This was an opportunity to take the first step for promotion. There was a path to enter the dirty side, but he wanted to move forward by justly eliminating evil.
“Chairman Kang. Is there anything good about dragging this out?”
“That part, my lawyer will speak about when he comes.”
The detective sighed, scratching the back of his head. Socheol, who hadn’t answered until his lawyer came, seemed to have gotten bored, finally moving when a considerable time had passed.
Because Socheol wouldn’t open his mouth until the lawyer arrived, no investigations were being carried out.
Feeling frustrated with the detective, he stood up to light a cigarette when the door to the interrogation room creaked open.
“Sorry for being late. I’m Hahn Garam, the lawyer for Han Socheol.”
Socheol nodded, about to scold why he was so late, but then his eyes widened, trembling as he shook his hand with the cold metal of the handcuffs.
A man in his late 40s, well-groomed and wearing a black padded jacket, put his hand in the pocket and took out a business card, handing it to the detective.
“I should say, Attorney Kang Garam couldn’t come due to urgent business, so I had to come on his behalf.”
The detective couldn’t refuse the offered business card, accepting it and checking the attorney’s name.
“Mr. Baek Hansu.”
“Yes, Detective.”
“Please have a seat.”
“Yes.”
The detective and the lawyer exchanged a few brief words. The lawyer, who came to defend Socheol, didn’t lose his smile. He nodded at the detective and twisted his body to sit next to Socheol.
At that moment, Socheol was horrified when Baek Hansu approached.
“You, you, you are.”
When the detective mentioned the lawyer’s name, Socheol, in a fit, stood up, causing the chair to fall backward.
Ignoring Socheol’s reaction, the detective considered it a show to leave the interrogation room.
The detective and the lawyer didn’t care whether Socheol sat or not. Since the lawyer came for Socheol, the detective had to prepare to confront the lawyer instead.
“Now, let’s start the interrogation in earnest.”
“Oh, no! Detective, just let me make one call. Something’s terribly wrong. That guy won’t come! Let me make a call to confirm.”
The detective felt annoyed because Socheol, even with the lawyer present, suddenly showed symptoms he hadn’t before. Did anyone know how much time was wasted waiting in the interrogation room doing nothing for several hours?
“That…,” the detective was about to say it was impossible. However, Baek Hansu intercepted, maintaining a smile and cut in.
“Chairman, that’s not possible.”
“Yes, who are you! How can you!”
“As I mentioned earlier, I am Chairman’s lawyer.”
Socheol, looking at Hansu, trembled as if he had seen a ghost. Although Hansu told Socheol to sit in the fallen chair, Socheol did not sit and clung to the wall as if trying to protect himself.
Hansu looked at Socheol with a sideways glance when Socheol showed no sign of sitting.
“Well, this is awkward. Detective. I’m sorry, but can we proceed with the investigation like this?”
“As long as you answer the questions well, it doesn’t matter.”
The detective, eager not to delay any longer, raised his hand to start the interrogation on his laptop. However, Socheol’s resistance soon led to a disturbance.
“Get out! Get out right now! Have you been hiding all this time to humiliate me like this?!”
Socheol pointed at Hansu and scolded. At the same time, he did not sit and clung to the wall, seemingly trying not to fall.
Seeing Socheol’s rejection, Hansu tilted his head.
“Well, this is turning out interesting. Detective. I apologize, but can we proceed with the investigation like this?”
“Ask the questions. I don’t have time to play games.”
The detective, once again finding his words interrupted, sighed. However, Hansu remained calm despite Socheol’s outburst. It seemed Socheol expected a strong refusal when he looked at Hansu.
“Chairman Hansucheol, where do you think this is right now? It’s the interrogation room. Currently, it’s not me, but you who has come as a murder suspect. And you, Hansucheol, called the lawyer. It’s you, isn’t it? Kang Garam, the lawyer, couldn’t come, so I came on behalf of… well, Yeon.”
“This can’t be. This can’t happen! I haven’t received any notice of entry. Ho-how did you…”
“Why are you so frightened? It’s as if you’ve committed a huge crime against me. I’m just here to defend the chairman.”
From the moment Hansu entered the interrogation room, he consistently faced Socheol with a composed expression. However, that was only for the moment.
Soon, wiping away the smiling expression, he gave Socheol a cold, stern look and twisted his lips.
“So, sit down. The detective hasn’t even started yet. Let’s talk step by step, shall we? You never know. What if the detective finds out what you don’t want to say, and it adds to the charges?”
Adding that it’s not worth the honorifics, Hansu, who had smiled somewhat amicably a moment ago, stared at Socheol as if he were filthy.
The detective was initially perplexed by the lawyer’s attitude toward Socheol, but soon realized that the relationship between the two was far from ordinary.
“C-Call the chief. Tell him to come immediately! He seems not to know I’m here. Go and inform him quickly.”
Socheol found the police chief to display his friendship. Socheol hadn’t doubted that the money he had given to the chief all this time would be enough for him to take care of this situation.
However, the detective just clicked his tongue as if to say, “What nonsense.”
“The chief ordered a thorough investigation of Chairman Hansucheol.”
“What?”
Socheol denied that the chief would do such a thing. The detective, as if saying, “What kind of nonsense is this?” just clicked his tongue.
“We’ll begin.”
Hansu nodded approvingly at the detective’s attitude of ignoring Socheol.
“Yes, go ahead. I’ll answer only with sincerity.”
Even though the interrogation had started, Socheol didn’t stop his resistance.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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