Flower of Evil (악의 꽃)

Do you want me to tell you

what kind of person I am?

I'll love you even more from now on.

I will be really good to you.

Then everything will change at some point.

Like magic.

WHERE THE RISING STAR STAYS

Oh, no. It's already four.

We have no time for this. We're late.

You silly thing.

What if a customer comes in?

You're the one who got me in the mood with the music.

Honey, clear things up here and then go up

and put Eun-ha in her best outfit. Something with an obvious brand logo.

I have to pick up the dry cleaning.

We're just having a family dinner. What's all the fuss?

-What? -I hope you're okay with it.

I'm fine. I'm just worried you might feel uncomfortable.

We should try to meet them like this more often.

They're my in-laws after all.

And they are Eun-ha's grandparents.

I'm afraid of Grandma.

Why would you be afraid of your grandma?

I know you're scared of her too.

That's not true.

You haven't even taught her how to greet elders?

That's because she remembers being turned away last year.

You're the ones who insisted on showing up uninvited.

Did you arrive here all right? It wasn't hard finding this place?

It was fine.

Eun-ha, remember what we practiced? How about we try it now?

Go ahead and try.

Grandma and Grandpa.

I love you.

Let's go inside. My legs are tired.

Grandma hates me.

No, it's okay.

If you keep trying, it'll work at some point.

It's all right.

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

-Happy birthday, my dear dad -Happy birthday, my dear husband

- Happy birthday to you - Happy birthday to you

Blow them out.

-Eun-ha? -Happy birthday, Dad.

My gift for you is me, Baek Eun-ha.

Really? What a pretty gift.

And this is my gift for you.

You didn't have to do this.

I love it. Thank you.

I had your initials engraved on it.

Thank you.

-Mom, I need to pee. -Okay. Let's go to the restroom, Eun-ha.

Did you call us here to piss us off?

Why did you even come?

You could've come up with an excuse.

Am I not allowed to celebrate my son's birthday?

Do you feel like your life is all yours now?

Of course not.

It's never been mine.

I don't really know what it feels like.

Are you being sarcastic right now?

If it weren't for me…

That's enough.

We're all in the same boat.

Don't get on each other's nerves unless you want the boat to sink.

-Let's go sit. -Okay.

Hee-seong, I need to…

Okay. Do you want me to drive you there?

No, it's okay. I can take a cab.

Mother and Father, I'm sorry. Something came up at work.

Are you getting back at me now because I sent you away last year?

No, Mother.

I really wanted to treat you to a nice dinner tonight, but…

It's cold. Put this on.

I'm okay, but they seem upset again. This is bad.

It's okay.

I should get going, then.

I guess she's dumber than I thought.

Your wife, I mean.

She means she didn't know you'd have such a successful marriage.

Ji-won and I are made

for each other.

What?

GANGSU POLICE STATION

A guy with a nasty past like yourself, and a cop like her

are made for each other?

You're funny.

You do sound like a normal human being now.

Will you be honest?

This is very important to us.

Now that you have a kid with her,

do you have some special feelings for her or something?

Ji-won only believes what she sees.

And I show her only what she wants to see.

So I find it very easy to deal with her.

I mean,

you don't need to worry about me.

At around 3:00 p.m. today, in an apartment in Seokin-dong,

a boy was found unconscious

with a serious head injury in the stairwell.

His name is Kim In-seo, and he's 12 years old.

In-seo.

In-seo. Are you all right?

The boy stayed quiet for a while after his surgery.

And the first thing he said was…

Dad.

It was Dad.

He tried to kill me.

"Dad. It was Dad."

According to the boy's statement…

Go down.

Dad, I'm so tired.

-Can I stop for today? -Go down.

I'm exhausted.

Look at your fat belly.

Aren't you disgusted by yourself?

I'm sorry.

-Kim In-seo. -Yes?

Every time I look at you, I get so angry.

I can't believe you're my son.

It's a lie. He lied.

In-seo is lying.

So, Mr. Kim Sang-jin,

are you saying a 12-year-old boy is lying

to put his dad in jail for attempted murder?

Is that what you're saying?

"Attempted murder"?

A boy was severely injured on a steep staircase

with no cameras around,

his dad who'd been there with him disappeared,

and the boy spotted his dad as the culprit.

Don't you think that's reasonable for us to suspect you of it?

All right. Hang in there.

It's true that I made him go up the stairs.

But it was nothing like what In-seo said.

All right. You can do this, In-seo. We're almost there.

There you go.

Hey, Eun-seok.

Now? Okay. I'll be right there.

In-seo, you should go home first. I'll get home before dinner.

Make sure to stretch.

That's it.

My friend was in the neighborhood, so he asked me to come out.

While we were drinking together,

I got a call from my wife.

Detective.

What kind of parent would do that?

He's my precious son.

It's just horrible.

You know that doesn't make sense.

What are you doing?

You had soju, beer, and ribs

with your friend?

Yes.

Do you really think he did such a thing to his own son?

He seems like a decent guy.

More than 80 percent of child abuse cases are committed by the parents.

What about you, Ji-won? What do you think of this case?

I think Kim Sang-jin is falsely accused.

Everyone in the interrogation room says they're innocent. That's disappointing.

That's not it. Look at his shoes.

His shoes? What about his shoes?

Considering his clothes, I don't think they are his slippers.

I guess they are from the restaurant.

He heard about his son at the restaurant and came running hurriedly.

And only one of his socks is dirty.

He had to run in the slippers which weren't his size, so it must've come off.

I think that could be circumstantial evidence that he's innocent.

You're really good.

That's your problem.

-What do you mean? -You have blind faith in evidence.

You should look at the person before looking at the evidence.

-Be honest. You didn't see the slippers. -Quiet.

Then do you think Kim Sang-jin really tried to kill his own son?

Listen to me.

The second I got in there and saw Kim Sang-jin's eyes…

I got a hunch.

I sensed that he's a bad guy.

See? I got goosebumps.

You know what that means.

-You know it, right? -I do.

-What do you think, Ho-jun? -Me?

Is it me or Ji-won? Pick one.

Gosh.

I wasn't going to say this,

but Ho-jun once told me that I'm his role model.

Hey, Im Ho-jun! You told me I was your role model the other day.

What?

Well, I mean…

You both are my role models.

She and I are completely different.

We've been summoned.

Where are you going? I'm not done.

Well, just so you know,

if you buy more coffees, they pack them up nicely so you can carry them around.

-I know that. -So you know it.

He always buys only one coffee for himself when he knows that.

-Detective Cha Ji-won. -Yes?

Please question people around Kim Sang-jin.