A father who registered an illegitimate child born from an affair as his ex-wife's biological child promised to straighten out the family relationships after a phone call for the first time in 16 years. And in the reconstructed true story segment "Case Notebook," a couple practicing so-called "Excel marriage," who calculated everything down to the wife's sanitary pads and the couple's sex life strictly as expense, met a breakup that left shock and bitterness.
On the 30th episode Channel A's Detectives' Trade Secrets in the corner "Detective 24 Hours," a daughter's request, "I want to correct the wrongful family relationship of my half sibling born from my father's affair," led to a father-daughter phone call for the first time in 16 years and ended dramatically. The client's father, who appeared after a long disappearance following the divorce, promised to quickly correct the family register, and the tangled family history appeared to be settling for the time being. Earlier, the client asked detectives to find her father for family register correction, saying, "The illegitimate child my father had before the divorce is listed on paper as my mother's biological child." But tracking down the father was not easy. They went to the registered address on the document, but he had already moved, and the hair salon the father ran after remarrying had also moved just a day earlier, missing them by a hair. After persistent tracking, the Seagull Detective Team confronted the client's father dramatically at his newly moved salon.
However, the client's father blamed the client's mother for the conflict, saying, "My ex-wife repeatedly had abortions." He also claimed, "I am the fifth-generation sole descendant, so I had a strong desire for a son. Then I met this person (my mistress) and a son was born, so I just chose the son." In response, Kim Poong raised doubts, saying, "It doesn't make sense to register such a precious son on the ex-wife's family register," and Yoo In-na also reacted, saying, "It's hard to accept." Regarding the father's claim of repeated abortions, the client's mother rebutted, "I experienced two missed miscarriages and received treatment because the miscarriages could have been due to thyroid issues," and the battle over the truth continued. Later, in a phone call for the first time in 16 years that took place, the father apologized to the client and promised to correct the family register. But after the call, the client drew a line, saying, "I still don't want to meet my father," and Defconn expressed sympathy, saying, "It's understandable that the client is reluctant to meet because of the father's long absence."
In "Case Notebook," a husband's request that "since the upstairs couple moved in, my wife secretly disappears every night" took an unexpected turn and delivered another shock. The detectives' investigation revealed that the client's wife had been fired in the past for leaking insider information while working at a securities firm, and afterward she was secretly making pocket money by helping a customer couple who had moved upstairs with their overseas stock investments. What seemed to be resolved was reignited when it emerged, at the client's request, that the wife, who was planning to become pregnant, had been secretly taking birth control pills. Behind this was the so-called "Excel marriage," in which everything from wedding expenses, living costs, and housework was split 50-50, and even visits to each family and sex were strictly calculated as expense. The client's attitude of even telling his wife to buy sanitary pads with her own money caused her to feel deep disillusionment.
The decisive incident occurred after the client learned of his wife's job loss. The client said, "I will cover all the living expenses," but demanded, "In return, take charge of all the household chores," and then stopped helping with housework. Watching this, Defconn expressed anger, saying, "You didn't have to put it that way... There's a thin line between being a husband and being a husband-XX." The married life of the 'Excel couple,' which was precise in calculation but lacked consideration, ultimately reached an irreparable rift, and the two chose divorce. Lee Seokhoon, who participated as the day's detective and is a devoted husband celebrating his 10th wedding anniversary, could not hide his bitterness, saying, "Marriage doesn't go according to plan. You become closer by overcoming difficulties together." He added, "You can't skip this program. Feeling it on site made it more enjoyable," conveying the immersion of the scene.
Every Monday at 10 p.m. broadcast. <
[Photo] Detectives' Trade Secrets
[OSEN]