HAA...
BIG SIS... WHY ARE YOU BEING LIKE THIS?
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
DID HE MAKE ANY STRANGE DEMANDS OF YOU?
LIKE MAKING UNREASONABLE DEMANDS ON YOU USING MY MEDICAL BILLS AS LEVERAGE...?
WHAT ARE YOU EVEN...?
...DID THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAKE A STRANGE DEMAND OF YOU BEFORE?
MS. HONG YOOYEON. WHY DON'T YOU AND I MEET PRIVATELY?
...I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT YOU MEAN.
I THINK YOU DO.
TO PUT IT SIMPLY, SLE—
I REFUSE, DIRECTOR.
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RIGHT.
MY SISTER IS AN ADULT NOW, SO I CAN PROBABLY TELL HER.
...HE ASKED TO SLEEP WITH ME.
??
...HUH?
...IS THAT WHAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MEANT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
HE TOLD ME BEFORE.
THAT HE'D WRONGED YOU IN THE PAST, SO HE HAD TO HELP YOU.
HE SAID IT WAS THE ONLY WAY HE'D HAVE PEACE OF MIND.
IT IS SHOCKING THAT HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO YOU, BUT...
I THOUGHT HE GENUINELY LIKED YOU.
THAT WAS WHY HE'D JUST COME WATCH OVER YOU ONCE A MONTH BEFORE LEAVING.
HE DEFINITELY FELT SOMETHING FOR YOU...
WHAT IS THERE TO LIKE ABOUT ME?
NOTHING EVER EVEN HAPPENED BETWEEN HIM AND ME.
MAYBE IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU'RE PRETTY.
SO I REALLY WANT YOU TO GREET HIM PROPERLY NEXT TIME.
APOLOGIZE,
AND THANK HIM.
I'LL PAY BACK THE MONEY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
PAYING IT BACK IS ONE THING, BUT APOLOGIZE FIRST.
WHOSE SISTER ARE YOU ANYWAY?!
CAN'T YOU DO THIS ONE THING FOR YOUR ONLY SISTER?!
A MINUTE AGO YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT ANYTHING ELSE!
WHEN DID I SAY THAT?!
DAD PASSED AWAY,
AND YOU ENDED UP LIKE THIS!
DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS FOR ME WHEN I HAD NOBODY TO RELY ON?!
CAN'T YOU DO ONE SIMPLE FAVOR FOR THE SISTER WHO SUFFERED ALONE FOR OVER TWO YEARS?!
FINE, ALL RIGHT!
UGH, SHE'S RELENTLESS.
SHE WON'T EVEN CUT HER BEDRIDDEN SISTER ANY SLACK.
BIG SIS!!
I TOLD YOU NOT TO WEAR MY SHIRT WITHOUT ASKING!
OKAY, FINE!
EVEN AFTER TWO YEARS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
SHE REALLY IS MY SISTER...
DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEND ALL NIGHT TELLING YOU EVERYTHING HE DID FOR YOU?!
PLEASE VIEW WITH EYES ONLY.
Cyan, 2026. Mixed media on canvas, 300 × 500 cm (modified size 500 masterpiece). Spanning an overwhelming width of five meters, this monu- mental masterpiece boldly unfolds using only the single color “cyan” and its nuanced variations. It represents the culmination of a lifelong aesthetic practice by a master of Korean Dansaekh- wa (Monochrome Painting). As the title intuitively suggests, within a massive frame tran- scending ordinary human vision, the hue of cyan functions beyond mere color, serving as a vast pictorial universe. he mystical particles of light cascading from the top left and the deep accumulation of darkness below prove that this im- mense canvas is an abyssal realm where the cycle of life takes place.
WHOA...
LOOK OVER THERE!...
NO, NOT AT THE PAINTING. AT HIM.
PLEASE VIEW WITH EYES ONLY...
KIM GIBAEK, SECRETARY TO CHOI HYUNMYUNG
BEHIND THAT HANDSOME FACE LIES SOMETHING TRULY DANGEROUS...
ONE MOMENT HE’S AS REFINED AS A STOIC SCHOLAR DETACHED FROM WORLDLY MATTERS,
AND THE NEXT, HE TURNS INTO A KILLER WHALE THAT NEVER LETS GO OF ITS PREY UNTIL IT’S DEAD.
EVEN AFTER SERVING HIM FOR SIX YEARS, I CAN NEVER READ HIS TRUE INTENTIONS.
STANDING LIKE A STATUE IN FRONT OF A MONOCHROME PAINTING FOR TWO HOURS...
PROVES HE’S NO ORDINARY MADMAN.
AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO FINDS THIS STRANGE?
WHAT ON EARTH IS HE THINKING ABOUT SO DEEPLY?
WHO ARE YOU TO HELP ME?!
WAS GOING THERE TOO SOON THE PROBLEM?
TO HONG YOOYEON, I MUST SEEM LIKE A TOTAL LUNATIC.
ISN'T THIS A REMARKABLY EFFICIENT MOVE FOR YOU, MS. HONG YOOYEON?
I DOUBT THERE'S ANOTHER COMPANY OFFERING TERMS AS FAVORABLE AS MINE.
THAT'S WHAT I SAID BACK THEN.
I SHOULD HAVE WAITED QUIETLY
UNTIL SHE FILLED THE GAP OF OVER TWO LOST YEARS.
WHILE THE WORLD KEPT MOVING, SHE ALONE STOOD STILL. HOW INFURIATING IT MUST BE FOR A WOMAN OF SUCH PRIDE.
YET, EVEN SO,
I STILL WOULD HAVE GONE.
“THIS IS HONG YOOYEON.”
HONG YOOYEON I WAS OVERWHELMED THAT DAY AND ACTED VERY RUDELY.
“I WAS OVERWHELMED THAT DAY AND ACTED VERY RUDELY.”
“I HEARD WHAT HAPPENED FROM MY SISTER.”
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON TO APOLOGIZE AND EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE.”
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT WHENEVER IT IS CONVENIENT FOR YOU.
TOMORROW AT 4 O'CLOCK. I'LL VISIT THEN.
MS. HONG YOOYEON.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE LAST WORDS YOU LEFT ME TWO YEARS AGO WERE?
LET'S NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, NOT EVEN IN OUR DREAMS!
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT YOUR ACCIDENT,
THOSE WORDS CLUNG TO MY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS LIKE A CURSE.
SO, WAS THAT LONG, UNENDING DREAM BEARABLE?
YOU, WHO TOLD ME NEVER TO MEET AGAIN EVEN IN OUR DREAMS,
WERE YOU TRAPPED IN A DEEP DREAM WHERE I DIDN’T EXIST?
ALL I WANTED WAS TO SEE YOU WAKE UP.
BOTH BACK THEN, AND AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
YOUR EXAMINATION RESULTS LOOK VERY PROMISING.
NORMALLY, RECOVERY IN CASES LIKE THIS TAKES OVER A YEAR,
BUT YOU HAVEN'T SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE LOSS,
SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO WALK AND RUN IN FOUR TO FIVE MONTHS AT THE EARLIEST.
HOW IS MY PROGRESS THIS GOOD...?
BECAUSE YOU RECEIVED TOP-TIER TREATMENT THE ENTIRE TIME.
YOU RECEIVED DAILY PHYSICAL THERAPY, PREVENTING JOINT CONTRACTURE,
AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION THERAPY SLOWED DOWN MUSCLE ATROPHY.
I THINK YOU CAN BEGIN REHABILITATION RIGHT AWAY.
THE FAVOR THAT MAN EXTENDED
HAD ALREADY GONE FAR BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF SIMPLE GOODWILL.
EVEN IF HE SUPPOSEDLY FELL FOR ME AT FIRST SIGHT DURING THAT MEETING.
COULD ANYONE REALLY GO THIS FAR JUST FROM AN INSTANT INFATUATION?
EVEN MY OWN BOYFRIEND RAN OFF.
...DO PEOPLE JUST DO THIS WHEN THEY HAVE TOO MUCH MONEY?
She's in need. Cover her hospital bills.
Yes, Executive Director.
LIKE SOME KIND OF CHARITY WORK?
WHY DID HE HAVE TO SHOW UP SO EARLY, ANYWAY?
HE SHOULD HAVE COME AFTER I UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE SITUATION...
LET’S GIVE A PROPER APOLOGY.
AND EXPRESS MY THANKS.
FOR THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLE BENEVOLENCE.
SHALL I HEAR YOUR APOLOGY AND GRATITUDE NOW?
AH...
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH HIM...
WHY DID HE HAVE TO SQUEEZE ALL THE WAY INTO THIS CRAMPED SPACE?
IT'S OVERWHELMING...!
...THANK YOU FOR CONSOLING MY SISTER.
THIS ISN'T QUITE THE DIRECTION OF APOLOGY AND THANKS I EXPECTED.
I'LL REPAY THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THAT'S NOT IT EITHER.
COULD YOU SEND ME AN ITEMIZED INVOICE FOR EVERYTHING TO DATE?!
IT WILL LIKELY EXCEED ONE HUNDRED MILLION WON.
I WILL REPAY IT.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I WILL PAY YOU BACK.
DOWN TO THE LAST BOX OF TISSUES, I WON'T FORGET A SINGLE CENT.
ALL RIGHT. BE SURE THAT YOU DO.
...I MISSPOKE YESTERDAY.
I APOLOGIZE.
THEY SAY MY RECOVERY WILL BE FAST THANKS TO THE CARE YOU PROVIDED.
THANK YOU.
THOUGH TO BE FRANK, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DID IT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THE SUPPORT WAS LAVISH TO A BEWILDERING DEGREE.
MS. HONG YOOYEON.
STEEL YOURSELF AND LISTEN CAREFULLY TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
THE REASON I KEPT WATCHING OVER YOU
WAS BECAUSE OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAM YOU BROUGHT TO ME.
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PROGRAM YOU CREATED FELL INTO ANOTHER COMPANY'S HANDS?
ONLY ITS DESIGN WAS CLEVERLY ALTERED.
AND THE INVENTOR REGISTERED AT THE PATENT OFFICE HAPPENS TO BE SOMEONE YOU KNOW VERY WELL.
I KNOW...?
DO YONGTAE.
IT TURNS OUT HE WAS THE FIANCÉ WHO HAD PROMISED TO MARRY YOU.
Hong Yooyeon discusses the Executive Director's help with her sister. Her sister says the man values her, comes once a month to check on her, and asks her to apologize and thank him. The argument extends to their father's death and two years of loneliness. Later, Yooyeon learns from the doctor that thanks to top-level care she will be able to walk in 4-5 months, and tells the man she will repay her debt to him item by item. The man explains that the real reason is the stolen software program.
