[301] No, what do you do because you’re sorry? 1
When I arrived at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-dong, I got out of the car.
“In case you don’t know, don’t turn off the engine and wait. In case of emergency, you might have to run away like a bullet.”
Not knowing what it meant, I ran up the steps of the courthouse, leaving the attendants blinking.
I’ve been here three or four times, but it’s still awkward. It wasn’t comfortable for people passing by to glance at me, but I didn’t have time to care today.
I found one of the judges’ rooms on the 7th floor, opened the door, and entered.
“Ah, are you here? long time no see.”
As soon as he saw me, the man jumped up and greeted me with a bright smile.
“Chief, are you Judge Seo?”
“Didn’t you promise this? You’re on trial right now…”
“Where are you?”
“Room 425.”
“You are single.”
“yes. Let’s just stay… I think it’ll be over soon…”
“Okay. take care.”
went downstairs again. As I quietly opened the door to court room 425 and entered, my eyes met with her in the judge’s seat.
I smiled once and sat in the back seat of the audience. I couldn’t afford to watch the trial. When I raised my hand and pretended to slit her neck a few times, she frowned.
I’d never felt so fortunate to be a judge as much as I was at this time.
At least in the current Courtroom 425, she is the president and the leader. has the strongest power.
A few minutes later she glanced at her watch and said.
“I will take a break for an hour. The testimony will continue in the afternoon.”
Pretending not to see the bewildered prosecutor and lawyer, she quickly stood up and I left the audience.
“what? Suddenly without contact?”
I met her in the hallway, and her voice was a little annoyed. It means that you are hungry or that the trial is frustrating. Or am I annoyed
“did you eat lunch?”
“no.”
“Let’s eat. I’ll buy you something delicious.”
“Did you not hear? An hour is all. Eat roughly.”
“What do you eat?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know? I’m going to go to the gomtang restaurant in front of me.”
Without giving her a chance to say anything, she took off her robe, threw it over her arm, and led the way.
Damn, should I just go away?
Do you not even notice why I suddenly came running?
Well, I said something like a habit, so I can’t help it.
“Speak. How do you know if you don’t tell me? The mind is dumb.”
That’s what I said every time she put on a sad face.
Upon entering the restaurant, the eyes of the diners turned to us and began to whisper.
I thought so and ordered two bowls of gomtang.
“What happened to you today? The expression is young…”
“How is my expression?”
As she was about to say something, hot, steaming gomtang came out.
After she cut the radish kimchi and put it on a plate, she started to roll a bowl of rice.
Perhaps it was long past the time to eat, so she moved her spoon briskly.
I watched her silently and spoke slowly.
“let’s get married.”
“Kuk-poo!”
I quickly pulled out a napkin and handed it to her who spat out the rice in her mouth.
Seo Min-yeong wiped her mouth a few times without even raising her head, then lifted her spoon again and stirred only gomtang for nothing.
“no? Why no answer?”
“wait. You are looking for it now.”
“What are you looking for?”
“ring. If you don’t have a ring in this gomtang, you will die.”
Oops. It was a big deal.
Then she lifted her head and started staring at me.
“Among the last married couples fighting to kill or save each other and entering the divorce court, how many people do you think were proposed to in a gomtang restaurant without a ring?”
His voice was calm, but sparks flew from his eyes.
“There is not a single one. They also said that they first started on a flowery road. Does this situation make sense?”
I can’t give you an excuse to cry for the rest of your life. must pass safely.
“Someone was just tempting me by giving me an incredibly expensive diamond ring, and I threw it away. But I have no regrets.”
Her eyes twitched.
“How much is it?”
“One hundred billion.”
The spark in her eyes faded.
“If you mess around with it, you will be arrested in court.”
“There are witnesses. I have someone who will testify that what I say is true.”
“who?”
“Assistant Kim Yoon-seok.”
“That person is your limb. The credibility of the witness is low.”
“I have evidence, but I can’t submit it because it’s slush funds from a borrowed-name account. what to do?”
“All the customers at this restaurant are judges and prosecutors. Shut your mouth.”
She lowered her voice and changed into an expression I had never seen before. It’s a serious face like never before.
“What is marriage to you? Is it a necessary process? One of several tasks? Or… is it the same as what normal people think?”
This requires a good strategy and a good answer. My honest thoughts can be a good answer, but it’s not enough.
It doesn’t matter if she knows it’s not an honest answer. All you need now is romance.
“Minyoung-ah.”
“say.”
“Dating is the process of making a third-person woman into a second-person woman, and marriage is a promise that I, who is a second person to you, will exist as ‘your only second person’. This is my idea of marriage.”
I found the joy spreading across her face.
This is an answer close to the upper limit.
Seo Min-young jumped up.
“Let’s go.”
“Where?”
“From now on, if you spit out even a single word, your marriage proposal will be rejected.”
I raised my hand and zipped my lips.
After coming out of the restaurant, she hailed a taxi.
“Driver, Seocho-gu office.”
Ward office? no way?
He tapped her on the arm and blinked, allowing her to open her mouth.
“say.”
“Can I get rid of it like this?”
“Did you always say that? If you hesitate when you see something fluttering in front of your eyes, you will miss it all. quick judgment. Bold decisions, swift action. Didn’t I say these three are one lump?”
She smiled lightly and leaned her head on my shoulder.
I held her hand tightly until we reached the ward office.
I filled out a marriage certificate at the district office.
The blanks were filled in, but there were also some that were difficult to fill.
“I need to write down the personal information of witnesses?”
Seo Min-young pursed her lips and I took out my smartphone. As soon as I sent the text, I got a reply.
“Write this down.”
“who?”
“These are the attendants waiting for me at the courthouse.”
“exorcism.”
When I quickly filled in the blanks and submitted the documents, the ward office staff recognized me and opened their mouth.
“Do you need anything more?”
As Seo Min-young sent sharp eyes and spoke, the ward office staff stuttered.
“Oh no. It has been received. It takes about three days to process.”
“yes. take care. You must never miss it.”
She didn’t forget the trusteeship and we went back to the courthouse.
As soon as she got out of the taxi, she changed into Seo Min-young, who was clumsy again.
I checked the time and started making a fuss.
“Oh, it’s a big deal. late for trial I go first.”
“hey! You just got married and you’re going to work?”
The corners of her eyes went up.
“marriage? when did we get married I just registered my marriage. Only the order has changed! If you go overboard, you will die.”
He showed his clenched fist once and ran to the courthouse.
I shouted at her back.
“Today, finish work quickly and come home! Understand?”
All she did was raise her hand and wave it without looking back.
I just got married to a woman like that.
He is the only other person who has always been by his side and has never asked for anything except for his family.
It’s so natural that you feel like nothing has changed even though you’re married.
A smile came out of nowhere.
As I got into the waiting car, two attendants looked at me through the room mirror, revealing a lot of curiosity about what was going on.
In the end, they couldn’t stand it and asked cautiously.
“Here, manager. Why are our personal details…?”
“I need a witness. It’s not serious, so it’s okay.”
“Are you a witness?”
Their eyes widened.
“yes. They said they needed two witnesses to register their marriage.”
“Ho marriage registration…!”
“It happened. You just got married. haha.”
The two of them seemed so surprised that they couldn’t say anything.
Without even thinking about leaving, we looked at each other and blinked our eyes.
“Stop sleeping and let’s go.”
“Ah yes.”
The attendant at the wheel answered, but the car still did not move.
The man in the driver’s seat couldn’t hold it in any longer and turned around and shouted in an excited voice.
“No, chief. Why do you feel sorry for the manager?”
This friend is a married man. His eyes were full of pity.
I was slowly starting to get scared.
Didn’t I say it would take three days to process?
* * *
After the trial, Seo Min-young came out of the courtroom, and the lawyer he had been waiting for blocked his way.
“What’s wrong with the stand? What’s going on?”
“Ah senior.”
“Did you just sit there and think about something else? Didn’t it seem like he wasn’t listening to us at all?”
“I heard everything. The paper review was also perfect. Are you sure you don’t believe me?”
No matter how close seniors and juniors are, they are judges and lawyers. The moment the judge gets sarcastically, the trial turns strangely unfavorable.
“Oh, can that be? Judge Seo’s trial has a reputation for being fair. The lawyer Naburang did a useless overkill. Hehe.”
When the lawyer trembled, Seo Min-young smiled.
“Actually, I thought differently. Senior, please understand. I keep feeling embarrassed about what to do if the marriage registration process goes wrong.”
“Marriage registration? Why does the judge care about that?”
“It’s my marriage registration, so I care. Shall we call the mayor? Will it be done in one day?”
The senior lawyer, who still doesn’t understand what he’s talking about, is no longer in front of Seo Min-young. I left the lawyer who was standing there blankly behind and walked to the chief judge’s office.
“Boss.”
“Ah stand plate.”
A reputed company like Seo Min-young, who is a sacred bone to the bone, is a burden.
If only her family gathered together, it would be enough to organize a court. Among them, there are people who have their own personnel rights.
When Judge Seo Min-young appeared with a completely stiff face, the chief judge swallowed dry saliva.
I quickly recalled if there was any outside pressure or powerful defendant during her trial, but I couldn’t remember anything like that.
“So what’s going on?”
“Boss. If I called the mayor and asked him to quickly process a civil application, wouldn’t this also be against the ethics of public servants?”
“complaints? What complaint?”
“Marriage registration.”
“marriage? Hey, that’s about it. The affectionate heart of a couple who wants to get legal recognition quickly? that’s about it It’s not against the law, and I’m not asking you to bribe and do it quickly.”
The chief judge was relieved because it was not a big deal, but that high-mindedness that confirmed even these things was more burdensome.
“who? friend? Or a motive?”
“no. I am more reluctant because I am the party.”
The presiding judge dropped the glasses in his hand.
“Stand up plate…. What? marriage? When did you get married? No, what is this all of a sudden…?”
“Oh, so it happened. It’s because I got it all of a sudden today.”
“You mean you’re secretly married now?”
“no. It was the first thing I did when I registered my marriage. Of course, I will take my wedding vacation.”
Seo Min-young bowed her head to the head judge who was still bewildered.
“I guess I should make at least one phone call. I keep worrying about things and I can’t get my hands on it.”
After she left, the presiding judge, who had been dazed for a while, knew that this was not the time.
I quickly picked up the receiver.
“Connect the Chief Justice, quickly…! hey! Where is it? The Seoul High Court!”
The presiding judge wanted to inform the bride’s relatives, the highest-ranking person, of this fact first.
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