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[opening theme music playing]

LITTLE WOMEN

[Ma-ri] Hello. I'm here at the headquarters

of the Civil Party in Yeouido, Seoul.

Right now, the results of the exit polls are going to be revealed.

[man] With the ratio of approval votes being 48.4%, the Civil Party candidate

-Park Jae-sang is leading the poll. -[crowd cheering on TV]

[Jae-sang sighs in relief]

[Ma-ri] As soon as the exit poll results came out,

-excited cheers broke out… -You did great, you know.

How about we start over?

[male anchor] According to the results of the exit polls,

Civil Party candidate, Park Jae-sang, with an approval rate of 48.4%.

It has been confirmed that he came out significantly

ahead of Mr. Hwang Geun-won from the Korean Party

who has the approval rate of 21.7%.

Their expected gap is 26.7%,

and as long as there is no major change, it is certain that Park Jae-sang…

[somber music playing]

[somber music continues playing]

[Jae-sang] I know exactly why you married me.

You knew I would die for you as long as you told me to.

Without hesitation.

I'll be going now.

Stay here a little longer.

I'm not…

finished eating yet.

[Sang-a] But why

why did you decide to marry someone like me?

When you know that I would…

never die for you.

[pensive music playing]

[housekeeper] Excuse me, ma'am.

In-hye sent a package. It's for you.

[Jae-sang] It was my dream when I was 12 years old.

[breathes shakily]

To live with you in this house.

[sobs]

I dreamed of marrying you,

-becoming the owner of this house. -[sobs]

I dreamt of having everything in the world.

[wistful music playing]

[Sang-a sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

[Sang-a] Then you should have succeeded.

By any means possible.

And because you couldn't do it properly,

my father and I

are in danger now.

You and the general will be fine.

[chuckles softly]

[bell tolls]

[Jae-sang] I told you, right?

That I would protect you, no matter what I had to do.

[dark music playing]

Even if I had to jump from…

the highest place in the world.

[loud thud]

[bell tolls]

[door opens]

[door closes]

[Su-im] You called for me, ma'am?

[Sang-a] Ms. Go.

Who am I?

You are Director Won Sang-a.

The wife of Park Jae-sang.

I'm my father's daughter.

And as of now,

I'm his only heir.

I always thought you were good to my husband.

Do you hate me now?

I've encountered countless deaths in my life,

but there is no other death

that is demonstrated our beliefs as ideally as Mr. Park's.

[Su-im] Mr. Park gave up on rising to the top to save everyone else.

But, ma'am, if you feel uncomfortable around me because I worked for him,

then please, just do with me

as you see fit.

You're very good at this job.

Not many people are as cruel and as mean as you are.

[Sang-a] I'll set you free from your shackles.

We no longer need to maintain this respectable facade.

Does that mean…

you're giving me permission…

to kill Oh In-joo and Oh In-kyung?

[soft chuckle] I know.

You want to kill them.

But if we kill them now, it'll be obvious that I'm behind it.

Let's toy with them while we wait for the perfect time.

Oh, don't worry.

I promise it'll be fun.

[enigmatic music playing]

[In-joo] Huh?

-[gasps] -[banging on door]

[police] Ms. Oh In-joo. Hey, are you in there?

[bangs on door]

This is the police.

[banging continues]

Ms. Oh In-joo.

-[phone chimes] -[gasps]

UNKNOWN CALLER

-[banging on door] -[gasps]

[police] Open the door or we'll have to open it by force.

[shaky breathes]

[banging continues]

[police] Ms. Oh In-joo.

[phone buzzes]

-Unni. -[In-joo] What do I do, In-kyung?

In-kyung, what should I do?

[banging on door]

Who's banging on the door?

[In-joo breathes shakily] They must be here for me.

They're calling my name. I need help.

No, wait. Don't do anything. Besides, they might not actually be cops.

[In-kyung] Just wait for me.

[creaking]

[In-joo] They're forcing the door open.

They're going to come in.

Calm down, Unni. Just stay on the phone.

Do you think you can stall them?

-[creaks] -[clanks]

[sobs in terror]

[sobbing] They're here, they're here.

[In-joo sobs] And most importantly,

-I don't have the money with me right now. -[footsteps approaching]

Choi Do-il took all of it from me.

[police] Ms. Oh In-joo.

You're Ms. Oh In-joo, right?

You're under arrest, ma'am.

Ms. Oh In-joo, you have the right to remain silent.

-You may defend yourself in the court. -Unni…

You have the right to appoint an attorney.

-You understand? -[In-kyung] Don't say anything to them.

Stay silent. I'll go to the police station.

-Just don't worry too much. Okay? -[In-joo] No, please, just wait…

[In-joo] No, wait, I…

[In-joo grunts]

[gasps]

[tense music playing]

[car revving]

[tense music playing]

[tires screeching]

[tires screech]

[tense music continues playing]

[tires screeching]

[glass shatters]

[tires screeching]

[car horn honking]

[honking continues]

I have no idea what's going on.

After I heard the news about Park Jae-sang's death,

the 70 billion was gone

and the police suddenly stormed in.

In-kyung, I don't have the money anymore,

but now I'm about to take the fall for it.

I shouldn't have trusted Choi Do-il.

[In-kyung] Mr. Choi Do-il was in a car accident en route to the airport.

I'm not sure which hospital he was taken to.

What?

Then could it be that…

someone else took all of the money?

He didn't really betray me?

Hyo-rin's mother…

said I should look forward to what was going to happen next.

This must just be the beginning.

But In-kyung,

could you find out if Choi Do-il is still alive or if he's dead?

I know I'll be worried about that.

[enigmatic music playing]

[shovel clanks]

MISTER PARK JAE-SANG OF MIRYANG

[enigmatic music continues playing]

[crying]

[Ma-ri] On the 10th of last month, Ms. Jin, a bookkeeper in her 30s,

withdrew two billion won from the bank.

A few days later, unhappy with her life,

Ms. Jin committed suicide in the confines of her own home.

This woman leaves the yoga studio where Ms. Jin was a member

carrying the backpack that Ms. Jin had stuffed with cash.

She is Ms. Oh, a bookkeeper who worked at the same company.

[Hyeon-ji] Everyone knew that the two of them were close.

But for some reason, in front of others, they pretended they weren't.

As if they were up to something.

[Ju-eun] When I was at Jin Hwa-young's funeral,

everyone else was grieving and crying for her,

but Oh In-joo was the only one who didn't shed a single tear.

[gasps] She's so scary.

Mm. It seems like all she ever thought about was money.

One day, she showed up to work carrying a very expensive bag.

It creeped me out so much.

But she was still wearing fake leather shoes.

[scoffs]

[man] The residents of this apartment complex

are some of the wealthiest in Singapore.

The ninth floor belongs to a Korean person, Ms. Oh.

Why did Jin take her own life

when she owned such a luxurious apartment like this one?

Oh In-joo acted very strangely after Jin Hwa-young committed suicide.

Like all of a sudden, she was blaming the woman's death on us.

Come to think of it, I think she behaved that way because of her guilt.

I mean, just think about it.

Who benefited the most from her passing?

And that's why I suspect that Oh In-joo is involved in Jin Hwa-young's death.

-[Hyeon-ji] That's right. -[Su-im] Thinking, that's not enough.

People need to believe that Oh In-joo killed Jin Hwa-young,

and not just have suspicions that she was involved in her death.

First, we'll start with an allegation,

but by the time the trial's over,

everyone will see her as the most demonic bitch of the century.

[Hyeon-ji] And it wasn't like she had a job offer from a different company.

She must have been counting on something…

Here's the story I need. Now, listen up.

My husband's death was premeditated.

And the sisters, Oh In-joo and Oh In-kyung, are behind it.

The sisters set a trap together using my brother for money.

[Ma-ri] Isn't that the truth, though?

I mean, that's what I believed from the very beginning.

And Mr. Won Sang-woo showing up with a gun

was a trap to begin with, wasn't it?

But I…

couldn't push ahead with this story

with my strength alone.

[ominous music playing]

[Sang-a] Ma-ri, listen.

You've always been a good liar, even back when you were just a kid.

Without an ounce of guilt.

That's where your strength lies.

How would you like to be a news anchor?

[ominous music continues playing]

Me, an anchor?

[Sang-a] I know you wanted to rise high.

You went to such great lengths to prove that you weren't just a mediocre reporter.

My husband did not jump off that building to die.

It was to bring those at the bottom…

up to the highest place that they could rise.

Now, that is Jeongran Society.

[defender] You're looking at 20 years minimum.

Uh, minimum of 20 years?

All I did was take some cash from a locker

and withdraw money from an account under my own name.

That's 20 years?

I'll be 50 by the time I'm released.

For what you're describing which is concealment of criminal profits,

you'd get about…

seven years?

I've even given back most of that two billion won.

And someone took the 70 billion won, so I don't have a single penny on me.

A crime is established

the moment a criminal act is completed by someone.

Ms. Oh, the court doesn't care really about

whether or not you returned the money to its owners later down the line.

The don't care how the money was split between the criminals.

Ice cream…

lip gloss…

a hair brush, slippers, a car air freshener,

and a winter coat but I returned it to the store.

[breathes shakily]

That's all. That's all that I bought. I swear.

If it's just concealment of criminal profits like you're saying,

you'd be looking at seven years,

but the prosecutor sees it as embezzlement.

In other words, they're charging you with a criminal violation

under the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes.

I admit, I was going to take the money with me.

[sobs] But officer, that wasn't my intention.

-I never planned to embezzle the money. -[groans]

How can I plead guilty to something I didn't do?

This case has drawn an enormous amount of attention.

In my ten years doing this, I've never seen anything like it.

[defender] People are very angry with you right now.

Do you know why?

If the average annual wage in Korea is 40 million,

that means you pocketed 17,500 years' worth of the average wage.

There's a term, "Judicial sentiment".

Because in the end, the law exists for us to soothe people's emotions.

Plead guilty, In-joo, and get a reduced sentence.

[sobs] Oh, my god.

This is crazy.

[prosecutor] Ms. Oh In-joo, do you sign these documents yourself?

WITNESS STAND

Yes, I did.

But I can't read English, Your Honor. So--

[prosecutor] And this apartment and car are…

under your name?

Yes, they are.

[In-joo] But I didn't buy them.

[prosecutor] You withdrew this money from the bank yourself, yes?

[dark music playing]

Yes.

[prosecutor] This company produced a bookkeeping program for bookkeepers,

Bookkeeper from the Future.

CEO, Jin Hwa-young. Director, Oh In-joo.

Correct?

She asked me so I helped her out.

Is Jin Hwa-young, the woman who came in with that backpack

and placed it in a locker,

the woman on the screen?

[dark music continues playing]

[man] Yes, it is.

[prosecutor] And the woman who left with the backpack a few days later

is this woman, Ms. Oh In-joo?

That's her, isn't it?

ATTORNEY DEFENDANT

Yes, it is.

-[In-joo sighs] -[prosecutor] I rest my case.

JUDGE

Let's take a ten-minute recess.

[all muttering]

[In-joo] It's true.

I did all of that.

Deliberately.

[sighs] This is what I've been telling you.

There's no other way out.

[gasps]

Choi Do-il.

What if he testifies on my behalf?

He knows that I didn't know anything about it. I just received the money.

Mr. Choi Do-il…

Hmm.

He's already slated to testify for the prosecution at the next session.

[tense music playing]

On behalf of…

the prosecution?

[defender] Yes.

[reporters clamoring]

[reporter 1] Do you deny the charges?

[reporters clamoring]

[tense music playing]

What's wrong?

[Jong-ho] You don't seem like you're all there, like you've just seen a ghost.

BOBAE SAVINGS BANK VICTIMS EMERGENCY MEETING

I found her.

I've met Ms. Jin Hwa-young before.

What?

The meeting of the victims of Bobae Savings Bank in 2018.

[man] I've spoken in front of you

on behalf of the victims.

[foreboding music playing]

I saved 200 million

and gave it to my mother…

so we could buy an apartment.

[Hwa-young] To make the most of the money,

she decided to put it in the savings bank.

I had no idea

until the day I issued a down payment after the bank went under.

I remember I wasn't able to reach my mother all day.

[sobbing]

Then the police called…

[sobbing continues]

If I hadn't given her that money… [sobbing]

The money I saved up for her…

Money is the devil.

[In-kyung] I only knew her by a nickname she gave

but I recognized her face at the trial.

She left a strong impression.

When she said, "Money is the devil,"

it resonated with everyone.

The woman who said that money is the devil just four years ago

stole 70 billion won?

Maybe she didn't actually do it for money.

CURRENT EVENTS DEPARTMENT/ REPORTER OH IN-KYUNG

-Uh, excuse me, ma'am? -[In-kyung] Hmm.

Yes?

Someone I know has info he'd like to share with you.

About the death of Kim Dal-su of Bobae Savings Bank.

-[In-kyung] Is that so? -[Hwa-young] Hmm.

He's President Kim's nephew named Kim Cheol-seong.

I told him you would be interested in what he has to say

so I decided to give him your email address.

[In-kyung] Mm-hm.

[enigmatic music playing]

[In-kyung over phone] Are you Mr. Kim Dal-su's nephew?

You see, you sent me an email four years ago.

Ah.

[gasps]

I remember now.

It was Jin Hwa-young who introduced Kim Cheol-seong to me.

Dang.

[man] You mean, 1022?

She was very active with us for about three months.

But there was something different about her compared to the other members.

The main goal of most of the members

was to get the money they had lost back from Bobae Savings Bank.

But she…

You would think

people live according to their free will.

When in fact, they're ruled by money.

If you cut us in half,

we're like centipedes with legs grabbing for money.

[Hwa-young] What do you think we need to do now…

to live as people with dignity instead of…

being controlled by money?

[In-kyung] She did it for revenge.

In-kyung.

The person who introduced you to Hwa-young…

I think it was me.

What?

[eerie music playing]

All right then. I'll do that next and…

-[Hwa-young] Ms. Oh. -Huh?

Oh.

Yes?

[Hwa-young] Could you move my mom's coffin on my behalf?

But why? What do you mean?

It looks like I'll have to go to Singapore for business.

But you just lost your mother, didn't you?

How can you go on a business trip?

It's something no one else in the office can do.

[Hwa-young] Please help me.

My father will deal with most of it anyway,

you just have to watch on my behalf.

[melancholy music playing]

If I don't go tomorrow,

I'll have to pay back any losses incurred because of me.

But that's just ridiculous.

[In-kyung] Yes, I'm here at a meeting of the victims

of the Bobae Savings Bank case.

The amount that the victims had deposited in the bank

ranges from a million won

-to over a billion in total. -[In-joo] Oh.

-[In-kyung] Recently… -It's In-kyung.

How do you know, Ms. Oh?

She's my sister.

She did really well at school.

[In-joo] If I were her,

I would have become an accountant or a patent attorney

and made lots of money.

But she has a strong sense of justice.

She always finds a way to do what she believes is right.

It's incredible.

Really?

[In-kyung] So it was also Hwa-young who told Mr. Won Sang-woo about me.

That I always find a way to do what I believe is right.

What kind of…

life have I been living so far?

[In-joo] I've been nothing but a puppet in Won Sang-a's little play.

Then I got dragged into Hwa-young's revenge and now I end up here.

Like a little centipede controlled by 70 billion.

[In-joo] In-kyung.

I don't think I can live like this anymore.

I can't just rot in prison for 20 years without putting up a fight.

I need to do something.

Anything that I can do from here.

What is that?

The fact that Won Sang-a killed Hwa-young.

Let's reveal it together.

Let's send that woman to prison once and for all.

But how? We don't have any evidence.

The Closed Room.

[mysterious music playing]

[In-joo] There's a room at Hyo-rin's house.

A completely closed room without windows.

Apparently, Won Sang-a's mother died there.

As soon as I walked in, something about that room reminded me of Hwa-young's room.

And the room that Yang Hyang-sook

died in 11 years ago.

If you look on my laptop, there are photos in the cloud.

Won Sang-a said she liked secret plays.

Like a puppet show where she kills the characters she created

on the same stage she made.

Hwa-young was wearing a fur coat and bright red heeled shoes when she died.

[police] The woman was completely naked when we found her

apart from a huge fur coat.

-Also, she was wearing a pair of heels. -[In-joo] Yang Hyang-sook was the same.

[In-kyung] Then Won Sang-a's mother too?

[In-joo] According to In-hye,

there's a dollhouse in their attic that looks exactly the same.

She said it was Won Sang-a's graduation project

from when she was studying in New York.

And the doll in there…

was also dressed in a fur coat and red shoes.

[mysterious music continues playing]

[gasps]

[In-joo] Let's start investigating from there.

Hello there, sir.

What is it?

Are you Ms. Jin Hwa-young's father?

I'm Oh In-kyung. I'm a freelance reporter.

[Hwa-young's father] I have nothing to say to you.

Let me just ask you one thing.

It's about the fur coat your daughter was wearing when she passed.

Do you still have it by any chance?

Why would I have it?

I burned it. It's bad luck.

Ah.

You burned the fur coat?

[ominous music playing]

[Hwa-young's father] Don't look for me again.

I'll report you to the police.

[ominous music continues]

I found it.

I'm an expert at finding things.

Found what?

I found the fur coat.

It was listed on an online thrift store a week after Ms. Jin died.

LUXURIOUS FUR COAT 2,500,000 WON

MAY I TRY IT ON BEFORE BUYING IT?

[Jong-ho] That's it. Ms. Jin's father's phone number.

Wow. His daughter was wearing it when she died.

Leave it to me. I'll get you that coat.

[Jong-ho] There's a comment from the buyer.

CAN I TRY IT ON BEFORE BUYING IT?

[Jong-ho] Can I try it on before buying it?

Hello, I'm contacting you about the fur coat you bought a while…

[male anchor] I'm sure that our viewers and the rest of the nation

was shocked by the sudden death of Seoul mayoral candidate Park Jae-sang.

There's a video circulating showing the cause of his death

which was released by one of our reporters.

Reporter Jang Ma-ri has taken a closer look at the video.

First of all, let's take a close look at this dashcam footage

that we've managed to obtain.

Won Sang-woo, the CEO of Orchid Construction,

is approaching Mr. Park Jae-sang, who is sitting on a bench.

[dark music playing]

[male anchor] Isn't that a gun in his hand?

Yes, it's a gun.

It seems that Mr. Park's alleged murder of Mr. Won may have been in self-defense.

Four years ago, Mr. Won was diagnosed with mental illness

and was put away in a facility.

If he attempted to murder Mr. Park, the de facto owner of the company

in an attempt to get his company back,

the murder could definitely be seen as self-defense.

[male anchor] If that's the case,

then why did the reporter share footage

that was deliberately edited to paint a bad image of Mr. Park Jae-sang?

-It was for money. -Money?

I recently reported on the story of Ms. Jin Hwa-young,

a bookkeeper at Orchid E&C,

who committed suicide and left 72 billion won for her colleague, Ms. Oh.

Ms. Jin Hwa-young was the right-hand woman of Mr. Won,

and assisted him in the embezzling of money for years.

And Ms. Oh In-joo is the older sister of the reporter

who revealed the video clip.

The OBN has exclusively revealed that Ms. Jin Hwa-young

had been in league with the same reporter for four years already.

Let's take a look at the video.

It's true that those two met at one of our meetings.

Well, rumor had it that Ms. Jin was spending a huge amount of money

to lobby the reporter to cover everything that happened

during the savings bank case.

[man 1] Jeez. Those thieving bitches. Seriously.

[man 2] That Oh lady killed them all for sure.

I knew it from the very beginning of this case.

[man 3] People will do anything when they've gone mad for money.

[man 2] That's true. What a terrible world we live in.

[man 3] I know. I don't even feel like drinking anymore, I don't.

-[man 1] Let's just eat. Hey. -[man 3] No.

-I don't want to drink anymore. -[man 2] Oh, goodness.

[Sa-pyeong] I'm impressed by your leadership.

There was an uproar after Jae-sang died.

But things have settled down so quickly, haven't they?

You'll need to take on a larger role from now on.

You're the only one left of the soldiers

who served alongside my dad in Vietnam.

Well, what do you want me to do this time?

Take charge of the Park Jae-sang Foundation.

Although now, it's going to need a new name.

It is Jeongran Society's most important project.

My late husband…

was attached to that project.

I'm the one who nurtured all the children of Jeongran Society.

It's always been my dream to run a scholarship foundation.

I have quite a discerning eye for gifted children.

Thank you very much.

-[Sa-pyeong] Mm-hm. -My dad will be pleased as well.

Hmm.

-However, Mr. Jang. -[Sa-pyeong] Hmm?

I'm not in a good place right now.

[ominous music playing]

My husband is gone and my child has left me.

I'm relying on medicine every day to get by.

I just don't understand it.

[Sang-a] I am my father's daughter.

How long do I have to endure this kind of pain?

Is there something else…

that I can help you with?

Reporter Oh In-kyung.

I want you to take care of her for me.

[sighs]

My father always used to tell me

you were the most frightening of all the soldiers in his unit,

so I should do what you tell me to.

I heard you received special training from the CIA.

About all the kinds of pain humans can experience.

I've forgotten all about those torture methods.

Just this once, please.

My life's falling apart, all because of that one reporter.

I don't think I can ever be happy again.

Not unless that woman…

feels pain greater than this.

[sighs]

By the way, Sang-a.

[Sa-pyeong] Let me ask you this one thing.

Is it true…

that Jae-sang killed Sang-woo, your own brother?

You already know.

[Sang-a] My brother was insane.

He always judged us by worldly standards.

Just like mom did.

[sighs]

[ominous music playing]

[Sang-a] My father bestowed the most beautiful Blue Orchid

upon none other than Wonryeong School.

Because wherever our children grow…

is the heart of Jeongran Society.

[Sang-a] From now on,

this spot

is going to be all yours.

Do you like it?

[chuckles softly]

[ominous music continues playing]

[camera shutter clicks]

[In-kyung] How could you spew such nonsense on the news?

I believed you were still at least a reporter.

Why are you here?

-Did you think I'd apologize to you? -[scoffs]

I wanted to see the face you'd make when you saw me.

You put on a confident expression when you're guilty.

It's believable that I looked up to you, that was when I was a trainee.

So professional and level-headed.

Don't act innocent.

You still looked up to me when it was obvious I disliked you?

It's almost convincing.

Then why did you dislike me so much?

You'd endure everything.

It made me look like a mean person.

You came to work full of hope every morning,

knowing you'd get told off all day.

[Ma-ri] How you cried over people's suffering?

That's unbecoming of a reporter.

Justice?

What are we, freedom fighters?

And the fact that you looked so happy…

even though you're poor.

[dramatic music playing]

The April 1997 issue of the Wonryeong Foundation newsletter.

There was an article about a child named Jang Ma-ri

who got a scholarship.

And a picture of her living with her grandpa in a rundown house.

[In-kyung] I understood when I saw that.

Why you are so desperate to succeed in everything that you got into.

Hey.

Let's lay our cards on the table and be honest.

Did you really not know that your sister stole that money

while living under the same roof?

I've always wondered what's behind that innocent face of yours.

If you really did pursue justice, you should have reported it to the police.

If you pursued the truth, you should have done a news report.

You pretended not to know and disapproved,

but in the end, you let it happen.

That's who you are.

You're as greedy as anyone else under that mask of yours.

Like the bottles of alcohol in your drawer you secretly drank.

Of course, I'm as greedy as any person.

Pursuing the truth

about that 70 billion won is how I ended up here.

I won't be blinded by my own greed.

I never stoop so low and make up fake news stories like you did.

I made up a fake news story, huh?

Well, that story is the truth to me.

You may have your own version of that truth but just like you, so do I.

[Ma-ri] Now, it's your version of the truth against mine.

And in the end, mine won today.

[dramatic music playing]

[tires screech]

[breathes deeply]

Shit.

[tires screech]

[engine revs]

[In-kyung] Hmm?

[muffled gasp]

[foreboding music playing]

Where is she?

IN-KYUNG

[operator] Your call cannot be connected. You will be redirected after the tone.

So how have you been?

Why are you here?

I was curious.

[eerie music playing]

[In-kyung] Yeah, but still, who buys every single color of lip gloss?

[lipstick thuds]

"As of today, Jeongran Society is under Won Sang-a's control."

"That woman is out of her mind."

JEONGRAN SOCIETY IS NOW UNDER WON SANG-A'S CONTROL.

THAT WOMAN IS OUT OF HER MIND.

"Just how much insanity are we going to witness from now on?"

What have you…

done with my sister?

[Sang-a] Your sister? Her analysis is pretty accurate and so is her prediction.

I wonder if she also predicted that she'd die by my hand.

[somber music playing]

If you try to hurt my sister…

I won't just sit back.

If you even touch a strand of hair on her head….

What are you gonna do?

I swear I'll bring you down!

Even if I have to haunt you.

My brother is dead now, so is my husband.

And even my one and only daughter is gone.

But if it's your sister, it's not okay?

[Sang-a] Your mom and dad, they're in the Philippines, right?

Well, that works well for us.

Because I can have them buried right there.

[breathes shakily]

[Sang-a] Also…

In-hye.

I wonder what I can do with In-hye?

-I doubt I'll feel good about it either. -[sobs]

What can I do?

I feel like I might die if I don't take it out on someone.

[screaming in anger]

[thuds]

[wailing]

[thudding]

-[dramatic music playing] -[screaming continues]

[screaming]

[In-joo weeping, panting]

So, tell me why?

[Sang-a] Why did you go after that 70 billion?

Did you think about its worth of happiness?

Without thinking how much pain it would come with?

[crying]

Don't hurt them. Just leave them alone!

Kill me. Kill me instead.

-[In-joo sobbing] -You need to pay back my 70 billion.

[Sang-a] With 70 billion worth of pain.

While you're in prison, you're going to keep hearing bad news.

There'll be nothing that you can do.

And your days will drag on and on.

I'll make sure you won't die

for the next 20 years.

[sobs]

No.

[In-joo] Stop it. Wait!

[In-joo wailing]

[somber music playing]

-[keys jangle] -[lock clicks]

[footsteps receding]

[somber music continues playing]

[sobbing]

[sobbing continues]

Could you please just give me a call when you find her?

All right, all right. Give me your number then, I'll get in touch with you soon.

Okay.

-Here, detective. -[detective] All right. I'll call you.

-Thank you, sir. -No problem.

Thanks a lot.

[siren blaring]

[sighs] Damn it.

[eerie music playing]

WONRYEONG UNIVERSITY

[eerie music continues playing]

[Sa-pyeong] I watched Gardening TV every day,

always waiting for the Blue Orchid episode.

During that time, I wondered…

[In-kyung whimpers]

…"Was the orchid not as interesting as I thought it was?

And was my hospitality lacking?"

[Sa-pyeong] It was only when I saw you on the nine o'clock news that I realized

I had been fooled.

Did I mention that I received training from the CIA?

That was where I learned how truly weak the human body

and even mind are.

They believe that people have souls in their bodies

and then teach you how to destroy those souls completely.

-I've always avoided torturing people. -[In-kyung breathes shakily]

[Sa-pyeong] Because it destroys my soul a little as well.

However, there is one thing…

that I just can't tolerate.

[eerie music playing]

The likes of you insulting the general.

[whimpering]

[In-kyung muffled gasp]

I really liked the look in your eyes, so I told you about the general

and even gave you all that precious information.

[In-kyung muffled whimper]

You despicable spy.

[In-kyung muffled sob]

[judicial assistant] All rise in the presence of the judge.

[door closes]

You may now all be seated.

[prosecutor] What are your responsibilities

in your line of work?

I manage Wonryeong Group's overseas assets.

[prosecutor] When did you find out about Jin Hwa-young's embezzlement?

It was right after her suicide.

[prosecutor] Then you were put to work with the defendant, Oh In-joo,

who was close to Jin Hwa-young

in order to locate all the embezzled money.

-Is that correct? -That's correct.

[prosecutor] Tell us, how did you find out

that the 70 billion won was under the defendant's name?

Oh In-joo herself asked me for help.

She asked me to help her withdraw the 70 billion in Singapore.

[scoffs]

So full of crap.

Are you aware that this testimony may subject you to criminal punishment?

[Do-il] Yes, I am.

Nonetheless, you agreed to testify to reveal the truth

about the embezzlement case, sir.

That is correct.

[prosecutor] In that case, you must definitely be telling the truth.

I have no reason to lie, sir.

[scoffs]

[prosecutor] I rest my case.

[enigmatic music playing]

[defender exhales sharply]

Why did the defendant ask you to withdraw her 70 billion won in Singapore?

Do you have any idea of her reason?

Because she was scared.

[defender] Pardon?

[Do-il] After she found out that Jin Hwa-young

deposited illegal money into an account in her name,

she dreaded the consequences of mistransactions.

That's the reason why she urged me to withdraw the money for her.

[defender] However, is the so-called Yeni Enterprise,

the shell corporation in the Virgin Islands

to which you transferred the money not also under Oh In-joo's name?

Yes, it is.

[Do-il] But after the 70 billion won had been laundered at Yeni Enterprise,

it was then transferred to its final destination,

HS Holdings, a shell corporation in Panama.

[defender] HS Holdings? Could you tell us who owns that corporation?

Ms. Won Sang-a owns it.

[crowd muttering]

[thrilling music playing]

I've brought with me today the transaction records of HS Holdings,

a shell corporation in Panama

that Ms. Won used to keep her slush funds for over a decade.

Objection. It is uncertain whether the evidence he presents

was lawfully collected, Your Honor.

Witness, how did you obtain the evidence you have?

It's my job to manage transaction records lawfully issued by the banks, Your Honor.

That's how I obtained them.

[tense music playing]

Right here, you can see that the 70 billion won

was transferred to HS Holdings, where Ms. Won is the director.

[crowd exclaiming, muttering]

So, does that mean you're claiming

that the defendant, Ms. Oh In-joo

was completely unaware of the embezzlement of the 70 billion won

and rather, she withdrew the money

so as to avoid getting herself involved in everything?

[Do-il scoffs]

Oh In-joo was a low-level employee.

Why would we share our confidential tasks with her?

The reason Jin Hwa-young targeted her in the first place

is because she was financially illiterate and naïve enough to sign papers in English

to open overseas accounts without first checking what they were.

When Jin Hwa-young and Shin Hyeon-min

who embezzled all that money suddenly died,

Oh In-joo was rightfully terrified.

And despite having resigned, returned the two billion

and did what she could to withdraw the money, insisting I take it instead.

That's how…

this embezzlement case became known to the outside.

[defender] Are you aware that this testimony

may subject you to criminal punishment for engaging in the organized embezzlement

of the 70 billion won

and establishment of slush funds at Orchid E&C?

Yes, I am.

[defender] Well, in that case,

you must definitely be telling the truth. Thank you.

[thrilling music playing]

[defender sighs]

I guess it's one year in the first trial and probation in the second one.

[defender chuckles softly]

[defender sighs in relief]

[reporter 1] What do you think of Mr. Choi's testimony in court?

[reporter 2] Mr. Choi claimed that you ordered him to launder the money, ma'am.

[reporter 3] Do you know of HS Holdings, mentioned by Mr. Choi?

[reporter 4] Ms. Won, where is the 70 billion won now?

[reporters clamoring]

[Sang-a] This doesn't make any sense.

Did you really not know

that Choi Do-il put money into your account?

You know how many accounts I have?

I don't even know what account you're talking about.

He might have fabricated it.

I'm going to check it right away.

But if what he said is true,

I wonder why he even put all that money into your account.

He could have just taken it for himself.

You don't think

a man would simply give up 70 billion won from a mere fling?

Will you just keep your mouth shut? You're annoying.

I apologize.

[frustrated sigh]

[phone buzzes]

Hello?

Yes, yes.

Ah, I see.

What was that?

Do you think I'm stupid?

Being financially illiterate doesn't mean you're stupid.

You disappeared without a single word,

and then showed up out of nowhere and put on a show.

You clearly think I'm stupid.

[sighs]

I'm sorry. Something came up.

I mean, you can do anything you want.

Was it so hard to let me know?

A simple "I'm fine" would have done.

I mean, you didn't answer my call or get my note.

I tried to call you through someone else but they said you were in prison.

-[phone chimes] -[gasps]

UNKNOWN CALLER

[sighs]

[door opens]

-Huh? -[defender] All right.

Time's up.

[detective] Mr. Choi Do-il.

You're under arrest for criminal violations under the law.

You have the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

I don't think you need to worry about it too much.

For one, no one will believe what a criminal says about you.

Secondly, his father is Choi Hee-jae.

Thirdly, you have no idea how the money even got into that account at all.

And fourth, you could donate all the money to the foundation

in order to prove your story.

The whole 70 billion?

That will make your story 100% true,

and put an end to the matter.

[man] Ms. Jang. Ms. Jang.

-Ms. Jang, I think you should see this. -[male anchor] Last time on HTN,

we made an exclusive report on suspicions surrounding the Hongsin-dong homicide.

[stutters]

I think you better watch HTN News right now.

[male anchor] Reporter Oh In-kyung, whom we had here on the show that day

to reveal the truth regarding the Hongsin-dong homicide,

is once again here in the studio

to reveal yet another truth on live television.

Thank you very much for coming back.

Reporter Oh, what's the story you have for us today?

[In-kyung] It made a big splash in the news

when Ms. Jin Hwa-young, a bookkeeper at Orchid E&C,

committed suicide after embezzling 70 billion won.

It's suspected that Ms. Won Sang-a, the late Mr. Park's wife

and director of Wonryeong Art Gallery,

-was involved. -[male anchor] I see.

[In-kyung] Let's watch the security footage from Ms. Won's bedroom,

taken an hour before Ms. Jin's estimated time of death.

[operator] Your call cannot be connected.

-You will be redirected… -[frustrated sigh]

[In-kyung] You see, Ms. Won leaves her home wearing a fur coat.

Two hours later, we can see she's no longer wearing the coat

as she returns home.

[scoffs]

When Ms. Jin's body was discovered,

she was found wearing a fur coat similar to Ms. Won's.

This is the fur coat Ms. Jin was wearing when she died.

It's from a luxury designer and it costs tens of millions.

Only eight pieces were sold here in Korea.

Since it is made of natural fur, it has very unique colors.

Yes. And they definitely look the same, don't they?

It doesn't end there.

There was another bookkeeper who committed suicide wearing a fur coat.

Ms. Yang worked at Wonryeong Construction, Orchid E&C's predecessor,

she was being investigated by the police

on allegations that she embezzled 5.2 billion.

[epic music playing]

[In-kyung] This right here is Ms. Won's graduation project

from her alma mater, the New York School of Theater.

This model is titled "The Closed Room."

It features a doll wearing, again, a fur coat.

They're all separate situations but definitely have their similarities.

And I agree that these similarities shouldn't be ignored.

[male anchor sucks teeth]

But is it really enough to prove that Ms. Won Sang-a

was directly involved in these deaths like you think she is?

Hmm.

The deaths of these three people have another thing in common.

The Blue Orchid that was found with all three of them.

Globally, this flower is quite a rare species of orchid.

[eerie music playing]

To find out the meaning behind the orchids found at each one of the crime scenes,

we've invited an expert to our studio.

Let me introduce an expert on the Blue Orchid.

Wonryeong School principal,

Mr. Jang Sa-pyeong.

[chuckles softly]

Hello, everyone.

-My name is Jang Sa-pyeong. -[gasps]

[male anchor] As far as I know, the Blue Orchid is such a rare species

that there are only two of them known in the world today.

It is also known as the "Lost Orchid".

It has become extinct in Vietnam, which was its natural habitat.

[Sa-pyeong] I own one of the two remaining flowers

and gifted the other one to an acquaintance of mine.

So officially, these two are the only ones in the world.

Are there no other ones?

Then how do you explain the same Blue Orchids found at these scenes

if there are only two known in the world?

The survival of the Blue Orchid depends on the mold and the micro-organisms

that grow on a specific tree.

Once it leaves the tree, it cannot survive at all.

However, a long time ago, one such tree was brought in from Vietnam,

and there's a place where they farm the orchid in secret.

[Sa-pyeong] This tree can be found in only one place in the world.

And that is…

the home of the late Park Jae-sang and Ms. Won Sang-a.

That's where you can find it.

[tense music playing]

[Sa-pyeong] You despicable spy.

[breathing shakily]

[Sa-pyeong] Now tell me.

What are you trying to achieve?

Miners, farmers,

sailors, cobblers on the street,

day laborers,

and bellboys.

Those were the people that the general recruited for his unit.

Those more competent than anyone but were at the bottom of society.

However, they were also the most loyal people

and they're ready to sacrifice their lives.

FROM THE LOWEST AND DARKEST PLACE TO THE HIGHEST AND BRIGHTEST PLACE

[Sa-pyeong] We were called rice grains back then.

The general said this…

when he put us rice grains together…

into a single military unit.

[In-kyung] Mm.

"We are stronger than anybody else."

"Our strength comes from the fact that no one knows about us."

"We are going to secretly penetrate the Korean society like ghosts."

"And before we even know it,

we will have everything we've always wanted."

"That is how we will become the greatest."

You were very different from the other members of the unit.

You were an elementary school teacher.

In an impoverished area,

you'll be able to witness even the brightest of children wither.

[Sa-pyeong] The general

promised to nurture those poor children with much care.

I provided children for Jeongran Society.

OBN NEWS REPORTER JANG MA-RI

[sighs]

Those children are flourishing in this society in different places.

The children grow up

to spread the general's spirit everywhere they go.

That had always been my dream.

The general's spirit can receive enthusiastic support

from today's kids too, you know.

[sighs]

[In-kyung] But Mr. Park Jae-sang

betrayed your lifelong dream, sir.

He accumulated wealth and murdered people all for his own glory and interest.

And Won Sang-a kills people for fun.

They had the nerve to kill the general's son?

That is unforgivable.

You are the only person I know

who can set things straight once and for all.

You're the only true successor of the general's dream now.

[Sa-pyeong] Absolutely.

And that's why the general left his only memoir

that he wrote himself to me.

The general's memoir?

I raised all those children myself.

If they did something wrong,

I must set it right.

In the name of Jeongran Society.

[male anchor] Please, pay attention to this picture.

It is reported that there are only two Blue Orchids in the whole world,

but here you can see hundreds of them hanging from a tree.

And this can be found in Ms. Won's home?

Yes, that is correct.

If these Blue Orchids were found at the murder scenes,

like Ms. Oh had said,

they must, without a doubt, have come…

-[gasps] -…from right here,

in Ms. Won Sang-a's very own home.

[male anchor] If that is true,

this is something the police should urgently look into.

[tense music continues playing]

Did you trust me this time?

[Jong-ho] To be honest, I…

really thought I'd lost you this time.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have let you out of my sight.

I'll never let that happen again.

[chuckles softly]

[camera shutters clicking]

[reporters muttering]

[reporter 1] Is it true that you weren't involved in the embezzlement?

[reporter 2] Were you unaware of Ms. Won and Ms. Jin's embezzlement?

[reporter 3] Aren't you trying to put all the blame on the late Ms. Jin?

[reporter 4] Will you keep denying the charges?

Please provide a statement on whether you knew

about Ms. Won and Ms. Jin's crime.

[reporters clamoring]

[reporter 6] The core issue going into the final trial

will be whether Ms. Oh was actively involved in the embezzlement

or whether she was merely an innocent victim in all of this.

[In-joo] When I first saw the two billion won,

I felt as if the money in front of me was shining.

WITNESS STAND

As a person who obsesses over a few wons' worth of supermarket reward points,

I couldn't bring myself to ignore that amount of money.

If I had ignored it, I would have felt like I was committing a sin.

[In-joo] I know for a fact that many people suspect me.

They ask why Hwa-young would have left all that money

to someone like me for no reason.

They think I took part in the embezzlement

or she received something in return.

Why did she do that?

I wondered the same thing.

But then it suddenly dawned on me.

[stutters]

The moment I saw that money…

[voice breaking] …I felt as if I…

was being compensated for being poor.

The thrill and the greed…

that I felt in the moment…

as I counted it…

she must have felt the exact same emotions.

I believe that's the reason she left the money to me.

Because we're the same kind of person.

[In-joo] Your Honor,

please just punish me now

for the thrill and greed that I felt.

I now understand that it was wrong of me to feel that.

Because of that money,

I almost died,

I also lost and almost lost…

the people that I love.

I know now…

that all the money can never compensate me for my life.

And now I know…

I value myself

more than the 70 billion won.

While the culprit of the crime, Jin Hwa-young died,

I'm here and I survived.

Therefore, Your Honor,

please punish me because I'm still here

as well as those responsible for creating that dirty money.

They used Hwa-young to make money and again, to launder it

and then killed her just because she stole

the money she helped them create.

Please expose who they are and punish them, Your Honor.

[door opens]

[slow heavy footsteps]

[crowd murmuring]

[breathing shakily]

[eerie music playing]

LITTLE WOMEN

[soft dramatic music playing]