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00:00He's the top plastic surgeon in South Korea.
00:02While not everyone he operates on becomes an instant celebrity,
00:06his work significantly boosts their confidence.
00:08His exceptional skills have drawn endless appointments
00:11from people hoping to enhance their looks.
00:13Logically, he should be incredibly wealthy.
00:16However, Dr. Jungwoo follows an unwritten rule.
00:19One day, a father came in claiming his daughter
00:22had been severely burned by hot water while bathing,
00:25leaving her face badly scarred,
00:26but her hands remained untouched.
00:28Jungwoo immediately saw through the lie,
00:31knowing that instinctively, anyone would use their hands
00:33to shield themselves from scalding water.
00:36Without revealing his reasoning, he refused the procedure,
00:39citing his policy against performing reconstructive surgeries.
00:43Furious, the father caused a scene at the front desk,
00:46accusing the doctor of looking down on him
00:48because of his financial situation
00:50and threatening to destroy the hospital.
00:52Luckily, the medical team intervened
00:54before things escalated further.
00:56Still bitter, the father exaggerated the incident to the media,
01:00leading to a decline in the hospital's clientele for several days.
01:04Two days later, a young woman cautiously approached the front desk,
01:07urgently requesting a consultation.
01:09Jungwoo was curious about what kind of procedure she needed so desperately.
01:14To his surprise, she wanted to change her entire appearance.
01:17Though she had naturally beautiful double eyelids and perfect lips,
01:21her expression was unsettling.
01:22He advised her to reconsider, telling her she could always come back
01:26if she truly felt the need to change.
01:29After the consultation, she took the elevator down,
01:32but an eerie feeling crept over her, as if someone was watching her.
01:35The feeling followed her to the underground parking lot.
01:39Suddenly, a voice called out to her,
01:41and a man emerged, laughing hysterically upon seeing her.
01:44Shortly after, the hospital director approached Jungwoo,
01:48informing him of an emergency case,
01:49a patient in desperate need of surgery.
01:52The girl had suffered multiple unexplained fractures to her cheekbone
01:55and eye socket, along with severe tears on the right side of her face.
02:00Immediate reconstructive surgery was required.
02:03Without hesitation, Jungwoo refused,
02:05as such operations in South Korea are typically handled by specialized surgeons.
02:10However, after persistent pleas from the director
02:12and seeing the severity of her injuries,
02:15he ultimately agreed.
02:16Before the surgery, Jungwoo examined her wounds
02:19and theorized that the fractures had occurred after an initial blow,
02:23followed by a second attack that forced the bones against her eye muscles.
02:27This meant for an object's launched in her eye socket
02:29had to be removed before he could reconstruct the damaged bones.
02:33Meanwhile, the police arrived at the scene,
02:35but found no substantial evidence apart from shattered glass fragments.
02:39The parking lot's surveillance cameras had been obstructed by parked cars,
02:43capturing no footage of the attack.
02:45The men involved filed a medical report,
02:48claiming the girl had attacked him first.
02:50With no concrete proof, authorities ruled it a mutual fight.
02:54Determined to expose the man's lies,
02:56Investigator Min Hyung approached Jungwoo,
02:58asking if he could provide an expert statement,
03:01proving the girl's injuries resulted from a second attack indicating premeditation.
03:05To his surprise, Jungwoo immediately declined,
03:08citing patient confidentiality.
03:10At that moment, the girl's drunken father stormed into the office,
03:14yelling that Jungwoo was an unfit doctor.
03:17He accused him of rejecting his daughter's treatment simply because they were poor,
03:21blaming him for her running away from home.
03:23Before he could say more,
03:24the hospital's part-time doctor and security team removed him from the premises.
03:29This incident made Min Hyung see Jungwoo in a different light.
03:33Later that afternoon, due to a lack of evidence,
03:35the attacker was acquitted.
03:37Enraged, he grabbed his lawyer by the face,
03:40furious over the time he had spent in custody.
03:43Just as he was about to lash out,
03:45Min Hyung intercepted him and noticed a tracking device on his phone.
03:49Three days later, the girl was discharged from the hospital.
03:52As soon as she opened her car door,
03:54the attacker suddenly appeared,
03:56shoving her inside before speeding off from the underground parking lot.
04:00Min Hyung, who was still investigating the case,
04:02saw what happened and quickly tried to follow,
04:05but another car blocked her at the intersection.
04:07By chance, Jungwoo was driving home at that exact moment.
04:11She hurriedly explained the situation,
04:14and the two took off in pursuit of the vehicle.
04:16Meanwhile, throughout the drive,
04:18the girl intentionally provoked the attacker,
04:20causing him to lose his patience unaware
04:22that his arrogant behavior was being recorded.
04:25Eventually, Jungwoo forced the car to stop.
04:28Seizing the opportunity,
04:29Min Hyung smashed the car window
04:31and arrested the man on charges of kidnapping,
04:34unlawful detention, and assault.
04:36A tracking device was found in the back of the vehicle,
04:39bringing the stocking and assault case to a close.
04:41That evening, a man fell from a building in a residential complex.
04:46He was later identified as the same father
04:48who had caused a scene at the hospital.
04:50Inside his pocket,
04:52Min Hyung found what appeared to be a suicide note filled
04:54with insults aimed at Jungwoo.
04:56Strangely, the daughter seemed indifferent to her father's mysterious death,
05:00merely hoping the police would classify it as a suicide without further investigation.
05:05However, during their inquiry, detectives discovered inconsistencies.
05:10There were no foreign fingerprints on the balcony railing or windows,
05:13no signs of a struggle in the apartment,
05:15and no traces of blood.
05:17Despite this, Min Hyung noticed that every date on the father's calendar
05:21was marked with the name of a location.
05:23A quick search revealed that all these places were well-known plastic surgery hospitals,
05:28with the last scheduled visit set for the end of the month.
05:30Adding to the mystery,
05:32the father's polished dress shoes and a freshly dry-cleaned suit
05:35hanging on the wall seemed out of place.
05:37Based on the evidence,
05:39it appeared that the father had been desperately seeking a hospital
05:41willing to treat his daughter's scars,
05:43persistently inquiring even after being turned away.
05:46However, it was unclear why he would take his own life,
05:50especially after finally securing an appointment.
05:53Soon, the news covered the apparent suicide
05:55and published the contents of the note,
05:57placing all blame on Zheng Wu.
06:00Misled by the reports,
06:01patients began canceling their appointments,
06:03leading to a steep decline in the hospital's business.
06:07Meanwhile, after completing her statement at the police station,
06:10the daughter received the autopsy report.
06:12It confirmed that her father had died from multiple open fractures,
06:16causing severe organ damage.
06:18Additionally, the report revealed he had been suffering from lung cancer.
06:22The police captain speculated that,
06:24unable to afford surgery for his daughter,
06:27the father had been overwhelmed with guilt,
06:29ultimately leading him to take his own life.
06:31As a result, he advised closing the case as a suicide.
06:35Min Hyun later approached the daughter,
06:37hoping to gather more information.
06:39However, she revealed that her father
06:41was the one responsible for her facial injuries.
06:44Her mother had left years ago,
06:45and in a drunken state, her father had made a mistake
06:49that permanently ruined her life.
06:51She saw no reason for him to feel guilty now.
06:53And at this point,
06:54with the media already exposing her private life,
06:57she had no interest in reopening the case.
07:00She asked Min Hyun to drop it,
07:02fearing any further investigation
07:03would only bring more unwanted attention.
07:06Meanwhile, a lawyer friend picked up Zheng Wu in his car,
07:09warning him that while he might not face criminal charges,
07:12he wouldn't be able to escape public scrutiny.
07:14He assured Zheng Wu that if he ever needed legal assistance,
07:18he shouldn't hesitate to reach out.
07:19Back at the hospital,
07:21in an effort to mitigate the growing public backlash,
07:24the director held a press conference.
07:26As a humanitarian gesture,
07:27the hospital announced they would offer
07:29free reconstructive surgery for the girl.
07:31Additionally, Zheng Wu would perform three special procedures
07:34as part of a social welfare initiative.
07:37That afternoon, the police received an urgent report
07:40of a woman being assaulted in the restroom of an internet cafe.
07:43The suspect had suffered a deep 12-centimeter slash
07:47across his face from a dagger.
07:49Upon hearing the report,
07:50Min Hyun immediately arrived at the scene.
07:53The victim and her boyfriend were still inside the cubicle.
07:56According to the boyfriend,
07:58they had been playing games at the cafe
07:59when he noticed a man pretending to clean
08:01while staring at his girlfriend's legs.
08:04Initially, he dismissed it as nothing.
08:06However, when his girlfriend went to the restroom,
08:09the man followed her.
08:10Sensing something was off,
08:11the boyfriend trailed behind
08:13and arrived just in time to hear her scream.
08:15As he forced open the door,
08:17he found his girlfriend standing there,
08:19holding a dagger with a tense expression
08:21while the suspect sat on the floor, injured.
08:24Min Hyun suggested that they go to the hospital
08:26to collect forensic evidence.
08:28Meanwhile, the suspect was taken to Zheng Wu's hospital,
08:31where he acted strangely obsessed
08:33with the possibility of scarring
08:34and nervously fidgeting with the buttons on his clothing.
08:37Zheng Wu took notice but,
08:39out of respect for patient confidentiality,
08:41chose not to comment.
08:43Later, as the boyfriend and his girlfriend
08:45were finishing up the evidence collection,
08:47he happened to notice a few drops of blood on his shoes.
08:50Without hesitation,
08:52he preserved them as potential evidence.
08:54Shortly after,
08:55Min Hyun arrived at the hospital,
08:57where Zheng Wu informed her
08:58that the suspect required immediate surgery.
09:01It was revealed that the individual
09:02was biologically female
09:04and had undergone breast implant surgery
09:06three weeks earlier.
09:07However,
09:08the surgical site had developed a severe infection,
09:11posing a life-threatening risk
09:12if not treated promptly.
09:14This meant the couple had been lying.
09:16Meanwhile,
09:17someone deliberately spread details
09:18of the alleged molestation incident
09:20at the internet cafe online.
09:22Netizens immediately turned against the cafe manager,
09:25calling him scum
09:26and even accusing him
09:27of being a repeat offender.
09:29Under pressure from public opinion,
09:31the police captain wanted to wrap up the case quickly
09:34and ordered that the suspect be transferred
09:36from the hospital back to the station.
09:38Just as they were about to leave,
09:39Zheng Wu stopped them.
09:41Based on the depth and direction of the wound,
09:43which slanted from top to bottom,
09:45he deduced that the attacker
09:46had to be taller than the cafe manager.
09:49Otherwise,
09:50the wound would have been angled from bottom to top.
09:52At the same time,
09:53the police had detained the boyfriend.
09:56Min Hyun had discovered blood stains
09:58on his shoe stains
09:59with an elliptical tail
10:00known as cast-off blood spatter.
10:02These are dynamic blood stains
10:04that form
10:05when blood is flung
10:06from a moving weapon
10:07onto a stationary surface,
10:09indicating that the boyfriend
10:10was the one
10:11who had actually injured the cafe manager.
10:13It turned out that
10:14while the couple was playing a game,
10:16the boyfriend accidentally spilled his drink.
10:18When the manager came over to clean it,
10:20the boyfriend's gang character died,
10:22leading to an argument.
10:24At the same time,
10:25the girlfriend had gone to the restroom.
10:27Since the manager was biologically female,
10:30she was hesitant about others knowing
10:32and was waiting outside.
10:34The enraged boyfriend
10:35then shoved her inside
10:36and assaulted her.
10:37Together,
10:38the couple staged the entire molestation scene
10:41to frame the manager.
10:42In the end,
10:43Min Hyun arrested them
10:44both for aggravated assault
10:45and false accusations.
10:47That night,
10:48a breakthrough came
10:49when the niece of the man
10:50who had fallen to his death
10:52provided a crucial clue.
10:53On the night of the incident,
10:54she had seen a suspicious man,
10:56but due to the darkness,
10:58she couldn't make out his face.
10:59However,
11:00she did notice something sticky
11:01on the sawless of his shoes.
11:03Min Hyun quickly realized
11:05that this was why no footprints
11:06or traces had been left at the scene,
11:09leading her to suspect
11:10that the man's death
11:11was not a suicide.
11:12At the same time,
11:13she couldn't understand
11:14why the killer
11:15had gone out of his way
11:16to implicate Jung Woo.
11:18Meanwhile,
11:18as Jung Woo was arriving
11:20at his apartment,
11:21a car suddenly sped toward him.
11:22Just before the black vehicle
11:24could hit him,
11:25Min Hyun driving
11:26a white sedan
11:26swerved between them,
11:28forcing the other driver
11:29to veer off
11:29and preventing
11:30a potential crash.
11:32An hour earlier,
11:33Min Hyun had noticed
11:34the black car
11:35tailing Jung Woo.
11:36The driver,
11:37wearing a mask
11:37and a cap,
11:38bore a strong resemblance
11:40to the mysterious figure
11:41involved in the earlier case
11:42of the fatal fall.
11:43Without hesitation,
11:45she began following the vehicle.
11:47Along the way,
11:48she discreetly asked a colleague
11:49to run the license plate.
11:50The results confirmed
11:52that the black car
11:53had been reported stolen
11:54just days earlier.
11:56Before she could process
11:57this information,
11:58the car suddenly accelerated
12:00toward Jung Woo.
12:01Fortunately,
12:02her quick reflexes prevented
12:03what could have been
12:04a fatal accident.
12:05The next day,
12:06the annual TV station
12:08modeling contest kicked off.
12:10After an intense competition,
12:12eight contestants
12:12showcased their best performances
12:14and secured spots
12:15in the finals.
12:17On the final day of recording,
12:18one of the contestants,
12:19Hayam,
12:20not only received
12:21high praise from the director,
12:23but also appeared
12:23unusually close to him,
12:25causing resentment
12:26among the other competitors.
12:28Rumors had long circulated
12:29that Hayang had been dropped
12:30by her agency
12:31due to past misconduct,
12:33so her apparent relationship
12:34with the director
12:35wasn't particularly shocking.
12:37Later that afternoon,
12:38right after filming wrapped up,
12:40Hayang was suddenly attacked
12:41with sulfuric acid
12:42by a woman
12:43who had approached her.
12:44Screaming in pain,
12:45she collapsed
12:46as bystanders
12:47quickly restrained
12:48the attacker.
12:49However,
12:49during police questioning,
12:51the woman remained
12:52eerily indifferent.
12:53She muttered
12:54that she was a maid
12:55who had recently been fired
12:56by her employer
12:57and had simply been
12:58on her way to the park
12:59because the weather
13:00was nice.
13:01She insisted
13:01she didn't know Hayam
13:03and kept asking the officers
13:04about someone
13:05wearing red clothing.
13:06Meanwhile,
13:07forensic analysts
13:08determined
13:09that surveillance footage
13:10alone wasn't enough
13:11to confirm
13:11whether the car thief
13:12and the suspect
13:13in the earlier fatal fall
13:15were the same person.
13:16While driving,
13:17Jungwoo received a call
13:18from Dr. Park's mother
13:19who was confused
13:20as to why
13:21the hospital director
13:22had assigned him
13:23to perform
13:23reconstructive surgery.
13:25In reality,
13:26the director
13:26had no choice.
13:27He was trying
13:28to calm
13:28the public backlash.
13:30The father,
13:31who had recently
13:31been released from prison,
13:33only wanted to arrange
13:34surgery for his daughter
13:35who had suffered
13:36severe burns.
13:37Park's mother
13:38was shocked to hear this
13:39because she knew
13:40the father
13:40who had fallen
13:41to his death.
13:42Meanwhile,
13:43after undergoing
13:44emergency treatment,
13:45Hayoung was left
13:46with second-degree burns
13:47on the left side
13:48of her face.
13:49Since she had previously
13:50undergone cheekbone
13:51augmentation,
13:52doctors recommended
13:53that she seek treatment
13:54at a plastic surgery clinic.
13:56Frustrated,
13:57she struggled
13:58to understand
13:58why she had been
13:59attacked with acid
14:00by a woman
14:01she had never even met.
14:02During their conversation,
14:04Minhyoung noticed
14:05that Hayoung frequently
14:06shared updates
14:07about her whereabouts
14:08on social media.
14:09She was then transferred
14:10to a plastic surgery clinic.
14:12Given the risk of infection
14:13due to her cheekbone implants,
14:15Jungwoo advised her
14:16to undergo
14:17reconstructive surgery
14:18as soon as possible.
14:20However,
14:21Hayoung became
14:21highly distressed
14:22upon learning
14:23that she would have
14:24permanent scars.
14:25After a day of investigation
14:26and employee testimony,
14:28police were fairly confident
14:29that the elderly woman's attack
14:31was not premeditated.
14:32However,
14:33Minhyoung wasn't convinced.
14:35Relying solely
14:35on the old woman's testimony
14:37made the conclusion
14:38seem weak,
14:39especially considering
14:40how openly
14:40Hayoung shared
14:41her location online
14:42anyone could have
14:43tracked her movements.
14:44That night,
14:45the elderly woman
14:46asked the police
14:47to help her find her husband.
14:49It turned out
14:49that earlier that day,
14:51he had run off
14:51with another woman
14:52wearing a bright red dress,
14:54making it seem
14:54as if Hayoung
14:55was being mistaken
14:56for a homewrecker.
14:57As the situation escalated,
14:59dishonest bloggers
15:00twisted the story
15:01into a dramatic scandal
15:02about a wife
15:03attacking her husband's mistress.
15:05The police soon located
15:06the old woman's husband
15:08who insisted
15:09that he had never met Hayoung.
15:10However,
15:11he had a reputation
15:12for being flirtatious.
15:14He also revealed
15:15that his wife
15:15often followed him in secret,
15:17likely due to a mental illness.
15:19However,
15:20when police checked,
15:21they found no medical records
15:22related to her mental health.
15:24Surprisingly,
15:25the husband admitted
15:26that his wife
15:27had indeed undergone
15:27psychiatric treatment,
15:29but since having
15:30an official record
15:30could be used against her
15:32in a divorce,
15:33she had used a friend's name
15:34during her consultations.
15:36Soon after,
15:37police confirmed
15:37that the woman
15:38suffered from depression,
15:40delusional disorder,
15:41and mental exhaustion.
15:42Since this was
15:43her first offense,
15:44she was unlikely
15:45to face detention.
15:46Something about the situation
15:48felt off to Min Hyung.
15:49The woman had brought up
15:50her husband
15:50at just the right moment
15:52without even being asked
15:53and quickly provided
15:54a motive for the attack.
15:55It was as if something
15:56was deliberately influencing
15:58the direction
15:58of the investigation.
16:00Suspicious,
16:01Min Hyung decided
16:02to dig deeper
16:02into other recent
16:03acid attack cases,
16:05believing there was
16:06a hidden motive at play.
16:07The scene shifts.
16:08The elderly woman
16:09is acquitted.
16:10However,
16:11as she was leaving,
16:12Min Hyung intercepted her
16:13and handed her
16:14a photo of a victim
16:15from a previous
16:16acid attack case.
16:18Just as the woman
16:18was about to walk away,
16:20Min Hyung casually
16:21pretended to make
16:22a phone call,
16:23loudly mentioning
16:23Hyung's current situation
16:25at the plastic surgery clinic.
16:27The old woman
16:28took the bait.
16:29That night,
16:30she dismissed
16:30her defense attorney
16:31and secretly made her way
16:32to Jung's plastic surgery clinic.
16:35Without hesitation,
16:36she entered
16:37Hyung's hospital room
16:38and immediately
16:39pulled out her phone,
16:40snapping multiple photos
16:41of the patient in bed.
16:43Unbeknownst to her,
16:44all of her actions
16:45were being monitored
16:46and recorded by Min Hyung.
16:48As she left the hospital,
16:49she made repeated calls
16:50to another woman.
16:51Meanwhile,
16:52Hyung,
16:53deeply distressed,
16:54stood at the edge
16:55of the hospital rooftop.
16:56Her mind drifted
16:57to the past
16:58back to her prime
16:59when she was admired
17:00for her beauty
17:00and charm
17:01during competitions.
17:03She recalled an incident
17:04where a third-tier model
17:05had accidentally
17:06bumped into the chairman,
17:07a man notorious
17:08for exploiting his power
17:09to coerce female subordinates.
17:11After much deliberation,
17:13Hyung had made
17:14the difficult decision
17:15to secretly record evidence
17:17and report him
17:17to the authorities.
17:19However,
17:19she hadn't anticipated
17:20the high price
17:21of refusing
17:22to be a silent bystander.
17:24Elsewhere,
17:24as Jungwoo was driving home,
17:26he suddenly recalled
17:27how unstable Hyung
17:28had been
17:29when she was first admitted
17:30to the hospital
17:31after being disfigured.
17:32Yet,
17:33in her recent interactions
17:34with the police,
17:35she had seemed
17:35garily composed.
17:37A sense of unease
17:38crept over him.
17:39Trusting his instincts,
17:40he immediately
17:41turned his car around
17:42and raced back
17:43to the hospital
17:43just in time
17:44to pull Hyung back
17:45from the rooftop's edge.
17:47She was about
17:47to take her own life.
17:49Meanwhile,
17:49Min Hyung followed
17:50the elderly woman
17:51who had thrown acid
17:52to a luxury apartment complex.
17:54Earlier that day,
17:56she had intentionally
17:56shown a photo
17:57of another victim
17:58to the woman,
17:59provoking a strong reaction.
18:01This confirmed
18:01that the elderly woman
18:02had no personal connection
18:04to Hyung.
18:04She simply needed
18:05to verify
18:06in the hospital room
18:07that she had completed
18:08the job
18:08before collecting
18:09her payment
18:10from the mastermind
18:11using the photo
18:12as proof.
18:13Everything played out
18:14just as Min Hyung expected.
18:16The elderly woman
18:17entered the upscale residence
18:18of Seo Yunha,
18:19the wife of an
18:20entertainment company chairman.
18:22With an air of contempt,
18:23Yunha told her
18:24to take the money
18:25and leave.
18:26However,
18:27the elderly woman
18:28remained unfazed.
18:29Calmly,
18:30she picked up
18:30a steaming cup of tea
18:32from the table.
18:33Yunha shrieked
18:33and instinctively
18:34covered her head
18:35in fear.
18:36Seeing her reaction,
18:37the elderly woman
18:38let out a mocking laugh,
18:40amused that simply
18:40pretending to be unhinged
18:42and holding a cup of liquid
18:43could make someone panic.
18:45This subtle
18:45but clear threat
18:46implied that she could use
18:48the same tactic
18:48against Yunha.
18:50Yunha,
18:50no fool,
18:51immediately recognized
18:52the threat.
18:53She quickly dropped
18:54her arrogant demeanor
18:55and replaced it
18:56with one of reluctant respect.
18:58In reality,
18:59the elderly woman
19:00was using this moment
19:01to manipulate her
19:02into giving her
19:03even more money.
19:04Meanwhile,
19:04the police retrieved
19:05dash cam footage
19:06from the taxi
19:07the elderly woman
19:08had taken,
19:09capturing her
19:09leaving the apartment
19:10with a large bag of cash.
19:12This suggested
19:13a financial transaction
19:14between her and Yunha,
19:15though there was
19:16no solid evidence yet.
19:18As a result,
19:19authorities decided
19:20to closely monitor
19:20the elderly woman's
19:22financial activity.
19:23Soon,
19:24a colleague uncovered
19:24that she was a regular visitor
19:26at a plastic surgery clinic,
19:28frequently attending consultations.
19:30The case took another step forward
19:32the following afternoon
19:33when Min Hyung confronted
19:34a middle-aged man
19:35outside Haeyong's hospital room.
19:37The man explained
19:38that his daughter
19:39had been close friends
19:40with Haeyong
19:40and the two had worked
19:41at the same entertainment company
19:43a year ago.
19:44The company's chairman,
19:45Kim Ji Hyuk,
19:46was now serving
19:47a prison sentence.
19:49He strongly believed
19:50the acid attack
19:51was connected
19:51to his daughter's death.
19:53Min Hyung relayed
19:54this information to Haeyong,
19:56revealing that her friend
19:57had taken her own life
19:58the previous year
19:59due to Kim's misconduct.
20:01The news deeply affected Haeyong.
20:03Once she had gathered her thoughts,
20:04she finally shared the truth.
20:06That afternoon,
20:08Min Hyung's colleague
20:08legally arrested
20:09the elderly woman,
20:11while Min Hyung
20:11and her team
20:12prevented Yunha
20:13from leaving her residence.
20:14During interrogation,
20:16the elderly woman
20:17confessed everything.
20:18The true mastermind
20:19behind the acid attack
20:21was none other than Kim,
20:22orchestrating everything
20:23from prison.
20:24He had relayed his plan
20:25through letters
20:26to his wife,
20:27Yunha,
20:28who then hired someone
20:29to carry it out
20:29for a high price.
20:31However,
20:32Yunha saw nothing wrong
20:33with her actions.
20:34To her,
20:35powerful men in business
20:36sometimes made small mistakes.
20:38She viewed Haeyong's involvement
20:39as unrelated to the real issue
20:41Haeyong had merely reported
20:42Kim's misconduct,
20:44causing him to explode
20:45in fury behind bars.
20:46As punishment,
20:48he had arranged for her
20:49to be taught a lesson.
20:50Min Hyung firmly warned Yunha
20:52that justice would be served,
20:54officially closing
20:55the acid attack case.
20:56Haeyong's name
20:57was cleared online,
20:58but her disfigured face
21:00remained a permanent reminder
21:01of what had been taken
21:02from her.
21:03Yet,
21:03another question remained.
21:05Who would avenge
21:06her late friend?
21:06As she sat in her hospital bed,
21:08Haeyong couldn't shake
21:09the memory
21:10of her friend's helpless eyes
21:11after being assaulted
21:12or the grotesque smirk
21:14of the man responsible.
21:14pocket where a pair
21:16of surgical scissors rested.
21:18In that moment,
21:19she made a decision.
21:20She would take justice
21:21into her own hands.
21:23She would kill
21:24the monstrous chairman.
21:25Just as she was about to act,
21:27Zheng Wu appeared.
21:28Without hesitation,
21:29he warned her
21:30against using the scissors,
21:32explaining that they were
21:33simply dressing forceps
21:34used for handling gauze
21:35during bandage changes.
21:37More importantly,
21:38he reminded her
21:39that true revenge
21:39wasn't about reckless violence.
21:41was about not letting
21:42the perpetrator
21:43destroy her life.
21:44He urged her
21:45to stop wasting her future
21:46on meaningless revenge
21:47and instead focus
21:48on her recovery
21:49through a skin transplant.
21:51A day later,
21:52Haeyong agreed
21:53to undergo the procedure.
21:55Soon after,
21:56she competed
21:56in the final round
21:57of a prestigious
21:58modeling competition.
21:59She knew she could
22:00never return to the way
22:01she once looked,
22:02but quitting entirely
22:03would mean allowing
22:04her attackers
22:05to control her life.
22:06However,
22:07reality was no fairy tale.
22:08Society remained obsessed
22:10with appearances
22:11and she failed
22:12to place in the competition.
22:13That evening,
22:14as Zheng Wu was leaving work,
22:16he noticed someone
22:17watching him
22:17through his car window.
22:19Without hesitation,
22:20he began to follow.
22:22By chance,
22:23Min Hyang spotted him
22:24and immediately
22:24joined the pursuit.
22:26But before they could catch up,
22:27the mysterious figure
22:28vanished from sight.
22:30Just then,
22:30the person suddenly
22:31called out to Min Hyang
22:32and calmly walked toward her,
22:34removing their mask.
22:36Face to face,
22:37Min Hyang was stunned
22:38and she immediately recognized
22:39the mysterious figure.
22:40On her first day
22:41with the patrol unit,
22:43Min Hyang had expected
22:44a straightforward job,
22:45but that illusion
22:46was shattered
22:46when a sudden murder case
22:48required immediate support.
22:49It was her first time
22:50handling such a case
22:51and she was overwhelmed
22:53with confusion.
22:54However,
22:55when she saw
22:55the murderer's face,
22:57she had to make a choice
22:58to turn a blind eye.
22:59Despite the man
23:00insisting he was innocent,
23:02fingerprints
23:02and hair found
23:03in the victim's room
23:04were enough evidence
23:05to convict him,
23:06even without any witnesses.
23:08Years later,
23:09after her brother
23:10was released from prison,
23:11they crossed paths again.
23:13Without hesitation,
23:14he shamelessly blamed
23:15a doctor
23:16for ruining his life.
23:17He argued that,
23:18if it weren't
23:19for the media exposure,
23:20he wouldn't have been caught
23:21in a public scandal.
23:23Min Hyang,
23:23however,
23:24refused to entertain
23:25his endless excuses.
23:27Committing a crime
23:28doesn't always lead
23:29to remorse.
23:30Just as she was about
23:31to handcuff him,
23:32her brother looking pale
23:33said he still had
23:34unfinished business.
23:35Shortly after he left,
23:37Jungwoo arrived to check
23:38if Min Hyang was okay
23:40and asked if she had
23:41seen the man's face.
23:42Knowing her brother
23:43harbored a deep grudge
23:44against Jungwoo,
23:45she hesitated to say much.
23:47Meanwhile,
23:48a delivery man arrived
23:49a few minutes late
23:50and was mistakenly
23:51identified as the murderer.
23:53According to the victim's family,
23:54the delivery man
23:55was provoked
23:56into entering the house
23:57when she accidentally
23:58dropped the payment money
23:59on the floor.
24:00A confrontation ensued
24:01with her cousin,
24:02leading to a broken mirror
24:03and glass shards
24:04cutting the cousin's face.
24:06The delivery man claimed
24:07the injury had already
24:08been there
24:09when he arrived,
24:10arguing that he was
24:11being framed
24:11as an easy target.
24:13Earlier that day,
24:14Min Hyang had shared
24:15an elevator with him
24:16and overheard him
24:17threatening someone
24:18over an unpaid delivery,
24:20saying they would
24:20end up half alive.
24:22When she later followed
24:22the sounds of commotion,
24:23she saw him looking nervous
24:25before he fled the scene,
24:27leaving his helmet behind.
24:29The key issue,
24:30however,
24:30was that the delivery man
24:32had a prior criminal record
24:33for breaking into residences
24:34and assault.
24:35He was still on probation.
24:37Despite his claims
24:38of innocence,
24:39all evidence pointed to him,
24:40which under regulations
24:41allowed authorities
24:43to issue a preemptive
24:44arrest warrant.
24:45Meanwhile,
24:46the victim was taken
24:46to Jung-wa's hospital
24:47for surgery.
24:49His injuries weren't severe,
24:50except for a fractured urlobe
24:52and a deeper cut
24:53near his chin,
24:54which appeared to have been
24:55caused by a different impact.
24:57The boy recalled the situation
24:58as chaotic
24:59and struggled to remember details,
25:01but his cousin remembered
25:02everything clearly.
25:03When Jung-woo stepped out
25:05of the operating room,
25:06the cousin rushed to ask
25:07if paramedics had mishandled
25:08her cousin's face
25:09during transport,
25:11worsening the wounds.
25:12Although she seemed
25:13deeply concerned,
25:14she grew anxious
25:15when she learned
25:15the ear surgery
25:16had to be postponed
25:17until the next day.
25:19She even tried persuading
25:20Jung-woo to stitch it up
25:21immediately.
25:22However,
25:23he explained that cartilage
25:24from the other ear
25:25was needed to repair
25:26the damage
25:27and she eventually stopped
25:28insisting on discharging
25:29him early.
25:30The next day,
25:31Min-hyun returned
25:32to question the victim.
25:33His statements matched
25:34his cousin's
25:35with no major inconsistencies.
25:37However,
25:38she noticed bruises
25:39on his wrists.
25:41When asked,
25:41he once again said
25:42the chaos made it
25:43difficult to recall details.
25:45Likewise,
25:46his cousin,
25:47who had been waiting outside,
25:48anxiously inquired
25:49about the delivery man's
25:50situation,
25:51fearing he might come
25:52after them again.
25:53When Min-hyun informed her
25:55that an arrest warrant
25:56had already been approved,
25:57the cousin finally sighed
25:59in relief.
26:00Following protocol,
26:01Min-hyun spoke
26:02with the attending physician,
26:03Jung-woo,
26:04who mentioned a fragment
26:05removed from the victim's chin.
26:07He described the wound
26:08as unusually deep
26:09compared to the others
26:10with a different shape
26:11and trajectory
26:12and a regular,
26:13jagged cut,
26:14suggesting it had been
26:15caused by someone else.
26:17Just then,
26:17the boy entered,
26:18asking about his surgery,
26:20but his gaze locked
26:21onto the fragment
26:21in Min-hyun's hand.
26:23With Jung-woo's observations
26:24in mind,
26:25Min-hyun grew suspicious.
26:26Even though the delivery man's
26:28arrest warrant
26:29had been issued,
26:30she arranged for her colleagues
26:31to reinvestigate
26:32the cousin's connections
26:33and return to the crime scene.
26:35There,
26:36they retrieved a pair of slippers
26:37with fragments
26:38and bloodstains,
26:39sending them to the forensic lab
26:41for analysis.
26:42Meanwhile,
26:43Min-hyun's colleagues
26:44contacted the boy's father,
26:45who stated that his son
26:46wasn't allowed to use his phone
26:48at the boarding tutorial center
26:49and they hadn't spoken
26:51in a while.
26:51He also mentioned
26:52that they had no relatives
26:53living in Seoul
26:54and noted that his son
26:55had switched to online classes
26:57some time ago,
26:58raising further doubts.
27:00Just as a colleague
27:01was about to update Min-hyun,
27:03her phone became unreachable.
27:04Jung-woo also failed
27:05to contact her
27:06and soon made
27:07a disturbing discovery.
27:09After performing surgery
27:10on the boy,
27:11he noticed another patient
27:12acting suspiciously
27:13near the hospital entrance,
27:15someone who seemed
27:15to recognize
27:16the so-called cousins.
27:17At first,
27:18he didn't give it much thought.
27:20However,
27:21later,
27:21he discovered
27:22a listening device
27:23hidden in his office.
27:24Alarmed,
27:25he rushed to check
27:26on the boy's hospital room,
27:27only to find
27:28that he had already
27:29been discharged.
27:30That's when he realized
27:31something was seriously wrong
27:32with the two cousins.
27:34Jung-woo then spoke
27:35with the patient
27:36he had seen earlier
27:37and learned that
27:37both the patient
27:38and the boy
27:39had attended
27:40the same high school.
27:41The so-called cousin,
27:42however,
27:43was not actually his relative.
27:44She was a teacher
27:45who had once interned
27:46at their school.
27:47This revelation meant
27:48that they weren't family at all,
27:50but rather a teacher
27:51and a student
27:52with an unusual relationship.
27:54Rumors had spread
27:55that the female teacher
27:56came from a prestigious family,
27:57so people only dared
27:58to talk behind her back.
28:00However,
28:01one student couldn't resist
28:02exposing her
28:03inappropriate relationship
28:04with the boy.
28:05Shortly afterward,
28:06he suddenly died
28:07by suicide,
28:08jumping off the roof
28:09of a commercial building
28:10near the school.
28:11There was speculation
28:12that he had been lured
28:13to the rooftop
28:14and pushed.
28:15Jung-woo soon learned
28:16from the police
28:17that Min-hyeung
28:18had gone to check
28:19on the so-called cousin's home.
28:20A bad feeling crept over him.
28:22At the same time,
28:23Min-hyeung arrived
28:24at the woman's house.
28:26At first,
28:26the woman admitted
28:27that she had given
28:28a false statement
28:29under pressure.
28:30She confessed
28:31that she had known
28:31and dated the young man before.
28:34On the night of the incident,
28:35she had tried
28:36to break up with him,
28:37but he reacted
28:37by threatening
28:38to release a private video of them.
28:40In desperation,
28:41she had pleaded with him,
28:43even falling to her knees.
28:44As he tried
28:45to push her away,
28:46he lost his balance
28:47and crashed into a glass panel.
28:49At that moment,
28:50a delivery man
28:51happened to arrive.
28:53Seizing the opportunity,
28:54she blamed him
28:55for the incident
28:55to avoid any suspicion
28:57falling on her.
28:58She feared that
28:59if the truth came out,
29:00it would ruin her chances
29:01of passing
29:02a government employment exam.
29:04Since the young man
29:04wasn't at her house,
29:06she felt safe
29:06confessing all this
29:08to Min-hyeung.
29:08However,
29:09just as Min-hyeung
29:10was about to take her
29:11to the police station
29:12to give an official statement,
29:14the woman suddenly
29:15turned aggressive.
29:16That's when the young man
29:17appeared out of nowhere
29:18and knocked Min-hyeung
29:19unconscious,
29:20pretending to be unsure
29:21of what to do.
29:22The woman had already
29:23made up her mind
29:24she went to the kitchen,
29:25grabbed a knife,
29:26and forced it
29:27into the young man's hand,
29:28ordering him
29:29to kill Min-hyeung.
29:30Just then,
29:31the doorbell rang
29:32it was Jung-woo,
29:33but even his arrival
29:34didn't deter her.
29:35Instead,
29:36she slapped the trembling
29:37young man
29:38and urged him
29:38to be brave,
29:39coldly remarking
29:40that this wasn't
29:41the first time
29:42they had done
29:42something like this.
29:43Under the teacher's pressure,
29:45the young man
29:46finally acted.
29:47He picked up the knife
29:48and slowly advanced
29:49toward Min-hyeung.
29:50However,
29:51she had regained consciousness
29:52just in time
29:53and managed to grab his hands.
29:55At that moment,
29:56Jung-woo broke
29:57through the door.
29:58Realizing that the situation
29:59was turning against her,
30:01the woman immediately
30:02changed her demeanor.
30:03She pretended
30:04to be disappointed
30:05in the young man,
30:06putting on an innocent act
30:07and seeking protection
30:08behind Jung-woo.
30:09The young man,
30:11overwhelmed by everything,
30:12completely broke down.
30:14He screamed,
30:15tore himself free
30:16from Min-hyeung
30:16and ran out of the house,
30:18haunted by the teacher's influence.
30:20The woman tried
30:21to argue her case,
30:22but she didn't realize
30:23that Min-hyeung
30:24had recorded
30:25their conversation.
30:26When Min-hyeung
30:27had first entered the house,
30:28a colleague had called her
30:30and she had left
30:30the phone in her pocket
30:31knowingly capturing
30:32the woman's confession.
30:34As the truth unraveled,
30:35it became clear
30:36that the young man's past
30:38was far darker
30:39than expected.
30:40A while back,
30:41he had once glanced
30:42at a girl on TV,
30:43which had sent the teacher
30:44into a jealous rage.
30:46She had held onto a laptop
30:47containing evidence
30:48of the young man's past crimes
30:50and decided to take it
30:51to the police.
30:52He had pleaded desperately
30:53with her,
30:54but she remained unmoved.
30:56During their struggle,
30:57he had crashed
30:58into a mirror
30:58and shards of glass
31:00had cut his face.
31:01A long piece of glass
31:02had embedded itself
31:04in his chin.
31:05Still furious,
31:06the teacher
31:06had stepped on the shard,
31:08driving it even deeper
31:09into his skin.
31:10The full truth
31:11was now clear
31:11the young man
31:12had met the woman
31:13when she was interning
31:14at a tutoring center
31:15during his high school years.
31:17They had started dating,
31:18but after rumors spread,
31:20they committed murder
31:20to keep their secret hidden.
31:22Over time,
31:23the woman had gradually
31:24isolated the young man
31:25from society,
31:26cutting him off
31:27from all social contact
31:28and essentially
31:29imprisoning him
31:30in her home.
31:31She had used evidence
31:32of their past crime
31:33and years of psychological
31:34manipulation
31:35to make him
31:36completely dependent on her,
31:37both mentally
31:38and physically.
31:39But the most chilling revelation
31:40was that the buttons
31:41on the young man's shirt
31:42were, in fact,
31:44listening devices.
31:45She had been controlling him
31:46through earphones,
31:47keeping him under her influence
31:49at all times.
31:50With the real culprit caught,
31:52the delivery man
31:53was finally released.
31:54Not only was he innocent,
31:56but he had been a victim himself
31:57wrongly accused
31:58and harshly scolded
31:59by the woman.
32:00Frustrated and angry,
32:02he vented his resentment
32:03on Min Hyung,
32:04who had initially ignored
32:05his pleas of innocence.
32:07Despite his criminal
32:08record,
32:08she now felt guilty
32:09for not believing him.
32:11This also led her
32:12to question
32:12her own brother's case.
32:14Was he, too,
32:15a victim of a wrongful conviction
32:17simply because of his past?
32:19Min Hyung restarted
32:20the investigation
32:21by first obtaining
32:22his brother's address
32:23from their mother.
32:24He then retrieved
32:25taxi surveillance footage
32:26from outside the prison,
32:28which confirmed
32:28that his brother
32:29had indeed visited
32:30the victim's home
32:31on the night of his death.
32:32Unfortunately,
32:33after reaching out
32:34to the police
32:35in his brother's jurisdiction,
32:37Min Hyung learned
32:37that he no longer lived
32:38at the registered address.
32:40His search
32:40had hit a dead end.
32:41That night,
32:42feeling discouraged,
32:44Min Hyung stopped
32:44by his usual
32:45street food stall
32:46for a meal.
32:47Unexpectedly,
32:48he ran into Jung Woo.
32:49As they talked,
32:50Min Hyung subtly
32:51probed Jung Woo
32:52for information
32:53and learned that
32:54his search for his brother
32:55wasn't motivated
32:56by revenge,
32:57but by guilt he believed
32:58he had indirectly caused
32:59his father's death
33:00by falling.
33:01This revelation
33:02made Min Hyung feel
33:03even more remorseful
33:04toward this good man.
33:06He downed half a beer
33:07in one gulp,
33:08silently vowing
33:08to help Jung Woo
33:09uncover the truth.
33:11For a brief moment,
33:12Jung Woo seemed lost
33:13and thought his late fiancé
33:14had also always left
33:16her glass half full.
33:17Then,
33:18something even more
33:19unsettling happened.
33:20Someone had spray-painted
33:22murderer, you know,
33:23on Jung's car.
33:24Right at that moment,
33:25he received a call
33:26from a lawyer
33:27who had discovered
33:28that his brother
33:28had been paroled
33:29last month.
33:30The lawyer also revealed
33:31that his brother
33:32had a sister
33:33who was a police officer
33:34and now,
33:35that very sister
33:36was determined
33:36to bring justice
33:37against him.
33:38Among the belongings
33:39left behind
33:40by their father,
33:41Min Hyung found
33:41a keychain
33:42that read
33:42Benevolent Hands
33:43Medical Association
33:44of a Volunteer
33:45Group of Doctors
33:46who provided
33:47medical care
33:47for prisoners.
33:48Both their father
33:49and brother
33:50had been incarcerated
33:51at the same prison,
33:52leading to
33:53intertwined lives.
33:54Soon,
33:55using their
33:55respective networks,
33:56Min Hyung and Jung Woo
33:58tracked down the brothers
33:59actual address.
34:00They happened
34:01to cross paths
34:01with him by chance
34:02from his initial arrest
34:04to the spray painting
34:05on Jung Woo's car
34:06after his release.
34:07Despite everything,
34:09the brother had always
34:10denied committing murder.
34:11Jung Woo wanted
34:12to investigate
34:13whether there was
34:13more to the case.
34:15Unfortunately,
34:16when they arrived
34:16at his place,
34:17he wasn't home.
34:18To make matters worse,
34:20the hospital called
34:21Jung Woo back,
34:22forcing them
34:22to leave empty-handed.
34:24Meanwhile,
34:25Min Hyung had
34:25the keychain tested,
34:26but the forensic technician
34:28had initially handled it
34:29as a regular item,
34:31wiping away
34:31any other fingerprints.
34:33Fortunately,
34:34Min Hyung was able
34:34to trace the benevolent
34:36Hans Medical Association
34:37back to its founder.
34:38During the investigation,
34:40the founder became emotional
34:41upon seeing the photo
34:43Min Hyung provided
34:44because the man
34:44in the picture
34:45was her son.
34:46In a shocking revelation,
34:48Min Hyung realized
34:49the founder
34:49was none other
34:50than Jung's mother.
34:51Quickly ending the inquiry,
34:53he left in a hurry.
34:54As night fell,
34:55Jung Woo,
34:56still seeking the truth,
34:57returned to his brother's house.
34:59Breaking in,
35:00he was stunned
35:01to find the walls
35:01covered with photos
35:02and case files
35:03including one of Min Hyung.
35:05In that instant,
35:06Jung Woo pieced
35:07everything together.
35:08He finally understood
35:09why Min Hyung
35:10had been avoiding him.
35:11Just then,
35:12Min Hyung received
35:13a distress message
35:14from a girl
35:14in the neighborhood
35:15the same girl
35:16who had seen
35:17a masked man
35:17acting suspiciously
35:18on the night
35:19of their father's murder.
35:20She had been drinking
35:21at a neighbor's house
35:22when they were suddenly
35:23attacked by the
35:23masked intruder
35:24putting both their lives
35:25in grave danger.
35:27The girl had woken up
35:28from a nightmare
35:29only to be ambushed
35:30in her own home.
35:31Despite her neighbor's
35:32desperate attempts
35:33to distract the attacker,
35:34she couldn't escape
35:35his brutality.
35:36By the time
35:37Jung Woo
35:37and Min Hyung arrived,
35:39she had suffered
35:39deep cuts
35:40on her wrists
35:41and thighs
35:41with a severe injury
35:43to her radial artery.
35:44Jung Woo
35:44quickly administered
35:45first aid
35:46and had her rush
35:47to the hospital
35:48while instructing
35:49Min Hyung
35:49to verify his brother.
35:51Lee Jin Suk's
35:52whereabouts.
35:53Unbeknownst to them,
35:54the ambulance
35:54carrying the injured girl
35:55passed right by him.
35:57According to the neighbor's
35:58younger sister,
35:59the intruder
36:00was the same person
36:01she had seen
36:01the night the girl's father
36:02fell from a building.
36:04She regretted
36:04not arriving sooner,
36:06feeling that her delay
36:07had contributed
36:07to the severity
36:08of the girl's injuries.
36:10Min Hyung reassured her,
36:12praising her bravery
36:13for saving the girl's life.
36:15From a photo
36:15the girl had taken,
36:17Min Hyung noticed
36:17that she had managed
36:18to scratch the attacker's arm
36:20during the struggle.
36:21Wasting no time,
36:22he immediately contacted
36:24Jung Woo
36:24to assist the forensic team
36:26in collecting possible DNA
36:27from the crime scene.
36:29Hours later,
36:30the girl was out
36:31of immediate danger
36:32with her vital signs stabilizing.
36:34However,
36:35the nerve damage
36:35in her wrist
36:36couldn't be properly treated
36:37due to the hospital's
36:39lack of facilities.
36:40Her only hope
36:41was to be transferred
36:42to a hospital
36:43in a neighboring city.
36:44Time was running out,
36:45but the doctors believed
36:46that Jung Woo,
36:48with his specialized skills,
36:49could perform the surgery
36:50using magnifying glasses
36:52instead of a microscope
36:53a technique
36:54only he was capable of.
36:55Since Jung Woo
36:56wasn't a staff doctor
36:57at that hospital,
36:58he immediately requested
36:59an emergency transfer.
37:01Meanwhile,
37:02Min Hyung noticed
37:03tape hanging
37:03under the hallway light
37:05and speculated
37:05that the attacker
37:06had set up surveillance
37:07to learn the neighbor's door code.
37:09He immediately arranged
37:11for the team
37:11to collect evidence from it.
37:13Just then,
37:14a junior officer
37:15informed Min Hyung
37:16that they had tracked
37:16the suspect's location
37:18via his mobile signal.
37:19However,
37:20by the time they arrived
37:21at the convenience store,
37:23the suspect had already fled,
37:24keeping them one step behind.
37:26While reviewing
37:27the surveillance footage,
37:28the junior officer questioned
37:30why there was such urgency
37:31to arrest the suspect
37:32just because his phone
37:33had been near the crime scene.
37:35It seemed unreasonable
37:36and didn't align
37:37with Min Hyung's
37:38usual approach.
37:39Min Hyung could only explain
37:41that the suspect
37:41was his own brother,
37:43Jinsek the same man
37:44responsible for the
37:45bride-to-be murder case
37:46seven years ago.
37:47The victim had been
37:48Jung's fiancee,
37:49who had been secretly
37:50investigating Jinsek,
37:52suspecting that his hatred
37:53for Jungwoo
37:53might have driven him
37:54to commit the crime.
37:56Meanwhile,
37:56Jungwoo examined
37:57a photo found
37:58in Jinsek's rental
37:59and pondered
38:00why he had left a note
38:01about his whereabouts
38:02that day.
38:03The next day,
38:04the girl who had been
38:04in a coma
38:05finally regained consciousness.
38:07Though in shock,
38:08she had lost part
38:09of her memory
38:09due to the trauma.
38:11Min Hyung reassured
38:12her not to worrying,
38:13promising to bring
38:14the real culprit
38:15to justice.
38:16However,
38:17their superior
38:17was not satisfied
38:18with Min Hyung
38:19and the junior officer's
38:20speculation.
38:22Without solid evidence,
38:23they couldn't fabricate details.
38:25If Jinsek was truly
38:26the perpetrator,
38:27why would he hold
38:28resentment toward Jungwoo
38:29and then target others?
38:31Upon learning
38:32that Jinsek was
38:32Min Hyung's brother,
38:34the meeting concluded
38:34with their superior
38:35warning Min Hyung
38:36to remain professional
38:37and not let past convictions
38:39cloud his judgment
38:40or allow fear
38:41for his future
38:42to influence his actions.
38:44A police officer
38:44must have substantial evidence
38:46to close a case
38:47or else it becomes a tool
38:48for personal vendettas.
38:50As a result,
38:51the superior decided
38:52that Min Hyung
38:53would no longer
38:53be involved in Jinsek's case
38:55and took responsibility
38:56for personally verifying
38:58all evidence
38:58and forensic findings.
39:00Despite this,
39:01Min Hyung remained determined
39:02to issue a warrant
39:03for his brother.
39:04Meanwhile,
39:05a famous actress
39:06suffered an implant displacement
39:07due to excessive movement
39:09during an action scene
39:10making it difficult
39:11for her to walk.
39:12She sought Jungwoo's help
39:14and he suggested
39:15a simple procedure
39:15to reposition the implant
39:17beneath the muscle
39:18at the original surgical site.
39:20Just as Jungwoo
39:21was about to leave
39:22after answering a phone call,
39:23the actress voiced
39:24her concerns.
39:25He advised her
39:26to take time
39:27to think it over
39:27before making
39:28a final decision.
39:30Several hours earlier,
39:31Jungwoo had asked
39:32a lawyer to investigate
39:33a leak to understand
39:34its connection
39:35to his case.
39:36He also personally
39:37visited Jinsek's rented cabin,
39:39but Jinsek wasn't home.
39:41At that time,
39:42Jinsek was juggling
39:43various odd jobs,
39:44using his mediocre
39:45acting skills
39:46to help a casino owner
39:47prevent financial losses.
39:49He was frequently
39:50beaten up in the process,
39:51but was paid well.
39:53Jinsek endured it all
39:54in order to seek
39:55legal representation,
39:56having heard
39:57that a particular lawyer
39:58had recently won
39:59a retrial case.
40:00Unbeknownst to him,
40:01the same lawyer
40:02was also investigating him.
40:04Shortly after,
40:05Jungwoo received an update.
40:06The lawyer still
40:07couldn't determine
40:08why Jinsek was so desperate
40:10for a retrial,
40:11but advised Jungwoo
40:12to wait until she
40:13gathered more information
40:14before meeting him.
40:15However,
40:16the lawyer underestimated
40:17Jungwoo's persistence.
40:19Unexpectedly,
40:20just as Jungwoo
40:21was about to leave,
40:22he was stopped
40:22by the hospital director.
40:24A female movie star
40:25needed immediate surgery,
40:27delaying his plans.
40:28After completing the surgery,
40:30Jungwoo learned
40:31that Jinsek
40:31had already left.
40:33The lawyer then informed him
40:34that Jinsek wasn't just angry,
40:36he was hiding something.
40:38Jungwoo suspected
40:39that Jinsek
40:39must have mentioned him
40:40during their conversation.
40:42Reluctantly,
40:43the lawyer revealed
40:44what Jinsek had said.
40:46According to him,
40:47although he had been disoriented
40:48from inhaling
40:49a chemical substance,
40:50he vaguely remembered
40:51seeing someone panicking
40:52and fleeing
40:53the victim's room.
40:54He hadn't been able
40:55to see the person's face clearly.
40:57However,
40:58based on the circumstances,
40:59he suspected
41:00it had to be someone
41:01close to the victim
41:02since cases like this
41:03often involved crimes of passion.
41:05Jungwoo went to the police station
41:07to dig deeper
41:07into the investigation,
41:09unaware that chaos
41:10had broken out
41:11at the cosmetic clinic
41:12after he left.
41:13The female movie star
41:14suddenly had trouble breathing.
41:16Meanwhile,
41:17the police tracked down Jinsek
41:18and prepared to arrest him.
41:20Jungwoo saw this happening
41:22and decided to follow them.
41:24The police surrounded
41:25an abandoned factory,
41:26but once again,
41:27they failed to capture
41:28their target.
41:29However,
41:29as Jinsek tried to escape,
41:32Jungwoo managed to stop him.
41:33Jungwoo wanted to know
41:34why Jinsek was there,
41:36but after seven years of thinking,
41:38Jinsek still insisted
41:39he wasn't the murderer
41:40and had no motive.
41:41Instead,
41:42he was curious
41:43about Jungwoo's actions,
41:44especially why
41:45he was in such a hurry
41:46to reveal his identity
41:48to the media
41:48he suspected
41:49it was all a setup.
41:50Jinsek also recalled
41:52that when he entered
41:52the room that night,
41:54the victim was already
41:55lying in a pool of blood.
41:56He was sure
41:57that someone else
41:58had been hiding there
41:59for the real killer.
42:00Hearing this,
42:01Jungwoo started to panic.
42:02He realized
42:03that the flowers
42:04he remembered
42:04from that night
42:05weren't flowers
42:06at all.
42:06They were bloodstains.
42:08Worse,
42:08he was the one
42:09who had been hiding
42:10at the scene.
42:11Overwhelmed,
42:11he grabbed Jinsek
42:12by the throat.
42:13Then,
42:14another image
42:15flashed through his mind
42:16his girlfriend,
42:17dead in the living room,
42:18with him standing there
42:19and his hands
42:20covered in blood.
42:21His mind spiraled
42:22and he became
42:23more violent
42:23toward Jinsek.
42:25Luckily,
42:25Minhyun arrived
42:26just in time
42:27to break them apart.
42:28Jinsek was taken
42:29back to the police station
42:31where he finally
42:32told the full story
42:33of what happened
42:33that night.
42:34He and a friend
42:35had been doing drugs
42:36in a room
42:37when they heard
42:37a noise outside.
42:39When he opened the door,
42:40someone ran away.
42:41Seeing that the neighbor's
42:42door was open,
42:44he stumbled inside
42:45only to regret it
42:45immediately.
42:46There,
42:47he found a woman
42:48lying dead
42:49in a pool of blood.
42:50Without thinking,
42:51he picked up
42:52the murder weapon,
42:53leaving him
42:53with no way
42:54to prove his innocence.
42:55Because of this,
42:56he was sent to prison
42:57as the killer.
42:59All he could hope
42:59for now
43:00was that his sister
43:01would believe him
43:02and that the real murderer
43:03would finally be exposed.
43:05Minhyun started looking
43:06through the case files
43:07from that year
43:08and found several
43:09suspicious details things
43:10that no one
43:11had questioned before.
43:12She contacted
43:13the team leader
43:14who had handled
43:15the case back then
43:15to ask about
43:16Junwoo's car accident,
43:18but there was no record
43:18of it in the files.
43:20Whether it was a warning
43:21or advice,
43:22the team leader
43:23told Minhyun
43:23to stop digging
43:24into the case,
43:25but Minhyun
43:26was determined.
43:27Fortunately,
43:28not all the news
43:29was bad.
43:30The real attacker
43:31in the case
43:31was proven
43:32not to be Jinsek,
43:33which led to his release.
43:35But Jinsek
43:35wasn't ready
43:36to let it go
43:36he decided
43:37to continue
43:38investigating
43:38on his own.
43:39One day,
43:40while Junwoo
43:41was at a party,
43:42he overheard an employee
43:43talking about something
43:44that happened
43:44seven years ago.
43:46She mentioned
43:46how she had seen
43:47Junwoo saving someone
43:48and admired his courage,
43:50which was why
43:51she chose
43:51to work at his hospital.
43:52That same day
43:53had also been
43:54the day of his girlfriend's
43:55incident.
43:56When Junwoo asked her
43:57about it,
43:58she recalled
43:58that he had almost
43:59been hit by a car
44:00in front of the hospital,
44:01but had escaped unharmed.
44:03She also remembered
44:04seeing him leave
44:05in a taxi.
44:06However,
44:07in Junwoo's memory,
44:08the accident
44:08had happened
44:09near the hospital,
44:10which meant
44:10something didn't add up.
44:12It made him realize
44:13that only one person
44:14could have manipulated
44:15his memories,
44:16his mother.
44:17When Junwoo confronted her,
44:19his mother became
44:19nervous and emotional.
44:21She desperately wanted
44:22him to forget the past
44:23and stop searching
44:24for the truth.
44:26She quickly changed
44:27the subject
44:27and begged him
44:28to let it go.
44:29But Junwoo knew
44:30he wouldn't get
44:30any answers from her,
44:32so he left.
44:33Meanwhile,
44:34Jinsek,
44:34still investigating
44:35on his own,
44:36suddenly remembered
44:37something on the night
44:38he entered the crime scene.
44:40There had been
44:40a watch on the floor.
44:42It looked exactly
44:42like a watch
44:43he had seen before.
44:45He rushed home
44:45and searched
44:46through his belongings.
44:48Finally,
44:48he found the same watch
44:49in his suitcase.
44:51The evidence
44:51had been with him
44:52the whole time.
44:53Without wasting time,
44:55Jinsek called Jungwoo
44:56and told him
44:57to come over immediately.
44:58He also planned
44:59to contact Minhyung.
45:00He was going to prove
45:01to her that Jungwoo
45:02was the real murderer.
45:04By then,
45:04Jinsek had remembered
45:05everything.
45:06The person who had
45:07fled that night
45:08in a panic
45:09had been Jungwoo.
45:10However,
45:10by the time
45:11Minhyung arrived,
45:12Jungwoo had already
45:13gotten there first.
45:15Jinsek was lying
45:16on the ground,
45:16his condition unknown.
45:18No one had expected
45:19that the man
45:20who had spent years
45:21in prison
45:21was actually innocent.
45:23To keep the truth hidden,
45:24the real killer
45:25had even planned
45:26to silence him again.
45:27When Minhyung arrived,
45:28she found Jungwoo
45:29already at the scene
45:31with Jinsek lying
45:32in a pool of blood.
45:33Jinsek was quickly
45:34rushed to the hospital,
45:36leaving Minhyung
45:36deeply unsettled.
45:38She had always refused
45:39to believe her brother
45:40was a murderer
45:40and had been searching
45:41for evidence
45:42on her own.
45:43However,
45:44just as she was about
45:45to uncover the truth,
45:46this incident occurred,
45:47proving that Jinsek
45:48had only been a scapegoat.
45:50The police arrived
45:51to investigate
45:51but found that all evidence
45:53had been wiped clean,
45:54indicating a premeditated act.
45:56With Jungwoo present
45:57at the scene,
45:58he became the primary suspect.
46:01According to Jungwoo,
46:02he had just reached
46:03the entrance
46:03when he saw someone
46:04fleeing the scene.
46:06He ran inside
46:07and found Jinsek
46:08already injured
46:09and lying on the floor
46:10with no one else around.
46:11The police couldn't determine
46:13whether Jungwoo
46:14was telling the truth.
46:15Fortunately,
46:16his lawyer arrived
46:17just in time
46:18with crucial evidence
46:19and audio recording
46:20of Jinsek's call
46:21that night,
46:22proving that someone else
46:23had been present.
46:24As a result,
46:25Jungwoo was temporarily released.
46:27As he left,
46:28he encountered
46:29the head
46:29of the investigation team
46:30who strangely advised him
46:32not to take
46:32Jinsek's words seriously,
46:34dismissing the evidence
46:35as mere provocation.
46:37Determined to uncover
46:38the truth,
46:39Minhyung returned
46:39to the scene.
46:40If Jungwoo
46:41was telling the truth,
46:42then the real culprit
46:43must have escaped
46:44through another route.
46:45As she looked down,
46:47she noticed a shadow
46:47moving below it
46:48was Jungwoo,
46:49also searching for clues
46:51to clear his name.
46:52Sure enough,
46:53she discovered blood
46:54on a piece of protruding
46:55metal nearby.
46:56Without hesitation,
46:58she collected a sample
46:59and took it
46:59to the police station
47:00for analysis.
47:02However,
47:02before the results
47:03could be released,
47:05the team leader
47:05used the excuse
47:06of her being related
47:07to the suspect
47:07to remove her
47:08from the case.
47:09Despite the ban,
47:11Minhyung continued
47:12investigating.
47:13While reviewing
47:14the surveillance footage
47:15from that night,
47:16she spotted a familiar
47:17figure interfering
47:18with her case.
47:18It was the team leader.
47:20Determined to expose him,
47:22Minhyung went straight
47:23to the team leader's desk
47:24and noticed a toothbrush
47:25in his cup.
47:26Acting quickly,
47:28she took it
47:28for forensic testing.
47:30When the results
47:30came back,
47:31they confirmed
47:32that the DNA
47:32matched the blood
47:33found at the scene.
47:35By then,
47:36the team leader
47:36had already visited
47:37Jinsek's hospital room,
47:39subtly inquiring
47:40about his condition.
47:41When he learned
47:42that Jinsek was
47:43about to wake up,
47:44a flash of panic
47:45crossed his face.
47:46Making an excuse,
47:47he sent Jinsek's mother away
47:49and turned to look
47:50at Jinsek lying
47:51on the hospital bed.
47:52Memories of that night
47:53resurfaced in his mind.
47:55When he had arrived
47:55at Jinsek's home
47:56that night,
47:57Jinsek had immediately
47:58declared that he had
47:59found evidence
48:00that would make
48:00the team leader
48:01pay for his past crimes.
48:03Realizing his downfall
48:04was imminent,
48:05the team leader's eyes
48:06landed on a fire extinguisher
48:08in the corner,
48:08and a dark thought
48:09crossed his mind.
48:11He slowly shut the door.
48:12Moments later,
48:13Jinsek's screams
48:14echoed from the room.
48:15As Jinsek lay
48:16in his hospital bed,
48:18the team leader
48:18moved to disconnect
48:19his oxygen mask,
48:21ensuring he would
48:21never wake up.
48:22Just then,
48:23Jungwoo suddenly
48:24appeared at the door,
48:25stopping him,
48:26rolling up his sleeve.
48:28Jungwoo revealed
48:28a wound one
48:29he had gotten
48:30in a panicked escape
48:31that night.
48:32The team leader
48:32attempted to flee,
48:34but Minhyang
48:34was already waiting
48:35for him downstairs.
48:37With solid evidence
48:38against him,
48:39he had no way out.
48:40However,
48:41to everyone's shock,
48:42he only admitted
48:43to forcing Jinsek
48:44to confess years ago.
48:45The real killer
48:46of Jungwoo's fiancée
48:47was still out there.
48:48Meanwhile,
48:49in another part
48:50of the hospital,
48:51a young woman
48:51was about to undergo surgery.
48:53A horrifying realization
48:55dawned on her
48:55that doctor preparing
48:56to operate on her
48:57was the same man
48:58who had tried
48:59to kill her recently.
49:00Before she could
49:01scream for help,
49:02the anesthesia
49:03took effect,
49:04and she quickly
49:05lost consciousness.
49:06In her unconscious state,
49:07she relived
49:08the terrifying night,
49:10sinking deeper
49:10into despair.
49:12When she suddenly
49:12awoke from the nightmare,
49:14her mind held
49:14a much clearer image
49:16of the murderer.
49:17Wasting no time,
49:18she grabbed a notebook
49:19from the cabinet
49:19and started sketching
49:21his face.
49:22As she drew,
49:23a pair of sharp,
49:24determined eyes
49:24emerged on the paper.
49:26She then picked up
49:27her phone and searched
49:28through the hospital's
49:29list of doctors.
49:30After comparing the faces,
49:32she was certain
49:32she hadn't been mistaken.
49:34Panic surged
49:35through her.
49:36Clutching the notebook,
49:37she rushed out
49:38of the room.
49:38But before she could
49:39get far,
49:40she sent someone
49:41approaching.
49:42A shadowy figure
49:43was closing in.
49:44She quickly ducked
49:45into a nearby room,
49:46holding her breath
49:47as the doctor
49:48glanced inside.
49:49Luckily,
49:50he didn't notice her,
49:51but as he stepped
49:52into the empty space,
49:53he realized something
49:54was wrong the girl
49:55had disappeared.
49:56Hearing the faint noise,
49:58he immediately guessed
49:59that his identity
49:59had been exposed,
50:00and took off
50:01in pursuit.
50:02She had reached
50:03the stairwell
50:03and was heading down
50:04as fast as she could,
50:06while the doctor
50:06chased her relentlessly.
50:08As she glanced back,
50:09their eyes locked,
50:10filling her with terror.
50:12She ran even faster,
50:13but he wasn't far behind.
50:15The commotion
50:15caught Jung's attention.
50:17As he watched
50:18the doctor charging
50:19down the stairs,
50:20he froze sudden flashes
50:21of blurry memories
50:22overwhelmed his mind.
50:24As the girl
50:24reached the ground floor,
50:26the footsteps
50:26behind her grew louder.
50:28With no other option,
50:29she slipped into
50:30a storage room
50:31to hide.
50:31Moments later,
50:33Dr. Park appeared
50:34at the door,
50:35ready to open it.
50:36She shut her eyes tightly,
50:38bracing for the worst.
50:39Meanwhile,
50:40the man had wanted
50:41the woman to leave with him,
50:42but during a heated argument,
50:44he unintentionally
50:45let go of her hand.
50:46She stumbled backward,
50:47hitting the corner
50:48of a table
50:49and immediately losing
50:50consciousness
50:50from the impact.
50:52Dr. Park,
50:53seeing her collapse,
50:54panicked
50:54and fled the scene.
50:56It wasn't until
50:56later that evening
50:57that the woman
50:58finally regained consciousness.
51:00Due to excessive blood loss,
51:02she was too weak to stand,
51:03so she slowly crawled
51:04toward her phone.
51:06After struggling
51:06for a while,
51:07she managed to call
51:08her boyfriend,
51:09Jung Woo.
51:10Sensing something
51:11was wrong,
51:12Jung Woo frantically
51:13called out her name,
51:14but there was no response.
51:16Just then,
51:16Dr. Park returned,
51:18grabbed the phone
51:18from her,
51:19and hung up the moment
51:20he heard Jung's voice.
51:21Looking down
51:22at the woman
51:23lying on the floor,
51:24a horrifying thought
51:25crossed his mind.
51:26By the time
51:27Jung Woo arrived,
51:28he found his girlfriend
51:29lifeless,
51:30covered in blood.
51:31In his rush,
51:32his watch slipped
51:33from his pocket.
51:34That's when he noticed
51:35a figure lurking
51:36in the corner.
51:37As the person
51:37attempted to escape,
51:39Jung Woo chased
51:40after him
51:40and managed to pull off
51:41his mask only
51:42to discover it
51:43was his best friend.
51:44Jung Woo pursued
51:45Dr. Park,
51:46but before he could
51:47catch him,
51:48he got into a car accident,
51:49erasing his memory
51:50of the event.
51:51Now,
51:52as he stood
51:52in the stairwell
51:53and heard noises,
51:55watching Dr. Park
51:56descend,
51:56his memory
51:57suddenly came flooding back.
51:59At the same time,
52:00the girl
52:00who had been hiding
52:01in the storage room
52:02held her breath
52:02as Dr. Park
52:03reached for the door.
52:05Just then,
52:05a security guard appeared,
52:07making Dr. Park
52:08hesitate
52:08before quickly
52:09walking away.
52:10This gave the girl
52:11the chance to escape.
52:13When Jung Woo arrived
52:14and saw her terrified expression
52:15along with the sketches
52:16she had made,
52:17his suspicions
52:18were confirmed.
52:19He immediately
52:20took her
52:20to the police station,
52:22entrusting her safety
52:23to Min Hyung.
52:24Without wasting time,
52:25he got into his car
52:26and set out
52:27to track down
52:28Dr. Park.
52:29Meanwhile,
52:29Dr. Park was inside
52:31the fencing club
52:32storage room,
52:33getting rid of the tools
52:34he had used
52:34in his crimes.
52:35As he sorted through them,
52:37memories of the past
52:38surfaced specifically,
52:39the death
52:40of the girl's father.
52:41He had once offered
52:42to operate on the man,
52:43but instead of gratitude,
52:45he was met with ridicule.
52:46That night,
52:47after being rejected again,
52:49Dr. Park had gone
52:49to the man's home.
52:51In a fit of rage,
52:52he strangled him
52:53and pushed him
52:53off the balcony.
52:55Despite everything,
52:56Dr. Park still believed
52:57that Jung-woo
52:58was ultimately
52:59to blame for it all.
53:00Snapping back to reality,
53:02he grabbed his things
53:03and left
53:03just as Jung-woo arrived.
53:05Without hesitation,
53:07Jung-woo picked up
53:07a nearby sword
53:08and attacked Dr. Park,
53:10causing his belongings
53:11to scatter
53:12across the floor.
53:13At that moment,
53:14Jung-woo was certain
53:15Dr. Park was
53:16the real killer.
53:17He grabbed him
53:18by the collar
53:18and backed him
53:19into a corner.
53:20But to his surprise,
53:22Dr. Park revealed
53:22something shocking.
53:23All of this
53:24had been orchestrated
53:25by Jung-woo's mother.
53:26She had disapproved
53:27of his relationship
53:28and secretly hired someone
53:30to eliminate
53:30his girlfriend.
53:32Dr. Park had uncovered
53:33this plot
53:33and had gone
53:34to warn the woman
53:35that night,
53:36trying to convince her
53:37to leave.
53:38He then tossed
53:38some photos
53:39to Jung-woo
53:39before walking away.
53:41Soon after,
53:42he infiltrated
53:43Jung-woo's mother's company,
53:44using her phone
53:45to call Jung-woo
53:46and luring him
53:47to the hospital.
53:48When Jung-woo arrived,
53:50he found his mother
53:50strapped to an operating table,
53:52unable to move.
53:54Dr. Park picked up
53:55a scalpel
53:55and pretended
53:56to stab her.
53:57Blood splattered
53:58onto her face,
53:59but it wasn't real.
54:00He had merely
54:01burst a blood pack,
54:02then wildly smeared it
54:03on her
54:03to stage a murder scene.
54:05His goal was clear.
54:06He wanted Jung-woo,
54:08who was rushing
54:08to the scene,
54:09to believe he had
54:10killed his own mother.
54:11This way,
54:12Dr. Park could end
54:13his own life
54:14while framing Jung-woo
54:15as a murderer.
54:16Overcome with fury,
54:18Jung-woo grabbed a scalpel,
54:19ready to kill Dr. Park,
54:21but just before he struck,
54:22flashes of past memories
54:23calmed him down.
54:25This wasn't the way.
54:26Dr. Park,
54:27realizing his plan
54:28had failed
54:28and there was no escape,
54:30made a desperate decision.
54:31He shoved Jung-woo's knife
54:33into his own throat.
54:34Min-Hilung rushed in
54:35to stop him,
54:36but it was too late.
54:37Despite everything,
54:39Jung-woo refused
54:40to give up.
54:41Fortunately,
54:41they were in
54:42an operating room.
54:43Thanks to Jung-woo's
54:44quick actions,
54:45Dr. Park survived
54:46though now.
54:47He would have to face
54:48the consequences
54:49of his crimes.
54:50On the day Jung-woo
54:51visited Dr. Park in prison,
54:53he asked him
54:53why he had saved him.
54:55Dr. Park,
54:55who had always insisted
54:56his girlfriend's death
54:58was an accident,
54:59was confronted
54:59with the truth.
55:00Jung-woo revealed photos
55:02taken after her death,
55:03proving she hadn't died
55:04immediately from the fall.
55:06Instead,
55:07she had been strangled
55:07afterward.
55:08The knife wounds
55:09on her body
55:10had only been inflicted
55:11later to cover the marks
55:12around her neck.
55:13Dr. Park had mistaken
55:15her for Jung-woo
55:16that night.
55:17His refusal
55:17to acknowledge the truth
55:19wasn't just denial it
55:20was his escape
55:21from reality.
55:22After their meeting,
55:23Dr. Park stared
55:24at his reflection
55:24in the mirror.
55:26He couldn't recognize
55:27the person he had become,
55:28but despite the
55:29undeniable truth,
55:31he refused to change
55:32his stance.
55:33He would remain trapped
55:34in his own delusions
55:35forever.
55:36With the real culprit
55:37finally captured,
55:38Jin-suk-woo had been
55:39wrongfully accused
55:40for seven years
55:41was finally exonerated
55:42thanks to the
55:43overwhelming evidence.
55:44Now,
55:45he could finally reclaim
55:46the life that had been
55:47stolen from him.
55:48As for Jung-woo,
55:49he was slowly emerging
55:50from his pain.
55:52Every now and then,
55:53he found himself
55:53smiling again.
55:55A new chapter in his life
55:56was about to begin.