The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 76: No Way to Defend Yourself (55)

Hangang Sports Newspaper, Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul

In the office area of Social News Group 2, everyone is busy.

"Eunbi, come here and take a look at this." Liu Chengzhu shouted.

"Oh, okay, Sung-soo senior." Kwon Eun-bi got up from her seat and ran to Liu Sung-soo.

"Look at this..."

"Sung-soo." Before Liu Chengzhu could finish his words, a short man wearing glasses walked in with a smile on his face. "Is Editor-in-Chief Pei here?"

"Young-soo," Liu Chengzhu stood up. "I'm sorry, Editor-in-Chief Pei is not here at the moment. Is there anything I can help you with? If you have any manuscripts, you can give them to me first."

Ever since Bae Yong-jun completely solidified his position in Hanjiang Sports, the entrance to Group 2 has become bustling.

The number of people submitting articles, requesting articles, and even chatting has increased several times. From time to time, someone comes over and wants to make themselves familiar to Pei Yongjun.

"Oh, I see." A look of regret flashed across the short man's face, but he didn't leave. "It's okay, it's a good time to take a look around. Chengzhu, how are you doing lately? The new kid here is pretty good."

He looked at Concubine Quan.

"Ah, this is Eunbi, and this is senior Youngsoo." Liu Chengzhu introduced the two and chatted with the short man.

"Hello, Senior Young-soo." Queen Kwon bowed obediently.

"It's great to be in Group 2. I can follow Editor-in-Chief Pei. I have a bright future."

"Eunbi hasn't graduated yet, she's doing an internship."

"That's great too. I said I'd come here more often..."

There was a sudden noise in the corridor outside the door, and loud footsteps clattered along the way, as if a large army was passing through.

Liu Chengzhu and the short man looked towards the door, but before they could say anything, there was a sudden bang, and the door of the office area was pushed open and slammed against the wall with a loud bang.

"Ah! What are you doing? This..."

The short man was about to lose his temper, but his voice suddenly stopped as if his neck was strangled.

Outside the door, a group of menacing people in black uniforms rushed in. A heroic girl walked in front. She had medium-short hair and a pretty face, but her expression was cold. On the badge on her upper arm, five blue vertical bars were shining.

It’s the mark of a prosecutor.

"Who are you?" Liu Chengzhu looked at the female prosecutor, frowned slightly, and asked cautiously, "Excuse me..."

"I'm Joo Hyun-young, prosecutor of the Second Criminal Division of the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors' Office!"

Zhu Xianying straightened his back and saluted in a very standard manner.

"Han River Sports reporter Bae Young-jun is suspected of burglary at 39 Nonhyeondong-ro. Search warrant is being issued!"

"Everyone! From now on, do not leave! All communication equipment, turn it in immediately!"

Liu Chengzhu and Quan Enfei next to him looked at each other in shock.

The short man quietly retreated.

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"No. 39 Nonhyeon-dong-ro? Isn't that Goo Hara's home?" After being shocked, Liu Chengzhu quickly reacted, but found it even more unbelievable.

"Yeah!" Jin Zhicheng also reacted, "Absolutely impossible! Something must have gone wrong!"

Bae Young-joon robbed Goo Hara's house, and no one could believe that such a thing could happen.

"We have to notify the team leader. I wonder how he is doing?" Liu Chengzhu was very anxious, but their cell phones had been taken away and there was nothing they could do.

"Ah! Ah!" He saw Zhu Xianying's entourage start to flip through the documents on the table, and quickly stood up to stop them, "This is our interview transcript! It's confidential!" "What confidential? It's just other people's privacy stolen." Zhu Xianying also stood up.

"Mo? Stop slandering me here! What evidence do you have?!"

"Editor Bae and Goo Hara are such close friends, how could they possibly do such a thing?" He ignored Che Eun-kwang, who was dragging him along, and his rage surged. "Random searches and false accusations—do you think you're a good person?!"

"What did you say?" This was the first time Zhu Xianying had met someone like Liu Chengzhu. "You still don't admit it?"

After receiving the key report, she finally caught Pei Yongjun's flaw, which made Zhu Xianying, who was just starting out and had been keeping an eye on him, feel relieved and felt that she had finally seen through Pei Yongjun's true face.

The prosecutor is the embodiment of justice. As a bad guy, he should be convinced like Park Ji-cheol. Liu Chengzhu's angry look made Zhu Xianying angry as well.

She had to convince these guys!

"What are you admitting? You are the one who should admit your mistake! Prosecutor who abused his power!" Liu Chengzhu rushed to her.

"You!" Zhu Xianying took out a piece of paper from her pocket and slammed it on the table. "Are you still not convinced?"

"what is this?"

"What's this?" Zhu Xianying scoffed. "Goo Hara-xi was at a party last night and wasn't home, so the thieves took advantage of the situation and broke in. Bae Yongjun knows this."

"So what if he knows?!" Liu Chengzhu was still unconvinced, "Is he the only one who knows?"

"He wasn't the only one who knew, but among the people who received invitations to Goo Hara's party," Joo Hyun-young pointed to the only empty space on the paper, "only Bae Young-joon didn't go! Wasn't he doing it on purpose?"

"This is Goo Hara-xi's guest list!"

"Look, if it's not him, who else could it be?"

Liu Chengzhu lowered his head. On the long list, only Bae Yongjun's name did not have a check mark confirming his attendance.

"You..." Liu Chengzhu was caught off guard and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Nothing to say? There's more!" When Zhu Xianying saw Liu Chengzhu's expression, the sense of justice in her heart burst out and she couldn't help but continue speaking.

"The last time I went to Goo Hara's house for a party, I asked others, and he left early and wandered around the yard for a long time. Wasn't he scouting the place?"

"Except for Bae Young-jun, almost all of Goo Hara's friends were at the party when the incident happened. They have an alibi. How could such a coincidence happen?"

"He pretended to be eager to help Goo Hara just for this day. I think he discovered some secret about Goo Hara, and finally he had been waiting for such a great opportunity."

"Breaking into my house and stealing my secrets, if it weren't for me, you guys at Hanjiang Sports would probably publish exclusive news again in a few days, exposing Goo Hara's privacy!"

"What else do you have to say?" Zhu Xianying snorted with a victorious smile on his face.

Liu Chengzhu clenched his fists, feeling extremely anxious.

Is it a coincidence? According to what Joo Hyun-young said, Bae Yong-joon actually sounds like a suspect.

This is really bad.

His heart sank.

"No! No!" Kwon Eun-bi suddenly shouted, and Joo Hyun-young turned her head to look at her.

"What's not?"

"Team leader Nim, he has an alibi last night. He was with his friends! That's when the crime happened!"

"I'm still texting with him, look!"

She remembered Pei Yongjun's belated text message last night.

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