from you, Dad.

You know me. I'm exactly like you.

What do you think I learned from a dad who abandoned me and locked me up

just because I'm not your own?

How do you feel?

Now that you're locked up,

you want me as your daughter again? I hope not.

No matter what anyone says, I've done what I should.

I did my best to bring up my worst enemy's daughter for the last 20 years.

I wanted to help you win the grand prize for Cheong-a Arts Festival,

so I even decided to kill Ro-na. That's not all.

I dropped out your competitors to get a dumb girl like you

into Seoul National University.

I did it all for you!

Have you forgotten?

Even your biological dad couldn't go that far for you.

What more do you want from me?

I never asked you to do that.

You turned me into a monster.

Because of you, I left my twin sister to die,

I tormented, despised my mom, and I can't even be with her now.

-It's all because of you, jerk. -What? "Jerk"?

I despise you.

If you hated me that much, why didn't you just abandon me?

Why did you live your life like that? Why?

I have no time to bicker with you.

Get me out of here now.

I have mountains of work to do in Seoul.

I can't do that.

The one who locked you up here isn't me, but Logan.

He doesn't know I'm here. I found out by chance, so I followed you.

Logan?

What the heck are you saying? Logan?

Oh, you didn't know?

Logan is alive. And Mom is well too.

She should be back in the penthouse now.

Sim Soo-ryeon came back?

How is that woman alive? Just how?

She must have felt so wronged so she couldn't even die, I guess.

She lost her husband, daughter, and friend all in your hands!

I thought

I should say goodbye as your daughter.

Goodbye, forever.

Seok-kyung. Wait.

Seok-kyung, don't be like this.

Don't be like this.

I mean, we had a good run.

I must… I must have been insane then.

I sent you there not because I hated you.

I got too angry at your mom, so I just took it out on you.

You know how much I adore you.

I adored and liked you much more than my own son, Seok-hoon.

Seok-kyung.

Please get me out of here.

I'm sorry for everything.

Seok-hoon, you, and me.

The three of us can go back to our old days.

I'll do that.

I'll right all the wrongs.

Seok-kyung.

You're so pathetic.

Did you think I came all the way here to see this?

You lost. You need to give up.

You're nothing but a wanted murderer in Korea and here in Japan.

It'll be better for you to stay in there.

I'm never going to come back.

Have a good life from now on as Baek Jun-ki.

Seok-kyung!

Seok-kyung, you can't leave like this! Seok-kyung, let me out of here!

Seok-kyung.

Seok-kyung.

No…

Seok-kyung!

Baek Jun-ki betrayed me and went to work for Seo-jin.

But he's a victim who lost his parents because of Dan-tae.

Without being able to live a decent life, he had been locked up

in a mental hospital for 27 years.

If he gets over his gambling addiction,

I don't think it's a bad idea to give him another chance.

Stop it! I have to talk to Logan!

Logan, please! Don't send me back to my husband.

I'd rather die in your hands.

I don't want to be beaten up to death in that house where my daughter died.

Please.

I won't do anything to Eun-byeol.

I'll just watch her from afar. I promise.

Eun-byeol is like my life.

I'll die if I can't see her again.

I had to let Michelle go like that, but I can make Eun-byeol happy.

I can't let Eun-byeol stay with a mom like Cheon Seo-jin!

First off,

you need to see a psychiatrist.

And you can never go near Eun-byeol, never.

I'll decide what I'll do with you once you finish your treatment.

-No. No, Logan. -Mr. Hong.

No, Logan, I beg you.

No, please. Logan, I beg you.

No, Logan.

Logan!

What a poor woman.

-Logan! -She ran away from home

because of domestic violence.

Then her daughter, Michelle,

waited for her outside…

and froze to death.

Michelle looked

a lot like Eun-byeol.

Alex.

Yes?

I have a favor to ask of you before you go back to the States.

My gosh, look at this.

Did you prepare all this yourself?

-It looks beautiful. -Do you like it?

Yes, I love it.

My gosh.

Mom. Let's drink.

Sure.

You picked a nice wine too. It's so sweet.

I think today is

the happiest day of my life.

I'm so sorry to Ro-na's mom who saved my life,

but don't remember anything.

Once you forget all the bad memories, you'll be happy too.

Then you won't have to do anything bad because of me,

and you'll never be tortured.

I'll make it happen for you.

Right.

How is your headache? Are you all right?

I'm fine. It's completely gone.

What a relief.

-Is someone here? -I'll go.

Mom, our portrait is here.

Oh, the photo?

Let's see.

My gosh.

We look so pretty.

Eun-byeol.

You look so pretty, Eun-byeol.

One day, you might forget me too.

When that day comes, I'll look after you.

I'll live as your mom.

I'll never leave you.

I promise.

You look so happy too.

Of course.

We took the photo together.

Where should we put this up?

Well…

Hey, Mr. Do.

I'm with Eun-byeol. If it's not urgent--

There's a rumor in the stock market that Cheong-a Construction will go bankrupt.

The words are that we're in serious financial difficulty.

Stop it in any way possible.

Stop the media and banks, and hold out as much as we can.

Alex just contacted me on taking Cheong-a Construction over.

What should I do?

Alex?

I never knew you were interested in taking Cheong-a Construction over.

My husband is in charge of the construction division.

This might be a perfect chance for your father's business

to make its way into Korea.

Cheong-a Construction is pretty hot in the industry right now.

Cheonsu District will be worth a lot.

Cheonsu District will bring many benefits for your business.

You'll regret it if you miss this chance.

Because I want to keep my focus on doing the cultural business.

I have too much on my plate to look after the construction business.

The building work has started in Cheonsu District.

And if I'm selling the business with all the staff in place,

there'll be quite a few corporations that want to take it.

A crime?

Don't worry. That's never going to happen.

Three trillion won.

I don't think it's a bad deal.

May I ask you for 30 percent as the down payment?

Great work, ma'am.

If we fail to pay the debt by this week, we were about to go bankrupt.

That should solve it, ma'am.

Logan is helping me out in many ways.

Things went well thanks to him.

He was a good man to me.

You haven't found Joo Dan-tae yet?

The police are looking for him too.

Make sure you hide well, Dan-tae.

Don't show up and ruin everything.

And now, there is only one more left.

Bae Ro-na.

Please open the door. We'd like to interview you, Ms. Bae.

Ms. Bae, please come on out.

We have to confirm something.

Is it true that you bribed the orchestra during the audition?

We received a tip-off that the participants had a scheme.

Please say something.

And I heard you blackmailed Director Cheon too. What's the truth?

-Ro-na. -Ms. Bae.

-Ms. Bae. -Is everything true?

Did you threaten Ms. Cheon?

Please come on out.

-Darn it. -All of you!

What are you doing here?

Why are you making a scene in front of an empty house? Who let you in?

How did you get in?

Since when did security become so lax here at the great Hera Palace?

This is an invasion of privacy. Who cares if you're reporters?

Are you allowed to swarm in and bully her over unconfirmed rumors?

Should I report you to the police?

Je-ni, did you call security? Why aren't they coming?

There they are.

-Hurry up. -Get them out immediately!

Why is our security so lax?

How can we live here in peace?

Yes, ma'am.

You need to leave. Now.

Hurry up and go!

What are you doing? Get them out.

-Come here. -Darn it.

-You need to go. -Go.

How did you get in? Leave!

-What are you doing? -Get out of here!

Go.

You need to go.

I'm sure it was Cheon Seo-jin.

Now that she thinks you're gone, she's not afraid of anyone.

Has she gone crazy?

How can she try to trample all over that young girl?

It looks like she made an awful move.

I'll let Ro-na deal with the reporters.

Mom.

She already checked out.

Where did she disappear to? Do you have any ideas?

I'll track her location with the phone and the credit card I gave her.

Why did you want to see me?

I saw it on the news.

The things Chairman Joo did to your mom.

It must have been shocking.

I've been worried.

Thank you for your concern.

Sure.

I wanted to see you today to let you go study abroad

as our resident musician.

This is a very special perk.

It's either Italy or America.

STUDYING ABROAD IN ITALY, AMERICA

Where do you want to go?

Why are you trying to send me abroad?

What do you want to hide?

You're the one who sent those reporters my home, aren't you?

Are you pretending to be kind, hoping I'll choose to step down?

Do you want to bring shame on me

and get rid of me from the world of vocal music forever?

You take my good intention the wrong way,

just as your mom did.

I'm not looking to study abroad.

There's something I must do in Korea.

Something you must do?

Clearing my mom's name.

-One second. -Wait.

You can't come in here.

I called them here.

Thank you for coming.

You were all curious about my story,

so I asked you to come to explain everything myself,

along with Director Cheon here.

Ro-na, what the heck are you doing?

Today, I'd like to share the last moment of my mother, who passed away

under false accusations as the admission murderer.

Are you saying you have a video?

Show us the video now.

-Ms. Cheon. -There are three people in this video.

My mom, Chairman Joo Dan-tae,

and…

Director Cheon Seo-jin.

-What? -Director Cheon?

She was there?

-Was she a witness? -I thought she wasn't there.

I arrived

after Ms. Oh fell off the cliff.

I haven't seen anything.

She's lying.

She was there at the scene while my mother was alive.

But she stayed silent until now.

My mother was framed

as a kidnapper and the admission murderer, but you never covered for her.

Why not?

Were you in league with Joo Dan-tae, the murderer?

Or did you help him kill her?

What are you…

-What's she doing? -Did she just yell?

-What are you saying? -That was disappointing.

It's not true.

I'm a victim.

Everything was done by Chairman Joo alone.

Is that really true?

Eun-byeol!

-Get that. -No!

-Get it. -My gosh.

-Get it on camera. -Get it.

-Get it on camera, okay? -Get the video.

Eun-byeol!

No!

There is a car right by the edge of the cliff.

It seems dangerous, as if it would fall off the cliff any minute.

This is the dashcam footage of the scandalous case

of Ha Eun-byeol's abduction.

Stop it!

She's in the car!

Eun-byeol!

Get Eun-byeol out!

Oh Yoon-hee!

Eun-byeol!

Get her out, now!

I'll move once she's out, so get her out now!

Hang in there, okay?

Eun-byeol, wake up. Gosh, sweetie… Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol, wake up. Help me!

Oh was under suspicion of kidnapping her friend's daughter,

and the dashcam footage at the time of her death was finally released.

This footage proved that Oh stayed alive

even after Chairman Joo Dan-tae of Cheong-a

pushed her car to the edge of the cliff, causing a big controversy.

Oh has been vindicated as a victim, not the perpetrator,

and she tried her best to save her friend's daughter to her last breath.

The last person Oh was seen with was Chairman Joo Dan-tae's wife,

Director Cheon Seo-jin.

A suspicion has been raised over Cheon's reluctant attitude

to save Oh, who saved her daughter.

-Eun-byeol. -It came to light

that Oh Yoon-hee had been framed.

Many people are demanding the truth.

-Why are you watching this? -Some say…

But the dashcam footage didn't show how you pushed Ro-na's mom off the cliff.

What a relief, right?

-What? -You know that I remember everything.

I just pretended like I forgot.

Don't go out saying something like that.

They know the culprit anyway. It's Chairman Joo Dan-tae.

I'm sure reporters will still pester you.

See? You're getting calls.

Turn off your phone too.

There's no need to cause any trouble. It's best not to respond right now.

Once I get the inauguration done tomorrow,

-I can take care of everything. -How?

Like I said, it was Chairman Joo!

So Eun-byeol, don't worry, and trust me.

Do you understand?

Why won't the medicine kick in?

Her memories must be gone before she gets investigated.

What happened? How did Ro-na get the dashcam footage?

I thought it was broken. What happened?

It was reported to the police under Jin Boon-hong's name.

The footage was restored by digital forensics.

Jin Boon-hong, that brat.

How much did they restore?

Is that all they have on the news report? What about the latter part?

I didn't see the part where Yoon-hee fell.

It looks like it was edited.

I think the edge of the cliff wasn't shot due to the angle.

They might have chosen not to show it.

If so, they would have summoned you already.

They haven't contacted us, so that must be all they have.

Please be rest assured.

Joo Dan-tae was going down with it, but Jin Boon-hong just ruined everything.

Why did it happen now?

Where's Jin Boon-hong?

She completely disappeared after her last press conference.

I gave her 500 billion won, and she wants to ruin me for good?

Wait.

What if she gave the video to Dan-tae? She might've taken money from both sides.

She's as sly as a fox. She's capable of doing that.

What if Joo Dan-tae has

the rest of the footage?

What if he ran away with that?

He'll come back.

I know he will.

Joo Dan-tae.

Cheon Seo-jin will try to hold out until her inauguration.

She must be thinking she'll have enough power to cover up

everything once she becomes the head of Cheong-a Group.

She thinks Soo-ryeon and I are gone for good.

Of course she'll think so.

Come tomorrow,

she'll find out everything.

That Yoon-hee didn't just die.

That the biggest mistake

she ever made is murdering Yoon-hee.

I told the reporters that you'll hold a separate press conference later.

Good.

-What about selling Cheong-a Construction? -You'll meet him at 10 a.m.

The bills must be paid today, so we haven't got much time.

Pay back the loans as soon as he gives us the down payment.

Once I get three trillion won, the financial difficulty will be sorted.

What about Eun-byeol?

She went to practice. She'll come directly to the ceremony.

Make sure she moves with bodyguards.

Joo Dan-tae might show up.

Let's seal the deal before the inauguration ceremony.

-Make sure everything goes smoothly. -Yes, ma'am.

I just need to get through today.

Everything will fall back into its place.

This is so annoying. Give me the key.

The tire went flat.

What's going on?

Dad?

Alex? I'm on my way too.

Did you check the contract?

What are you talking about?

You're going to cancel at this point?

Who dared to say that?

No, this is just an absurd rumor. It's all Soo-ryeon's--

Alex?

Alex?

Who told him what?

This can't happen. I can't become the chair…

without that money.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Move aside. I'm losing time.

Oh, headed to the inauguration ceremony?

The ceremony was canceled. You aren't going there.

What the heck are you saying? Why would it be canceled?

Do you want to know? I'll tell you.

You killed Yoon-hee, didn't you?

Why did you kill her? Why did you kill that innocent woman?

Stop talking complete nonsense!

How dare you try to run away?

Let me go. Let go!

-Why isn't she coming? -Where is she?

Hey, where is she?

-What's she doing? -She's not coming.

Why isn't she here?

CHAIRMAN CHEON SEO-JIN

Where am I?

Who are you?

Sim Soo-ryeon?

How are you alive?

Did you run away?

Do you remember this room?

It must be familiar to you.

It's Logan's torture chamber you made.

Where Logan was to be kept just barely alive.

Save Logan no matter what.

He doesn't have to fully recover.

I just need him alive.

Let me go.

Free me now!

You're good.

But your luck ends here now.

You'll be ripped into pieces once you get caught.

James and his family aren't stupid, you know.

You should worry about yourself.

How far were you going to take this?

Wasn't it enough that you killed Yoon-hee?

Did you try to kill me and Logan too?

Once you get rid of everyone, did you think the world will be yours?

It wasn't me. It was Dan-tae who killed Yoon-hee.

It was him who set off the bomb to kill Logan too.

You're insane.

-Let me go. Let go! -No.

Eun-byeol.

Oh Yoon-hee.

Our ill-fated relationship ends here.

Goodbye.

No.

No!

That's not me. That was fabricated.

Take a good look.

That wicked woman is you.

You pushed Yoon-hee off to death. She was trying to save your daughter.

Why did you do that?

What did she ever do to you?

No idea! I have no idea what this is about.

I knew you won't admit to it.

I don't care.

Your daughter

will take all the punishment.

What?

Not my daughter.

What did you do to Eun-byeol?

I'll kill you if you mess with her! Let me go!

If your daughter's life was so precious,

how could you do that to Yoon-hee?

You'll end up losing everything.

Your favorite, money,

Cheong-a Group, Cheong-a Foundation, and even Cheong-a Arts Center.

Also,

the person you love most,

your daughter, Eun-byeol.

No!

I'll kill you, Soo-ryeon.

Bring my daughter. She didn't do anything wrong!

Let me go! Let go!

Let me go!

Eun-byeol. Bring Eun-byeol here.

One more.

I'll also take away your voice that does nothing but lies to everyone.

No, don't do anything.

Don't do it. Never. Soo-ryeon.

No.

Don't do it. No.

No!

No!

No!

Why?

Does it hurt?

Is the pain about to drive you mad?

Did you think this wouldn't happen to you when you did horrible things to others?

Feel the pain

you caused to other people.

Please warm up before you enter the pool

for your safety.

My gosh.

Enough is enough.

Min-hyuk, don't you love it here?

It's like a paradise.

Should we go shopping?

Or do you want to go eat something?

Never mind.

It's too much work. Let's just order room service.

It looks like we can order a special menu in the suite room.

When are we going home?

Are you going to live here forever?

We'll leave. To the next country, that is.

I already made the reservations.

We'll go to a pool villa in Hawaii to relax a little,

then we'll ski in Switzerland.

After that, watch fashion shows in Paris, then in Italy…

Min-hyuk.

Do you want an opera theatre?

Mom. Aren't you worried about Dad?

I feel so uncomfortable to be here by ourselves.

Why should we worry about him?

He's the type of a man who'll survive in the middle of a desert.

That's true.

Well, let's order something to eat.

-What? -What?

Are you Ms. Ko Sang-a, the CEO of Bon-bi Holdings?

-What? -What did he just say?

-No idea. -You're under arrest

for embezzlement of Cheong-a Group's fund.

What did you say? Embezzlement? What do you mean?

Take her away.

-Mom. -Wait.

-Wait, my son. -Mom.

Min-hyuk.

Min-hyuk!

Let me go!

Darn it.

I must have gone insane. I've gone crazy.

Why did I steal Chairman Joo's money only to lose it immediately?

I'm starving. This is driving me insane.

DETECTIVE

Gosh, darn it.

Kyu-jin,

how did you end up like this?

Darn it.

GAEMI REAL ESTATE, NAMYANGJU

POLICE

I'm in a bit of an emergency.

Can you sell the 55th floor of Hera Palace as soon as possible?

Wait.

Why are you selling a property in Samseong-dong at Namyangju?

There's a personal reason.

You realtors work as a network anyway.

I put it out way below the market price, so it'll be sold soon.

It'd be wonderful if I can take the down payment in cash.

Please, I ask of you.

Mr. Lee Kyu-jin. You're under arrest for embezzlement of Cheong-a Group's fund.

Darn it!

Cuff him.

You have the right to remain silent and consult an attorney…

I'm an attorney!

I used to work as a public official too!

Mr. Baek Jun-ki. Time to take your medicine.

I'm not Baek Jun-ki.

I'm Joo Dan-tae!

It took my everything to lose that name. I got rid of that name for good!

How…

How can you…

Where is my money?

Just give me my money, then I'll spare your life.

A man like you

isn't worthy enough to be killed.

All right. I'll give it to you.

I'll give you money and this house, so please don't do this, Jun-ki.

This isn't who you are.

You're a nice guy.

That nice guy is long gone.

Give me my money!

Darn you!

I took in a lowly kid like you, fed you, clothed you,

-and made you look like a decent human. -What money do you want from me?

This is why you can never be nice to orphans like you.

You ungrateful jerk.

I was never indebted to you.

You sucked every single drop of my life.

Yet you chose to take away the petty money I had?

You built up this nice house and want to live a good life all alone?

Give me my money back!

You can just save up again.

That witch, Na Ae-gyo, is good at begging.

You two were such a good team.

You'll be millionaires in no time.

Sir, please.

I saved everything I earned from begging since I was ten

without spending any of it and gave it all to you.

You said you'd buy me a house in the heart of Seoul.

You said you'd let me build

a house on the land where my mom died!

You loser, what are you babbling about?

Where is my money?

Where is poor Ae-gyo's money?

Shut your mouth, jerk!

Hey.

Wash your trainers, will you?

Your filthy trainers kill my appetite. How many times must I tell you that?

Don't spread your germs. Get lost, you jerk.

Open the safe, now!

You psycho.

Open the safe!

You jerk.

I can't go down like this.

I didn't do anything wrong.

All I did was work hard.

Hera Palace is my castle that I built by working my fingers to the bone.

Idiots like Sim Soo-ryeon and Logan cannot taint it.

I must get out of here. I must get out of here no matter what.

Hey!

Please hurry!

Send help!

Stop it!

Stop it!

Open the door!

Hey!

You jerk.

Stop!

-Hey! -Let go of me!

You jerk.

Let go of me.

I can't die like this.

Let go. Let go of me!

I want to go back!

Let go of me.

She's fine?

Yes. Look.

Her MRI and brainwave scans all came back normal.

NORMAL

What about young-onset Alzheimer's or anything unusual?

No, nothing at all.

You're worried for nothing.

Are you sure she took that drug?

I didn't take those pills.

The drug that erases memories. I never took it.

So don't worry.

Then why did you take them from Jin Boon-hong?

It must have been at least 100 pills.

I was going to take them but threw them out.

You made me waste my entire day just to check that?

Are you done? May I go now?

I'm late for Mom's inauguration.

You must live with me. You can't live with Mom.

No! Why should I live with you?

Mom needs me.

Must you destroy yourself even further?

You said you didn't take those pills. That means you remember.

You know what she did to Ro-na's mom on the cliff!

You know everything.

So why won't you say anything? Don't you feel bad for Ro-na?

Exactly.

So just forget this terrible daughter.

I'm a monster who can't be reformed!

Eun-byeol.

Go to Ro-na.

Don't worry about me and Mom.

Just go be a dad to Ro-na.

She now has

no one else but you.

Eun-byeol.

You knew too?

When Ro-na's mom risked her life to save me.

That's when I knew.

That was the only reasonable explanation.

Because I'm your daughter.

She loved you a lot, you know.

So just go.

Go!

I feel so bad for what happened to Ms. Oh, but I can't leave Mom.

I must protect Mom.

If I leave Mom too…

I'll feel so sorry for her.

And Mom did it for me after all.

So how can I hate her?

I'm going to live with Mom, just the two of us.

So don't visit me ever again.

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

I told her to meet me at the inauguration.

Oh, my.

Are you okay?

What's wrong with her?

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol!

Eun-byeol, where are you?

Eun-byeol!

Eun-byeol…

Logan… Logan.

How… How did you…

I wondered

who had taken me just to torment me.

You manipulated Baek Jun-ki into betraying me

and even got Ha Yoon-chul out to keep me alive?

I never imagined it would have been you.

And then, you dumped it all on Soo-ryeon.

-How could you do that? -No, it's not true!

They lied to you.

Soo-ryeon did all of this.

She tried to kill you to get back at you for her daughter's death.

It wasn't me.

Do you still not get it?

You're dumber than I thought.

I'm disappointed, Cheon Seo-jin.

What?

Did you two conspire together and pretend to be dead?

You dared

to fool me?

I saw it.

You injecting poison into my arm.

But fortunately, Ha Yoon-chul saved me.

Ha Yoon-chul?

Cheon Seo-jin.

You…

You were the person behind the altered voice.

I realized it a little too late.

Had I known, I would've refused your help even if it meant rotting in prison.

I should have killed you before Yoon-hee died.

Do you know how much I regret not doing so?

The purchase of Cheong-a Construction is now off the table.

I don't have to explain, right?

I don't do business with criminals.

And since you're responsible for this deal falling through,

so you'll have to pay the penalty.

No.

-I can't go down like this. -You're already doomed.

You failed to repay all the promissory notes by today.

You planned this from the get-go to take me down.

You got Jin Boon-hong and Baek Jun-ki involved

to set this all up, didn't you?

I don't care about taking down losers like you.

I will kill you.

You've been dismissed from the board.

Don't be too upset because the company is worth nothing now.

I've been dismissed?

And I'll take over Cheong-a Arts Center.

The 20 percent of the shares Yoon-hee had were in my company's name anyway.

The real owner's back. It's only right you return it to me.

Shut your mouth.

I am the chairman of Cheong-a Group!

The arts center and the foundation too. It's all mine!

I waited for this day for so long!

Nothing can bring me down.

Mr. Do! Where is he?

Call all the directors now!

I'll have the inauguration ceremony!

Mr. Do.

Mr. Do!

Oh, my.

You finally showed yourself, Ms. Cheon Seo-jin.

Who are you people?

You're Joo Dan-tae's wife, right?

We're here for the money we loaned to him.

He looked so desperate that I lent him 50 billion won.

He can't run off with my money.

Why should I give you the money that he borrowed from you?

I have nothing to do with him.

If his wife has nothing to do with him, then what?

Who should we go to, then?

Hey, give me that.

Look at this.

PROMISSORY NOTE

GUARANTOR: CHEON SEO-JIN

Don't you see you're the guarantor?

That's your seal, right?

I know nothing about this.

I never stamped my seal on this.

I'm not the one who borrowed your money, so get lost!

Move. Out of my way!

Mr. Do!

POLICE

Ms. Cheon. We're the police.

We have to take you in for an interview regarding Joo Dan-tae, who's in hiding.

-Please come with us. -I have no idea where he is.

He did everything on his own! Why is everyone doing this to me?

I have to go find my daughter. I don't have time for this.

Then we must use force. Take her.

What are you doing? Let go!

Let me go! Why are you doing this to me?

They're the most vicious loan sharks.

They never give up.

Unless they find Joo Dan-tae,

she'll have to pay off his debt for the rest of her life.

-Let go! I will kill you all! -The interest will snowball.

So it's an insane amount of debt.

She won't even have the freedom to choose death.

Because if she dies,

Eun-byeol will have to pay off all the debt in her stead.

Whether she decides to live the rest of her life

as a fugitive or as a debtor,

she'll suffer in extreme poverty

until the day she dies.

I don't want Eun-byeol to get hurt.

I'll persuade her

to leave her mother.

Our plan doesn't involve the kids.

I have their promise, so we can trust them.

Seo-jin had more money than she could spend in her entire life.

Now, her debt is so massive

that she can never pay it off.

I won't let her spend the rest of her life sitting in her jail cell in comfort.

Both Joo Dan-tae and Cheon Seo-jin

will experience what it's like to live in misery.

Here are the deeds for the penthouse and 27 Cheonsu District.

Dan-tae failed to repay the debt on time, so they now belong to you, Ms. Sim.

Thank you, ma'am.

I didn't even do anything.

They got what they deserved.

Thank you so much.

I don't know how I can ever repay you.

Lady Jincheon.

You saved my life.

How can I not do this much for you?

Oh, I should get going.

I stayed for too long.

Let me take you out for dinner soon.

If you have time to do that, go check in on your husband.

I did hire him a good lawyer,

but we'll have to see how things go.

Gosh, this is just a piece of real estate.

Why is everyone fighting over this?

Goodness.

Don't you feel dizzy when you're up this high?

People must live closer to the ground.

We don't want any more fights,

so we should finish this place too.

SEIZED

Good.

Take everything that's worth anything.

This is all worthless rubbish.

Hey, get out of the way.

-Strike! -Nice!

-Not bad. -Nice.

Right?

-That was nice. -Totally.

-Hey. -You threw it like a pro.

-Try again. -Hey.

I want to try it too.

Hey, move out of the way.

What are my charges?

Why did you bring me here?

You're here as an accomplice of the fugitive, Joo Dan-tae.

Accomplice?

He and I are total strangers now.

We're divorced.

We didn't tell anyone because we were sworn to keep it confidential.

We've already signed all the papers.

You didn't know?

The court didn't approve your divorce.

Someone sent in a tip saying you were faking a divorce to avoid repaying debts.

Here, have a look.

It's a petition.

What?

PETITIONER AND APPLICANT, SIM SOO-RYEON

Sim Soo-ryeon. To the very end…

Your husband embezzled 500 billion won from the company

and even borrowed money from loan sharks. You knew about it, right?

He owes

over a trillion won.

There's no way he spent all that money alone.

Where did you hide it?

Aren't you guys perfect business partners before being a married couple?

Joo Dan-tae, this psycho!

Sir.

Please.

Let me see my daughter, Eun-byeol, first.

That lunatic, Sim Soo-ryeon, kidnapped her.

Don't change the subject!

Tell me where Joo Dan-tae is.

This time, neither of you is getting out of this.

I really know nothing about this!

I never saw or touched the money.

Ms. Cheon.

You can't even run away.

You're banned from leaving the country.

Cheong-a Construction filed for bankruptcy today.

Were you aware?

What did you say?

Bankruptcy?

How could you do that to Yoon-hee?

You'll end up losing everything.

Your favorite, money,

Cheong-a Group, Cheong-a Foundation, and even Cheong-a Arts Center.

Everyone who lent Joo Dan-tae money has filed a lawsuit against you.

There are more than ten people, including Haeyeon Group's chairman.

Ms. Cheon, are you listening to me?

Stop putting on an act and cooperate.

Listen here, Ms. Cheon.

Ms. Cheon!

Ms. Cheon!

Ms. Cheon.

Ms. Cheon!

Ms. Cheon!

She's in a temporary state of shock.

Her breathing is very unstable too.

She needs absolute rest at the moment.

She can't be interviewed in this state.

Let's call it a day.

She'll cooperate with the investigation once she recovers.

She can't leave the country anyway.

When she receives a call from us,

she'll have to come right away.

I'll make sure she does.

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER

Ma'am, are you all right?

Where am I?

You're in the hospital.

You fainted during your questioning.

Don't you remember?

What about Eun-byeol?

Where is Eun-byeol?

-Mom. -My gosh!

Eun-byeol!

My dear daughter! Where were you?

I was so worried.

Nothing happened, right? Are you okay?

Yes. I'm okay, Mom.

What about you? How did you end up at the hospital?

Are you not feeling well?

Oh, it's…

I think I'm just a little anemic.

Mr. Do made a big deal out of nothing.

You don't need to worry.

Let's go. Take us home.

The thing is, ma'am…

-You can't go home for a while. -What do you mean?

Why?

A bunch of loan sharks barged in and caused a scene.

I was so scared that I couldn't pack anything.

We can't go home now, Mom.

I got a place for you to stay for the time being.

I'll take care of Eun-byeol in a safe place for the time being.

If you were together, you might get caught easily.

I can't live in a place like this.

Do you expect me to sleep in this tiny, smelly room

and on those filthy sheets?

Get me a room at a hotel.

Hotels are easy to track, so it's risky.

This place is on the outskirts, so it's safer.

They're vicious and determined, so keep your phone off.

Eun-byeol can't live here.

Make sure you look after her.

Don't worry about Eun-byeol. Please hang in there.

They even froze my bank accounts, so I couldn't get any money.

I'm sorry, ma'am. This was all I could get.

Thanks.

Get some rest.

Yoon-hee.

Oh Yoon-hee.

Please don't do this.

Go. Go away.

Go away!

Don't do this to me. Please don't, Oh Yoon-hee!

Please don't do this.

I swear, I really didn't know.

My husband is the CEO of Cheong-a Development.

I'm just a stay-at-home mom. What could I possibly know?

My husband told me to go on a trip

with my son, so that's what I did.

How could a stay-at-home mom embezzle company funds?

And 500 billion won at that!

Does it even make sense to you?

That jerk, Lee Kyu-jin, did it on his own, behind my back!

Ko Sang-a!

Ko Sang-a!

Hey.

How could you do this to me?

They say money makes people crazy, but how could you betray me and run away?

With the third-generation only son of the Lee family.

This woman knew about everything!

But we were a happy couple!

I was planning on buying you a nice house!

Why did you do that? Just why? You stupid woman!

Did you think I'd just go with you willingly?

I've had to live like a slave for 20 years since marrying into the Lee family.

You want me to go abroad just to do more of that? 500 billion won?

I'd never do it, even for five trillion won! Forget Hawaii.

Even if you were taking me to paradise, I'd never live with your family!

You go live with your mom and sisters.

I'm going to live with my son.

Hey, Lee Min-hyuk. I want an honest answer.

If your mom and I get a divorce, who will you live with?

Me, right? Of course, I knew it.

What are you talking about?

You'll live with me, right?

Enough, please!

This is so embarrassing.

I don't want to live with either of you. I'm going to live alone.

Darn it.

What are you doing?

I should sell these to make some money.

Find a way to send Eun-byeol abroad.

She can't move around and stay with other people forever.

But Eun-byeol won't want to go abroad.

Even now, she keeps saying she wants to stay with you.

She's not eating or sleeping.

-All she does is cry. -Do not bring her here.

She can't come here.

I'll sell my heart if that's what it takes to get her a flight.

I must send her abroad no matter what.

She just needs…

to do one thing for me

before she leaves.

My final wish is to see her succeed.

If we wait for the right time, Eun-byeol will get us back the foundation

which my father left for us.

Where to, ma'am?

Where do you need to go?

Sorry?

Where was I going?

Ma'am.

Hera Palace.

Take me to Hera Palace in Samseong-dong.

Mom.

-Seok-kyung is… -Where is she right now?

Well…

I told you. I did it all by myself.

I have no family.

My mom's dead,

and it's been years since I cut ties with my brother.

So just send me to jail.

I did it all by myself, I swear.

Seok-kyung.

What was it?

CALLING

Hello?

Are you there?

Hello?

SEIZED

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol, are you there?

Eun-byeol!

Eun-byeol! Are you inside?

Where did she go?

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

Gosh, we don't have time.

Eun-byeol.

What's going on? Is it okay for her to be here?

The loan sharks are everywhere.

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol!

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol!

Eun-byeol.

Gosh, my goodness.

-Eun-byeol. -Oh, gosh.

Eun-byeol.

Where is my sweet Eun-byeol?

Eun-byeol.

Dr. Ha, it's me.

Seo-jin is at Hera Palace now.

But there's something off about her.

Something doesn't feel right. You need to be here now.

Eun-byeol.

My sweet Eun-byeol…

Eun-byeol.

Eun-byeol.

My dear Eun-byeol!

There you are.

Gosh, I looked everywhere for you.

Ms. Cheon.

We don't have time.

It's my inauguration ceremony today.

We even got new outfits together. We'll be late. Hurry.

Let go of me, Ms. Cheon.

I'm not Eun-byeol.

Why won't you listen to me? I'll get mad at you!

You must attend the ceremony because you're my daughter.

Everything I have will be yours.

Come on. Let's go. Hurry! Come!

What is the matter with you today?

-Ms. Cheon, why are you… -Come on!

-Gosh, Eun-byeol! -I'm not Eun-byeol!

Come on. We have to hurry.

Stop it, Seo-jin.

What are you doing here? Are you here to take Eun-byeol from me?

You can't! I'll never let you take her away from me.

What are you doing? She's not your daughter!

She is! She is my daughter! You can't take her away from me!

Move!

Eun-byeol! Come to your mom.

-Run, Ro-na! Go! -No, Eun-byeol!

-Get it together, Seo-jin! -Eun-byeol!

Are you all right, Ro-na?

Are you out of your mind? Where are you taking my child?

-She is my daughter! -Ro-na, no!

-Ro-na… -Mr. Ha!

Mr. Ha! Are you okay?

Eun-byeol!

We have no time to waste. Come on. Hurry! Let's go!

Why won't you listen to me?

-Eun-byeol! -Please…

Come on!

Eun-byeol!

I'm not going down like this.

I'll go back by all means.

He's coming back to kill me.

Your life isn't just yours. I love you.

I'm getting engaged to Logan next week.

If I can't have it, no one can. Do you understand?

There will be too many victims.

I'll run to the end of this world if that's what it takes to destroy you.

Sim Soo-ryeon!

I miss you, so you'd better hurry.