Ji-hyun (in Yi-kyung's body) catches her fiancé meeting clandestinely with her best friend, which sends her reeling. The room service waiter asks after her in concern but soon grows suspicious at the weird lady crouched in the hallway, and his raised voice is overheard by the cheating cheaters in the hotel room.
Min-ho steps out to ask the waiter what the problem is, and grows concerned at mention of a strange woman sitting outside his room. Ji-hyun barely steps inside the elevator in time to avoid being caught by Min-ho - not that he'd recognize her as herself, but that's sure to be one awkward confrontation.
Min-ho shrugs off the incident, but picks up an small ornamental ball on the ground outside his room. It had fallen off Yi-kyung's shoe, surely to make a reappearance at an inconvenient future moment.
We're already seeing the darker side of Min-ho peeking out, as he wants to go find Ji-hyun's official seal (which, in Korea, is as valuable as - or more than - a social security number, as it gives the bearer legal rights). He explains that Ji-hyun's father is in no frame of mind to deal with "the matter of Ji-hyun's land," but In-jung is appalled that he'd ask her to dig around secretly to get it, in these circumstances.
In-jung cries that she feels like her heart will tear into pieces, to which he replies evenly, "But it won't tear." Yes, but what of your moral fiber?
He assures her that they aren't responsible for Ji-hyun's condition. It's an argument that would make sense in most circumstances, only in this particular case, they ARE directly responsible. In-jung cries, "Itcould be because of us!"
A flashback takes us to the afternoon of the accident, when In-jung had met Min-ho in his car. They'd both confessed to being afraid, which makes me think they'd planned on doing something secret - something greater than their affair - with weighty consequences. In-jung had even suggested breaking off the relationship rather than go through with it: "I can't go this far."
That's when Ji-hyun had called In-jung, moments before she'd spotted the cheaters from across the intersection. Now, a guilty In-jung thinks that Ji-hyun may have followed them that day, since her accident occurred nearby.
Min-ho asks, "But if we end it here, what kind of guy does that make me?" Um, what about the guy you already are?
He declares that he's going forward with their plans, with or without In-jung, which makes me think they're plotting a shady business scheme. Company takeover, perhaps?
In-jung shakes her head no, saying she can't do it. Min-ho tells her to remember "Why we began this - why things came to this. If we run away now, do you think we can be happy? If we quit, will that bring Ji-hyun back?" It's an example of that convoluted K-Drama Logic that spurs evil villains into more evil villainy, which doesn't make sense in the Real World but drives a disproportionate number of dramas forward. It's like, we're a little bit guilty now, so we may as well beincredibly guilty! It's also why these villains seem not to understand the distinction between misdemeanor and felony. But it tells us pretty eloquently what kind of guy Min-ho is, even if he's only flirting with the dark side at the moment.
Running away from the hotel, Ji-hyun pushes her Scheduler panic button, angry that her spiritual guide didn't divulge the reasons for her accident. The Scheduler fumbles for an answer, landing on the catch-all excuse: "It's a secret of nature." HA. Not fair, dude, 'cause what's an earthbound girl to say in protest to that?
Ji-hyun looks at him with angry-tearful eyes, and although he's fully aware of the manipulative nature of lady-tears, he's not immune to their power and sighs. He does insist that he's completely indifferent to her love triangles and melodramas, though, and refuses to indulge her need to know more about her friends' affair.
