Ji Yoon-soo was a rising math prodigy in her youth whose career was derailed by a false accusation. Fifteen years later, she's a high school math teacher at an elite school, trying to stay invisible. Baek Seung-yoo is a returning student — a former child genius who disappeared from public life and reappears in her classroom. When their shared love of mathematics ignites a genuine intellectual connection, it sets off a chain of events that forces both of them to confront the lies that shaped their lives. A slow-burn drama about intellectual kinship, institutional power, and the cost of telling the truth in a corrupt environment.
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