You Are Defended - Chapter 545



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Episode 545

After Seongyoon requested a meeting, the director became noticeably more generous.

Originally, whenever he had the chance, he would call Kim Young-ji and vent his anger by saying things like, “How did you manage the child to end up like this?” which did not help resolve the situation at all, but he did not show any irritation when the personnel who went to search Gangnam Station based on the IP address came back empty-handed.

Anyway, since Sungyoon Eom had a strong desire for something, he was bound to come to the meeting place, and he was confident that there was no chance of not catching him there.

If Sungyoon’s condition had only been Son Jeongmin’s safety, he would have been a little more nervous.

But he still couldn’t let go of the support of the Angel’s House.

Then wouldn’t the game be over?

It is only natural that a thirsty person would dig a well.

“Are you here?”

“Yes. Should I order coffee?”

“Okay. I’ll have a caramel macchiato. What would our Seongyoon like? Just order whatever the kids like. Our Seongyoon, you should at least have something delicious to eat last.”

And on the promised date, the director personally took Kim Young-ji with him to the cafe in front of exit 12 of Gangnam Station.

Of course, it wasn’t just Kim Young-ji.

They even sent several employees who had received support from Wooshin in advance to appear as ordinary cafe patrons.

I had already inspected the cafe where we were meeting, and there was only one exit that faced the outside of the building.

The bathroom was inside the cafe and had no separate window.

I also checked to see if there was a separate door for employees to enter and exit, but there wasn’t one either.

As long as he can stop himself from running away to the exit, Sungyoon Eom is a rat trapped in a cage while in the cafe.

“There are 5 minutes left and I can’t see you.”

“It’ll show up right on time.”

When Kim Young-ji, who was looking at the door, spoke, the director answered nonchalantly.

They took a seat inside the cafe.

Because it is difficult to prepare for an emergency if you sit close to the exit, we intentionally chose a place where other tables can act as obstacles.

“What about Son Jeong-min?”

“I’m waiting in the car right now.”

Since there was no benefit to exposing Son Jeong-min to Eom Seong-yoon, I didn’t bring him in.

However, since it was unclear what Eom Seong-yoon would do if he couldn’t see Son Jeong-min through the cafe’s large window, he left him waiting outside just in case.

It is unclear whether this was Seongyoon Eom’s intention, but the inside of this cafe can be seen clearly from the outside.

So he will try to confirm in advance by any means whether they really brought Son Jeong-min.

So it was exactly 6 o’clock.

“… … .”

A call came in from an unsaved number.

“hello.”

─I’m Seongyoon.

It was Eom Seong-yoon’s voice.

At the same time, the director showed Kim Young-ji the number that had been dialed on his cell phone.

As soon as Kim Young-ji checked the number, she started sending messages somewhere.

The purpose was to find out whose phone it was and where it was currently located.

“It’s 6 o’clock. Why aren’t you home yet?”

─Jeongmin is not here. What did I say? I said that if you don’t keep your promise, I’ll go to the police station right away. Then I’ll assume that the director has refused to negotiate.

“No, Seongyoon. Jeongmin is here.”

─No. Don’t make up weird jokes.

“Where are you?”

─The director will decide what to do.

The director quickly looked around.

Kim Young-ji, who was listening to the conversation, also sent a message to the employees waiting outside the cafe.

The content said to look for Seongyun Eom as he seemed to be nearby.

“Jeongmin went to the convenience store for a bit. He’ll be back soon.”

─Tell him to come within 5 minutes.

“Okay, come in and wait. It’s hot.”

─Don’t worry about that. If Jeongmin isn’t here in 5 minutes, I’ll go straight to the police station. And don’t call me on this number. I borrowed it from someone passing by, and if it’s gone after 5 minutes, it’ll be really tough.

He said that if Jeongmin doesn’t show up at 6 o’clock, he’ll go straight to the police station, but seeing as he gave a 5-minute grace period, he’s still a kid.

Not only is he not decisive, he doesn’t realize that he is buying time for the Angel House.

The Angel House staff waiting outside began to search thoroughly in any place outside where they could see the table where the director and Kim Young-ji were sitting.

But I can’t see where it is hiding.

There are now about 10 seconds left until 6:04.

There has been no news yet of employees seeing anything resembling Eom Seong-yoon.

Wanting to buy a little more time, the director called the number again.

─Hello?

It was not a lie that I borrowed your phone, it was an unfamiliar voice.

“Oh, yes. I was wondering if you were still with the student who lent you his phone earlier.”

─I just passed by.

“Where did you meet that student?”

─Excuse me. What’s going on over there? Judging from what the student called earlier, it must be the principal. He’s talking about the police. Is there something going on with that student?

this.

It would be better to stop the conversation before other people get involved.

“No. The student got into a fight with his friends, and his parents asked me to mediate, so I decided to meet them. Since you’re passing by, I’ll hang up now.”

The director hung up the phone and nodded to Kim Young-ji.

It meant to bring Jeongmin.

“Are you okay?”

The director nodded to Kim Young-ji’s question.

In fact, there was another reason for keeping Jeongmin waiting.

It could not be completely ruled out that Eom Seong-yoon had given up on receiving support from Angel’s House and was simply aiming to rescue Son Jeong-min.

For this purpose, he may have met Cha Ju-han by contacting college students.

In that case, when Seongyoon Eom comes here, he might show up with college students or Joohan Cha.

It’s a situation I want to avoid the most, but I can’t help but prepare for it, so I prepared a plan for that situation.

As soon as the director gives the signal, Jeongmin will run away like a wanted criminal caught by the police.

Only Angel’s House gives drugs without money, and Son Jeong-min, who knows this fact, is an extremely obedient and good child.

It’s only natural, since they gave him drugs to make him like that from the beginning.

Anyway, when you get pushed away to a certain extent, you can just put them in a waiting vehicle and take them back.

Even if Cha Ju-han raises an issue about this, if Angel’s House says, “The child suddenly showed unexpected behavior, and we want to find him too,” then there’s nothing he can do, right?

Of course, in that case, Eom Seong-yoon would have confessed everything to Cha Ju-han, so there would have to be some commotion… … .

We have no choice but to think of it as spilled milk and come up with a plan to deal with it properly.

“… … .”

Just as Kim Young-ji was about to make contact, a man came into the cafe with Jeong-min.

Unlike Kim Young-ji, this was the first time the director had seen Jeong-min addicted to drugs.

It certainly didn’t look like it was in very good condition.

But if you don’t have any prior knowledge, it might seem really painful.

The director looked at Jeongmin, who was approaching, and asked Kim Youngji.

“Were you in that state the last time you met Seongyoon Eom?”

“I think it’s similar. I think it was timed to coincide with when I was in the best condition.”

“Hmm, really?”

Jungmin, led by the man’s hand, approached the table where the director and Kim Youngji were sitting.

Jeongmin looked at the two people with a blank expression.

“What about Seongyoon hyung… … ?”

And asked.

It was truly a great friendship, one that I couldn’t watch without shedding tears.

“Seo, is Seongyoon hyung going to do this too? But I’m a little, uh, that, that feels good, but that’s, what is it, the feeling. But, uh, but I feel like it would be better if Seongyoon hyung didn’t, use, this… … . uh, that’s not a good thing, right?”

I don’t even know what you’re talking about.

The director sighed and looked out the window.

And then, Seongyoon appeared inside the cafe.

As I had worried, he came alone without any other people accompanying him.

Whether it was true that he had been watching from outside or not, Seongyoon walked straight towards the table they were at as soon as he entered.

Of course, I looked around to see if there was anyone strange on my way here, but I probably didn’t notice it.

I instructed them to tap away at their laptops like an ordinary office worker, or to hold their cell phones to their ears and mutter quietly as if they were talking on the phone.

“Seongyoon, where have you been all this time? I was so worried about you, teacher.”

Kim Young-ji looked up at Seong-yoon, who was standing in front of the table, and smiled faintly.

But Seongyoon paid no attention and kept his gaze fixed on Son Jeongmin.

“Remember the condition. Please let me and Jeongmin talk alone.”

“Are you telling me to leave you two here alone? Seongyoon, I don’t know what you think, but from our perspective, we have to protect you as a runaway youth. So… … .”

“I’m just going to talk. If you’re worried, just block the entrance.”

There are two main types of impulsive behavior that Seongyoon can display here.

1. Suddenly running away to the exit with Jeongmin.

2. Contact the police using your own cell phone or by asking a cafe employee to do so.

The exit is blocked, so if you ask the cafe staff, just block it before you go to the counter.

The police, I already told Chief Secretary Ko Yoon-soo in advance, so even if they come in after Sung-yoon’s report, it will be resolved.

Still, it would be best to keep things quiet.

“Do you have a cell phone?”

The director extended his hand toward Seongyoon.

Then Seongyoon gritted his teeth and placed his cell phone on top of her hand.

The director and Kim Young-ji each got up and sat down at a table away.

Then, Seongyoon Eom glared at them and said.

“If you’re there, you can hear everything we’re saying. I said I wanted to talk to you alone.”

“It really is a variety of things.”

The director and Kim Young-ji got up as if they had no choice and sat down a little further away.

Since a microphone was installed on Son Jeong-min’s body anyway, their conversation can be overheard even from far away.

“Jeongmin, are you okay?”

Seongyoon asked cautiously.

Then, Son Jeong-min rolled his eyes anxiously and nodded his head wildly.

“Oh! It’s really okay.”

“It still doesn’t look that good… … .”

“I see… … .”

Since he had been instructed to answer as concisely as possible, Jeongmin spoke briefly.

Then, Seongyoon sighed, took out a post-it note the size of his palm from his bosom, and held it out in front of Jeongmin.

“This is my phone number. If you need anything, call me here.”

There was no phone number or anything on the post-it note that Seongyoon handed over.

[Jeong Min-ah. I know a guy who does drugs. When I told him about you, he said there’s an easy way to get drugs without money. You just have to run some errands… It seems like you’re being held captive at Angel’s House because of drugs… Why don’t you get it from this guy? He said he’d give you money if you just ran errands for him. Come out of Angel’s House. He’s waiting for you in the bathroom right now.

Okay, where is the bathroom?

If you don’t like it, how have you been, hyung?

Answer like this.]

Jeongmin quickly checked the contents and looked at Seongyoon with trembling eyes.

And after thinking about it for a moment, he tore the post-it note up and put it in his pocket.

Seongyoon was momentarily taken aback by that action.

You still don’t like it… … .

“Hey, where is the bathroom? I need to go to the bathroom.”

At Jeongmin’s question, Seongyoon’s face brightened.

Seongyoon silently pointed to a nearby bathroom sign.

“I’ll pack quickly and come back.”

As Jeongmin got up from his seat, Kim Youngji and the director, who were standing far away, reacted.

As Kim Young-ji approached, Jeong-min looked toward the bathroom and said.

“Bathroom, ugh, please.”

Kim Young-ji nodded.

Anyway, the employees are sitting right in front of the bathroom.

I confirmed that there were no windows in the bathroom, but it was still designed to be used in case of an emergency.

“… … .”

Jeongmin slowly entered the bathroom.

As soon as the door closed, he slowly walked over to the sink and turned on the water.

Then a strange man came out from inside the inner compartment.

The man locked the bathroom door and slowly stood in front of the sink next to Jeongmin.

Then he took out his cell phone, typed something, and showed it to Jeongmin.

[Are you Son Jeong-min?]

Jeongmin was surprised, but nodded slowly.

Then the man wrote something on his cell phone again and thrust it in front of Jeongmin.

[What are you looking for? A calf?]

I couldn’t figure out what the calf meant.

I came from a drug dealer, but what the hell kind of calf is that?

As Jeongmin tilted his head, the man started typing again.

[cocaine]

Jeongmin nodded his head wildly, scared to see the words.

The man nodded again and showed me the message he had written again.

[What I tell you to do is simple. Just give me something and I’ll give you 10 servings each time. There will be work quite often. If you want money, do what you have to do and sell what’s left. Or just ask me for money, okay?]

Jeongmin nodded his head like crazy.

In the Angel’s House, only one serving is given at a time.

Besides, it wasn’t like they were giving it to me just because I asked for it, and no matter how much I begged, it was no use, as they had a set cycle.

But you’re giving me 10 servings at a time?

There is no business left beyond this.

[First of all, this is a one-time deposit.]

The man pulled out a small zip-lock bag containing a white powder from his pocket.

Jeongmin’s eyes widened and he snatched the ziplock bag from the man’s hand.

He opened the ziploc bag, tasted it with his fingertips, and looked around as if he owned the world.

The man silently took out a small piece of paper from his pocket.

Then, Jeongmin rolled up the paper without delay, tore off the paper towels next to the sink, and laid them thickly on the sink.

He poured powder on it, then lowered himself and placed a rolled up piece of paper over the powder, putting one nostril against the end.

Then, he blocked the other nostril with his index finger and took a deep breath.

“evil!”

However, this was before I could even inhale properly.

In an instant, my arm was grabbed violently.

I looked at the man, wondering what was going on, and without any hesitation, he bent his arm behind his back and subdued Son Jeong-min.

“Mr. Son Jeong-min. As of 6:34 p.m. on July 26, 2012, you are under arrest on charges of drug possession and use. You have the right to remain silent, to appoint an attorney, and your statement may be used against you in court.”