The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 52
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Episode 52
However, Sung Tae-hyun’s prophecy was valid.
[…I reported it, but they couldn’t catch the perpetrator.]
I thought of the diary that would be stuffed in the corner of my bag.
Come to think of it, how does this bastard know the future?
There was a limit of tomorrow, but still, it’s fascinating.
“Actually, we contacted the owners of cars parked nearby…”
The young-faced police officer spoke awkwardly.
“For some reason, they all said they didn’t have black boxes.”
“All of them, you mean?”
“Yes, I tried my best, but…”
He waved his hand in frustration.
“They were broken, or they happened to turn off their black boxes due to battery problems… That sort of thing.”
“I see.”
“The only other nearby CCTV was one in the apartment parking lot, but even that had poor quality due to nighttime and couldn’t be seen properly.”
He kindly showed me the CCTV footage.
“If you look here, like this…”
Even that wasn’t proper footage. How ironic.
The black van that Lim Do-i mentioned did exist.
It was cut off at the corner of the screen, making it impossible to identify properly.
However, the scene where Lim Do-i collapsed and her foot was stepped on came out clearly.
“The scene where my client Ms. Lim Do-i gets hurt came out well.”
“…Ahaha, yes… that’s right.”
I finished viewing the footage with the awkwardly laughing police officer.
“Our client suffered a comminuted fracture in her foot from this accident and even had surgery. Here are the documents including the medical certificate and surgery records.”
“Ah…”
“The video isn’t very clear, but we understand that the vehicle in question was owned or controlled by the victim’s ex-husband at the time of the accident.”
“Yes…”
Not exactly a face I liked.
The way he showed he didn’t want to work reminded me of Sung Tae-hyun.
I handed the documents to the police officer and continued.
“My client, the victim, is currently unable to attend due to surgery.”
“Ah… yes.”
“So I will formally file charges regarding this case on behalf of Ms. Lim Do-i. The power of attorney is here.”
Now what remains is Park Mu-hyun’s reaction.
The police officer who gathered all the documents I handed over let out a long sigh.
I added for his sake.
“For reference, the ex-husband who appears to be the owner of that vehicle, Mr. Park Mu-hyun, has filed a restraining order application against Ms. Lim Do-i.”
“…”
“If he’s the perpetrator, the intentionality would be certain.”
The filing was complete.
* * *
“Oh my~ look who’s here.”
It was right after I finished filing with the police and returned to the office.
The atmosphere was strangely unfamiliar somehow.
For some reason, the office was bustling.
It was always quiet due to lack of clients?
As soon as I entered after scanning my fingerprint, several people’s gazes gathered on me at once.
“Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun! You’re finally here.”
“…Representative… Park Ji-hwan?”
The representative lawyer of Haeil Law Firm. Park Ji-hwan.
When was the last time I saw him, several months ago?
He was surprisingly shameless, still rolling around in active practice.
“Hey, we’ve greeted each other. What’s between us anyway.”
What is between us?
For a moment, I almost burst out laughing in disbelief.
Has he really gone senile?
Law Firm Ilchul is an office where Ho-shin Senior is the representative.
He couldn’t not know that.
Perhaps noticing my gaze, Lim Do-hyuk secretly shook his head.
It seems Lim Do-hyuk was the one who brought Park Ji-hwan here.
“It’s been a while.”
Let’s put aside personal feelings.
The fact that the head of Haeil had personally made the trip to this shabby office meant this matter was quite important.
Even so, he didn’t forget to cast a cold glance at Lim Do-hyuk who had brought Park Ji-hwan.
I’ll see you later.
I knew the passcode to the unit across from the office too.
“That’s right, exactly. Ha, goodness. Seeing our Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun grown so big makes me want to tear up.”
“You praise me too much.”
“Too much my foot! Before, our side took quite a big hit! Well, I’m saying this now, but I was still proud of you.”
Park Ji-hwan said with a shameless smile.
He even pretended to wipe away tears while chuckling.
A smile also appeared on Noh Hae-min’s face as he sat on the sofa, unaware of anything.
“What about the Representative?”
I deliberately turned my head to ask Noh Hae-min. He shook his head.
“I already got confirmation that he can’t come today.”
“…Is that so?”
“Yeah, I heard he went down to Pohang?”
Park Ji-hwan, who heard our conversation, had a face full of smiles.
That cunning old fox seemed to have figured out Ho-shin Senior’s whereabouts already.
“Haha, well. I leaked some information that I was going to Pohang. Hey now, don’t make that face. That Kim Ho-shin fellow always follows right on my tail, doesn’t he.”
So it was planned.
Noh Hae-min’s expression darkened slightly as he finally understood what Park Ji-hwan meant.
No matter what, it seemed Noh Hae-min really did genuinely like Ho-shin Senior.
“So then…”
Having dealt with Ho-shin Senior, Park Ji-hwan opened his mouth shamelessly.
Lim Do-hyuk sat beside him with his mouth tightly shut, just staring at his tea cup.
“At my age, it’s quite awkward to bring this up, but.”
“Yes.”
“Still, we have a bond between us. Don’t you think? A brief but intense encounter! Our Haeil did add some brand value to your name after all.”
What bullshit…
Of course Haeil’s name was big, but it was entirely due to Sung Tae-hyun’s abilities.
It was Sung Tae-hyun who topped the bar exam, and it was Sung Tae… no, that was me who left Haeil.
Anyway, since I’m wearing Sung Tae-hyun’s face now, this was also something Sung Tae-hyun did.
“Representative.”
“Oh yes, our Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun. Just say it, just say it.”
What thick skin he has.
I had no talent for speaking in roundabout ways from birth.
There was no need for it either.
“If the Representative came personally, Haeil must be carrying quite a big burden.”
“…That’s right, exactly. You really hit the nail on the head there, it’s clearing my mind right up.”
As expected, he’s no pushover.
Cunning old fox.
I thought he was just waiting for his retirement, but apparently that’s not the case.
He was definitely different from Lim Do-hyuk, who was still young despite being the successor.
“If you tell me what that burden is, I’ll consider it carefully.”
“It would have been so nice if our Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun had stayed with Haeil…”
Park Ji-hwan had the skill to sigh even while smiling.
“I won’t beat around the bush.”
“Please speak.”
Lim Do-hyuk, sitting beside him, clenched his fists tightly.
I pretended not to notice and kept my gaze fixed on Park Ji-hwan.
“The Lim Do-i case, I understand you’re handling it.”
So that was it after all.
Did Lim Sang-jin send him?
Or maybe Lim Sang-jin still doesn’t know.
If Park Ji-hwan came personally, was there something bigger than I thought?
“Yes, that’s correct.”
“…Park Mu-hyun made a mistake with our Miss Lim Do-i?”
I couldn’t get a sense of where to start correcting him.
The restraining order application?
The hit-and-run with the car?
Since I couldn’t tell which one he considered a mistake, I gently corrected him.
“If you want to consider something with clear malicious intent as a mistake, then I suppose so.”
“Haha, I knew our Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun was upright as bamboo, but…”
Upright as bamboo, my foot.
In all my life living as Kim Wook-han, I’d heard people call me crazy, but I’d never heard anyone call me upright as bamboo.
Wearing Sung Tae-hyun’s skin, I even get to hear praise like this.
If I had appeared before Park Ji-hwan looking like Kim Wook-han from the start, he would have grabbed me by the collar first.
It was ridiculous.
“…I heard Park Mu-hyun suffered quite a bit mentally when he found out Lim Do-i was hurt.”
“Then wouldn’t he have apologized?”
“Eh, that guy’s heart is still tender. That’s why he couldn’t bring himself to visit, feeling sorry for making his ex-wife suffer.”
“I’m amazed that you can read people’s hearts so well, Representative.”
Park Ji-hwan was momentarily speechless.
But soon he smiled and answered.
“…At my age, it’s better for mental health to see people’s positive sides rather than their evil ones.”
“You must be aware that this could create a conflict of interest…”
However, this remark was enough to provoke Park Ji-hwan.
For me, it was just something I said casually to test the waters, but for Park Ji-hwan, the representative of Haeil, it must have hit a nerve.
“…Conflict of interest? Ha, Lawyer Sung.”
“Please speak.”
“We never formally took on Lim Do-i’s case. Not in the past either. So… wouldn’t it be unreasonable to call it a conflict of interest?”
The answer came faster than expected.
“It sounds like you’re saying you are representing Park Mu-hyun.”
When the same law firm simultaneously represents both victim and perpetrator, it creates problems regarding conflicts of interest.
Of course, if Haeil claimed they ‘had no information about Lim Do-i whatsoever,’ legally it would remain in a gray area.
But in this situation, even that ambiguity would be sufficiently uncomfortable for Park Ji-hwan.
“…Seeing you today, it’s a shame our Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun isn’t one of my people.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
“But still…”
Park Ji-hwan no longer hid his sharp demeanor.
“I question whether this is a fight worth winning while turning your back on former colleagues.”
“I see.”
“I thought you were the type who would last longer.”
Back down now.
Otherwise, I’ll crush you.
Park Ji-hwan’s intention was clear.
The atmosphere had grown so coldly tense that even Noh Hae-min’s gulp could be heard.
“The police said the evidence isn’t clear.”
So I kindly explained for the frustrated Park Ji-hwan.
“I’m talking about Lim Do-i’s assault case. Someone, whoever it was, seems to have taken care of all the nearby black boxes. Not to mention the CCTV footage being unclear.”
“…Hmm.”
“But I’m not sure. This case… since Lim Do-i suffered injuries including a comminuted fracture in her foot, it’s definitely not a semi-prosecutable offense.”
“…That means.”
“Yes, I’ve already filed the case.”
You can try to let it slide quietly.
Though I said it at length, that was essentially the conclusion.
Of course, even if this investigation doesn’t progress properly, since I mentioned Park Mu-hyun, Lim Do-i’s ex-husband, to the police, he would be subject to investigation.
“…Even though we withdrew the injunction application first…”
Park Ji-hwan’s expression hardened coldly.
Lim Do-hyuk’s complexion rapidly deteriorated.
Park Ji-hwan stared intently at his tea cup before standing up from his seat.
“I’ll be going now.”
“Already? You could stay a bit longer.”
Park Ji-hwan didn’t answer anymore.
Things seem to have gotten properly tangled.
Since he was trying to maintain his elegant appearance to the end, I didn’t throw any more barbs either.
After Park Ji-hwan left, only Lim Do-hyuk remained, sitting there blankly staring at me.
“Senior, why aren’t you leaving? The Representative is gone.”
“You…”
Lim Do-hyuk let out a long sigh.
He probably didn’t expect things to escalate this far either.
From the beginning, he had asked me to handle it ‘quietly’ and ‘quickly.’
“If you have so much time to spare, go visit your sister at the hospital.”
“…”
“Even with rehabilitation, it’ll take a long time before she can walk again.”
Lim Do-hyuk, who seemed about to say something, ultimately kept his mouth shut.
Is he still deliberating?
Well, whichever side he chooses, I’ll make good use of it.
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And that afternoon.
[404]: I found it!!!!! I did it! Look quickly, okay?
[404]: Lawyer Sung Tae-hyunnnnnnn
[404]: Quickly quickly quickly
[404]: Photos
[404]: Video
The news I had been waiting for had arrived.
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