The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 84

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Episode 84

Oh yeah!

My assets have now reached a whopping 2.6 billion won.

The karma points I’ve been diligently collecting whenever I have spare time are also steadily rising.

‘I feel amazing!’

I can’t even imagine what kind of mood Gochan-hyeong must be in right now.

He tried to obtain corruption data and seize power by exploiting others’ weaknesses, but it all crumbled, so he must be furious, right?

Moreover, since even his close associates’ weaknesses were exposed, it must be chaos trying to clean up the mess.

He might be giving Gi Seung-cheol a thorough grilling.

-Particularly, the timing of large-scale loan approvals coinciding with money transfers is being emphasized, causing major ripples. The prosecution is currently verifying the authenticity of the documents….

The news was covering the impact of this incident.

Just then, Junho came home from work. He was carrying a large plastic bag in his hand.

“Chaea! Daddy’s home!”

“Daddy!”

I ran over and stretched out my arms to hug Junho.

“Daddy bought ice cream.”

I received the black plastic bag from Junho.

During this time period, there were no regulations, so supermarkets gave out black plastic bags as standard.

Perfect timing since I was craving something sweet!

Inside the plastic bag were several red bean ice creams.

“Were you watching the news? Enjoy it. I’ll go wash up.”

Junho patted my shoulder and went inside, while I stared at the ice cream for a long time.

Ugh, the ice cream that dads love.

This stuff is so hard!

[૮₍ •ﻌ• ₎ა…]

Even Noah seems to think it doesn’t look very tasty.

Longing for soft vanilla ice cream, I carefully put it in the freezer and quietly called Noah.

“Noah, analyze the current situation centered around Gochan-hyeong. Let’s also plan future strategies.”

Shall I see what the 7th-level upgraded Noah is capable of?

[Searching for data…. ૮₍ ˘ᴥ˘ ₎ა]

[Constructing expanded thinking…. ૮₍ ⌐ᴥ⌐ ₎ა]

[Report has been generated. 1/2]

A splendid report was generated in just a few seconds.

The damage to Gochan-hyeong’s family and close associates, and the expected punishments they would receive.

How Gochan-hyeong wouldn’t be able to move for a while as he’d be busy trying to contain the current situation, and even new party leader candidates for the National Party.

‘I don’t like any of them, but they’re better than Gochan-hyeong or Gi Seung-cheol.’

-The officials and financial sector personnel who took money despite knowing there were structural problems must take responsibility for this situation!

On the news, the Gyeongyang Group shareholder victim representative was passionately speaking toward the camera.

Right. I hope those immoral and irresponsible bastards pay the proper price.

‘For a while, both Gochan-hyeong and Gi Seung-cheol won’t be able to avoid struggling.’

“Dad’s all washed up. Ah, so refreshing.”

Junho came out wearing underwear with a refreshed face and a towel wrapped around his head.

Junho smelled like cucumber soap.

He sat on the sofa watching the breaking news and frowned.

“Seriously, the rich ones are even worse… But….”

Junho tilted his head.

“Who leaked that to the media? Some kind of justice warrior?”

“Next time, buy ice cream that Chaea likes!”

“Huh? Chaea, didn’t you like red bean?”

I shook my head vigorously and went into my room,

[૮₍¬ᴥ¬₎ა]

I sneakily asked Noah, who was making a serious face at my dad joke.

“By the way, is there any news from Ri Ji-han?”

[News just came in.]

“Oh, really?”

At the same time, another report from the upgraded Noah was generated.

“This is… really good.”

I twisted my lips into a smirk.

* * *

Due to the leak of Gyeongyang Group’s blatant corruption files, Gochan-hyeong went through quite an ordeal.

His in-laws and his own younger brother were on the list.

Day after day, reporters came to harass him, shifting responsibility for this situation onto him.

“Damn it, still can’t identify who leaked it? Those thieving bastards!”

Inside Chan-hyeong’s office, he was racking his brains and asked Seungcheol with an irritated expression.

“It still hasn’t been confirmed. It seems they carried out the work very meticulously. Not even IP records were left behind.”

Seungcheol raised his finger to adjust his glasses.

“If you had just retrieved it properly, this wouldn’t have happened! You know that?!”

Chan-hyeong vented his anger about how things got so twisted on Seungcheol.

“It’s all because of you!”

Seungcheol just stood there quietly listening.

He too had been in a low mood ever since the files were spread to the media.

This morning, he had poured out abusive language in front of his wife, who had been trying to please him since morning by preparing an elaborate meal.

Saying that if only her family hadn’t gone bankrupt, he wouldn’t have had to grovel to please Gochan-hyeong.

“…I’m sorry.”

Seungcheol felt humiliated and clenched his fists.

At the same time, he felt deep-rooted contempt for Gochan-hyeong, who did nothing substantial yet shifted all problems onto him.

“And you.”

The angry Gochan-hyeong frowned and said.

“You’re really sure there’s nothing wrong with you lately, right?”

Seungcheol’s eyebrows twitched.

Chan-hyeong stared at Seungcheol with somewhat suspicious eyes.

For a moment, Seungcheol’s heart began to beat with growing anxiety.

He realized there was something in Chan-hyeong’s eyes.

“I don’t know what you mean.”

When cutting off someone who would become troublesome to keep around, Chan-hyeong always had similar eyes.

“…Never mind. Anyway, these days I’m in a difficult position too and have many headache-inducing matters, so I think it would be good if you went somewhere to rest for a while.”

“….”

* * *

“Oh my, Chaea. Uncle was just waiting for you.”

The blue gate opened, and a face I hadn’t seen in a very long time greeted me.

The older brother among Mother Saebyeol’s half-siblings, so the half-uncle who found me very annoying at the funeral home.

‘When Junho appeared, he was happy to dump me on him.’

With his skills in illegal work, he helped forge my documents to get me into Junho’s family registry.

Oh, by the way, after it was revealed to the whole world that I wasn’t Junho’s biological child, Junho’s agency was preparing various directions for legal supplementation.

Fortunately, since I had become the protagonist of a heartwarming story that moved the entire nation in this romantic era, government offices were keeping our matter on hold for now.

Actually, I think the special adoption system was created after 2000, but maybe it’ll be moved up because of me…?

“But who’s the young lady next to you, a new mom? Oh my, she’s young.”

He glanced at Ri Ji-han, who came with me wearing a hat and mask, but she didn’t respond.

“Can we go inside now?”

At my words, Uncle nodded reluctantly and led me and Ri Ji-han into his house.

He sat us down on the sofa, then took a seat across from us and asked me.

“Gu Jun-ho’s been doing well lately, but Chaea, don’t you have anything?”

I could see expectation in Uncle’s eyes as he hoped for some crumbs to fall his way.

“Still, I’m Chaea’s one and only uncle. Our Chaea, if you have any worries, you can always open up to Uncle. We should visit each other and stay in touch like this. Right?”

Listening to his words spoken in a thick voice, I smirked slightly.

His brow furrowed slightly.

I looked at him with cold, sunken eyes.

“That matter was settled in writing long ago. That’s not why I came here today.”

“Instead, you promised clearly! That you would absolutely never… drag Chaea down in the future.”

At Mother’s funeral, I had received written documents stating they were abandoning me in exchange for giving them the 500,000 won inheritance Mother had saved up.

“Even so, we’re family connected by blood. We should get along well. Uncle saw Chaea on Music Bank too. Wow, I was so proud of our niece. That appearance fee and such, Father took it all, right?”

The moment Uncle finished speaking, Ri Ji-han’s lips twitched under her deeply pulled cap.

“What should we do, Chaea?”

At that low voice filled with rough killing intent and unmistakably North Korean accent, Uncle gasped and looked at us.

Ri Ji-han slowly removed her cap, revealing her eyes.

Though she was only twenty-three with gentle eyes without double eyelids, her gaze alone belonged to a predator that had survived countless hunting competitions.

“This damn bastard keeps spouting nonsense – should I just cut off his windpipe?”

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