Na Song-rim, as if scoffing at the prosecutor’s investigation, didn’t listen to the questions, but answered first. Without being told by the head of the legal department, he denied all charges.
“I have no acquaintanceship with Prosecutor Jin Line. What kind of ill feelings does she have towards me? Really… Ask if a prosecutor can treat a law-abiding citizen like this!”
“Oh, really? She had an acquaintance.”
Juhyuk put a two-shot photo of Line and Na Song-rim taken by the Taesung elevator CCTV on the desk. Then, a very subtle change appeared in Na Song-rim’s expression.
“Do you remember riding the elevator together? Don’t you remember anything, Prosecutor-nim? Amazing! Indeed, the judicial examination is not for everyone.”
“I don’t remember. Riding the elevator once, I wouldn’t remember.”
“That’s right!”
“But this photo wasn’t requested by me from Taesung’s CCTV.”
Na Song-rim opened his eyes faintly, waiting for Juhyuk to continue speaking.
“Mr. Na Song-rim, you requested Taesung Security Team. This photo was used in the second crime. If we find and eliminate this person… I’ll provide enough money for you to live abroad for the rest of your life.”
It was the case where Line almost died. As Juhyuk recited the content confessed by the criminals, his emotions surged.
Na Song-rim clenched his teeth once and pretended to be indifferent.
“Hey, Prosecutor. Do you believe the words of criminals? Those… I don’t know where they came from, but they seem like gangsters who rolled in from somewhere. I am Taesung Deputy Chief with a guaranteed identity. They are gangsters who do some dirty work in nightclubs.”
Although it wasn’t an attentive story, there were suspicious aspects.
“I never said that gangsters from the nightclubs gave me this photo.”
Juhyuk shot a sharp look at Na Song-rim. Na Song-rim seemed greatly confused.
“Usually, people who commit such crimes are obvious, right? I just hit them. Like you, Prosecutor.”
“Oh, is that so? Then, how do you explain the fingerprints of Mr. Na Song-rim on this photo?”
Even if it wasn’t fingerprints, there were too many pieces of evidence and testimonies against Na Song-rim. However, the most important evidence was Na Song-rim’s fingerprints on the CCTV capture.
“Director, what should I say at a time like this?”
The head of the legal department was just making a confused expression. He couldn’t find words to argue against the common mental illness.
“Prosecutor Choi, our deputy chief’s identity is guaranteed, and there is no risk of escape. How about we end it today?”
At that moment, a knocking sound was heard, and a prosecutor’s office employee came in.
“Prosecutor, the schedule for reviewing the arrest warrant for Mr. Na Song-rim has been set.”
Hearing that, Na Song-rim, who was leaning against the backrest, suddenly stood up.
“Director, what are they saying? That thing I used back then on my brother? Are they going to do it to me?”
He recalled the time when Song Kang eagerly awaited the substantive review of the arrest warrant, filled with great expectations. Na Song-rim laughed in vain and sat down again.
“Arrest isn’t that easy.”
Juhyuk smiled with a sense of repentance, concluding the investigation. However, it didn’t mean that Na Song-rim could go home.
From the head of the legal department’s perspective, Na Song-rim’s case suddenly emerged, and it was inevitable that he would be flustered.
“I think… I’m going crazy.”
“Deputy Chief, you need to honestly and in detail tell us what happened. If this case is connected to the Taesung Gate case, Taesung will be in danger.”
For Na Song-rim, leaving this uncomfortable place right now was more important than Taesung’s future. He continued to insist that it was an unknown matter until the end.
I did my best to prepare for the defense, but the time, more precious than gold, flowed away like grains of sand.
The substantive review of the arrest warrant had arrived.
Based on a 20,000-page investigation record, the prosecution submitted a 180-page indictment. There was no convincing counter-argument to overturn the systematically organized claims.
Without any evidence, Na Song-rim denied all facts. The head of the legal department, who had no accurate knowledge of the case, had no choice.
In the end, Na Song-rim was arrested.
Line immediately summoned the arrested Na Song-rim.
Na Song-rim, sitting in the interrogation recording room, looked at Line and began to rage.
“Who dared to unlock these handcuffs?”
Despite Na Song-rim’s tantrum, Line calmly handed over the investigation records, waiting for the handcuffs to be fastened around his wrists.
“What a fuss.”
“How dare you arrest me?!”
Watching Na Song-rim, who couldn’t control his anger, Line shook the evidence photo from the CCTV capture.
“I told you back then. You thought my warning was a joke.”
Looking at the clock, Line waited for the head of the legal department.
“The head of the legal department should know by now. That you won’t be able to stand up again…”
With a cold gaze, Line stared at Na Song-rim. Na Song-rim, in intense anger, slammed both handcuffed hands on the desk. Rather than being intimidated, Line seemed to be enjoying it, as if endorphins were surging.
“The cameras and recording devices are turned off, so I can speak.”
With a relaxed expression, Line shook the evidence piled up beside him, pointing at Na Song-rim.
“I’ll teach you how terrifying a well-managed investigation can be.”
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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