Why Her? (2022)
A painful but exciting story of Oh Soo-jae, a cold lawyer who has become empty while pursuing only success, and Gong Chan, a law school student who is not afraid of anything to protect her.
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Oh Soo Jae is a unique character at TK Law Firm and the wider legal professional community. She didn’t go to college, but she’s known for being a cut throat, star attorney. When her name comes up as one of the candidates to become TK’s next managing partner, everyone doubts that it will actually happen.
Soo Jae is forced to take time off from working at TK Law Firm after rumours circulate that she drove Park So Young to suicide. She suddenly has to start working at Seojung University Law School as a professor. Meanwhile, Se Ryeon, one of Soo Jae’s students, puts up a poster on campus, detailing the misconduct of one of the Law School professors. She comes asking Soo Jae for help.
Soo Jae continues to face backlash over the suicide of Park So Young. With people attacking her left and right, only a handful of her students stand by her side. Soo Jae decides to give this case as a sort of assignment to her students. Meanwhile, Choi Ju Wan, the new managing partner of TK Law Firm and Chairman Choi Tae Guk’s son, gets himself into trouble.
Director Baek tells Soo Jae to take on Park Ji Young’s case as the Legal Center’s first official case. Since Soo Jae and her students have already been working on this, they continue to search for evidence to prove that Ji Young is innocent. Meanwhile, Soo Jae senses danger lurking on her way home and calls Chan to let him know what is going on.
Sensing that she’s in imminent danger, Soo Jae calls Gong Chan for help. Gong Chan arrives at her place and runs into a mysterious guy wearing a mask and gets into a scuffle. Later on, while Soo Jae tries to deal with the incident alone, she gets annoyed by Gong Chan’s constant care for her, but at the same time, she can’t deny that she feels somewhat protected.
Soo Jae shakes in fear when she realizes that she almost got killed in a car explosion involving Hong Seok Pal’s death. However, there is no one to whom she is willing to show her weak sides, except for maybe one person. Not long after, Soo Jae meets up with Tae Guk who suggests that she attend an event, but she rejects the offer without knowing what this will bring about in the near future.
After the release, Soo Jae ends up living in Chan’s house with his roommates until her building’s renovation is finished. She feels at home with Chan by her side and finally finds a place where she can sleep after all these years. Meanwhile, knowing that Soo Jae could be a stumbling block, Choi Tae Guk realizes that something must be done and keeps his eyes on Soo Jae.
After finding out what Gong Chan has been hiding from Soo Jae all along, Soo Jae feels devastated and keeps a distance from him. She recollects her memories of how helpless she was when she defended Kim Dong Gu ten years ago. Meanwhile, Sung Bum pays a visit to the funeral of the victims of the construction site fall. He suddenly gets attacked by one of the bereaved family members and ends up being hospitalized.
Yoon Sang organizes a meeting in the hopes of letting Chan know the unrevealed details of his case. However, the meeting doesn’t pan out as he anticipated. Chan demands an explanation from Yoon Sang about his actions. Yoon Sang shares his reasons while having Soo Jae listen to them over the phone. Chan doesn’t know Soo Jae is listening, but his care for Soo Jae is too touching for Soo Jae to handle.