Jeongin Kim

## Plot Overview

### Past

When Jonghoon was around 10, Sungjin’s wife hung herself. During the funeral, Jeongin had an affair with him while Jonghoon was peeking. Jonghoon was later sent overseas.

They got together for money and split because of money. She explains when IMF declared her family backrupt, she and Sungjin broke up. During the 2000s, her family was able to recover through the IT hype. In order to expand the business, Jeongin's father began entertaining many people and came across Miwoo Ha. She lured Jeongin's father and took away his wealth. Her father who went bankrupt twice ended up sick and died.

In the meantime, Sujin is in same room as Siwoo and is astounded at how Siwoo handles herself and the customer. It is completely different than before. Afterwards, Madam Byeon meets with Siwoo and asks why she did not tell her about Chansoo Lee. Siwoo says she didn’t think necessary to mention it. However, Madam Byeon insists that Siwoo tell her everything if she still wants revenge, but if she chooses not to tell her, then Madam Byeon would no longer interfere. Siwoo begins to tell her what she found out, including how they found the person whom Sungjin got remarried to, Jeongin Kim. Jeongin had been cheating with Sungjin and after Sungjin’s wife’s death got married, but later after the IMF declared Jeongin’s family bankrupt, Sungjin divorced her.

### Name of Main Webtoon/Arc

Siwoo and Jonghoon find information about Jeongin and go to her address to get crucial information, but instead find her in the bathtub, attempting suicide.  They immediately called the ambunace and were able to rescue her. Jonghoon told Siwoo that he’d stay until she woke up and told Siwoo to continue collecting information. When Jeongin wakes up, Jonghoon tells her to spit out all she knows about Sungjin. Jeongin says she has no grudge against Sungjin and that their relationship was all about money. They got together for money and split because of money. She explains how her father was able to get back on his feet during the IT hype, but met Miwoo Ha who lured him and took away his wealth. Being backrupt twice, Jeongin's father ended up sick and died. She wanted to kill Miwoo so bad, but unfortunately she was arealdy killed by someone else.

Jonghoon meets Jeongin at the park outside the hospital and tells her he wants to talk. However, it seems that Jeongin finally recognized Jonghoon and tells him that he was only a child back when she slept with Sungjin right after Jonghoon’s mom’s funeral. She then calls him out, saying that he is a dishorable child, trying to frame his own dad. Jonghoon gets angry and curses at his dad saying his dad only married his mom for money and then even had an affair after his mother passed away. However, Jeongin disagrees, saying that if it was for money, then Sungjin would have already remarried by now, especially since he would have no lack of pursuers. She then proceeds to ask Jonghoon if he wants to know the truth of what happened that day after the funeral. Jeongin tells Jonghoon that his mother wanted to get rid of him. The Jinmyung Group did not want their daughter to be married with someone without money, referring to Sungjin, thus pressuring Jonghoon’s mom to leave him. In the end, having been driven crazy, Jonghoon’s mom wanted to get rid of both Sungjin and him.

After Jonghoon went to visit his mother’s grave, he returns to visit Jeongin again at the hospital. Jeongin asks her how it went as she was surprised they didn’t fight each other. Jonghoon tells her it is the first time meeting Hojin and that Hojin said Sungjin wanted to make Jinmyung his own. Jeongin recognizes the name and tells Jonghoon that he is the little brother of Taehan Won of the Daehan Group and is notoriously known for hating Sungjin. She tells him that had Hojin known how much Jonghoon hated his father, he would've gladly taken him in.

In the meantime, Jeongin Kim is in the hospital, trying to end her life again with a knife, but then reminisces a conversation with Jonghoon, telling him that her best memories were with his dad, Sungjin, and that everything else was just tragedy, all because of Miwoo Ha. Jonghoon tells her he’s not interested in her nonsense, but tells her to keep living till the last breath. She thus decides to put the knife down. As she enters her hospital room, she encounters Siwoo. Immediately she is reminded of Miwoo as they both look alike, but before she can act, Siwoo takes out a photo of Sungjin and Miwoo together. Siwoo proceeds to explain that she is Miwoo’s sister.

Siwoo tells Jeongin the truth about Sungjin, how though he had originally married Hojin’s daughter for money at first, he later fell in love. Hojin banished his daughter as he disapproved of the married and during that time, other factions in the Jinmyung Group use conspiracy and trickery to take over Hojin’s daughter’s position and influence in the company. This lead to her eventual sickness and death. In order to protect his own son, Sungjin sent his son to the US. Since, Sungjin vowed to get revenge on all the people in the Jinmyung Group responsible for his wife’s death. Among one of those people was a high-ranking executive from the Jinmyung Group, Jeongin's father, Namkyun Kim, the former Managing Director of the Jinmyung Group. Siwoo reveals that it is for that reason that Sungjin had approached Jeongin. Furthermore, Sungjin used Miwoo to take out each of these officials and pretended to be with Jeongin in order to gain information. Thus, Jeongin's dismal was actually not Miwoo's direct doing, but Sungjin's instruction and plan

Hearing all this, Jeongin is still in disbelief and calls Siwoo a liar, telling her to get out. Siwoo leaves but leaves her contact info. As she walks out the doors, she tells Jeongin that even after losing her sister, she never thought of committing suicide no matter how lonely she felt, because that would just be too unfair to die alone. Why would she have to die for the sake of someone else?

Jeongin begins reminiscing about a phone conversation with Sungjin after losing everything, the company, the money, her parents. She was asking Sungjin for his help as she was going crazy and was lonely as heck. Sungjin's answer was only, "now you know how I feel." Just as that thought was lingering, Jonghoon entered the hospital room, originally looking for Siwoo, but confused that she wasn't there. At that moment, Jeongin realizes that Sungjin could never possibly understand her loneliness as he still has a son. She finally decides to tell Siwoo the location of a white box in her room that contain the evidence that she needed.

Jonghoon and Seungpyo arrive at the hospital and they asks Jeongin where Siwoo is. Jeongin, realizing that she has been played, tells them that Siwoo has already left and is probably heading to her place and if they go now, they can still catch her. Seungpyo and Jonghoon leave the room, but Seungpyo says he’ll stay back to take care of stuff and tells him to go ahead. Seunpgyo 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. Jeongin is shocked at Sungjin's treatment towards her and is flustered.

Jeongin decides to take down Sungjin with her, so she goes to his place and stabs him as he is in the middle of a conversation with Seungpyo. She releases 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. .

## Relationships

**Family**

* Namkyun Kim (father)
* Sungjin Kim (ex-husband)
* Jonghoon Kim (ex-stepson)

**Enemies**

* Miwoo Ha

**Others**

* Siwoo Ha
* Seungpyo Jeong

## Trivia

* trivia 1
* trivia 2

## References

1. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.19
2. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.4
3. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.3
4. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.4
5. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.6
6. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.10
7. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.15
8. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.31
9. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.31
10. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.32
11. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.32
12. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.33
13. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.34
14. ↑  My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.36