Ji Sung accused of 17.8 billion won embezzlement in organized scheme..cornered to the brink [Apartment] [Comprehensive]

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'Apartment' Ji Sung was led away in handcuffs on suspicion of embezzling 17.8 billion won from Jangchung Fund immediately after exposing shoddy construction at a kindergarten.

According to Nielsen Korea, the ratings company, the ninth episode of JTBC's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Apartment' (script by Kim Yoon-young, directed by Cho Yong-won, produced by SLL and Red Nine Pictures Co., Ltd.), which aired on the 8th, recorded a national average viewership of 4.7% and a metropolitan area average of 4.6%. This represents a 0.6 percentage point increase compared to last Saturday's broadcast in the metropolitan area.

On that day, Park Hae-kyung (Ji Sung) refused Lee Chung-won's (Park Byung-eun) order to kill Kang Ha-jung (Ryu Hyun-kyung). He then met Lee Chung-won and informed him that he knew of the existence of the 'ledger.' In response, Lee Chung-won demanded a trade-off: release Park Yong-man (Jung Jin-young) in exchange for the ledger. At that moment, through a phone call between Lee Chung-won and the head of the National Police Agency, Park Hae-kyung learned of the existence of 'One Club.'

After returning home, Park Hae-kyung asked Kang Ha-ri (Ha Yoon-kyung), who was hiding in his house along with Kang Ha-jung and had hidden the ledger, to take it, saying, "It's not something you can handle." However, Kang Ha-ri refused, stating that the ledger was her sister's criminal record and a matter of survival. This left Park Hae-kyung deeply conflicted. Ultimately, he instructed Kim Kyung-nam (Jung Soon-won), Jang Je-gil (Hwang Hee), and Keun-dungi (Kim Gyu-won) to pursue 'One Club,' operated by Lee Chung-won, as Plan B.

Meanwhile, Lee Chung-won sent Director Kim (Noh Jung-hyun) to search Kang Ha-ri's home but failed to find the ledger. However, he discovered that Kang Ha-jung was hiding at Park Hae-kyung's residence and that Park Hae-kyung and his family were actually bound by business ties, prompting him to celebrate. Later, when Lee Chung-won met Kang Ha-ri in person, he offered 500 million won as payment for the ledger. Kang Ha-ri erupted in anger, saying, "So it's you—the one who tried to kill my sister?" She then delivered a sharp rebuke: "How can you trust an owner who tries to kill someone who did their job?" and refused the deal with Lee Chung-won.

In response, Lee Chung-won exposed the truth that Park Hae-kyung had come to the apartment complex to embezzle 17.8 billion won from the Jangchung Fund, telling Kang Ha-ri, "You were being used by them. Don't you realize it yet?" This left Kang Ha-ri in shock.

Consequently, Kang Ha-ri immediately went to find Park Hae-kyung and fiercely interrogated him. Park Hae-kyung retorted, "You also needed money, so you pretended to be my wife," leading to a heated confrontation between the two. However, Kang Ha-ri wavered after hearing Kang Ha-jung defend Park Hae-kyung by saying, "He's the one who saved me when I almost died." Meanwhile, Park Hae-kyung continued to ponder after hearing Doryam (Kim Won-hae) call him a fraud with a face that betrayed his humanity. Eventually, Park Hae-kyung apologized to Kang Ha-ri for revealing the existence of Park Yong-man and the actions he took because of it, resolving their conflict.

Meanwhile, Jang Suk-jin (Moon So-ri) discovered a massive crack in the kindergarten's exterior wall while conducting night patrols with tenant representatives. This revealed further evidence of shoddy construction at the kindergarten within the apartment complex, triggering another fierce whirlwind of events. However, Park Hae-kyung's proposal to bring the issue into the public eye was met with opposition from the tenant representatives, who feared a drop in property values. Upon learning that Lee Chung-won was mobilizing legal professionals, politicians, and media figures through One Club, Park Hae-kyung used the channel of Seo Jun-mom (Jeong Yi-rang), a YouTuber whose identity had been hidden for 1 million subscribers, to produce and distribute video content exposing Taesan Construction's shoddy kindergarten construction. This turned the world upside down. As a result, Lee Chung-won faced not only fierce protests from residents against Taesan Construction but also pressure from One Club members, causing him to erupt in anger.

However, the tide turned sharply when a video of the building manager (Jung Seung-gil) confessing his conscience was posted on the apartment complex bulletin board, claiming that Park Hae-kyung and Kang Ha-jung had systematically embezzled 17.8 billion won from the Jangchung Fund. When police even arrived at the scene, Park Hae-kyung quickly hid Kang Ha-jung and Doryam, who was wanted by authorities, before opening his front door himself to comply with an emergency arrest. As handcuffs were placed on him by the police, Park Hae-kyung sent a determined look toward Kang Ha-ri and her younger siblings, who were desperately calling out his name, as if telling them not to intervene. This left viewers wondering how Park Hae-kyung would resolve this worst-case crisis and what counterattack he would launch against Park Byung-eun in response to the shoddy kindergarten construction.

Meanwhile, the hidden past of the vicious villain Lee Chung-won was unveiled, sparking curiosity. The scene showed Lee Chung-won recalling Park Hae-kyung, who spared no means to save Park Yong-man, as he pulled out a single photograph stored deep in the drawer of the chairman's office. Gazing silently at the photo depicting a young boy and his mother standing in front of a dilapidated house, Lee Chung-won muttered meaningfully, "No matter how long you hold on, all that remains is this one pathetic photo. You're such a fool, Park Hae-kyung." This deepened the mystery surrounding the hidden narrative.

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