With mischief, mayhem, and manipulation, things are heating up in the latest episodes of “BITCH X RICH 2.” Cheongdam International High School is no stranger to drama, but situations have escalated to another level. With battle lines drawn and alliances shifting, the power games are officially underway. Baek Jena (Kim Ye Rim) may finally have met her match in Min Yul Hee (Park Si Woo). The seemingly untouchable queen bee finds herself challenged like never before. Meanwhile, Kim Hae In (Jang Sung Yoon) forms an unexpected alliance with Yul Hee. It’s a strategic move, especially considering their rocky past.
Kim Hye In (Lee Eun Saem), however, is walking on thin ice and may just become the first casualty in the escalating war for dominance. Park Woo Jin (Jang Deok Soo) appears to be hiding more secrets than he can manage, and Seo Do Eun (Lee Jong Hyuk) remains mysteriously unfazed by Kim Hae In’s personality shift. There’s also Cha Jin Wook (Kim Min Kyu), who seems to be falling for Baek Jena: but is it real, or is it just another piece in the game?
There wasn’t a dull moment in the latest episodes of “BITCH X RICH 2.” Here are three standout moments that truly raised the stakes.
Warning: spoilers from episode 5 and 6 ahead!
An unlikely alliance
At Cheongdam International High, revenge is less about emotion and more about execution. The elite students don’t lash out impulsively. They bide their time, gather intel, and strike with precision. Watching the recent developments unfold, you can’t help but wonder if tactical manipulation is part of the unofficial curriculum.
Min Yul Hee is publicly humiliated by Baek Jena at Jin Wook’s party when she scathingly insults her for having rather poor taste. The same is orchestrated by Baek Jena herself, who presented Hye In with an identical dress to Yul Hee’s. This is a defining moment as Yul Hee is done being put down by Baek Jena. Only one queen can call the shots, and it is time to sift the power dynamics within the school. Rather than wallow, Yul Hee recalibrates. This time, she doesn’t move alone. Her unlikely alliance with Kim Hae In signals a shift in Cheongdam’s social order as rivalries give way to temporary partnerships when goals align. In their case, that goal is to dismantle Baek Jena’s power.
The initial spark that fuels Yul Hee’s move is from none other than Baek Jena’s father’s mistress, a former teacher at Cheongdam. She feeds Yul Hee a secret capable of turning Jena’s world upside down. It’s not just a plot twist; it’s a commentary on how deeply entangled the adults are in the students’ high-stakes games.
On the other hand, Kim Hae In is navigating her own agenda. Her ambition is to enter Diamond 6, the school’s most exclusive social circle. She cuts ties with Do Eun, a former ally now deemed expendable. Her rejection of him is cold, but unsurprising. In Cheongdam’s hierarchy, it is clear that loyalty is conditional, and relationships are tools.
It’s fascinating to watch Yul Hee and Hae In gravitating toward each other. Their alliance is built not on trust but on shared ambition and mutual leverage. Yul Hee, aware of Hae In’s limits, holds her in check with a compromising video, effectively ensuring compliance. Hae In is cornered, but their collaboration, while effective, feels uneasy as well. It’s only a matter of time when the fuse, in this case Hae In, ignites a short-circuit in the deviously wired alliance.
Together, they orchestrate a takedown of Baek Jena through a drug scandal with strategic support from Baek Jena’s to-be-stepmom, whose presence is in the entire gig is very unsettling. The extent of the scheming and how seamlessly the adults participate raises important questions about the environment that these students are being shaped by.
Yul Hee’s growing closeness to Jin Wook also adds another layer of intrigue. Whether it’s an emotional pivot or a calculated move to provoke Baek Jena and Woo Jin remains ambiguous. Cheongdam’s students are never transparent, and that’s part of what makes watching them so compelling. Ultimately, what stands out is not just the ruthlessness of these characters, but the systemic way revenge is plotted and executed. These aren’t just reactive teens, these are strategic thinkers navigating a landscape where power must be earned, stolen, or manipulated into one’s grasp.
Baek Jena gets played
Baek Jena has always ruled with an iron (and icy) fist in Diamond 6, earning her a reputation as the untouchable and unforgiving Queen Bee. Sharp-tongued, calculating, and unapologetically ambitious, she’s long been the girl everyone loves to hate. But just when you think you’ve got her all figured out, cracks begin to show, and this time they’re more like fault lines.
Baek Jena’s calculated takedown of Yul Hee, from Hye In’s entry into Diamond 6 to the final snub at the party, may have cemented her power momentarily. She even tells Hye In that the scandal and Yul Hee losing face could actually benefit her. But behind that frostbitten confidence lies something more complex. Her sudden engagement announcement to Jin Wook has taken everyone by surprise. One knows, it is not entirely about romance. It is a business deal, a merger of legacies, for their fathers to enhance their brand equity. But Baek Jena and Jin Wook are the ones who might need to watch their backs more than anyone.
What’s interesting is the emotional shift that begins to creep in after a dinner with her father and his mistress. Jena is cold and dismissive towards Jin Wook and is irritated with the way he charms everyone. However, she soon warms up and her icy facade slips when she witnesses Jin Wook visiting her mother at the hospital. For the first time, the perpetual scowl on her face softens, and one sees a flicker of vulnerability. It’s a small, almost fragile moment, but it lands with weight. These are two people bonded not by romance but by a mutual sense of neglect, abandonment, and emotional wounds.
On the other hand, Jin Wook, who is usually ambivalent about everything around him, offers to help her. Baek Jena wants to uncover the truth about the suspicious pregnancy of her father’s mistress, and Jin Wook’s family hospital can help her with the records. Baek Jena finally sees a sliver of light in her grim world when she sees the proof. But hope, it seems, is a dangerous luxury even for Baek Jena.
Even before she can expose the truth, the tables are turned against her. The medication she relies on to manage her anxiety is tampered with and replaced with narcotics at home. The fallout is swift, and she finds herself the target of a wrongful charge. The queen is ambushed. One can’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for her, and it is clear the steely mask she wears isn’t vanity, it is armor. She is a girl who has witnessed betrayal, emotional neglect, and now, sabotage.
Her mother’s alcoholism is tabloid fodder and with Baek Jena herself under fire, the parallels are chilling. Someone clearly has it out for the both mother and daughter, but who is it? With Baek Jena sidelined, the balance of power within Diamond 6 is already shifting. But does her downfall translate as victory for Yul Hee, Hae In, and her to-be stepmother? Perhaps it is just the calm before the real storm. And will Jin Wook step up as Jena’s unlikely savior? Could Hye In, who’s watched Baek Jena from both sides of the battlefield, turn out to be the friend she never knew she needed? I cannot wait to watch the duel at Cheongdam High.
The curious case of Park Woo Jin
While all eyes are on the fiery showdown between Yul Hee and Baek Jena, there’s another player quietly moving behind the scenes, Park Woo Jin. Steady, composed, and seemingly loyal to Yul Hee, he’s the fiancé she’s chosen to keep close. From the beginning, Woo Jin has remained on the sidelines of the chaos, never drawing too much attention to himself. But as layers begin to peel back, his role appears more deliberate than distant. The whispers surrounding his murky past with Kim Hae In have been ignored by Yul Hee, but is it out of convenience or strategy?
When Hye In questions Lee Sa Rang (Won Gyu Bin) about Oh Si Eun’s phone, the one containing her racy video, he tells her he was safeguarding it. His intent is to delete the footage. But the truth might be far more chilling as Sa Rang confesses the phone didn’t just hold a scandal—it also holds the identity of Si Eun’s killer.
However, the bag containing the phone is snatched, and Sa Rang is hurt in the scuffle. He tells Hye In that the person who snatched the phone “would’ve been hit anyway.” The show reveals that Park Woo Jin is the one who took the phone and is also the person who pushed Si Eun. However, he could be getting played himself. He confronts Jin Wook to stay away from Yul Hee but is greeted by Jin Wook’s cocky repartee. On the other hand, Yul Hee barely flinches, instead cryptically hinting she has something on him. Woo Jin is confused, after all, is a video that could destroy Hye In not good enough?
It’s a dangerous game, and alliances are murky especially when Jin Wook, who was previously aloof, is revealed to have witnessed Yul Hee recording footage of Woo Jin taking drugs. It could be a potential counter-threat brewing in the background. Meanwhile, both Hye In and Lee Sa Rang take notice of a wound on Woo Jin, a wound that may tie him even further to the crime.
Also, who is the Black Dog? It can’t be Park Woo Jin, who, though dangerous, is not smart. The odds are that it is either Jin Wook, the true mastermind simply waiting for the right moment to strike or Do Eun. The most dangerous players aren’t always the loudest, they’re the ones hiding in plain sight. Hopefully we’ll find out more next on “BITCH X RICH 2.”
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Puja Talwar is a Soompi writer with a strong Yoo Yeon Seok and Lee Junho bias. A long time K-drama fan, she loves devising alternate scenarios to the narratives. She has interviewed Lee Min Ho, Gong Yoo, Cha Eun Woo, and Ji Chang Wook to name a few. You can follow her on @puja_talwar7 on Instagram.
