The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 73

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Episode 73

[Attempting 254/98,274 password combinations.]

To test out the considerably upgraded Noah, I attempted to hack Gi Seung-cheol’s email.

However, I couldn’t figure out Gi Seung-cheol’s email, and while I found out the email of Gochan-hyeong’s aide—who was as much of a mastermind as Gi Seung-cheol and used him like a puppet—it was still inaccessible.

‘Those bastards, I want to find out what they’re up to. Tch.’

If I accumulate more karma points and buy ‘that thing,’ it might become easier.

I’ll have to work hard getting hit by acorns again tomorrow.

Sigh, my poor life.

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I looked around at the kindergarten scenery.

Since dismissal time was approaching, everyone was busy, and Haedeun and Haesoo were already chatting excitedly with other children they had befriended.

Hee-jae couldn’t attend kindergarten due to other matters.

Just as I was leaving the classroom.

“Chaea.”

At the familiar voice, I looked up.

And I spotted Chairman Kang Un-san standing in front of me.

The old gentleman in his usual neat suit.

Behind him was the secretary I had seen before.

“Oh, Grandfather! Hello!”

I politely clasped my hands together and bowed.

Chairman Kang Un-san’s face as he looked at me was kind, with a smile lingering there.

“But today Hee-jae…”

He said he couldn’t come, so why is Chairman Kang here?

“Chaea.”

Then, Chairman Kang lowered his gaze to meet mine.

“Today I came to see you.”

“Huh? Me?”

I asked back as if I didn’t understand, and Chairman Kang nodded.

“Yes, if it’s alright, I’d like to take you home today myself. How about it?”

“Ah…”

Usually, I went home on the dismissal bus. Due to the kindergarten’s dismissal bus schedule, my bus time was still a while away, so I had to wait anyway.

“Well, I don’t mind…”

“Good, excellent. I’ll get permission from your teacher.”

Soon I went down with Chairman Kang.

Chairman Kang’s car, which I had often seen when Hee-jae came to school, was a deep black that barely reflected light.

When the secretary opened the door, the spacious back seat was revealed, and it was so wide that I felt even smaller.

From a modern perspective, the interior might seem old-fashioned, yet it was very luxurious.

‘A chairman’s car is indeed different.’

While I was lost in thought, the car started, and soon Chairman Kang opened his wrinkled mouth.

“Chaea.”

At the voice reaching my ears in the quiet silence, my toes twitched, but I answered calmly.

“Yes.”

“Who are you?”

Kang Un-san, who instantly changed from a kind grandfather, asked me with sharp and piercing eyes that seemed to see right through me.

For a moment, tense silence flowed.

“I am…”

I stared blankly at Chairman Kang Un-san, then raised my voice.

“I’m Gu Chaea!”

At my loud voice echoing through the car, Chairman Kang flinched and looked at me for a long time, then laughed heartily with a “ho ho ho.”

Even the secretary who was driving glanced through the rearview mirror.

“Right. Gu Chaea, that’s it. Ho ho ho.”

Soon he looked at me with a face full of laughter.

The sharp expression from before was nowhere to be found.

“So you don’t want to tell me.”

I didn’t answer and stared directly at Chairman Kang.

He nodded as if he understood.

“Originally, all fairy tale princesses have secrets, so I understand.”

Chairman Kang continued speaking.

“In any case, we discovered an error regarding you, Chaea, in the Tomorrow Securities system.”

Startled, I couldn’t help but twitch my hand.

Noah had said he adjusted the system cleverly without leaving traces.

‘I guess a five-year-old making excessive profits stood out in the data after all.’

But it couldn’t be helped because of the Quest, I scratched my nose bridge.

“You’re actively using not only internet banking but also securities HTS. There’s no way such authority would be granted to a five-year-old.”

“…”

“When I looked into it, the security age was adjusted to twenty-five. So I also investigated whether these profits were arbitrarily manipulated by hacking our system.”

My fingertips fidgeted.

Chairman Kang Un-san shook his head while going “tsk, tsk.”

“It wasn’t. It wasn’t that. The deposits and transaction records were accurate. User Gu Chaea’s data hadn’t been touched except for the age. It was as if…”

Chairman Kang Un-san continued.

“A very capable five-year-old trader had pulled strings just to bypass the age restriction. No, not even a trader. Traders don’t operate that way. Plus, funds flowing in from untraceable overseas accounts…”

It seems rewards like tripling assets were implemented through overseas money deposits.

“What’s going on, Chaea?”

Chairman Kang waited for my answer.

After maintaining silence for a while, I opened my mouth.

“Because I know in advance what will go up.”

At my words, Chairman Kang’s pupils shook.

And soon he urgently asked me.

“…How is that possible?”

“It just is.”

No need to mention that I came from the future.

“So exactly how…”

I pressed my lips shut.

“…”

Chairman Kang looked at me with frustrated and anxious eyes.

Rather than being greedy, he seemed genuinely curious about my identity.

After a long while, I finally opened my mouth.

“You know, I’ll give you a hint that could save Grandfather hundreds of billions, maybe even thousands of billions. But in exchange…”

I’m taking control of this conversation.

Chairman Kang’s gaze was directed at me.

“Just overlook the fact that Chaea’s age was changed in the investment system.”

“Chaea.”

“And one more thing, someday you’ll grant one favor that Chaea asks for.”

I looked into Chairman Kang’s eyes and spoke seriously.

“I’m proposing a deal to Grandfather. You won’t regret it.”

Apart from modifying my information for free investment, I hadn’t caused any harm to their system.

Chairman Kang looked at me for a long time.

“You really… aren’t an ordinary child.”

His eyes held admiration.

Soon he nodded.

“Yes, but let’s make this a relationship of mutual trust rather than a transaction.”

Kang Un-san, the legendary figure who founded Tomorrow Finance and rewrote the history of Korean finance.

At his quiet voice, I looked up at him.

Chairman Kang met my eyes and spoke.

“I trust you, Chaea.”

For a moment, my heart seemed to skip a beat.

The pupils within his wrinkled eyes were firm, as if sincere.

“….”

Soon he smiled gently and continued speaking.

“Adults like me can usually distinguish between bad children and good children. Chaea, you’re not a child who would do bad things. The circumstances of how you multiplied your money were also analyzed, and there was no unfair conduct like stock manipulation involvement, and while strange, it wasn’t illegal.”

This was both saying he trusted me, and also a strong recommendation not to do bad things since he would turn a blind eye from now on.

“So I’ll help you. Will you help me too?”

I nodded my head.

And I said.

“Yes, I’ll trust Grandfather too.”

Now it was time to tell him how to save money.

“IT stock prices will continue to rise, but recover your investment as soon as the year 2000 arrives.”

“…Why do you think that?”

Chairman Kang’s eyes gleamed sharply.

Even while saying he trusted me and understood my secret, he was continuously trying to dig into it with a manager’s instinct.

Seeing his glistening curiosity, I opened my mouth.

“The reason is….”

“The reason is!”

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