Hong said that if he could avoid the assault charge, it would be challenging to prove sexual assault. So, Minhyung focused on justifying the assault with self-defense.
However, the detective began to bring up past events with a deadly tone.
“It seems that Mr. Jo Minhyung was accused of sexual assault twice before this.”
In response to the detective bringing up past events, Hong firmly cut in.
“They’re all gold diggers. Like Ms. Seo Jiwon now, trying to make a comeback in a drama by using Mr. Jo Minhyung’s emotions. They approached with their own goals. Do I really have to explain this?”
Hong furrowed his brow as if he found it bothersome, and he let out a sigh. Nevertheless, the detective, instead of being discouraged, brightened his eyes and showed a smirk.
“Ah… Then, Ms. Baek Serin of Seongwon Group is also such a gold digger? It seems she filed a complaint for attempted sexual assault.”
For a moment, the two were speechless.
To everyone, it seemed unreasonable to insist that Baek Serin was a gold digger.
In the end, her sudden appearance was injecting validity into the arguments of others who had been insisting that they were not gold diggers but perhaps real victims, including Seo Jiwon.
“That’s…”
In the end, the presence of Baek Serin blocked even Hong’s mouth.
“It seems she had a completely splendid career as a trans woman, why would such a person choose to be a gold digger? Strange, isn’t it?”
“That’s because, maybe due to the divorce, she might have considered herself a victim of revenge!”
“Oh, really? But looking at the video Ms. Baek Serin submitted… it seems Mr. Jo Minhyung was the one who dragged the collapsed Ms. Baek Serin into the hotel room, right?”
Minhyung looked at Lawyer Hong, but there was nothing he could do to help. Because he had no knowledge of the truth of that day, which had suddenly turned into a lawsuit today.
Only now did Minhyung shudder again at Serin’s cunning.
Not only had she prepared everything for the lawsuit, but it could almost be considered a masterstroke that she filed the complaint on the day she appeared at the police station for the Seo Jiwon case.
Thanks to that, Seo Jiwon’s case could not avoid being influenced as well.
“Well… Serin was quite drunk…”
“Hey, Mr. Jo Minhyung. We checked with the hotel, and it turns out that the room was reserved before the party, and we already caught evidence that you were dealing with ketamine before the party.”
Minhyung’s face turned pale.
“Baek Serin had everything prepared. We can’t touch anything; she did it perfectly.”
“!”
“So, while we’re at it… let’s get a drug test.”
“What are you saying?”
Minhyung, surprised and terrified, leaned back in his chair, but the two police officers came in, and there was nothing he could do to stop them from lifting him up.
“Where does this suddenly happen? I won’t take the test! I won’t do it!”
“Evidence has already been submitted by Baek Serin that suggests Mr. Jo Minhyung administered drugs habitually. So, even if you don’t want to, you have to. The circumstances are too clear.”
A desperate look appeared on Lawyer Hong’s face.
Damn you, Baek Serin!
It was truly a perfect counterattack.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
