The Simpleton

Yi-ryeong earned her living by conning the affluent throughout the nation, leveraging her beauty and exceptional talent for acting. She had vowed that regardless of a lifetime spent tricking others, she would never fall victim to deceit herself. However, one fateful day, she is betrayed by the very gang she placed her trust in and finds herself captured by the authorities. She faces only two possible outcomes: punishment by the whip or a lengthy imprisonment. In that critical moment, a man appears before her—a beacon of hope piercing through the shadows. "If I endure the lashes on your behalf… will you agree to be my wife?" Yi-ryeong resolves to manipulate that gullible man one last time. Yet… beneath that awkward, innocent exterior of his, something awakens within her. Even though her initial intention was to abscond with his savings, she finds her cheeks warming, and her hands instinctively loosening the ribbons of her blouse.