Melancholia (멜랑꼴리아)

The witness is here.

Tell him to come inside.

Our witness is supposed to be Mr. Han Myung Jin.

Mr. Han.

Mr. Han Myung Jin?

Yes. I came to testify regarding the answer sheet...

that was given to Sung Ye Rin...

at Asung High School.

I told her that Sung Ye Rin's mother...

asked me to give her the answers to the math exam...

and that I refused.

But Ms. Noh, who was a director back then,

told me to give them to her anyway.

Give her the answer sheet.

Ms. Noh. - However,

I know nothing of this.

Now and even in the future.

The answer and formula Sung Ye Rin used...

for math problem number four perfectly matched...

the answer and formula that needed to be used for the original problem.

So I raised questions regarding the issue,

and after the midterm exams,

the school gathered a committee to check the issue.

However...

First of all, I want to say I'm sorry.

"Go over all the math problems..."

"and come up with an excuse for a retest."

"That's the only way to invalidate the previous test."

That was the order she gave me.

However, there was no retest...

because one student showed us...

that he solved the math problem using his creativity...

and proved that it wasn't irrelevant to the stuff he learned in class.

Here are the minutes of the meeting that took place...

among the Academic Performance Management Committee members.

It includes everything regarding the retest.

You'll also find that we were given orders...

to discard the original test papers along with the students' scores.

Who wrote this?

Did you write everything down yourself?

No.

Then can you tell me the source?

Hello?

This is Ji Yoon Su.

Hello, sir.

Why did you want to meet me?

Mr. Paik told me a few things about you.

He thinks that you've been...

collecting records regarding Asung High School.

What's your point? Are you trying to blackmail me?

"Hand over the files, or I'll report you."

Is that what you're saying?

We don't know what those files are about.

You're the only one who knows.

I bet you were always anxious,

which is probably why you kept records of everything...

without telling Principal Noh.

You wanted to be prepared for the worst-case scenario,

and you were probably worried that you might also get discarded...

just like Mr. Han.

How dare the likes of you even wish to take over Asung?

You're just a lackey that does random jobs for a sliver of pay.

What do you want from me?

If you have any records or documents...

that will help reveal the truth,

you don't have to get involved in person.

I'll do that.

I can't reveal where I got it from.

We can't accept a handwritten record from an unknown source.

Exactly.

Can something like this be used as evidence?

Assemblyman Sung Min Jun was aware of the leak.

Yu Hye Mi said her husband had found out...

and told me to clean it up somehow.

I said I knew nothing about it.

I did not hear or know anything about the answer sheet being leaked.

Based on this causal link, I'm saying that...

Sung Min Jun and Noh Jung Ah...

made it look like Ji Yoon Su and I had a thing...

to cover up the leak.

Okay. Since we just got some new evidence,

we'll analyze that first and then ask you more questions.

Is this the beginning?

It looks like the end.

You said something to me.

"How are we different?"

Yes. And?

What you said stayed with me.

You're right.

I wanted to do what you had done.

It's okay to live like you if you want to ruin someone.

You can use whatever you have and turn people into pawns.

But...

people with something they wish to protect cannot live like that.

So what?

Do you think you can win in a different way?

I wonder more about how you will end up than me.

Will you be able to protect what you want to?

Thank you for coming, Mr. Han.

Principal Noh visited me yesterday.

Right after she left, my mother became gravely ill.

The doctor told me to prepare for the worst.

The moment I heard that...

I wondered what I was doing this for.

Up until the moment my mother dies,

must I keep telling lies?

I know it took a lot of courage.

And you will need even more.

I wish you luck.

Mr. Han, come with me.

What? Ji Yoon Su gave a statement?

And? What did she say?

Let's talk in person. How's Ye Rin?

She's been a bit weird lately.

She's been in her room all day.

Check on her right now.

Ye Rin.

Ye Rin.

Ye Rin. Why did you bring all this out?

Mom.

Do you remember the day I got this Presidential Award?

What?

To tell the truth, I wasn't pleased at all to get it.

It's nothing really. It's just a sheet of paper.

Don't. Why are you tearing it up?

It's a valuable treasure. - Let go.

Ye Rin. - You should join in. It's fun.

Why are you doing this? You need to snap out of it.

Ye Rin, please. Please don't do this.

I'm going crazy already.

Don't you do this too. - Mom.

Ye Rin. - Mom.

Please, Ye Rin... - Mom.

Will you please stop doing this?

Why did you vanish without a word?

And why did you come here?

I brought some evidence. - Evidence?

I met Mr. Choi Sung Han.

Like you said, he had records.

I was trying to figure out the right time to approach him.

Why did you do that without talking to me?

You've done enough, Seung Yoo.

Don't look back and walk your path.

Whether it's as a mathematician or as a math teacher,

do whatever your heart says.

I will always root for you.

What are you talking about?

There's so much I haven't done yet.

I haven't made them apologize to you,

and I haven't gotten you reinstated.

I said I'd make you smile like before.

I haven't done that yet either.

I can smile now.

You made me smile, Seung Yoo.

So don't worry about me anymore.

One day, I will go back to school,

and I'll teach like before.

You're now capable of solving any problem without getting hurt.

You're strong and firm.

I said you would accomplish that one day.

So...

you keep going on proving.

Not about us,

but something more beautiful and worthwhile.

You can do that.

What? - Let's wrap it up.

Call off the engagement.

Why do you want to end it?

Why don't you want to end it?

Yes, we were partners at first.

But I fell for you, Sung Jae. Was that bad of me?

Did you like me?

Didn't you just want to...

show off to Yoon Su that you had won me?

You're right. I want to show her. Can't I do that?

Do you think having me is anything to brag about to her?

Don't you get it?

The more you do this,

the worse we'll look.

Why didn't you just focus on our deal?

Then we wouldn't have had to feel so rotten.

Have you eaten?

What's that? When did you come over?

I'm hungry.

Let's eat.

Weren't you unable to eat raw fish?

What are you saying? It's so delicious.

Did he dump you?

Such is youth.

You get used by a man, dumped, and fight about it.

Sung Jae's plan was to use you to ruin me,

then go back to Yoon Su.

You had no idea and naively...

gave Yoon Su...

Asung High School's inside information.

Inside information?

The Academic Affairs notebook. Wasn't that you?

What notebook?

You had a spy.

Ex-Principal Oh Jin Taek.