The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 155

155. A Con Calling Miracles

Six months ago. Jung Young-soo, a freshman in the Computer Engineering Department at a no-name university.

He fully embodied the passive traits of a loser, always staying in the corner and alone while attending university.

Then one day, an ‘inssa’ [Korean slang for “insider” or popular person] student leader approached him.

“Young-soo, you’re Young-soo, right?”

“Young-soo, Jung Young-soo.”

“Oh, right, Young-soo. Well, we have a blind date with the Dance Department today, but Ji-sung had to drop out urgently, so can you fill in, please?”

“D, Dance Department…?”

Young-soo suffered from severe social anxiety to the point of having panic attacks in crowded places, but the fantasy of a blind date with the Dance Department, a staple of campus romance, could transcend his illness.

Moreover, the female students from the Dance Department were all so beautiful that they fulfilled the fantasy 200 percent.

In particular, the unique upright posture of their waists and necks made their appearance even more radiant.

“Here, this nerdy friend with glasses—no, this super popular friend—is Young-soo! The top of our department! Full scholarship student!”

“Young-soo…”

“Wow?”

“Wow!”

As always, appearances are not fair. Among all the pretty Dance Department students, there was one who was especially beautiful.

And all the men with the same eyes pointed at her.

However, only Young-soo, who seemed like he would be happy with anyone, couldn’t pick anyone and hesitated.

At that moment, she, who had been chosen by all the men, gave a fatal smile and pointed at Young-soo.

“I’m the top of this department. You said your name is Young-soo, right?”

“Y, yes…”

Thus, Jung Young-soo, the ultimate outsider, met her, envied by all the men.

Even now, six months into their relationship, he couldn’t understand why she had chosen an outsider like him.

In any case, thanks to his girlfriend Eun-mi, who was kind, had a good heart, and a great body, Young-soo’s life, which had been like black and white, began to become colorful.

He wouldn’t mind giving her a billion dollars because she was so cute and sexy, but the problem was that he didn’t have a billion dollars.

“Sigh…”

His beloved girlfriend’s mother’s surgery cost ten million won [approximately $7,500 USD]. Young-soo checked his account balance.

-Balance: 3,024,100 won [approximately $2,270 USD]

He had already lent her 5 million won [approximately $3,750 USD] for a procedure, not surgery. However, the surgery was not successful, and her illness had worsened.

He hadn’t made any friends other than his girlfriend, and since then, he had been ostracized even more, so he had no friends.

His only friends were the bullies he used to scam with in school. They weren’t even worthy of being called friends. Now they’re in jail, so there’s no chance of seeing them.

“Why is a man like Jung Young-soo living this kind of life?”

As Young-soo lamented his life and shuffled his feet, a text message rang.

[Shin Hyung-nim [Korean term for older brother or respected male figure]: It’s not because of the money that you’re postponing the surgery date, right? How much do you need? Up to 60 months interest-free.]

“Wow… this hyung-nim is for real…!”

Young-soo felt a mixture of gratitude, humiliation, pride, and various other emotions, and tears welled up in his eyes.

He felt sorry for having hung up so coldly earlier.

He called Hae-soo again.

-Yeah.

“H… Hyung-nim, I’ll definitely pay you back.”

-I know. How much do you need?

“7… million won.”

-I sent ten. Pay me back slowly.

“Thank you, Hyung-nim! I will really work for you for the rest of my life until my bones wear out!!”

-You can’t work if your bones rot. Eat a lot of anchovies.

“Yes, Hyung-nim!”

As soon as Young-soo hung up, he immediately sent ten million won to his girlfriend.

Then he called her triumphantly.

-Yeah, I’m a little busy right now…

“Honey, I sent the money.”

-Oh, woong? [cute way of saying “yes”]

After checking her account, his girlfriend spoke in a high tone, with her cuteness charged to 200 percent.

-Yeobongbong!! [term of endearment] What’s going on! How did you get this money so quickly? Yeobong is really like a magician, the coolest in the world, really, kiss kiss!

“Hehe, hehehe, oh, it’s nothing. My woman is having a hard time, so I have to do that much as a man. Make a surgery appointment quickly.”

-Okay, I got it, where are you, Bongbong? I’ll go right away.

“Oh, you don’t have to, then I’ll go to the front gate.”

-Okay, I’ll wear pretty clothes and go!

One month later.

There wasn’t work every day, and Hae-soo also felt guilty, so he didn’t usually give Young-soo work.

So there was no way he could have paid back ten million won in a month.

Fortunately, he got in touch with Director Ahn Seo-eun and was connected to the security team at Daesung Department Store, so he was working as a freelancer. He received a lot of money compared to the labor, but Young-soo was always thirsty.

No, Young-soo’s girlfriend was always thirsty.

In addition to the surgery costs, Young-soo was paying for her idol singer lessons, studio apartment rent, and food expenses.

“Aww, really, I’m always just receiving from Jagi [term of endearment], so I’m sorry. I saw they were looking for a part-time job at that pub, so should I work part-time?”

“Huh? No, no, no, absolutely not. Our Jagi is so pretty that a lot of flies will swarm around. I said I’d earn money, so don’t worry and don’t work part-time.”

“No, Oppa [Korean term for older brother used by females, also a term of endearment]… Actually, I… My mother needs to have another surgery… I can’t get the surgery because I don’t have money. I’m really a bad girl, sob.”

“Oh, oh? Re, re-surgery? How much is the surgery cost?”

“7 million won… No, Oppa. I’m really sorry to Oppa, so no, don’t lend it to me. I’ll figure it out myself.”

“Ah…”

He had to pay off Hae-soo’s debt, but because money was going out like pouring water into a bottomless pit, Young-soo was just full of worry.

But to make matters worse, he needed money for another surgery, so he felt choked up.

Young-soo saw his girlfriend’s tears and ended up saying that he would take responsibility.

‘What should I do, what should I do… Huh?’

As Young-soo walked, overwhelmed with guilt towards Hae-soo, he had already arrived in front of the Reed Building.

Young-soo sat on a chair in the resting area in the building lobby and stared blankly into the air.

“Sigh…”

At that time.

Swish

“What are you doing?”

“Ugh!”

A man with a sharp impression, Shin Hae-soo, came into his view.

“S, Shin Hyung-nim.”

Hae-soo quickly scanned the surroundings with the unique eyes of a detective and sat opposite him.

“What’s bothering you?”

“Ah, Hyung-nim, that’s…”

As Young-soo hesitated, Hae-soo spoke first.

“Pay back the money slowly, when you’ve settled down and become stable enough.”

“Yes, yes… Hyung-nim, sob… Thank you so much…”

Young-soo had much darker circles under his eyes and his cheeks were much thinner than when they had met before. He looked like a young man with a lot of worries at first glance.

It had been like that since he started dating a woman.

A relationship that negatively changes oneself and the other person, rather than positively, should be stopped quickly.

Hae-soo stared at him intently and asked.

“Are you dating your girlfriend well?”

“Yes?! Ah, yes, well…”

“What does she do?”

“Ah, she’s a student. Dance Department… Should I show you a picture?”

Young-soo’s face quickly brightened. He showed Hae-soo a picture he took with his girlfriend on his phone, even though Hae-soo didn’t say anything.

“She’s pretty, right?”

“Um, yeah, I’ve never seen her before.”

“Ah, well… She doesn’t like posting on her profile picture or SNS [Social Networking Service].”

As he looked at his girlfriend’s picture, Young-soo’s expression was complex. Hae-soo read his eyes and asked again.

“Have you ever met your girlfriend’s mother?”

“Ah, no.”

“If you’ve even paid for her surgery, I think they’d be curious and ask to see you…”

“Ahaha… I don’t know. I’m a little hesitant to go too…”

“Has your girlfriend ever asked you to borrow money again?”

Hae-soo’s questions gradually narrowed from personal questions to interrogation.

There was no way that the quick-witted Young-soo wouldn’t notice that. He realized Hae-soo’s intention and became angry.

“Hyung-nim, I’m really grateful that you lent me money, but our Eun-mi isn’t that kind of person. I’ll be going now.”

“Okay, tell me if you have any difficulties.”

Young-soo stormed out of his seat like that. He regretted it as soon as he came out of the Reed Building entrance.

‘I’m really a son of a bitch, to that hyung who helped me like that… Ha, damn it.’

He didn’t have any intention of borrowing the re-surgery fee from Hae-soo again in the first place. He was just sorry that he couldn’t pay back the money.

Young-soo took out a loan from a third-tier financial company and withdrew it in cash and gave it directly to his girlfriend.

“Yeobongbong!! No, I said I’d take care of it myself, why again… Ah, really, Yeobong really loves me, right?”

“Of course… I hope you get the re-surgery quickly with this, and I hope to see our Jagi smiling a lot.”

“Why does our Yeobong say such pretty things? Yum yum!”

Young-soo felt as if all his worries and concerns had melted away with his girlfriend’s kisses, which were more lovely than an angel.

He just laughed foolishly and suddenly remembered his meeting with Hae-soo.

“Honey, which hospital is your mother in?”

“…Woong? Woong… Over there, Daesung Hospital, why?”

“I see, have you ever told your mother about me?”

“Huh? Ah, of course, I paid for the surgery! How grateful she was, Yeobong is really the best!”

“I can visit her once…”

“Ah! Ah…”

“Why, what’s wrong?”

“I have a bit of a headache, it’s been hurting since earlier.”

“Oh really? What should I do? I’ll buy you some medicine.”

“No, no, just go in and take a nap and you’ll be fine, Yeobong, thank you so much.”

“Oh, okay, take good care of yourself, don’t worry too much, and get some rest!”

“Woong Yeobong, I love you!”

Young-soo stared at his girlfriend’s back as she went in, holding her head in one hand for a long time.

She never turned around.

* * *

Toc, toc, toc

Eun-mi’s studio apartment building stairs, she went up the stairs, checked that Young-soo was moving away from the window, and picked up her cell phone.

“Oh, it’s me, that idiot wants to see my sick mom? I was so scared. Oh, I did get the money, no, how much money is he giving me, why would I quit, take a look around Daesung Hospital.”

* * *

Tak, tak

Jung Young-soo’s room, in front of the computer.

He stared blankly at the monitor with the Daesung Hospital website open.

“Huum…”

The moment he put his hand on the keyboard, his cell phone rang.

Bee-beep-

-Eunmijaging: Yeobongbong! Shall we go to the hospital together today? I’ll introduce you to my mom.

Young-soo’s eyes widened at the sight of the text message. He let out a sigh of relief and jumped up from his seat to grab his going-out clothes.

* * *

Daesung Hospital ward.

Eun-mi had already found a middle-aged woman in a vegetative state after consulting with a friend who was helping her.

“Say hello, this is my mom… Mom, this is my boyfriend…”

Young-soo felt a sense of reverence as he looked at his girlfriend’s mother, who was lying as if she were dead.

His girlfriend next to him also had moist eyes.

“Ah, uh, hello. My name is Jung Young-soo…”

“Actually… She hasn’t woken up for a long time, I’m sorry I couldn’t tell you, she’ll be fine if she just has this surgery… sob.”

“Oh, oh, I see, it’s okay, it’ll be okay.”

“Hic, I, let’s stop… Let’s go…”

“Okay, uh?”

At that moment, Young-soo saw his girlfriend’s mother’s finger moving.

“U, it moved?”

“…Uh?”

His girlfriend was horrified and looked at the middle-aged woman. Her hands trembled, and then her eyes suddenly flashed open.

“Heok!”

The middle-aged woman opened her eyes wide and looked at Young-soo’s girlfriend Eun-mi and slowly opened her mouth.

“Who…?”