“Your Honor, wouldn’t it be appropriate for the prosecution to arrest Na Song-kang to clarify the suspicious circumstances mentioned earlier? We will diligently submit any materials requested by the prosecution in the future. Of course, there may have been mistakes made in the hurried processing, but we will do our best to ensure that it does not interfere with a thorough investigation and a fair trial.”
He didn’t forget to include the possibility of errors in the documents submitted to the prosecution previously while admitting to some extent. Song Kang’s hope that he could overcome this obstacle gradually grew as he constructed his argument using the framework Line had prepared.
“Do you have anything else to add, prosecution?”
Nan-seul couldn’t find any more grounds to refute. Instead, Ju-hyuk seemed to be waiting for something to happen.
However, Ju-hyuk, who had initially argued that the investigation and arrest of Director Na Song-kang were unreasonable, had no intention of continuing his argument.
“No. That’s all.”
Ju-hyuk admitted that the prosecution had committed a shameful mistake, regardless of the outcome.
“Defendant, will you make a final statement?”
The judge asked Song Kang. Although he couldn’t express any regretful words or empty sentiments due to his nature, he recalled Line’s earnest plea.
“Do you have none? Then…”
Her sincere plea urging him to actively appeal gripped all his determination. Although the people inside the courtroom didn’t openly pay attention to him, everyone was tensely awaiting what words would come out of his mouth.
“Yes, I do. I will.”
Song Kang’s voice echoed in the courtroom. Regardless of being the defendant, the voice of Tae Sung’s future leader, supporting a cornerstone of the Korean economy, could never be taken lightly.
“First of all, I would like to express my deep gratitude to everyone who has taken the precious time to be here.”
He didn’t forget his manners as he began speaking with courtesy.
“In fact, there were no circumstances when the incident first occurred. What happened to me still doesn’t feel real, but even if it takes time, I will actively cooperate to claim my innocence and ensure that the real culprit is apprehended. That’s all.”
While claiming his innocence, Song Kang hinted that he was not the real culprit. And his statement was sufficient to raise another question.
Everyone seemed worn out after more than nine hours of legal proceedings. As soon as the judge concluded the trial and left, Ju-hyuk quickly rose from his seat.
It was embarrassing to see his junior, Hae-in, and even more awkward to see Director Na Song-kang. He hastily left the courtroom.
Hae-in also approached Song Kang quickly. Now, he had to wait in custody until the substantive examination result of the arrest warrant was released.
During this time, he couldn’t use his phone and communication with the outside world was limited.
“Director…”
“Don’t follow me. And if Prosecutor Jin La-in comes, please send her back. Tell her to wait at home.”
Song Kang’s last plea to Hae-in. He was led to the detention center by people other than court officials.
When he came out of the court, the waiting reporters burst into the shutter sound. This time, he decided not to look in that direction.
But suddenly, a passing silhouette seemed like her. Instinctively, Song Kang turned his head in that direction.
He saw Line standing in the far distance, and as their eyes met, she slightly shook her head, as if signaling not to respond. She stood there with her usual elegant posture.
“Just say a few words!”
The journalists’ barrage of questions pushed against Song Kang’s back, and turning his gaze coldly away from Line, he walked away.
While Director Na Song-kang awaited the examination result in the detention center, the news was filled with stories about him.
Talks about the final statement were also being circulated. Questions were raised about whether there was a separate culprit, and suspicions were growing.
Many things had gone according to Prosecutor Jin La-in’s strategy, but she felt no satisfaction. Observing his disgraceful figure, she felt even worse.
At that moment, Line’s phone vibrated. Since she was holding the phone, she immediately checked the message.
Senior, Director asks you to stay calm until the results come out.
It was a message from Hae-in. The words “stay calm” did not resonate at all. Instead, her heart felt even heavier.
Line flagged down a taxi and followed Song Kang. Even if the excuse was that things were not going well, she intended to be with him, even at a distant place.
Already, there was a swarm of reporters at that location, and there was no room to move. While this place was not unfamiliar to Line, standing outside the fence in her current position felt strange.
Line sighed deeply and glanced at her watch. Fortunately, the substantive examination results of the warrant were expected within the designated time.
As time passed midnight, some of the reporters either changed shifts or partially withdrew. Line sat on the edge of a flower bed and turned her body toward the place where Song Kang was waiting.
When she lifted her head, she saw him standing by the window, looking at her.
Even though he told her not to follow…
Line hid in the shade of the trees. At that moment, she received a call from Hae-in.
Senior, I shared the report with you a while ago. If you need more information, please let me know.
“No, it’s fine. Please inform me as soon as the results are out.”
Are you in the office now?
“Yes, I’m hanging up now.”
Line, who no longer wanted to lie, ended the call shortly and looked away. Then, she waited for the results under the cold shade of the tree.
The wind was colder and sharper than usual. However, thinking that this was all she could do at the moment, she couldn’t let the cold drive her away.
Line kept looking at her phone, hoping for a message from Hae-in. She had changed the setting from vibration to sound.
Is she unable to contact me because she’s on her way to handle Director Na Song-kang?…
Unable to wait any longer, she, who usually didn’t initiate contact or engage in such matters, called Hae-in first.
Yes, Senior.
“Is it still not resolved?”
No… not yet…
At that moment, an alert sound rang from Hae-in’s phone.
Oh, wait a moment! I got a message!
Although it was a much shorter moment than the time she had been waiting, Line felt her heart pounding, and she was on the verge of dizziness.
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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