#lee heejun

Baron, Ziu

The feelings Cha Si-young harbored toward Kang Tae-joo were not merely simple hostility, either. He was a childhood friend he liked, a colleague he wanted to work with, and at the same time, someone he had to push away for his own survival. Lee Hee-jun interpreted that behind Cha Si-young's betrayal and violence lay a tangled mix of a desire for recognition and survival instincts.

"I think Si-young really liked Tae-joo when they were young. Even now, he likely wanted to work with him, be with him, and apologize. However, because his need for recognition and his own desires were so overwhelming, he made the bold choice to abandon him for the sake of survival. He might have made that choice without even realizing it. In the end, even when his nephew Cha Young-beom, whom he raised like a son, says he will forgive him if he just admits his past mistakes, he refuses to acknowledge them. As a result, he ends up losing the person he loves most and becoming alone."