You Are Defended - Chapter 552



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Episode 552

Heo Min-woo was genuinely curious as to why these people were lawyers.

If it was going to be like this, wouldn’t it have been better to just become a novelist?

Moreover, their skill in weaving together given conditions to avoid their own problems was truly first-class.

Heo Min-woo asked, not even knowing how to manage his facial expressions.

“Those college students verbally abused Jeongmin?”

“Yes. In fact, Jeongmin asked the staff at Angel House if he could not participate in the programs run by college student volunteers. At the time, I thought it was because Jeongmin didn’t want to study, and since it was only a one-time request, I passed on it. So the staff at Angel House also felt quite guilty.”

“Then why do you think Seongyoon falsely accused the college students and not the director?”

“That’s where it connects. I don’t know if the volunteers verbally abused Seongyoon or not. But if the volunteers did that to Jeongmin for no reason, then it’s possible that they did the same to Seongyoon, right? Plus, Seongyoon was quite close to Jeongmin. It’s obvious where Seongyoon’s anger would be directed.”

“So those were the volunteers?”

“I mean, I can’t rule out that possibility. As I’ve been saying all along.”

I understand why you want to get upset when you see the outrageous act of giving drugs to a child you were protecting at a daycare center to silence the child and discredit his statements when you were in danger of getting caught for instigating him to do something bad.

The problem is that they are shaking up innocent college student volunteers for this outburst.

There is no immediate indication of how Jeongmin will make his statement, but whether Jeongmin says their words are right or wrong, the volunteers will now also become subjects of the investigation.

Of course, if Jeongmin had never heard the volunteers verbally abuse him, and the volunteers had never said anything like that to him, it could have ended cleanly.

But considering their methods, there is a high probability that they will continue to trip up volunteers by bringing in non-existent witnesses.

And this will be another homework assignment for Cha Joo-han.

Since it was Cha Ju-han who dragged the volunteers into the surveillance team, he would definitely try to prove their innocence in any way he could if the volunteers were in danger of being falsely accused.

‘You’re smart.’

Now it was pure admiration.

“Then what happened to the volunteers after the incident where Seongyoon tried to frame them?”

“I organized it.”

“Does that mean you’re no longer serving?”

“Yes.”

“Then why do you think Seongyoon would threaten the director to leave Angel’s House? Now the volunteers aren’t even coming.”

“Well. But when I met Jeongmin at Angel’s House, he refused to return even when I told him that volunteers would no longer come to Angel’s House. He refused as if he believed me when I told him that it would be better to go to another shelter. Later, I found out that if Seongyoon’s threats were successful and he left home, he had promised to live with Jeongmin.”

“Then does that mean that Sungyoon and Jungmin colluded? According to Sungyoon, after Jungmin ran away from home, Sungyoon didn’t even know if Jungmin was alive or dead. He asked Angel’s House, who had been in constant contact with Jungmin, several times, and was finally able to talk to him briefly, and he said that he had a chance to meet him briefly once. At that time, Jungmin showed signs of drug addiction.”

At Heo Min-woo’s words, the director and Kim Young-ji laughed in vain as if they were dumbfounded.

It was a point where the lawyer’s guidance was revealed.

They had to act as if they had never heard or seen this, and if so, it would be natural for them to feel betrayed by Seongyoon, who had cared so much for them.

If the police told you this story, they would have told you to react accordingly.

“I don’t know much about collusion. But I think it’s possible. It’s just a guess.”

“Then why didn’t the Angel’s House, which had been in regular contact with Jeongmin, notice the drug addiction that Seongyoon had also noticed?”

“At Angel House, we did our best to protect Jungmin, but there were days when Jungmin would meet us and days when he wouldn’t. Furthermore, according to what Angel House staff said, Jungmin would respond by saying, ‘If you see him alive, then leave now,’ so all we did was check on Jungmin’s life and outward health. That’s why we knew he had lost weight, but we just assumed it was because he was having a hard time living outside.”

“So, other than meeting Jeongmin briefly, you didn’t know anything about how Jeongmin was doing at Angel’s House?”

“Yes, that’s all. I just found out how Jeongmin was living off of his money.”

“If Jeongmin was so defensive, how could he have made a phone call to Seongyoon or let him meet him? I think it would have been difficult to bring him to the cafe when he was arrested, if he was in such a desperate situation.”

The lawyer opened his mouth as if he had been waiting for Heo Min-woo’s words.

“He said he thought that maybe Jeongmin was the only one who could calm down Seongyoon, who seemed to be twisted somewhere. That’s why he begged Jeongmin to talk to him on the phone and meet him, and he coaxed and persuaded him to make it possible. The day he brought him to the cafe was the same.”

In a situation where Jeongmin’s reaction cannot be predicted, the statement from Seongyoon that has already been secured and the statement from Angel’s House are completely contradictory.

However, neither side has the means to prove that what they say is true.

If they went to such lengths to meet Jeongmin at Angel’s House, they would have checked the black box or public CCTV to figure out the route, but they would have also made preparations.

In a situation where claims are sharply divided like this, the police’s judgment becomes most important.

Heo Min-woo was planning to send Angel’s House to the prosecution unconditionally unless there was evidence that proved them innocent.

However, it is unknown how the prosecution will handle this.

Even if Cha Ju-han succeeded in cutting out Hwang Young-chan, who was acting like Woo-shin’s dog, there’s no way Hwang Young-chan would be the only one in the prosecution who received money from Woo-shin.

‘I wonder if Vice President Park Young-gi can lend us some strength.’

I start to think a lot.

“Let me get this straight. Jeongmin ran away from home because he couldn’t stand the stress caused by the verbal abuse from the volunteers. Angel House tried hard to find Jeongmin and suggested that they return, but Jeongmin refused, citing the volunteers as an excuse. And during that process, Jeongmin only showed his face for a very short time, so there was no suspicion of drugs. When Seongyoon suspected Jeongmin of drug addiction, he ignored it because he thought he had no way or money to get drugs… … .”

“Ignoring seems a bit strong. Rather than ignoring, I think it should be seen as thinking that the possibility was significantly low.”

“Yes. And Seongyoon also tried to frame the volunteers for some reason, but failed, and threatened the Angel’s House by revealing that he had been ordered to frame them by the Angel’s House. Then, when Seongyoon’s opinion was not accepted, he ran away from home. Is that right?”

“you’re right.”

Since the investigation began, Kim Young-ji and the director have not made a single proper statement.

It is safe to say that the whole thing proceeded as if the smooth-tongued lawyer had been waiting to block all the questions raised by Heo Min-woo.

Heo Min-woo took his hands off the keyboard and sighed.

This won’t be easy… … .

* * *

“At this point, I guess you could call it a phone call.”

Yoon Won-hyung nodded at Go Yoon-soo’s words.

“If Cha Ju-han stumbles upon college students, he won’t be able to let it go. The police will soon start investigating the college students, and the college students will immediately call Cha Ju-han. Then Cha Ju-han will be busy rescuing the college students. While rescuing the college students, he will also want to prove that Angel’s House abused those two high school kids.”

For a while, Taekwang and Cha Juhan didn’t have much opportunity to meet.

This is because Cha Ju-han did not show any outwardly visible actions.

But thanks to that, Taekwang was able to accumulate a lot of data about Cha Ju-han.

Besides, hadn’t they been conducting extensive research to recruit Cha Ju-han even before he opened his own law firm?

Their conclusion was that Cha Ju-han was obsessed with playing the hero.

If the ‘justice implementation disease’ that often occurs in new lawyers does not get better and progresses, it can lead to ‘hero disease’.

It is questionable why Cha Ju-han, who has quite a bit of legal experience, let alone being a rookie, still hasn’t recovered from that illness, but for now, that seems to be the only thing he thinks.

Of course, I think his wit and financial resources contributed to worsening his condition.

Usually, the panacea for justice-seeking soldiers or hero soldiers is ‘reality’, but he experienced accomplishment by breaking through the wall of reality, so he must still be doing it.

But it actually turned out well.

People like this cannot just ignore the weak or the oppressed.

Even if someone is someone who has been wronged and caught up in a conspiracy because of you, you can never ignore them.

It doesn’t matter even if you ignore it.

Then those college students will feel betrayed and drag Cha Joo-han into the mess.

Could he, so absorbed in playing the hero, remain still when his image is in danger of collapsing?

“The lawyers that Mr. Yoon has assigned this time seem quite useful. It’s the perfect scenario for stalling.”

“I’ve caused the chairman a lot of worry, so I should show a good side of myself now. And I should show a good side of myself to our CEO, too. Aren’t we future partners?”

“Partner of the future? Aren’t we still partners now?”

Go Yoon-soo poured whiskey into a glass filled with round ice cubes and placed it in front of Yoon Won-hyung.

Times are changing rapidly.

And Ko Sang-jun is a person who spent his youth in an era before change.

Don’t people often say that brain development stops during adolescence?

The same goes for Ko Sang-jun.

He can’t keep up because he can’t accept change.

“If we get rid of the wart quickly, our CEO will fly high.”

Yun Won-hyung spoke quietly while wiping away the water droplets clinging to the surface of the glass with his fingertips.

“While Cha Ju-han is busy saving college students, I should quickly get rid of it by getting surgery or something. Originally, I had planned to clean up Angel’s House when my father stepped down from the front lines of management. Even if Cha Ju-han is there and not there, I don’t care if I tear down Angel’s House and win.”

Go Yoon-soo never forgot the day he knelt before Onodera under Go Sang-jun’s pressure.

Fortunately, Onodera, who Ko Sang-jun invested in, has become the Prime Minister, so if he can just get the surgery done well, he will be able to receive various benefits during his term…

In the past, it was difficult for companies to grow without help from Japan, but things are different now.

The world has now clearly recognized that in East Asia, in addition to China and Japan, there is a country called Korea.

Now there are many options outside of Japan.

There is no need to step on the jumping platform again after jumping.

We will maintain our relationship, but there is no need to risk sacrificing the children of the Angel House to try to win their favor.

Isn’t the reason Ko Sang-jun trembles because of Cha Joo-han because he has a weakness?

Moreover, since there is enough to eat and live in the world, people are now looking for ethical awareness.

The era has come when companies that used to just make money, pay huge taxes to the country, and help the economy grow are now forced to act like clowns while also taking care of ethics.

Above all, the truth that could have been hidden by just silencing a few people has now become accessible to too many people.

He cannot afford to leave behind the risks of an old era as a by-product of the old era in the world he will inherit.

“Because of the lack of ethical awareness, I have to take care of the volunteers’ human rights while I’m busy with my work.”

“I’m a little worried about the truck driver. He almost killed the owner of the car, and Kang Min-jae is in critical condition, so he must be really angry. If he has the truck driver, I don’t understand why he hasn’t used that card yet.”

Go Yoon-soo nodded slowly at Yoon Won-hyung’s words.

“I think the same. It’s been a while since the warrant was issued, but there’s still no news. Cha Ju-han must think it’s safer to have him surrender and be arrested than to keep him in their custody.”

“Maybe negotiations with that truck driver aren’t going well.”

“If negotiations aren’t going well, how do you resolve them?”

“Given the nature of the driver, I would have told him to confess to the truth and be punished according to the law. But if the driver keeps insisting that he fell asleep, the punishment will be reduced. The sentence for attempted murder for hire is much heavier. So it is possible that they haven’t let him go yet because their opinions don’t match.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter. After all, the one who ordered the truck driver was the yakuza, and the one who ordered the yakuza was Onodera. Oh, the kid who got caught for drugs this time was the bait that delivered the truck driver in front of him. He might have been waiting to tie him up once he got caught. The truck driver will also make the driver mess up the Angel’s House.”

“Let’s quickly release the news about the Angel’s House incident so that those college students get some hate, and once the Angel’s House is getting hate, we should release some entertainment industry articles. Then, they’ll know that CEO Cha Joo-han is desperate to stop the Angel’s House incident.”

If you try not to lose anything like your father, it will be difficult to deal with Cha Joo-han.

Unless you throw something at him and make a big profit, he will be chased by the borrower forever.