Liar Game

It’s time for the first evaluation, and like Sunhwa promised, she gives all three of her stars to Mihye. The results start coming in: Mihye is in first place with six stars, all the other contestants have three, and Sunhwa… has none.
Poor Sunhwa looks at Mi-hye disbelievingly, but Mihye just smirks. She’s not at all sorry for deceiving Sunhwa—it’s called Liar Game, after all.
No sooner does Reporter Kim Ji-won hear the full story regarding the murder of the CEO who scammed Joon’s mother that Joon finds himself in the exact same predicament he’d once put the CEO in—he wakes up tied to a chair hanging precariously over the roof of a building.
Meanwhile, the third evaluation round comes and goes, and Sunhwa begins to panic: she’s still the only one without a single star. Rounds four, five, and six go the exact same way.
Joon struggles to free himself, but in so doing, weakens the rope that’s keeping him from dying to nothing more than a thread.
The kindly unemployed man called Inati is the only one to approach Sunhwa, since he feels sorry for the way she’s been treated. But he couldn’t even help her if he wanted to, and explains why: Mi-hye approached the group as they were strategizing on how to split their stars in order to prove that one of them would surely lose if she and Sunhwa stuck to their agreement.
Buuuut, since the rules said they could buy and sell anything, Mihye offered to sell them victory by betraying Sunhwa. Instead of giving Sunhwa her stars, she’ll give them to the group, and they could all ensure Sunhwa would be eliminated by giving her zero stars.
So each of them bought Mihye’s betrayal with fifty million won/fifty thousand dollars of their virtual money and signed an unbreakable contract, Inati explains to Sunhwa.
Mihye arrives to rub her impending win in Sunhwa’s face, effectively turning public sentiment back in Sunhwa’s favor since everyone feels bad for her. Daniel knows she’s in trouble and calls Joon for help, unaware that Joon’s in a much more dangerous position currently.
Joon takes the bull by the horns and throws his weight into using the chair like a pendulum, which could either end in the rope snapping while he’s over the edge or when he’s over the roof. Thankfully it’s the latter, and Joon lands with a safe thump.
He picks up the phone in time to hear Daniel panic, but doesn’t stay on the line long enough to hear about Sunhwa’s predicament. He calls Reporter Kim first to tell her that whoever kidnapped Taeyeon knows him, since they used the same strategy he once did on the CEO. And they did it to tell him to back off.
A shopping-weary Mihye pays Sunhwa another visit and proposes a bet. If Sunhwa wins, Mihye will give her all her stars up to this round (since the rules said deals and trades could be made). If Mihye wins, Sunhwa has to give her half of the game money she received.
The game is simple: They’ll randomly choose one of two cards—either a joker or a misprint of two card backs—out of a bag. Much like flipping a coin, they have to call which card they think they have before flipping it over. If Sunhwa gets the joker card, she wins. Whoever wins ten rounds first wins it all.
Sunhwa agrees since the chances are equal, and they make the contract official. But something about Mihye’s look makes think the chances aren’t so fair. Does Sunhwa still not suspect her? After everything?
Each time Sunhwa pulls the joker card, she gets a point. Each time she pulls the misprint, Mihye gets a point. Soon the score is 6:9 in Mi-hye’s favor, which means Sunhwa only has to pull the misprint one more time for Mihye to win it all.
So she pulls one card, takes a deep breath, and peeks at the underside… but it’s the misprint. Oh no.
Outside, Daniel meets Joon when he finally arrives and panics that huge bouncers are guarding every possible entrance into the mall.
Joon isn’t even fazed. They’re going to find a way inside, no matter what.

Notes

Sorry if it's not long!
I had a short time...
But I will post longer (the next chapter)...