Chapter 91 – [Raccoon Man Beginning]

Hannamchung, it’s the first time I’ve been cursed with that word. In the first place, he had never talked to a young woman other than Shion except during his school days. As soon as I graduated from high school, I immediately went to the army and even more so.

Girls in school days were too young to be tainted with such narrow-minded thinking, and at least there was a possibility when they were in high school, but most of them knew what an asshole that sounded like.

I can’t guarantee it’s completely absent, but at least I’ve never seen it. But when you see it right in front of you, it’s surprising.

The anger I feel now is not a violent anger, but a ridiculous one.

If you don’t understand, think of a child who pushes and tantrums. Children do not have the intellect to understand logic, so they are only faithful to their desires.

Are you angry with a child for taking it out? Of course, you have to be angry to some extent for discipline, but that emotion is not anger like fire.

It’s because they know that it’s their own loss to be angry with someone who can’t judge rationally and doesn’t even understand the concept of logic.

“Did I say something wrong? Like the reporter said, a policewoman is a person who can’t even do police work because she’s a police officer. Is that wrong? And it’s not me, but the reporter, who doesn’t match what you’re saying?”

“You’ve been making sexist remarks about misogyny ever since!”

“I don’t know where misogyny and sexism are. Is telling the truth hate and discrimination? The truth as it is never changes. I’d rather cover the sky with my hand.”

If something like a virus spreads right away and becomes leveled without distinction between men and women, it is obvious that there are differences between women and men.

The difference is not that men are superior to women, but that men have their own strengths, and women have their own strengths.

Female police officers, the cause of the problem right now, can also search for female suspects or protect victims of rape and sexual violence who would be afraid of men.

“I can’t talk to the boss. I’ll end the interview here.”

“I see. Oh, wait a minute. There’s a call.”

Anyway, the business is over.

You provoked me, so I’ll just make you pay for it.

I pretended to be on the phone and called. Then, he greeted the other party over the receiver.

“Ah! Attorney Kim!”

[Chief Choi? What are you doing? Like last time…?]

“No, it’s not like that.”

I can’t hear Lawyer Kim’s voice because the speaker isn’t even on, but I can hear my voice while talking.

I deliberately raised her voice a little so she could hear it.

“By the way, how’s the case with the reins that hit me the other day?”

[Oh, if that’s the case, don’t worry. As I said last time, we will proceed slowly so that after they become adults, they can receive full sentences without commutation. Forgery of official documents, special assault, underage drinking… And in the CCTV footage given by President Zion, we found out all the circumstances of the guys driving drunk without a license in a rental car. It is natural that imprisonment is unavoidable, and the problem is how severe the sentence is.]

“Really? It’s going well. You’re working hard. Maybe it’s because you’re from a large law firm, so you’re working quickly.”

After I blatantly praised him, Attorney Kim asked if he had noticed anything.

[Are you in a similar situation right now? Who is next to you?]

“Yes, it is.”

[It’s not a big fuss, so it won’t be like a violent incident…]

A person with a good brain is quick to notice. A faint laugh came from the other side of the phone.

Reporter Lee Eun-jeong, who flinched when she heard that she was a lawyer, turned pale when she heard that she was from a large law firm. You couldn’t have thought that I’d already found a lawyer and was handling the case like this, right?

It would be difficult to think that the owner of a chicken restaurant in Hagisa has connections with lawyers. Thanks to that, it became easier to eat shit.

“Attorney Kim. If I heard that I was a hannam-chung in front of my face, on what grounds can I sue?”

“Yes, boss?!”

I ignored Reporter Lee Eun-jung, who was shouting, and focused on my conversation with Attorney Kim.

[There are a lot of problems these days because of that. As far as I know, I have heard about that case from juniors, so I know it.]

“Does it just go into something like defamation?”

[No, defamation is a loss of social prestige. In this case, it would be an insult.]

“Insult? What is an insult?”

[To put it simply, if you feel contempt for hearing swearing, it is established. If you hear that the boss is a hannam-chung, it is a crime of insult, and if it spreads to people around you and affects your social reputation, it is a crime of defamation.]

“Ah, that’s the difference.”

I sneakily glared at reporter Lee Eun-jung.

She murmured softly, flinching in her demeanor, which had been her own until now.

“Zu, there is no evidence.”

“……?”

“Oh, that’s right! Do you have any evidence that I said I was Han Nam-chung? There shouldn’t be any?”

She must have said it involuntarily, but when she realized what she had said, she regained her confidence.

I’ve never even heard of an insult. Even if you raise your voice and curse at each other because of a quarrel on the street, it is hardly an insult. Because there is no evidence.

Of course, there may be a witness, but even if there is a probability that there is a third party unrelated to the position, the probability that that person will be a witness is low.

And so it is now. Right now, there are only two reporters, Lee Eun-jung and me, in the cafe, and the owner of the cafe is at the counter. It’s not a distance where you can hear what we said here at the counter, and in the first place, he’s an acquaintance who runs our store.

I said while glancing over the table.

“You have a recording.”

“Ah!”

Reporter Lee Eun-jung hurriedly snatched the tape recorder and took it. It seems that the situation is not good, so it is impossible to delete the contents right now, and it is urgent to hide it.

She put the tape recorder inside her jacket as if she was uneasy about that as well. She glared at me as she wrapped her arm around her tape recorder, which was tucked into her chest.

“If you touch my body, I will sue you for sexual harassment!”

“Oh, my eyes are high, so I don’t turn my eyes away from girls like you.”

Why don’t we talk about it after a ten-thousandth of our Zion is pretty? He doesn’t look ugly, but if you compare him to Shion, he’s like a firefly in front of the sun.

It’s a bunch of people taking away the tape recorder in that state. If I touch it, there is a high possibility that I will be accused of sexual harassment. I didn’t hide it in my pocket, but I put it in the chest part of my coat and hid it.

“Reporter, who are you who say that it is gender discrimination but actually use that gender as a weapon?”

“Sir, it’s noisy!!”

In order to take that away, the female policewoman who caused this problem must come. This is because female police officers have to be involved in order not to spread the problem of sexual harassment.

But well, there was no need to call the police this time.

“I said I had a recording. I didn’t say it was your recorder.”

I showed her my cell phone.

I already thought about the possibility that the story would spread like this, and with the possibility of media manipulation in mind, I turned on the recording function as well.

[First of all, about the incident that happened two days ago. How does the boss […

Hearing the voice coming from her cell phone, the owner of the voice turned pale.

The conversation we had earlier came out as it was, and soon the line in question came out.

[Boss, are you Han Nam-chung?]

Her pupils began to tremble mercilessly when the clear evidence came out, especially the evidence in my hand.

I can’t even get rid of this Of course, it is not enough for her to be sentenced to prison for this one word, and at most it will be a fine, but if she procrastinates like that on this side without thinking about ending it, it is she who loses in the end.

Above all, if the story recorded here spreads, it is enough to end the life of a journalist.

“Yes, boss! Now, I was wrong! Please take a look…”

“Where did that confident look go?”

What was it Did she say ‘that expression’, looking down on someone less intelligent than herself, as if filled with a sense of superiority?

She didn’t have that kind of confidence in her now.

“Just once, I’m really sorry, so please take a look!”

“Don’t be servile, get out of here”

Come to think of it, this is something to celebrate.

She overcame the difference between her gender.

Now there is only one person, regardless of gender, who is driven into her predicament and begs for her mercy.

*        *    *

By the time she came down to the store again, her business was nearing an end. It doesn’t take long, she said, but what the heck. It’s been such a long time.

Of course, there was a reason for that situation… But she ended it roughly. Reporter Lee Eun-jung, who was praying with her hands together, shook off and came out. She followed me to the store and tried to do it, but then she told me to file a complaint if I didn’t want to add obstruction of business charges.

So, without incident, she returned. There is nothing I can do to change my mind.

“Ah, bro. Are you done talking?”

“Well, roughly. Seo-ae went in first?”

“Yeah, I just need to tidy up.”

“You’ve worked hard. I’ll help you as well.”

Why are there so many troubles these days? Aren’t you supposed to do good somewhere?

I’m glad it ended well though. The rest is a matter for time and lawyer Kim to solve.

“Should Ye-jin meet me right after I finish cleaning up?

“I also need to save money and buy a car. If I buy something suitable, at least it won’t be more comfortable to drive than the Lamborghini that my brother lends me.”

“Be sure to buy a foreign car. Korean cars are for overseas use and for domestic use.”

“I know”

“Or I can talk to Shion and find out. Maybe Shion has connections with the president of an automobile company, so he might be able to buy cheaply.”

“Wow, your real sister-in-law is a great person. Thinking about that, I wonder if you saved the Earth in your previous life.”

“I did the opposite.”

“……?”

I organized the store, prepared the ingredients for tomorrow, and put them in the refrigerator. This concludes our work for today.

I thought about what to do this weekend, and it was that day that Hyung-sik’s uncle had surgery. I should go and say hello.

“Baek-ri, what are you doing this weekend… Oh, you said you were going to play with your little brother, right?”

“Yes, why?”

“No, have a good time.”

It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t asked where I had gone. It’s not going to be far, so it’s near Seoul. Going to the mountains or going to the river is one of two options.

When I asked where he was going, Baek-ri answered.

“Ah, Yeouido Hangang Park. It has a swimming pool and it’s nice.”

For some reason, I felt a little uneasy.