The Inspector Is Getting Promoted! [EN]: Chapter 38

Prosecutor, You’re Going Places! – Episode 38

Net of Heaven (5)

“You can hand this USB to Kang Hyun-soo.”

I handed the USB I received from Vice Chairman Lee Cheol-yong’s chief of staff to Han Ji-yoo, who was sitting in the driver’s seat.

“This is…….”

She took the USB and looked up at me.

“Tell him you filmed a video of us in bed together. Set the date to five days ago, as we discussed. That way, even if the video is released later, as long as you can prove that you and I were together that day, there won’t be any suspicion. Of course, keep this information to yourself and keep it a secret from Kang Hyun-soo.”

“I understand.”

She held the USB tightly in her hand and bowed her head.

“Thank you. I really think I can survive thanks to you.”

“It’s not over yet. You’ll have to suffer a little more.”

“Anytime. Even if it’s not this, you can call me whenever you need me.”

I chuckled at her words and replied.

“What good is it to meet with a prosecutor so often?”

“It’s not bad either.”

She smiled for the first time since meeting me and answered.

“I want to see you often. I want to treat you to dinner as many times as possible.”

“It’s okay.”

I fastened my suit button, intending to leave Han Ji-yoo’s car.

“Introduce me to some pretty actress colleagues later.”

I said jokingly and grabbed the door handle.

“Then please handle it well.”

“Yes. I’ll contact you again after I deliver it.”

I replied with a smile instead of an answer and got out of her car, returning to my own.

***

“Hahaha, did you get it?”

“Yes.”

Kang Hyun-soo, seeing the USB Han Ji-yoo was holding, was so pleased that a bright smile spread across his face.

“Choi Seo-joon didn’t notice anything, did he?”

“No. Far from noticing, he was too busy lusting after my body.”

Han Ji-yoo, proving that she was one of the top actresses in Korea, gave a masterful performance.

“Dirty bastard.”

Kang Hyun-soo was more than satisfied with the low voice she uttered.

Looking at Han Ji-yoo’s expression, with her lips tightly pressed together, he could be sure that Choi Seo-joon was blinded by lust and things were going exactly as he had hoped.

“How many times are left?”

“It ended yesterday.”

“You must have had a lot of fun, seeing as you finished it already.”

Kang Hyun-soo gave a sly smile.

“Congratulations.”

Han Ji-yoo was dumbfounded.

‘Congratulations my ass. He’s the one who set up this whole thing.’

However, she hid her true feelings and let out a deep sigh.

“Haaa.”

Han Ji-yoo, after exhaling a sigh, swept her hair back.

Kang Hyun-soo naturally scanned Han Ji-yoo’s body, his eyes lingering on her exposed white neck, and greedily licked his lips.

‘Choi Seo-joon, that bastard, how satisfied must he have been…….’

Counting the sponsorships and sexual favors she had received from entertainment agency CEOs, it was countless. But human greed is endless, and Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyun-soo couldn’t help but regret not being able to possess Han Ji-yoo.

‘Once this is over, should I give it a try too?’

Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyun-soo, indulging in dirty fantasies as he scanned Han Ji-yoo, his gaze followed her arm down to the USB she was holding.

“Give me the USB first. I’ll check it right away.”

He reached out his hand, but Han Ji-yoo didn’t hand it over, holding the USB tightly in her hand.

“I have a condition.”

“A condition?”

Kang Hyun-soo frowned.

“Is this the time for you to be talking about conditions?”

“Yes. You need this, and I have it.”

At any other time, she would have been intimidated and handed over the USB, but Han Ji-yoo didn’t bat an eye and spoke confidently.

“Sign here.”

Han Ji-yoo held out a document she had brought from her purse.

To be exact, a contract.

As a condition for transferring the USB, it stated that the previous events would never be brought up again, and if this matter was mentioned, a large amount of compensation would have to be paid.

Not just a written oath, but a contract.

It had a different effect than a simple written oath.

Moreover, as it was written directly by Prosecutor Choi Seo-joon, there were no loopholes to escape.

Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyun-soo, after reading the contract, openly revealed his discomfort.

“What is this ridiculous contract?”

He pointed to a passage in the contract, trying to find fault with it.

“How can I prevent that incident from being exposed by someone else?”

This was the key point that Choi Seo-joon had written down.

Given Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyun-soo’s personality, he was the type of person who would borrow someone else’s hand to expose it for revenge if he couldn’t do it himself.

Han Ji-yoo said exactly what Choi Seo-joon had told her to say.

“You should be able to prevent others from exposing it. If they do, they would naturally need your permission.”

A natural performance, just like filming.

Chief Prosecutor Kang Hyun-soo, having been hit where it hurt, could only clear his throat and couldn’t refute it.

“If you need the USB, take it. If not, forget it.”

Kang Hyun-soo bit his lower lip and took a deep breath.

“Then let’s check the video first.”

At that moment, Kang Hyun-soo’s eyes lit up.

He thought that if he just plugged the USB into the laptop, he could deceive Han Ji-yoo through trickery.

However, he was still in Choi Seo-joon’s palm.

“Yes, let’s do that.”

Han Ji-yoo readily agreed, but instead of handing over the USB, she played a video on her phone and showed it to him.

“This is the video.”

Chief Kang Hyun-soo didn’t like the situation not going his way, but Han Ji-yoo was determined, and there was no room to dig in.

‘Did I think too easily?’

However, he still didn’t suspect that Choi Seo-joon was involved.

He just thought that Han Ji-yoo was struggling to escape from his grasp.

Chief Kang Hyun-soo, who had examined the video in detail from the beginning, felt that something was missing.

“The face isn’t showing?”

“I can’t help it. I’m the one being taken advantage of, so I can’t change my position as I please, and I can’t adjust the camera angle while secretly filming.”

“Hmm.”

Something felt off, so Chief Kang Hyun-soo cautiously opened his mouth.

“Then do it one more time and film it properly. Then I’ll sign this contract too.”

“The five times we talked about are already over.”

Chief Kang Hyun-soo spat out irritably.

“Just do it one more time?”

“What?”

Han Ji-yoo couldn’t believe her ears.

She knew he was trash, but she didn’t know he was this much of a piece of garbage.

“I can’t do it.”

She suppressed her anger and said coldly.

“We’ve already met the agreed number of times, how can we meet again?”

“Just say you want to do it one more time because you enjoyed it?”

“I made it obvious that I didn’t like it. I told him as if I would never see him again, and if I suddenly asked to meet, wouldn’t that cautious Choi Seo-joon be suspicious?”

“Men don’t care that much about that.”

Han Ji-yoo was dumbfounded.

She was so dumbfounded that she couldn’t even speak.

She never thought he would go this far.

“I can’t do it, so sign and take it, or don’t, do whatever you want.”

“If you leave like this, do you think I can’t expose that incident?”

“Hoo.”

Han Ji-yoo finally took out her last weapon.

She showed him a pen-shaped recorder she had put in her chest pocket.

“Sign now and take the USB, or I’ll release this recording to the world.”

Han Ji-yoo said with venom in her eyes.

“I can’t do that kind of thing anymore, so choose.”

“Huh.”

Chief Kang Hyun-soo realized that he had been too careless.

‘If I had known this would happen, I would have turned on the black box [dashcam] power.’

He regretted it, but it was useless.

In the current situation, he only had one choice.

“Delete the recording when I sign.”

“I promise you that.”

Han Ji-yoo replied calmly and took out an inkpad from her handbag, holding it out to him.

Chief Kang Hyun-soo didn’t like the fact that he was on the defensive, but he thought he could be satisfied if he could at least grab Choi Seo-joon by the neck.

It was a shame that he couldn’t possess Han Ji-yoo, but in any case, her purpose from the beginning was only up to this point.

Chief Kang Hyun-soo silently stamped all of Han Ji-yoo’s contracts.

The moment Han Ji-yoo tried to take the contract, he quickly snatched the contract and grabbed it in his hand.

“What are you doing?”

The USB was still in Han Ji-yoo’s hand.

As she looked at him with contempt, Chief Kang Hyun-soo twisted his lips slyly.

“I need to have insurance too. What if there’s no video on that USB?”

“Check it out then.”

Han Ji-yoo readily handed the USB to Chief Kang Hyun-soo, and he immediately connected it to his laptop and checked the video.

The same video he had seen a little while ago.

Suspecting that it might have been edited, Chief Kang Hyun-soo examined the video again and found one more thing lacking besides the face not being shown.

Like the video from before, there was the sound of skin touching, but Han Ji-yoo’s voice, which should have been heard, was not heard at all.

“There’s no sound at all.”

Han Ji-yoo said irritably.

“Do I have to pretend to make sounds when I don’t even want to?”

At those words, Kang Hyun-soo chuckled and sneered.

“Then, I have nothing to say. Looks like Choi Seo-joon was incompetent.”

At that time, a mole on the woman’s neck in the video caught Chief Kang Hyun-soo’s eye.

The same location as the mole that Han Ji-yoo had when she swept her hair back a little while ago.

With this, there seemed to be no need to suspect further.

He smiled contentedly, took the USB out, put it in his pocket, and said.

“Erase the recording.”

Han Ji-yoo erased the recorded file on the spot and showed Chief Kang Hyun-soo exactly how she took out the memory chip and destroyed it.

“I’ve confirmed it, so hand over the contract.”

“I will.”

Chief Kang Hyun-soo tossed the contract to the passenger seat.

The paper fell weakly to the floor.

“Haa.”

Han Ji-yoo had a lot to say, but she swallowed it down and bent over to pick up the contract.

Chief Kang Hyun-soo turned his gaze to steal a glimpse of her cleavage and looked at Han Ji-yoo’s profile with lustful eyes.

At that moment, a necklace shining green on her neck caught Chief Kang Hyun-soo’s eye.

“I’ve seen that necklace somewhere before.”

Han Ji-yoo, who had picked up the contract, snorted and folded the contract, putting it in her handbag, and said.

“It’s trendy these days. A lot of women wear it, you know?”

“Ah, is that so.”

Chief Kang Hyun-soo nodded without much suspicion.

“It’s not that expensive, so give it to your wife as a gift.”

Han Ji-yoo said nonchalantly and raised the corners of her lips.

At her sarcastic attitude, Chief Kang Hyun-soo turned the laptop screen to the passenger seat and retorted.

“Well, I’m too busy enjoying this video to have time to go buy it.”

He raised his eyebrows and said goodbye to Han Ji-yoo.

“See you again.”

At his words, Han Ji-yoo scoffed and got out of the car.

“Don’t ever see me again. Ever.”

She answered sharply and slammed the door so hard it seemed like it would break.