You Have Been Defended [EN]: Chapter 551

Heo Min-woo, just in case, tried to obtain an arrest warrant, but as expected, it was rejected.

So, after 48 hours, Heo Min-woo naturally released Son Jeong-min to his home.

In response, I reassigned an employee who had been staying at Sang-gil’s house to Sung-yoon’s room to care for Son Jeong-min.

According to the report I received from him and the information shared by Heo Min-woo, Jeong-min is experiencing a painful withdrawal a week after his arrest.

Since full-scale addiction treatment is impossible at this point, he is currently being prescribed medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms and is being monitored.

Son Jeong-min displayed an uncooperative attitude and violent behavior throughout the police investigation, so he has not yet made any statements regarding the Angel House.

So, I decided to orchestrate a confrontation with Sung-yoon, hoping that Jeong-min could clear his mind and realize that he had been deceived by the Angel House by comparing situations with Sung-yoon.

And Kim Young-ji and the director, who were taken to the police station with Jeong-min at the scene of the arrest, were investigated with lawyers.

I haven’t heard the details yet.

It’s only been a week since I was able to meet Heo Min-woo.

“Jeong-min and Sung-yoon’s case isn’t just a drug case. There’s the issue of abuse. I’ve been busy talking to that department about the abuse case. Still, it would be best if we could handle it all at once, so I’m looking into whether there’s a way to do that….”

“Why, when you watch dramas, they usually handle it all at once.”

“Isn’t that dramatic license [artistic liberties taken for entertainment]? If this issue were simply drugs or related to drug distribution, our department could handle it strictly, but it’s closer to a case where drugs were used in abuse, so it’s practically impossible for our department to handle everything from start to finish.”

“Well, since this case didn’t require thorough security, it’s not like it can’t be known to other departments. But the problem is that I’m a little worried that the department might be influenced to downplay the case or conduct a sloppy investigation.”

Kang Min-jae, who had been listening quietly, spoke up.

I was worried about that too, from the moment the story about other departments came out.

From the beginning, when we set the trap, didn’t we think that the Angel House couldn’t possibly have failed to consider the possibility that the police or we might be involved?

The fact that they showed up at the meeting place despite that means they must have been confident that they could cover up the police investigation.

“If it gets covered up, Woo-shin probably bribed the higher-ups in the police, and those higher-ups will put pressure on the department. However, I don’t know many people in that department, so I can’t predict how those people will react in such cases. So, I’m currently in the process of finding out what those people are like.”

“Still, since the cases are intertwined, if Detective Heo keeps digging as he gets statements and evidence, they won’t be able to just cover it up.”

“I think so too.”

“Oh, listening to Detective Heo, you must have been very busy for a while. Investigating, finding out about people, checking whether cases can be merged—even if you had two bodies, it wouldn’t be enough. It’s not like Detective Heo is only working on this case.”

“Haha. Thank you for understanding.”

Heo Min-woo seemed to feel sorry for not being able to appear in the group chat room often, as soon as he met us.

However, he gave us information updates once a day, so he doesn’t really have to make excuses like this.

“Now, tell us the details. Detective Heo told us the brief details, but we don’t know the full story.”

“Hmm, I’ll start with the part you’re most curious about.”

* * *

That day, when Heo Min-woo took Sung-yoon back to the Gangnam Police Station, Kim Young-ji and the director had already returned.

“They just left without saying anything?”

“Yes. They said they wouldn’t say a word without a lawyer. So, when they said they would come tomorrow, I said okay and sent them away. And they’re really difficult.”

“Why, what is it?”

If you were someone who didn’t know the situation of the police, you might think that the actions of those two people were difficult, but as someone who has experienced all kinds of difficult people, I don’t even think of most difficult people as difficult anymore.

In that sense, the actions of the director and Kim Young-ji at the scene of Son Jeong-min’s arrest were not particularly difficult.

“It’s not like they’re openly saying, ‘Do you know who I am!’ but it feels like they have a mindset that says, ‘If you treat me like this, you’ll regret it later?’ Their expressions seem to be saying, ‘You’ll regret it later.'”

“Ah, that style. Well, were there any other words?”

“They asked what Sung-yoon said while requesting separation measures, and whether there was any evidence.”

It’s natural because the response method will be different depending on whether there is evidence or not.

“Don’t they say they’re innocent?”

“They felt that they hadn’t grasped Jeong-min’s case yet, and the matter was serious, so they were careful with their words. Regarding Sung-yoon, they said that they had treated him so well, so they didn’t know why he requested separation measures, and that Sung-yoon might be having some strange misunderstanding, or that he might be thinking that everything is unfair as he enters puberty. But the surprising thing is that they seemed to sincerely think so.”

“Those two must be mentally unstable too. But could it be acting? They did something to Sung-yoon, so there’s no way they could think, ‘We treated him so well, how could he stab us in the back like this?'”

“That’s right. It could be acting. But there are quite a few unbelievable people who sincerely think that way.”

That’s true.

For now, no matter how much we talk, it’s all just speculation, so we’ll have to wait until the next day to find out.

“Hello.”

The next day, Kim Young-ji and the director appeared at the Gangnam Police Station with two lawyers.

‘It’s Taekwang [a major law firm].’

Heo Min-woo smiled inwardly as he checked the lawyer appointment letter.

Taekwang has been involved in everything related to the Wooshin Group since ancient times, so it may be natural.

“So, you mean you didn’t know at all that Jeong-min was doing drugs?”

“If I had known, I would have stopped him long ago. Isn’t the role of an orphanage to prevent the delinquency of children who cannot live with their families due to unavoidable circumstances and to help them move on the right path, so that they can become normal members of society? If I couldn’t even keep that basic thing, I wouldn’t have worked at the orphanage in the first place.”

“That’s generally the case. But as a result, a teenager who did drugs has now appeared at the Angel House. Moreover, Sung-yoon said to Kim Young-ji several times that he thought Jeong-min was doing drugs. Why didn’t those who know so well about the role of the orphanage take appropriate action at that time?”

Kim Young-ji bit her lip at Heo Min-woo’s question.

However, as if she had been instructed to keep her mouth shut no matter what, she seemed to be stimulated, but she still didn’t say anything.

The lawyer sitting next to her assessed the situation and spoke up again.

“We admit that we were careless in that regard. Kim Young-ji is also deeply regretting and blaming herself for that. However, Son Jeong-min was not what you would call a ‘troublemaker,’ even if his usual behavior was not good. It was hard to believe that such a student would do drugs, not just smoke or drink. Moreover, drugs are not easy to obtain, and it is difficult to find a route to obtain them, and they are expensive, so we thought there was no way for Jeong-min to obtain drugs.”

“Well. Even if it wasn’t drugs, can’t you think of the possibility that Jeong-min might have been sniffing glue if his condition was that bad? Glue is not expensive and not difficult to obtain. At least, shouldn’t the general attitude be to open up the possibility of doing glue and take Jeong-min to the hospital?”

At Heo Min-woo’s question, the lawyer answered calmly without showing any agitation.

“If Sung-yoon was the one who brought up the drug story, I might have done that. But the other person was Kim Young-ji. And Kim Young-ji’s position is secretary. That is, she is an office worker who does not know much about children’s education or behavioral psychology. Kim Young-ji might not have thought about glue. Kim Young-ji, is that right?”

At the lawyer’s question, Kim Young-ji nodded.

Heo Min-woo barely managed to hold back a laugh.

I’ve met a lot of people who don’t say a word without a lawyer, but from the perspective of someone who knows the inside story, it was extremely hypocritical.

If a stranger saw it, Kim Young-ji would seem like she really didn’t know anything, but somehow got caught up in this situation and was intimidated and intimidated.

“I know that Kim Young-ji is in charge of the position of secretary. But it’s hard to say that she’s just a simple office worker and doesn’t know anything about children, but she has interacted with children quite a lot. Kim Young-ji was in charge of all communication related to Jeong-min and Sung-yoon.”

“That’s because there was a special situation.”

“What is the special situation?”

“Actually, Sung-yoon was threatening the Angel House. It’s an embarrassing story, but Sung-yoon was acting recklessly, so I was thinking of buying time by pretending to accept some of the demands and guiding Sung-yoon.”

“What are those requirements? And how can Sung-yoon threaten the Angel House?”

What is this bizarre story again?

Let’s see how far it goes.

“Sung-yoon recently caused a self-harm commotion.”

“……Self-harm?”

“Yes. It’s not a serious level, it’s just hitting himself. And Sung-yoon lied that he was assaulted by a college student who came to the Angel House for educational 봉사 [volunteer work]. Didn’t Sung-yoon tell you that?”

“Please continue.”

“Yes. But the college student 봉사자 [volunteer] had evidence that Sung-yoon had harmed himself, and fortunately, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved. However, the problem started when Sung-yoon threatened the director, saying that he would say that he was slandering the college student at the director’s instruction. Even though the director had nothing to do with it.”

That’s right.

Sung-yoon said that he would inform the outside that he was slandering the college student at the director’s instruction and urged him to quickly pay the promised financial compensation.

But that’s all that’s true.

It was really a passing dog who would laugh at the fact that the director had nothing to do with it.

“Yes, so?”

“Sung-yoon said that he wanted the deposit for a studio apartment and living expenses to be supported so that he could leave the Angel House immediately. Here, the director said that he would wait and see, as he didn’t know when Sung-yoon would take unexpected actions, and while doing so, he tried to appease Sung-yoon, and also strictly scolded him, trying to correct Sung-yoon’s behavior.”

“Then, it seems like teachers would have been needed, not secretary Kim Young-ji. Why has Kim Young-ji been communicating with Sung-yoon?”

“No. In order to persuade Sung-yoon, Sung-yoon had to be held back by saying that in order to leave the Angel House in a form other than a simple runaway, time was needed to prepare documents and money, and other procedures were needed. And Kim Young-ji, who is an office worker, takes care of that work, not the teachers. Because Sung-yoon kept suspecting, he was put one-on-one with Kim Young-ji.”

Heo Min-woo was speechless.

Taekwang is a group of people who have studied well in Korea.

And what the lawyers of Taekwang are doing by putting their heads together is writing novels to defend the abusers and make the victim Sung-yoon a crazy person.

“And there’s something strange here, did you notice?”

The lawyer asked.

Of course I noticed something strange.

Isn’t this whole scene of making nonsense while claiming that the victim is the perpetrator strange?

“What are you talking about again?”

“If Sung-yoon’s purpose was to get money from the Angel House and leave, there’s no reason to slander the 봉사자 [volunteer]. It’s more common to stage a self-made play that the director hit him.”

“So?”

“But since the target Sung-yoon slandered was the 봉사자 [volunteer], the Angel House was thinking this was strange. Then, when I met Jeong-min, who had previously run away from the Angel House and barely managed to get in touch, I heard a story that seemed to be related to the reason.”

The claim that Jeong-min ran away on his own and was barely able to contact him and was being protected was within the expected range.

But I didn’t expect that he would come out in reverse as a troublemaker who threatened Sung-yoon.

Cha Joo-han’s voice seemed to brush past his ears, saying that no matter how much they gathered and made various predictions, they should be prepared to be surprised because they didn’t know how the Angel House would write novels when the investigation started.

“At that time, what form of contact was the Angel House having with Jeong-min?”

“Jeong-min was wandering around aimlessly at that time. When he ran out of money, he would go to a construction site for a day, and when he ran out of money again, he would go to a construction site. When I found Jeong-min and told him to go back to the Angel House, Jeong-min strongly refused.”

“Was there a problem at the Angel House?”

“No, there was a problem at the Angel House……. No, strictly speaking, there was a problem at the Angel House. It was because of those 봉사자 [volunteers] who came to the Angel House three times a week for educational 봉사 [volunteer work]. Jeong-min refused to go back as long as those people were still at the Angel House. He decided to run away because of the verbal abuse they poured out.”