You Are Defended - Chapter 534



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Episode 534

“This way.”

Kim Chan-young walked down the endlessly carpeted hallway, guided by the chief secretary.

Kim Chan-young couldn’t let his guard down because the call came only a few days after meeting Cha Ju-han.

Besides, when meeting Ko Sang-jun, we usually went to his regular restaurant with good security or the villa where Chan-young resides, but today, didn’t he call us to a hotel suite?

I’m also concerned that the location is different from usual.

It is one of the Woosin affiliates and, of course, one of the best luxury hotels in the country, so it wouldn’t be strange if Go Sang-jun chose this place… … .

Upon reaching the room at the end of the hallway, the chief secretary lightly rang the doorbell.

And then he sent Kim Chan-young in.

As I entered the room, I saw Sangjun Ko sitting on the sofa, pouring whiskey.

“Are you here?”

He glanced at Kim Chan-young, who came closer and bowed, then gestured once.

“I received a nice bottle of whiskey as a gift a while ago. I know you like it. I brought it to drink together.”

“Yes, I like it. You remember me.”

In fact, Kim Chan-young doesn’t like whiskey.

In the first place, I had never even talked about drinking with Ko Sang-jun.

Ko Sang-jun had suffered greatly because of Ko Yoon-seong, who was addicted to alcohol and drugs, so he was worried that if he brought up alcohol, people would misunderstand him as a drinker.

However, Go Sang-jun’s decisive words may have been intended to appeal to the fact that he cares about Kim Chan-young.

This means that Ko Sang-jun values ​​himself, so there is no need to correct him here.

“You’ve never talked about whiskey with me.”

Ko Sang-jun reacted surprisingly sharply.

He was observing the whiskey spreading over the ice cubes when he suddenly turned his gaze towards Kim Chan-young.

Could it be that his purpose was to check whether Ko Sang-jun only said things that he wanted to hear?

“I thought you heard about my tastes. Even though my father doesn’t contact me often, he always shows interest in me.”

“Thank you for thinking that way. I thought you were just saying nice things to please me.”

What do you mean by giving me a hint like that and testing my ability to notice?

“It would be a lie to say that I didn’t notice. I’ve cut ties with my mother, and my only family left is my father. If I get hated by my father, won’t I really be alone?”

“… … Yeah. Now that I think about it, I guess I haven’t been paying much attention to your feelings. You’re more mature than your brothers, so sometimes I forget that you’re still young. You must be pretty lonely, too.”

“When I was working at Mulsan, the manager said that he felt like an orphan even though he was over 50 years old because both his parents had passed away. That reminded me of that. I think it’s the same as being lonely when you’re old and don’t have a family.”

“So, do you regret cutting ties with your mother?”

Ko Sang-jun asked in a nonchalant voice.

Even though he seemed like he would understand, don’t be fooled by his acting.

“No. I think it would have happened eventually anyway.”

“Really? Even if your brothers hadn’t done that?”

“Well… … . Even if we hadn’t been living like this without seeing each other at all, wouldn’t there have been some distance between us?”

“Why do you think so?”

“The emptiness that my mother feels cannot be filled even if I throw myself into it. But I didn’t want to throw myself into it, and someday… … . Both my mother and I must have gotten tired of each other.”

Instead of clenching his fist, Kim Chan-young put force into the tips of his toes hidden inside his shoes.

It was difficult to say anything not so nice about Kim Hwa-young to please Ko Sang-jun.

Kim Hwa-young told Kim Chan-young that he could use her as much as he wanted to get what he wanted, but from the perspective of someone who wanted to protect her, it would be better for him to break himself.

“So, you don’t keep in touch with your mother at all? You don’t even hear about her?”

What should I say?

You need to know the intent to determine the answer.

Could it be because he wanted to confirm that Kim Chan-young had become his own person?

Or maybe it’s because he still has some lingering attachment to Kim Hwa-young.

Or maybe it’s to figure out what kind of person Kim Chan-young is?

If it’s the third time, what kind of person should Kim Chan-young appear to him?

Are you someone who cuts off family members like a knife if they don’t meet your standards, even if they are blood relatives?

“I’ve heard about your recent activities. I haven’t been in contact with my mom, though… … .”

This is probably the answer that Ko Sang-jun wants.

Even though he was a heartless person, Ko Sang-jun did not abandon Ko Yoon-seong.

It’s not just Go Yoon-seong.

Even though Go Yoon-ho and Go Yoon-seok did the thing that Go Sang-jun hates the most, isn’t he still looking after them, saying that he won’t pay attention to them?

Ko Sang-jun may think that his inability to abandon his family is his weakness.

When you think about it, it might be better to appeal to Kim Chan-young as if he doesn’t have such shortcomings.

But rather than a perfect child, I am most drawn to the child who is ‘most like me.’

Especially if you think you are great.

“How can I hear about your recent activities if you don’t contact me? Your maternal uncle used to tell me?”

“No. … … You might think it’s a bit strange, but I asked an American detective to tell me what I do on a regular basis.”

Go Sang-jun looked at him as if he was surprised.

“Even if you decide not to contact your mother, you can still ask your uncle.”

“I don’t know if my uncle will give me accurate information. I could talk to my mom and make up some random information.”

“So. What did you say you were doing?”

“Since I live in a place where there aren’t many Koreans, I think I just live normally without worrying about what other people think. I’m also learning English.”

“Okay… … . Then I’d like to hear your thoughts.”

“Go ahead.”

“Do you think your mother still keeps in touch with Cha Ju-han?”

Kim Chan-young smiled inwardly at Ko Sang-jun’s question.

Yeah, I guess you can’t help but feel anxious.

Especially in these days when it is as quiet as the calm before a storm, you will feel anxious as old memories come to mind.

Cha Ju-han learned of their relationship while taking on Kim Hwa-young’s case.

However, since the incident could have been fully understood just by knowing that it was an extramarital affair, it is understandable to wonder how much Kim Hwa-young had to say.

Did he just say that it was a simple affair, or did he reveal that the affair began with a rape?

If it’s the latter, then this too might be used as a card by Cha Joo-han to hit Ko Sang-jun someday.

“I don’t know about that. But if Cha Joo-han came to the US, the detective would have told me. If he contacted me, he would have called me separately or used a messenger.”

Just as Ko Sang-jun made a cloned phone to spy on Cha Ju-han, I suspected that he might have done the same to Kim Hwa-young.

That doesn’t seem to be the case.

Of course, no matter how long and powerful the Ushin was, it would not be able to monitor them as well as before once they left Korea.

“Is there something on your mind?”

“How much do you think your mother told Cha Joo-han? Including the fact that I was in a relationship with her? Or, everything?”

Go Sang-jun asked, tapping the glass with his fingertips.

Cha Ju-han knows their relationship inside out.

Before she was born, Kim Hwa-young had no intention of continuing her relationship with Ko Sang-jun.

Kim Hwa-young decided that she had to do as Ko Sang-jun wanted in order to protect herself and Kim Chan-young from Yoon Seong-hee.

After living like that for over twenty years, she eventually became obsessed with her relationship with Ko Sang-jun.

“It’s suspicious that Cha Ju-han didn’t tell anyone about the relationship between you and your mother.”

“I think that’s why my mom didn’t tell Cha Joo-han everything.”

Go Sang-jun moved his eyes, which had been fixed on the whiskey glass, towards Kim Chan-young.

Then Kim Chan-young took a sip of his alcohol and answered.

“My mother is most afraid of the fact that Kim Hwa-young, who was a top star, became my father’s… … . I don’t know if this is an uncomfortable expression, but she is most afraid of the fact that it will be known to others. At that time, at the trial, if the relationship with my father had been revealed at the trial, it would have been easier. However, people still think of Jo Yeon-dong’s house as my mother’s personal villa.”

“……so?”

“Besides, when it was revealed that my brothers had accidentally killed the butler, there were a lot of rumors. That my mother was my brothers’ business partner, that a lot of money was involved… … Those rumors are not pleasant to hear. In fact, my mother could have been open about her relationship with my father and pretended to be the victim. But she didn’t do that until the end.”

Now, much time has passed and she has isolated herself from the things that made her anxious and returned to her normal life, but at that time, she was in a very weak state of mind and body.

Immediately after the incident, her greatest fear was that the public would become aware that she was being accused of murdering her butler.

When that worry eventually became reality, Kim Hwa-young had the option of drawing Ko Sang-jun in to divert the attention focused on her.

But Kim Hwa-young didn’t do that.

That’s because I thought that youth star Kim Hwa-young would become a murderer and an adulteress.

To Ko Sang-jun, it was all true, although it was said more bluntly and negatively.

“Then does that mean you wouldn’t have said anything?”

“Yes. There is only one reason why Mom chose Cha Joo-han. It is because he has a bad relationship with Dad. She deliberately chose Cha Joo-han, who is famous but has no career, in order to show her resentment towards Dad. But Mom must have known. If Cha Joo-han found out how Mom and Dad’s relationship started, he would use that fact to oppress Dad.”

“Lawyers have a duty to maintain confidentiality. Cha Joo-han may be crazy, but he’s not the kind of person to break that duty. He’s locked up in his own ethics. It would be easier to deal with someone who just charges forward without thinking about the consequences, so it’s hard to find fault with him.”

Go Sang-jun was judging Cha Ju-han more objectively than expected.

Indeed, even if Ko Sang-jun is a heinous criminal, he is the one who raised the Woosin Group to this point.

If I didn’t have an eye for people, I wouldn’t have come this far.

Besides, he wanted to put him on Wooshin’s legal team if only he could break Cha Joo-han’s legacy.

Doesn’t that mean that they recognize your abilities?

“That’s true, but there’s a way to avoid it. They would have done whatever it took to get testimony from someone else who knew how Mom and Dad met and then blown it up.”

“I guess so.”

“Anyway, that’s probably why Mom didn’t tell you. She didn’t rely on Cha Joo-han. She took advantage of Cha Joo-han’s resentment toward Dad.”

“Your mother uses others?”

Ko Sang-jun smiled faintly as if he could hear all kinds of nonsense.

There is nothing strange about his attitude.

Kim Hwa-young was too fragile and kind to take advantage of others, and the person who knew this best was Go Sang-jun.

“It doesn’t mean I used it consciously. It’s just that I instinctively knew who would work hardest to prove my mother’s injustice.”

“That could be the case.”

“This happened a long time ago, but may I ask why you’re suddenly so concerned?”

I didn’t think that Ko Sang-jun didn’t know anything.

It was the same for Cha Ju-han.

Because I already knew that they were worried that Cha Joo-han would continue to feel suspicious even as they drove the college students out of the Angel House.

Although he claims to be maintaining security to some extent, Go Sang-jun is no ordinary person.

Just as they try to gauge how much the borrower knows, the borrower also wants to know how much they have figured out.

If Ko Sang-jun knows more than Cha Ju-han expected, the plan may have to be significantly modified.

“Any issues related to Cha Ju-han… … . It seems like things have been quiet lately.”