One winter day, Kyung-ja finds her sister and her daughter murdered and brings her niece, In-ae and raises her as her daughter; grown into a beautiful and proud high school student, In-ae and Kwang-hoon start to have feelings for each other.

In-ae asks the police chief to declare capt. Han Kap-soo's death a murder, not suicide, but no one believes her; Kwang-cheol arrives at the police station with Yang San-bak's underlings, demanding they find his father's killer.

In-ae sees Park Young-tae at Cheon Tae-woong's house and is sure that he is the one who killed Kap-soo and Kwang-cheol.

Director Im convinces In-ae that he will not make a movie that will ruin her reputation and asks her to take a camera test; In-ae decides to take on the Korean Tess role and has a press conference.

Kwang-hoon asks Hye-jin about Park Young-tae and Hye-jin advises that he is a scary man who is behind all political matters; In-ae's grandma tells In-ae of her biological father.

At a party for the top stars and movie associates, In-ae runs into Prime Minister Kim and his wife, Hye-rin; passing by Kwang-cheol, In-ae chases after him without greeting the couple but he is nowhere to be found.