The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131

 

A few days ago.

 

Ilchul Law Firm Office.

 

“That person called the Center Director, they call him the Kant of XX District.”

 

Section Chief Yoon Ha-young said with a cold expression.

 

“Kant?”

 

Even though Noh Hae-min asked back in bewilderment, Section Chief Yoon Ha-young just nodded.

 

“Yes, Kant.”

 

“…It’s been a really long time since I heard that name…”

 

“Well, that’s right. Anyway, he lives just as regimented a life as that would suggest.”

 

The treasure of Law Firm Ilchul said.

 

This office wouldn’t be able to function without Section Chief Yoon.

 

I could understand why Ho-shin Senior was so desperately attached to Section Chief Yoon Ha-young.

 

Not long ago, Lee Seol-rok secretly sent a love call to Section Chief Yoon and got caught by Noh Hae-min.

 

“Please, Lawyer Noh… You’re the first person I’ve ever wanted to work with this badly.”

 

Something like that was what he had said.

 

“Ha-young, you’re not the kind of person! Who should be doing! Such! Stuffy work! In a law office like this! Please become my Watson.”

 

Even after being caught by Noh Hae-min, Lee Seol-rok seemed to be putting quite a lot of effort into wooing Section Chief Yoon Ha-young.

 

“Our detective agency is still a pretty decent business to make a living from…”

 

“Oh, and! If I just get accepted to medical school! That office will be yours, Ha-young…!”

 

And Noh Hae-min, who watched their conversation, evaluated it like this.

 

‘Even if the real Sherlock Holmes came back to life, it wouldn’t be easy to hire Section Chief Yoon Ha-young.’

 

Despite Lee Seol-rok’s earnest courtship, Section Chief Yoon Ha-young answered without changing her expression at all.

 

“I refuse.”

 

Why?

 

“It seems like there would be a lot of work.”

 

So, Section Chief Yoon Ha-young is a lazy genius.

 

That’s fortunate.

 

I swallowed my laughter as I came to that conclusion.

 

Section Chief Yoon Ha-young’s cold gaze met mine as she read the report.

 

“…?”

 

Oh no, I shouldn’t laugh.

 

Lee Seol-rok’s Office had quite a lot of work even if it didn’t look like it.

 

I should minimize the workload I give to Section Chief Yoon in the future…

 

“It’s nothing. So, what’s next?”

 

Ahem.

 

When I cleared my throat and composed my voice, her gaze returned to the report.

 

“…so, it seems there are quite a few people who suffered damage from that caregiver belonging to the center.”

 

Section Chief Yoon Ha-young showed me several materials she had collected from the internet and continued speaking.

 

“This is the anonymous chat content from those victims.”

 

…Anonymous chat?

 

When did she collect even that?

 

“According to this, he always comes to work at the center at 10:30 AM.”

 

“I see.”

 

“They say there are no exceptions, so he’s called Kant. Anyway, the employee in that office is generally the Center Director’s Wife, and she always calls the Center Director ‘Center Director-nim’ and pretends they’re not a married couple.”

 

Is there really a need to do that?

 

Ah, well. They probably want to avoid the trouble that comes from acting familiar for no reason.

 

“How did you find out she’s his wife?”

 

“…It’s not an important matter.”

 

Ah, so she’s telling me not to ask.

 

Fair enough.

 

I nodded my head.

 

Manager Yoon Ha-young returned to her seat with a satisfied smile.

 

And then.

 

“…Excuse me, Lawyer. You really can’t do this.”

 

10:28 AM.

 

The reason I deliberately timed my visit was to see the Center Director’s face.

 

And before that, the Employee who wanted to push me out, no wait. The middle-aged Woman who was likely the ‘Center Director’s Wife’ approached me.

 

Unable to even sit on the Sofa across from me and fidgeting nervously – was there some reason she couldn’t be caught by the Center Director?

 

“What do you mean I can’t?”

 

“Even if you are a Lawyer, you can’t just come to someone’s Business Premises like this-”

 

“I see. Are you perhaps an Official deeply involved in this business?”

 

I asked while taking out several Documents I had prepared from my Bag.

 

Her face crumpled badly.

 

“I’m just an Employee! It’s just that our Center Director is a scary person.”

 

“…Scary?”

 

“Ah, yes! Our Center Director is really scary when angry. But if you come to the Business Premises and cause trouble like this-”

 

“If you think I’m causing trouble, you should report it separately. There’s CCTV here after all.”

 

29 minutes. The Woman’s face crumpled even more.

 

At this point, my interest was directed toward that ‘XX District Kant’.

 

Would he really arrive exactly at 30 minutes?

 

As I sat leisurely looking up at her, the Woman sighed heavily and sat down on the Sofa right next to me.

 

“Listen, Lawyer. I really don’t know what you want-”

 

30 minutes.

 

The old Glass Door opened. A middle-aged Man entered, then hesitated and stopped.

 

“What the hell…? What’s all this noise from so early in the morning?”

 

The Woman who had claimed to be an Employee glared at me resentfully, then got up from her seat, approached him, and began whispering something.

 

“What? Are you crazy?”

 

“No, lower your voice!”

 

“You’re the one who-”

 

The man seemed about to burst out yelling, then gave her a warning look before approaching me. Soon, he sat down on the sofa next to me.

 

“Ahem, um… Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“…Nice to meet you. I’m the Center Director.”

 

He extended his hand as if asking for a handshake, his expression completely different from when he had been talking to the woman moments before.

 

* * *

 

“Well, our employee must have told you- Ah, since you’re a lawyer, you must know well, right? These days, personal information protection laws are quite a hot topic.”

 

“The case of patient Lee Yeon-woo has already been reported to the police.”

 

“Ah, that’s right! When the police come with a warrant, we cooperate too. But you see. Huh? If a lawyer just comes and suddenly asks for caregiver information like this-”

 

“I’m not just any lawyer, I’m the victim’s representative.”

 

“Ah! My goodness, yes. Let’s say that’s the case. Even so, this is-”

 

As his words dragged on, my interest in the Center Director gradually waned.

 

I have no choice.

 

I placed my hand on the documents I had put on the table earlier and gently pushed them toward him.

 

“…What’s this now?”

 

“I hear you receive quite a lot of complaints from guardians on a regular basis.”

 

It was the damage summary that Section Chief Yoon Ha-young had compiled for me.

 

The amount of material was enormous even though it was just a summary, showing whether this center had continued using several problematic caregivers without managing them properly.

 

Cases like 404’s where bank accounts were completely drained were commonplace, and there were even cases where patients died due to abuse.

 

“…”

 

The Center Director, who had been examining the documents for a moment, put them back down on the table.

 

“As you know, Lawyer-”

 

The man glanced over at the woman sitting far away at the counter with a glare, then turned his gaze back to me.

 

“Everyone here is freelance. We’re just an intermediary agency. Just referrals, referrals. You see? So even if all this is true-”

 

“I understand other guardians have visited several times. Did you make the same claim to them as well?”

 

“No, it’s not a claim, it’s the truth!”

 

He now pulled out a cigarette from inside his jacket, put it in his mouth, and lit it.

 

The small office was quickly filled with smoke.

 

“So you’re saying you had no idea that several caregivers already hired through this office are under police investigation.”

 

The man nodded with a shameless expression.

 

“Look here, Lawyer. I’m telling you. I didn’t know. Besides, that lawyer’s representative? Victim? Whatever, that patient. That patient also said she didn’t know who the caregiver was.”

 

He couldn’t hide his agitated tone even while blowing out a long stream of cigarette smoke.

 

“To put it bluntly, that patient went crazy and doesn’t even know what happened to her. Right? Where’s the evidence that our office brokered it? She can’t even move her body. How do you know she’s in her right mind?”

 

The man pointing his finger at me had a continuously burning cigarette in his hand.

 

I half-listened to his words while naturally taking the cigarette from his hand.

 

“…?”

 

Then I crushed the cigarette out in the ashtray on the table.

 

“Center Director.”

 

“What.”

 

“They said at the hospital that there aren’t many patients with total paralysis.”

 

“So what? Why did you put out my cigarette? What kind of crazy bastard are you, calling yourself a lawyer—”

 

“Someone who figured out that the patient can’t move her body without even looking at the documents.”

 

The cigarette smell on my hands made me feel disgusted.

 

I gave the man a crooked smile.

 

“Looking for evidence of brokerage first. How surprising.”

 

“What? What does that have to do with anything?”

 

“You just confessed. You said how would you know if she’s in her right mind when she can’t even move her body.”

 

“….”

 

“I guess Lee Yeon-woo was quite unusual even here.”

 

I moved a little closer to the man.

 

When I met his eyes, I could see the Center Director’s pupils trembling faintly.

 

I don’t know why I felt this way, but I suddenly wanted to curse at him.

 

But instead, I smiled gently at him.

 

“The caregivers’ work locations, work hours, days off, ah, you negotiated with the hospital and worked as meticulously as an employer.”

 

He realized what I was starting to say and opened his eyes wide.

 

“No, what are you-”

 

“Since you’re bringing up the Personal Information Protection Act, I’m curious if you haven’t reviewed other laws that might be problematic beforehand.”

 

“This person, hey!”

 

“It’s commonly called a gray area. Things everyone’s been doing because everyone turns a blind eye. But Center Director, you know, don’t you? You could get caught for illegal dispatching. Ah, if that happens, things will get much bigger.”

 

The Center Director’s face began to turn ashen.

 

His hands trembled and shook.

He swallowed while looking at the ashtray that only had the cigarette ash I had ground out.

 

 

I opened another page of the document that he hadn’t seen yet and showed it to him.

“Why did you keep extorting money from the caregivers for no reason?”

“Why did you keep extorting money from the caregivers for no reason?”

“What? No, what! When did I!”

“What? No, what the! When did I ever!”

Training fees, deposits, uniform and other equipment purchase costs.

 

There were also records of the Center Director demanding cash from caregivers who hadn’t even been placed yet.

 

There were also records of the center director demanding cash from caregivers who had not yet been placed through the agency.

 

I spoke gently and set the documents down.

“Besides this, you’ve done quite a lot of things that could be considered illegal.”

 

 

 

“You….”

The employee who had been silently listening to the conversation let out a sharp scream.

 

She jumped up from her seat and approached me.

 

She jumped up from her seat and came toward me.

“What is it. What do you want.”

The center director, who had been bickering with her as she approached as if she might grab him by the collar, turned to me and lowered his voice.

“Information on patient Lee Yeon-woo’s caregiver.”

 

“Patient Lee Yeon-woo’s caregiver information.”

“Phone number, where they are. What their name is. Whether there was a contract. Why they did such a thing.”

 

There were many things I was curious about.

 

“But if you can’t tell me all of this, then at least basic personal information.”

 

The Center Director pushed away the Employee who was screaming frantically and approached me.

 

“You really picked the wrong person to mess with.”

 

“Is that so?”

 

“You think I’ve lasted this long in this business for nothing? In this dirty Market?”

 

He was grinding his teeth as he headed toward the Computer.

 

After silently pounding on the Keyboard for a moment, the Man approached me and held out a printed piece of Papers.

 

How kind of him.

 

This is why mutual needs have to align.

 

“I’m letting this slide today-”

 

“Go ahead and speak.”

 

“You better run if you ever meet me again, got it? Because I’m really going to remember your name clearly.”

 

I didn’t know he would like me that much.

 

I took the Papers from him and stood up from the Sofa.

 

“If I see your face in This Neighborhood, I really won’t let it slide-”

 

“Oh, come to think of it.”

 

The Man who had been spitting out curse-like words stopped talking.

 

I answered him kindly.

 

“I didn’t want to trouble you, so I already filed a report. The Police will probably contact you first.”

 

Who said they were letting this slide?

 

I got the information I needed, so whatever happens to the Center Director is none of my business.

 

“Well then, I hope the investigation goes well for you.”

 

I opened the Door, leaving the pale-faced Man behind me.

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