In the Audit Team office, Ki-Jun receives a tip that In-A has an affair in Filing for Love episode 3. The guy gets on his knees to In-A. He asks her to forgive him. He says that his child is still young. His wife resigned to take care of the child. He’s the only recourse of them. But she thinks he shouldn’t have thought of his wife and child when he took kickbacks. She asks him not to use them as emotional leverage. He gets angry. He tries to slap her. He threatens her that a poor rat will eat a cat. He leaves the office.
A Woman of Substance
In-A asks the colleagues if they expected that she would be slapped. Ki-Jun sees her returning to the seat. He thinks she’s a weirdo. He doesn’t believe that she would have an affair. She summons him. He runs to her. She mentions he wanted to say something. He decides to make a strategic retreat first. He tells her that he wants to apologize to her. He thinks he was rude at the karaoke bar.
She smiles. She admits that she’s a bit cold and aloof. Letting a person like him only be in charge of limited things. She guesses he was very discouraged. She promises him that she will give more tasks to him.
Ki-Jun shreds the papers in the room. Doo-Gi wonders why Ki-Jun does it. He doesn’t understand why he went to provoke In-A. He suggests that he should be careful. He mentions how the boss took care of Manager Seo. He tells him that he will be over if he messes around. He puts the papers there. He says that he supports him.
Ki-Jun carries two bags of shredded paper to the trash station. He’s furious to break the bags. He thinks In-A is just an employee. He remembers the report. If the report is true, it’s the hidden card that can take In-A down. It’s in his hands. He believes that it’s the change that heaven gave him. He tells In-A that he will play with her. He wants to see who will be killed first.
The next day, Ki-Jun takes a look at In-A in the office. He decides to give her the fatal blow. In-A has a meeting with Jae-Yeol. She doesn’t want to the senior management meeting. She mentions Audit Team is controlled by management. But he refuses to approve her request. Because he wishes she can be controlled by him. She asks him to reconsider it. She leaves the meeting room.
The HR manager Se-Young reports to Jae-Yeol that Chairman wishes Sung-Yeol comes back to the company. He called her in person in the morning. Jae-Yeol knows it. But he thinks she should have discussed it with him before she brought up in the meeting. She apologizes to him. She was careless. She worries about the risk to let Sung-Yeol be reinstated after his probation period ended. But Chairman calls her.
Jae-Yeol takes over the cell phone from Se-Young. He picks up his father’s phone. He explains it to Mu-Tae that he picked up the phone because they were having a meeting. Mu-Tae orders Jae-Yeol to sign the paper. But Jae-Yeol reveals Se-Young expressed concern. It’s still too early. Someone will criticize them that they’re putting on a show. Mu-Tae guesses his son didn’t see the stock price of Haemu Construction. He thinks he should approve it.
In the evening, In-A leaves the office. Gwang-Il invites his colleagues to have dinner with them. He says that his wife asked him to eat out. But nobody is interested in it. Gwang-Il guesses those guys are on a diet. Ki-Jun tails In-A to the convenience store. She walks out of the convenience store after she went shopping. She drives away. He rummages through the trash can. He gets the bill. She bought a rice call and a can of beer. The salesgirl Ri-Na catches Ki-Jun. She guesses he’s a stalker or a beggar.
In the company cafeteria, Gwang-Il hears the two employees talking about Sung-Yeol’s comeback. He persuades them to take Jae-Yeol’s side. Because the family of Jae-Yeol’s wife is very rich. Hwa-Sook gives the senior management’s meal to Gwang-Il. She knows his wife needs to take care of the twins. She believes that she doesn’t have time to cook. She asks him to take it back and let his wife eat it. She gives the money to him. She asks him to buy the twins some clothes. But he thinks the clothes of his children are enough. She brings up that he gave too much condolence money when he attended her father’s funeral. She didn’t thank him. So he should accept the money. The guy witnesses the two’s touching. He laughs to take photos of them.
In-A returns home. She drinks the beer alone. In the convenience store, Ki-Jun learns that In-A only buys a rice ball and a can of beer everyday. Ri-Na thinks the lady did it because she didn’t have much of an appetite. He asks her if In-A came with any man. She denies it. She didn’t see In-A with any woman. She was always alone. Ki-Jun guesses Ri-Na is very smart. Because she remembered every customer. But she says that she only remembers In-A. Because In-A is pretty. He laughs. He thinks everyone has different tastes. In-A might be her type. He asks her if she wants ice cream. But she wants wine. He reminds her that he needs to drive. But she says that she plans to drink it with her boyfriend.
Gwang-Il has fun with the kids at home. His wife eats the food that he took back. She likes it very much. She wants to eat it next time.
Ki-Jun returns home. A-Jeong is eating noodles. She asks him who he went to meet. He says that he worked overtime. She grabs his bill. She wonders why he spent so much money at the convenience store. He reveals there was an employee forcing him to pay for her. He thinks she should have ordered takeout. But she says that she has already had dinner. It’s late-night snack. She gives the rice ball to him. He takes a look at the rice ball. He reveals he knows a person who only eats a rice ball for dinner everyday. He wants to know what kind of person she is.
A-Jeong guesses the person is very poor. Ki-Jun disagrees. Because the person earns a good income. She guesses the person eats for survival. Some people eat very small portions to stay alive. They look as if they own a lot. They feel empty inside. So he’s not full even if he ate. He feels sluggish even if he slept.
Ki-Jun asks A-Jeong who she’s talking about it. The person isn’t her. Because she’s eating the late-night snack. She gets a call from the colleague. The colleague asks A-Jeong to check the message board of the company. The rumor is about Jae-Yeol and Sung-Yeol.
The next day. In the HR office, Se-Young sees the news that Jae-Yeol and Sung-Yeol are half-siblings. She’s furious to ask the information team to come up with a way. She orders Section Chief Kang to seal the posts. But he thinks it’s not a good idea. Assistant Manager Oh reports to him that someone posted the romance of Gwang-Il and Hwa-Sook. He decides to use it. He exposes Gwang-Il. He describes him as Person of No Use.
In the Audit Team office, Ki-Jun looks into In-A. He discovers that the girl doesn’t take time off. She doesn’t apply for any benefits. She doesn’t eat much either. He wonders what she’s living for. She shows up behind him. She scares him with her hands. She laughs. She guesses he was startled. She believes that he almost sat on the floor.
She notices that he’s taking care of the potted plant. He says that he would water the potted plant. She’s surprised that he was very thoughtful. The potted plant is very beautiful. She smells it. He looks at her when she smells the potted plant. He remembers Ri-Na told him that In-A was pretty. He admits that his boss is pretty.
She turns around suddenly. She mentions he just smiled at her. She threatens to water him when she asks him if she looks funny. He explains it to her that he thought her prank was funny. He tells her that she has a great sense of humor.
Gwang-Il tries to steal Da-Ye’s snacks. But she locked the snacks. He sees the photo of him and Hwa-Sook. In-A reads the post. She learns that Gwang-Il is a housewife killer. She says that she had similar nickname before. He denies it. He thinks he and Hwa-Sook look suspicious because of the photo angle. He and the lady aren’t related. He says that it takes wind to make waves. But she thinks it’s not a little wave. The wave will drown them all.
In-A asks Min-Su to go to look into the case. Ki-Jun is usually in charge of the case. But he and Gwang-Il are teammates. So he’s not suitable. Gwang-Il claims that he’s innocent. In-A asks him to say so when he attends an interview. She asks him to put his work aside before the case is closed.
Gwang-Il returns home. His wife shows him the photo. She guesses the food was given by Hwa-Sook. He doesn’t know how to explain it. In the evening, Ki-Jun tails In-A again. He thinks she wouldn’t do something immoral, according to what she did to Gwang-Il. He wonders if he’s wasting his time. He finds out that she doesn’t go home. She goes to an art studio. He guesses drawing is her hobby.
The next day, Hae-Young arrives at the office. She discovers that Gwang-Il sleeps in the office. She’s startled. In-A asks the team leader to leave the office. Because he’s currently under investigation. Gwang-Il runs into Hwa-Sook’s son in the lobby. The guy tells Gwang-Il that his mother lost her job because of him. He beats him.
Gwang-Il passes out. He’s sent to the health office. Min-Su tells the colleagues that Gwang-Il will be punished by In-A, even if the team leader didn’t do anything wrong. The colleagues decide to support the team leader. Ki-Jun persuades them to calm down. But Hae-Young thinks he wants to stay out of it.
The people of Team Three meet In-A on the roof. They try to persuade the boss to protect the team leader. But In-A wants to follow the rules of the company. They go on strike. She doesn’t care for it. Those guys gather outside the company. Da-Ye points out that In-A will punish them as well. Because In-A didn’t approve their leave requests. They need someone to go to gather intelligence. They choose Ki-Jun.
In-A has a meeting with Se-Young. She persuades her to do something for Gwang-Il. But Se-Young says that she’s very busy even if she admits that she used Gwang-Il’s rumor to cover Sung-Yeol’s rumor. In-A is furious to pull the woman’s hair.
In the evening at the parking lot, Ki-Jun wonders what kind of woman In-A is after he saw her taking revenge for the team leader. He sees the video. He learns that In-A and Se-Young are enemies. He wonders if it was In-A’s plan. Manager Seo wants to have a talk with In-A. She rejects it. He’s furious to hurt her hand when she opens the door of her car. Ki-Jun stops the guy.
Outside the convenience store, Ki-Jun dresses In-A’s finger. She gives him a bowl of noodles as a reward. She reveals it wasn’t her first time to be hurt. He asks her if she shot the gang leader. She doesn’t give him the answer. He persuades her not to make enemies. But she thinks she should make her position clear. He can tell that she was lonely when her sincerity was misunderstood. She guesses he misunderstood her. He says that he thought she was a person who would do anything to achieve her goal. But it seems that she has her own work style. He thinks it wasn’t easy.
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Jae-Yeol is working in his office. A-Jeong puts the food on the desk. She persuades him to eat it. But he asks her to leave. She returns the key of the suite to him. She reveals she stole a bottle of wine before she left the suite. He wonders why she changed her mind suddenly. He mistakes that she resolved her family affairs. She denies it. She says that she just didn’t want to live there. She refuses to leak where she lives. She wishes he can care for her.
The next day, Sung-Yeol arrives at the company. He gives Jae-Yeol a hug. Gwang-Il hands over the Letter of Repentance to In-A in the meeting room. She persuades him to keep a distance from others. Because he’s a team leader. But he doesn’t plan to change himself even if he will write Letter of Repentance again. He asks her if she pulled Se-Young’s hair for him. She thinks it’s not important. In the evening, Ki-Jun sees In-A getting in the art studio. He guesses the report wronged the lady. He enters the art studio. He sees In-A taking off her clothes in front of the students.