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

ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS, PLACE NAMES AND CASES IN THIS DRAMA ARE FICTITIOUS.

-Let's take a selfie together. -Selfie? My gosh.

-A group photo. -Yes.

-Mr. Kim? -Yes.

-Si-mok. -Mr. Hwang, let's take it together.

-It's all right. Count me out. -Come on. Don't be so difficult.

Come, get in.

-Come on. We should have everyone in it. -I can't see.

One, two, three!

One more time. One, two, three.

-One more time. -Once more. One, two!

-One, two. -I'm trying to look cute.

Let me see. Show me again.

My head looks huge.

-This is a great photo. -My gosh, we have booze left.

My grandfather taught me to never leave any drinks unfinished.

Here.

I'm a lightweight.

How can you be a lightweight when you served in the Marine Corps?

Didn't you say you served in the Special Forces?

-No, I didn't. -Forget about it, then.

We should drink together since we both served in the Civil Defense Corps.

I served as a public service worker.

Exactly.

There's a huge difference between the two.

Well, I actually watched the footage.

The one from the hotel's security camera

where Chief and Ga-young are captured.

I made a copy of it and gave it to Chief.

What did you just say?

How did you get the file?

I got it from your laptop. I'm sorry.

Are you saying that you went through my laptop? Is that it?

Do you actually think an apology is enough...

Goodness!

It's not like he asked me to delete the original file.

He said no one would be affected by it.

To be honest, this is what I thought.

It's not like he killed someone.

I thought it was too cruel that he lost everything due to an affair he had.

An affair?

Is that what you thought too? "Men can make a mistake like that."

I'm sure he didn't think like that.

Detective Jang is tender-hearted.

That's probably why he did it.

Did he use it?

What?

Even if the two of you decide to take disciplinary action against me,

I have nothing to say.

There's something I must know though.

Could Chief be the culprit?

Did I help a murderer?

He must be the one whom Ga-young threatened

using the affair they had.

When he was dragging me thinking that I was her,

he said something like, "I'll give you all the money you want."

But judging from the way he talked, he didn't seem capable of killing someone.

You said he was shaking

and that he begged you for help.

That must mean he's not the killer.

Chief has nothing to do with zero and seven, right?

Zero and seven?

What is that?

Ga-young said those words.

It might be what she saw during the abduction

or something related to the culprit.

She saw those two numbers? Zero and seven?

I wonder what they mean.

She'll probably be able to tell us if we wait a little longer.

She remembered that, so I'm sure she'll remember the culprit soon too.

It's a matter of time.

It is a matter of time indeed.

That was such a good meal.

I'm so full.

Get home safely.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

-Thank you. -Thank you for the food.

-Jung-bon, you can take a taxi with me. -Yes.

What about you, Ms. Young?

Mr. Hwang, you should drive her home since you didn't drink at all.

Sure, I will.

Thank you.

All right, then. We should get going.

-Bye. -Bye.

-Good night. -Drive safely.

-Bye. -Get home safely.

-I'll get going too. -Yes, bye.

-Good night. -See you all tomorrow.

How about a second round?

Let's go. I'll buy you a drink.

By the way,

did you go straight to her place from the central district office?

Yes.

Did I mishear it?

There were a lot of reports and documents piled up on your desk,

so I stopped by your place to drop them off for you.

But I thought I heard someone opening the door.

Are you saying someone was at my place?

I can't say it for certain.

I'm not sure because I heard it when I was inside the elevator.

But when I got out of the building, I saw a man

holding an umbrella even though it wasn't raining.

I thought that was strange too.

What did that man do?

He didn't really do anything.

He just walked away.

Did I mishear it?

You can take the subway, right?

From here?

Then please drop me off over there.

Bye.

My gosh.

-Are you all right? -Yes.

Is it this way?

It's a lot worse than how you described it over the phone.

It's so creepy.

Whoever did it put in a lot of work.

What about the other rooms?

I didn't find anything else.

We should do a thorough check though. There are so many perverts these days.

-I'll see if there are any bugs. -All right.

-Hello? - I got the security camera footage.

I'll be right there.

-Detective Jang. -Yes.

He covered his face, but other than that, he walked around freely.

Gosh, what a psycho.

I saw a man holding an umbrella even though it wasn't raining.

He didn't actually harm you.

What is this about? Is it like a warning?

It reminds me of something I saw in a movie a long time ago.

What movie?

Was it a general?

There was a king who wanted him dead. When the king was asleep,

he sneaked in and cut off a lock of his hair.

That made the king become afraid of the general.

The answer must be one of these two.

Someone who was convicted and locked up because of Mr. Hwang in the past

or someone who's against us.

An ex-convict wouldn't be this bold though.

If it's about our team,

other people might be in danger too.

Excuse me.

We'll have to make copies of the footage from all security cameras here.

Sure, that's not a problem at all.

We were laughing and chatting away until a little while ago.

I guess you never know what life will throw at you.

Unless he vanished into thin air,

he must've been caught on one of the cameras. I'll track him down.

Yes, please find him.

Thank you both for all of your help today.

Wait, are you going to be okay by yourself?

He won't come back.

-Bye. -Have a good night.

I'd be too creeped out to sleep there.

Gosh. Lieutenant, get in. I'll give you a ride.

I won't stab you in the back like that ever again.

Seriously. Come on!

Why did you only cut off my hair?

You should've slit my throat.

Is that not your modus operandi?

I heard chamomile can help you relax and sleep better.

Try not to think about anything and get a good sleep.

Come in for a few minutes.

Thank you for inviting me in.

To think that it was the killer's doing...

The method is too different, right?

If it wasn't the killer,

there's only one plausible suspect, Hanjo Group.

I guess there's The Bahn Group too.

Whoever it was, I think he wanted to scare me.

Be honest with me. You knew this would happen, didn't you?

Had I known about it, I would've skipped the dinner and stayed home.

I'm not talking about that.

Our team getting disbanded.

Chang-jun Lee must've used all possible means

and found out that you were the one who tipped Sungmoon off.

You and I both know who would get in trouble for that.

I couldn't turn a blind eye to it though.

Ten trillion won of tax money went into it, so I had to stop their scam.

Also, if I was doing it,

I wanted us to get something out of it too.

So what did you get in return from Sungmoon?

I swapped it with intel on the informant.

Did you find out who it is? Who's the informant?

A high school girl

sent in the information because a man asked her to do it.

I just sent you her information.

Then,

I'll meet this girl

and get that man's composite sketch made.

You'll have the composite sketch software, right?

-I can draw it like the software does. -What?

Goodness.

Please make sure you take the software with you.

Well, is there anything else?

The informant must be someone who knows about all of these three things.

The relationship between Chang-jun Lee and Moo-sung Park.

The fact that there could've been a marriage between Sungmoon and Hanjo.

Lastly, the person must also know that the CEO of Sungmoon is

still holding grudges due to the marriage talks falling through over a decade ago.