Chapter 13
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 13: Fallen Chaebol 3rd Generation Baek Ha-rin (1)
Baek Ha-rin, a third-generation heir of the Baekseong Group conglomerate.
Of course, she was a chaebol in name only and not someone who would rise to the position of successor.
The granddaughter of the first chairman's concubine, and the daughter of the third son.
She is in an ambiguous position, pushed back far in the succession hierarchy.
Other children tried their best somehow to take a spot, but.
'Me? Why?'
Baek Ha-rin was the only member of the Baek family who didn't care about power or whatever.
'Playing and eating is the best.'
Her dream is to receive the family's immense wealth as pocket money and play and eat for the rest of her life.
As usual, she came back from overseas and was washing up.
But an uninvited guest had entered the house she was living in just fine before going on the trip.
Baek Ha-rin, who intended to report to the police, had no choice but to stop her fingers upon hearing Do-hyun's following words.
"You put the house up for sale?"
-Yes.
What kind of bullshit is this, Baek Ha-rin thought the man was lying.
But soon she had no choice but to think differently.
What man in the world would have the guts to enter a house to harm a granddaughter of the Baekseong Group conglomerate?
Even if one decided to, it's impossible in the first place, as all houses of Baekseong Group children are subscribed to a strict security system.
Therefore, no intruder can invade.
Then what is this man.
Baek Ha-rin picked up her phone she left inside and called her parents.
"Hello, Dad?"
-Is that Ha-rin.
A uniquely stern voice.
A voice that would make a first-time listener scared stiff, but since he was her father, there was no reason to be intimidated.
Baek Ha-rin asked as if in a hurry.
"Did you happen to put the house up for sale?"
-Looks like you finally returned to the country.
"I just entered Korea today. But another person is living in our house, did you really put the house up for sale?"
-Did someone move into that house already? As you said, I put the house up for sale.
Ah crazy.
Baek Ha-rin lamented inwardly.
"No, you should have told me such important things in advance! What am I supposed to do if you suddenly move like this!"
-Hmm.
"Anyway, send me the house address quickly."
-I have something to say regarding that.
"What is it?"
Baek Ha-rin's father caught his breath for a moment and said.
-From now on for 1 year, you are not Baekseong Group.
"...Eh?"
What did I just hear?
Baek Ha-rin blanked out for a moment then dug her ear.
And focused on the call again.
-This is the Chairman's, your grandfather's will. No matter how uninterested you are in family affairs, you've gone too far.
"Wait wait, what are you saying right now?"
-It means your grandfather was enraged seeing you drop out of the university you were attending and squander assets playing and eating all day.
The origin of the incident was like this.
Since she was very young, a bloody fight was repeating in full swing in Baekseong Group.
Because when the old and infirm Chairman said he would decide the next successor to lead the group, everyone scrambled to be greedy.
Immense money, supreme power.
The seat of the Baekseong Group Chairman, who can reign at the summit of Korea, was not a seat easily given up.
However, there was a girl who cleanly skipped that seat.
As mentioned earlier, it was Baek Ha-rin.
She was someone who liked playing since she was young.
No greed particularly, just living as a total unemployed person until death was her life goal.
Baek Ha-rin, who gave up studying and went to a complete trash high school a bit far from home, and attended roughly the university she barely passed.
The infirm Chairman was extremely displeased seeing that appearance.
Appearance-wise, she was the most outstanding in the Baek family.
If she's going to be like that, let's make a connection with a child of a powerful person, the Chairman looked for matchmaking spots, but.
"Still, I want to marry someone I like..."
"What?"
Leaving those words, he grabbed the back of his neck watching his granddaughter run away overseas with even her phone turned off.
How dare she throw away the matchmaking with a National Assembly member's son I found with such effort?
The Chairman made a decision for the salvation of the country.
-If you want to play as you please and marry as you please, you should take responsibility for it.
"...."
-So I decided to give you a trial. For the next 1 year, achieve some result with just your bare body having nothing. You can start a company, or become a celebrity. Leave one letter of your name in this world. If you fail to succeed within 1 year, you can no longer use the Baek surname.
"If I can't?"
-Be expelled from the Baek family forever, or marry quietly. One of the two.
It wasn't a difficult task.
No matter what, she is Baek Ha-rin.
If she says she's going to do something, people will line up to help. That was exactly the power of the Baek surname.
She can be a model, or an actress.
Even if she becomes a YouTuber, people would applaud.
With this much, she'll do something.
Even if she hates it, she'll probably come back and marry.
Chairman Baek and his son, Director Baek Ha-woon, thought it was a good idea.
Because of that, Director Baek Ha-woon moved to a new house secretly from Baek Ha-rin, leaving even the house they were attached to.
"Me?"
-Yes.
"Why?"
To Baek Ha-rin, it just sounded like bullshit.
'I don't want to.'
It's not like it's the 80s, what is this.
"No, what do you want me to do with a bare body?"
-Cards are blocked and accounts are all frozen. From today on, you cannot use my money. What you can use is only your money.
"I don't have saved money though?"
-You should have done stocks when your cousin sister told you to.
I ignored it because I could live forever just on pocket money without doing stocks or whatever?
As a conglomerate granddaughter, information more precious than gold flowed in on its own like receiving an IV drip in a hospital, but.
She was someone who ignored it all because it was bothersome.
Thanks to that, personal assets are 0.
Directly earned money was also 0.
"...Does Mom agree to this too? Put Mom on."
-Your Mom agreed too. You should have played moderately.
"No, no matter what, this is..."
-If you have nothing more to say, I'll hang up. Unless it's a truly urgent situation, don't contact us. Let's see each other in a year.
"Dad!"
Baek Ha-rin, sensing she was fiercely fucked, was about to speak.
Her father coldly hung up the phone.
Cold sweat flowed from her forehead.
What do I do?
"No, Grandfather and Dad hold onto Fantastia day in and day out, yet they do this to me?"
They only bitch at me for playing when they only play games these days too.
...Well, those people do business in the game too, but.
She grumbled, but reality doesn't change.
All she has is the luggage she packed when going on the trip.
She used her dad's card too, so she doesn't have a single penny.
'...What I know how to do?'
Baek Ha-rin reflected on her 24 years of life.
Played when young, played when grew up a bit, and playing completely now too.
Gave up studying long ago. No outstanding talents.
Instagram follower count is somewhat there, but not enough for ads to come in.
The only thing she has is the overwhelming appearance inherited from her former actress mother.
Baek Ha-rin is better than anyone in the world at seducing men.
If she stays still, they confess on their own.
Although she hasn't dated a single one yet.
As a third-generation conglomerate heir, she was someone who didn't even think of dating unless it was a man perfectly fitting her taste.
'...Do I really have to catch one man and marry into money?'
But the situation changed.
Now she is neither a third-generation chaebol nor anything.
Just a pretty beggar.
'I have to leave this house too...?'
The 14.5 billion Cheongdam-dong large house she lived in for over 10 years is now someone else's house.
She worried fiercely about what to do, then suddenly felt a presence beyond the door.
Come to think of it, she came back in here after arguing with the man outside.
She was so flustered she couldn't see his face properly.
"...."
Baek Ha-rin looked down.
Clearly revealed chest and lower body.
For the first time in her life, she showed her naked body to a strange man.
And that man looks very rich.
'Is this the only answer?'
Baek Ha-rin tried to fling the door open, but.
'...No matter how much I think, this isn't it.'
There are things that can be done and things that can't.
'I left home because I hated forced marriage, and I should do that myself?'
I'd rather beg.
The door opened just a sliver, and Ha-rin asked through the slightly visible gap.
"...Do you happen to have any leftover clothes."
No luggage remained in the room Ha-rin used originally.
If Yoon-seo was here, she could borrow her clothes, but unfortunately, she's not here currently.
Then the only clothes to wear were Do-hyun's.
'No clothes.'
Since it's the first day he moved in, there were almost no clothes to wear.
Well, it wasn't a big problem.
"Wouldn't it be okay if you wear the clothes you were originally wearing."
"...Ah."
A pure white arm popped out from the door gap and swish took the scattered clothes inside.
Waiting a little, an exotic outfit that could only be described as hip, revealing the navel clearly, appeared.
Ha-rin, feeling icky wearing the clothes she wore again, made a slightly uncomfortable expression.
"That... I think there was a misunderstanding. I apologize."
Baek Ha-rin bowing her head in apology.
Do-hyun answered coolly like an alpha male.
"I-I-I-It's okay."
Fuck!
I stuttered.
Thinking about it, it was almost several years since I talked to a woman other than Yoon-seo.
For reference, I don't treat women as women unless they are pretty.
Still, I talked just fine with Yoon-seo, so why am I like this?
I, pondering the reason, concluded the answer inwardly.
This woman resembles the bully girl who tormented me in school days a bit.
It seems I got dizzy for a moment due to PTSD.
Wait.
Not resembles, she's exactly the same.
I stared piercingly at the woman's face.
Distinct features, killer body.
A face I see for the first time in 6 years, but nothing has changed.
Why didn't I recognize her earlier?
Probably because I couldn't even imagine encountering this person suddenly in this house.
Common sense wise, how high do you think the probability of encountering an old acquaintance in a house you moved into is?
But there is no absolute in the world.
There is a probability of being born meeting terrible parents, mom leaving home, sister killing dad, my perjury not being caught by police, going to prison, becoming close with the pretty girl next door, finding out she is terminally ill, despairing because can't cure due to lack of money, copying money with scam Mythic Unique Trait, sending her to America to cure disease, and buying a 14.5 billion detached house in Cheongdam-dong.
The previous homeowner of the house I moved into is a senior I knew in school days?
It's a probability that can sufficiently happen.
Still, maybe I'm mistaken, so I asked cautiously.
"...Baek Ha-rin Senior?"
"Do you know me?"
"I'm that, Genius High 1st year Seo Do-hyun."
"...Uh, uhh?"
Staring intently at my face, her pupils growing bigger and bigger.
"Mad Dog Do-hyun!?"
Seeing her call me by that nickname, it was definitely the same person.
"Why are you coming out from here?"
The second acquaintance I hated contacting the most besides my mother.
High school senior with lots of money, Baek Ha-rin.
The reunion with her happened absurdly.