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This is one of my favourite accidental BL comedy moments in the entire show: Jihoon indirectly outing Dongsik under the disguise of doing him a favour by volunteering to team up with the 'rich, arrogant newbie inspector who totally isn't your type anyway, hyung'.

Upon Juwon's arrival and the discussion about the new line-up, Jihoon chimes in, saying he'll volunteer too because he's just a patrol officer and can learn a lot from Inspector Han. Noble intention, but Jihoon also texts Dongsik under the table.

"Didn’t you say he wasn't your type? Fine, I’ll sacrifice myself [and take him instead]" and it looks like he just wants to help Dongsik with no second thought. He knows from the dinner evening before, Dongsik obviously meant"he's not my preferred type of police partner" , as in "he's a privileged kid and causes nothing but unnecessary trouble".

But when Jihoon says it out loud here the entire context is missing, everyone else at the table perceives it as: Inspector Han isn't Dongsik's type of man.

While not acting in bad faith, Jihoon 100% does this on purpose, like the mischievous little wingbrother he is (I mean look at his grin!). Meanwhile, Dongsik is dying inside because no one knows the original context.

Chief Sangbae, having a little too much fun, turns to Dongsik and asks if he also wants to volunteer because he knows Dongsik too well and instantly gets what Jihoon was saying, which is literally 'Banjangnim, Dongsik is in love, please team him up with Inspector Han'.

Dongsik, flustered and very defensive, is somewhat exposed now with everyone in the team thinking he really talked about the type of men he likes in a romantic/sexual context.

The double meaning and the wordplay here is so simple, yet so amusing because to everyone else in the room it looks like Dongsik rejected Juwon romantically on Day 1, and Jihoon swooped in with a joke like "fine, I'll date him then if you don't want him." to stir the homo pot.

This whole sequence is a masterclass in how Beyond Evil layers comedy and character dynamics. Chronologically Jihoon is the first who senses Dongsik's interest and attraction in denial towards Juwon - and he is absolutely savage about it. Jihoon (and Sangbae) saw these two men glare and throw insults at each other and concluded: yeah, soulmates.