The Rogue, Genius, Chaebol's Daughter is a Baby Master Detective! - Chapter 29

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A Delinquent, a Genius, and a Billionaire’s Daughter Make a Baby Detective!
Episode 29
“If you become a remarkable person, you can do good deeds on a much bigger scale.”
Haru’s eyes went wide.
“Much bigger?”
“That’s right. With money, you can help many people in need.”
“But you can help people even without money, can’t you?”
“You can help more people, on a grander scale.”
“Then does that mean you do lots of good deeds?”
Kang Tae-jun opened his mouth to answer, then hesitated.
He had money, plenty of it — but had he ever actually helped anyone with it? There was a foundation, yes. But it was nothing more than a name created for tax purposes.
“…I’m planning to start now.”
“Then do it with Haru!”
Haru threw both hands up in celebration.
“Because Haru is a good child.”
Light flickered back into Haru’s eyes. The corner of Kang Tae-jun’s mouth lifted slightly. He found himself suddenly burning with motivation, which struck him as odd — but not unpleasant.
‘Hehe. This is perfect! I can investigate this guy and become an upstanding child at the same time — two birds with one stone!’
“When do we start?”
“Right now.”
Kang Tae-jun didn’t know that the Special Training wasn’t an education in succession — it was the beginning of a covert investigation aimed at him.
Kang Tae-jun unfolded the documents he’d prepared. Dense numbers and charts filled the pages. Haru’s eyes started to glaze over.
“A remarkable person needs to know how to read the flow of money.”
“One circle, two circles, three circles…”
Her head was spinning. Haru pulled out her Notebook and began scribbling earnestly.
-Ajossi has papers with 0s. Rich and wonderful
“Now, try reading this.”
Haru pressed the Magnifying Glass to the paper, staring intently, and spoke.
“The red numbers here are the culprit.”
“Huh?”
“Red color! That’s bad!”
“So she really is my daughter.”
Kang Tae-jun nodded with satisfaction.
“Exactly. These are last month’s losses. The red numbers show the money the company lost. Reducing these red numbers is how you protect the company.”
“Protect the company?”
Haru started scribbling in her Notebook again.
-Ajossi protects the company
“Now, this is a Stock Price graph.”
“Red is the villain!”
“Not this time. This time, red is good. Blue is the villain. Before acquiring a good company, you have to look at the Stock Price like this.”
“Hmm. What’s Acquisition?”
“It means buying. Before you buy a good company, there are many things you need to examine.”
“Buying a company? Like when you buy Choco Crisps?”
“Exactly. The way you understand it so quickly — you really are my daughter.”
Haru pressed the Magnifying Glass close to the paper.
“Ajossi. Is this company sick?”
“…Sick?”
“The line droops down real far. Like when Haru lies down when she’s sick.”
A downward curve. It really did look like it was ailing.
“Fair comparison.”
“So that’s why you’re buying it?”
Haru set down the Magnifying Glass and looked at Kang Tae-jun.
“To make the sick company better?”
Kang Tae-jun couldn’t answer. Behind such a romantic reason lay something far too calculating.
“You really are a good person.”
He should have contradicted her, but those sparkling eyes silenced him.
“Well, that’s not entirely wrong.”
Haru paused to think, then began sketching quickly with her pencil.
“Is that a graph?”
“It’s just like the way to Lala Kindergarten! You go down, then you go back up!”
“…Some things don’t go back up.”
Haru tilted her head curiously. Kang Tae-jun’s expression was—ugh! Ugh was the face her mother made when she tasted bitter chocolate.
Haru’s small hand patted Kang Tae-jun’s shoulder.
“Mister.”
Warmth bloomed through him, and Kang Tae-jun looked up.
“This is boring. Can we do different Special Training?”
“…This is the second Special Training.”
Haru clicked her tongue and dropped her arms, standing at rigid attention.
“If Haru becomes a magnificent rich person, people will want to know about you. When you appear on TV, we need to practice how to handle it.”
Haru nodded vigorously.
“Alright, I’ll ask questions and you answer them.”
Kang Tae-jun rolled up a piece of paper into a makeshift microphone and handed it to Haru.
“How does it feel to become the richest person in South Korea?”
“It feels awesome!”
“…What do you think about the future of Daehan Group?”
“Detective Haru hereby states! The future is awesome!”
The corners of Kang Tae-jun’s mouth lifted slightly.
“If there’s a value you consider most important in your daily life?”
“The culprit is in here!”
Kang Tae-jun let out a thin sigh.
“When you get a question you don’t know, just say No Comment.”
“No Comment?”
“Yes. It means you don’t want to say.”
Haru nodded and tugged at Kang Tae-jun’s sleeve. When he bent toward her, she spoke.
“Haru wants to interview too.”
‘Hehehe, this is my chance to investigate Mister!’
Haru thrust the microphone forward.
“What’s the one thing you want most?”
Silence stretched out. The one thing he wanted… He had enough money. There was nothing money couldn’t solve. Except one thing…. His gaze lingered briefly on Haru.
“…No Comment.”
“Why!”
“Because I don’t want to say.”
Haru puffed out her cheeks.
“That’s mean.”
‘No Comment means there’s a secret!’
Haru scribbled tiny notes in her notebook.
—Mister has something he wants but won’t tell. Secret.
“Did Mister come along on Haru’s field trip?”
“…Never.”
Haru sprang from her chair and disappeared, then reappeared from somewhere.
“Then what’s this?”
Kang Tae-jun swallowed hard.
“You didn’t dig through the trash. The trash is icky.”
“I didn’t dig! I found it!”
Haru spread out Kang Tae-jun’s Suit on the floor with a flourish.
“What are you doing? Is this the interview?”
Kang Tae-jun’s eyes wavered with unease.
Haru lifted the sleeve of the Suit. A place where a button had been torn away was exposed.
“…That’s from a cat tearing it.”
“A cat?”
“A stray cat I met on the way to work—”
“Your alibi is full of holes, Mister.”
Haru fished something out of her pocket. Kang Tae-jun froze when he saw what lay in her small palm.
Haru pulled a Magnifying Glass from her pocket and examined the remaining button on the sleeve and the button in her hand alternately.
‘Haru found Mister’s Suit in the trash yesterday! A button was torn off! The button on the clothes and the button Haru found—they match perfectly!’
Haru set down the Magnifying Glass, stood up, and planted both hands on her hips.
“Why did you come to the Zoo? Were you spying on Haru?”
“It’s not spying.”
“Then what is it?”
Kang Tae-jun frowned and fell silent for a moment.
“The Daehan Group was thinking about acquiring the Zoo, so I went to investigate.”
Haru tilted her head.
“What does it mean to acquire the zoo?”
“It means buying the zoo.”
“Can you buy a zoo?”
“If you have enough money, yes. Remember those circles I showed you earlier? The ones in large numbers?”
Haru nodded.
“The more circles you have, the more things you can buy.”
Haru opened her mouth in a perfect O.
“So then the giraffes and penguins all become yours, Kang Tae-jun?”
‘Seeing her face bright with wonder… maybe I really do need to understand this zoo acquisition thing.’
“That’s right. Though nothing’s finalized yet.”
Haru scribbled in her notebook.
-He said he’s buying the zoo.
“Hmm.”
Haru rubbed her chin thoughtfully. Mom always got serious before buying something too. Kang Tae-jun had said before buying the company, he had to look at the stock price. He’d explained that a stock price was like checking the price of chocolate cereal before buying it.
Had Kang Tae-jun sneaked into the zoo wearing a panda costume to investigate it?
“Are you the panda, Kang Tae-jun?”
“No.”
“Then what’s your connection to the panda?”
“The panda is…”
Haru watched Kang Tae-jun’s mouth and swallowed hard.
“The panda is the symbol of Lala Zoo. You’ve seen it, haven’t you? The biggest crowds are always in front of the panda.”
Haru tilted her head in confusion.
“I was asking about the real panda, not the fake panda!”
“I’m not sure what you mean. Anyway, let’s start the third Special Training session.”
Haru tilted her head in puzzlement, but she complied and participated in the third session.
“So, what if a stranger you don’t know tells you to come with him because he has candy?”
“How many pieces of candy would be acceptable?”
“Wrong. Don’t answer him at all—just press this button on your Smart Watch here, see? Press it and run away. Let’s try again. A stranger you don’t know tells you to come with him because he has candy?”
“Press the Watch button and run away!”
“Good job.”
Kang Tae-jun smiled with satisfaction. Haru shot her hand up.
“I have a question!”
“What is it.”
“What do I do if a panda I don’t know chases me?”
Kang Tae-jun stiffened. Those clever, gleaming eyes kept finding the gaps in his logic.
‘She must have gotten that sharpness from me too.’
But he needed to be clear with Haru about this.
“Haru, your class teacher called me. She said you wandered off from the line on your own and caused trouble for your friends and your teacher.”

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