Woo-Yeon joins a new company where she unexpectedly reunites with Ji-Su, her former high school classmate and current team leader. Ji-Su questions Woo-Yeon’s sudden presence and their strained past surfaces when coworkers harshly judge Woo-Yeon as a failure from their shared history. Despite the cold reception, Woo-Yeon confronts Ji-Su, declaring she has changed and will no longer endure past humiliations. The episode ends with underlying tension between them unresolved, setting the stage for the challenge Woo-Yeon faces in proving herself while facing old grudges at work.