Chapter 120

"I'm asking you why you went off and said a line like that on your own, right now."

Even under Kim Seong-rok's continued grilling, Woon Seong-ha didn't shrink back.

Instead, with eyes settled calm and steady, he began to explain what he understood of Do-jin.

"I don't think Do-jin is just a good, devoted, one-track kind of man."

Kim Seong-rok's thick eyebrows twitched hard.

It was a bold stance for a rookie to take — flatly contradicting the script's basic setup for the character.

The director crossed his arms and jerked his chin, prompting him to go on.

"Keep going."

With that brief permission granted, Seong-ha continued in an unshaken voice.

"I thought that knowing Su-hui has committed crimes, more than once, and still looking the other way, still wanting to keep her close and shield her to the end — that's not devoted love. It's closer to a warped…