Volume 4: Counterattack: Bright Star Road Chapter 240 The Case Behind the Bad Girl
Outside the Brothers Hotel, Yuan Xudong walked out arm in arm with Li Yiliya. The heavily made-up girl in red fell behind and wanted to leave secretly. Yuan Xudong hurriedly stopped her and wanted to investigate whether there was anyone behind her who organized underage girls to engage in prostitution. When the girl in red heard that Yuan Xudong was going to investigate the president behind her and notify her parents to pick her up, she ran away. Yuan Xudong hurriedly chased after her. The two chased for more than ten meters. Yuan Xudong suddenly grabbed the girl's right wrist and pulled the struggling girl back. He was ready to leave with Li Yiliya, and then deal with the underage girl's prostitution case behind the girl in red.
When he reached the side of the road, he saw Song Enxi, who had left earlier than him, limping along. Yuan Xudong hurried over and asked with concern:
"Song Eun-hee, are you okay?"
"Prosecutor Yuan?"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was drinking and chatting happily with Prosecutor Hong Zhengzhu, Song Eunxi shook her dizzy head and smiled with a flushed face:
"I'm fine, why did you come out?"
"What's the point of drinking with an old man? It's better to go out for a walk!"
Looking at the drunken Song Enxi and her right foot slightly raised, Yuan Xudong frowned and said:
"You sprained your ankle?"
"Well, it will be fine in a moment. Thank you Prosecutor Yuan for your concern!"
"Let me help you take a look!"
"Hey, what?"
Before Song Enxi could react, Yuan Xudong squatted down in front of her, lifted her right foot with his left hand, took off her high heels with his right hand and put them aside, then gently stroked her ankle and asked:
"Does it hurt here?"
"It... it hurts a little!"
Yuan Xudong lifted her right foot and touched her ankle. Song Enxi, who was a little unsteady, couldn't help but hold his shoulder. Seeing Li Yilia and the girl in red standing aside to watch the fun, she couldn't help but blush and wanted to pull her right foot back from Yuan Xudong's hand and said:
"Prosecutor Yuan, please let me go..."
"Don't move, bear with the pain!"
“What…Ah!”
After correcting Song Enxi's slightly sprained right ankle, Yuan Xudong stood up holding her high heels and said:
"Don't wear high heels in the next few days to prevent secondary sprains, got it?"
"I know, but I..."
When Yuan Xudong was correcting her right ankle, Song Enxi couldn't help but cry out in pain, like a weak little girl. She didn't have the courage and fortitude of a potential prosecutor. Thinking of this, Song Enxi lowered her head in shame. Yuan Xudong thought she was just shy and embarrassed, so he smiled and said,
"Let me take you back. Come one by one. Who lives closest to here?"
"No need, I can just take a taxi. Thank you, Prosecutor Yuan!"
After Song Enxi finished speaking, Li Yiliya raised her hand and smiled:
"Prosecutor Yuan, me too!"
The girl in red standing next to her opened her mouth to say something, but Yuan Xudong glared back at her. The criminal suspect had no right to speak. A young girl came out to engage in prostitution. Yuan Xudong saw it and felt pain in his heart. The beautiful flower had not yet fully bloomed but was ruined by the bad guys, and in the end, wasn't it an honest person like himself who suffered the loss?
"The objection is invalid. It has been happily decided!"
As a prosecutor of the Republic of Korea, he still had to have the dignity he deserved. Yuan Xudong made a decision for the three women. He would personally send them home and introduce them to each other. When he bought a car in the future, he could also pick up a colleague on the way to and from get off work. Thinking of this, he looked at the three women and asked:
"You all tell me where you live, and I'll arrange the route."
"Okay, thank you Prosecutor Yuan!"
After hesitating for a while, Song Eun-hee and Lee Illya each reported an address. Song Eun-hee lives in Hek-dong, Gangnam District, and Lee Illya lives in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District. They are relatively close to the Brothers Hotel, especially Cheongdam-dong where Lee Illya lives, which is only a few minutes' drive away. It is a famous wealthy area in South Korea. The price of housing per square meter is more than 20 million won, and this is still the lowest standard. According to data, the highest transaction price in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District is more than 60 million won per square meter, which is approximately equivalent to more than 300,000 yuan. Therefore, the residents living here are either rich or noble, and the poor cannot even afford the monthly rent.
Yuan Xudong also lives in Gangnam District, but in Apgujeong-dong, which is famous for its luxury boutiques and shopping centers, food, coffee, bars and nightlife. The apartment he rents is about 80 square meters. Together with the property management fees, water bills, electricity bills and other miscellaneous expenses, it costs about 2 million won per month, which is more than 10,000 yuan, equivalent to one-third of his salary.
The Hedong where Song Eun-hee lives is a residential area, and the rent is cheaper, but the same type of house is at least around one million won. The average salary of young people in South Korea is only more than two million won. If they want to live better, they must spend half of their salary on rent. Otherwise, they can only move to a more remote place and share the house with others, or rent an ant-like house with a very poor environment. There are many poor families who are squeezed into a dozen or twenty square meters.
In Seoul, half of the families who own houses are considered relatively wealthy families, and the other half of the families who rent houses are relatively poor families, just like Yuan Xudong now. He has 50 million won in his pocket and still owes the bank 90 million won in student loans. If he didn't have his job as a prosecutor, he could declare bankruptcy and become a homeless person.
Looking at the silent girl in red, Yuan Xudong stopped a taxi and asked Li Yiliya, Song Eunxi, and the girl in red to sit in the back seat. He sat in the front passenger seat and told the driver to drive to Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam District, first to send Li Yiliya, who was the closest, home, then Song Eunxi, and finally deal with the case of the girl in red.
Inside the car, there was silence for a while, and Song Eun-hee suddenly said:
"Prosecutor Yuan, what kind of person do you think Prosecutor Hong Zhengzhu is?"
"What kind of person is he?"
Knowing what Song Enxi wanted to express, Yuan Xudong thought about it and said seriously:
"I'm not very familiar with him. We've only met a few times and exchanged a few words. However, he is the chief prosecutor of the Second Criminal Division and Minister Han's right-hand man. He must be extraordinary to be able to sit in this position. He has the protection of his superiors and the support of grassroots prosecutors. Such a person is not easy to mess with. Unless he has made a serious mistake with conclusive evidence, otherwise, a big thing will be reduced to a small thing. You, an intern, can't bring him down. If you don't mind my shallow qualifications, you can apply to the higher-ups to intern with me. I will definitely not use my position to harass you!"
“Is this really okay?”
Hearing that Yuan Xudong was willing to let her intern with him, Song Enxi was overjoyed and said:
"I was planning to quit, Prosecutor Yuan, thank you!"
"Giving up halfway is not a good habit, remember to change it in the future!"
"Yes, prosecutor!"
Looking at Yuan Xudong who was pretending to teach his juniors, Li Yilia smiled softly:
"Prosecutor Yuan, aren't you afraid of offending Prosecutor Hong Zhengzhu by doing this?"
"Of course I'm scared!"
Looking at the smiling Li Yilia through the rearview mirror, Yuan Xudong smiled and said:
"Compared to being afraid of offending my seniors and superiors, I am more afraid of becoming someone I hate. The Republic of Korea has this or that bad side, and my original intention of choosing to be a prosecutor is to correct it, to use the law to uphold fairness and justice, to commend good people and punish evil people, to ensure that the law is fair and impartial, and that the law does not favor the rich and powerful. The rope does not bend, and the ink line does not tilt to the curved place. These are the words that the dean taught me, and I will always remember them in my heart!"
"Dean?"
After Yuan Xudong finished speaking, Li Yilia lifted her hair and asked curiously:
"Is he the dean of the Law Institute?"
"no!"
Seeing that Li Yilia wanted to ask something, Yuan Xudong smiled and changed the subject:
"Okay, we're almost there, get ready to get off!"
"Okay, thank you prosecutor!"
After a while, the taxi arrived at the destination, a high-end apartment building. Yuan Xudong sent Li Yiliya to the entrance of the apartment and waved goodbye:
" Good night !"
"Good night, Prosecutor Yuan!"
Walking into the apartment building, Li Yilia turned around and looked at Yuan Xudong with a playful smile:
"Prosecutor Yuan, remember to give me one million won tomorrow morning. I'm looking forward to our next cooperation. Bye!"
"Okay, bye!"
After Li Yiliya disappeared, Yuan Xudong walked back into the taxi with some regret. If Song Enxi and the girl in red were not there, he might have been able to shamelessly go to Li Yiliya's apartment to have a cup of coffee or something.
He told the driver to drive to Hedong. They were quiet all the way. When they arrived at the destination, a somewhat old residential building, Yuan Xudong paid the fare because he was worried that the girl in red would run away secretly with him on her back. He asked the girl in red to get off the car with him and walk in front. The old residential building had no elevator. Song Enxi lived on the fourth floor. She sprained her right ankle and it was not convenient for her to climb the stairs in high heels. Yuan Xudong carried her upstairs. The girl in red followed beside him with a hapless look on her face. Her eyes were rolling around, and it was obvious that she was ready to run away at any time.
Lying on Yuan Xudong's back, with her hands hooked around his neck and her knees supported by Yuan Xudong's hands, Song Enxi blushed and whispered:
"Prosecutor Yuan, please put me down. I can walk on my own!"
"Don't move, we'll be there soon!"
"Oh, thank you Prosecutor Yuan!"
Seeing Song Enxi's shy look, the girl in red curled her lips and said disdainfully:
"Tsk, what are you shy about? Have you never been in a relationship before?"
“Shut up!”
Without waiting for Song Enxi to speak, Yuan Xudong glared at the girl in red and said:
"I'll settle the score with you later. How did your parents educate you when you were so young and yet you came out to drink with others?"
"Why do you care about me?"
The girl in red looked at Yuan Xudong and fought back without showing any weakness:
"I know what I did was wrong, but why did you only arrest me? That rich second generation and that old man? They took the initiative to pay me, why didn't you arrest them?"
This question was difficult for Yuan Xudong to answer, so he wisely changed the subject:
"What's your name and how much did they pay you?"
"You can just call me Lingling. I don't know how much they gave me, but the president promised to give me 200,000 won!"
"Two hundred thousand won, one thousand RMB, so cheap?"
"What?"
“Nothing…nothing!”
After coughing twice, Yuan Xudong covered up with some embarrassment:
"What is your real name?"
Seeing that the girl in red started to pretend to be deaf and dumb again, obviously afraid that Yuan Xudong would know her true identity information, as they were about to reach the fourth floor, Yuan Xudong stopped asking questions and sent Song Enxi back to rest first.
Arriving on the fourth floor, she put Song Enxi down, took out the key from her shoulder bag, opened the door, and invited Yuan Xudong and the girl in red to come in and sit down. Without waiting for Yuan Xudong to be polite, the girl in red walked in carelessly and poured three cups of hot water in a very familiar manner, one for herself and one for Song Enxi, and then handed the last cup to Yuan Xudong and said flatteringly:
"Prosecutor, my parents are gone, and I only have my grandmother to rely on. She is in poor health, and the doctor said she cannot be stimulated by anything. Can you please let me go? I promise to be a good person in the future and find a decent job, okay?"
"OK!"
Before the red-dressed girl could show her joy, Yuan Xudong changed the subject and said:
"First, take me to your home. I want to meet your grandmother and see if what you said is true. Second, tell me who the president is behind you. If your family is really in financial difficulty, I can still give you some money as a reward for reporting a criminal suspect. Otherwise, I can only take you back and slowly investigate. Think carefully!"
After saying that, seeing the girl in red sitting there with a tangled look on her face, Yuan Xudong ignored her and chatted with Song Enxi for a few words before getting up and leaving. The girl in red followed him absentmindedly and walked to the bottom of the residential building. The girl in red tugged at Yuan Xudong's clothes and said a little embarrassedly:
"Um...if I report our president, how much bonus can you give me?"
Looking at the girl in red with eyes full of desire, Yuan Xudong tempted her with a big cake:
"At least one million won. If your president's crime is serious enough, a bonus of ten million or even twenty million won is not impossible!"
"so much?"
The girl in red said with surprise:
"We have a chat group with 25 people in it. Except for the president, the others are girls around my age. One of them is my classmate. She introduced me to the president. Is this a serious crime?"
"At least twenty-four underage girls?"
Yuan Xudong slightly widened his eyes. If the plot was true, this so-called president would be sentenced to at least ten years in prison or life imprisonment, and fined or have his property confiscated. Moreover, the other party might have more than one chat group, and there might be some big shots behind him supporting him. Thinking of this, Yuan Xudong looked at the girl in red and assured her:
"If what you said is true, I'll give you at least 10 million won in bonuses once I catch your president!"
"You won't lie to me, will you?"
The girl in red looked at Yuan Xudong suspiciously, then stretched out her right hand, palm facing up and said:
"Give me the money first, and I'll tell you when I get the money!"
"You little girl, I'm a prosecutor, would I cheat you out of a mere 10 million won?"
"That's not necessarily true!"
Giving Yuan Xudong a blank look, the girl in red said disapprovingly:
"The prosecutor is more powerful than the liar. If I am deceived by the liar, I can call the police. But if I am deceived by the prosecutor, who can I turn to for justice?"
Looking at the smart little girl in red, Yuan Xudong took out his wallet from his pocket, took out four 50,000 Korean won bills and handed them to her, saying:
"I don't have 10 million, but only 200,000. Do you want it?"
"Yes, it's free money, I won't miss it!"
The girl happily took the Korean won from Yuan Xudong's hand and looked at the four brand new 50,000 yuan bills. She looked at Yuan Xudong with some doubt and said:
"Prosecutor, you don't want to book a room for the whole night, do you?"
"What do you mean by overnight?"
"Two hundred thousand won per time, so I'll count it as two times a night. I'll charge you five hundred thousand won, and you can give me another three hundred thousand won, how about that?"
"Did your PE teacher teach you math? Why is it 200,000 won for one time and 500,000 won for two times?"
After saying that, Yuan Xudong directly knocked on the red-dressed girl's head and taught her a lesson:
"What a mess! I'm a clean prosecutor and I'm not interested in girls like you!"
" What !"
Covering her head with both hands, the girl in red came close to Yuan Xudong and asked curiously:
"The president said that powerful uncles like girls like us, especially those who have just debuted. I am one of them, Prosecutor, don't you like me?"
“Am I a powerful uncle?”
"No, you are the powerful brother!"
Approaching Yuan Xudong, the girl in red hugged his arm and rubbed it against her chest and said:
"Brother, do you like me? If you give me another 300,000 won, I can be your girlfriend!"
"Please stay away from my wallet, thanks!"
Pulling her right hand out of Yuan Xudong's pocket, the girl in red curled her lips and said unhappily:
"Stingy guy, I curse you to never find a girlfriend and live alone forever!"
Looking at the young and immature bad girl , Yuan Xudong touched her head and said with a smile:
"You are still young. In Korea, you are only two years old. If you were in China, you would only be fifteen years old. You are still a minor. You have to learn to protect yourself, okay?"
Glancing at Yuan Xudong, the girl in red pushed away his right hand that was resting on her head, turned her head away and said stubbornly:
"I see, you're so long-winded!"
