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[The locales, characters, agencies, and incidents in this drama have no relevance to real life.]

[My Perfect Stranger] [9: In your darkest night, I will]

[Episode 9] What do you mean he's not the culprit?

We clearly heard his confession!

Yes, we did.

Responses that didn't match the questions at all.

What I asked him earlier was "why."

What is this?

Why did you hide this here?

But out of nowhere, he answered that it was his.

This is mine.

No matter how nervous he was, would anyone make a confession without

trying to explain the item that was found in his own room?

Even if he really did it himself.

Oh Bok's Dad!

Let go of this!

I'm going to kill that bastard!

- Dad, you can't say things like that! - What are you trying to do?

Just let go of me!

- I'll go and... - Just a moment.

What's going on?

They say Detective Baek arrested his own nephew.

That punk...

That punk killed our sister...

Let go of me, both of you!

- I'm going to tear his face apart! - Geez!

- Dad! - Let go of this.

- Let go! That punk... - It's not him!

It's not Hee Seop!

It's definitely not him!

This...

Is this true?

How?

How?

Of all people...

You?

You!

How can you kill a person, punk!

What do you mean kill?

What are you saying...

You can't back out of what you said now!

All the evidence points to you, punk!

That matchbox.

And the note.

- Boo! - Boo!

Wow, Hyung! What is all this?

Oh, it's nothing.

Looks like you need to clean up your room.

Come out for dinner.

No...

No, that's not it.

It's not me!

If it's not you, then what's all this?

Huh?

Whose blood is this?

Last night, Hee Seop came by the house.

Remember, he saved us yesterday at Motel Woojeong.

Motel?

He came because he was worried.

When he's the one who got hurt.

My gosh! Look at these cuties!

- What? Are you guys dating? - Excuse me?

Oh, dating? That would never happen!

I just thought she might've been very shaken up tonight.

I was worried about Soon Ae.

Yes.

Hurry up and go.

You said you have someone to meet.

I'm going.

Gosh, it's always the quiet ones.

Hey!

You better be good to my sister.

Don't go around fighting with this cute face! You got that?

Yes, I understand.

Good.

Why don't you get going?

- And come home early. - Yes.

If you don't, I'll get in big trouble with Mom and Dad.

All right.

This sister will disappear for you.

Have a great time!

I'm off!

Come home early!

Yes, Miss!

Why is Lee Kyeong Ae... like that?

- Your wound... - Whoa, yes.

Is it okay?

It's okay.

I can just put on some soybean paste later.

Since I saw that you're okay, I'll just get going, then.

We have a lot on our rooftop.

Soybean paste.

Rooftop?

Rooftop?

Our rooftop?

You were together at that time of night?

Exactly what time?

And do you also remember how long you stayed together?

Well...

he said he would wait with me until Sister returned.

So he was with me all night until the sun came up.

So there's no way Hee Seop could be the culprit—

What you just told us, does anyone else know?

No.

It should stay that way.

From now on, forever.

Then... what about Hee Seop?

Who the hell cares about that punk Hee Seop?

You haven't even known him for long!

But you're calling a guy's name so affectionately!

Don't you know what people are whispering about your sister?

That night!

Why would she have gone all the way to that abandoned house?

She went to drink and meet guys!

Don't you know that's what people are gossiping about her?

What if they hear that the second daughter spent the entire night with a guy on her rooftop?

Dirty rumors spread like wildfire in a small rural town like this!

You!

Must you have your mom hear that, too?

Dad!

If he's not guilty, he will be released.

So, none of you should

never... utter that story.

Mr. Yoon.

I know it's shameless of me,

but please, I am begging you.

[For the eradication of violence, the disease of society]

Man, he won't open his mouth! What a dumbass!

Hey!

You got this blood splattered here while you were killing the victim. Right?

When you cracked open Lee Kyeong Ae's head last night at that abandoned house!

Answer me, punk!

I'll do it.

How could you do that? You're family.

It will be heartbreaking.

Besides, that's not even legal.

Hey! Make him talk.

- Yes. - Yes.

Hold him.

Let's go.

Come here.

Punk!

While you were talking earlier, you said she was meeting someone. Right?

When Kyeong Ae was leaving that night.

Yes.

But... she said he was really nice.

She said he had saved her that day.

You already suspected who it was, didn't you?

If it wasn't the right confession,

there was only one reason why Baek Hee Seop would do that.

Of course, the person Dad wanted to protect was not Mom.

Are you hurt anywhere?

The last person Lee Kyeong Ae went to see that night.

Baek Yoo Seop, the one with the blue cap.

Once again, Dad was trying to protect his older brother

that he had been devoted to all his life.

They asked about Hee Seop earlier, and now it's Yoo Seop?

I'm really grateful that you saved our Yong Woo last time, Mr. Yoon.

But why do you keep bothering our family?

Don't you know there's a family who's suffering more than you right now in this town?

Solving the case is my husband's job.

It's because I have something I want to ask you personally.

- You would have had to call anyway regarding Baek Hee Seop's news. - If only I could see him.

I heard it's been over three days since he was seen at the boarding house.

This happens pretty often.

Even though he's attending such a good university in Seoul,

he's working at the factory from time to time to take his brother with him one day.

Uncle?

He takes such good care of his younger brother.

Even through all that,

he comes down every weekend to see each other.

So, would he even have time to sleep at the boarding house?

Oh, gosh! My head hurts.

Where is the boarding house located?

They said it was near the school.

They said somewhere in the Sillim neighborhood...

Sillim neighborhood?

So, Uncle was a student at Seoul National University?

Seoul National University...

Third year in the Department of Korean Language and Literature.

We have a student teacher who will be with us for a month.

Ms. Lee Joo Young.

She is currently a senior at Seoul National University's Korean language and literature department.

Same school. Same department.

That means he had been in contact with the first victim.

No one could have suspected anything since they all hid everything about him.

Dad even got arrested in his place to protect his older brother.

And Grandpa looked the other way because he feared the townspeople's gossip.

Thanks to them, only Baek Yoo Seop was able to hide well.

But even so,

how come it was never even mentioned?

It was mentioned.

Very briefly.

Once. As though in passing.

Stand up straight, punk!

Hey! Wake up! Hurry!

Just get up, okay?

Come on, I told you to stand up!

[The suspect Baek Hee Seop...]

Shit!

Come on, get up...

Come on, say something!

Squad Chief!

Officer Kim said he picked this up near that abandoned house.

- Near the abandoned house? - Yes.

Should I submit it as a piece of evidence?

What is this?

Wow, it looks like a necklace.

You try it on!

Well, this can go over my head...

Hey!

You said he confessed earlier.

Hee Seop. Hee Seop!

Are you all right?

Hee Seop.

What's going on?

Hey, Baek Dong Shik!

What are you doing?

Hee Seop, wake up.

This.

This!

It's your brother's, right?

It's Yoo Seop's, right?

Tell me the truth, man!

T-This is mine.

Hey, look at this crazy idiot!

He didn't speak when he took a beating. And now he's finally opening his mouth!

I lent it for a short while, but it's been a while since I got it back.

This was mine from the beginning.

No, it's not Dad's.

I'm sure of it.

Ever since I was little, Uncle said it was his and wouldn't let me touch it.

Baek Hee Seop will argue that it's his.

They'll believe him, too.

If things go according to how it was, he will be released no matter what.

But because of his confession, we don't know what will happen this time.

We have to find Baek Yoo Seop as soon as possible.

So, we just have to find him?

You said it would be difficult to prove the murderer with the necklace anyway.

Since it's ambiguous as to when and where he dropped the necklace.

That's why I'm going to look for one in advance.

A piece of lost evidence.

That shirt from earlier

could've been a much more important piece of evidence.

- Officer Kim! - Goodness, Detective!

Hello.

- Your wife is doing well? - Yes, of course.

During a time when forensic science was unfamiliar,

only if a small mistake...

hadn't ruined everything in an instant...

Oh, geez!

Contaminated evidence.

As if it wasn't bad enough that they couldn't find any supporting evidence,

they totally lost it altogether once the investigation ended.

In a way, they even shattered all hopes for future possibilities.

But this time will be different.

As long as we salvage that evidence,

Baek Yoo Seop won't be able to hide anywhere.

It's dangerous to drive with something like this.

What's going on?

Oh, that's the one, isn't it?

Detective Lee said he forgot to give you this.

He said to place that in this bag since it's important.

Yes.

Drive safely.

Yes.

I'll find Baek Yoo Seop before the results come out.

I'll search the school, factory, boarding house, and

anywhere else he might be.

[Taxi]

The Sillim neighborhood in Seoul.

Dad!

Dad!

Dad! Please, open the door!

This is not right!

What other people say is not important.

Hee Seop won't... say anything about me to anyone.

Dad...

Dad, I hate myself.

I had no idea this was going to happen to Sister.

If only I had stopped her from going out,

this would not have happened to her.

I should have... stopped her then.

I feel like it's all my fault.

I'm such a horrible person, and

I hate myself so much.

But, Dad,

even if we...

even if we lost Sister,

turning a blind eye to someone else taking the fall,

that's not right.

That's really the wrong thing to do...

Yoon Young, please help me.

Where are you going right now?

To the police station.

I need to tell them the truth if he's still in jail.

Hee Seop must be so scared by himself right now.

We have to hurry.

Just stop.

This is not the time for you to step forward.

What do you mean?

All the adults will take care of everything.

- So if you just wait and... - Which adults?

The kind of adult... who handcuffs his nephew without knowing the full story, and

causes the rumor to spread throughout town? That kind of adult?

[Ilshin Photography]

You have someone like Mr. Yoon, and I have my mom and dad.

I wouldn't do this if he had people who would stand up for him no matter what.

But Hee Seop doesn't have anyone!

I have to go.

Just stay still if you don't know anything.

Do you think the police are stupid?

The reason Baek Hee Seop ended up that way

- is his fault, too! - What do you know!

I have to go.

Let go!

Please, let go!

I'm saying I have to go.

I have to go!

I promised him.

I promised him.

You're really going to put soybean paste on me?

That's what we decided.

Show me your face.

Gosh, but... I think I'll look really funny.

It's going to smell like poop.

Come on now!

Hurry!

You can't open your eyes.

Y-Yes. I got it.

[Boo-boo Care Ointment]

Idiot, who would actually put soybean paste on their face in this day and age?

Oh, geez.

You dropped...

the honorifics.

You don't like it?

I like it.

Because I like it... I'm scared.

I'm afraid that you'll...

become someone very precious to me.

Then why?

Because I lose people easily.

My mom and dad.

Even my older brother.

When I love and treasure them,

they all leave me.

Whenever I think of something

lonely or scary,

I imagine a small door.

A small door?

Yes.

There's a small door in my heart.

Behind that door... is someone who always waits for me.

So whenever you feel lonely or scared, close your eyes and imagine that door.

Then I'll always wait for you behind that door.

You just have to open the door.

Really?

Yes.

Oh, my goodness.

Get a hold of yourself, Lee Soon Ae.

You're mistaken if you think Bae Hee Seop cares for you as much as you care for him.

You know nothing. How dare you say that?

Soon Ae!

- I'm disappointed in you. - Go ahead and be disappointed.

It's much better for you that things end this way now.

I'm telling you. I saw it clearly with my own two eyes.

My mom and dad saw it with me, too.

Remember when we went on the school picnic, there was a cute guy who played the guitar really well?

I saw him handcuffed like this, and trembling with a sorrowful look in his eyes.

You're talking about him?

- Yeah, yeah, that's him! - Oh, gosh.

Oh, my goodness! How can that happen?

- He doesn't look like the type, does he? - That's what I mean!

Oh, my goodness.

- Gosh, he must be so scared... - What an idiot.

He's making things complicated.

Okay, your homeroom teacher won't be here for a few days due to personal reasons.

So in the meantime, don't cause any trouble and focus on your studies.

Who's not here yet over there?

That's the murderer's seat.

Hey, you immature kids!

Nothing is certain at this point, so how dare you make such an accusation against your fellow classmate!

My dad said that no one in our town would do something terrible like that.

But Baek Hee Seop is a transfer student.

He came from far.

His uncle is a policeman, and he even arrested him.

So, isn't it pretty obvious?

Mom...

Mom! Mom!

Mom! Mom!

My mom! Mom!

- Mom! - Miss!

Is there an adult?

Wait a minute.

[Dad]

Where were you all day today?

Something came up with your uncle...

Why?

Even this time,

Dad chose his older brother.

No matter how sad Mom is,

no matter how much his life becomes twisted, once again...

we are pushed aside...

when it comes to Uncle.

Just the way it's always been.

[Direct]

[Woojeong Passenger]

[Woojeong Village Intercity Bus Stop Ticket Office]

Seoul is a pretty big place.

Even if his younger brother was arrested in his place,

he will look the other way and hide.

It would be weirder if you found him easily.

We were wrong.

Baek Hee Seop wasn't trying to cover up...

the murder.

Something was strange.

Even before we arrived, even without a confession,

Baek Hee Seop was still a suspect.

He said both the shirt and the lock were his, but

that he never committed murder.

Someone determined to take the blame denies committing the crime?

Well, that's because... he thought the evidence would be too ambiguous, so to get out of it...

No, that's not it.

He really wasn't the one.

I asked the same question to everyone I met there.

When was the last time you saw Baek Yoo Seop?

[Baek Yoo Seop, 23 years old. Seoul, Gwanak District, Sanlim Neighborhood, no. 8051, 2nd floor.]

[Leather factory - Seoul, Yeungdeungpo District, Sanseo Neighborhood, no. 27. Seoul National University. Third year in the Department of Korean Language and Literature.]

I really don't know.

Just because I live in the same boarding house doesn't mean I know everything.

We don't know anything.

Don't ask us.

That night...

even though I saw them clearly drag him way in the front that night,

I couldn't do anything.

I didn't even dare follow him.

He was bleeding a lot.

I don't know if he was able to run away okay after getting injured like that.

No one has heard from him since that day.

I'm so worried about him.

Half of them pretended not to know, and

half of them told me their stories.

On the night of the 16th,

they all saw Baek Yoo Seop.

On top of that, it was in the middle of Seoul.

Wait! Then, what about my dad?

If it wasn't Baek Yoo Seop... then what's going to happen to my dad now?

But at least, that shirt will help us.

What the police want can't be found there.

But still.

But what if?

Let's see...

The blood stain on the shirt is

blood type A.

Type A?

Hey, what's the victim's blood type again?

Lee Joo Young is blood type O, and

- Lee Kyeong Ae is type B. - Then what about this punk?

- He's type O. - What?

What is this?

Then whose blood is this?

Oh, man!

- Hello, everyone. - Hello.

You're all working very hard.

Who...

We are your family from Seoul.

I already called the chief.

Was the message not relayed to you?

Oh, yes, yes.

Why the hell did you waste time on this? It's probably not his blood, anyway.

Right, Hee Seop?

What is this?

What do you think?

I'm arresting university punks who committed crimes worse than murder.

Hey, Hee Seop.

You have to go with us now.

We're looking for your brother, Baek Yoo Seop.

You punk.

You knew we would be coming, didn't you?

- Hey! Hey, where are you going? - Hold on.

Hey! Okay, I got it. I got it.

I got it! Let go of me for a second!

Okay, I'm just going to talk.

Hey, assholes!

Hey! Hee Seop!

Hee Seop! Don't worry!

Hey! Hee Seop!

- Okay, that's enough. - They can't do that!

Hey, you punks!

Hey, you punks! Hee Seop!

Hee Seop!

Hey, Hee Seop!

Hey, you assholes!

Wait here.

[Woojeong Police Station]

[Sun and Moon Records]

Dad...

Dad...

Baek Yoo Seop.

Baek Yoo Seop.

Baek Yoo Seop.

Baek Yoo Seop.

I brought all your belongings, Dad.

So you can just live here as you want!

Did you even come once while Mom was in the hospital?

- But here! - Over there,

you are there.

So that's what I mean.

We don't need you, either, Dad!

We're sick of it!

Just in case...

Just in case you show up late,

we keep waiting even though we know you won't show up!

That's what I hate more than anything!

I'm scared.

I'm scared, Hee Seop.

Hee Seop.

Let's hide.

Hee Seop.

Hee Seop, let's hide.

Hee Seop...

[National Security, strengthening the reporting spirit by 40 million people]

[Seoul 1, Woo 2557]

[Ilshin Photography]

[Ilshin Photography]

They keep going around the same route?

Hee Seop...

Where is Hee Seop right now?

You punk!

You punk!

Hey! Stop!

Where is... our Yoo Seop now?

Hee Seop,

it hurts, doesn't it?

Let's take the easy way.

I don't know!

I told you I don't know!

Then, I'll help you remember.

What do you mean murder?

Who?

Who died?

How could things go down like that?

That shirt belongs to me.

Hee Seop... Hee Seop knew everything already.

He already knew what I did earlier that night!

Hee Seop...

That night...

After he escaped,

your brother came to see you.

Right?

That never happened!

Hee Seop.

Hee Seop.

Hee Seop. Yes...

Do you know what kind of place this is?

The kind of place you can't even imagine.

This is completely different from a rural police station!

So if things go wrong here, no one will ever know what happened to you. Got it?

But I-I...

- I-I... - Huh?

Yeah?

I'm ignorant, so...

I don't know what that means.

Oh, how tiresome. Tiresome.

Tiresome!

So now, do you remember?

Are you going to tell us or what?

I guess not yet! Let's go!

Brother?

What happened?

Hee Seop!

Brother!

Brother...

Hee Seop...

Yes?

Oh, what... w-what is this?

I'm asking you, what is this?

Brother, did you protest again?

D-Did you?

I'm sorry, Hee Seop.

I'm...

I'm sorry.

I told you not to do that kind of dangerous thing anymore!

I told you not to ever do that again!

Where did it go?

You bastard.

You idiot!

Did you forget everything?

Huh?

Did you forget about all this?

If I had forgotten,

would I be doing this, Hee Seop?

[7 years ago in Gwangju] Mom! Dad!

Something terrible is happening!

- There are gunshots in the streets, and people are dying! - What?

Yoo Seop must've eaten something wrong, dear.

It's not even summer yet, and you must be having a heat stroke.

I'm serious!

Gosh, come in. Stop saying nonsense.

Jin Seop's mom!

- Goodness! Jin Seop's mom! - What?

I think you need to go to the city hospital!

- W-Why? - What?

What are you talking about?

So many students in that school were shot while protesting,

and they're covered in straw bags left and right and pushed aside!

Jin Seop goes to that school, doesn't he?

Oh my god!

Mom!

Mom.

Your dad and I will be right back.

We'll go and find your brother.

Don't come outside no matter what, all right?

Mom...

If anything happens,

Yoo Seop and Hee Seop,

have pity on each other...

and the two of you should take good care of each other

and live a good life. Okay?

Mom...

You promised me, okay?

- Mom! - Mom!

- Mom! - Mom! Mom!

- Dad! - Mom!

- Dad! - Mom!

How could I forget that day?

Hee Seop.

How could I forget those gunshots?

Then, what about the promise we made with Mom?

How am I going to live if this happens to you?

Then, what do we do?

Huh?

Mom,

Dad,

our older brother,

we lost them all.

What do I do...

when I feel such injustice and resentment?

There's a fire inside me.

How can I live quietly when there's a fire inside me? How...

How can I live...

I just found someone I like, too.

I didn't even get to treat her nicely yet...

Hurry up and take off your shirt.

Okay?

I'm going to make sure you don't get caught.

- Hee Seop. - Just hurry up!

Do you think I can live if I lost you, too?

Hee Seop.

My poor child...

My pitiful child...

What do I do...

Yoo Seop...

Hee Seop...

have pity on each other...

and two of you should take good care of each other

and live a good life. Okay?

You must survive, okay?

Mom...

I'm so scared...

I am the one they are looking for.

Please.

Please.

Please take me to my brother.

Let's go inside.

Yoon Young.

[Motel Woojeong] [Arcade]

[Motel Woojeong]

You're saying he's here?

Inside here?

Yes.

I saw him with my own eyes.

I'll bring him. [Motel Woojeong]

No.

That's not a good way.

I have an idea. Don't worry.

Just wait here.

There's no good way in this situation.

If anything happens to Hee Seop in my place,

I can no longer... I can no longer live.

If my way works and Hee Seop is released,

then could you please take good care of him?

It's dangerous, so wait here.

[Motel Entrance]

[Motel Entrance]

[Open Mind]

♫ The footsteps that slowed down before we knew it ♫

♫ The tired look as you stand on the road ♫

♫ In the end ♫

♫ What were you looking for again that you didn't even know it was here ♫

♫ Are you still wandering? ♫

♫ At the end of a tiring day, you stand still ♫

♫ Standing alone here where there's no light ♫

♫ When you cry over even a small difficulty ♫

♫ Above my tired shoulders ♫

Are you all right?

♫ Without any words, pulling me into your arms ♫

I'm all right.

I did something wrong

so isn't it reasonable to receive punishment?

What did you do wrong?

I must've done something wrong.

That must be why...

everything turned out like this.

If I didn't,

why would any of this happen?

If I didn't, then why...

why would something like this happen to us?

But...

do you know what I did wrong?

Do you know what we did wrong?

Do you know?

Who am I?

And where is this place?

♫ Without any words, pulling me into your arms ♫

After traveling this far in time,

what kind of answer should I give you?

[Motel Woojeong]

I'm here without knowing anything like a fool.

Right here,

in your darkest hour,

I'm here.

♫ ...pulling me into your arms ♫

[Motel Entrance]

♫ The way you mean something to me ♫

♫ Am I someone who means something to you, too? ♫

♫ No matter what anyone else says, without care ♫

[My Perfect Stranger]

You collected all these?

All the movie tickets from when we were dating.

With Mom?

What was the first movie we saw together again?

"Our Happy Youthful Days"

I didn't get to watch it because I fell asleep.

♫ I think of your face ♫

Mr. Yoon.

Hello.

♫ I ended up staying up all night ♫