Secret Forest (Stranger / Forest of Secrets / Bimilui Soop / 비밀의 숲)

Did we miss anything when we were inspecting the scene?

Kyung-wan, I'm sorry to bother you,

but could you go upstairs and put on some loud music?

Music?

Ga-young must've been somewhere around here.

What?

Is she home already?

I don't want her to know about things like this.

Is anybody home?

What?

Captain.

What brings you here?

What about you?

You think she was kept here after she got abducted?

We searched the basement back then, but didn't find anything...

What's the matter?

Over there.

Seven.

-What about it? -Did she see it when she was there?

No, I don't think she could've seen it from the floor here.

What are you talking about?

Ga-young said "zero" and "seven"

when we asked her about the culprit.

Zero and seven? As in numbers?

That seven?

Where is zero, then?

Goodness, you should've told me about it.

She said it last night.

What is it? Did you find something?

Where is that scratch from?

It looks like it's from something being dragged upward.

It must've been something metal.

Something with a metal part.

A bag with wheels, perhaps?

Wheels?

-Something like this? -Yes, but this one

has three marks.

They're pretty deep. They must be from something heavy.

BAGS WITH SIX WHEELS

An expendable wheeled luggage.

Dragging her would've attracted people's attention even if it was at night,

so the culprit must've carried her in a luggage.

But you know what?

It might not be from that time.

We inspected everything with the forensic unit.

There wasn't even half a page about this basement in the case report.

Back then, there was a total mess upstairs.

If we had known she was kept here, we would've taken a better look...

Hang on. It's strange though.

Whether she was inside a luggage or not, why did the culprit keep her for a day?

You wrote in the case report

that those middle school children got here earlier than usual that day, right?

Yes, I did.

The day Ga-young got abducted was one of those punks' birthday.

They said they had a party here that day.

They usually met up here at around midnight,

but they got here two to three hours early that day.

When the culprit brought Ga-young here after abducting her,

those children must've been upstairs.

Those punks were partying it up inside the house,

so the culprit must've brought her here first.

The next day, he probably dragged her upstairs and...

He stabbed her?

But why didn't he do it here?

This must've been a better place to do it.

That's one thing,

but why didn't he do it the day he abducted her?

Those punks wouldn't have known even if a war broke out down here.

If he had to tie her up inside the house for some reason,

he could have waited a little bit and dragged her upstairs

after those children left later that night.

Why did he have to wait until the next day?

Because Ga-young would have died if he had done so.

Come again?

What do you mean? He obviously stabbed her because he wanted to kill her.

What...

If he had done it here,

she would've been found after a while.

Even if she was found within a couple of days, it would've been

after she died due to excessive blood loss.

She would've also died if he had stabbed her the day he abducted her

because she would've been found the next night.

If he had stabbed her after those punks had left,

she would've been found the next night,

which means she would've continued to bleed the whole time.

That's another death scenario.

So, are you saying he wanted her alive?

Yes.

But why?

Then, why did he do that to my dad?

Why did he kill my dad when he made sure she could live?

What did my dad do so wrong?

Captain.

Yes.

Would you be able to discover what kind of music

those children were listening to that night?

-Why do you need to know that? -Ga-young's memory

might return faster if she hears it.

Goodness.

It'll scare her.

Let's try it.

But why did he try so hard to make sure she lives?

Goodness.

Captain.

By the way, what brought you here, sir?

Well,

I wanted to speak with Kyung-wan.

Well, Kyung-wan.

Captain.

Dong-jae and Sergeant Kim are the ones

who are making you look like a liar.

They conspired together and leaked the information to the media.

I know that you won't believe this,

but after doing that to you that day, as a police officer...

No, as a human being,

I was so ashamed of myself.

I'm really sorry.

I should've stopped Sergeant Kim that day because violence is simply wrong.

From your perspective,

the one who was watching wouldn't be much different

from the one who hit you.

Well, I'm sorry. Hey, Kyung-wan.

Kyung-wan.

Captain, I think you should leave.

Is it true?

Did my captain really not hit you?

Let's not talk about it.

Did he or did he not?

My dad was stabbed to death.

Punching me a few times must've been nothing to them.

Why are you saying such a thing? You didn't even do anything wrong.

I...

I hated my dad.

I just couldn't understand why he had to live his life like that.

But

when I heard that he died,

what I hated even more is the fact that he actually died.

Why did he have to die like that?

But now,

I'd love a day with him just to talk.

Even if he yells and swears at me, I'd be fine with it.

For just once,

I want to let him know I don't hate him anymore.

I want to tell him I had no idea things would be like this without him.

He died alone like that.

God, I feel so bad for him.

I'd love a day with him just to talk.

I want to let him know I don't hate him anymore.

He died alone like that.

God, I feel so bad for him.

We should eat too.

Right, those teacups.

Go ahead. I'll tidy up.

-All right. -Okay.

What are you doing?

I'm looking for a spoon.

I dropped it earlier.

I thought it'd be impolite to look for it when you're here,

so I came in after you left. I apologize, sir.

Lift this.

Pardon me?

The spoon isn't here.

Did it roll over to somewhere else?

What are you doing?

Well, shall I listen and discover what kinds of things tycoons talk about?

Why is he here?

It's...

Good, this is great.

-Damn it. - You've already taken care

of everything with Ukraine.

What? What are they saying?

We just need to import it.

The one from Ukraine...

Crane?

we'll swap the document.

Hong Kong?

We'll invest a large sum through Hong Kong.

If we bump up the credit rating,

inflate the stock prices and withdraw our investment right away,

even the most robust bank will falter.

If we sell it then, the assets alone will reach

seven trillion won.

I just need you to sit there when I meet the Director

of Financial Supervisory Service.

How much do you think all of that will be?

What are you referring to, sir?

He won't even make enough for a cup of coffee young people drink these days.

Right.

The assets alone will reach seven trillion won.

Seven trillion won.

I heard about

how the two of you met.

-Chang-jun and me? -Yes.

I heard that you liked him first.

Mr. Lee was pretty drunk when he told us the story.

Truth comes out when you're drunk. Yes, that's right.

I liked him first.

I'm only asking this because I have no idea what it's like.

What's it like when you live with someone for ten years as a married couple?

Have you changed your strategy or what?