In-joo goes to prison.
In-joo is found guilty of embezzlement and is sentenced to 10 years in prison. Hwa-young makes an appearance at the final trial to confess her role in the crime. She alleges that Sang-ha manipulated her for 10 years in order for her own entertainment, and that she was not even aware of the money until it was stolen.
Hwa-young, the defendant in the murder of Sang-ha, claims that her original motive was to seek revenge on Sang-ha and all Hwa-young was the one who brought In-joo into the case for her own benefit. Hwa-young does not elaborate on the nature of her staged death and the Prosecutor that she make revelations about her alleged suicide at a different time. ..
In-joo is charged with six months in prison and two years on probation for keeping the 2 billion won amount. As she leaves the courtroom, Sang-ha tells reporters that she is being framed and promises to cooperate with the investigation. ..
In-joo was found by Hwa-young in Singapore. ..
Six months later, Jong-ho and In-kyung drive back to Hye-suk’s bungalow after she has served her sentence. Inside, Hwa-young waits to greet In-joo and explain her side of the story. Hwa-young explains that she had left to live in Singapore with the hope that In-joo will use the 2 billion won cash to live her dream but was shocked to learn how the Oh sisters had been catapulted into the embezzlement drama due to Sang-ha.
She recalls attending the Orchid festival and noticing Sang-ha there. Hwa-young states that she tried reaching In-joo multiple times but never had the occasion to do so. When In-joo left the bank with the 70 billion won cash, Hwa-young recalls rushing into the truck to save In-joo from the accident Park Jae-sang had orchestrated. Despite suffering head trauma, Hwa-young had reached out to In-joo and woken her up, asking her to flee with the money.
After seeing Sang-ha at her apartment, Hwa-young sends security to her home. She then collapses and is taken to the hospital for treatment. This prevents Hwa-young from returning to South Korea in order to save In-joo, who is angry with her for putting herself in danger. ..
Do-il and In-joo reconcile and In-joo asks Do-il to stay out of her business and lead a hassle-free life. Do-il then gets a call from In-joo that his case was dropped due to a lack of evidence and that Hwa-young had funded her trip to the Netherlands with him. Do-il also mentions that he had gotten hold of In-hye and Hyo-rin. As In-joo was on a call with him, Hwa-young had left the house.
The death of Hwa-young has been a mystery for many years. Many theories abound about how she died, but no one knows for sure what happened to her.
Hwa-young now holds a press conference with CCTV footage from her house showing that Sang-ha was a murderer. She claims that in order for her to disappear, Hwa-young had found a person who was willing to commit suicide. However, before that woman could do so, Sang-ha appeared at her house and killed the girl by hanging her in the closet.
The Jeongran Society is charged with embezzling a much larger sum than just 70 billion won. With the help of the ledgers, it can be easily proven that the Jeongran Society was responsible for this crime.
Sang-ha does whatever she can to save herself, including trying to find a way out of the room. ..
Sang-ha watches the news report featuring Hwa-young and asks Soo-im if she can possibly make it out alive. Jong-ho does not like how In-kyung is working with Sa-pyeong because he was the person who kidnapped her and put her life at risk. Sang-ha and Sa-pyeong are in General Won’s hospital room as they discuss the future of the Jeongran Society.
Sang-ha argues that she deserves an equal chance at running the society. General Won suddenly starts breathing heavily in comatose and Sa-pyeong rushes to see him, Sang-ha takes the opportunity to knock him out by tranquillising him using the blue orchid potion. She has also added the same potion to General Won’s nebulizer that is causing him to breathe heavily.
Sa-pyeong tells Sang-ha that she could never lead the Jeongran Society because she was completely insane. Once he passes out, Sang-ha asks Soo-im to make a show out of Sa-pyeong’s death and hang him up somewhere in public. ..
Did Sang-ha kill Hwa-young and In-joo?
Do-il is on the flight to the Netherlands with In-joo when she appears worried about Hwa-young. She puts her phone down after reading a text and goes to the washroom. Do-il notices that In-joo has been out for a while and goes looking for her. He learns that In-joo had left the flight and attempts to leave too but he is stopped as the flight has already started taking off.
Meanwhile, Sang-ha has kidnapped Hwa-young and is claiming that she wants to wait for In-joo to arrive. Hwa-young states that In-joo was already on a flight and would not make an appearance. In-joo calls the police to Sang-ha’s house using a phone booth and rushes there herself. ..
The North Korean government has not released any information about the whereabouts of Jong-ho, the country’s most popular singer and actor. It is unknown if he is still alive or if he has been kidnapped.
Jong-ho and In-kyung find the body of Sa-pyeong at the Wonryeong school. Just then, some men arrive and strike Jong-ho with a sword, kidnapping In-kyung. An injured Jong-ho flees the scene and calls In-joo’s phone.
Do-il rushes to Sang-ha’s house after hearing her call for help. In-joo, who was hiding in a locker nearby, arrives and finds Hwa-young tied to a chair and Sang-ha waiting. ..
In-joo threatens to blow up the building with a small bomb Hee-jae gave her. Sang-ha states that she had a different ending in mind. She claims that she switched the water in the room’s vents to have hydrochloric acid in them. ..
Sang-ha kills In-joo and Hwa-young?
Sang-ha’s plan is to kill Hwa-young as well as the orchid tree. In-joo instigates Sang-ha and distracts her, taking her back to her mother’s death. Sang-ha claims that she had only killed her mother by accident but was shocked to see her mother hang herself up in the wardrobe. Sang-ha then claims that In-joo was going to arrive soon.
Do-il manages to intercept Soo-im’s car with In-kyung inside it. Jong-ho arrives in due time too and frees In-kyung, taking her away as Do-il fights Soo-im and her men. Sang-ha starts her party and the vent starts releasing acid and burning Hwa-young to death in the process. ..
Sang-ha is not dead, but what will happen to the Blue Orchid tree remains a mystery. ..
Sang-ha watches Hwa-young suffer as In-joo uses the bomb to bust up a metal gutter cover in the room and use it as a shield to protect Hwa-young from burning to death. In-joo manages to save Hwa-young and Do-il arrives at the scene to save them. ..
As Sang-ha notices In-joo leaving, she rushes to stop her but In-joo pushes the woman away and into the hydrochloric acid pond. She watches as Sang-ha burns to death along with the father tree aka Blue Orchid tree.
The novel ends with the characters going on a journey to find new homes.
Jong-ho wakes up from his coma and is able to communicate with his family. He reveals that he found a document that proves his innocence in the embezzlement of Jeongran society and that he was only trying to help Sa-pyeong. Jong-ho also reveals that he was in the military during the Vietnam War and that he was able to save General Won from being captured.
Hwa-young is recovering in the hospital. In-joo drops Do-il at the airport for his flight to Greece and he tells her that he will meet her again. In-joo visits Hwa-young in the prison. Hwa-young received a 12 year sentence for her involvement in the embezzlement. Hwa-young thanks In-joo for being with her and promises to meet her in the future. ..
In-joo receives a tax invoice in the mail and finds that her late sister-in-law, Hye-suk, had left her an apartment as a gift before she died. In-joo visits the house and is overwhelmed by the sudden turn her life has taken. ..
In-kyung and Jong-ho are dating.
In-kyung receives an offer to work for the news platform she used to expose Park Jae-sang. She declines the offer and tells Jong-ho that she had different plans. In-kyung tells Jong-ho that she actually plans to join him in the states and wants to be around him a lot more. Jong-ho asks her if he now makes her heart race and she tells him he does as they kiss.
In-joo and In-kyung are at the Oh house. The two older sisters talk about how they want their futures to pan out now with new life changes and then discuss how In-hye hadn’t contacted them since she left. They both rant about how much they hate their parents who are still clueless about the three girls’ adventures.
In-hye is missing and the 70 billion won has been lost.
Do-il and his team had managed to keep the money in Hyo-rin’s Panama account and only lied to show that the money was returned to Sang-ha. The trio have the money transferred among themselves with Do-il, Hyo-rin, In-kyung and In-hye all receiving equal amounts.
In-hye ensures that In-joo receives the most amount among them all because of all the sacrifices she made over the years. While on her ride back home, In-joo is shocked to see the huge amount in her bank account with a heartfelt message from In-hye.
The finale of “In-kyung” was a roller coaster that I was highly disappointed with. The show gave In-kyung an amazing ending but I am sad with how things panned out for In-joo. While she was actually responsible for Sang-ha’s death, this episode seems like it was rushed to the end.
However, the episode’s main focus was on the relationship between Park Seo-young and Yoo Jae-suk. This season finale was a must-watch for fans of the show.
The show had two very hot moments: Jong-ho fighting Soo-im’s men with a sword for kidnapping In-kyung, and Do-il beating Soo-im up for hurting In-joo. I wish there was another episode for In-joo’s relationship to flourish though.
I was glad for In-joo’s individual development in the show, despite her romantic story being non-existent. In-joo always dreamed of marrying a rich man and now, the makers made it so that In-joo herself was rich and competent enough on her own.
Meanwhile, it was refreshing to see In-kyung give up her dream of love and chase other things that life had in store for her. I wish we got to see more of what In-hye did while being away with Hyo-rin. With all this said, there is definitely a possibility of Season 2, all thanks to Do-il’s promise to In-joo.
