The Lawyer Who Reads Tomorrow - Chapter 80

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Episode 80

 

 

[Kim Su-yeon has fallen into a coma.]

 

What?

I rubbed my eyes.

Then, I looked at Sung Tae-hyun’s diary once more.

 

[It seems she accidentally tumbled down the stairs.]

 

“Hah.”

 

A hollow laugh escaped me involuntarily.

 

It had been exactly two days since I saw the phrase about Kim Su-yeon falling into a coma and spent a night with Noh Hae-min in the inn room at Goshi Village.

 

What was written in Sung Tae-hyun’s diary didn’t happen.

Judging by how nothing occurred that night after Bae In-jun fled.

It seemed certain that day’s prophecy was related to Bae In-jun.

 

“It’s happening again?”

 

This was troublesome.

 

Because after that night passed, Kim Su-yeon had come to find Noh Hae-min and me with a completely pale, ashen face.

 

“…Here, I’ll return your mobile phone. And…”

 

Kim Su-yeon wasn’t trembling.

Instead, she wore an expression as if she had given up.

 

Noh Hae-min, sitting across from her, opened his mouth to stop her, but she only shook her head.

 

“I think it’s right for me to bear this burden after all.”

“Kim Su-yeon.”

“…I’m sorry. You’ve been so considerate…”

 

Kim Su-yeon’s younger sister who came with her was the same.

Both had an atmosphere of quietly sinking.

 

Should I push further?

No, that wouldn’t be good.

Still, I put the mobile phone she returned into my pocket and asked once more.

 

“Are you really sure about this?”

“…Yes. You’ve done so much for me, I’m sorry. If you send me receipts for travel expenses and such, I’ll process them right away.”

“What about the defamation and obstruction of business investigation?”

 

Kim Su-yeon showed no change in expression even after hearing that.

What on earth had Bae In-jun said to Kim Su-yeon during that short time yesterday?

 

The woman who had trembled violently at the first mention of content-certified mail and police investigation now had a completely expressionless face.

It was as if some greater disaster had crushed her other worries and concerns.

 

“…It’s fine. The lawyer explained it then, didn’t he? That… specificity probably wouldn’t be established.”

 

Of course, that was true.

 

The posts Kim Su-yeon had written were essentially ordinary complaints with almost no content that could be traced back to Bailonics or Bae In-jun.

 

So even if they sent content-certified mail to pressure Kim Su-yeon and even filed a report, it would likely end with no charges filed.

 

“If you insist that much, I suppose there’s nothing I can do.”

“…Yes. I’m sorry.”

 

As the conversation seemed to be wrapping up, Noh Hae-min kept poking my side.

When I turned to look at him, he seemed to be whispering something with his mouth, but I couldn’t understand it at all.

 

I turned my attention away from Noh Hae-min and spoke to Kim Su-yeon.

 

“If you happen to change your mind, please contact me.”

“…Yes. Then…”

 

Kim Su-yeon left, leaning on her younger sister.

In the end, all that remained were the rich family’s son and me, just the two of us who had spent a day in the old inn room—

 

“You’re bothered by this.”

 

Noh Hae-min finally spoke out loud.

 

“Lawyer Sung, you’re the type who pretends not to care but subtly shows everything on your face.”

“Since when did you know all that about me?”

“Well, I’m always hanging around you.”

 

I thought that would be the end of it.

 

[It seems she accidentally tumbled down the stairs.]

 

“Now it’s really giving me specific details.”

 

I roughly folded Sung Tae-hyun’s diary and placed it on the desk.

Perhaps my recent criticism had gotten through, as it was now explaining even the cause of Kim Su-yeon falling into a coma.

 

“…Stairs?”

 

Though I don’t know everything about her, Kim Su-yeon, who lives on the 7th floor of an officetel, would rarely have occasion to use the stairs.

Even when we visited recently, she generally used the elevator.

 

But stairs… she tumbled down by herself?

The result is the same, but the cause is different.

 

Could Bae In-jun not be the cause?

 

“Our Sung is unusually quiet today.”

 

Ho-shin Senior, who diligently stamps his attendance every day, approached me.

 

“Is there something bothering you? Haha, no, there’s no work to do, so why do you look so gloomy?”

 

This guy.

 

Kim Su-yeon returned my mobile phone and even completed the settlement.

Including all the accommodation costs I had paid with Noh Hae-min.

 

It felt uncomfortable being indebted for no reason, and it seemed like that showed.

 

“This is all the harm of rote education.”

“….”

“Not being able to utilize spare time like this. Right?”

 

Ho-shin Senior grumbled and added a few more words.

 

“Look here, Sung Tae-hyun, right? When there’s no work like this! It’s good to leave work early! It’s also good to take a walk nearby. In this nice weather-“

 

After sending truck protests to Park Ji-hwan and Lim Sang-jin’s side.

You really have time to spare, Senior.

 

I looked at Ho-shin Senior and let out deep sighs.

Even at my reproachful gaze toward the senior, Ho-shin Senior burst into hearty laughter.

 

“What’s wrong?”

“Senior.”

 

Even now that I’m old enough, I don’t know how far I should interfere in other people’s lives.

 

The meaning that Sung Tae-hyun’s Diary holds for me was perhaps like another form of constraint.

 

I know the future. Exactly one day ahead.

The messages Sung Tae-hyun shows are short, but when they’re this clear.

 

I can’t help but worry about it.

 

“Senior, what if you knew someone’s future?”

“Huh? Suddenly? Is it a drama?”

“…Yes, a movie.”

 

This type of movie probably exists.

I vaguely deflected and continued speaking.

 

“A movie? No, Sung, did you have that kind of hobby? Should we all go watch a movie together instead of having a company dinner later?”

“I don’t want to. Anyway, only you know that future, Senior.”

“…Oh, I see.”

 

Perhaps noticing that I was quite serious, Ho-shin Senior’s lips pressed firmly together.

Only then did he have a serious expression again.

 

Going to Goshi Village might have been the problem.

I had never relied on anyone else since my appointment as a judge.

 

Looking at Ho-shin Senior’s blank face, it seemed like he would make much better judgments than me, just as he had in Goshi Village.

 

“A bad future that will definitely happen to someone. Only you know about it, Senior, and if you tell anyone, you’ll be treated like a crazy person. In such a case, what would you do, Senior?”

“Hmm… I didn’t know our Sung had such a rich imagination.”

 

It wasn’t imagination, which was the problem.

Anyway, Senior thought quite deeply about it.

 

“I’d help.”

 

…I knew it.

 

“Couldn’t that be problematic? As a lawyer, you can expect quite troublesome things to happen if you get involved in such matters.”

“…Still.”

 

Ho-shin Senior slowly raised his head and looked into the distance.

 

“Still, I’d have to help. I would help.”

“….”

“What kind of person they are is a secondary issue.”

“….”

“If only I knew that future? Then I’d help. I’d save them.”

 

Right, Senior is that kind of person.

 

A person who acts when the premise of doing the right thing is attached.

His good deeds never had special reasons.

Just because it’s right.

 

“Because it’s the right thing to do.”

 

See?

A sigh escaped me.

 

There were people who took advantage of that upright goodwill.

But no matter how much Choi Yoon-ki and I tried to stop him, Kim Ho-shin always acted that way.

 

As if it were his mission.

 

And there was another person who acted as if he had inherited that mission.

Noh Hae-min at the table next to us seemed moved, his eyes reddening.

 

“Representative….”

 

Noh Hae-min took out one of the handkerchiefs he had prepared for clients and vigorously wiped his face.

 

“I really still have a long way to go. Representative….”

“Haha, this is why I cherish our Lawyer Noh Hae-min.”

 

I can’t help it.

 

“Ha….”

 

I don’t know how many times I’ve sighed.

 

I really can’t become such a good person.

What moved me after dying once was ultimately my resentment toward Cheondong.

 

But Senior continued his one-man protests day and night even after losing Seon-ju Senior.

Even after years had passed, Senior shouted loudly enough to be etched in Park Ji-hwan and Lim Sang-jin’s minds, demanding they apologize or reveal the truth.

 

That must have been the maximum revenge that person could manage.

 

“Did that answer your question? How about it. Kuhaha, it’s a bit embarrassing.”

“…Yes.”

 

Instead of following Senior’s words to save Kim Su-yeon.

I decided to eliminate the variable.

 

[Ms. Kim Su-yeon, don’t go near the stairs today either.]

[I recommend you stay home if possible.]

 

This was goodwill following Ho-shin Senior.

 

“Let’s stop this now.”

 

Going directly to find Bae In-jun of Bylonics.

 

“…!”

 

This was my way of eliminating variables.

 

* * *

 

“What… this is outrageous-“

 

Bae In-jun’s eyes widened greatly.

It must be because a lawyer he thought he’d never see again suddenly barged in.

 

I understand.

But I had no intention of backing down.

 

“You… do you think I don’t know who you are?”

 

Bae In-jun’s voice trembled with anger.

Even though he suppressed it, emotions that seemed ready to explode at any moment overflowed, unable to be completely hidden.

 

“Oh? Sung Tae-hyun. Lawyer Sung Tae-hyun.”

 

He ground his teeth.

Bae In-jun quickly closed the distance and brought his face right up to mine.

 

Is he someone who doesn’t care much about personal space?

I opened my mouth before he could get any closer.

 

“Mr. Bae In-jun, are you going to continue talking here?”

 

It was a reminder of his position.

 

The place I had come to find was a lecture hall where Bae In-jun of Bylonics was giving a presentation to another startup CEO and startup applicants.

 

To be honest, Manager Yoon Ha-young’s help was crucial in finding this place.

There was no one around me as quick with information as she was.

 

“I don’t mind, of course.”

 

I had the courtesy to wait for the lecture to end.

 

It was fortunate that I arrived at the end of what must have been a four-hour boring lecture.

If I had listened to that for four hours, I might have needed to wash my brain.

 

Only then, perhaps conscious of the eyes of other people still remaining in the lecture hall, did Bae In-jun’s voice become very low.

 

“What are you really doing? I don’t just let this kind of thing slide. Do you think it’s okay for me to report you to the police?”

“Go ahead. That would make our conversation faster.”

“…!”

“I’ve been thinking about Mr. Bae In-jun so much lately that I’m sleep deprived.”

 

This is true.

Ever since hearing Kim Su-yeon’s story, I couldn’t stop thinking about Bae In-jun.

 

Of course, right?

Sung Tae-hyun’s diary kept predicting her coma, so I had no room to think about anything else.

 

“What does that have to do with anything right now-“

“So this sleep-deprived and exhausted me might accidentally leak your company’s secrets to the police.”

 

Several people’s gazes were gathering.

Bae In-jun’s face turned red and blue.

 

Well, didn’t he say he was successfully proceeding with the M&A with Cheondong Future Innovation?

Bae In-jun was quick to calculate.

 

He instantly composed his expression and opened his mouth with a hardened face.

 

“…Follow me.”

 

As if wondering when he had come so close, Bae In-jun moved away.

He raised his finger and pointed to a door next to the lecture room.

 

It was a small room with a name plate that read .

When I followed him into the room, Bae In-jun’s expression changed in an instant.

 

Bang!

 

Bae In-jun slammed the door shut as if striking it with his fist and glared at me with gleaming eyes.

 

“Right now. This place. Where do you think this is.”

 

Why is he breaking up his words like that? It’s not even staccato.

When I looked at him silently for a moment, Bae In-jun’s face became even more distorted.

 

“Who do you think you are to come looking for this place.”

“I paid money.”

“…What?”

“I said I came to attend the lecture.”

 

To the man who approached as if he would grab me by the collar, I took out my mobile phone and showed him the payment history.

 

[Know-how for Successful Startup and EXIT!]

[Payment: 120,000 won (Approved)]

 

“…?”

 

The facial muscles of Bae In-jun, who had his mouth tightly shut, trembled.

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