Contains spoilers for this episode and earlier episodes.
Ri Jeong-hyeok brings Se-ri into his house, where food and shelter do little to settle their mutual suspicion. She insists that her fame and wealth should make her easy to identify, but neither gives her a safe way home. His four soldiers discover her presence and argue over the danger she poses to them. They eventually agree to hide her until a boat can take her south.
Se-ri struggles with the unfamiliar household, calling Jeong-hyeok with requests and becoming frightened when the electricity fails. He returns with a candle and a bag of toiletries, offering practical comfort even as he insists that she should forget him after leaving. In Seoul, her family keeps her disappearance out of the press while the brothers consider what it means for succession. Seung-jun arranges expensive protection in North Korea.
Jeong-hyeok travels to Pyongyang to investigate the fatal road incidents and is questioned himself. An intervention reveals that his father holds powerful military office, but the investigation still raises the shadow of his brother’s death. A warning about house inspections sends him racing back to the village. Cheol-gang finds Se-ri hiding in the kimchi cellar and points a gun at her; Jeong-hyeok arrives and calls her his fiancée.