The only human contact is the muffled sound of laughter from the TV—his own imprisonment broadcast as entertainment to his captor. On the news, he learns his wife has been murdered. He’s the prime suspect. Mi-do was adopted abroad.
Fifteen of them.
She is not random. Lee arranged for her to work at that sushi bar, to be kind, to fall in love with Dae-su. Because Lee knows the final truth: The only human contact is the muffled sound
The rumor spread. Soo-ah, unable to bear the shame, drowned herself in a reservoir. Lee found her body. He didn’t scream. He just stood there, then turned to stone. Mi-do was adopted abroad
Lee didn’t just hate Dae-su. He needed Dae-su to understand —to feel total despair, the loss of everything, and then the revelation that he caused his own ruin. Lee arranged for her to work at that