Lee Sang-yoon, who became a monster, manipulated Lee Ji-ah's fate.
In the 9th episode of tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama 'Pandora: Manipulated Paradise', which aired on the 8th, the shocking truth was revealed as to why Pyo Jae-hyeon (played by Lee Sang-yoon) manipulated the fate of Hong Tae-ra (played by Lee Ji-ah).
The meticulousness of Pyo Jae-hyeon, the designer who created the fake Hong Tae-ra, was eerie. Pyo Jae-hyeon cleverly evaded the police investigation by preparing a new dress in place of the bloody dress that served as evidence that Hong Tae-ra killed Kim Seon-deok (played by Shim So-young). Hong Tae-ra and Pyo Jae-hyun's intense first meeting in France 13 years ago was also fake.
In fact, their relationship began 20 years ago. Under the direction of Jang Geum-mo (played by Nae-sang Ahn), Chief Eom (played by Seong Chang-hoon) rammed the car carrying Jae-hyeon Pyo's mother, Kim So-hye (played by Oh Bom-gil), killing her. In the aftermath of the car accident, siblings Tae-ra Hong and Pil-seung Cha (played by Hyun-bin Kwon) also lost their parents. The siblings' tragedy began when Director Eom kidnapped the two people who knew the truth.
Pyo Jae-hyeon, who knew everything, manipulated the fate of Hong Tae-ra, who lost her memory after falling while escaping from Hanul Mental Hospital. Pyo Jae-hyeon's unbelievable story that he created Hong Tae-ra as a 'fake Hong Tae-ra' to compensate for the life of Hong Tae-ra, who lost her parents and became a killer because of Jang Geum-mo, gave me goosebumps. Pyo Jae-hyun also aided and abetted the marriage of Go Hae-soo and Jang Do-jin (played by Park Ki-woong) in order to put Jang Geum-mo, who had contracted the murder of Go Hae-soo's (played by Jang Hee-jin) father, former President Go Tae-seon (played by Cha Gwang-soo), into misfortune.
Pyo Jae-hyeon's distorted affection was shocking, as he thought that Hong Tae-ra would love him even more if she recovered her memories. He even said, "I made you the happiest woman in the world. I took away the unhappy memories of living as Oh Young and gave you only beautiful, dream-like times. Hong Tae-ra is perfect. Hong Tae-ra is perfect. Do you really not know how I feel?" There was no sense of guilt. Hong Tae-ra, who killed the vicious Kim Seon-deok, said, "I have no intention of living as the Hong Tae-ra you created," and asked to receive the punishment together. However, Pyo Jae-hyeon showed a terrible obsession, saying, "We are happy now. We love each other, right? Isn't that done? Forget the past."
Pyo Jae-hyun's revenge on Jang Geum-mo, who was caught up in madness, was fierce. Jang Geum-mo delegated Jang Do-jin as acting chairman, making him the decision-maker of Geumjo, and attempted to transfer slush funds to a borrowed-name account to carry out management succession. But all of this was Pyo Jae-hyun’s trap. He recruited Director Eom under the pretext of evidence that he killed his mother. Director Eom had a recording of Jang Geum-mo ordering the murder of Go Tae-seon's contractor. Jang Geum-mo collapsed from shock when she learned that Chief Eom's betrayal and the slush fund had passed into the hands of Pyo Jae-hyeon.
It didn't end here. Pyo Jae-hyun trapped Jang Do-jin under the pretext of Jang Geum-mo's embezzlement and instigation of murder. Also, when Go Hae-soo tried to hold a press conference claiming that Jang Geum-mo was behind Go Tae-seon's murder, he threatened Jang Do-jin, asking if he was planning to kill his father. Jang Do-jin, who became the acting chairman, eventually announced the merger of Geumjo Pharmaceutical with Haechi in order to save Jang Geum-mo. Jang Do-jin, who tried to turn away from Go Hae-soo, who was overcome with a sense of betrayal, shed tears from the swirling sadness.
Pyo Jae-hyun extended his magic to Go Hae-soo. Go Hae-soo is kidnapped by Director Eom and falls into crisis. Fortunately, Hong Tae-ra dramatically saved Go Hae-soo. There was another twist. Reporter Park (played by Ahn Tae-hwan), who had been helping Go Hae-soo all this time, was a skeleton helmet man bribed by Pyo Jae-hyun. The twist that the Skull Helmet Man, who informed Go Hae-soo of the existence of the sniper, was recruited by Pyo Jae-hyeon, a junior whom Go Hae-soo trusted, was shocking.
Hong Tae-ra, who killed Kim Seon-deok to save his younger brother Cha Pil-seung, completely ended the evil relationship by disbanding the Hanul Mental Hospital killers. A new truth about an off-road motorcycle accident seven years ago was also revealed. Jang Jang-jin (played by Hong Woo-jin), who fell off a cliff due to brake failure, managed to hold on to the rope and hold on, but someone cut the rope holding the motorcycle, causing it to fall. Jang Jang-jin hid the fact that he had regained consciousness, swallowed his anger, and tracked down who had made him like this.
Jang Jang-jin's mother, Min Young-hwi (played by Gyeon Mi-ri), set out to find Park Soo-jeong (played by Kim Min-young), who had disappeared. Min Young-hwi was shocked after learning that the person who came to pick up Park Soo-jung on the day she went missing was Seong-chan Seong (played by Bong Tae-gyu). Also, learning that an important experiment took place in the lab that day made Soo-jung even more curious about the truth of the incident. Seong Seong-chan eventually betrayed Hong Tae-ra and joined hands with Pyo Jae-hyeon. Pyo Jae-hyun became angry when he learned that Seong Seong-chan had been conveying his movements to Hong Tae-ra.
Kang Min-kyung, Ten Asia reporter kkk39@tenasia.co.kr