Jonghoon Kim

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Jonghoon is one of the major characters in Season 4 of "My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days (Webtoon)". He is the second son of Sungjin Kim, the leader of the Haemin Party, who is one of the prime suspects of Miwoo's death. For that reason, Siwoo approaches him ultimately using Jonghoon for her revenge.

## Background

Jonghoon Kim is the second son of Sungjin Kim, the leader of the Haemin Party during My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days (Webtoon). Jonghoon blames his father for neglecting the family, never truly loving his mother and even having an affair after her death. He studied aboard in the US and upon his return to Korea, he began working in a law firm, frequenting the salon A3 where he meets Siwoo. Siwoo uses this opportunity to approach Jonghoon and uses him in order to dig information on his father and on the Jinmyung Group as well. In the end, because he was too close to the truth and was going to expose it, he was killed off by his own grandfather, Hojin Won.

## Plot Overview

### Past

Hojin's daughter decided to get married with Sungjin against her father's wishes and had a child, Jonghoon. However, Hojin continued to pressure her daughter to end the relationship and get of the rid, to the point that she had a mental breakdown, eventually hating Jonghoon and Sungjin, and even trying to kill Jonghoon, but was saved by Sungjin.

Jonghoon remembers back when he was a child and his mother was in the sick and bed and told him how she hated his father and this family. . At some point in time, he befriended Seungpyo Jeong.

Apparently, when Jonghoon was 10, his mother hung herself. Despite being the daughter of the Jingmyung Group, it was a very simple funeral. Seungpyo, however, was present, and handing him 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. Jonghoon believed his father only married his mother for money and that was solidified after seeing his dad cheat on his mom after she passed away. Sungjin saw Jonghoon peeking as he was having an affair with Jeongin and beat him for peeking. He later sent Jonghoon overseas. In order to protect Jonghoon from all the conspiring within Jinmyung Group, he sent him to the US to study abroad.

10 years later, Jonghoon returned to Korea, where Seungpyo picked him up at the airport. He invited Jonghoon 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 Group, so it’s a favor for the president of the group, but more importantly, because he is his friend.  . Little did he know that Seungpyo was under the orders of Hojin Won, Jonghoon's grandfather, to utilize Jonghoon's hate for Sungjin, his father, to pit him against his own father. Jonghoon had come back to Korea to work at one of the best law firms.

### Meeting Siwoo

A while after Siwoo joins A3, Jonghoon visits A3 and notifies them beforehand to prepare all the ladies and madams to be on standby. He walks in and greets everyone as he eats a popsicle. He throws the popsicle at one of the girls, takes off his pants saying it is too hot. He then tells every girl in the room to take turns sucking his private parts.

Jonghoon asks the Madam how many girls are at work today and asks for 4 to be brought in, which is quite a lot, as there are only 25 girls total. The Madam intentionally mentions Dasom, to which Jonghoon is confused as he thought it was shut down. She tells him about the plans of rebuilding it and tells him one of the ladies going to the new Dasom is here, referring to Siwoo. This is all part Madam’s plan to give Siwoo a hard time, setting her up with Jonghoon, whom they all consider a difficult customer. Jonghoon tells her to bring them in. Siwoo enters and introduces herself as Seolhui. Jonghoon asks Siwoo if she picked that stage name because she wanted to be the ace like the previous Seolhui in Dasom. Siwoo lies to him saying that she just liked the name. Siwoo later confirms that Jonghoon is the second son of Sungjin and she might be able to dig some information from him.

At that moment, Jonghoon receives a call from his dad who says he needs to use his car because his own broke down. Jonghoon is forced to agree but is irritated. He complains how his dad’s driving skills are terrible, changing car almost every year. He even remembers one time when his dad told him that cars, like women, need to be changed often. One of the girls smirks, which angers Jonghoon, who thinks she is making fun of him. He grabs the girl by the inside of her mouth and tells her to answer his question. The three girls leave disgruntled. Siwoo, however, stays behind.

Siwoo converses with Jonghoon to try to get more info on Sugnjin, saking about their relationship and realizing that the relationship between Jonghoon and his father is not good and decides she can use that to her advantage. Siwoo also learns that Sungjin use to go to salons as well, but not anymore. Jonghoon also mentions how at one point, he was almost going to have a baby borther, as apparently Sungjin had a child with the previous Seolhui (Miwoo), which turned out to be a huge mess. He adds that now it’s not a problem as she’s already dead.

Upon hearing that, Siwoo excuses herself to the bathroom. When she returns to the room, another person walks in behind her. It turns out to be prosecutor Choi who had been trying to arrest Siwoo. He recognizes Siwoo immediately and grabs her by the hair. Apparently because of the fake cellphone she had given him, he ended up losing his job for incompetence. He had been searching all over Seoul for her. He tells Jonghoon that she is Miwoo's younger sister. He then mocks Siwoo and her sister, calling them prostitutes and parasites. But Siwoo bites back saying that people like him are the real parasite, killing people and then hiding the evidence, making it seem like an accident. Jonghoon steps in and tells the prosecutor to stop, saying that he's not a prosecutor anymore anyways. The prosecutor tells him it was his father, Sungjin, who placed the order for her arrest. Jonghoon tells him that his father's business is none of his business and tells the prosecutor to leave Siwoo in his care and tells him not to touch her. The prosecutor tells Jonghoon to be careful as he still has the number to his father, Sungjin. However, Jonghoon is unfazed and tells him to go ahead and call, but that he may risk losing his new law firm. Angrily prosecutor Choi walks away. Siwoo asks Jonghoon why he helped her. Jonghoon just says he is interested in her story.

They go to a coffee shop and Siwoo tells him of her being framed for her sister's death and lies about escaping into the entertainment business to hide herself, when in reality it is for revenge. All the sudden, a little girl runs to greet Jonghoon with her mother. The mother tells him he wants to withdraw her case, as Jonghoon had offered to be her lawyer to help her case of being physically abused by her husband. Jonghoon gives money for the little girl to go buy some ice cream in order to talk privately with the mother, asking her why she is withdrawing the case. The mom says that her husband has repented and signed a promise to not hit her. Jonghoon responds in anger, reminding her of when her daughter was beaten to the point of hospitalization. The mother tells him she has no choice because she has no money and if they leave, they would have no place to live. Jonghoon tells her she has many options, like getting a job and making money. Siwoo tries to stop him as he is getting agitated, but gets pushed aside, revealing the recording mic hidden in her shirt. The mother and daughter leave as the little girl gives an ice cream to Jonghoon. After the mom and daughter leave, Jonghoon uncovers Siwoo's lie of hiding in the entertainment business and correctly deduced that Siwoo is using him to get to his dad. He then tells her, if she wants to know his dad's weakness, she would have to come with him. After Siwoo enters the car with Jonghoon, he drives them to an underground parking lot.

Jonghoon is upset that the mother threw away the opportunity he had given her and decided to go back to her abusive husband. He unleashes his anger at Siwoo as he tries to rape her in the car. He asks Siwoo if she is really entered the entertainment business for her sister. He gives her the chance to tell him the truth. Siwoo realizes this is her only chance to get info on Sungjin and embraces Jonghoon and has sex with him, presumably, also telling him the truth about getting revenge for her sister, Miwoo.

After having sex with Jonghoon, the two dress up. Jonghoon tells him he will be going to A3 on the weekend and will bring some information with him. As agreed, he will help with Siwoo’s revenge. He also tells Siwoo to watch tonight’s news. Siwoo takes a selfie of the two of them, saying this is in case he backs out of his promise.

Jonghoon also gets home, but the room is dark. He opens the lights and asks what his dad is doing. Sungjin asks why he is back so late, to which Jonghoon just makes up a lie. All the sudden, Sungjin gets a call. The person on the other side of the phone mentions to Sungjin about how Siwoo had met with a certain someone.

As Sungjin is asking who Siwoo met with, Jonghoon begins to get nervous, but then sighs in relief when the person on the other side of the phone says that Siwoo had met with Chansoo Lee, the previous owner of Dasom. Sungjin then asks Jonghoon if he has been going to the salons, which Jonghoon denies. Sungjin grabs Jonghoon by the mouth saying he knows he is lying and tells him to stop going, as it tarnishes Sungjin’s political image.

Siwoo calls up Jonghoon to meet and they both go to hotel. Siwoo pretends to be drunk. As they sit down, Siwoo asks Jonghoon why he hates his father and if he ever considered forgiving him. In return, Jonghoon asks Siwoo if she’s asking because she has second thoughts on taking revenge for her sister. However, Siwoo pretends to fall asleep and reveals her underpants to seduce Jonghoon. Jonghoon blushes but leaves the room, leaving a USB with her which has a list of employees of Dasom who were paid to stay silent.

Jonghoon and Siwoo meet in A3. Jonghoon tells Siwoo about the favor she had asks him before, to find out if there had been any information concering the complaint sent to the TV stations, but according to his contact, all the TV stations said that they did not know. Siwoo asks who the contact is and Jonghoon mentions that it is the same person who gave him the account books of Dasom before. Jonghoon notices the wound on her hand, which was caused by holding the broken glass too hard the day before and asks what happened. Siwoo just tells him that it’s nothing, she just her hand when chopping fruits. Jonghoon scolds her saying that she should go to the hospital, not come out for drinks. He takes her out of the room, to which Siwoo is a bit taken aback, as she is still at work. Jonghoon says to not worry as he already booked her for the whole day.

They go to a hotel, makeout and make love. After doing so, however, Siwoo feels disgusted with herself for sleeping with the son of the person who killed her sister. Jonghoon tells Siwoo to wake up and watch the news, as apparently, someone had leaked the news. The news reports about Sungjin’s possible involvement with the Nameum Food Company incident, further explaning that both the Haemin Party and the Blue House have raised their concerns, saying that they will continue to pay attention to the development of the situation. The report also mentions how In December of last year, the Prosecutor’s Office made the statement that in a nightclub in Seoul, Sungjin Kim was suspected of receiving 300 million won from Nameum Food Company based on a whistleblower complaint sent by a Mr. Gong. However, Sungjin Kim has denied all allegations.

Minsik contacts Siwoo telling her he would like to meet. In the car, Siwoo tells Jonghoon about it, but Jonghoon is a bit skeptical, as he believes Minsik would be risking too much to cooperate with Siwoo. Furthermore, why would Minsik change his mind overnight, it’s all too suspicious. However, Siwoo tells Jonghoon that Minsik was the first person to help her. When she was being pursued by the police, it was Minsik who gave her Miwoo’s phone, which has helped her till now. Furthermore, Minsik had refused 3 billion won in order to repay Miwoo’s kindness. Nonetheless, Siwoo thanks Jonghoon for caring for her.

Jonghoon walks in with Siwoo to a room and says he ready booked her and asks the staff to bring in the wine. Siwoo asks Jonghoon if he can get Minsik out of prison. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that it’d be pretty difficult as he heard from a friend that it was the Blue House that ordered the cover-up of the whole incident. Siwoo asks Jonghoon who this “friend” is. He tells her that he is one of his few good friends. Siwoo asks Jonghoon to introduce her to that “friend”. However, Jonghoon refuses. In anger, Siwoo leaves saying that she thought they had a mutual understanding and that he should book someone else today. A staff comes in asking Jonghoon if he wants to book another lady, as he had just been staying in the room by himself for an order. Jonghoon can hold it in no longer and asks which room Siwoo is in and rushes in the room. He grabs Siwoo while she is with another customer and tells them just give him five minutes. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that he will do as she says, just this time. He tells her that his friend is Seungpyo, his father’s assistant and that tomorrow he will come. However, Siwoo expression changes and Jonghoon asks if she’s ok, that if she perhaps knows Seungpyo.

Siwoo lies to Jonghoon saying that she doesn’t know him. However, Jonghoon can sense something is off. Jonghoon says to himself that if Siwoo were to try to split their friendship, he would not spare her either.

Jonghoon and Seungpyo 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.

As Jonghoon is heading to work, his father, Sungjin asks him to sit down. He tells him that he heard about Jonghoon going to A3. Jonghoon asks how he knew. Sungjin just sighs and says that he never believed Jonghoon would amount to anything in the first place. He hands Jonghoon a plane ticket to the US and tells him to go there and never come back. Sungjin calls him a useless son, saying how he’s just like his mother. Sungjin feels deep sadness as he reminiscences the memories of him hitting jonghoon and his wife committing suidcide by hanging herself. Jonghoon refuses, saying he won’t go, ripping up the plane ticket. Sungjin is about to get the club to discipline him but sees Jonghoon making a fist. He tells Jonghoon that he was the one who put him into the top law firm in Korea and that without him, Jonghoon would just be trash that would amount to nothing and lets him go.

As Jonghoon walks out, he sees Seungpyo waiting outside his house and notices he has a wound on his face. Jonghoon asks Seungpyo since when he was at his house. Seungpyo mentions that only a certain somebody would order airpline tickets so early in the morning. Jonghoon apologizes for gtettign 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.

Jonghoon meets Siwoo in the gym. He tells Siwoo about what Seungpyo suggested and how though he acted like a jerk, he’s turn out quite helpful. Jonghoon mentions how since his father already knows about him going to A3, he won’t be able to go there for a while and proposes they meet up here in the gym. Siwoo asks about being this middleman and what it entails. Jonghoon says it’s nothing complicated, that she just needs to pass on the message as told and the doucments. This seems to be a win-win scenario for everyone and they get to take down Sungjin. Siwoo kisses Jonghoon and tells him that she doesn’t trust anyone, whether Seungpyo or anyone else, but she will do the job because she trusts Jonghoon. They make love in the gym bathroom while other people come in and out.

Outside on the street, Jonghoon tells Siwoo that the Jinmyung Group and Korea News Daily are signing an advertisement contract worth tens of billions of won and that the editor-in-chief would be going to A3 in two days and Siwoo would be in charge of handing over the documents. Jonghoon hands a USB over to Siwoo and tells her that he will contact her next week.

Jonghoon shows up and Siwoo is a bit surprised, she thought he said he would be coming ot A3 for a while. Jonghoon looks at Siwoo’s schedule and ask if he can book her. Apparently, Siwoo is quite popular as her schedule is pretty packed. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that whenever she is free to stop by his room. After a while, Siwoo comes to the room where Jonghoon is waiting. It turns out he was quite worried as in their last conversation, there was a loud sound and Siwoo’s phone just hung up (this happened as Minkyung slapped the phone out of Siwoo’s hand). Furthermore, later, after asking Siwoo about it, Siwoo would just say that everything was alright, making Jonghoon even more worried, which is why he had to come over. Siwoo, however, is pleasantly surprised that he is worried about her. All the sudden a delivery guy walks in, delivering Siwoo flowers and a bag, saying that someone wanted him to pass it on to her. Siwoo tries to ask who it is, but the delivery guy runs out. Little did Siwoo know that this was the delivery guy whom Minkyung slept with yesterday in order to use him to run an errand for her, which was to place a audio receiver in the flowers so Minkyung could eavesdrop. Jonghoon looks at the gifts, asking if there was an admirer and if that was the reason she had hung up on him last time. Siwoo immediately explains that it is not so, that she was having a fight with a friend and didn’t want to tell him, because she didn’t want him to have a bad impression of Minkyung. Jonghoon is still a bit suspicious about this friend and asks if this is another one of Siwoo’s tricks to make him jealous. Siwoo immediately replies saying that she doesn’t even know who sent the gifts, insisting that she not hooking up with someone else. Jonghoon tries to get rid of the flowers while Siwoo stops him.

Jonghoon discusses with Siwoo in the room in A3, saying how Sungjin’s public image is surprisingly good, most likely because of his policies and stance on certain issues. If the public were to know the truth about all the ugly stuff behind Sungjin, they wouldn’t stand on his side. Minkyung listens in through the flowers, but realizes that they are only talking about politics. Jonghoon receives a phone call from Seungpyo and asks Siwoo to step out as he needs to pick up and talk in talk in private.

On the phone, Seungpyo tells Jonghoon 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.

Minkyung enters with the madam and Jonghoon asks the madam how come only one girl, to which the Madam explains that there are many customers today, so not enough girls. She introduces Minkyung as Siwoo’s friend. Jonghoon sees the bandage on her face and asks if it was because of her fight with Siwoo. Minkyung is surprised that he already knew about. Jonghoon asks the reason for them fighting, to which, Minkyung explains it was over a customer. She tells him that she butted heads with Siwoo because of her insecurity. She sarcastically comments how she should be more like Siwoo who sticks to every customer, instead of being so naïve and getting her customer stolen. Minkyung then begins to badmouth Siwoo, saying how when people have power they completely change. She tells Jonghoon how Siwoo used to be kind and polite to others, but after becoming a hostess she now treats customers like cash cows to squeeze cash out of to buy her bags and clothes. Jonghoon tells her that if it was him, he’d go and talk to Siwoo in person rather than keep talking bad about her behind her back. Minkyung says that it’s her right, she was the one who got hit. She also warns Jonghoon to be careful as he always books Siwoo. She tells him that she is the kind of person who would abandon family and friends when they are no longer useful.

Jonghoon tells her of a story of a woman who had tried to scam him of his money by getting close to him. That hostess made up a story of how her sister refused to be possessed by the gods and ended up with evil spirits around her. In order to drive the spirits away, she needed to borrow money, which she asked 20 million won from. Later on, the hostess came again saying her mother was being influenced by evil spirits to kill her and she had a bandage on her face from the supposed “assault” from her possessed mother. Jonghoon rips off Minkyung’s fake bandage and tells her that that hostess’ madam just so happened to be the current madam here in A3. Thus, he had specifically requested that the madam never bring any girl who was injured. Jonghoon tells Minkyung that given the fact that the madam asked him to pick Minkyung despite knowing his dislike of injured women would only mean that she wanted Jonghoon to teach MInkyung a lesson. Jonghoon grabs her by the mouth and asks Minkyung if he looks like a fool who can't tell if he’s been scammed and scolds her for mindlessly speaking ill of other ladies in front of customers, telling her that she should filter words thorugh her brain before they come out of her mouth. He then lifts his hand to slap her saying that perhaps beating her a few times will help her learn. Just as he is able to do so, Seungpyo steps in and grabs his hand.

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. Minkyung shakes in anger as they leave. Siwoo later gets a call from Jonghoon who tells her what happened with Minkyung, how she was putting on a show with the whole bandage and stuff. He tells Siwoo to just ignore Minkyung as she’s completely become a hostess and can’t change. He then changes the subject to the issue with the Korea News Daily, asking if Siwoo gave them the USB. He tells her that Seungpyo already talked with the president of the Korea News Daily and that apparently it wasn’t going to work out and that they would find another media channel. Siwoo tells Jonghoon to discuss later when they meet at night.

Siwoo meets with Jonghoon at Bar Luna. Siwoo tells him that she like the feel of the place and how her sister also had thought about opening a bar like this. Jonghoon tells Siwoo to drop that idea as the bar is already being weighed down by the rent they have to pay. Siwoo mentions hows she got a call from the Korea News Daily that they should find someone else to expose it. Jonghoon tells her not to worry as he knows another journalist that he can ask a favor from. However, Siwoo wonders if it is a good idea. Siwoo mentions how it would seem better for a conservative media channel, like Korea News Daily, to report it, rather than a progressive one. She tells Jonghoon that she doesn’t understand why they decided to turn down Korea News Daily. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that the Korea Daily News wanted to involve him into the whole mess in order to bring down Sungjin for good. Siwoo asks Jonghoon if it was him or Seungpyo, who wanted to look for another media channel option. Jonghoon answers that ofcourse it was his idea. As much as he wants to destroy his dad, he doesn’t want to put his own life on the line. Suddenly, he pauses his trend of thought and asks what Siwoo was trying to imply about Seungpyo. Siwoo tells him that Seungpyo was the one who let her sister die without any concern. She tells Jonghoon that Seungpyo would probably be someone who would stab someone in the back without hesitation to achieve his goal. Jonghoon gets a bit agitated and tells Siwoo to be careful with what she says as Seungpyo was the one who had been helping him get his revenge on his father, risking his own skin. Jonghoon warns Siwoo to never say such a thing about Seungpyo again or he would not just let it pass, even if it is Siwoo. Siwoo apologizes. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that Seungpyo would never betray him, never.

The following day, Sungjin wakes up Jonghoon, throwing a newspaper in his face to wake him up. He tells him to look at it saying that he would know what is going on. Jonghoon picks up the paper and remembers the words of Siwoo about Seungpyo, that he seems to be someone who would be willing stab anyone in the back for the sake of achieving his own goal. The news 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.

Jonghoon calls Siwoo on phone and tells her that he will be staying at home for a while till the storm settles. He tells her he might even get fired from his job. He asks Siwoo to tell him the truth, if she was the one who did this. Siwoo answers that she was the one who released the knews, telling him that the day before meeting up with Jonghoon, she had met with the editor-in-chief of Korea News Daily. Jonghoon asks why she did so, that though he does hate his father, Sungjin, he was hoping Siwoo would trust him a bit more. Siwoo explains that even before they met, the Korea News Daily had already come to an agreement with the Jinmyung Group to expose Sungjin, as the Jinmyung group signed a contract of ten of billions of won with them on the basis that they expose that news. This was already something waiting to happened regardless of whether Siwoo was involved or not. Siwoo then mentions that if she remembers correctly, Seungpyo is also from the Jinmyung Group and maybe Jonghoon should ask him instead. Jonghoon pauses and tells Siwoo that she will call her back later.

Jonghoon receives a call from Siwoo and is a bit upset as he had not heard back from her in a while. Siwoo apologizes saying she had been injured and was resting for a while. She asks if Jonghoon is still home, to which Jonghoon says that unfortunately it is so because of all the reporters. Siwoo tells him that she misses him. Jonghoon, though calling Siwoo a sly fox, still ends up meeting with Siwoo at her place. Jonghoon tells her that it was a bit difficult to shake off the reporters, but he was able to get out. Siwoo tells him she has a roommate but that she is currently travelling. Siwoo also tells him that she hadn’t been feeling too well and had been lying down for a while. Jonghoon rips the bandage from her face, but sees that there really is a wound underneath. Siwoo asks him to comfort her.

### Unconvering the Truth of Sunjin

Jonghoon and Siwoo find out informatin about the person Sungjin got remarried to, Jeongin Kim. Jeongin had been cheating with Sungjin and after Sungjin’s wife’s death and then they got married, but later after the IMF declared Jeongin’s family bankrupt, Sungjin divorced her. They found her address, but upon visiting her place, they 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 the IMF make broke her family and the two of them broke up, but during the 2000s, her family was able to recover through the IT hype. However, Miwoo Ha came into the picture and lured her father and took away his wealth. Her father who went bankrupt twice 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.

Jonghoon goes to Kallas and grabs Siwoo just before she was going to go into the room with Sungjin. Siwoo is surprised as she thought he would be in the hospital. Jonghoon explains that he should’ve contacted her earlier, but because of his dad showing up, he didn’t have time to prepare. He then tells Siwoo to put a hold on her revenge because her direction is all wrong. The real bad guys are the Jinmyung Group. He tells her that his mother died because of them and so did Siwoo’s sister. However, Siwoo is confused and asking why he is telling her all the sudden to put a stop to her revenge.

Jonghoon remembers back when he was a child and his mother was in the sick and bed and told him how she hated his father and this family. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that her sister, Miwoo, slept with many people, using her pregnancy to not just blackmail Sungjin, but also very higher ups, CEOs, politicians, ambassadors and how taking revenge on one person can’t solve the problem. Siwoo slaps Jonghoon and tells her to watch how he speaks as she is still her sister. Jonghoon apologies and tells her to calm down, saying that even if her revenge is successful, what would she gain. Since Siwoo is no longer a fugitive, she can live a normal life. Jonghoon tells her to think about her future. However, Siwoo tells Jonghoon that her sister was her everything and as long as the trash that killed her are living well, she can’t just sit by and watch. She excuses herself and leaves, knowing that this day would come.

Jonghoon goes home and Sungjin can tell by his face that things didn’t go well with Siwoo. Sungjin invites him to visit Jonghoon’s mother’s grave. However, Jonghoon refuses. Nonetheless, Jonghoon still decides to go visit his mother's grave and meets his father Sungjin Kim. At the same time Hojin Won arrives as well. Sungjin mocks Hojin who pretends to care about his daughter and ends up pissing on the flowers that Hojin brought. Jonghoon is a bit shocked at his father's actions and accuses his father for marrying for money. He then asks his father if he and his mother ever meant anything to him. Sungjin pauses and tells about his own past, about a time they had to cram to watch one single TV. Jonghoon is confused and demands an answer, to which Sungjin only replies that money and power are what it takes to have happiness and warns Jonghoon that when Siwoo gets her revenge, then he will be left alone.

After the visit to his mother’s grave, Jonghoon goes 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. At that point, Jonghoon suddenly connects the dots and remembers a conversation with Seungpyo Jeong when he came back from the US. He had asked him why he is helping him, and Seungpyo mentioned that it was because Seungpyo’s dad use to be an executive of the Jinmyung Group. That is when he realizes that though he had never encountered Hojin before, Hojin had already been using his hatred towards his father the moment Jonghoon landed in Korea.

Jonghoon appears before Seungpyo and greets him with a punch out of nowhere. He tells him that he's angry that he has used him against his father. 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 prposed to her, wanting her to leave her job at Dasom. Seungpyo tells about when he finds out about Miwoo having recording incriminating information about Sungjin. 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.

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.

Jonghoon asks Seungpyo why not just expose Sungjin if he had the video all along. Jonghon asks if you had it all along why not just expose it. Seunpgyo tells him that his father, Sungjin has various puppets in the media outlets and in the prosecutor’s office, so the time would not be 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 things his father Sungjin is a loving father, then he is wrong. He felt that as a friend, he should let him know the truth.

Jonghoon begins to watch the videos that Seungpyo had given him. As he opens it, he watches the screen of Miwoo introducing herself as 19 years old.

In the meantime, Jonghoon goes to a school and meets with a woman and asks her if she is Inhee Kim. He tells her to look at a video with her and Miwoo and asks if she is the person in that video. Jonghoon tells her he is not a journalist so she can be at ease. He asks her if Miwoo is the person to her side and asks her which of the girls in Dasom most knew about his dad, Sungjin. However, she begins walk away saying she doesn’t know and doesn’t remember. However, Jonghoon grabs her and threatens her saying that she could lose her teaching job if this were to get out. However, she breaks down asking why he is bothering her, that she is innocent. However, Jonghoon gets upset saying that she was the girl who serviced these perverted old men and now using that dirty hand to teach children and that her sins wouldn’t just be forgiven so easily. He demands her to tell him everything.

Inhee tells him that she had promised not to talk about the things that happened then and that that was her only way out. She insist she did not harm anyone and is just trying to move past her past. She tells Jonghoon that though the school she is teaching now is in the top 5, but most kids in the school don’t ever write their dad’s name, because they are mostly illegitimate children of rich people or politicians. However, she has never seen these kids show their unhappiness. No one in the school talks about it or asks about it, so the kids just keep moving forward. She tells Jonghoon that sometimes, if you just forget about some things, then life is a bit happier. And maybe even someone like her, who at one time sold herself for money, might be able live a different life. What is important is not the past, but the future. Inhee tells Jonghoon that after she retired, it was Sungjin who helped them live a more peaceful and independent life.

Inhee tells him that she had never seen Sungjin go out with any of the ladies to travel or play. Furthermore, many of the girls in Dasom were able to return to a normal life because of Sungjin’s help. Jonghoon is completely confused as to why Seungpyo is showing him the video as he assumed it was to get him to hate his dad more, but this seems to be having the opposite effect. He is super confused as to Seungpyo’s intentions. He begins to think of Siwoo and wonders what it would’ve been like to live together. All the sudden he receives a call from Siwoo asking if he is free as she wants to meet him outside. Jonghoon and Siwoo meet and Jonghoon asks saying last time he remembered her saying she didn’t want to meet ever again. Siwoo apologizes for being too rushed, hugs him and tells him that she loves him.

Siwoo hugs Jonghoon and he is a bit embrassaed at the affection in public. Though Jonghoon is bit flustered at Siwoo’s sudden change in attitude, but still takes her back in. Jonghoon takes Siwoo to a hotel and as they are about to make love, he notices that Siwoo has a fever and has her rest. He tells her to go to a hospital as soon as possible, but Siwoo asks Jonghoon to stay a bit longer. Jonghoon is surprised as he though she no longer trusted him after he told to give up on her revenge. However, Siwoo responds saying that she understands, since Sungjin is Jonghoon’s father. She tells Jonghoon, that if it was her, she, too, would hesitate. Siwoo tells Jonghoon that she wants to live together.

Jonghoon agrees to Siwoo’s request, but tells her not yet, as they are both still in danger. Jonghoon tells her about the USB that he has in his hands that has the video of Miwoo, apologizing for not having told her, because he needed to confirm the information first. He asks if she wants it. Siwoo tells Jonghoon that he doesn’t need the USB, lying that she doesn’t want to harm the people she cares about for the sake of revenge.

Jonghoon takes her to a car outside, but it is raining. Suddenly some random guy drives up and starts mocking Jonghoon and spouting his anger at him for destroying his family. He throws a cigarette at Jonghoon and drives away. It turns out that he was the husband of the woman that Siwoo and Jonghoon had met back in the coffee shop, the mom who had a daughter that gave Jonghoon icecream. Jonghoon explains that she was his client and her husband would cheat on her and beat her, which is why he decided to help her. It turns out the mother finally decided to get a divorce. Jonghoon tells Siwoo that that’s the reason he became a lawyer, to take down that kind of trash, though it probably sounds hypocritical of him as he himself goes to salons. As he is speaking, a car drives over a pool of water and splashes water over them, but Jonghoon immediately grabs Siwoo and protects her from getting wet. He leaves the umbrella with Siwoo and leaves home.

Jonghoon and Siwoo’s relationship continue to flourish as Siwoo chooses not to push the issue of the USB. Seungpyo is taken aback and decides that he will use another way to split them 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.”

Not long after, Sungjin calls in Jonghoon and scolds him, asking if the girl is Siwoo. Jonghoon tries to explain, but Sungjin just bites back saying that if he hadn’t gotten caught, he wouldn’t have to bother explaining. Jonghoon unleashes his anger at his dad, saying that he has treated him like trash even since he got back from Korea and had hoped maybe one day they could have a normal conversation. However, Sungjin mocks him saying that conversation is for people on the same level and tells Jonghoon that he is trash. He orders two men to grab him and take him home and confiscates his cellphone.

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.

Seungpyo hands the phone over to Siwoo who tells Jonghoon on the phone to meet her at a designated place.

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. Jonghoon leaves and meets Siwoo just as she is leaving Jeongin's place. Before he can ask her for an explanation, Siwoo grabs him and begins running as there are men chasing after her.

Siwoo gathers all the information she has and hands it to Jonghoon in an envelope with everything labelled, including the videos of Miwoo being recruited into the Jinmyung Foundation, the truck driver Seongjin confessing that Seungpyo was the one to order him to kill Miwoo, and the statement on corruption at the Kimbab Company. Siwoo tells him that she has a backup but if he needs the original copies, she can give it to him. Jonghoon says it is fine, but that he will delete the data related to his father. Siwoo reacts in shock, to which Jonghoon explains that he wants some time to think about it, as maybe his hatred towards his dad was misdirected all this time. However, he promised to still take the bullet for Siwoo and eventually would do as she hoped. He tells her that after all this, he wants them to forget the past and look towards the future, to some sense of happiness.

As Jonghoon prepares for the press conference, he hides in a hotel and avoid calls to prevent being tracked. However, Siwoo calls him and so he pics up. Jonghoon tells her that she shouldn’t call as they could be tracked. Jonghoon asks Siwoo what she felt when she first found out her sister was in the entertainment industry. Siwoo tells him that she was very angry at first, because she felt like she had been lied to all along. However, she came to realize that it was all for her, Miwoo had always been the same sister she knew. Siwoo then tells Jonghoon that Seungpyo’s been looking for him like crazy, shouldn’t he be worried? Jonghoon tells her it’s fine, it’s not like Seungpyo would kill him as they’re friends. When they meet again, he’d let Seunpgyo punch him then. Jonghoon tells Siwoo to meet up after all this.

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.

## Relationships

**Family**

* Siwoo Ha (lover)
* Sungjin Kim (father)
* Seungyeon Won (mother)
* Hojin Won (grandfather)
* Jeongin Kim (former step-mother)

**Allies**

* Seungpyo Jeong

**Enemies**

* Prosecutor Choi

**Others**

* Inhee Kim - one of Miwoo's previous

## Abilities

Jonghoon does not have any supernatural abilities, but being the son of Sungjin, the party leader of the Haemin Party, he has quite considerable backing and influence. When he first meets Siwoo and the former prosecutor wants to take her away, Jonghoon steps in, uses his father's name as a threat telling the prosecutor to back off or risk losing his new firm. Furthermore, as a lawyer, he has some level of credibility, which is why he suggests to Siwoo that he should do the press conference instead of her. Furthermore, as a lawyer, he most likely has a certain level of investigative skills and analytic skills.

## Trivia

* trivia 1
* trivia 2

## References

1. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.10
2. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter than Your Days, Season 4, Ep.10
3. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.19
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5. ↑ My Nights Shine Brighter Than Your Days, Season 3, Ep.19
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