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'Detectives' Business Secrets' sent shockwaves through living rooms with the forbidden love of a mother-in-law who adopted her 25-year-younger lover as her son.
On the 17th, the real-life reconstruction segment "Case File" on Channel A's variety show 'Detectives' Business Secrets' introduced a woman's troubled story: "I think my brother-in-law sees me as a woman." The client, six months into her marriage, felt uncomfortable because her younger brother-in-law constantly stared at her with strange eyes.
Then, to celebrate her husband's birthday, she invited her mother-in-law and brother-in-law to their newlywed home for a meal. The next day, she discovered her uniform had completely vanished. Recalling that her brother-in-law had entered her bedroom the previous day, the client suspected he had stolen the uniform and hired the detective team to investigate.
The detective team's investigation revealed that the client's brother-in-law was not her mother-in-law's biological son but an adopted son who had been legally adopted three years ago upon reaching adulthood. Even more shocking was the revelation that the mother-in-law and brother-in-law, whom she believed were a loving mother and son, were actually in a romantic relationship.

Moreover, the brother-in-law had a criminal record for fraud and had been to prison. He conspired with his lover and friends to swindle hundreds of millions of won from his mother-in-law under the guise of investment. Yet, it was also reported that the mother-in-law was meeting with lawyers to donate her property to these adopted sons.
It turned out that the client's mother-in-law first met the adopted sons while doing volunteer work at a prison. She fell deeply in love with him because he shared the same name as her second son, who had passed away at a young age, and even had the same mole on his collarbone.
Shortly after his release from prison, he contacted her, and the two developed a romantic relationship despite their 25-year age gap. To live with him openly under one roof, the mother-in-law proposed adoption, saying, "Let's live as father and son outside, but as husband and wife at home." The adopted sons, who had approached her for her wealth, accepted the proposal.
One day, when the adopted son said, "You look pretty in your sister-in-law's uniform," the mother-in-law went so far as to steal the uniform. Upon learning the full truth, the client and her husband cut all ties with the mother-in-law. It was reported that the mother-in-law continues to live with the adopted sons in the same house, maintaining a relationship that is both mother-son and lovers.
Upon hearing this, MC Defconn exclaimed, "This story is more shocking than any typical forbidden love movie," expressing his astonishment. Park Jung-a, a member of the group Jewelry who joined as a special detective that day, said, "I'm completely stunned. Seeing my worst fears become reality left me speechless," unable to hide her shock.

In 'Detective 24 Hours', a man's heartbreaking story was introduced: "My girlfriend, who promised me a future, disappeared without a trace."
The client, an ordinary office worker, first met his girlfriend while working part-time as a 'pet taxi' driver in February last year. He grew close to her after she told him that both her parents had passed away and she had a poor relationship with her younger brother. The client felt sympathy for her situation, which also included owing 200 million won for her mother's medical treatment but expecting an insurance payout of 180 million won upon her death.
However, on the 19th day after they met, she borrowed 180 million won from him to lift a lien imposed by a loan company. Later, she claimed that the insurance payout would be adjusted upward to around 800 million won and requested additional help. Each time, the client took out loans to provide her with money. Eventually, overwhelmed by financial hardship, he moved into a dormitory where his girlfriend lived with her cousin's family to reduce living expenses.

What was strange was that the girlfriend lived in the same room as her brother-in-law and nephews for their education, while she and her cousin each lived alone in separate rooms. As suspicions about the girlfriend grew, the client witnessed her engaging in physical intimacy with her brother-in-law as they passed by, leaving him in confusion.
When he confronted the brother-in-law, he received the absurd reply: "We are in an extramarital relationship." It turned out that the woman referred to as his cousin was actually the legal wife of his lover, and the girlfriend had lured the client into a building where her lover and his legal wife lived.
The bizarre situation did not end there. Shortly after being hospitalized due to health issues, the girlfriend blocked the client from visiting under the pretext of fortune-telling, then secretly left the hospital early and disappeared completely. The client had trusted her as a lifelong partner and lent her approximately 300 million won, but unable to cope with the mounting debt, he even resigned from his company after 15 years of service through voluntary retirement.
However, when the girlfriend demanded even the voluntary retirement payment, the client firmly refused and ended their relationship. It remains to be seen whether the detective team can locate the girlfriend and reveal her true identity. The results will be revealed on the broadcast airing on the 24th.
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