You Are Defended - Chapter 554



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Episode 554

“Oh, yes… … . I see.”

Cheon Jong-nam accepted the situation surprisingly calmly.

Although he had a bitter expression on his face.

It seems regretful that the life of eating three meals a day for free and watching TV while scratching one’s side like before is over.

“What’s with that expression? Aren’t you happy?”

“Aren’t you happy? But I have to go to jail now, so how can I be happy… … . I’m a human too… … .”

“Why aren’t you happy that Mr. Cheon Jong-nam is finally paying for his sins? Isn’t this the first step toward ending his trashy life?”

“… … .”

“Of course, I feel guilty when I think about trash like Mr. Cheon Jong-nam living and sleeping on the people’s tax money, but there’s nothing I can do about it. What can I do when our country’s prisons care too much about the inmates?”

When Cheon Jong-nam didn’t respond, Tae-sik, who was standing next to him, started yelling at him.

“Sir, was the lawyer wrong?”

“Huh, ah, no!”

“But why is there no answer?”

“I’m sorry, sir. What you said is completely correct.”

“Of course. A lawyer never makes mistakes.”

Taesik patted Cheon Jongnam’s shoulder and said.

Every time that happened, Cheon Jong-nam’s shoulders seemed to slump a little, but it must have been because of his mood.

“Then, if I go to the police station tomorrow… … then I can just tell them exactly what the lawyer said, right?”

“No. I changed my mind.”

“Yes, yes? You changed your mind? Then how… … . You’re not telling me to take all the blame on myself, are you? Oh, no matter what, I wouldn’t go that far… … .”

Cheon Jong-nam took a step back, waving both hands with eyes filled with fear.

What did I do that makes you so scared?

“I’m going to drive while drowsy.”

“……yes?”

“Tell them you accidentally received it because you were driving while drowsy. You don’t need to give them the script. You probably have one prepared in advance.”

Cheon Jong-nam looked at me with bewildered eyes.

“You’re not kidding me, are you?”

“Why did I come to see Mr. Cheon Jong-nam when I have nothing else to do and tease him?”

“Oh, I see… … .”

“First of all, let’s just say that he was driving while drowsy. Oh, and don’t mention the people who came to kill Cheon Jong-nam at the station. Let’s just say that he was hiding because he was scared and came out on his own.”

“Yes? But then… …. wouldn’t it be impossible to catch the guys who ordered me to kill Attorney Kang?”

“There’s no need for Mr. Cheon Jong-nam to worry about that.”

I’ve already told you what I wanted to say, so I guess I’ll be going now.

It doesn’t feel particularly clean here either, so I don’t want to stay for long.

“Excuse me, lawyer.”

As I was opening the door and going out, Cheon Jong-nam suddenly called out to me.

“What is it?”

“If I embroider tomorrow… … . Well, I’ll have to eat only beans and rice from now on, so could you loosen the limit to 20,000 won just once? I like lamb skin, and I want to eat it just once before I go in… … .”

“I don’t understand.”

“yes?”

“If you’re only going to eat beans and rice from now on, shouldn’t you get used to it from now on? Think of it as practice in advance and eat for less than 5,000 won from now on.”

I’ve already heard that setting the price at 10,000 won per meal was a generous act, but now it’s 20,000 won.

How many packs of ramen can Taesik eat with that kind of money?

“There’s a 3,000 won piece of sheepskin at the convenience store. Should I ask him to buy that for me?”

As I was getting into the car, Taesik suddenly asked me.

“Why would you think of showing such mercy?”

“What a mess. That’s fucking disgusting. I thought it was lamb skin and was looking forward to it, but if it’s fucking disgusting, wouldn’t my despair be greater? I’ll have to ask her to buy it for me.”

Taeshik chuckled and took out his cell phone.

Since when did he become so content with simple things?

* * *

“Attorney Cha Ju-han! How long has it been since then?”

Anchor Jin Hye-kyung raised her hand in surprise as she noticed me walking towards the entrance.

I hadn’t heard from him since the day I contacted him when Wooshin tried to frame Vice Chairman Park Young-gi’s eldest son for drug distribution, but I didn’t know he would be this happy to see me.

“It’s been a while.”

“I think you’ve gotten more handsome since I last saw you. What’s your secret?”

Jin Hye-kyung, are you curious about what skin products I use?

I hesitated about what to say, but Jin Hye-kyung waved her hand.

“I’m joking. So, what kind of scoop do you think you wanted to give me today?”

In fact, the face that came to mind before Jin Hye-kyung was Yoon Se-yeon.

Isn’t that obvious?

She always claims that she should be compensated by getting scoops because she is exploited by me, and I also prefer Yoon Se-yeon to Jin Hye-kyung because I can communicate more smoothly.

But it’s Wooshin’s business, and it’s obvious that the Ilbo will try to write articles to attack children at daycare centers and college students.

When the Joongang Ilbo, which first reported the story, publishes an article attacking children and college students, it gives them strength.

That won’t do.

“An incident occurred at the Angel House, part of the Wooshin Welfare Foundation.”

“I knew it would be Ushin. If it’s Angel’s House, the name alone sounds like an orphanage.”

“you’re right.”

“If the incident occurred at a daycare center, is it abuse?”

“No. A child who was staying at a daycare center was arrested for drug use.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Jin Hye-kyung frowned.

“Are you caught red-handed taking drugs?”

I explained the whole situation to Jin Hye-kyung.

From the time when Wooshin summoned the Angel House child as bait to kill me, to the current situation.

Of course, there was no talk about organ trafficking or prostitution.

Even if I don’t tell you that story, Jin Hye-kyung knows how much Woo-shin annoys me anyway, so that’s enough.

Of course, it would be difficult to imagine that the direction in which I was dealt with would lead to murder, so I also explained that I was kidnapped last year and miraculously returned alive.

“You’re crazy. Why on earth would you do something like that… … . I knew that Wooshin had been trying to stop you all this time. But why would he go to such lengths to kill you… … .”

“Maybe it’s because there are other evil deeds I haven’t discovered yet. Maybe he wanted to kill me before I could dig them up.”

“Then what else do you think there is, lawyer?”

“How could it not exist?”

Jin Hye-kyung fell into a deep sleep.

Judging by the lack of immediate response, I got the impression that he was calculating something.

“You don’t know anything? After the kidnapping incident, the broadcasts that Reporter Choi and Jo Bong-jun were doing stopped. Isn’t it because they’re investigating something?”

“That’s why I stopped, but I haven’t found out anything yet. I thought there was something in Angel’s house, so I tried to find out, and this incident happened.”

“Okay. So what direction do you want this report to take? You said that the news agency is already preparing an article that makes it seem like college students are bullying children.”

“Yes. The initial report would simply be that a youth who had been staying at a daycare center ran away from home and was arrested for drug use shortly thereafter.”

“Then, as if you were waiting for it, you’re going to push the kid into doing drugs because he was a college student?”

Jin Hye-kyung said with a worried face.

“So, I’d like to ask you not only for this one, but also for one more. I was in a car accident along the river a while ago. I suffered a subdural hemorrhage. I almost died.”

“Yes? No, Mr. Kang, are you okay?”

“Fortunately, he has now been discharged from the hospital, and he is continuing to receive outpatient treatment and monitor his progress. Fortunately, the progress is good.”

“Oh, I see. I had no idea… … . That’s fortunate, but… … . If it’s a subdural hemorrhage, isn’t that really serious?”

“Yes. The vehicle that caused the accident was a dump truck. And the driver of that dump truck has not responded to the police investigation so far, and is currently wanted. We have not been able to contact him at all.”

“… … Wait a minute. You said ‘no’, not ‘no’. Does that mean you can contact me now?”

It seems like you didn’t waste your time as an anchor.

This is evident from the way he quickly catches on to even the smallest nuances and delves into them.

“Yes, we found him with great difficulty. He managed to escape without any help. Anyway, the driver will turn himself in tomorrow.”

I put the USB on the table.

“This is CCTV footage from a store near the accident scene. I was there at the scene of the accident. That’s why I included the black box footage from the car I was riding in. It was originally a car that was supposed to pick me up, but it ended up picking me up because of the riverbank. That’s why I included footage of it running toward me. Please use it for your reporting.”

“… … So, is this also a murder for hire? So, you’re saying that you advised the truck driver to turn himself in for the murder for hire?”

Jin Hye-kyung asked as if she was tired.

I nodded once.

“But he won’t admit to the contract killing. He’s stubborn. We don’t have any evidence of the contract killing, so we can’t press him right now, but we still have to prevent him from running away, so we strongly recommended that he turn himself in. He’s insisting that he was driving while drowsy, so he’ll probably turn himself in for the charge.”

“Ugh… … .”

“So I would like you to report both of these on the news today. When is the deadline for the video footage?”

“The sooner the better for a smooth process, but for something like this, it doesn’t matter if we take the picture right now.”

“Then please contact the reporters. After the conversation is over, it would be good to go straight to Jeongdo’s office and interview Kang Byun. I think it will be a hot topic. Since former President Kang Kwan-woong has already been murdered, if we report that Kang Byun was almost killed by a dump truck, the viewer ratings will be considerably high.”

Jin Hye-kyung took out her cell phone and put the USB in her bosom.

And it seemed like he was contacting the reporter as I said.

He gave me the address of the office and urged me to hurry and come with a camera.

After the crazy conversation ended, Jin Hye-kyung put down her phone and stared at me.

“I said we’re leaving right now, so it’ll take about 45 minutes to get to Seocho-dong. By the way, there was something so huge going on, so you’re very calculating.”

It was a tone of accusation that almost felt like a taunt.

“Is that so?”

I, too, felt unbearably angry and suffered from a great sense of guilt because of a series of events, but I did not want to express those feelings in front of Jin Hye-kyung.

As time went by, I became somewhat numb and learned to stop my emotions from going in a bad direction.

“Emotions don’t really help me with my work. I feel very sorry for the old man’s death and the accident at the riverside, but those are my personal feelings. I’m asking you a favor, so wouldn’t it be better to focus on saying things that will appeal to you?”

“… … That’s true.”

Jin Hye-kyung answered calmly.

Then he gulped down the coffee with all the ice melted and placed it gently on the table.

“Based on the current level of reporting, there seems to be no reason for the higher-ups to cut it off. But, lawyer, are you thinking of this as a first report? For example, are you thinking of it as a groundbreaking?”

“Yes. The key is the follow-up report. And the follow-up report should be released on the same day that the news outlets attack college students and children. That will probably be tomorrow. I see there’s been no news yet.”

When the first report comes out on News 9 today, you won’t feel anxious even if you think the player has been stolen.

They also need to make the incident itself public so that they can reveal that Son Jeong-min and Eom Seong-yoon were being bullied by college students.

Maybe you could consider it a good thing.

“What about the follow-up report? Is this an attempt to divert attention by revealing that the dump truck driver actually caused the accident with the intention of committing murder?”

“Yes, that’s right. For now, let’s move to our office. The reporters might come early.”

She followed me out obediently.

Since he said he came by taxi, he naturally got into my car.

As the car Taesik was driving entered the main road, I glanced out the window.

“The purpose of secondary reporting is not to divert attention.”

And he said to Jin Hye-kyung.

“Huh? Then why did you say that earlier… … .”

“There was a person attached to us. He was eavesdropping on our conversation from the cafe. Do you see that black car in the back?”

Jin Hye-kyung opened her eyes wide as if she had never imagined it.

He lowered his voice so much that he almost whispered.

“Then why didn’t you tell me?”

“There’s no wiretapping in the car, so even if you speak loudly, they won’t be able to hear you.”

“Oh, I guess so.”

She smiled shyly.

“I brought it here on purpose. That’s why we met at the cafe. I had a hard time bringing it here without letting anyone know.”

They want me to be distracted by this.

So I should pretend to be like that too.

Just as they are taking advantage of my carelessness, I am also taking advantage of theirs.

“Following reports, the student who was caught red-handed using drugs was used to deliver me and Kang Byun to the front of the dump truck. And the time when the student ran away from Angel’s House was the same time when he dragged us to the scene of the accident. So the student didn’t run away because of the college students.”

Previously, Jin Hye-kyung had leaked the story that she had been having a hard time because the director was worried that Woo Shin would remove all of the advertisements.

However, it would be difficult for someone who does not know much about the incident to infer that the person who called me to the literary world using Son Jeong-min was Woo Shin.

So, even the director won’t stop this report.

However, when it comes time to report that the subject is Wooshin, I will hesitate.

But there is no problem.

Once the board is set, it doesn’t matter who exposes the subject.

“Don’t you know that the lawyer knows this?”

“No, I know.”

“But why did you go to the trouble of moving to hide it? Even though you knew this was the key point anyway.”

“To be precise, I’m trying to make you think that this is the key.”

“You have the next card, right? What is it?”

“It’s not completely ready yet, but I’ll let you know as I go.”

Anyway, it’s been a while since we’ve had a public opinion war, even though it wasn’t intentional.

Everyone must be itching to talk after a long break from broadcasting, but now I finally have a chance to rant.