You Are Defended - Chapter 576



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Episode 576

“You said this was your first time here, lawyer?”

Kang Min-jae asked while adjusting his tie in front of the mirror.

“yes.”

“It’s come to a point where I get to see you, lawyer, in places like this.”

A regular meeting of current legal professionals, including graduates of Seoul National University Law School, is held today.

Large gatherings are held at the end of the year or at the beginning of the new year, and today’s gathering is relatively small but seems to be quite substantial.

This is a gathering I normally wouldn’t have been interested in, but there’s a separate reason why I came here.

It was because of the conversation I had at dinner a few days ago when I was called by Park Young-ki and Chairman Byun Hyeop.

at that time,

─After talking to the President, I am worried about how many people will be on the special investigation team even if the appointment of Cha Byun as special prosecutor is pushed forward. Judging from Cha Byun’s boast that there will be seniors who will join, it seems like he has a list in his head. Can you share it with him in advance?

Park Young-ki asked.

Honestly, the only prosecutor who immediately came to mind was Lee Ye-jin.

And to the extent of Jeong Chang-yoon, who Park Young-gi likes… … .

Jeong Chang-yoon was also a colleague, and although he had fallen into a rut for a while, he had not completely lost his will.

From what I’ve seen, he’s quite enthusiastic about meeting the requirements, and he’s also a medical professional, so it’ll be a big help.

Besides that, it wasn’t difficult to figure out who among the people I know would be active in the special prosecution team.

But it was very difficult to estimate whether those people would join the special prosecution team.

This was especially true because I was in no position to be picky about whether it was hot or cold water.

I kept my mouth shut for fear that mentioning this meager list would further undermine my credibility, but Chairman Byun Hyeop added his own words.

─One of the reasons why there haven’t been any young special prosecutors until now is because the short legal career is a bigger problem than you might think. If you have to lead the special prosecution team, who would want to work under you if you’re too young? And it’s the same from the public’s perspective. Young people might welcome the change, but it’ll be hard to appeal to the middle-aged and older generations. It’s good to refresh the image, but I still have concerns when I think about running the special prosecution team.

I also didn’t know that the opportunity for a special prosecutor would come so quickly.

Because in my previous life, this was something that was only possible in 2018.

If we look at the people appointed as special prosecutors in special investigations conducted in our country so far, they were all people with at least 20 years of legal experience.

Since special prosecutors are not something that happens often, the sample size is small, but since I have been a military judge advocate for about 12 years, I am still a young kid.

My legal career spans over 20 years, including my previous life, so I never really felt like I was a junior officer, but now that it’s become a reality, it’s finally starting to feel real.

Even if it is Lee Se-hwa who wants to renew his image with a younger one, appointing me as a special prosecutor would be a big risk.

So, there should be no disruption to operations.

Wouldn’t it be problematic if things start off shaky because of a single personnel matter, when it’s nothing more than that?

─In the past, there were many people who didn’t like tea, but these days, it seems like there’s a lot of acceptance…

Park Young-gi tried to package me belatedly, but the mood had already darkened.

─It may be a little late, but how about going to every meeting and stamping your seal of approval to show that you’re not the type of person who’s always stiff?

Chairman Byun Hyeop took out his notebook, looked through the schedule, and told me the dates.

─There is a Seoul National University Law School alumni gathering that day. It is a gathering where many department heads attend. It seems that Attorney Kang Min-jae also attends every year. You can go together. It is not bad for your first time. It is moderately heavy, but not too heavy.

─Cha Byun is a very stiff person. What if he reveals himself and gets caught instead?

Park Young-ki refuted Chairman Byun Hyeop’s remarks.

I thought that since my social skills had improved, I was at least not a ‘stiff person’, but I guess I was wrong.

Anyway, that’s why I ended up going to an alumni gathering that wasn’t even in my fortune.

With Kang Min-jae, who has good social skills, at the forefront.

“If you feel like saying something bad, I’ll use the tip of my nose. Oh, but then my nose will probably get ripped off. Should I just cough in vain?”

“… … It’s not like your nose is going to burst.”

“I’m going to work hard to shield together with senior Lee Ye-jin, but honestly, I’m worried.”

Kang Min-jae sighed.

Did I really have to worry this much?

“Riverside! Riverside!”

I was standing gloomily in the smoking area near the hotel entrance when Lee Ye-jin came over and waved my hand.

“Long time no see!”

“Oh, senior. I’m suddenly worried. Do you think I can package you well?”

Kang Min-jae looked at Lee Ye-jin with an expression that looked like he was about to cry.

“Hmm… … .”

Lee Ye-jin crossed her arms and looked at me and Kang Min-jae alternately.

“I think it might work, but me?”

“What is your basis for this? Your seniors really hate you, lawyer!”

“I like tea leaves.”

“That’s my senior. The other seniors… … .”

“No. It might be better than you think. Let’s go in quickly!”

I don’t know what basis Lee Ye-jin has for saying that, but anyway, we went into the venue.

“Oh, what’s this! You’re meeting Joo-Han at the alumni reunion?”

And there were more spheres in it than I expected.

There were quite a few seniors that I had maintained close relationships with during my college years, and there were also seniors who were on the same team when I was first assigned.

“It’s been a while.”

“Yeah, dude. How many years has it been? I haven’t seen you since I graduated. Hasn’t it been almost 20 years?”

“Yes.”

“Do you remember me? I made you drink a lot during MT.”

“I remember.”

“Then do you remember me patting your back when you were dying in the toilet?”

“Not even that much… … .”

“Ahem!”

At that moment, Kang Min-jae coughed in vain.

Was it not okay to say something like that?

“So you’re the senior that saved you back then? Wow, whenever the lawyer drinks, he talks about that time a lot. He says he survived thanks to you. He says that out of all the seniors, you took the best care of him.”

When I.

“Really? You remember me, you punk.”

He patted my shoulder and laughed loudly as if he was pleased.

“I saw you at the Central District Court last year. I thought you didn’t remember me because you didn’t say hello.”

Was it like that?

I didn’t know because I don’t really care about other people.

“Oh, if that were the case, I would have greeted you. I think I was really out of my mind when I saw you at the Central District Court last year. Maybe… … .”

“I came here because of Kim Hwa-young’s trial. I remember it because it was a huge topic of conversation.”

“Oh, that’s right. Haha. There were a lot of reporters there and I was out of my mind. That’s probably why I couldn’t say hello.”

Kang Min-jae spoke as if he were my spokesperson, and my senior, whose name I don’t even remember, also accepted it very naturally.

“That could be true. Anyway, it’s nice to meet you. You don’t come to alumni meetings at all, and no one has been in touch with you since then, so I thought you were doing well, just reading about it in articles and such.”

“I am also very happy to meet you.”

Kang Min-jae is working so hard, so I can’t just sit still, so I said something.

Then Kang Min-jae let out a sigh that was barely audible.

Was there a problem this time too?

“Are you in Seocho-dong now?”

“yes.”

“I’m in Seocho-dong too. Let’s have a meal together sometime.”

“Are you still at the Central District Court?”

“No, I’m out. I originally planned to stay in the court until retirement, but somehow it didn’t work out. Let me see, my business card is… .”

He handed me his business card.

I also took out my business card and handed it to him.

“It’s really close. Let’s meet up sometime, really. I’ll buy you dinner. But I heard that Joo-han made a lot of money, so I think you should buy it.”

I was about to say I understood what he was saying, but Kang Min-jae spoke very quickly in a low voice.

“I’m begging my cute junior to buy me a meal. Hurry up.”

attractiveness?

Are you crazy?

“I’ll be there whenever you call.”

“Yeah, yeah. There are already a lot of people who are curious about your news. Let’s get together. Oh, Minju is here. I’ll go say hello to Minju.”

As soon as the senior left his seat, Kang Min-jae glared at me.

“There’s no way a real person could be this boring.”

“Still, I think that senior thinks of me in a good light.”

“That’s right. I’ve asked about you a few times. Let’s start reconnecting with that senior from now on! He’s a popular person, and there are a lot of people in the 26th class who are quite well-recognized. It’ll be helpful if we become close.”

After that, Kang Min-jae was busy taking me around.

When I was starting to think that it was hard to pretend to remember seniors I didn’t even remember, Lee Ye-jin called me from afar.

“Oh, Cha Byun. Come here. Senior Kim Jong-seok of the 23rd class.”

It’s a sphere.

Not in this life, to be exact, but in a previous life.

At that time, he was the deputy chief prosecutor.

He was a dispatched prosecutor to the special prosecution team with me.

He worked silently but enthusiastically.

Neither of us thought of each other as being intimate, but we were quite accepting of each other.

It also fit quite well in that I didn’t really like Special Prosecutor Cho Moon-young, who I didn’t like and who would probably have been a so-called postpaid rice cake prosecutor if my previous life had continued.

Although he was a senior in the 6th grade, I was still quite young for a graduating class, so I remember there being about a 10th grade difference in our grades.

“I’ve heard a lot about this pro, and now I’m meeting him like this.”

Kim Jong-seok offered me a handshake.

“hello.”

“You don’t come to meetings often, do you? I think I only saw the riverside a few times.”

“Oh, my friend Cha Byun is a bit shy. That’s why I’ve had a lot of strange misunderstandings, but he’s not like that at all. Haha.”

Lee Ye-jin said, hitting my back hard.

Before I could even think about the pain, Kim Jong-seok asked with a faint smile.

“Are you having a hard time these days?”

“no.”

“No, that’s not true.”

Lee Ye-jin, who had been watching the awkward conversation unfold, intervened.

“Cha Byun-ah. You deserve to bow deeply to your senior.”

“yes?”

I wondered why I had to bow to someone I was meeting for the first time, but I didn’t bother to ask.

“Thanks to you, senior, the number of people who chew on tea leaves has almost disappeared. Chewing on tea leaves has become a common expression of inferiority complex.”

“Why are you saying that? It just makes you feel bad.”

“I know the tea leaves. There are a lot of people who chew on you. I have no expectations at all, but if I knew that there were people like you in the midst of all that, how much strength would that give me?”

Listening to Lee Ye-jin, I think I have a rough idea of ​​the situation.

I knew that there were gossips about me everywhere, but I’ve never heard anyone stop it except for Lee Ye-jin.

“Thank you, senior.”

“Okay, I’m back again. And I didn’t like tea in the past either. You don’t have to be thankful or anything.”

“But now, what’s important is that you like it.”

“I don’t like it either. I was just saying the obvious.”

[untruth]

I kept using my ability to determine whether what my seniors said to me was sincere or just a show, and the result was unexpected.

“Just, if you need my help with anything later, just contact me. As your senior, I’ll do that much for you, that’s all. Regardless of whether you like it or not.”

It was true that he said, “As a senior, I will do that much,” but after that, it was a false judgment.

So, it means that he wants to help me and he feels quite fond of me.

“Wait a minute, my wife said she’d be home late, but I guess she’s here now. They’re talking.”

Kim Jong-seok checked his cell phone and then went outside.

“It would be good if you got to know senior Kim Jong-seok well.”

Lee Ye-jin spoke in a low voice while looking at Kim Jong-seok’s back.

Then Kang Min-jae asked.

“If you’re in the 23rd class, aren’t you already a deputy chief? But if you’re already a deputy chief of the Central District Prosecutors’ Office, you’re already getting promoted pretty quickly.”

“Yeah. He’s a special 2nd division student, and he used to be in the Grand Swords. He’s quite an honest person and not bad at sociability, so the old men like him. Well, as long as he doesn’t get into trouble somewhere, he’ll go up high. He also comes from a good family.”

“You have an honest style, but you talked behind the lawyer’s back?”

Kang Min-jae laughed in vain as if he found it ridiculous.

“He wasn’t the type to just come out and make a fuss, but it’s true that he said bad things about tea. And because he was acknowledged as such, there were more people who would do it. But how surprised were you when that guy suddenly said something to those who were ignoring tea? After that, everyone just shut up. They say that all those who ignoring tea are just expressing an inferiority complex.”

“I guess if you live honestly and quietly, doing your own thing, people will notice.”

I need to find out more about Kim Jong-seok.

Is there anything different about your previous life? Is it likely that you will come to the special investigation team?

“If senior Kim Jong-seok joins the special investigation team, the entry barrier will disappear at least for those below the 23rd class.”

While Lee Ye-jin was walking around the venue, introducing other people, Kang Min-jae lowered his voice and whispered.

I nodded and took out my cell phone.

I’ve had lengthy conversations with at least six or seven people and I think I’ve left a good impression, so I think it’s time to go now.

Even if I greeted everyone here, there probably wouldn’t be many people who would change their minds about me.

Jiiing.

I was checking my phone messenger to see if there had been any contact in the meantime, when suddenly I got a call.

It was Dae-cheol who was in charge of watching over the Angel’s House.

─Attorney, So-eun is moving.