You Are Defended - Chapter 574



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Episode 574

“The tea is good.”

Kim Chan-young, who got out of his car in the outdoor parking lot on the first floor, whistled as he looked at the sports car parked right next to him.

It was the same model of car that my friend had shown me pictures of several times, saying it was his dream car, so I immediately remembered its complicated name.

Didn’t I say that if I just breathe and live and work hard at my company, I would only be able to live for the next 20 years?

I think it was around 1 billion.

“… … .”

As I passed the car and entered the building, there was a small wooden sign hanging next to the door.

[Song Hyeon-seop Architect Office]

There was an architectural office that Go Sang-jun had introduced me to in a high-rise neighborhood with many luxury homes.

He was not a big architect.

However, the architect himself seemed to have quite a high reputation and was widely recognized in the industry.

When I searched, quite a lot of information came up.

The representative won several major architectural competitions from a young age.

Buildings that passed through his hands are located in various areas known as hot places in the country.

Even if you don’t know the architect’s name, the building’s name is so famous that you’ll probably react with, “Oh, that place?”

When I first got contacted by the architect, I was quite surprised to learn that this person had worked closely with Ko Sang-jun.

Because I wondered why someone who had no regrets would do something like that.

“Are you Mr. Kim Chan-young?”

At that moment, an employee sitting on the first floor suddenly got up and came over.

He nodded, and the employee tapped the tablet he was holding at his side and guided him toward the elevator.

While waiting for the elevator, Kim Chan-young looked at the architects’ portfolios displayed on the wall.

I had already checked the portfolio published on the architect’s website, but I was wondering if there might be a place like Okashima Hospital, Ribbon Medical Center, or Koh Sang-jun’s house.

Of course not.

“Is there anything you like among the portfolios?”

When I got on the elevator, the staff member asked me.

Kim Chan-young answered with a faint smile.

“Do you like everything?”

“That’s great. Our CEO has put a lot of effort into preparing a blueprint for you, so I hope you like it.”

He’s Ko Sang-jun’s nephew, so of course he put a lot of effort into it.

Whatever the method by which their dealings were conducted, they were likely paying considerable costs of silence.

“Sir, Mr. Kim Chan-young has arrived.”

When we entered the conference room we were guided to, the representative had already arrived and was waiting.

He bowed his head to Kim Chan-young and asked to shake his hand.

“We’ve talked on the phone many times, but this is our first time meeting in person. Here, here’s my business card.”

“Oh, yes. I didn’t prepare a business card. What should I do?”

“Haha, that’s okay. Please sit down.”

Only Kim Chan-young and the CEO remained in the conference room.

“I’ll just get ready for a moment. I should have done it in advance, but the client’s call took a long time. I apologize for keeping you waiting.”

“No. I have a lot of time. Take your time.”

The only sounds in the conference room were the sound of the laptop’s fan spinning and the mouse clicking.

Kim Chan-young looked around the conference room with his mouth shut at the sudden silence.

“Shall we talk about it while looking at the concept material first?”

“yes.”

The representative turned on the laptop and connected the external hard drive that was in a pouch made of luxurious material.

How precious must your external hard drive be that you carry it around in a pouch like that?

Kim Chan-young watched him prepare for the presentation with his arms crossed.

“Here it is.”

There were numerous folders inside the external hard drive.

Since the name was not a single word but a combination of letters, I couldn’t tell what the folder contained.

However, the name of the folder he entered to find Kim Chan-young’s things was W.

Kim Chan-young watched the CEO searching through several folders and guessed what those letters might stand for.

W… … .

What?

“Okay, that’s enough. Could you please take a look at the screen in front of you?”

As the representative approached the screen, Kim Chan-young applauded.

Then the representative smiled awkwardly and bowed his head.

‘You’re quite skilled.’

As the employee had previously mentioned, he prepared a lot of materials with considerable effort based on the references sent by Kim Chan-young.

There were several versions of the building’s exterior, each with a different meaning.

Even the route from the entrance to the inside of the house was designed in various ways.

I was genuinely amazed, wondering if they had actually done the work with such delicacy.

thud!

At that moment, a crash was heard outside the building.

The soundproofing was good so the sound inside was quiet, but it must have been quite loud outside.

The representative looked a little surprised by the sound and looked out the window for a moment, but he didn’t seem to see anything special and returned to the screen.

“I think there was some kind of accident outside.”

“I see. Oh, but there’s a second floor in the first building. How about putting a large window facing the garden? It might feel too open because of the courtyard.”

“But there is a way. I thought you might want to do it that way, so I made that version too.”

When Kim Chan-young asked, the CEO, as if he had been waiting, showed a simulated video of how the lighting level would change depending on the time zone when the window was opened.

That was when.

dripping.

Someone knocked on the conference room door.

The representative tilted his head and asked me to wait a moment, then opened the door halfway.

It seemed like the staff had arrived.

They chatted for a while in small voices that were barely audible.

Then suddenly the representative shouted loudly.

“how much?!”

He must have realized that he had spoken out loud without realizing it. He looked back at Kim Chan-young for a moment, smiled awkwardly, then hardened his expression and walked out of the conference room.

Meanwhile, Kim Chan-young checked his cell phone.

[I put it on, but it seems to be more dented than I thought]

Kim Chan-young placed his cell phone face down on the table and listened to the sounds outside the door.

With a deep sigh, the door opened again and the representative came inside.

Kim Chan-young’s gaze was fixed on the external hard drive connected to his laptop.

I think that’s the most important thing, but if the representative takes that and runs away, it’ll be a problem.

“Sir. I think someone has taken my parked car. I need to go and check on it for a moment… .”

“No, who would do something like that… … . Of course you should go and see it.”

“I’ll go and come back quickly.”

“You can take your time.”

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

Fortunately, the architect, who had poured all his wealth into collecting cars, seemed more interested in seeing how damaged his precious supercar was than in protecting his external hard drive.

Anyway, since he is Ko Sang-jun’s nephew, I guess I let my guard down a little.

I could hear him running down the stairs from here.

Kim Chan-young remained silent until then.

[Is it coming out now? I’ll hold on as long as I can. If I call, I think it’ll come up again.]

A text has arrived.

Kim Chan-young quietly took out two small machines from his bag.

It was a device that reacted to a radio receiver detector and a camera lens.

I checked all over the conference room and found no wiretapping devices or CCTVs.

If there was a surveillance device, I decided to give it up cleanly, which was fortunate.

Kim Chan-young slowly approached the glass wall of the conference room with the blinds drawn.

And I looked outside with the blinds slightly open.

There was no one in the hallway.

Kim Chan-young walked over to his laptop and made a phone call.

“National Intelligence Service, are you ready?”

─It was on standby earlier. Did you plug in the USB?

“I’m going to plug it in now. But I think there’s more to see on the external hard drive than on the computer. The files I requested were on the external hard drive. There were also a lot of folders.”

Kim Chan-young plugged the USB into his laptop and moved the installation file inside the USB to his laptop as instructed by the National Intelligence Service, and then installed it.

For a moment, the front of the laptop flashed black, and then the mouse started moving on its own.

─Then I guess I should clear out the external hard drive first. It has quite a large capacity.

“Then shouldn’t we take the drawing files first?”

─That’s right. Whoever designed it, the program really works well. Hmm. Let’s see. Still, it should take about 20 minutes to transfer all the files from the external hard drive. It should take 3 minutes for the laptop SSD. There’s not much to it.

“So a total of 23 minutes?”

─Yes. While I’m waiting, I’ll check out the web hard drive as well, since there might be something there. Chan-young, just sit in your usual spot.

“Shouldn’t you delete the program when you’re done with your work?”

─No no. I’ll erase all traces myself. I’ll call or text you when I’m done.

The National Intelligence Service just hung up the phone.

Kim Chan-young returned to his seat and waited anxiously.

Then, it seemed natural to look at the outside situation through the window, so I went to the window.

The representative didn’t notice the collision when he looked from this side earlier, so maybe he’d see it if he went to the window on the other side.

‘I can see it. It’s pretty dented, isn’t it?’

The purple sports car and the black passenger car that Kim Chan-young had seen while parking earlier were in contact with each other.

Still, it was worth the price, and while the black sedan had its front bumper completely dented, the sports car was in relatively better condition.

That doesn’t mean the situation was good.

Because there were black and purple shards, as well as pieces of glass, scattered on the floor.

Maybe it was because the soundproofing was good, but I couldn’t hear what the representative was saying, but he was running wild.

I sat down, stood up, got angry, looked at the damaged area with a flash, and took a picture.

I was out of my mind.

‘It was the best car in that guy’s collection, too bad.’

The architect’s representative owns a total of eight supercars and five foreign cars.

When I’m not working, I spend hours maintaining my car and am also active in super car club activities.

His hobby was meeting up with other supercar owners and going on a track.

In fact, Kim Chan-young thought that the fact that the head of an architectural firm was a car collector was not a very useful source.

But Cha Ju-han didn’t hesitate for long and spoke clearly.

─It’s easy. If you take the car, he’ll come out to check the condition of the car while crying. In the meantime, if you plug the USB into the computer, the National Intelligence Service will take care of it.

Does Cha Ju-han usually work like this?

Although I am cooperating with him, I don’t contact him often because he is a spy.

Naturally, there wasn’t much to see about how he did his work.

When I heard the compressed results later, I just thought he was competent.

‘If you look closely, even lawyers have a bit of a crazy streak.’

Kim Chan-young couldn’t help but laugh as he suddenly remembered the way he shrugged his shoulders, saying that it didn’t matter since the compensation limit he had set was high.

[The end. I’ve removed all traces. Just collect the USB properly. sg sg~]

As I was watching, 23 minutes passed by in an instant.

A message arrived from the National Intelligence Service.

Kim Chan-young pulled out the USB plugged into his laptop, put it in his pocket, and returned to his seat as if nothing had happened.

After another 5 minutes, the phone rang.

As soon as Kim Chan-young pressed the reject button, a message arrived.

[It’s a final atmosphere. I got a call from the NIS saying it’s over. Is that right?]

[Yes. It’s finished. Thank you for your hard work.]

Kim Chan-young replied right away.

dripping.

And soon after, the representative returned with a knock.

“Have you been waiting for a long time? I’m really sorry. The perpetrator was so shameless that the story became so long.”

“No. I saw a nice purple car while I was parking earlier. Is that your car?”

“Oh, you saw it. Yes. I had a lot of courage to choose this car, but it got into a big accident… … I was out of my mind. This is the first time I’ve ever left my seat for so long after having a customer over. Excuse me.”

“I would be angry too. To take someone else’s car and then shamelessly leave… … So, did the conversation go well?”

“Well, I think he crashed into his parked car by himself. I called the insurance company, so I think they’ll take care of it.”

“No, why did you suddenly come and take the car that was just sitting there?”

“That’s true. He said he was trying to park in front of the building, but the space was tight, so he came a little bit into our parking lot and tried to back up. But since our parking lot is on a bit of a slope, he must have stepped on the accelerator. But he must have stepped on it too hard and it went flying out… … .”

“This is why driver’s license tests should be difficult.”

When Kim Chan-young clicked his tongue, the representative laughed.

“You’re taking up too much of my time. Would you like to finish talking now?”

I don’t know how great the design is, but I have no intention of building it anyway.

But Kim Chan-young turned his body towards the screen as if he was looking forward to it.

I thought I should just go home and leave him alone to his own devices.