Episode 2

Young-won and Jae-jin respectively won the Outstanding Achievement Award in their respective fields. When the host asked Young-won about her views on family, she replied affectionately: “For me, family is an indispensable lifeline in my life..”

Later, the camera went back to a dusty memory, and Yingyuan unexpectedly discovered that her mother-in-law Sijiang was celebrating the death of her husband.Young-won reveals Khmer's involvement in her father's death and is hesitant about what to do next.Under Sijiang's persuasion, she finally decided to give up this idea of ​​revenge, considering the profound impact this move might have on her family.Therefore, at the award ceremony, she expressed her gratitude to her father-in-law who loved her like a loving father.

With Khmer's death, although the Cui family has experienced various changes, criticism of Si Jiang's online novels has never stopped.This time, however, a new user emerged to passionately defend Sijiang’s work.At the same time, Jae Jin sat quietly in the operating room with headphones on, watching other doctors busy performing operations.

Later, the Cui family went to pay homage to Khmer on the 49th anniversary of his death. At this moment, Yingyuan heard a rumor that Si Jiang became a suspect in Khmer's death because of the plot in one of her popular thriller novels.object.This news made Yingyuan begin to doubt Sijiang.During one session, she noticed family photos sent to her by an anonymous sender were labeled with numbers.After carefully examining the photos, she was shocked to find that the numbers seemed to imply that the murderer was targeting her family in a specific order, and that the next target was Jae Jin.She tried to track down clues about the sender, but found nothing.At this time, she received a message prompting her to visit Do-hyun's homeroom teacher.During the conversation with the class teacher, she learned that Zhixian had been acting abnormally recently and even gave up on important exams.

Meanwhile, Si Jiang visits the historic Chinese restaurant “Soft Hands and makes a special request to the chef.Yingyuan took Daoxian home and happened to meet Wen Taihao.After some pleasantries, Tae-ho excused himself to talk to Do-hyun alone, but instead played catch with Do-hyun.This scene made Yingyuan have inexplicable doubts about Taihao.

The next day, Li Se Na came to visit Ying Yuan for consultation.Ying-won tries to introduce Se-na to a new doctor, but Se-na is not interested and even deliberately provokes Ying-won before leaving, mentioning her family and the subtle connection between Si-jiang and the death of Khmer.Soon after, Yingyuan's aunt also came to visit, and she brought a copy of Si Jiang's novel - Murder in the Frame.The protagonist's method of killing her husband was exactly the same as Khmer's death, which shocked Yingyuan.

Yingyuan immediately rushed to the police station to investigate, only to find that Sijiang had refused to conduct an autopsy for Khmer's case.Determined to uncover the truth, she came to Khmer's death scene and unexpectedly discovered that Si Jiang was also lurking here.When Yingyuan asked Sijiang about the autopsy, Sijiang prevaricated the matter lightly.At the same time, the chef in the Chinese restaurant was also secretly preparing a task. It turned out that he was one of the loyal commentators of Sijiang's online novel.

On the other side, Young-won was immersed in the novel - Murder in the Frame, when Jae-jin suddenly walked in.Yingyuan told him about the plot of the novel about headless stuffed pigeons and reminded him to be careful.Zai Zhen looked solemn after hearing this. It turned out that he was about to participate in an important academic seminar that lasted for more than a year.At this time, Li Se Na sent a mysterious message: The photo in the frame has been completed.”Subsequently, she walked into a mysterious house, which heralded a new turning point in the story.

Early the next morning, Young-won received a series of text messages from unknown senders on her way to work, each of which was accompanied by intimate photos of Jae-jin and a strange woman.She was suspicious and decided to go to the place where Jae-jin claimed to be attending an academic seminar to verify, but unexpectedly discovered that he had been lying about it.This discovery makes Young-won start to wonder if Jae-jin has been hiding the truth from her.So when Jae-jin returned home that evening, she decided to check the dash cam, only to find that there was nothing recorded in it.

To further uncover the truth, Young-won learned through her brother that Jae-jin actually attended an academic symposium in Yangpyeong.She then checked Jae-jin’s credit card transaction records, a move that further confirmed his whereabouts.Although her heart was full of doubts and uneasiness, when Jae-jin returned home and talked endlessly about those fictional academic seminar experiences, Young-won suppressed her emotions and remained calm.

During the busy schedule in the office, Yingyuan received another anonymous package.She opened it carefully and found an exquisite miniature model inside.Just when she was confused, her phone rang again, and a new message came into view - “a complete lie”, followed by several photos of Jae Jin and another woman, and a clear time mark.Yingyuan put this information aside for the time being and focused on studying the miniature model in her hand.After careful comparison and scrutiny, she finally discovered the geographical location represented by the model - Seojeong-myeon 742-3.

This address evokes deep memories for Young-won, it was once a resort where she and Jae-jin’s family spent happy time together.With mixed emotions, she drove to the familiar farmhouse.After a careful search, Yingyuan found a bunch of abandoned flowers and a book titled - The Mousetrap is Missing - in the corner.What was even more shocking was that in another corner of the farmhouse, she found Dr. Wu's body in a pool of blood.

“She was not dead,” Sijiang's voice suddenly sounded behind Yingyuan, revealing a more confusing mystery for her.As this episode came to an end, the doubts and uneasiness in Yingyuan's heart reached its peak.