The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 232

< #232. One-Sided Love >

One day, Haru stared blankly at her palm, which was slick with sweat.

Fortunately, the bottle hadn’t broken. She wiped her palm on her clothes, picked up the shake bottle from the floor, and went back to watching TV.

“An Seo-eun liked a police officer. Should I introduce someone to her?”

Haru was rather clueless when it came to romance.

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[A Chaebol [family-owned conglomerate] Heiress with Perfect Beauty]

[CEO of Daesung E&M, 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Her]

[“Boss’s Private Life” Achieves Highest Viewership Ratings This Year: The Power of a Chaebol?]

┗AbsoluteMaster: Father, I’ve finally found the woman who will bear my child.

┗BaseballManager1: I love you at first sight.

┗FioreC: Noona [term of endearment for an older sister or female friend], I’m dying.

┗DreamyNow: Seriously, how can that face, that skinny body, and those breasts be real?

┗AdamGirl: It’s all padding, you idiot.

┗Miracle: You’re the one with padding on your face, aren’t you?

┗ChicMint: She looks exactly like that bully from my high school, Class of ’23 at Jaeyoung High.

┗ChoChong: What’s so pretty about her? She just lives a comfortable life, so her skin is good, but there’s nothing else special.

┗Ferragamo: Exactly, I’m a guy, and I find her unattractive.

┗Casa12: [I’m a guy and…] is a girl.

┗Kcw122: Day 1 of wishing An Seo-eun makes her entertainment debut. Recruiting party members [1]

┗Wangsimni70: I hope to see Goddess on TV often. I’ve rewatched “Boss’s Private Life” over ten times.

┗Hyeomsaeng: It’s so annoying how she acts like she manages everything when she just became a CEO because she was born to wealthy parents. It’s obvious her secretary wrote everything for her.

┗Kcw122: If you researched An Seo-eun for just 10 minutes, you wouldn’t say that. Although she started from a different starting line, she’s incredibly capable. Don’t insult An Noona, or you’re dead.

┗Siela: That bodyguard next to her looks so scary. Is he a gangster?

┗DreamyNow: Yeah, I was intimidated by the bodyguard’s face. He’s stealing the show.

┗ParkGyu: Seo-eun, I love you!!

Immediately after the broadcast of “Boss’s Private Life,” the reaction was explosive on YouTube and various online communities.

Fan clubs were already being created.

On the other hand, because she was young, pretty, rich, and perceived as capable, there were also many who envied and were jealous of her, like shadows that appear with light.

There was a sense that the appearance of popular rookie actor Kim Kang-heon was overshadowed by An Seo-eun’s popularity, but there was also a lot of talk about Kang-heon because their fan bases were different.

In particular, young CEO An Seo-eun’s being at the beck and call of Kim and his behavior like a disciplined new recruit appealed to both men and women.

Originally, one episode was usually broadcast per filming session, but this filming was divided into two weeks.

It was only natural that the PD [Production Director] requested An Seo-eun to reappear; one appearance was not enough.

On the day of the re-appearance studio broadcast.

Hwang Jang-soo frowned as he looked around.

“There are a lot of people who weren’t checked in advance?”

His partner guard, Jung-hoon, sneered at his words.

“Ha, old man, broadcasts are originally supplemented and removed in real time. If you don’t know, just stay quiet and pretend to work hard…”

Jang-soo continued, still frowning as he looked around at the people.

“Isn’t the real way to work comfortably to prevent accidents in advance? You, watch that person over there, that one, and that one carefully, especially that woman. Her movements are suspicious.”

“Oh, seriously, it’s not like we’re playing detective. Do you think security is a joke?”

“Shut up and watch. I’ll watch the other guys. Don’t you know there are a lot of malicious comments about CEO An these days?”

“Those guys are just shut-ins anyway.”

“Still, there’s always a chance, a chance, you idiot.”

Jung-hoon staggered as Jang-soo pushed him. Jung-hoon glared at Jang-soo from a step away, suppressing his anger.

‘You really… I’ll get you one day.’

“Okay, everyone, thank you for your hard work! CEO An, thank you for coming.”

It was when An Seo-eun was leaving the studio after the broadcast.

It was a complicated situation where celebrities scattered to their respective places at once, and the staff scattered everywhere, clinging to the celebrities.

At that time, a woman wearing a hood approached Seo-eun. She takes something out of her arms: a small glass bottle, a vitamin drink bottle. But the lid is open, and steam is coming out of it.

“An Seo-eun!”

At the sharp cry, An Seo-eun turned her head and met the woman’s crazed eyes.

“Die, you bitch!”

Swaaak!

An unidentified liquid spurted out of the vitamin drink bottle she was holding, and at the same time, a shadow fell over An Seo-eun.

Cheeeee-

“Kyaaaa!”

“What, what is that!”

“Catch her, catch her!!”

An Seo-eun regained consciousness at the terrible sound of something burning and looked up at the huge figure blocking her in front of her.

Hwang Jang-soo. He was holding the ends of his suit jacket, which he had already loosened, with both hands and spreading it wide to the side.

“CEO An, are you okay?”

Jang-soo looked down at Seo-eun with an indifferent expression and threw the tight jacket on the floor.

The fibers on the back of the jacket, made of a sturdy material, were melting. It’s hydrochloric acid.

“Kyaa! Won’t you let go of me? I’m going to sue you for sexual harassment!!”

The guard Jung-hoon, who belatedly stepped forward, subdued the woman who committed the hydrochloric acid attack.

Seo-eun stared blankly at Jang-soo, then looked back and forth at the woman with her face buried in the floor, and replied.

“Yes, thanks to you.”

As if she hadn’t become the head of an affiliate at a young age for nothing, she quickly regained her composure and contacted the police directly.

People were once again surprised and impressed by her bold actions.

“She’s not ordinary; she’s the real deal.”

“How can such a young lady be so brave? I would have made a fuss and called all my neighborhood oppas [older brothers or male friends] at that time.”

“That bodyguard is amazing too. As expected, not just anyone can become a bodyguard.”

The police arrived, and the situation was quickly resolved.

The woman who carried out the hydrochloric acid attack was a person who left malicious comments on videos related to Seo-eun under the YouTube nickname ‘ChicMint’.

She was in her mid-30s and had no decent job or skills and had been living off her boyfriend until recently, when she was dumped and was having a hard time.

The motive for the crime was simple.

She saw An Seo-eun-related videos in her ex-boyfriend’s YouTube account viewing history, and she thought that An Seo-eun was the reason she broke up with her boyfriend.

An Seo-eun was an inferiority complex trigger for her, who had nothing, and she even carried out the terrible act of a hydrochloric acid attack.

“It’s a pity, but if you’ve committed a crime, you have to be punished.”

The woman belatedly came to her senses and begged Seo-eun, but there was no leniency.

Hwang Jang-soo also had no mercy. He handed the woman over to the police, and on the way out of the police station after writing a statement, he immediately said to An Seo-eun.

“I told him to watch that woman carefully, but he didn’t. It’s dereliction of duty.”

Seo-eun grabbed her throbbing head with her index finger, then turned her head and looked at Jung-hoon in the driver’s seat.

Jung-hoon flinched and shrugged his shoulders, avoiding An Seo-eun’s gaze reflected in the rearview mirror.

“Make an excuse.”

“…I’m sorry.”

“I’m glad this happened while you were in charge of me. It would have been even more terrible if something had happened to a client.”

“…I have nothing to say.”

Seo-eun took her eyes off him and said in a cold tone.

“Pull over.”

Screech-

“Get out. Take your things out of Daesung Guard by tomorrow. I won’t hold you legally responsible since you’ve worked hard so far.”

“…Thank you.”

Jung-hoon bowed his head deeply, and Hwang Jang-soo’s eyes widened at Seo-eun’s cold-blooded behavior, which was completely different from the warm side he had seen so far, and he looked back and forth between her and Jung-hoon, who had gone outside.

He felt a little sorry, thinking it was too harsh, but he shook his head as he saw Jung-hoon glaring at him at the end.

‘That bastard is not human.’

“Secretary Kang.”

“Ah, no. I’ll do it, I’ll do it. I’m a good driver too.”

Hwang Jang-soo grabbed Secretary Kang, who was about to get out of the passenger seat, and quickly got out of the back seat and got into the driver’s seat.

As the car driven by Jang-soo drove away, Jung-hoon watched the back of the car and gritted his teeth.

“Hwang Jang-soo, you son of a bitch… I’ll make sure you fall into hell.”

* * *

When Jung-hoon was removed from An Seo-eun’s close protection, Team Leader Lee, who had been jealous of Hwang Jang-soo, came in.

He checked the hydrochloric acid attack case in detail and clearly understood Hwang Jang-soo’s performance.

“Okay, 인정 [injeong, acknowledging/admitting].”

“What? What are you 인정 [injeong] and blah blah?”

“He’s a pretty good guy in his own way. I can keep him by my side and teach him. You, become my junior.”

“What are you talking about, you crazy bastard?”

Team Leader Lee’s jealousy disappeared as if it had been washed away. Hwang Jang-soo stopped the hydrochloric acid attack, but the biggest reason was that he had regained his position as close protection.

“You should be glad. Don’t let your guard down in the future.”

Team Leader Lee had no idea who he was glad for.

After that, An Seo-eun was flooded with love calls from the entertainment industry, but she rejected them all.

* * *

Ding-dong

The bell rang at Reed Building 901, a fortress-like house where Shin Hae-soo and Haru lived upstairs and Hwang Jang-soo lived next door.

Haru jumped up, but a female student in a school uniform quickly stopped her.

“I’ll go, Unnie [older sister], I was going to buy it.”

“Okay. I’ll give way.”

The girl in the new school uniform was Kim Ji-an, the eldest of the three siblings who were victims of the case Hae-soo was in charge of.

At that time, she had just entered middle school, but now she was a high school student.

The second child, Ji-won, was in the 6th grade of elementary school, and the third child, Ji-gu, was still only ten years old, so he needed a lot of care.

Hae-soo and Haru came to the three siblings’ house for the first time in a long time, and they decided to order food for delivery.

Joksae, who had good social skills, also became friends with the three siblings and joined them.

Beep, click-

Ji-an opened the door and received the chicken, facing the delivery man’s face.

“Huh?”

When Ji-an recognized the delivery man, he also widened his eyes slightly and said.

“Oh, Kim Ji-an?”

“Ah, yes, Oppa [older brother or male friend]… Hello.”

“Wow… you’ve grown a lot. It’s good to see you. Is this your house?”

Hae-soo reflexively turned her head to check the delivery man’s face at the mention of identifying the house.

He had a gentle face with slightly drooping eyebrows and looked quite handsome.

“Yes… You too, it’s good to see you…”

“Me? Haha, yeah, thank you, uh… well, enjoy your meal.”

“Yes, goodbye…”

“Okay! Bye!”

The man smiled coolly and waved his hand. Ji-an closed the door slowly, as if she was sad.

Hae-soo asked, shining her eyes sharply.

“Ji-an, what’s your relationship with that man?”

It felt like the house had suddenly become an interrogation room.

“Ah… that, when I was dragged away by scary Unnie [older sister] and Oppas [older brother] in the past, Oppa [older brother] helped me.”

Then the second child, Ji-won, chimed in.

“Is that hyung [older brother] the hyung [older brother]? Park Ji-hoo? Seon-woo? That hyung [older brother] was liked by Noona [older sister]!”

“It’s Park Seon-woo…”

Haru’s eyes widened slightly at the word ‘liked’. She’s terrible at dating, but she’s very interested in other people’s dating lives.

Joksae quickly opened the chicken box and asked.

“So, did you date?”

“No…”

“Huh? Really? You wouldn’t be dumped anywhere, would you? Did you confess?”

Ji-an shook her head slightly.

“He had a girlfriend.”

Joksae clapped her hands.

“That’s exactly what I thought. Kids who make opposite-sex friends in high school are all gangsters! He must have dated a bully girl. Men who look like that won’t be left alone even if they don’t play around.”

Ji-an shook her head again at Joksae’s words.

“If that were the case, I wouldn’t have given up… They looked so good together. The two of them.”

The image of the female student who dated Seon-woo came to her mind beyond her memory. She was such a graceful and innocent female student with a pure smile.

Seon-woo’s eyes were dripping with love as he looked at her.

So she gave up. There was no room to get in between them at all.

“They might have broken up now? Why don’t you ask for his number?”

“…He had a baby picture. On his phone screen.”

At those words, Hae-soo nodded her head with a satisfied expression.

“You have a good eye, just like someone.”

At Hae-soo’s compliment, Haru shrugged her shoulders and felt proud.

Joksae, who was able to grasp the most normal point, asked.

“But it could be a nephew, he’s young, a baby’s father?”

“I know he’s an only son…”

“Cool.”

He’s only twenty or twenty-one at best, but taking responsibility for a child is something that should be supported, even though it’s a matter of course.

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Park Seon-woo, who came out of the Reed Building with Ji-an’s house, which was sparkling, with a bitter feeling, smiled as he looked at the picture of the woman holding the child on his phone background.

‘Comparing yourself to others only leads to unhappiness. Let’s focus on the given reality and the given happiness!’

He reaffirmed his fighting spirit and continued his delivery work. However, as things usually go, things are not always smooth.

“Did you eat one of these? There’s only one wing?”

Sometimes this happens. There are many cases where the delivery person takes the blame for the company’s mistake.

Seon-woo tried to manage his expression so as not to show his unpleasant feelings as much as possible and answered.

“Yes? No. There’s tape here too.”

“Are you laughing? Is it funny?”

“No… I’m sorry.”

The man frowned and waved his hand.

“Okay, ha, it’s not like you’re a beggar… Go, go.”

“…Yes.”

Seon-woo bowed his head deeply and left the place. This was a lucky ending.

When it became 10 p.m., the time he set for work and finishing, he went home.

“Lee-seo, Dad’s home!”

A wife with a pale and sickly face but a warm smile greeted him with a baby in her arms.

“Oppa [term of endearment for older brother or husband], you’re here?”

“Did our pretty girl have a good day? Oh, should we take a look at our Lee-seo?”

While he was recharging while looking at his beloved wife and cute baby.

Thump, thump, thump!

Someone was knocking on the door roughly. The sleeping baby woke up and cried at the scary sound, and the wife cowered.

Park Seon-woo narrowed his brows and opened the front door, and at the same time, a foot flew in.

Pow!