The older brother, who rushed to the hospital after finishing work at the factory, hesitated as he saw Eunseon.

“You’re alive, Miss Eunseon.”

“Mr. Hyungman, right?”

Eunseon shed tears upon seeing Hyungman, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time. Jeonggyu, Hyungman, and Eunseon used to meet frequently with the children. The time that couldn’t be reversed came to mind, and sadness overwhelmed her.

“Seo Honggyu killed that person.”

Hyungman grimaced as if he had expected it. Having known Seo Jeonggyu for a long time, he suddenly became someone else, trying to cut himself and kill Hyungman. Frightened by the threat that if he spoke nonsense, both of his children would be killed, Hyungman abandoned loyalty to Jeonggyu and ran away.

Although he thought something had happened to Jeonggyu, when he heard that Jeonggyu had actually died, Hyungman burst into tears like a child.

“I’m sorry, Miss Eunseon. I pretended not to know Taein for the sake of my children.”

Eunseon looked at him with a gaze that wasn’t understanding or resentment. Hyungman, looking at Taein by Eunseon’s side, spoke.

“Let’s report it, Taein. I’ll help you this time without running away.”

Taein let out a short sigh.

“Kim Yeongnang has left the country again, and the only remaining witness is Mom. Seo Honggyu and Jo Younggap will exploit Mom’s condition. Unless we secure the black box footage.”

“Black box? Hasn’t it already been destroyed?”

“No, Jo Younggap would never destroy it. That’s Seo Honggyu’s leash. He’s been wielding the murder committed by Seo Honggyu all along. So Jo Younggap should have it.”

Sometime in the future, when Honggyu confronted Younggap, Younggap would undoubtedly have evidence of Honggyu’s weakness. Younggap was that kind of person.

“If that’s the case, it’s my specialty. Few people know the psychology of such criminals as well as I do.”

Suddenly appearing, Jeeha expressed confidence. Taein tilted his head slightly.

If it were Woojeha, it might be possible. He was still a person of Seoseji, so he could freely enter and exit that house.

“Are you confidently stating that concealment and manipulation are your specialties?”

In response to Taein’s words, Jeeha smiled faintly and handed him the will that Seo Jeonggyu had asked her to deliver.

“It’s not as reassuring when we’re on the same side, is it?”

Taein nodded as if to say that Jeeha’s words weren’t entirely wrong.

Taking advantage of the time when Younggap, Honggyu, and Seji were at work, Jeeha infiltrated Younggap’s detached house.

Thanks to Hyojin, who happened to be cleaning Younggap’s house, she could easily enter. However, the inside of Younggap’s house was clean, as if someone had prepared for someone to come. There were no safes, and no locked drawers.

“Is there no safe in a house like this?”

Indeed, someone with a bad behind wouldn’t leave a safe at home. Like in dramas, Jeeha patted books on the bookshelf to find a secret passage.

“Usually, there’s a button somewhere.”
Younggap’s house was equipped with only the bare essentials, like a model home. Like the home of someone who doesn’t know when they’ll leave.

Having searched for a long time, there was nothing in Younggap’s house.

Jeeha, sitting on a shaky garden bench, took out her phone. She had thought about pretending she couldn’t find it and avoiding Taein. However, when she tried to make the call, her pride was hurt.

“If I were Jo Younggap, where would I hide it?”

Jeeha’s vague thoughts landed on the glass greenhouse.

Younggap had watched Eunseon spend most of her time there.

Jeeha, as if possessed, entered the greenhouse. Haphazardly searching, she quietly stared down at the roots of the ficus tree in the center of the greenhouse. Entwined roots were climbing up, and when she fiddled with them with a wooden stick, something clicked.

Inside a small box was a black USB.

“Why didn’t I think of this?”

The glass greenhouse was open to everyone, but only the caretaker went in.

Why didn’t she know? This place, where Seo Honggyu, who had pollen allergies, would never enter, was an optimal place to hide evidence.

Taein was inseparable from Eunseon. While planning to bring Arin and doing his work intermittently, he took careful care of Eunseon. In the meantime, Jeaha, who obtained evidence, returned to the hospital.

Taein and Eunseon checked the black box footage that Jeaha had obtained.

“This can’t be true.”

Faced with Honggyu’s clear crime, Taein, unable to watch the entire video, ran to the restroom and vomited.

It felt dismal to have lived thinking of such a horrific murderer as his father.

As Taein rinsed his mouth with water and washed his face wet with tears, Nokhyun offered him a handkerchief. When Taein, surprised, stiffened, Nokhyun wiped Taein’s face and mouth with the handkerchief. Whenever he was about to collapse, Nokhyun always appeared as if he knew how to help.

Taein embraced him at once.

“Shall I kill him?”

Understanding the situation roughly, Nokhyun whispered threateningly into Taein’s ear.