The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 101

“>Oh my, oh my goodness.”

“Uh…”

The doctor’s greeting filled the hospital room with an awkward silence.

Jeong-hoon’s mother was embarrassed, and Jeong-hoon was sweating profusely as he fled the hospital room.

“Hmm? Is patient Go Jeong-hoon not feeling well?”

“Ah, no. Doctor, he said he was going to the restroom.”

“I see. Many people find the restroom in the room uncomfortable because of the noise. Bowel movements are important.”

After the doctor left, Jeong-hoon’s mother approached the Violent Crimes Unit detectives and bowed deeply.

“I’m so sorry, detectives. My son is so immature… He made a big mistake.”

The team leader stood up, waving his hands to dissuade Jeong-hoon’s mother. “It’s okay. Please, get up. What he said is true, it’s alright. Haha.”

Oh Gyeong raised his head to the ceiling and muttered, “It’s sad because it’s true. It’s sad because I can’t argue against it.”

“I have great pride in protecting the people!”

“Our youngest is good because he’s simple. Yeah, that’s why you applied to be a detective since you were a patrol officer.”

Hae-soo looked at Oh Gyeong, who seemed to be having a moment of realization, and suddenly took out his phone.

“I’m going to suggest to the Commissioner General that police salaries be raised.”

“Hey, hey, stop him! He’ll get on the Commissioner General’s bad side!”

Oh Gyeong limped and tried to snatch Hae-soo’s phone, but the youngest Hae-soo fan blocked him.

In the meantime, Hae-soo called the Commissioner General.

-Huh? Detective Shin is calling me directly, what’s going on?

“Hello, Commissioner General, I am currently hospitalized at Pyeongtaek CHA Hospital. Many police officers were injured while arresting a number of organized crime members.”

Hae-soo spoke on speakerphone, signaling to the others to be quiet. When they actually heard the Commissioner General’s voice, Oh Gyeong and the team leader gave up trying to stop him.

It would be more impolite to suddenly hang up when the call was already connected.

-What?! How badly are they hurt? Is Detective Shin okay? Wait, Secretary Kim, what time is my next schedule?

“Commissioner General, the reason I’m calling is that I’m upset about the reality that police officers are being ostracized for receiving low salaries despite risking their lives to catch criminals.”

-Oh? Ah, the salary…

“A young man in the hospital room cited the heavy workload and the low salary as reasons why he doesn’t want to be a police officer, and none of us could argue against it.”

-Um, so… you’re saying that the detectives are hospitalized together, and the topic of low salaries came up, so you called me to raise the salary?

The Commissioner General’s voice lowered. The team leader, Oh Gyeong, and the youngest couldn’t hide their tension and held their breath.

Hae-soo nodded emphatically at the Commissioner General’s words, who had grasped the essence at once.

“Yes, that’s right. Please raise the salary. Especially for detectives who spend their own money to catch criminals, please add overtime pay and a life allowance.”

-Hahaha…

*This is chilling.* Oh Gyeong wanted to hang up Hae-soo’s phone right away. He’s scared because he’s pushing so recklessly.

The Commissioner General paused for a moment before answering.

-Okay, I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I should push it more strongly this time. Are you okay?

“I have a gunshot wound through my arm, so I’m constantly pressing the pain control [a device that delivers pain medication], but I’m fine.”

-A gunshot wound! What on earth happened? Why isn’t such a big incident being reported!

“The report will be delayed because it happened in Pyeongtaek.”

-Pyeongtaek? Gyeonggi? Where my daughter is?

“Yes, your daughter, Team Leader Jo, was stabbed in the thigh, but she’s fine.”

-What??!!! Why are you telling me now!!

“I’m sorry.”

-Hey! Secretary Kim! Put Pyeongtaek CHA Hospital into the navigation!

The Violent Crimes Unit members except for Hae-soo hid their heads under the bed at the Commissioner General’s thunderous voice.

Oh Gyeong gave a thumbs up to Hae-soo, who was looking at the disconnected phone with an indifferent expression.

“Indeed, Hae-soo’s guts don’t distinguish between friend and foe.”

*

At the same time, Go Jeong-hoon, who had blatantly criticized the police and detectives in front of active detectives, wandered around the bathroom for no reason, even though he didn’t need to urinate.

Trickle trickle

“It’s not coming out, sigh…”

Jeong-hoon came out of the bathroom and leaned against the wall in the hallway, glancing at his hospital room.

“How am I supposed to go back in there? They all looked like gangsters. Aren’t I going to get beaten up if I go in?”

As he couldn’t bring himself to move due to fear, he heard the sound of high heels that stimulated the ears of a forever-alone bachelor.

Clack clack clack

The sound of the heel hitting the ground echoed sharply and briefly. *The end of the heel is narrow, and the person is light. Therefore, it is a high heel worn by a young woman, and there is a high possibility that she is a slender woman.*

Jeong-hoon turned his head in the direction of the sound, faithful to his instincts.

‘Heup! A, a goddess!’

Coming out of the elevator, right in front of the reception desk where the nurses were, a flawless, chic goddess wearing a chic black suit and neatly tying her hair back had descended.

She didn’t wear heavy makeup, and she didn’t seem to have had any work done, but she had the magic to make Jeong-hoon’s heart pound like crazy.

The chic goddess spoke to the nurses with a scary expression, befitting her atmosphere.

“Shin Hae-soo”

‘E, even her voice!’

Unlike ordinary women, her voice is a low, deep bass. That’s why it was more atmospheric and special.

“Yes?”

“Shin Hae-soo”

“A, are you a patient?”

“Shin Hae-soo”

“Yes, yes, just a moment.”

While the nurse was looking for Shin Hae-soo’s hospital room, the elevator arrived again, and the goddess turned around at the sound.

‘That tiny waist, that straight line, her figure is perfect from the back too.’

While Jeong-hoon was admiring her, another young woman appeared as the elevator opened.

A pure and sophisticated goddess with long, jet-black hair, wearing a bewitching black dress with a pure white jacket, and black stockings as the finishing touch.

‘Cough, I, I can’t choose!’

One was a chic goddess, and the other was a pure goddess. Jeong-hoon clutched his heart with one hand and suffered.

The chic goddess glanced at him.

“Heup!”

Jeong-hoon was startled and turned around. Their eyes met. Goddesses that a loser like him could not approach; he couldn’t hide his bitter heart and walked away.

‘I feasted my eyes. I will remember this day forever.’

As he got closer to his hospital room, he realized the reality again. The detectives, who the gangsters would call ‘hyung-nim’ [a respectful term for older brother or senior male], were all still there without leaving.

Jeong-hoon sweated and awkwardly came in and bowed to the detective who had the best impression.

“I’m sorry about earlier…”

“Oh? Ah haha, it’s okay. But we’re still working hard even with our meager salary. Even getting shot like this.”

The team leader pointed to Hae-soo with his index finger. Hae-soo nodded, raising his arm wrapped in bandages.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

Jeong-hoon apologized to the detectives and turned around to return to his seat when he was almost blinded. The chic goddess was right in front of him.

“Hae-soo-nim!”

The chic goddess ran to the detective with the injured arm, shouting in a high tone full of worry, not the cool, low-pitched voice from before. Then, she hugged him tightly, ignoring the bandages on his arm.

Jeong-hoon’s eyes widened to the point of popping out at the sight.

*

“Uh, uh…”

Shin Hae-soo awkwardly patted her on the back with his hand stretched out in the air, feeling unfamiliar yet not bad at the sight of Haru’s first appearance of the day.

Clack clack

After that, Ahn Seo-eun entered with Secretary Kang and Guard Kim. Two of Seo-eun’s bodyguards were waiting in front of the hospital room door.

Since the kidnapping, she had four bodyguards, including Haru.

“I’m glad you seem to be doing better than I thought.”

Secretary Kang and Guard Kim’s hands were full of fruit baskets and drinks.

Haru didn’t seem to want to let go, and Seo-eun greeted the other detectives who were giving her glances of embarrassment or envy.

“Hello. It’s nice to see you again. I’m Ahn Seo-eun.”

“Oh my, you’re still as beautiful as an actress. It seems like the hospital room is getting brighter.”

While Ahn Seo-eun and the detectives were greeting each other, Hae-soo pushed Haru away.

“Haru, I’m hurt.”

“Ah, yes, I’m sorry. There’s blood.”

“Because you hugged me so tight.”

“I’m sorry. Does it hurt?”

Tears welled up in Haru’s eyes. It looked like they would fall at any moment. Hae-soo shook his head, pressing the pain button three times in a row.

“No, it’s okay, let’s eat that.”

The communal refrigerator was filled with the fruits and drinks that Seo-eun had brought.

Seo-eun even brought plates and was about to cut the strawberries with a knife when Haru forcibly took the knife away.

“I’m good at handling knives.”

“Ah, haha, okay. I’ll pass this out.”

Haru neatly cut off only the stems as if watching a miracle. It felt like cutting off the neck of a small creature.

Seo-eun handed out plates of fruit and drinks to the detectives and also gave them to Jeong-hoon.

“Please have this.”

“We’re okay, thank you, miss, oh my, you’re so pretty.”

“G, g, g, g…”

Jeong-hoon couldn’t speak properly because he felt like he was going to stop breathing when he met Seo-eun so closely.

At the sight, Jeong-hoon’s mother hit him on the back.

“You! Why do you keep telling such a grateful person to leave? You can’t do that.”

“Ah, no, th, thank you!”

Jeong-hoon shouted bravely, as a big misunderstanding was about to pile up. Seo-eun smiled softly and gave him an eye smile at his reaction.

‘Cough, I can die now.’

At this moment, Jeong-hoon was not envious of any other friends. Just being in the same hospital room as two goddesses made his heart full and happy.

However, one detective was extremely envious.

“I can eat it myself…”

“No. If you overdo it, you’ll bleed like before. Please stay still.”

“That’s right. One arm has an IV, and the other arm is wrapped in bandages, how can you eat alone? Ah-”

“Ha… oop”

Hae-soo sighed softly, embarrassed by the envious glances of the other detectives, and in that gap, Haru put a strawberry in his mouth.

“Haru-ssi [honorific title], there’s a fork here, why are you feeding him with your bare hands? Is Hae-soo-ssi going to eat your fingers too? Were you aiming for that?”

“No.”

While Haru was denying, Seo-eun fed Hae-soo another grape.

The gazes of the men around them became increasingly stinging as they fed him fruit as if competing with each other.

Ahn Seo-eun left quickly with Haru because she was busy, and Jeong-hoon couldn’t come to his senses because he still couldn’t forget their appearance.

Then, he found Hae-soo, the most enviable detective with an injured arm, in the lounge.

Jeong-hoon plucked up his courage and approached him.

“Excuse me, detective.”

“Ah, yes.”

“How did you get to know those two goddesses?”

“Well, who would a detective meet? Both of them were victims of incidents.”

“…Ah!”

Jeong-hoon turned around with an expression of having gained some powerful realization. He immediately went back, clenched his fist, and vowed.

“Mother! I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to become a police officer. A detective!”

“Huh? Ah… a detective?”

Jeong-hoon’s mother glanced at the detectives who were currently hospitalized as a group with a worried expression.

***

A few days later, a peaceful afternoon.

Jeong-hoon was diligently shopping for police exam-related books when a black shadow suddenly fell into the hospital room.

“Oh, Go Jeong-hoon is here? Did you think we wouldn’t find you if you were holed up in the hospital without a word?”

Three men with fierce impressions entered the hospital room.

They were loan sharks who Jeong-hoon had borrowed money from to invest in coins [cryptocurrency].