You Are Defended - Chapter 538



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Episode 538

“What is it? Riverside, weren’t you going home earlier? Why are you here?”

“I didn’t go home, I went to buy kalguksu.”

“Kalguksu?”

“That’s what I was planning to buy back then.”

Kang Min-jae lifted the plastic bag, shook it, and said.

He headed straight for the kitchen.

“It hasn’t been long since I ate, so should we eat dinner later? Has Taesik eaten?”

“No. That’s why I can’t wait until dinner.”

“Hmm, then eat something first. This is for dinner. But don’t eat too much. I bought a lot of kalguksu.”

“Is that so?”

“Then I’ll change my clothes and go wash up. Is there anything you want to do for laundry? I’m going to run the washing machine.”

Kang Min-jae put the contents into the refrigerator and headed to the room he used to use.

I blocked his way before he could open the door.

“What are you doing?”

“What are you doing? Since I’m discharged from the hospital, I should do some cleaning that has piled up, do some laundry, and wash up.”

“So why are you doing it here?”

“Well, I live here.”

Kang Min-jae looked at me as if asking why I was asking such an obvious question.

“What made Kang Byun come to live at our house in the first place?”

“Hmm… … . It’d be fun if we just lived together.”

“There are other reasons besides that.”

“There isn’t any.”

[untruth]

I did use my abilities, but in reality, there was no need to do so.

Of course, what Kang Min-jae just said, he never said that to me, but judging from his actions up to now, it must have been one of the reasons that had a lot of weight.

But isn’t that the most important reason?

“What was the most important reason?”

“Living together is fun.”

“Don’t make me say it twice.”

“No, no, of course I would have tried to cover myself up if something happened! But that was really secondary, and something I made up to convince the lawyer… … .”

[untruth]

“Once you’ve done the body work, that’s enough. You don’t have to do it anymore, so go home.”

What on earth should I do with this kid?

I can’t even guess how many times I have to say it for you to understand.

I denied it, but everyone, including Dong-jin, explained to Kang Min-jae over and over again what my condition was like from right after the accident until I regained consciousness.

And yet you come here again to claim my body?

“Don’t make me look serious.”

“… … No, they failed to receive it by truck anyway, and in the end, the lawyer didn’t die, but they set a date for the surgery. And Go Sang-jun was also skeptical about killing the lawyer. Now, don’t I have to go through body shaming?”

“Are you 100% sure? That there will be no more threats to me?”

“Not 100%, but about 99%… … ?”

“So, in that 1% case, you mean I’ll do it with my body?”

“… … I do think it would be good to spread it out like that just in case. But I came here because it’s fun to live here?”

“Then let’s say that. Don’t have any weird thoughts about wanting to die even if the probability is less than 1% or 0.1%.”

Kang Min-jae bit his lips and glanced at Tae-sik, who was standing behind him.

It seems like he’s asking for advice on how to respond to Taesik, but he has no intention of accepting it until he absolutely stops thinking like that.

It is true that my feelings changed greatly after my conversation with Kang Min-jae following the accident.

I try to recall that realization whenever I have the chance so that I won’t act as obsessively as I used to and to remain calm even when I suffer some damage.

But even so, I absolutely cannot let Kang Min-jae or anyone else die in my place.

The same goes for Taesik and Sanggil.

The reason they were given the task of security was to minimize the total damage as much as possible.

When someone has to die, it’s not meant to be me.

I will do my best to ensure the safety of my colleagues.

As much as my ethics allow, to the fullest extent possible.

“I won’t think like that.”

[untruth]

“I said so.”

“How do you know, lawyer? I told you I really wouldn’t do it.”

“I know. I still haven’t gotten over the idea that Kang Byun would be okay in a 1% situation.”

“Are you a lawyer? Do you use the law of interest? How can you say something so definitive?”

“I told you so.”

Honestly, I think I am more accurate than Gung Ye.

“At this stage, I’m sure that no one will come to kill you, lawyer. But since nothing in this world is 100%, I left that 1% chance open.”

“Who calculated the probability of me being killed? If that tiny probability situation were to occur, would I try to hide my body? I told Reporter Choi earlier. Now I know that Kang Byun-do’s body is precious. Are you lying?”

“I won’t do it! Just don’t do it!”

[untruth]

“Go. From now on, you are prohibited from entering our house.”

“Oh, I really won’t do it!”

[untruth]

Kang Min-jae still seems to have not come to his senses.

I can’t allow such a dangerous molecule to live in my home.

“If the riverside doesn’t give up the idea of ​​my body being like that, I will decide to become a riverside body too.”

“… … I really won’t do body shaming.”

[truth]

[untruth]

[truth]

[untruth]

What is this?

Why do the letters keep changing while Kang Minjae speaks?

This was my first time experiencing something like this, so I found myself panicking without realizing it.

Is this because your thoughts keep changing while you speak?

“Why? What’s on my head?”

Kang Min-jae asked while brushing my hair, perhaps because I kept my gaze on his head until the letters disappeared.

“No, I was looking at the tin can by the river.”

“… … Oh my, really.”

“Anyway, if you decide to get a body by the riverside, I’ll get a body by the riverside too, so choose wisely. Remember, you’ve already accumulated one body by the riverside, so I might try to get a body by the riverside next time.”

“I really won’t do it. I’m sorry.”

[truth]

This time the text doesn’t change.

But since I’ve confirmed that Kang Min-jae’s thoughts can continue to change, I think I should test it out every now and then when I have time.

“Go. Wash. If you’re going to do laundry, do mine too. It’s in the washing machine.”

I’m tired.

Having lived 14 years longer than most people, my mental age is already approaching that of a person in his fifties, but my body is still young, so I am still doing okay.

But if Kang Min-jae keeps making me angry, I feel like my body will age rapidly.

“yes!”

Kang Min-jae shouted loudly about what was good.

Because of that guy, I’m getting old, getting old.

* * *

“Ahem, hehehe~”

And until dinner time, Kang Min-jae walked around the house humming a song.

I thought I would only wash clothes, but I ended up taking off the bedding covers and running the washing machine three times.

That wasn’t all.

He said that while he was away, dust had accumulated, so he brought all kinds of tools from the storage room and started cleaning the room.

“Why on earth are there so many things to do?”

I was reading a book in the study when the noise became so loud that I came out and asked.

“You don’t like to be a lawyer and get dusty. You have to live a clean life before you get kicked out.”

That’s true, but… … .

I decided not to accept that guy.

The repetitive humming is also annoying.

When Kang Min-jae lost consciousness, I briefly thought that I wouldn’t mind singing at my house if only he could wake up safely, but it was clear that I was in an extreme situation and couldn’t think logically.

“I’ll boil the broth!”

As I was suffering like that, it was already evening.

In the meantime, Kang Min-jae started preparing to boil kalguksu, as if he had finished his work.

Taesik, who had been satisfying his hunger with a large bowl of tangsuyuk and a double portion of jajangmyeon, sat down at the table as if he had been waiting.

“Is that all?”

Taesik asked with a puzzled look at Kang Minjae, who was putting noodles that seemed like they would be enough for six people into the pot.

“Yes. I bought four servings for Taeshik. Do you think it won’t be enough?”

“It’s just a regular amount. It doesn’t matter. If it’s not enough, I’ll just eat a late-night snack after work, you know.”

“You eat so much, so why are you so muscular?”

“I work out for three hours every day after work.”

If it were me, I would collapse and go to sleep, but I can’t believe you’re exercising while cutting down on sleep.

I was surprised all over again.

“Put it in the middle of the pot holder!”

Kang Min-jae, who was carrying a huge pot precariously, groaned and placed it down on the table.

Except for Taesik, each of us put enough food into our bowls to eat.

It’s more convenient because you can just give the rest to Taesik.

“But why did you suddenly buy kalguksu?”

“I got scammed the day I went to buy it. So I ended up not eating it.”

“That’s true, but I didn’t think I’d remember. It was such a crazy day.”

“And from what I heard from Mr. Sang-gil, when the lawyer stopped eating and drinking, he said he wanted to eat kalguksu.”

Kang Min-jae glanced at me and said.

This is why being mentally weak is not good.

Especially in my situation where there are people everywhere who never miss a thing to make fun of, it’s no different from throwing me out as prey.

From now on, I must work harder so that I am not distracted by my inner pain and can digest it on my own.

“But I’m asking this a little late.”

“what.”

“There’s Son Jeong-min. He was the guy who was used to summon the lawyer at the time. What happened to him?”

Son Jeong-min’s whereabouts are still being sought.

Since he was still at an age where he hadn’t even gotten his ID card yet, it wasn’t easy to figure out his location.

Even when we sent college students to Angel’s House, we continuously checked to see if there was anyone who knew Son Jeong-min’s whereabouts, but it seemed like no one knew.

But we do not know where he is currently staying, but we do know that he is alive.

Although we were unable to meet him in person because we were always one step behind, we kept hearing of Son Jeong-min’s eyewitness accounts.

“I think I’m in Seoul now.”

“Uh… …. He’s not dead, then?”

“He’s not dead. The last sighting was three days ago. But there are still sightings coming from all over Seoul, so I’m not sure exactly where he is.”

“But the fact that there are eyewitness accounts means that Son Jeong-min isn’t locked up somewhere or anything.”

Son Jeong-min called me out and said, ‘I don’t want to study abroad in Japan, but I’m being forced by Angel’s House.’

When I first received Son Jeong-min’s email, I didn’t think it was strange because when I searched about Angel’s House, I would naturally come across stories about Choi Jong-hyun and Cho Bong-jun, who exposed the corruption in establishing Angel’s House’s overseas school, and then I would naturally come across articles related to me.

But in reality, Son Jeong-min was just used, so he probably doesn’t even know why the story about studying abroad in Japan is being used as bait.

“I don’t know the full story, but looking at the situation, even if he was a minor, he would have noticed something suspicious, so it’s strange that he was allowed to wander around like that.”

In order to contact Son Jeong-min, I gave the child various escape plans.

From the students’ perspective, this method must have seemed like a spy operation, so Son Jeong-min must have thought that there was something to this.

That’s why I thought that Son Jeong-min might die.

Of course, Wooshin is not a fool who kills anyone he comes across without thinking about the consequences just because information was leaked.

However, it seems that the Angel House would not have felt much burden in killing the children they were protecting.

“No, it’s probably true that he was imprisoned. And maybe he was kept alive because the plan failed.”