In the Channel A lifestyle detective drama 'The Detectives' Business Secrets,' the 'Goblin Detective Team' has taken on the task of finding a missing mother in order to obtain a waiver of parental rights for two children. Additionally, guest vocalist Koh Young Technology from 'Soran' expressed his sorrow while observing the story of 'Geumjok-i' who, after finding love in her own way, cut ties with her family.
In the episode of 'The Detectives' Business Secrets' that aired on the 10th, the 'Goblin Detective Team' receives a new request to find a disappeared sister and obtain a waiver of parental rights for two children. The young woman who approached the detective team shared the tragic story of her sister, who began to indulge in alcohol and cigarettes and ran away from home after their parents' divorce and death while still in middle school. The wayward sister became pregnant at the age of 17 and started a family, claiming she would take responsibility for the child with her brother-in-law. After having a second child and managing the household with the help of adults around her, the sister was left with two children when her brother-in-law suddenly passed away at the age of 25.
According to the requestor, after that, the sister went out every night to drink and sometimes did not return home, leaving the children alone. While the sister was indulging in nightlife, the first child, who was in the first grade of elementary school, went to school wearing inappropriate clothes just to eat school lunch. The 6-year-old second child could not even attend kindergarten due to the lack of maternal care and would sometimes go alone to the school where her sister was, driven by hunger. The requestor, who even went undercover to meet the sister, found the sister's house covered in garbage and dog waste, which was a scene of utter despair.
The requestor reported the sister for child abuse for the sake of her nieces and nephews. However, as the severity of the abuse was deemed serious, an unexpected situation arose where the nieces and nephews were sent to an orphanage. Fortunately, their maternal grandmother stepped in to take responsibility, and the two nieces and nephews thrived under their grandparents' love until the 6-year-old second child was about to enter middle school. However, a legal representative is required for the legal actions of minors, and since the grandparents were neither the custodians nor legal representatives, there were limits to their care. In particular, the grandmother, who had raised the children for seven years, expressed concern stating, "The mother has never come to see the children even once during that time" and shared her fears about the possibility of the mother suddenly appearing one day, saying, "They are my children, so I'll take them away." The children also stated, "The time we spend together as a family is happy," making it clear that they had become indispensable to each other. The 'Goblin Detective Team' received various materials from the requestor and the maternal grandmother, including the sister's identification and recent social media photos. It remains to be seen whether they can find the mother, who has been out of contact for about a year, and have her relinquish her parental rights.
Meanwhile, in the real-life reconstruction segment 'Case Notebook - My Precious Child,' the 'Yoo Jae-seok of Radio' Koh Young Technology also participated. In the story, the requestor's eldest daughter, with top specifications from an Ivy League university and working at one of the Big Four accounting firms, was an elite earning a high salary in the millions. However, she struggled with love due to her appearance complex. During this time, a man she met through a matchmaking agency understood her deficiencies and loved her, and eventually, they seemed to embark on a path to marriage. However, the man was having an affair with a host bar part-time worker and, upon being caught in the act, he uttered hurtful words: "I just closed my eyes and married her because of her family background, but I don't feel like doing anything every time I see her ugly face." Ultimately, the eldest daughter's first marriage ended in divorce, but three years later, she successfully remarried a man who is four years younger and the CEO of an IT startup.
The requestor, with such a story, sought the investigation of her second son-in-law due to trauma from her first son-in-law. After tracking him down, the detective witnessed a strange scene of the eldest daughter and the second son-in-law emerging from a host bar. With questions in mind, the detective called the eldest daughter, the son-in-law, and the requestor together. When asked about the situation, the eldest daughter expressed, "I wanted to be loved too," revealing that she had been deeply hurt by her mother comparing her to her pretty younger sister based on appearance. The eldest daughter met her current husband, who worked as a 'player' at the host bar, by chance after her divorce and confessed that she had fabricated his academic background, job, and family. She also revealed that she had even proposed to marry him, saying, "I was okay with buying love with money." The eldest daughter sold a building she received as a gift to invest in the host bar, making her husband the owner of the bar, and when all these facts came to light, she chose her own path of love, severing ties with her family. Defconn noted, regarding the story of 'Geumjok-i' who found love in ways that others could not imagine, "While it makes sense, it's also a story that causes worry. The owner of life is oneself, so one must take responsibility for their choices..."
[Photo] Capture from Channel A 'The Detectives' Business Secrets' broadcast.
[OSEN = Kang Seo-jung reporter]