Dear Jihyo,

I'm sorry for ignoring all your calls and messages for the past days. And even your letters. And I think it's only right for me to reply you.

Yes, I am guilty. I am guilty that I left you all behind, Jihyo yah. And I'm even more guilty to know that you all won't be angry with me. I wish you would, Jihyo, because I was too weak to hang on. 

I know all of you think that we're family. And yes, all of you are my treasured family. Jihyo, you know me. Like you, I don't get close to people easily, but I'll let all of you into my heart. And I know,  you all did too.

And yet,  the time has come for me to leave. 

Jihyo-yah, just as I never blamed you for all the betrayals, I know you wouldn't blame me. Betrayals is the norm in running man, isn't it? But at the same time, I know that my leaving is worst than all the betrayals put together. Jae Suk hyung said that whatever you do on the screen is forgivable, but what you do behind it isn't. And this is exactly what I am doing. Betraying you guys behind the screen. Leaving at such a hard time.

You're right. I left because I felt responsible for the ratings, and maybe if I left, the PDs could find a better substitue for me. I don't know if they would, and I doubt you all will support it, but there's a chance they would. It's a weak reason, but it's still part of the reason I left. 

I know that even after I leave, you all will want to keep in touch with me. You all wouldn't bla