The final episodes of “BITCH X RICH 2” were taut with tension as there were confessions, exposes, and drama. Kim Hae In (Jang Sung Yoon) is dead. And Kim Hye In (Lee Eun Saem) finds herself in a moral dilemma: should she stand up for the truth or brush it under the carpet as she has always done? Meanwhile, Min Yul Hee (Park Si Woo) continues to threaten Hye In, holding her ransom with the damaging video. Her motive is to ruin Baek Jena’s (Kim Ye Rim) engagement with Cha Jin Wook (Kim Min Kyu) and destroy her reputation by charging her with the murders at Cheongdam International High. Will Hye In toe Yul Hee’s line, or will she for once show courage under fire? The “BITCH X RICH 2” season finale was quite a ride as loose ends were tied, but it seems there is always room for more secrets.
Warning: mentions of suicide
Spoilers from episodes 9-10 ahead!
Reputation meets retribution
At Cheongdam International High, the truth doesn’t set you free, it exposes you. And this week the lies finally catch up with the two girls who have been playing a dangerous game of ambition, manipulation, and survival: Kim Hye In and Min Yul Hee.
Kim Hae In’s death isn’t just another twist, it’s a reckoning. In a heartbreaking final moment, Hae In accuses Hye In of knowing the truth all along and preferring to stay silent to protect herself. She jumps in front of a moving truck, ending her life. Hye In, who witnesses it, is wracked by guilt and remorse.
For once, Hye In isn’t performing. She’s rattled. And that’s saying something for someone who’s built her entire survival at Cheongdam by knowing exactly how to weaponize victimhood. But this time, the facade crumbles. Haunted by guilt and pressured by Yul Hee’s threats, Hye In is forced to choose between self-preservation and finally doing the right thing.
Min Yul Hee is as ruthless as ever, threatening to leak a video that would ruin Hye In’s life unless she pins the blame on Baek Jena. When confronted by a devastated Seo Do Eon (Lee Jong Hyuk) on Hae In’s death, Yul Hee show no remorse and casually admits to pushing Hae In with an eerie calmness. After all, the case was shut as an alleged suicide, and with Hae In gone and Hye In on her side, she is safe, or so she thinks. And she has reason to believe it—she’s gotten away with worse, all while hiding behind her elite status.
But here’s the twist, just when you think Hye In will cave again, she doesn’t. At the engagement party, Hye In flips the script. She exposes Yul Hee for everything she is: manipulative, dangerous, and the real villain behind Hae In’s and Si Eun’s tragedies. It’s a rare moment of raw courage from a girl who, until now, only played the game.
What unfolds at the engagement isn’t redemption but something real. Hye In stand in front of the very people she once envied and confesses. She takes names and admits to her role in the lies. She exposes Yul Hee for what she truly is: a master manipulator who never got her hands dirty but orchestrated destruction at will. She also seems unafraid of what she is putting at stake, especially her reputation.
But there is strength in numbers. Baek Jena, Cha Jin Wook, and Lee Sa Rang (Won Gyu Bin) are the ones who orchestrate the coup. This is after Hye In comes clean and divulges Yul Hee’s plan to destroy Baek Jena.
The moment is not a dramatic takedown, but a steady unraveling. Yul Hee’s panic is imperceptible at first. But when Hye In’s blackmail video, which she makes public at the event, gets wiped within seconds, she knows she has lost the battle. Lee Sa Rang aborts the video’s broadcast in the control room, and Hye In uses the incident to further prove her claims against Yul Hee. Hye In also exposes Yul Hee’s necklace which was with Hae In, which she has managed to retrieve from the school’s chairman.
Hye In has also convinced Park Woo Jin to turn against Yul Hee, as it was she who had gaslighted him into pushing Si Eun. And Seo Do Eon, putting his rage aside, convinces his father, the former chairman, to confess the truth about Hae In’s alleged suicide, which was just a cover-up to protect Yul Hee.
What we get to see is the quiet implosion of power. Yul Hee, born with everything, ends up with nothing. Hye In, who clawed her way into Cheongdam, finally realizes what the price of entry really is. In the end, they’re not that different. They are both shaped by a world that rewards cruelty and punishes vulnerability. But one finds a sliver of redemption. The other gets a taste of her own poison.
Charm masks chaos
If there’s one thing this week confirmed, it’s that the most dangerous player at Cheongdam International High is also its most charming.
Cha Jin Wook, boyish, disarming, and quietly calculating, just turned the entire narrative on its head. For all the schemers and social climbers at Cheongdam, none have managed what he has done, to stay invisible, strike when it matters most, and walk away with both power and purpose.
Jin Wook has always been mysterious. He isn’t loud, doesn’t posture, and he doesn’t need to. But when Baek Jena whispers to Hye In that he’s the elusive “Black Dog,” the tone shifts. That masked vigilante bringing down Cheongdam’s elite? It’s been Jin Wook all along.
At his engagement party, a setting built for optics and manipulation, Jin Wook lays his cards on the table. He icily rejects Yul Hee without hesitation, and his disdain isn’t just personal; it’s ideological. He makes it clear that people like her are the rot at Cheongdam’s core.
And in front of the press, faculty, and family, he detonates the truth. Using his tech mastery and hacking skills, Jin Wook plays a recording of a staged call with his father Chairman Cha and Cheongdam High’s Chairman, where the two schemed to sabotage Baek Jena’s father during her drug scandal. He lays out a trail of financial fraud, stock manipulation, and embezzlement between his father and the chairman.
This isn’t just revenge. It’s justice, deeply personal and long overdue. As the illegitimate son of Chairman Cha, Jin Wook has lived with humiliation and neglect. But instead of letting it consume him, he has turned his rage into fuel to not just to expose his father, but to redeem his mother and reclaim her dignity.
On the other hand, the only person toward whom Jin Wook has shown any warmth is Baek Jena, even though they are in a strange power play. The connection toward her goes beyond attraction. It’s a quiet loyalty, protection without expectation, and an unspoken understanding between two people who have both been manipulated and discarded by the very systems that created them. He’s helped her uncover paternity secrets, stood guard over her family, and cleaned up the mess others created around her. In a world of transactional alliances, his loyalty to her feels real.
Queen. Check. Mate
Baek Jena has been down, but never out. In a world where betrayal cuts closer than any blade, she’s been circled by enemies cloaked as family, friends, and even love. Yet somehow, the crown stays steady.
From her father’s long-time mistress to her rival Yul Hee, and even supposed friend Hye In, everyone seems to have had a hand in trying to dismantle her. But with every power play made against her, she’s proven she can play the game better. And now, with Jin Wook by her side, she’s no longer playing defense—she’s taking control.
Jin Wook’s quiet loyalty has paid off. Through him, Jena accesses her stepmother’s paternity test and cleverly leverages the truth, not to expose but to manipulate. Her condition? Silence in exchange for power. She wants her stepmother’s shares. Once a symbol of familial betrayal, they are now firmly in her hands.
But that’s just the beginning. When Hye In confesses Yul Hee’s plan to destroy Baek Jena, she presents her with a choice: reveal everything at the choice of losing everything. The video in question would ruin Hye In but would also expose the many lies that got her into school and close to power. While Hye In claims she’s ready to accept the consequences, it seems Baek Jena has another plan up her sleeve.
Baek Jena has finally peeled back the last mask: her father’s. Once her hero, he’s revealed himself to be a ruthless manipulator, using his daughter as a pawn in a long game of control and reputation. But Baek Jena is done being moved. She wants her mother back, and more importantly, she wants her dignity.
In a cold, calculated confrontation, she drops the final bomb: not only does she now own her stepmother’s shares and the shares held in Jin Wook’s name, but her mother, finally released from the mental facility her father kept her hidden in, has also transferred her shares to Jena.
Baek Jena is now the majority shareholder. And she isn’t asking, she’s announcing. At the next board meeting, she will be named CEO under her mother’s mentorship. Her father is left with nothing but the weight of his own downfall. The message is crystal clear: no one puts a queen down.
The end? Not quite
Just when we thought the final curtain had dropped, the drama pulls us back in. As the dust settles at Cheongdam International High, the question lingers: did Yul Hee actually get away with murder? If Hye In’s threat to her to better “catch the next flight before they come for you” is anything to go by, the answer might be yes. Though still a minor, Yul Hee’s crimes are far too serious to be buried under privilege or youth. But for now, she vanishes, leaving a trail of bodies, secrets, and consequences behind.
Meanwhile, the revenge wheel hasn’t stopped turning. Seo Do Eon, who helped bring Yul Hee down with the help of Diamond 6, still has unfinished business. His next target? Park Woo Jin, the same Woo Jin who tormented Hye In, pushing her to the very edge. Do Eon is done watching from the sidelines: he’s coming for blood, and this time, it’s personal.
On a softer, bittersweet note, Baek Jena and Jin Wook share a quiet farewell. He heads to Hong Kong, escaping his manipulative father’s reach for now. Jena, now a queen in her own right, stays behind. Is this the end of their relationship? Hardly. With the bond they share and the fire they’ve endured together, it feels more like an intermission than a finale.
But the real final shot belongs to Baek Jena. Now CEO of her father’s former company, she pays a visit to Hye In. In a moment of unexpected grace, she offers her former frenemy a position at her firm. But Hye In declines. She wants to earn her place, not have it handed to her. And that’s when Baek Jena slides a folded piece of paper across the table. One look at it and Hye In’s expression shifts from calm to shocked.
What did the paper say? A secret? A truth? A twist none of us saw coming? One thing is clear: Hye In’s story is far from over.
As the final frame fades out, it’s clear this isn’t the end, it’s the beginning of a whole new game. The students of Cheongdam High may be leaving the classroom, but they’re stepping straight into a world of power, revenge, and high-stakes moves. These “minors” are now on the edge of adulthood, and they’re ready to rewrite the rules. Season 3, anyone?
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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.
