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Chapter 3 - Detective Kim Soo Min
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Soo Min woke up hearing the phone ringing. Unfortunately, forgetting that she fell asleep on the couch in the living room, Soo Min fell to the ground wanting to reach for the table with her eyes still half-closed.
- Damn it.- she cursed, rising from the floor and finally catching the ringing phone in her hand and sighed, seeing who was calling, but answered.- Hello, mother? How do you feel?- she said to the person on the other side.- Kim Soo Min, you ungrateful girl!- her mother's voice sounded like a thunderbolt.- This time the candidate was really from the top shelf. Handsome, tall, nice and in addition a doctor, earning a lot... How dare you not show up?!- she said in resentment.- Mom... I asked you not to match me with anyone without my permission. But you are still organizing dates behind my back and telling me a day before to go on them.- Soo Min replied, trying to sound as polite as possible, though she was really angry.- Yah! I remind you that you are 30 years old! When are you going to find a husband, huh?- her mother shouted so loud that Soo Min had to move the phone away from her ear.- I would like attend your wedding and see my grandchildren before I die. You are my only daughter and I have to make sure you will get married to a good person. And since you are doing nothing in this matter, I must take things into my own hands.- she added a little calmer.- Mom, I understand you're worried.- replied Soo Min.- But you are really exaggerating. Does a woman really need to have a husband? I can adopt children or go to the sperm bank.- she added.- I don't even want to listen to such nonsense.- the mother replied firmly.- I will arrange your next date soon and you better appear on it, otherwise I will drag you there, pulling by the hair.- she ended and hung up.- Wonderful.- Soo Min said mostly to herself. Then she put the phone down on the table and went first to the bathroom for the morning toilet, then dressed already went to the kitchen to drink coffee, eating the rest of fried rice from yesterday.Perfect as clockwork she finished breakfast, took the elevator to the underground garage and got into the car to go to work.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Kim Soo Min was 30 years old woman of medium height, black eyes, also black hair that she cut so short that it barely covered her neck. Her face may not have been perfectly beautiful, but she had a lot of natural charm. Since Soo Min wasn't as skinny and pale as some of her friends, her face was also rounder, except for a sharp nose. Her eyes were large, with a double eyelid, which has been envied by many. Most of these traits Soo Min inherited from her father, including the outstanding intelligence. And from mother she certainly inherited sharp tongue and figure. Soo Min had strongly rounded physique, arms and legs clearly muscled from exercising and practicing martial arts, also because of chasing and fighting with criminals; medium-sized breasts, wide hips, too wide for Korean standards. Additionally, Soo Min's height only widened her body optically. However, she was not fat, but just simply deviated from the ideal of extremely slim person, created by the Korean media and idol culture. With all the curves in the right places, Soo Min was more suited to the western type of beauty and out there her figure probably would not be commented as 'a little bit too big'. However, Soo Min didn't care if she heard such comments about herself. As her mother always said, external appearance is insignificant, your actions are the most important since they really determine what kind of person you are. And although Soo Min generally did not agree with the old-fashioned opinions of her mother, in this matter she was one hundred percent in agreement with her.Soo Min was working as a detective in Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Investigation Departament, Violent Crime Section. She graduated from the Police Academy with excellent results, now became one of the best detectives in her department. Despite those skills, the male part of the Section still looked down on her because of gender, but it only motivated Soo Min to work even harder. Because of that treatment tough, she called her colleagues "pigs in uniforms", also they were the main reason that despite her mother's insistence, Soo Min avoided going on dates and didn't trust men, always saying she doesn't have time for 'stupid things' when criminals are roaming the streets and she decided to focus entirely on her work. Of course, Soo Min wasn't as mean as she tried to be, but didn't want to show her more delicate side because it could have been used against her as a weakness. And at the job she did, your strengths mattered the most. Soo Min maybe wasn't the Section's strongest, fastest, and most physically efficient officer, but she was certainly beyond the others in deduction and other more mental skills.Related chapters
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