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Do La-ik?

Do La-ik!

Do La-ik…

Tell me.

Explain what all this is.

Explain it.

Why is this here?

From the start, something felt off.

Do lawyers normally go this far?

Even if it's your job,

believing me no matter what, protecting me like that.

It didn't make sense. But then...

- La-ik, that's not what... - Then what is it?

It's…

True I was your fan.

But that wasn't the reason I took your case.

Then why did you?

And why did you hide this?

If you'd just been honest from the beginning,

I could've handled it.

I wouldn't have relied on you like this.

This was the first time in my life

someone defended me.

Someone simply said they believed me.

That they were on my side. I was grateful.

Not because I'm Do La-ik from Gold Boys,

but because I thought you saw just me.

So…

For the first time, I trusted someone without a doubt.

I believed everything I saw.

But I guess I was wrong.

If…

I wasn't Do La-ik of Gold Boys,

would you still have defended me?

Would you still…

Have believed me?

When did it start?

What if you found out that someone you really trusted…

Told you a huge lie?

What do you think you would do?

Since when…

Has she been lying to me?

MANAGER HAN-GU

Attorney Maeng, why are all the doors…

What is all this? Why is this…

La-ik knows everything.

What?

He saw all of this?

I told you I should've thrown it out.

- If I had, none of this would've happened. - Don't touch it.

I'll do it.

I…

I can do it.

If you could, you would've done it already.

What did you tell me, huh?

"No personal feelings."

"I took the case as a lawyer, not a fan."

And you can't even throw this out?

I was going to throw it away!

I tried to let go of my feelings for La-ik.

No, I already had.

I had to, if I wanted to take his case.

But…

But…

This…

I just

couldn't throw it away.

If I did…

Then the time in my life when I liked someone for the first time…

DO LA-IK

THE UNIVERSE THAT LED US BACK TO EACH OTHER

LA-IK'S FACE IS INSANELY GORGEOUS

So cute!

It felt like all those moments would just vanish into nothing.

Like

the happy version of me back then would disappear too.

And that terrified me.

So…

I hid it away, deep down…

And told myself I'd never look at it again.

I thought I'd be okay, but…

You didn't hear from him either?

With how things are between Jae-hee and me,

why would he call me?

Even Young-bin doesn't know?

He doesn't.

Right before Young-bin was about to move his stuff out of the dorm,

he told Jae-hee he was quitting and left.

Why Young-bin?

He told me he was sorry for doubting you.

Guess that made it awkward for him to stay with Jae-hee.

What do we do? The prosecution called. They want him in for questioning.

Jae-hee? Why?

Wasn't he already questioned?

I don't know.

They said you'll be summoned soon, too. Didn't your lawyer tell you?

He's not saying anything.

Where he's been, why he suddenly fell out with his lawyer,

he won't talk at all.

I don't know if he doesn't trust me.

For now, I told him to stay at the dorm.

Young-bin's gone home anyway, so…

Find him now.

Sorry?

Jae-hee.

Find him however you can.

We need to get to him before the police do.

Hello.

What?

- Attorney Maeng. - How long has he been in there?

It's been about two hours. But the detective called yesterday.

They were looking for Jae-hee. Did something happen?

They said you'd know.

I'll explain it soon.

How would I know

where Jae-hee is?

After he finished his face-to-face questioning with you,

he completely disappeared.

He won't answer his phone, and no one around him knows where he is.

- Quite the coincidence, isn't it? - What do you mean?

He gave a statement that was extremely damaging to you and vanished.

Hard to call that

a coincidence, don't you think?

Are you

seriously asking if,

because he accused me, I did something to him?

Where were you after the face-to-face questioning?

Why can't you answer?

- Where were you? - Hold on!

What do you think you're doing?

Doing what, exactly?

If you question a suspect without their lawyer present, coercively,

anything you obtain in that process will be considered illegally...

Your client

agreed to be questioned without counsel.

He consented to it.

Isn't that right?

If you stop the questioning now,

you'll be overriding

your client's own voluntary choice.

Depending on the situation,

a suspect can waive the right to counsel, right?

Wait.

Please talk to me.

La-ik.

I know you're disappointed in me.

But if you keep getting questioned without your lawyer,

- you won't be protected... - Stop.

Whatever comes out of your mouth right now,

I can't believe any of it.

You're right. I was your fan.

It's true, that's why I took an interest in the case at first.

But the moment I decided to be your lawyer,

I put all of that away.

I took this case

because something felt off, the investigation had holes,

your statement was credible.

Work is work, and personal is personal.

The one I liked was La-ik of Gold Boys.

But the one I'm defending…

Is Do La-ik, the person.

For me,

those two are different people.

Is that still not enough?

That's exactly why it's not enough.

I want to be able to do that too.

Work is work, and personal is personal.

It would be nice if I could draw a line that clearly.

But the problem is…

I'm not acting like this

because I think you lied to me.

It's because you made me believe you.

You're fired.

La-ik. What did they say?

Where's your lawyer?

Did you call her here?

Don't contact her again.

She has nothing to do with me anymore.

I'm not acting like this

because I think you lied to me.

It's because you made me believe you.

People are too mean.

If someone doesn't get on the elevator, they should at least ask,

"Not getting on?"

Everyone only thinks about themselves.

Your client, too.

After all you've done for him, he decides to fire you now?

I guess he thought the attorney's fee was a waste?

Not busy enough? Want me to make you busier?

No, I'm plenty busy already.

Choi Jae-hee has gone missing.

Pretty wild timing, isn't it?

We don't know if he's missing or just ran off.

But you talk like the case is already closed.

If you really think his disappearance

is connected to La-ik, why don't you open a proper investigation?

Right. You can't.

If you poke the wrong place and the suspect changes,

you'd have to admit your entire investigation was a mistake.

Always quick on the uptake, aren't you?