Seungpyo Jeong

## Past

As a child, he had a very strict schedule since his father believed rules helped build a person’s character. His father was a very respected man who left Daehan Group to build the Jinmyung Group along with Hojin. During high school, while on horse-ridding with his peers, one fo them, mocked him saying tht only the child of big bosses gather her, saying that Seunpyo’s father is but only an executive. He tells Seungpyo that they are but slaves who if dared lay a finger on them, would disappear like the wind and thus should know their place. In anger, Seungpyo hits him. Seungpyo’s father is later punished by Hojin, as the youth that Seungpyo hit was the grandson of some large corporation that had business relations with Jinmyung Group. Hojin hits Seungpyo’s father with a golf club and even tells the kid who was hit by Seungpyo to take the club and punish Seungpyo’s father, as the father should bear the punishment for the son.

When Jonghoon was 10, his mother hung herself. Seungpyo attended the funeral, handing Jonghoon a hankerchief comforting him saying that the dead would be sad if the living keep crying. At that moment, Hojin also shows up asking where Sungjin, Jonghoon’s dad, was as he wasn’t present. Apparently during that time he was having an affair with Jeongin. At some point in time, Seungpyo and Jonghoon became good friends.

Seungpyo’s father later died of cancer and he became Hojin’s secretary. He began doing many illegal things for him, including private investigation, wiretapping, even hiring the mafie to do dirty work, basically anything to survive in Jinmyung Group. He continued mingling with the rich kids, including the very kid who had his dad years ago. One day, they took him to Tenpro. There he met Miwoo. Seungpyo was shocked as the arrogant kid, who would even dare disrespect government officials, was licking Miwoo’s leg like a dog. It was the first time he even saw power and position being trampled and so he felt maybe Miwoo could help him find what was lost. He was so curious, he began to book her every time he went and one time even invited her outside of Tenpro. His friend told him that Miwoo would only agree to measure Seungpyo’s wealth and that he would have to spend a lot of money to afford her. When Miwoo shows up, the first thing Seungypyo says is that he will buy her a car, to which Miwoo just cracks a joke and then tells him she is hungry. Seungpyo is a bit taken aback by how different she was compared to in Tenpro and was completely captivated.

Seunpyo later served as Sungjin’s assistant and was treated quite badly. Sometimes Sungjin would throw stuff at him when he made mistakes. During that time, Seungpyo would visit Tenpro to see Miwoo and became more infatuated with her. All his stress would be relieved when he was with Miwoo and so he would often book her for the whole night. One night, Miwoo mentioned she was hungry and they went out to buy some food. On the road, an old lady accident hit Seungpyo’s car with her cart. However, Seungpyo was not mad and only told the old lady not to worry. Miwoo was quite surprised and let Suenpgyo take her to a hotel where they had intercourse. Seungpyo began falling for her. In the meantime, Miwoo’s phone was receiving texts from Sungjin.

After having sex, Seunpgyo noticed Miwoo’s phone lighting up as if receiving text, but just as he was picking it up to look, Miwoo walked out of the shower. Not long after, Jonghoon came back from the US and Seunpgyo stopped going to the salon as he was afraid Jonghoon would find out and he still wasn’t sure about his feelings towards Miwoo.

Seungpyo ran into Miwoo as she left Sungjin's office. Only later did Seungpyo learn that Miwoo was sick of this kind of lifestyle, that she was feeling an emptiness that money nor goods could fill. One day she contacted Sungjin and said she wanted to go to Dasom and Seungpyo went to pick her up. He asked her why she wants to go there to Dasom, to which Miwoo responds that it is for money. All the sudden, Miwoo told Seungpyo to be quiet as the radio was playing a news about her sister, Siwoo’s competition. She told Seungpyo that the person on the radio was speaking about was her sister and she let a huge smile in her face. Upon seeing her smile, Seungpyo completely fell in love with her. He told Miwoo that he would give her the money she needs and asked her to live with him.

Miwoo told Seungpyo that he should not say stuff that he could take responsibility for. However, Seungpyo asked that if hypothetically he could, would she be willing? He mentioned that he can cover for all her living costs. Miwoo asked Seungpyo why work for Sungjin if he had enough money. He answered saying that he has his reasons. Miwoo then agreed to live for him for half a year to try it out, but would still have to go to Dasom. Seungpyo asked why she would still want to go to Dasom despite him being able to give her all the money she would need. Miwoo answered that she, too, had her reasons.

One day, as she was walking in the snow with Seungpyo, Seungpyo proposed to her, to which she laughs, saying it was a bit of a lame proposal, but is happy. They split ways and Miwoo noticed that she had not been feeling well lately and received a call from Siwoo who told her that she hurt her leg and could no longer compete and wanted to return to Korea. As Miwoo listened, she ended up throwing up. It turned out she was pregnant.

In the news, there is a press conference where Congressman Hohyup Kang from the New Millennium National Party apologizes publicly for releasing false news about Sungjin’s involvement with LBS broadcasting. The news reports how Congressman Kang withdrew his accusations and apologized publicly. In the office, Seunpgyo tells Sungjin that Congressman Kang would like to apologize to him directly and had already booked a restaurant, to which Sungjin said it would not be necessary and to just tell Congressman Kang that he’ll pretend the recording does exist (presumably incriminating information). Sungjin smirks at how smoothly things have gone since Miwoo entered Dasom. He tells Seunpgyo to call up prosecutor Choi from Seoul’s office and set up a meal.

When Jonghoon returned to Korea where Seungpyo picked him up and invited him to go to one of the entertainment bars, to which Jonghoon refused at first, but Seungpyo kept encouraging him saying it’s not bad to drink some and sleep some. He asks Jonghoon if he still hates his dad to which Jonghoon says that he still thinks about punching him, but that if he punched him to death, his mom probably wouldn’t be happy. Seungpyo tells him that he works under his dad now and if he ever wants revenge, he can let him know. Jonghoon asks why he is helping him. Seungpyo replies that his own father was an executive in the Jinmyung Gorup, so it’s a favor for the president of the group, but more importantly, because he is his friend.  In reality, he was under the orders of Hojin, who wanted to use Jonghoon against his own father.

Sungjin calls Seungpyo and tells him to spy on Miwoo. Seunpgyo meets up with Miwoo and asks her if she really has the recording as Sungjin told him to spy on her. Miwoo ignores him and asks which dress is better. She though he’d be happy and even propose to her. Seungpyo explains that even though he cannot tell her the details, but that he was only working for Sungjin in order to take him down and if Miwoo has incriminating evidence then this could all end and no longer have to hide their relationship. Miwoo tells Seunpgyo that even though they live in the same house, there is nothing from Seungpyo in the house, except a package of cigarettes. She says he is never home. Miwoo tells Seunpgyo that she did what her part, leaving her work, but now it would be Seungpyo’s turn to leave his work. She tells him that there is no recording and even if there were, she could not hand it over as it would risk her sister’s safety. Seungpyo is sure there is a recording, but what bothered him more was whether in that file, he was also recorded. He begins to distrust Miwoo.

### Miwoo’s Death

At some point in time, Hojin orders Seungpyo to get rid of Miwoo, despite Seungpyo not knowing exactly why. Seungpyo appraoches Kiseong Koo, from the Dowon Group, to find a candidate to kill Miwoo. Kiseong introduces Seongjin Ha to Seungpyo as a candidate to do the task. Seunpgyo pays him 500 million to follow Miwoo.

After Siwoo returns to Korea, Seungpyo meets with Miwoo at a restaurant to eat dinner together. He asks her why she is not drinking. Miwoo tells him that she is pregnant. Seungpyo’s immediately reacts asking if it is his child. Miwoo does not reply but only gives a dirty look. Seungpyo responds saying that he was just taken aback by such great news and now understands why she wanted to quit and says they raise the child with care. Miwoo tells him that she has already told her workplace that she will work for one more week. However, it seems Seungpyo is not very pleased.  Pressumably, at that moment, Seungpyo understands why Hojin had ordered him to get rid of Miwoo, Seungpyo tries to convince her to abort the baby and stay in Dasom, but Miwoo tells Seungpyo if he doesn't let her go, she would release all the recordings.

Seungpyo accompanies Sungjin to Dasom, where Sungjin encounters Siyoung Kim, the former chief of staff, and the two seem to have a bit of conflict on who is booking Miwoo. However, Miwoo mediates between the two, and the two end up working together. As Sungjin returns to the car, Sungjin discusses with Seungpyo how it all worked out thanks to Miwoo, to which Seungpyo responds saying her talents are wasted as a hostess. Sungjin tells him that he is thinking of buying an apartment for her in Daechi-Dong, the most affluent place in Gangnam. Sungjin then asks Seungpyo when his schedule is with the Chief of the Central District Prosecutor’s Office. Sungjin tells him to postpone the meeting now that he has found the head honcho, referring to Siyoung Kim, the former chief of staff. He tells Seungpyo to arrange someone from the Heamin Party to entertain Siyoung Kim. Sungjin receives a call from Miwoo and thanks her for the night, saying he will buy her the bag she wants.

Seungpyo meets with Hojin to report the situation and Hojin tells him that he was hoping Seungpyo could be more like Sungjin in terms of political prowess, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Seungpyo tells him that he’s still working at it as he is still lacking. Hojin tells him that he’s still young and has much to learn. He commends Sungjin for bringing in Siyoung, despite being a difficult decision for Sungjin. Seungpyo asks if he should continue to stick with Sungjin, to which Hojin tells him that it’s up to him. Hojin’s assistant walks in and tells him that it’s time to head out. Hojin turns to Seungpyo and tells him to be cautious and to not act hastily until he contacts him.

Before leaving, Hojin tells him the story of a famous giseang from the Joseon Dynasty called “Wudong Eo,” who with her outstanding beauty and talent, she led astray countless high-ranking officials and scholars, creating the greatest scandal of the time. However, in the end, only Wudong Eo took the fall while everyone else involved was pardoned and some were not even arrested. Hojin asks Seungpyo if he knows why. Hojin then mentions how beautiful the magnolia trees look at this time of the year, but how they are only so beautiful because someone prunes them. He reminds Seungpyo that those swayed by personal feelings cannot become powerful politicians, most likely referring to Seungpyo’s attachment to Miwoo.

Presumably, Seungpyo convinces Hojin to give him time to convince Miwoo. He arranges a driver to pick up Miwoo and for airplane tickets to be bought for her. The plane tickets are to Acapulco, Mexico. However, Miwoo tells the driver that she will not leave the country and tells him to relay the message to his boss that if he wants to convince her, he should come over himself. The driver confirms that he understands and notifies the sniper to execute the plan as Miwoo refused the offer. Presummably Seungpyo had no choice but to follow through and contact Seongjin Ha, the truck driver, to drive over. Miwoo is shot in front of Siwoo and just as planned, Seongjin shows up and crushes her body with the truck.

After Miwoo’s death, Seungpyo appears at the funeral to pay his respects to Miwoo, albeit under disguise, so no one noticed him. Seungpyo orders someone to bribe and blackmail Siwoo’s uncle, taking care of his company’s problem with tax evasion in exchange for Miwoo's corpse to be cremated.

Seungpyo stops by his place where Miwoo had been staying to get some things and leaves. After the arrest warrant is issued, he calls Miwoo’s phone and Siwoo picks up. He asks Siwoo how come she has Miwoo’s phone as he expected it to be home or at the store. Siwoo asks if he is the person who had stopped by Miwoo’s place. Seunpgyo tells her that technically it is his place. He also tells Siwoo to not ask too many questions as she will not be able to do anything. Being a criminal, she cannot live legally in Korea. Siwoo asks him that since he had such a good relationship with Miwoo to the point of letting her live in his house, then he should’ve at least attended her funeral. Seungpyo answers Siwoo coldly and calmly that for Miwoo, he was only a customer, that’s all.

### Siwoo joining YTT

At some point in time, Seungpyo orders Siwoo's uncle to be killed. He hires a Mr. Kim to beat him to death and take the fall. Seungpyo orders the sniper killer to handle the situation and keep Siwoo's uncle's phone. Seungpyo also orders him to retrieve Miwoo's work phone from Siwoo. However, he fails to do so.

Sungjin orders Seungpyo to take care of the cellphone as someone had sent Sungjin photos of him and Miwoo to blackmail him. Seunpgyo meets with the hacker, but instead of giving him the money, he and some other men tie him up and demand for the backups of the files. The hacker answers that even if he did he wouldn’t tell them. Seunpgyo tells one of his men to smash the phone. He also tells him to get rid of the hacker. However, secretly, Seungpyo is able to exchange Miwoo’s broken phone with a fake one. Laster, Seunpgyo reports to Sungjin, telling him that the cellphone has been taken care of. However, Sungjin wants him to find the person who gave the phone to the hacker. He tells Seunpgyo if he ever sees the video again, Seunpgyo better be ready to live the rest of his life lying on a bed. Seunpgyo wonders to himself why Miwoo took all those videos.  He later takes the real phone to get it unlocked in order to get the information inside.

Seungpyo meets with Baeksoo and threatens him by saying that with a word, he could close the shop. He tells Baeksoo that the higher-ups wanted his head, but that the was the one who stopped them. Baeksoo then asks what Seungpyo wants, to which he tells Baeksoo to hand over Siwoo to him. Baeksoo agrees and says since Siwoo just came in to work, why not take her now.

Baeksoo guides Seungpyo to a room and tells Manager Park to call in Siwoo and Madam Byeon. When Siwoo walks in, Seungpyo begins calling his men over the phone. Baeksoo asks Seungpyo what he thinks about Siwoo. Baeksoo intentionally provokes Seungpyo by bringing up Miwoo intentionally, saying how this Seolhui (Siwoo) is not as fiery as her sister (Miwoo). He then jokes about how it’s better not to book the fiery one, or who knows, they may get shot (in reference to what happened with Miwoo). Judging by Siwoo’s expression at that statement, Baeksoo is able to finally put the pieces of the puzzle together, including by Madam Byeon is helping her and why everyone is suddenly so interested in this Seolhui. He now knows that Siwoo must be related to Miwoo in some way. At that moment, Madam Byeon walks in. Siwoo notices Seungpyo smoking a pack of smokes with the same brand that she saw at her sister’s place. Siwoo briefly comments on how the previous Seolhui also had that brand of smokes in her house. Seungpyo cuts to the chase and asks if she thinks he is the one who killer her sister. That was the missing piece that Baeksoo was waiting for. Siwoo recognizes his voice as the person who called from the phone. However, Seungpyo introduces himself and denies being the one to kill Miwoo, albeit stating that maybe he did kill her uncle. Seungpyo tells Siwoo that hint is his last gift for her as Seungpyo’s men walk in to take Siwoo. The rest, he says, Siwoo can ask his sister in the grave.

Just as the men are about to take her, Baeksoo interrupts, asking why so many people for one person and points out that they are not police. He asks Seungpyo if he is trying to kidnap one of his girls. Seungpyo mentions that Siwoo is a criminal to which Baeksoo takes out his phone and says they should call the cops in that case. Seungpyo warns Baeksoo of his place, but Baeksoo calmly explains that he is simply doing what is logical, calling the cops on a criminal, more importantly Baeksoo takes out a recording device, showing he has evidence of Seungpyo’s declaration of murder. Seungpyo leaves disgruntled.

Seungpyo tells Sungjin he will take care of Siwoo. However, Sungjin says there’s no point crying over spilt milk, but what’s important is to find who can clean it up. But all the sudden reporters start sawming in asking if he had taken the bribes from the Nameum Food Company and how long he has known the president of that company. The reporters also bring up rumors that Sungjin use to go to Dasom. The reporters also mention how the Haemin Party and the Blue House have raised objections against him and if he had anything to comment. Furthermore, the reporters ask if there is an investigation, will Sungjin cooperate?

### Making Siwoo a middleman

Upon Siwoo's request, Jonghoon contacts Seungpyo to meet Siwoo at A3, not knowing that they already knew each other. Seungpyo agrees and the two arrive at A3. Sujin recognizes Seunpgyo and he greets her, saying it’s been a while. All the sudden Siwoo walks in with a complete makeover.  Seungpyo comments on how Siwoo now looks more like Miwoo. Siwoo, Jonghoon and Seungpyo walk into the room and Seungpyo notices that the dress is similar to Miwoo’s. He belittles Siwoo, mentioning just how desperate she is to become rich like her sister. Siwoo responds mocking Seungpyo back, saying how surprised she is that he remembers her sister’s clothes. Seungpyo just says that he was just a customer. Jonghoon rushes them, telling them to get to the point as he has to go to work early tomorrow.

Seungpyo asks if they are dating and Siwoo explains that they just have a relationship built on mutual understanding, nothing else. Siwoo puts her hands near Jonghoon’s crotch and asks Jonghoon if he agrees. Jonghoon bluhes and stutters agreeing to Siwoo’s comment. Siwoo then turns to Seunpgyo asking what if she is Jonghoon were dating, what would be the problem as Seungpyo also dated her sister, Miwoo. Jonghoon is shocked as he didn’t know that Seungpyo had booked Miwoo before. He asks Seungpyo when this started. Siwoo turns to Jonghoon, pretending to be surprised, mentioning how she thought that since they were best friends, they would talk about this kind of stuff with each other. Jonghoon is a bit nervous and just says that good friends don’t really hae to report everything to each other. Seunpgyo interjects saying that here's a reason why he likes the dress Siwoo is wearing and grabs a bottle of alcohol and pours it in between her breasts. Seungpyo continues saying that the dress best represents the ladies of the red-light district, no matter how beautiful or well-spoken you are, in the end, you are just prostitutes, selling your bodies for money. What man wouldn’t like this dress. Siwoo holds back her anger and smiling replies that now she is more like her sister, Miwoo. Jonghoon hands her a hankerchief, but she tells him it’s fine, she’ll clean herself in the bathroom and excuses herself.

Seungpyo says he came to see if you two were dating and tells him that they have to get rid her, as soon as possible. Jonghoon tells Seungpyo to stop looking at him like that as he doesn’t have any ulterior motives with Siwoo. However, he suggests that they could use her for the time being, especially since her sister, Miwoo’s, incident could be key in taking down his father, Sungjin, in the future. They would need Siwoo’s testimony, so if she dies, wouldn’t that make it harder. After everything is done, then they can decide what to do with her.

After Sungjin finds out about Siwoo also being at A3 from Prosecutor Choi, he decides that he will send Jonghoon back to the US and tells Seungpyo to order plan tickets early in the morning. He delivers them to Sungjin and presumably gets hit for not taking care of Jonghoon. He waits outside the house and as Jonghoon walks out, he sees him, noticing the wound on his face. Jonghoon asks Seungpyo since when he was at his house. Seungpyo mentions that only a certain somebody would order airplane tickets so early in the morning. Jonghoon apologizes for getting him dragged into all this. Seungpyo suggests they drop a bomb on Sungjin. Jonghoon asks how they would do it to which Seungpyo replies that they can use Siwoo, letting her be the middleman to run errands for them.

Seungpyo speaks with the president of the Korea News Daily, Jaehan Shin, as he plays golf. Jaeshin confirms with Seungpyo that if it really is Chairman Hojin Won’s order to expose Sungjin. Seungpyo affirms that it is so, as who else would make such a decision. Jaehan tells Seungpyo that Sungjn is no small fry, as he’s gotten elected five times already. If they were to take down Sungjin, some of the higher ups in the government wouldn’t be too pleased. He tells Seungpyo if this is what they want, then he needs some level of certainty that Jinmyung is really trying to take down Sungjin. Because If so, they would have to give him a definite blow to prevent him from making a comeback. He mentions Jonghoon, saying that being the problematic child he is, if he were to get involved, citizens would be more likely to pay attention to news. However, Seungpyo is worried that making such bold moves may expose the Jinmyung Group. Jaeshin calls Seungpyo silly, asking how he can be the chairman’s right-hand man with so little creativity. He tells him that the public already knows about Sungjin being Hojin Won’s son-in-law, what would be the problem with involving Sungjin’s son, Jonghoon. He tells Seungpyo that either way, he has to tell him where the wind will blow so that he would know how to play the ball. Afterwards, Seungpyo tries to call Jonghoon as he drives, but Jonghoon’s phone is turned off.

Seungpyo finally gets a hold of Jonghoon on the phone and tells him that the Korea News Daily wants to drag Jonghoon into all this as the president Jaehan Shin seems to suspect the friendship between Seungpyo and Jonghoon and wanted to test the waters. Jonghoon says that in that case they would have to find another news outlet, suggesting perhaps looking some of the progressive media channels. Seungpyo asks Jonghoon if he is in salon, to which Jonghoon said he was bored. Seungpyo tells him that he doesn’t usually interfere in his affairs, but tells him to stop meeting with Siwoo as they both know she approached Jonghoon for the sake of revenge from the very beginning. He reminds Jonghoon that he will get hurt if he give her his heart. Jonghoon tells him that he is overreacting, he is just going to a salon. It’s not like he isn’t thinking straight. Seungpyo disagrees and tells him he is worried indeed. However, Jonghoon just tells him to talk about it later and hangs up.

Seungpyo goes to A3 and finds Jonghoon in one of the rooms about to hit Minkyung. Though he doesn’t know what is going, he grabs Jonghoons arm and tells him to let it go. Jonghoon shakes off Seungpyo’s hand and lets Minkyung off the hook, patting her on the face, telling her to stop spouting nonsense and just attend customers.

Siwoo coerces the chief-in-staff Hyundeuk to proceed to expose Sungjin on the news headlines, thus, the following day, Seungpyo, while outside in the car reads the news on his phone about the reports on Sungjin Kim, mentioning how the incident with Minsik Gong and the embezzlement issue had already sparked a wave of public controversy and now there is new evidence that Sungjin had been accepting bribes last year during the process of amending the medical laws. Doubts about Sungjin’s candidacy as the deputy prime minister has only intensified. Moreover, the new reports that there is proof that Sungjin’s oldest son, Jonghoon, frequents the salons in Yeoksam-dong.

Presumably, at some point, Jonghoon calls Seungpyo to question him if he knew about why Jinmyung Group proceeded with the agreement, involving him into the whole mess. Seungpyo probably realizes that it was Siwoo trying to create a rift between their relationship and decides to get rid of Siwoo. He arranges for some men to kidnap her, kill her, and get rid of the body. A man is arrange to deliver a package to Siwoo in the parking, where another man knocks her out. As Siwoo is being put in the back of the van, Seungpyo commends the men for job well done, presumably paying them. He notices Siwoo waking up and tells her to have a good trip.

Seungpyo arrives at Kallas and slips the staff a check, telling him he would like to look at the security cameras and to tell Madam Byeon that he will be booking Siwoo for today. Back in the camera room of A3, the staff, seeing the video of Siwoo getting hit, wonders if he’ll get in trouble for this with the police and mentions that no wonder Siwoo also came by to look at the cameras earlier on. Seungpyo is a bit shocked at that statement. The staff explains that Siwoo had come over to the camera room to check the monitor in the parking lot before going out. Seungpyo is a bit confused but tells the staff to delete the video records. In his mind, he thinks to himself, what can Siwoo do anyway, as she is just a hostess. Seungpyo calls Mr.Jeong, one of the guys in the car, to check on their progress, but it turns out they are all crying in pain as they were sprayed with pepper spray and the car had crashed into a pole. Seungpyo could hear their cries of pain as Siwoo used one of the guy’s knife to stab him in the leg. Siwoo picks up the phone and tells Seungpyo that now it’s her turn.

Siwoo meets with Seungpyo outside in a coffee shop and plays the recording. It is a conversation between Seungpyo and the man he hired. The hired man confirms if the name is Seolhui and that all he has to do is dispose of her body. However, he needs help with covering his tracks. Seungpyo tells the man that he’ll handle the CCTV recordings and the witnesses and to go to A3 and kidnap Siwoo. The hired guy confirms that he understands and reminds Seungpyo to bring the deposit.

Siwoo tells Seunpgyo that this is the recording file of one of the guys who kidnapped her. In addition, there are 3 other files and the text messages that were sent. Seungpyo pretends to be unfazed. Siwoo tells him that it may be that her head was hit too hard, so she hasn’t been able to sleep well for the past 3 days. She tells Seungpyo that in exchange for not making these documents public she has two conditions: One, to tell her how her sister, Miwoo, died and two, to remove her arrest warrant. Seungpyo laughs asking why he should do as she says with the flimsy documents she has. He tells Siwoo that she is but a whore and should be talking so rashly and he’d just pretend he didn’t hear anything, but if she were to push further…Siwoo interrupts Seungpyo by splashing coffee onto his face. Siwoo tells Seungpyo just days ago, he would’ve killed her right away upon seeing her face, but now he doesn’t even react with coffee all over him. She tells him that if he didn’t believe her threats, he wouldn’t be sitting with her now. She tells Seunpgyo that she’ll wait for him to contact her. Seungpyo is enraged.

Seungpyo reports to Hojin what happened and Hojin tells him to do as Siwoo wishes. Hojin tells Seungpyo to contact the prosecutor in change, Dohyung Jeon, to close the case. He tells Seungpyo to pit Siwoo against Sungjin, as they would be the ones to reap the benefits. However, Seungpyo says the risks are quite high and asks if he is sure he wants to remove the arrest warrant. Hojin tells Seunpgyo to just put all the blame on Sungjin, including Miwoo’s pregnancy, her murder, paying off her uncle to cremate the body. Hojin tells him to let Siwoo believe that by taking down Sungjin, she has avenged her sister.

### Trying to split Jonghoon and Siwoo

Seungpyo continues to monitor Siwoo’s actions and is notified by one of his men that Siwoo had showed up at the acting studio where Seongjin Ha, the truck driver who killed Miwoo, was located. Seunpyo tells the spy to stay with Siwoo and alert him if she does anything weird. As Seungpyo hangs up the phone, Jonghoon appears and punches him out of nowhere. Jonghoon is angered at Seungpyo for having used him against his father, Sungjin. Seungpyo tells him to calm down and asks to change places to have this conversation. Jonghoon agrees and Seungpyo takes Jonghoon to an apartment where Miwoo use to live. He tells Jonghoon that he kept the room as is, in order to preserve the memories he had of Miwoo. Seungpyo tells him that if it had not been for Jonghoon’s father, Sungjin, he and Miwoo would have been together.

Seungpyo tells him about his past, of how his father joined Hojin to establish Jinmyeong Group and how he later became the secretary for Hojin. He tells him how he met Miwoo and was captivated by her. Seunpgyo tells Jonghoon his whole story with Miwoo and how Miwoo was acquainted with Sungjin. He also tells Jonghoon how he fell in love with her and proposed to her, wanting her to leave her job at Dasom. Seungpyo tells Jonghoon how he found out about Miwoo having recorded incriminating information about Sungjin. Seungpyo was sure there was a recording, but what bothered him more was whether in that file, he was also recorded. He tells Jonghoon that he kept trying to lie to himself and pretend it didn’t exist, but the truth is it did exist and at one time Siwoo was in possession of the phone with those videos. However, Sungjin had ordered him to get his hands on the phone and ultimately Seunpgyo got the phone and helped destroyed it. However, Seunpgyo tells Jonghoon he has a copy.

Because there were other people present, Seungpyo had to secretly take the broken phone and find a way to restore. Jonghoon, however, asks Seungpyo why not just expose Sungjin if he had the video all along. Seunpgyo tells him that his father, Sungjin, has various puppets in the media outlets and in the prosecutor’s office, so the time was not right. He gives the USB to Jonghoon and tells him to see for himself who his father was. He tells him how he uses the data is up to him and he can delete it if he wants, as he has a backup anyways. However, Seungpyo reminds him that if he thinks his father Sungjin is a loving father, then he is wrong. He felt that as a friend, he should let him know the truth.

Seungpyo reports to Hojin about Siwoo visiting the gynecology clinic. Hojin mentions how that was faster than expected, but Seunpgyo eases his worries saying that Siwoo was kicked out without knowing anything. In the meantime, Hojin is looking at the new batch of girls and tells Seungpyo the one in the middle seems pretty hard working and tells Seunpgyo to talk to Chairman Song to introduce her to a good company. Furthermore, he tells Seunpyo to send some health supplements to Chief Secretary Kim from the Blue House as it seems he has been quite nervous about Sungjin. Lastly, Hojin tells Seunpgyo he will have Chunsoo Lee mislead Siwoo into thinking Miwoo’s child is Sungjin’s, as for Seunpgyo, he just had to keep an eye on Jonghoon as he may still be of use. What is important is not to let Siwoo know about Jinmyung Group’s involvement, the rest, his son, Jungsoo would take care of.

As Siwoo looks for more evidence on the Jinmyung Group. Baeksoo provides her with the contact of a retired hostess from Dasom, Suyoung Kang who worked with Miwoo under the Jinmyung Group. Having been notified of that situation, Seungpyo contacts Suyoung Kang beforehand and offers her a large sum of money to lie to Siwoo when asked about the Jinmyung Group, as well as providing Siwoo with the picture of Sungjin and Miwoo, misdirecting her to focus on Sungjin. Lastly, to make sure to give Siwoo Inhee Kim’s number, as Seungpyo also knows that Jonghoon had visited Inhee not too long ago. This way, Siwoo would know about the existence of the video and should push Jonghoon for the evidence against his father, Sungjin, creating a rift between the two, killing two birds with one stop: getting rid of Sungjin and breaking up their relationship. After Siwoo meets up with Suyoung, Suyoung meets with Seunpgyo to report to him, saying she did as ordered, and Seungpyo pays her.

As Siwoo and Jonghoon hug, Seungpyo watches them from a distance. Seungpyo reports to Hojin about the current situation, saying he is planning to split Siwoo and Jonghoon. His plan is to help Siwoo take down Sungjin, which would cause a rift between her and Jonghoon as it seems Jonghoon is considering forgiving his father. Hojin mentions to Seungpyo that he is choosing the difficult route, wondering if it is because Seungpyo is trying to protect Jonghoon since he is his friend. It turns about it was Seungpyo intentionally let Siwoo know about the existence of the phone so that she will pursue the evidence on the phone and create a rift between her and Jonghoon. Though things are going according to plan, he feels a bit uneasy and decides to follow them.

As Seungpyo is working out at the gym, one of Seunpgyo’s men informs him that right now it is not a good time to touch Siwoo as many in Kallas want to book her, and of those, many are customers of high power and influence. Seunpgyo is a bit surprised that Siwoo has been patient and continued to build her relationship with Jonghoon rather than insist on using the USB. He was pretty sure that having given Jonghoon the USB, the relationship between him and Siwoo would have gone sour. Seunpgyo is reminded of how Miwoo, too, played him like that in the past. Seungpyo then thinks of a way to use the tabloids to force them to split apart. He tips off a journalist to Jonghoon’s location who takes photos of Jonghoon and Siwoo together. The tabloid comes out with the headlines, “the son of Sungjin on a secret date with an unknown girl.”

Seungpyo walks into Jonghoon’s room and Jonghoon tells him to get him out of there. However, Seungpyo blocks the way and Jonghoon realizes that the whole tabloid things was his doing. Seunpgyo tells Jonghoon that it was for his good or else he might die. At the moment, Seungpyo gets a call from Siwoo. Siwoo tells Seungpyo to give the phone to Jonghoon as he can see them through the window.

Siwoo tells Seungpyo that he has two choices. He can either give Jonghoon the phone or she will make a scene with all the reporters near Sungjin’s place. Siwoo tells Seunpgyo that if she were to make a scene now, even he would have a hard time cleaning things up. Seunpgyo tells her to better be careful as she is playing with fire. Siwoo tells him to shut up and pass the phone to Jonghoon.

Seunpgyo and Jonghoon arrive at the hospital where Jeongin is staying. They ask her where Siwoo went. Jeongin, realizing that she has been played, tells them that Siwoo is heading to her place and they can probably still reach her if they leave now. Seungpyo and Jonghoon leave the room, but Seungpyo says he’ll stay back to take care of stuff and tells him to go ahead. Seungpyo walks back to the hospital room and tells Jeongin that he knows his relationship with Sungjin and can probably guess what she had told Siwoo. He slaps her in the face, telling her if she wanted to die, she should’ve slit her wrist deeply enough, rather than trying to hurt herself to get attention. He tells her that he knows her relationship with Sungjin and can guess why Siwoo came to look for her. He tells her to do as says and he will help her attain to her goal.

Back at the hospital, Sungjin shows up and sees Seungpyo and Jeongin. Sungjin asks Seunpgyo how come he is at the hospital and asks about Jonghoon’s whereabouts. Jeongin interrupts them and tells Sungjin that Seungpyo is no ordinary secretary, but actually from the Jinmyung Group. Sungjin says he always has the people around him checked. However, Seungpyo corrects him saying that unfortunately the private investigator he hired was also from the Jinmyung Group. Sungjin replies saying that ever since the situation with Miwoo he has never trusted Seungpyo. Just as Jeongin is about to talk again, he tells her to shut up and that he doesn't want to talk to someone like her. Seungpyo tells Sungjin that Jonghoon went to Jeongin's place to find Siwoo and tells Sungjin that instead of them fighting amongst each other, what is more important is to stop Jonghoon.

Hojin is notified that Jonghoon has contacted reporters for a press conference at the Daehan Hotel. Hojin tells Seungpyo that Jonghoon out to be discarded, since he is being used by Siwoo. However, Seungpyo points out that he is still Hojin’s family, to which Hojin replies that even if he is family, it doesn't matter, as for him family means nothing, just like when his older brother Taehan overthrew Boram, their older sister, from succession. Seungpyo asks him to give him some time to convince Jonghoon. Hojin gives him one day.

Seungpyo calls Sungjin and tells him to stop his son from doing the press conference, as no one wins, however, in the middle of the conversation, the Jeongin shows up where Sungjin is and stabs him. She spouts her anger at him, saying how she was the one who had helped him climb to where he is now and now she was going to take him down with her. She is arrested and Sungjin is taken to the hospital. .

Seongpyo cannot find Jonghoon and asks his assistant where Siwoo is, to which he tells him that she should be in Kallas. Seungpyo goes to Kallas and demands Madam Byeon to tell him where she is. She refuses and he grabs her by the collar. Suddenly he receives a phone call from Siwoo. Seunpgyo tells Siwoo to tell Jonghoon to stop or he might die. Siwoo replies saying that Seungpyo has the key to stop Jonghoon. All he has to do is to step forward and confess his deeds, but she knows he won’t do that because he is a coward who killed his own lover, Miwoo. For him, sacrificing a friend would mean nothing.

As Jonghoon is on the way to the press conference, Seungpyo calls him and asks him to stop what he is doing. Jonghoon tells Seunpgyo about a memory of his youth that cherish very much. It was when he and his parents to the ocean to play. However, he recently found out that that day, his mother was actually trying to kill him and it was his father who saved him. He tells Seungpyo that he has to do this or else, he can’t face himself. Seungpyo tells him he cannot understand why he or Siwoo would sacrifice themselves for such trivial emotions. Jonghoon replies saying that it is he who cannot understand why Seungpyo is willing to be a puppet and tells him that they should get drinks after all this is over. Seungpyo tries to dissuade him once again, but as he realizes that Jonghoon is not backing down, he hangs up and a few seconds later a truck hits Jonghoon’s car, killing him. Seungpyo calls Hojin, telling that it is done and Jonghoon is dead. Seungpyo talks to himself saying that he’s not like Jonghoon, he just doesn’t have that kind of courage.

Seungpyo returns to Hojin’s place and Chansoo is present as well. Hojin tells them he is quite pleased with the results and can finally sleep well as it will take a while for Sungjin to get back on his feet. He also tells Chunsoo that he did a good job as it probably has been hard since Dasom closed, but Chunsoo says that it was mostly Seunpgyo’s work. He tells Seungpyo to hand over Kallas to Chunsoo and give the media the story that Jonghoon fell in love with a prostitute and then let the case be closed. However, Hojin wonders where Siwoo is, to which Seunpgyo says that he is still looking. Hojin is a bit upset and tells Seungpyo to clean up the mess, to find Siwoo and get rid of her.

As Seungpyo is looking for Siwoo, Siwoo approaches Sungjin and convinces him to come clean. Sungjin holds a press conference and reveals the truth. Back at the Jinmyung Group office, Hojin curses at Siwoo in anger, saying she must have bewitched Sungjin as he is not the kind of person who would risk his own skin to take down another person. However, Seunpguo says that the reason should be obvious, that Sungjin, after losing his son, would want to avenge him at all costs. However, Hojin cannot understand what good there is to risk oneself for someone who is already dead and even if Sungjin did want revenge, only ordinary, lowly people, would let their emotions control them concerning such foolish things. Seungpyo tells Hojin that he will take of it. Hojin agrees and tells him to clean up the mess and go organize all the information on Sungjin.

As Seunpgyo walks in the hallway, he remembers the words Siwoo said, that he is a coward that would sacrifice his friend and lover. He then has a flashback of Miwoo and realizes he has been wrong all along. An employee from Jinmyung Group sees Seunpgyo walking by and asks for his fingerprints for the authorization to delete the sensitive information of the company before the inspectors come. However, Seungpyo tells him that he is heading to the prosecutor’s office to turn himself in. He wonders to himself, had he not killed Miwoo and not cared about who the baby in her belly belonged to, maybe things would have turned out differently.

Seunpgyo turns himself in and gives the USB with all the data that Miwoo recorded. With that evidence and Sungjin’s statement, a full investigation is started on the Jinmyung Group. More information is revealed about the Jinmyung Group, eventually leading to the “Jinmyung Scandal”. However, the news about the father of Miwoo’s child is never revealed, neither is the testimonies of Sungjin and Seungpyo. Seungpyo ends up in prison.

## Relationships

**Family**

* Unnamed Father
* Miwoo Ha (lover)

**Jinmyung Group**

* Hojin Won (boss)
* Chansoo Lee
* Jungsoo Won - Hojin's second son and prosecutor. The interaction between Jungsoo and Seungpyo is never shown, so it is unclear what their relationship is like. Howver, since they are both in the same company, they are certainly acquainted.
* Unnamed Sniper/Killer - he is a hired man to kill Miwoo using a sniper. He is later given the order to retrieve Miwoo's phone from Siwoo by infiltrating Jaeah's place.

**Allies**

* Jonghoon Kim
* Kiseong Koo - one of the executives of the Dowon Group
* Seongjin Ha - one of the members of the Dowon Group that Kiseong introduces to Seungpyo.
* Jaehan Shin - the president of Korea News Daily
* Chairman Song – a chairman of a particular company apparently with good connections as Hojin tells Seungpyo to contact him to introduce one of the new girls/hotess candidates to a good company.
* Chief Secretary Kim – Hojin orders Seungpyo to contact Chief Secretary Kim to calm him down as he has been quite nervous about Sungjin and to send him some health supplements.
* Dohyung Jeon - the prosecutor in charge of Siwoo's arrest warrant after prosecutor Choi was fired.
* Mr. Jeong and the kidnappers – Seungpyo hires Mr. Jeong and his crew to kidnap Siwoo and get rid of her. However, the plan fails as Siwoo is able to get free and obtain the recording that was on their phones.

**Enemies**

* Sungjin Kim
* Siwoo Ha
* Baeksoo Lee
* Madam Byeon

**Others**

* Jeongin Kim
* Suyoung Kang – one of the hostesses in Dasom who worked with Miwoo under the Jinmyung Group. Having received news that Siwoo was looking for her, Seungpyo contacts her first, and pays her to give Siwoo information that he wanted her to give, basically to first, lie about her relationship with the Jinmyung Group, and second, letting Siwoo know the existence of the video files, to focus on taking down Sungjin.
* Unnamed Tabloid Journalist – in order to force apart the relationship between Siwoo and Jonghoon, Seungpyo tips off a journalist Jonghoon’s location, and takes photos of Jonghoon and Siwoo together. The tabloid then comes out with the headlines.

## Trivia

* trivia 1
* trivia 2

## References

1. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.16
2. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.19
3. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.16
4. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.17
5. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.18
6. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.18
7. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.19
8. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.19
9. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.20
10. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.19
11. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.15
12. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.20
13. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.21
14. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.15
15. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 1, Ep.1
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21. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 1, Ep.6
22. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 1, Ep.8
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29. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 2, Ep.18
30. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.17
31. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.20
32. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.21
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53. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.26
54. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.27
55. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.29
56. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.30
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58. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.33
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