Chapter 128 – Ordinarily – Part 8

Chapter 128 – Ordinarily – Part 8

Just as Kim Cheolung finished speaking, his cellphone rang.

It was the Deputy Manager Prosecutor.

Kim Cheolung hesitated, wondering whether to answer, then brought the cellphone to his ear.

“Yes, I’ve answered the call.”

-Have you already left work? Where are you?

“Ah, I have something important.”

-Something important? What is it?

“A junior asked me to play a game.”

-What are you talking about? How can you be playing games so idly right now…

Just then, a message arrived from Choi Gicheol.

[We’ve secured the scene.]

After checking the message, Kim Cheolung hastily said,

“Prosecutor Cha, it’s my turn now, I’ll call you back.”

Hanging up, Kim Cheolung spoke into the walkie-talkie again.

“Don’t get distracted by small fries and miss the big fish. We only need to catch one. Only Lee Yohwan. Push.”

At his words, the Detectives who were in the car with Kim Cheolung got out.

Not only them, but also the Detectives surrounding the mansion-like luxurious building did the same.

Kim Cheolung chuckled and muttered,

“Damn it. I don’t care anymore.”

If he caught Lee Yohwan, the pressure from above would be immense.

He could also be demoted.

But if he could bear that risk, it wasn’t a losing proposition.

And he was a Prosecutor.

He’s catching bad guys.

“There has to be at least one person like me who does crazy things.”

***

Sitting across from Woojin in a Coffee Shop, Lee Hyerim set down her Coffee and said,

“Lee Yohwan seems like he’s going to leave the country. I’ll fill his empty spot. It’s thanks to you. Thank you.”

Thanks to Woojin, her standing had risen.

But Woojin was shaking his head slightly.

“I don’t think he’ll be able to leave the country.”

Lee Hyerim smiled subtly.

“Dad decided. He rarely changes his mind once he’s said something.”

Her Dad was fighting an invisible battle with his siblings to solidify his position.

Considering that, Lee Yohwan could be a good weapon for her Dad’s siblings.

Lee Hyerim shook her head, driving the point home.

“He’ll be leaving the country within this month.”

“Well…”

Lee Hyerim tilted her head slightly to the side and rested her chin on her hand.

Her expression seemed to ask why he thought that.

Woojin poked his fork into the Cake and said,

His gaze was also fixed on the Cake.

“Could you take a look at the table next to ours, next to that one?”

Lee Hyerim’s head turned reflexively.

Just then, Woojin’s voice was heard.

“What kind of relationship do those two have?”

Lee Hyerim looked at the man and woman again.

The man and woman seemed to be talking about something, but their voices couldn’t be heard from the distance.

“Friend?”

The man and woman looked to be of similar age.

Woojin said,

“The man is periodically fiddling with his sleeve, as if adjusting his attire. He’s also repeatedly rubbing his thigh when speaking, as if wiping sweat from his hands. This is a sign of tension. Would you like to take a look at the others?”

“Huh?”

She didn’t know what Woojin was talking about, but she reflexively looked at the others.

Everyone seemed busy talking amongst themselves.

“Unlike the others, the man and woman have a wide space between them. This can be seen as evidence that they are not close. Considering they met for business, neither of them is dressed formally. The woman seems to be here to appeal to him. Her blush is light, and her under-eye line and lips are red. Red can be thought of as a symbol of anger and aggression, but it can also represent intense heat, sex, passion, and vitality, which can appeal to someone as healthy and very attractive. However, the man is much plainer than the woman’s fashion, which she put a lot of thought into.”

Lee Hyerim fixed her gaze on the man and woman again.

The man’s back was off the chair, while the woman was leaning back.

Woojin, who was savoring the taste of the cake, continued speaking.

“When does a person feel the emotion of tension?”

Lee Hyerim blinked once and said,

“When they’re scared?”

“It’s similar. People tend to get nervous when they face someone in a higher position than themselves or when they have negative thoughts.”

It was the same when standing in front of a boss they didn’t see often and had no information about, or when seeing someone they were attracted to.

“What if they don’t like my hairstyle? My eyes? My nose? My fashion style? They think about these kinds of things and wonder what if they don’t like them.”

These were all self-deprecating thoughts.

Having these thoughts makes one shrink, and their movements become smaller.

“What do you mean?”

“Let’s guess what kind of relationship they have. The man is nervous, but he likes the woman. The cup the man is drinking from is moving little by little towards the woman. Each time he puts it down, it moves a little closer to her glass. This can be said to be an unconscious act of expanding his territory, or it can be said to be a desire to get closer to the woman. Conversely, the woman’s cup, which she drinks coffee from and puts down, is pulled little by little towards her. The man’s cup subtly approaches the woman, but the cup the woman puts down is gradually moving backward, as if maintaining distance.”

It’s as if she’s blocking even the possibility of their fingers touching.

Lee Hyerim, who had been looking around as if to interpret Woojin’s words, spoke.

“So the man likes the woman, right?”

“That’s right. The woman occasionally raises her eyebrows whenever the man speaks, which is not a good sign. When she smiles, her face is asymmetrical, and her back is pressed against the backrest as if fixed. Our feet naturally point in the direction we find interesting, but the woman’s feet are crossed behind the chair. Her whole body is turned away from the man. She’s completely blocking contact with the man.”

Lee Hyerim just listened to Woojin’s unfamiliar words.

It was as if he was talking about behavioral psychology.

Something quickly flashed through her mind.

It was that Woojin had helped the detectives catch the criminal.

“Are you like a profiler?”

“Similar, but different. It’s easy to think of it as cognitive inference based on brain science and psychology.”

“I don’t understand a word you’re saying.”

It was because Woojin’s words were fast and unfamiliar.

Soon, the woman even crossed her arms.

Crossing one’s arms is for self-protection.

The chest contains vital organs like the lungs and heart that sustain life.

Looking at the woman’s actions comprehensively, it was behavior that occurred when she was with someone she didn’t want to be with, was uncomfortable, or disliked something.

The woman crossed her arms as if trying to find comfort.

But that direction was towards the entrance. The direction of the foot she was supporting was also towards the entrance.

She even fiddled with the bag placed next to her.

“It looks like a blind date. The woman is going to get up first.”

Lee Hyerim let out a hollow laugh.

No matter how smart Woojin was, predicting things by watching a man and a woman from a distance where their voices couldn’t be heard was almost like foretelling the future, wasn’t it?

Lee Hyerim, bringing the coffee cup to her lips, thought this was just another one of Woojin’s eccentricities.

“She’s getting up.”

At Woojin’s words, Lee Hyerim’s eyes widened slightly as she turned her gaze to the man and woman.

The woman was indeed picking up her bag and standing up.

The woman gave an awkward smile and bowed her head repeatedly as if greeting them.

And the woman left the Coffee Shop first.

Lee Hyerim’s head turned back to Woojin.

She stared blankly at Woojin and said,

“What is this situation?”

“If we infer from this situation, Young Master Lee Yohwan won’t be able to leave the country either. The situation was set up that way.”

Prosecutor Kim Cheolung’s Desire was overwhelming him.

***

[The Power of Science Revealing the Truth]

A rapidly driven van stopped at the National Forensic Service.

Screech!

The door opened, and Detective Kim Taehyun and Choi Gicheol emerged with Lee Yohwan, who was in Handcuffs.

Lee Yohwan laughed in disbelief.

“Can you handle this? I’m Lee Yohwan, you know?”

Kim Taehyun reached for the door leading into the National Forensic Service and replied,

“Yes, I know very well. Let’s go in for now.”

“Without any procedure…”

Choi Gicheol, who had his hands on his waist, yelled impatiently.

“Hey, you drug addict! Whether you can handle it or not is not your concern. Get whatever best Lawyer you want! Get in there, you bastard! You talk too much. Go!”

Choi Gicheol pushed Lee Yohwan and began to drag him away.

Kim Taehyun blinked as he watched the scene.

Kim Cheolung, who was next to him, said,

“How… he seems to be getting more and more like Detective Kim.”

Kim Taehyun chuckled.

“He’s my junior, so it’s natural.”

“I’ll try my best not to cause any trouble.”

Kim Taehyun, who was about to follow Choi Gicheol, turned around and looked at Kim Cheolung.

“You might misunderstand that I helped the Prosecutor. But that’s not it. I’m paying off a debt. To my younger brother, Woojin.”

Soon, Kim Taehyun entered the National Forensic Service and disappeared,

and Kim Cheolung, left alone, began walking towards the main entrance he had come through.

Just as he exited the main entrance.

“These people are stuck in traffic, aren’t they? They have no passion for their work. No passion.”

When Kim Cheolung, who had been muttering while checking his wristwatch, raised his head again.

Dozens of cars were seen approaching from a distance.

They were reporters rushing in like a house on fire.

Kim Cheolung chuckled and began to straighten his clothes.

And soon, reporters, having parked their cars haphazardly, swarmed him.

Kim Cheolung drew a line with a pebble, making a loud scratching sound, and said loudly,

“To prevent chaos, don’t cross this line!”

Flash! Flash! Flash!

“Is the drug charge true?!”

“Were there any celebrities with him?!”

“Where is Mr. Lee Yohwan now?!”

Amidst countless questions pouring in and camera shutters flashing like fireworks, Kim Cheolung handed his cellphone to one of the reporters.

“Could you take a good picture?”

He was trying to mobilize everything he could, not just reporters.

He intended to use the huge wave of public opinion.

Kim Cheolung returned to the line he had drawn and said,

“The reason Lee Yohwan, who was arrested for alleged drug use, was immediately transported to the National Forensic Service is…”

The reporters, who had opened their laptops, moved their hands quickly.

Kim Cheolung then pointed his finger down and spoke like an angry man.

“Because there is too much corruption in the world! If we were to follow proper procedures for Lee Yohwan, who has been proven to have taken drugs on site, he could easily be released due to manipulation and corruption! The fact is that Lee Yohwan took drugs and was arrested on the spot! Therefore, this prosecutor will not allow the saying ‘innocent with money, guilty without money’ to apply here…”

***

Prosecutor Kim Cheolung was being broadcast live on the cellphone Woojin was holding.

Lee Hyerim, watching it, was speechless.

It seemed that the talk about Lee Yohwan not being able to leave the country referred to this.

A murmur escaped her lips.

“Even his family didn’t notice this…”

If they had known, Dad or SH Strategy would have naturally taken action.

It would be a huge mess by now. No, putting that aside.

Lee Hyerim’s gaze quickly shifted to Woojin.

“Woojin, is this you…?”

Woojin asked before she could finish her sentence.

“Hyerim, what’s your family background?”