The Cop Is Too Strong [EN]: Chapter 34

Thud.

The female student dropped the cigarette from her mouth at Haru’s chilling voice. Goosebumps prickled down her spine.

Scary. It’s scary, but I can’t back down now. She glanced sideways at the other female students. In this jungle, appearing weak is the end.

“You crazy bitch!”

The female student swung her arm wide to slap Haru.

Haru made a fist, extended her arm with only her thumb raised. Rather than swinging her hand, it was more like placing her thumb on the female student’s arm.

Thwack!

“Aaaagh!”

Haru’s thumb accurately pierced the inside of the female student’s elbow.

The female student screamed sharply in pain as if a hole had been punched in her arm and collapsed to the ground, crying.

“Aah! Shit, it hurts so bad!”

At the sight, three other female students stood up and slowly approached Haru.

“Crazy bitch, making such a fuss over nothing.”

The blonde female student in the middle took out a folding knife from her pocket and unfolded the blade in front of Haru.

Click.

“Auntie, wanna die-”

Thwack.

Before the female student could finish her sentence, she saw the knife floating in front of her.

Before she knew it, Haru had flicked the end of the knife handle upwards with her fingertip. The knife slipped out of the female student’s grip and floated into the air, and Haru lightly snatched it.

Swish, swish, swish, click.

The female students were stunned by the dazzling knife skills unfolding before their eyes. Without even realizing it, the cigarettes they were holding in their mouths had been cut right in front of their lips. If it had been any closer, their noses and lips would have been cut.

“Gasp.”

“Uh…”

Haru neatly folded the knife and tossed it away. It landed perfectly in the scrap metal recycling bin.

She opened her mouth with the same emotionless expression she had when she first encountered the female students.

“The landlord doesn’t like it when you smoke here. Smoke somewhere else.”

Then, she coolly turned around and left the spot. The female students stood frozen with their mouths open until her back disappeared.

“Hey… what did I just see?”

“Is, is, is she that hidden killer we’ve only heard about?”

“Damn, that’s so cool.”

“Crazy bitches, lower your voices, she might hear us…”

The female students simultaneously shrank back and lowered their voices.

*

‘Hmm…’

Shin Haesoo, who had been hiding behind a utility pole and watching from beginning to end, nodded approvingly.

‘She got through it without using violence… She’ll be able to stand on her own soon.’

Beep beep beep. Click.

Dada-dadak-

As soon as he opened the door, Haru rushed towards Haesoo with a wet wipe in one hand.

Her speed was so fast that Haesoo instinctively opened his arms to catch her, but she stopped abruptly right in front of him and bowed deeply.

“O, oh, you’re here!”

The charisma she had shown just a moment ago was nowhere to be seen, and she was flustered like a cat meeting its owner after a long trip. She looks like a fox.

“Did you have a good time?”

It’s been almost a week. Haru met his eyes once completely and then quickly lowered them.

She still couldn’t make eye contact with Haesoo very well.

“Y, yes…”

“Wait a moment.”

Haesoo gently lifted her chin with his hand. The dark circles under her eyes are very dark. Her face also became rough.

“You look tired?”

“I can’t sleep well…”

Haesoo clicked his tongue.

“Even when I’m not here, go to bed and wake up on time.”

“Yes, sir.”

That night, Haru grabbed Haesoo’s sleeve and let out a small, long sigh of relief.

She went to bed on time, but she couldn’t say that she had nightmares every night because this was missing, or because Haesoo was missing.

I can sleep comfortably today.

*

The next day.

Today is a vacation. The entire Team 1 received a two-day vacation.

Slurp, slurp.

From morning, Haesoo and Haru were sitting at a table in front of a convenience store, sucking banana-flavored milk from straws.

There were three more banana milks that had not yet been strawed.

“Mr. Shin! Oh?”

CEO Gu Sejoo waved his hand brightly from afar, smiling. Then, he discovered Haru next to Haesoo and couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Gi, girlfriend…? I thought you were a model! Hello. I’m CEO Gu Sejoo, in charge of Mr. Shin’s asset management.”

“She’s not my girlfriend, there are circumstances.”

CEO Gu, who had a kind and good-natured impression, was simply wary and nodded slightly.

“But are you waiting for someone else?”

“Yes, one more person is coming.”

“Who…”

As soon as he said that, a white sedan stopped right in front of the convenience store. Ahn Seo-eun, dressed in a black striped suit on a white background, got out of the back seat.

CEO Gu’s eyes widened when he found her.

Before sitting down at the table in front of the convenience store, Ahn Seo-eun found Haru and paused. She sat down without asking first.

“Have you arrived?”

“Yes, hello.”

“Hello! I’m asset manager Gu Sejoo! I think I saw you once at Daesung Hospital!”

“Yes, I remember. Nice to meet you. I’m Ahn Seo-eun.”

“Thank you for remembering me!”

CEO Gu bowed so hard that his back almost broke.

Haru bowed her head slightly, as she had done to CEO Gu, and sat down. Her eyes are still looking down. It is still difficult to face many people.

Haesoo handed the banana milk he had prepared in advance to Ahn Seo-eun and CEO Gu, gave Haru a card, and said.

“Haru, buy some more banana milk, two plus one [buy two get one free].”

“Okay.”

As Haru got up and went into the convenience store, Haesoo began to explain.

“That child is a victim who was kidnapped a long time ago. She is unable to perform basic social activities, so I am temporarily taking care of her, but she has no memory of the past, so I cannot find her identity. So, I am trying to get CEO Gu’s help to register her identity.”

The identity registration process is very complicated. It requires several procedures, including permission to create a surname and origin, and a ruling on permission to create a family relationship registration.

He sought help from this when CEO Gu’s other clients’ management was all over, and he was told to use him like a personal secretary when he became Haesoo’s personal asset manager.

“Ah…”

Director Ahn Seo-eun said that she had something to do with Haesoo first, so Haesoo made an appointment at the same time.

As soon as the brief explanation was over, Haru came with the banana milk.

Ahn Seo-eun, who had been listening quietly, pointed to Haru with her eyes.

“So, you’re saying that young lady and… Haesoo are living in the same house?”

Haesoo flinched at the realistic remark.

“It’s a temporary address sharing relationship.”

“You’re living together.”

“…Yes.”

CEO Gu clapped his hands brightly.

“Wow, congratulations, Mr. President!”

“No, that’s not it.”

“I see…”

Ahn Seo-eun smiled playfully and took something out of her handbag and handed it to Haesoo.

“My business is this.”

When I opened the luxurious case, there was an even more luxurious wallet inside.

“What is this?”

“Open it.”

As she said, when she opened it, there was a black card inserted in the wallet.

“I didn’t expect it, but Shin Haesoo’s performance would have such a big impact on our company’s image. The amount is getting bigger and bigger, so my conscience is pricked.”

Ahn Seo-eun pointed to the black card Haesoo was holding with her slender index finger.

“I’ve converted the value of that card into money to the extent that my conscience is less pricked. I plan to do that in the future as well. There will be no problem with the transfer. Will you accept it?”

“Um… Yes, I’ll use it well.”

Haesoo thought that she was a chaebol [member of a South Korean family-owned conglomerate], so she must have put in tens of millions of won [South Korean currency], and thought that she would use it for living expenses, so she simply accepted.

Ahn Seo-eun smiled slightly and stood up from her seat.

“I’ll be going now, I have work to do.”

At the sight, CEO Kang and CEO Kim quickly drank their milk and followed her.

“Goodbye.”

“Ah.”

She was about to get into the car but turned around and approached Haru, handing her a business card.

“Contact me if you need help. I can even let you sleep over, oh, let’s go shopping together later.”

Haru was flustered and looked at Haesoo before receiving the business card.

Director Ahn Seo-eun left, and Haesoo entrusted Haru to CEO Gu.

“CEO Gu, I’m counting on you. Please call me if anything happens.”

“Yes! Don’t worry! I’m close to the court. Well, Ms. Haru, shall we go?”

“Yes, yes.”

Haru answered so quietly that CEO Gu could barely hear her and followed him.

*

In the car, Ahn Seo-eun is staring at Haru through the window with a stiff face. At the sight, CEO Kang asked.

“Director, are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

“That woman, is she pretty?”

“Yes? Ah, from an objective point of view… if you look at the proportions and facial symmetry, she is a beauty.”

At CEO Kang’s answer, Ahn Seo-eun moved her hips to the center and narrowed her beautiful brow.

“More than me? Is she prettier than me?”

“Yes? Uh, ah, of, of course, you are much more beautiful-”

“It’s too late, just look ahead.”

She leaned back on the backrest and pouted her lips.

CEO Kim, who was in the passenger seat, slightly twisted his body and raised his thumb.

“I’ve always thought you were-”

“Shh.”

“Yes.”

***

A dirty one-room [small, inexpensive apartment] where bedding is scattered everywhere, on the bed where the sticky air has not yet disappeared.

With unfocused eyes, Chaeyeon stared blankly into the air and opened her mouth.

“Let’s break up.”

“Uh, huh??”

Dong Namcheol, who was massaging Chaeyeon’s legs inside the blanket, jumped up.

Chaeyeon continued without even looking at him.

“I thought it was an upgrade, but it was a downgrade.”

“What, what? What are you talking about!”

Talking about upgrades and downgrades refers to men, and Dong Namcheol was reminded of someone unpleasant.

Just in time, Chaeyeon’s gaze turned to Dong Namcheol’s lower body.

“What are you doing? Get out.”

Click- beep.

Dong Namcheol was kicked out of Chaeyeon’s house without even getting dressed properly.

“This shit… Shin Haesoo, it’s all because of that bastard Shin Haesoo, that bastard is an obstacle in himself.”

Click- thud!

While Dong Namcheol was muttering to himself, another house door opened, and a woman discovered him and quickly closed the door in surprise.

He cursed and put on his clothes and went down the stairs.

*

Daesung Department Store brand shop.

Chaeyeon, wearing a uniform, wandered around the store, fiddling with her cell phone.

‘Shin Haesoo had a manly side, and he looked good… Dong Namcheol looks like a sea squirt…’

Chaeyeon turned on Haesoo’s Katalk [Korean messaging app] chat room on her cell phone and pondered.

‘Should I contact him? He would have died for me if I had said anything, no, no, I can’t have that salty romance again, he’s a guy who lived in his girlfriend’s house while paying off his loan until he was over thirty… Let’s get a grip, Chaeyeon, there are many men in the world… uh?’

At that time, Chaeyeon saw a shoulder gangster [Korean slang for someone with a tough or intimidating presence] standing in the hallway outside the store.

She could be sure just by looking at his back. A back like the Pacific Ocean, and a physique that looks good even if you wear clothes roughly, muscles that reveal their presence here and there.

After seeing only Dong Namcheol with his protruding belly for a while, seeing Haesoo seemed to purify her eyes.

She completely forgot what she had just been thinking. Chaeyeon checked her beauty in the full-length mirror.

Haesoo liked her in uniform more than any other outfit, and she was confident that her beauty would make him die for her today.

Chaeyeon took a battle stance and went straight outside.

“Haesoo… oppa [term of endearment used by a younger woman to an older man]?”

At her call, Haesoo turned around and made a troubled expression when he recognized Chaeyeon.

<#34. Vacation> End