You Are Defended - Chapter 551



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Episode 551

Heo Min-woo said that he would apply for an arrest warrant just in case, but as expected, it was rejected.

So, after 48 hours, Heo Min-woo naturally took Son Jeong-min to his home.

Accordingly, I dispatched an employee who had been living at Sang-gil’s house to give up his room to Seong-yoon as manpower to take care of Son Jeong-min.

According to the report he received and the information shared by Heo Min-woo, a week after his arrest, Jeong-min is said to be having a difficult time due to withdrawal symptoms.

Since full-scale addiction treatment is impossible at this point, they are currently administering medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms and observing the patient.

Son Jeong-min has been uncooperative and has displayed violent behavior throughout his police investigation, so no statement has been received regarding Angel’s House.

So, I decided to re-evaluate the timing of my confrontation with Seongyoon so that Jeongmin could see the situation with a clearer mind and realize that he had been deceived by the Angel’s House.

It is said that Kim Young-ji and the director, who took Jeong-min to the police station together from the scene of his arrest, were questioned with a lawyer present.

I haven’t heard the full story yet.

It’s only now, after a week, that I’m finally able to meet Heo Min-woo.

“The Jungmin and Seongyoon cases aren’t just drug cases. They involve abuse issues. I’ve been busy with the abuse case because I have to talk to your department about it. But I think it’s best if we do it all at once, so I need to figure out a way to do that… … .”

“Why, when you watch dramas and stuff, it seems like they usually do it all at once.”

“Isn’t this a dramatic license? If this problem were simply drugs or related to drug distribution, our department could handle it very seriously, but since it is close to a case of drug abuse, I think it is virtually impossible for our department to handle everything from start to finish.”

“Well, since this case didn’t require such tight security anyway, it’s not like it shouldn’t be known to other departments. But the problem is that I’m a bit worried that they might have influence over that department and downplay the case or slacken the investigation.”

Kang Min-jae, who had been listening to the story silently, opened his mouth.

I, too, was worried about that when the story about other departments came up.

Didn’t we also think from the very beginning when we first dropped the bait that there was no way Angel House wouldn’t consider the possibility that the police or we were involved?

Still, the fact that he showed up at the meeting place must have been because he was confident that he could cover up the police investigation.

“If it is covered up, it is likely that the person who gave Wooshin money was a police officer in the upper ranks, and they will exert pressure on the relevant department. However, I do not know many people in that department, so I cannot predict how they would react in such a case. That is why I am currently in the process of finding out what kind of people they are.”

“But since the cases are intertwined, if you keep poking around as you obtain statements and evidence, you won’t be able to just cover it up there either.”

“I think so too.”

“Oh my, listening to what Inspector Heo said, you must have been really busy for a while. Investigating, getting to know people, checking if the cases could be merged, it must have been hard even if you had two bodies. Inspector Heo isn’t the only one working on this case.”

“Haha. Thank you for understanding.”

Heo Min-woo seemed to be feeling sorry for not appearing in the group chat room often enough to meet us.

However, since he updated the information once a day, it is not really something he should be making excuses about.

“Now tell me the story in detail. Detective Heo gave us a brief summary, but we don’t know the details.”

“Well, let me start with the part you’re most curious about.”

* * *

When Heo Min-woo returned to Gangnamseo after dropping off Seong-yoon that day, Kim Young-ji and the director had already left.

“You just left without saying anything?”

“Yes. He said he wouldn’t even open his mouth without a lawyer. So when he said he’d come tomorrow, I said okay and sent him away. And here’s the real story.”

“Why, what.”

A person who does not know the circumstances of the police may think that the actions of those two people are the truth, but as someone who has experienced all kinds of truths, most truths no longer seem like truths.

In that sense, it is difficult to say that the actions of the director and Kim Young-ji at the scene of Son Jeong-min’s arrest were the truth.

“It’s not like he’s like, ‘Do you know who I am?’ It’s like he’s saying, ‘If you treat me like this, you’ll end up in trouble later.’ His expression is like he’s saying, ‘You’ll regret it later.’”

“Oh, that’s the style. Well, was there anything else you said?”

“He asked me what Seongyoon said when he requested separation and if there was any evidence.”

It is only natural that the response will differ depending on whether there is evidence or not.

“Don’t you feel wronged?”

“As for Jeongmin, they didn’t know about it yet and the situation was serious, so they were reluctant to say anything. As for Seongyoon, they said that they didn’t know why they had asked for separation measures when they had treated him so well. They said that Seongyoon might have some strange misunderstanding or that he might be entering puberty and think everything is unfair. But what was surprising was that it seemed like he really thought that way.”

“Those two are seriously out of their minds. But maybe it’s just an act. After what they did to Sungyoon, how could they possibly think, ‘We treated them so well, and now they’re beating us up like this?’”

“Yeah. It could be acting. But I wonder if there are a lot of ridiculous people who really think that way.”

That’s true.

No matter how much I say now, it’s all just speculation, so we’ll only know tomorrow.

“hello.”

The next day, Kim Young-ji and the director appeared at Gangnamseo with two lawyers.

‘It’s Taekwang.’

Heo Min-woo smiled inwardly as he checked the attorney appointment letter.

Taekwang has been involved in everything related to the Woosin Group since the old days, so perhaps it is natural.

“So, you’re saying you had no idea that Jeongmin was using drugs?”

“If I had known, I would have prevented it earlier. Isn’t the role of a daycare center to prevent children who cannot live with their families due to unavoidable circumstances from going astray and to help them get on the right path so that they can become normal members of society? If they couldn’t even do that basic thing, they wouldn’t have worked at a daycare center in the first place.”

“Generally, yes. But as a result, a teenager who was using drugs came out of Angel’s House. In addition, Seongyoon told Ms. Kim Youngji several times that Jeongmin seemed to be using drugs. Why didn’t those who knew the role of the orphanage take appropriate measures at that time?”

Kim Young-ji bit her lip at Heo Min-woo’s question.

However, as if he had been instructed to keep his mouth shut, he seemed to have been stimulated, but he still did not say anything.

The lawyer sitting next to him confirmed the situation and opened his mouth again.

“I admit that I was complacent about that part. Kim Young-ji also regrets that and blames herself. However, although Son Jeong-min may not have been a well-behaved student, he was not a typical playboy. It was hard to believe that such a student would use drugs, not just cigarettes or alcohol. Furthermore, drugs are not easy to obtain, and it is difficult to find a route to obtain them, and they are expensive, so I thought that there was no way for Jeong-min to obtain drugs.”

“Well, even if it wasn’t drugs, if Jungmin was in that condition, wouldn’t it be possible to think that he could have used Bond? Bond isn’t expensive, and it’s not hard to get. At the very least, wouldn’t it be common sense to keep the possibility of using Bond open and take Jungmin to the hospital?”

In response to Heo Min-woo’s question, the lawyer answered calmly without showing any sign of agitation.

“If the person who brought up the drug story with Seong-yoon was the director, I think he might have done that. But the person was Kim Young-ji. And Kim Young-ji’s position is secretary. That means she’s an office worker who doesn’t know much about children’s education or behavioral psychology. If it were Kim Young-ji, I don’t think she would have thought of Bond. Is that right, Kim Young-ji?”

Kim Young-ji nodded in response to the lawyer’s question.

Heo Min-woo barely managed to hold back a laugh.

I’ve met many people who wouldn’t say a word without a lawyer, but from the perspective of someone who knows the inside story, it’s absolutely disgusting.

To someone who didn’t know, Kim Young-ji really didn’t know anything, but she seemed scared and intimidated because she happened to get involved in this situation.

“I know that Ms. Kim Young-ji holds the position of secretary. However, since she is just an office worker, it is hard to say that she doesn’t know anything about the children. She interacts with the children quite a bit. When it comes to Jeong-min and Seong-yoon, Ms. Kim Young-ji is in charge of all communication.”

“That’s because there were special circumstances.”

“What are the special circumstances?”

“Actually, Seongyoon was threatening Angel’s House. It’s embarrassing to say, but since Seongyoon was being stubborn, I was going to buy some time by pretending to accept some of his demands and educate him.”

“What are those demands? And how does Seongyoon threaten the Angel’s House?”

What is this outrageous story?

Let’s see how far we can go.

“Not long ago, Seongyoon attempted suicide.”

“… … Are you going to sleep?”

“Yes. It wasn’t serious, but it was just self-beating. And Seongyoon lied that he was assaulted by a college student who had come to Angel’s House to volunteer at the time. Didn’t Seongyoon say anything like that?”

“Please finish speaking.”

“Yes. However, the college student volunteer had evidence that Seongyoon had committed suicide, and fortunately, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved. However, the problem began when Seongyoon threatened the director, saying that he would say that he had framed the college student under the director’s instructions. Even though the director had nothing to do with it.”

That’s right.

Seongyoon urged the school to pay the promised financial compensation immediately, saying that he would reveal to the public that he had framed the college student under the instructions of the school principal.

But the truth only goes so far.

The idea that the director had nothing to do with it was something that even a passing dog would laugh at.

“Yes, so?”

“Seongyoon asked for a deposit for a studio apartment and living expenses so that he could move out of Angel House right away. Here, the director said that she would understand because she didn’t know when Seongyoon would act out unexpectedly, and bought time. At times, she tried to calm Seongyoon down, and at other times, she tried to correct Seongyoon’s behavior by scolding him sternly.”

“Then, rather than the more secretive Kim Young-ji, I think the teachers were needed. Why did Kim Young-ji communicate with Seong-yoon?”

“No. In order to persuade Seongyoon, I had to tell him that if he wanted to leave Angel’s House, he would need time to prepare documents and money, and other procedures, and that he would need to go through a lot of procedures, not just run away. And that work is not done by the teachers, but by an office worker, Ms. Kim Young-ji. Since Seongyoon had been suspicious, I assigned him to work one-on-one with Ms. Kim Young-ji.”

Heo Min-woo was speechless.

Taekwang is a group of people who have studied hard in Korea.

And what those so-called Taekwang lawyers are doing together is writing a novel to defend the abusers and make the victim, Seongyoon, look like a crazy person.

“And here’s something strange, have you noticed?”

The lawyer asked.

Of course, I noticed something strange.

Doesn’t it seem strange that they are talking nonsense while claiming that the victim is the perpetrator?

“What does that mean?”

“If Seongyoon’s purpose was to take money from Angel’s House, there was no reason to frame those volunteers. It would have been more common for him to have staged a scene where the director hit him.”

“But?”

“But since the people Seongyoon had framed were volunteers, Angel’s House thought this was strange. Then, when they met Jeongmin, who had run away from Angel’s House and was finally able to contact him, they heard a story that seemed to be related to the reason.”

The claim that Jeongmin ran away on his own and was finally contacted and taken care of was within the expected range.

But I didn’t know that it would come out like this, that Seongyoon was the problem child who threatened the director.

No matter how many times they gathered together and made predictions, when the investigation actually began, they had to prepare to be surprised because they didn’t know how the Angel’s House would write a novel. Cha Ju-han’s voice seemed to pass by their ears.

“At that time, what kind of contact were you having with Jeongmin at Angel’s House?”

“Jungmin was wandering around at that time. When he ran out of money, he would go to a construction site for a day and work, and when he ran out of money again, he would go to a construction site. When I found him like that and told him to go back to Angel’s House, he strongly refused.”

“What went wrong at Angel’s House?”

“No, at Angel’s House… … No, strictly speaking, there was a problem at Angel’s House. It was because of the volunteers who came to Angel’s House three times a week to provide educational services. Jeongmin refused to go back as long as those people were still at Angel’s House. He decided to run away because of the verbal abuse they gave him.”