50 – Haerin Kang (50)
Haerin Kang (50)
After some time, we met again.
The audio recording became evidence for issuing a search warrant, and Kim Hye-jung’s help was great.
No matter how much s*x crimes have a special character that can be punished regardless of the victim’s will, the will of the victim played a pretty important role.
Originally, I was going to accompany Detective Park Seong-gang, but Detective Categorical did not forget to come with me, so we gathered at the cafe we first met and briefly talked about how to proceed with the investigation.
“By the way, do you know where Ban Lee Jae lives?”
My sister asked while moving to the shoulder of the road where the car was parked.
“The exact location.”
“of course. I guess you didn’t know?”
“how? There was nothing like that in the novel.”
my sister chuckled.
She was right.
There were not a few omissions in my novel.
At the beginning of the series, when I was not used to writing, I wrote in a way to list all the information I thought of, and I heard bitter criticism from readers.
[Please refrain from bricks;]
[Jonna can’t write]
[Obsessive obsessive disorder like an active psychopath]
B [The writer is a psychopath]
B[I said so]
After several failures, I studied how to develop quickly while reducing useless information as much as possible.
And little by little it worked.
[It seems that the writer’s handwriting has improved a lot]
B [stance change hahahaha]
[Let’s go like this, the author likes it]
[Please increase the amount of Harin, writer]
ㄴ[Even if I omit the others, Haerin can’t stand the amount]
The effort to not be hurt, unfortunately, was an opportunity to fix the personality that was not motivated in everything and was immersed in autistic delusion.
The first episode of 『Journal』, namely the ‘Ban Lee Jae episode’, especially revealed my obsession.
I’m finally talking about it, but unlike Kang Hae-rin, I didn’t even specifically name the neighborhood where Ban Yi-jae lives, in order to fix the habit of being overly obsessed with details.
Of course, it wasn’t even mentioned in the novel.
It was only natural that her older sister, who was an avid reader of 『Journal』, could not know the whereabouts of Ban Yi-jae since it was not explained.
But the solution was simple.
“Then what are you going to do?”
I answered my sister’s question.
“You can ask Kim Hye-jeong.”
“Ah, Ban Lee Jae’s girlfriend?”
My sister agreed.
“It must have been difficult, but I am grateful.”
“…That’s right, thank you.”
I thought that my older sister didn’t seem to be in a more depressed and difficult state than I thought, but the outside and the inside are different.
I didn’t know that, so I reduced my words.
“I’ll call you now.”
We just arrived at the place where Detective Categorical and Detective Park Seong-gang parked their cars, so I apologized to them and searched for their contact information.
“……..”
while beeping.
I suddenly felt a gaze and raised my head.
Haerin Kang was looking at me blankly.
“… Do you have a number?”
“Ah… then. Because I need help. Haerin. If Hyejeong is not there, Ban Yijae’s location is unknown.”
“know.”
“……”
For a brief moment, he suspected that she was offended, but it didn’t look like much.
In fact, Haerin Kang clearly understands that this is the best for all of us.
She is not a character obsessed with ignorance.
If there was a physical relationship between her and me, that’s a different matter, but it’s safe for now.
signal has arrived.
Since she was still an awkward junior, I greeted her in a slightly higher tone than usual.
“Hyejeong. I’m going to see Ban Yi-jae now… Oh, did you sleep? Is your voice locked? yes no are you okay. good.”
Since we met after lunch, it was a time bright enough for the building windows to reflect the stinging sunlight.
However, Kim Hye-jung’s voice was a little cracked and breathy, as if she had slept until just before.
[Yes… Senpai, I’m sorry… I’ve just been sleeping more lately. It shouldn’t be like this, you have to be alert.]
It seemed like he was moaning like someone who was sick.
There was a continuous rustling sound.
However, I wasn’t close enough to ask about it in detail, so I brought it up right away.
“no. Hyejeong. Get some rest. Before that, can you text me the address of Ban Lee Jae? Is that possible?”
[Yes… Senior, thank you. for me…]
“No, not specifically for you…”
Rather, I felt guilty because I thought he was using Kim Hye-jung’s pain for the happiness of Kang Hae-rin and myself, so I blurted out my words.
However, it might be better to leave the illusion alone than to explain the circumstances in needless detail.
hang up the phone
“… did you get it?”
My sister put a hand on my shoulder as I checked the text.
“Were you sleeping?”
“huh.”
“Hey, until this time?”
“I guess so.”
“Well, I guess it’s natural because I’ve been through hard times. Well, when your body and mind are tired, sleeping is the best thing.”
I showed the address to the detectives.
“Detective? I think we should go this way.”
“… Dongmin, you are sure you know where the evidence is, right? Illegal filming, I mean.”
I nodded my head at Detective Park Seong-gang’s words.
“Yes, Ban Yi-jae has a spare phone and has all the naked pictures and s*x videos of the girls he has slept with. There must be an external disk, and you should be able to find that part as well.”
The pretext for breaking into Ban Yi-jae’s house was according to the testimony of ‘Kim Hye-jeong’, the party to the dating violence.
Kim Hye-jeong had a grudge against Lee-jae Ban, and cooperated anyway, thinking that it would be good for him if he was punished.
You probably don’t know that he was carrying drugs and that he even committed murder, but that was enough.
“You will find other things too.”
“Hey, this is a really big deal.”
The categorical detective said in his characteristic thick voice.
When I saw this person a few years ago, he still had the feeling of an older brother, but he felt like he had become quite an uncle in the meantime, probably because the detective work was quite tough.
Although it is a simple impression.
“Aww, I’m worried. is this going to happen?”
The categorical detective brought Detective Park Seong-gang, who was in charge of the ‘Gangnam Club Gang Violence and Death Case’, for us, but he was still suspicious.
Of course I understand.
Without clear physical evidence, only the victim’s testimony was entered, and even that was found out by mimicking her voice, not the victim himself.
In principle, this is something you should never do.
In a good way, it’s improvised, but if you put it properly, it’s not usually sloppy even if it’s sloppy.
Although the investigation is going through a lot of difficulties and the two detectives are people with Yudo-ri, it was possible.
I kept checking my expression to see if my sister was worried, but I didn’t show it in front of the detectives.
Awkward silence, as if we were in a complex inner world.
Detective Park Seong-gang broke it.
“Let’s go. Split the three of you into my car with the categorical detective. I think Dong-min will be in my passenger seat, and the women will be able to get into the categorical detective’s car.”
“I will ride with you.”
Kang Hae-rin, who had been quiet the whole time, said.
“Oh, darling… yes. Our Dongmin himself is riding in the car of Detective Park with his pretty girlfriend…”
The categorical detective said teasingly at the title of ‘self’.
He seemed to be a very sociable person, and at some point he was calling me in a friendly way, like a younger brother.
In fact, it was me who got away from bullying with his help, so the title without distance was not bad.
“Hey, why do you decide what you want?”
At that time, my sister rebelled.
“I want to ride with Dongmin too.”
From what I’ve heard, it seemed that the categorical detective was older than the older sister, but the two called each other without fault.
To me, she was like an older sister, but to him, she was just a younger, cute younger sister.
Categorical detective, you’re really big.
“Hey, what is this?”
The categorical detective made an expression that he would die of laughter.
“I have a pretty girlfriend, but it’s okay if someone called my older sister interferes with it. Leave it alone. a little.”
“You don’t like it?”
My sister was genuinely annoyed.
“…Hey, are you for real?”
The detective who looked at my sister’s expression said in a shudder.
“…Now is not the time for this. sister. What’s the point of riding a car? I’ll see you there anyway.”
I persuaded her too, but she was stubborn.
“Since it’s not important, I can just ride with you. is not it? Or, Mr. Harin can yield.”
Haerin Kang did not respond.
“Why should I yield? Why are you naturally excluding me? As they say, it’s a strategy, not a date.”
“… I have a lot of luggage in the car.”
Detective Park Seong-gang, who was listening, said.
“I think only two people can ride, but…”
He scratched his head as if he didn’t understand.
“……”
Progress was slowed down by something really trivial, but no one thought to back down.
The categorical detective quickly burst out laughing.
“Hey… then there’s nothing you can do about it. Detective Park, let’s go with you and me. Lee Da-mi, since you can drive, please drive my car. Is that okay?”
Thanks to that, things went smoothly.
We dispersed to our separate vehicles.
“……..”
But I was angry.
With the important goal of arresting Lee Jae-jae in front of us, even if we unite among ourselves, we may make mistakes, but I really couldn’t understand my sister’s jealousy.
I told the detectives that Ban Yi-jae is a murder suspect, but they don’t know much about his personality.
‘Ban Lee Jae is a dangerous person.’
I was terrified.
‘Even if everything goes well, it’s dangerous.’
The anti-Lee Jae I know might act to extremes when all the evidence is in front of them.
There was no guarantee that stabbing would not happen.
Since I was all sensitive to that thought, my sister’s jealousy felt trivial and childish.
blank.
The car door closed, my sister sat in the driver’s seat, and Kang Hae-rin and I sat side by side in the back seat.
“Lee Dong-min. You sit in the passenger seat.”
Unaware of that, my sister spoke as usual.
“… sister!”
At that, I couldn’t stand it and exploded.
“Now is not the time to worry about trivial things like this! Who sits where is so important? Is this the time to fight? Why are you so childish?”
“Oh no, I…”
“Don’t you know how important now is?”
My older sister seems to have said it casually, but she seemed quite surprised by my sudden acceleration.
“… Yeah… Sorry, Dongmin-ah.”
But, surprisingly, he responded in a polite way.
He seemed to know that he didn’t ask me what I was doing or why I was mad at him.
‘Anyone I know said that?’
My sister looked forward in self-reflection, fastened her seatbelt, and started the engine.
“……..”
I screamed and got angry at first, but thanks to that, the atmosphere got messed up the whole time.
I understand the feelings of my sister who worries about me and wants to keep me by her side, but I couldn’t stand it until she was as sharp as she is now.
she wasn’t grown up
Kang Hae-rin, who constantly put a check on her sister, also kept her mouth shut the whole time.
“……..”
Silence fell inside the car.
I exploded, but when I saw my sister who looked sullen, I felt a little guilty.
My sister probably didn’t mean it badly, but it seemed like she said something that could be said in moderation too aggressively.
Of course, this is this, that is that.
“… Heh, heh, heh…”
When a vehicle is caught at a crosswalk signal.
Suddenly there was a sound that sounded like sobbing.
My sister was shaking her head.
“… nu, sister… are you crying?”
Embarrassed, I grabbed her shoulder.
“… uhhh… oh, no…”
“…you’re crying.”
Embarrassed, I leaned forward.
Sure enough, my sister was biting her lip and tears were streaming down her big, elongated eyes.
“… Dongmin yelled at me…”
“… it’s not…”
“… I’m sorry. Dongminah. Wasn’t your sister not mature enough? It’s just something I can’t stand…”
“… I understand. sister. So don’t cry.”
I said in bewilderment.
“Sorry. don’t cry.”
“No, don’t apologize. I’m sorry sister I thought I shouldn’t be like this, but it was too childish. sorry…”
“……”
At the same time, I apologized, but my sister started talking about her inner feelings as if she had accumulated a lot.
“… I’m sorry to Mr. Harin too.”
“… are you okay.”
Kang Haerin said softly.
“I understand.”
It wasn’t a particularly emotional statement, but I’m glad and thankful that he said it like that.
“……..”
I wiped my sister’s tears with a wet tissue.
“Sister, let’s talk again later. It was because I was afraid that my sister and Harin would get hurt. really. It’s because you’re so sensitive that you can’t even pay attention to the smallest things.”
“huh. sorry.”
My sister immediately stopped crying.
It seemed that my screaming had caused a momentary surge of emotion, but it was fortunate nonetheless.
“You won’t hate your sister, will you?”
“Of course!”
The atmosphere in the car, which had been congested, was relieved by my sister’s cries.
It was ironic.
After a while, we were able to discuss the next thing in a light tone, as if when, and who cried.
“Dongminah, do you remember all the locations?”
My sister, who was in a good mood, said.
“Because it was serialized so early, I’m honestly at a loss. I think I read your novel 3 times.”
Even if it was number 3, there were over 1200, so my sister’s love for 『Journal』 was quite great.
Later, when I write another web novel, I said that I would give advice, and it was obvious that I had researched works of other genres and the web novel ecosystem.
Maybe my sister is better than me when it comes to industry work or trend analysis.
However, as I said, no matter how much I read number 3, it’s not easy to remember exactly where the ‘evidence’ in the first episode is hidden.
To be honest, I wasn’t entirely clear either.
It is described in detail only once, but most of it is described as Kang Hae-rin ‘discovered’ it.
“You are a writer.”
However, I thought the accuracy was 90%, so I nodded my head to my sister and Kang Hae-rin.
“I can find it.”
#
“It’s the police.”
“Ah, this b*tch.”
As soon as he opened the door to Villa 502, Ban Yi-jae saw our faces and quickly hardened his expression.