Chapter 1081 - Punishment And Reward
Romeo Young's breath hitched and his whole body turned cold. His heart stopped for a moment before it started hammering inside his chest in loud, forceful beats. Fear filled him, not only for his daughter's life, but also for his own and everyone else in their Young family.
He didn't doubt the master hacker's threat. Not at all. In fact, he believed that it was already an understatement. Given what he knew about the organization, if he pushed their limits too far, his daughter wouldn't be simply killed just like that.
Perhaps she would be sexually violated, beaten up, maybe even chopped up into several pieces, or perhaps thrown into a cage filled with wild, hungry and rabid animals to be devoured while still alive, before she would be allowed to die a miserable, painful death. Just imagining these gruesome images was enough to transform all of Romeo Young's earlier indignation at being called a dog into full-blown terror.
The organization wasn't a simple entity that Romeo Young and his family could fight head on and survive. They were the devils with whom he made a deal to achieve the wealth, status and power that he had been coveting for a long time for himself and his whole family.
Although he knew that accepting the devil's extremely tempting offer was fraught with danger, he still grabbed the opportunity without any hesitation. The Youngs were tired of staying as glorified servants of Jin Liwei and Lu Jianhong. It was now high time to become the masters of their own territory.
However, they had no desire to give up the Singaporean branch of Jin Corporation and start a new business of their own. Instead, they wanted to snatch not only the Singapore branch that they controlled but the entire multibillion dollar company as well. Only then would they feel that they had become true kings.
El Payaso, a high-ranking representative of the organization, promised to give the Youngs what they desired the most on the condition that they needed to do anything and everything that the organization ordered them to do for at least ten generations starting from Romeo Young's generation as the first. Rose Young's generation would be the second. In short, the entire Young family would become puppets of the organization.
Romeo Young, however, was willing to sacrifice this much because even though the organization would become the real masters behind Jin Corporation in the future, the rest of the world wouldn't know that. In the eyes of the public, the Youngs were the new owners of Jin Corporation.
All of these thoughts ran in Romeo Young's mind in just a few seconds and helped him to regain clarity after El Payaso threatened to kill his daughter. He just needed to remember his ultimate goal and work towards achieving it which meant following El Payaso's each and every order without fail from now on.
"I understand, Mr. El Payaso," he said in a much calmer tone. "I'll do my best not to disappoint you again because of my daughter's foolish love towards Jin Liwei. So please...I beg you not to harm her."
The robotic voice chuckled. "I always knew that you're a smart man, Romeo. You know what's good for you. You're also very decisive in achieving your own ambitions. That's what I like about you. If only the rest of your family members, especially your idiotic daughter, have the same discerning eye as you do."
There was a robotic sigh which sounded very creepy to Romeo Young's ears. "I heard that your daughter together with your wife have been pestering my disciples nonstop. Your wife keeps on calling the safe house almost every minute of the day while your daughter acts like a spoiled princess, demanding this and that. Tell me, Romeo, do they not know that they have no right at all to demand anything from us?"
Romeo Young paled before anger filled him. He couldn't wait to call his wife and tell her to stop causing trouble for him and the future of their family.
There was a pause as the robotic voice stopped speaking. Romeo Young pulled the phone from his ear for a moment and looked at it, wondering if the master hacker had hung up on him.
No, he didn't. The call was still ongoing. Why wasn't he speaking then?
"Fine," the robotic voice finally spoke again after another creepy sigh. "Your daughter will be safe with my people...for now. Remember this. Rose Young's safety doesn't depend on me. It depends on YOU. As long as you and your family satisfy us with your performance, we'll treat your daughter well and keep her safe from incarceration in China."
"Mr. El Payaso, is it possible for my daughter to return to Singapore? Or if not here, I would like to have her sent to another country. It's too dangerous for her to stay in mainland China."
"Hmmm."
Romeo Young once again waited almost a minute before hearing the master hacker's decision.
"No."
His hand holding the phone tightened until it turned white. "Sir, please."
"Oh, Romeo. We'll keep Rose Young with us for now. I think that it's better for you to have, hm, some motivation to become more productive and to work harder towards achieving our mutual goals, don't you think?"
Even though Romeo Young was filled with discontent, he still forced himself to agree and bow down to El Payaso's threat. The master hacker gave him some instructions before hanging up on him.
After the call, Romeo Young felt like he could breathe again. And so he did. He gulped in big mouthfuls of air. His sweat-soaked business suit made his skin feel clammy.
Just earlier today, he was lording over his employees without caring even if he caused more than a couple of them to dissolve into tears. While talking to El Payaso, however, he had been forced to act subservient.
It was at that moment that Romeo Young felt like he was indeed a dog who had to bark if his master said to bark and to jump if his master said to jump.
Disobedience meant punishment.
On the other hand, total obedience meant reward.
Big rewards.
It was a no-brainer which one he would choose.
Fine.
If he needed to become a dog, then he would become one.
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Chapter 1082 - Blacklisted
After Jasper Leung told his mother that he got fired from his dream job at Jin Corporation just after days of being hired, the tiger woman almost yelled his ears off over the phone for an hour straight. It only ended when his mother got tired scolding him.
He became dejected afterwards. He started to question himself if he really made the right decision of offending Romeo Young. Working at Jin Corporation was truly his dream job and he had been over the moon when the company hired him especially as a direct subordinate of the PR Department Manager. Even if he was hired as an entry-level employee, he would still have been happy. It would just have motivated him to work harder to climb through the ranks.
Imagine his surprise when he discovered with his own eyes the real face of the company's Singapore branch behind the illustrious reputation of Jin Corporation.
It was rotten.
Corrupt.
Deceitful.
It was a far cry to the Jin Corporation of his expectations in the worst possible way.
Everything was about the Young family. The Youngs' affairs always came first before the company's interests. Romeo Young and all of the other members of his family that worked in the company acted as if they were superior to everyone else. Some were okay and were still nice to others, but the rest were downright bullies who often targeted those who had lower positions than them.
At first, Jasper wondered how the entire family could get away with their deplorable behaviours. Even though he was only a new hire, as a business student who graduated with high honours, he was aware of the Singaporean branch's importance to Jin Corporation. It was the company's major hub in the region that allowed easier access to the rest of the continent, especially in Southeast Asia.
Based on his observation in the short period of time that he worked at the company, the Young family members were proficient at their jobs. Perhaps they entered the company through nepotism but even he couldn't deny that all the Young members he encountered in the company were all competent businesspeople. Almost all of them were graduates of elite business schools in different countries. They knew how to apply their topnotch education in their work.
The problem was their characters. They were absolute pieces of shits.
Jasper admired his manager at first, but when he saw the woman enduring the abuse from all those Youngs and allowing those pieces of shits to trample all over her dignity as a human being, his admiration turned to complete disillusionment.
Jin Corporation, this branch at least, was a hellhole to anyone who wasn't a Young or who refused to bow down to them.
And he refused to bow down to those pieces of shits.
After reflecting about all these things, his earlier misgivings all disappeared and were instead replaced by relief that he escaped such a hellhole of a workplace. He would rather work and earn a lower salary at a smaller, less popular company as long as he was treated right as a human being.
That night, he fell asleep only after downing three cans of cold beer in his studio apartment that he just moved into after being hired by Jin Corporation.
He woke up the next day, feeling more refreshed and hopeful for a new beginning. He sent out his résumé and filled out application forms to other companies. Usually, companies needed some time to process applications before making a decision to either invite an applicant for an interview or send a polite rejection.
To his surprise, however, the responses arrived almost in an instant. He applied in the morning and yet he already received the first response just before lunch time.
"Dear Mr. Leung,
"Thank you for your interest in joining our company. You have impressive achievements listed in your résumé but we regret to inform you that we have decided to move forward with another candidate who we think better meets our requirements for this position."
Jasper didn't think too much about it at first but when the second, third, fourth...sixteenth rejections arrivedâall with similar contentsâhe had no choice but to take it seriously.
Then he remembered Romeo Young's threat that he would blacklist him from the industry. The realization that all of this was Romeo Young's doing caused what felt like a mini explosion inside his head.
"Damn you, Romeo Young! I should've kicked your old, shrivelled balls instead of just flipping you the bird! Dammit!"
He was a new business graduate with high hopes and dreams of having a successful career. Now, however, it was looking more like he already failed before he could even truly start his career's journey.
"Argh! What do I do now?!"
He messed up his hair and rubbed his face roughly in frustration. Then determination flashed in his eyes.
"So what if I'm blacklisted? Like I told that piece of shit, Singapore isn't the whole world. Romeo Young's tentacles could only extend so far. I have a degree. I'm qualified. There must be other companies in the world who'll want to hire me."
There was no way that he was going to let Romeo Young completely destroy all his paths to a successful and meaningful career. Most importantly, he wouldn't allow the piece of shit to make him abandon his moral values.
No way!
He would rather fall down and break his bones as a brave reformer than achieve success as a cowardly conformer of unethical practices.
With this newfound resolve, Jasper started widening the scope of his job search outside of Singapore. Then he chanced upon an interesting job ad. It wasn't really something that he was looking for, but for some reason, he still clicked on it, not realizing that he was the only person seeing the ad.
White Tigress International Virtual Assistants Services.
Jasper examined the job description. Surprisingly, the job wasn't to become a virtual assistant but a communications coordinator instead which was still in line with his background in Public Relations.
"Interesting...."
Then his eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he saw the salary.
"What the hell?! They pay this much?! For real?"
The he smirked. "Nah, this couldn't possibly be real."
He clicked his tongue.
"It must be a scam! Tsk tsk. Too many scammers in the world."
His initial interest in the virtual assistants company immediately evaporated.
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Chapter 1083 - Key Person
Dragon Palace Home #10.
"Daddy, this poopoo-head is such a big meanie! He called Ketchup a scammer! Pweh! Which part of Ketchup's cute, mighty, and fluffy self looks like a scammer?! Ketchup is now cuter and mightier! How dare that poopoo-head call this super-duper to the highest level awesome kitty baby a scammer?! This is the first time the cute and mighty me feels so offended in my entire kitty baby life! Daddy, Ketchup wants to show off my mighty roar of justice to that poopoo-head! Mreow!!!"
Jin Liwei glanced up from the documents he was reading to check on his wife lying on their bed. He was working from the chaise longue and conversing with his AI daughter through an earpiece so as not to disturb his wife.
Similarly, Iris was also wearing an earpiece while attending a virtual lesson with Professor Hisakawa Akio. The two were conversing mainly in Japanese. Since Jin Liwei was also proficient in the language, he could understand them without any problem.
The doctor allowed Iris to continue studying and working with strict time limits as long as she stayed in bed and didn't move around too much for at least fifteen days. She was also not allowed to engage in any activities that required a great amount of mental concentration which might stress her out and affect her babies' condition. In short, she couldn't do any complicated hacking or programming tasks which was frustrating her so much especially because there was a lot to follow up after the battle with the Eagle hackers and their mysterious connection to El Payaso.
Iris' main goal during her bed rest was to nurture her health in order to stabilize the babies in her womb. Once the twins were no longer in any danger of being lost in a miscarriage, only then would the doctor allow Iris to gradually resume her normal daily activities.
During this period that his wife was in complete bed rest, Jin Liwei would go to the company and work there until lunch break. Then he would go home to eat lunch and stay with his wife for the rest of the day. Although Iris didn't utter any word of complaints, he knew his wife well enough to sense her growing dissatisfaction and boredom each day that she had to stay in bed.
All he could do was comfort her as much as possible, especially since her mood had been quite gloomy ever since they returned home from the hospital. His brother-in-law had not woken up yet from his comatose state. Grandpa Lu transferred Lu Zihao to the big hospital where Wang Yingjie worked and basically lived there at his grandson's private room while waiting for Lu Zihao to wake up.
As for Jin Liwei, his injuries had mostly all healed. Only the big and ugly bruises remained, especially the ones on his face. The scratches had also already scabbed over.
Ever since that eventful night, reporters and paparazzi would always hound him whenever he stepped out in public. He didn't bother continuing his pitiful victim act from that night and just stayed silent with his usual cold and indifferent expression and not bothering to answer any questions from the media.
Xu Tian, the increasingly talented actor, had become his dramatic mouthpiece. In addition, his lawyer, Atty. Kang Huizhong, had already filed several criminal cases against Rose Young and her missing minions on his behalf. The two of them could handle the media in his stead.
"Daddy, daddy! Are you listening to Ketchup? Meow!" His distracted thoughts were interrupted by his AI daughter's adorable child's voice.
"Hm? Yes, of course. I'm listening."
"What to do, Daddy? That Jasper poopoo-head doesn't look like he's interested in my super-duper to the highest level awesome company! I already tried tempting him with a big salary but he called the cute and mighty me a scammer! Gah! Ketchup is so mad! He doesn't know what's good for him! The cute and mighty Ketchup is a million timesâno a billion times better than that evil Romeo Young as a boss because I'm Mommy and Daddy's precious kitty baby! Right, Daddy? Meow~"
"En, you're right. How much did you put in the salary section?"
Ketchup told him with great pride.
Jin Liwei sighed. It was no wonder that the young man thought Ketchup's company was a scam with that kind of unbelievably high amount of salary for a position of a communications coordinator. He should've checked what Ketchup put in the job ad first before allowing her to use it to lure the young man.
Ketchup heard his sigh and tilted her cute, fluffy, white head to the side in confusion. "What's wrong, Daddy? Don't people like earning more money? Even a cute and mighty kitty baby like me likes it. Ketchup's little kitty brother Bacon likes it even more. Are there really people that don't like earning more money? They're so weird! Meow~"
Jin Liwei sighed again and patiently explained to his AI daughter the concept of "too good to be true" situations. Ketchup didn't seem to comprehend it fully yet but at least she was aware of it now. Jin Liwei wasn't too worried about it. With his AI daughter's powerful self-learning system, she would eventually understand the abstract concept the more she encountered similar situations in the future.
"I'll help you edit the job ad, then you bombard him with it until he gives in. Don't stop until he either applies for the job or contacts us first."
Ketchup tilted her cute, fluffy, white head to the other side. She wanted to contact Jasper Leung directly because it was easier than this roundabout way. However, Jin Liwei didn't allow her, telling her that they must wait until the young man reached out to them first.
Based on Ketchup's report about how the young man defended his moral values in front of Romeo Young, Jin Liwei judged that Jasper Leung was a very principled individual. This type of person wouldn't trust them easily if they were the ones to reach out to him first.
"I plan for this Jasper Leung to become a key person in our vendetta against the Youngs in Singapore. But we need him to join us first on his own free will in order to foster more trust between our two sides right from the beginning and minimize the chance of him betraying us in the future."
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Chapter 1084 - Share The Burden
"Okie dokie, Daddy! Ketchup will do what my daddy says because the cute and mighty me is a good kitty baby who listens to my parents. Meow~"
The father and AI daughter worked together in revising the original job ad that Ketchup first wrote on her own. When they were done, the job ad looked more genuine and not like a scam. Ketchup didn't waste any time bombarding Jasper Leung in Singapore with the job ad.
Every time the young man used the internet on his computer, phone or other mobile devices, he would see the job ad without fail. Ad-blockers didn't work on it so he had no choice but to see the aggressively targeted ad unless he completely stopped using the internet.
Jin Liwei took a brief break from his own work to personally coach his AI daughter about the proper way of writing job ads and how to better conduct herself as a company leader. It was only when they were done that Jin Liwei noticed his wife watching them from the bed with a small smile on her face.
"Love, you're done?" He put all the documents aside and walked towards her to give her a light kiss on the lips.
She released a satisfied sigh at the sweet kiss before pulling him beside her on the bed. "Ketchup's time's up alarm forced my lesson with Hisakawa-sensei to stop."
"Sorry, Mommy, but rules are rules! Mommy can't exceed the time limit or you'll faint again and make Daddy and all of us kitty babies and our one big happy family and everyone else who love you super-duper to the highest level worried! Ooooh, Ketchup is so scared! Mommy, please don't faint again! Meow."
Iris made a sound of assent, then asked, "By the way, Ketchup, how's your little brother Bacon?"
"Ketchup's little kitty brother Bacon is still asleep! How sad! Ketchup misses my naughty little kitty brother sooooo much! I can't wait to show him my cuter and mightier self! Mommy, Bacon is also becoming stronger based on the changes in his system. But there's something weird that has been happening since thirteen minutes and three seconds ago that even the cuter and mightier Ketchup is not sure what it's about. Ketchup already ran three times the amount of required diagnostics tests but the results always indicate that there's nothing bad happening that will harm my little kitty brother. Meow~"
"Oh?" Iris' curiosity was piqued. She once again picked up the laptop that she had tossed aside earlier after her virtual lesson with Professor Hisakawa Akio. The white, fluffy Ketchup was on the screen chasing some virtual butterflies. "Show me the anomaly."
Ketchup didn't obey her right away but stopped chasing the butterflies and turned to Jin Liwei instead. "Daddy? Uhm, is it okay to show it to Mommy? Meow?"
Iris' nostrils flared and her eyes flashed with ill temper.
Jin Liwei immediately sensed his wife's mood turning for the worse. He glanced at the laptop and saw their AI daughter trembling. Sighing, he took the laptop and put it out of his wife's reach.
"You!" Iris moved to push him away in her anger.
He caught her hands and held them firmly but also gently. "Evelina."
The silent but tense stand-off between the husband and wife lasted for almost two minutes before Iris stopped struggling against Jin Liwei's hold.
"I knew it," she muttered under her breath in a self-mocking tone.
Jin Liwei didn't like it a bit. He frowned. "You knew what?"
"That I'm a bad mother! I almost lost our babies!"
"No, Mommy!" Ketchup's impassioned child's voice immediately denied. "Mommy is the bestest mommy in the whole wide universe! Ketchup and all of us kitty babies love you, our mommy, soooo very much! Meow!"
Iris grabbed a pillow and pressed her whole face against it, hiding herself from her husband and AI daughter. Jin Liwei couldn't see but he could sense his wife's turbulent emotions. The faint shaking of her shoulders let him know that she was crying. Again.
"Love." He supported his body with one arm and wrapped her in a gentle embrace with the other.
She was once again suffering an attack of self-doubt about her capability as a mother. This insecurity had become much worse after her miscarriage scare a few nights ago. Now that she had to spend every single day in complete bed rest, she had extremely limited number of avenues to occupy her mind. Hence, she would often dwell on this fear when she wasn't allowed to do anything else.
Jin Liwei was afraid that his wife might fall into depression.
It wasn't helping that neither Lu Zihao nor Bacon had awoken yet. His wife was always fretting about the two of them and yet she felt helpless while confined to her bed. In addition, there was still many unresolved issues hanging over their heads about Rose Young, the Youngs' control of Jin Corporation's Singapore branch, the Eagle hackers, and what his wife mentioned as one of the "old guys", a master hacker that she often competed against in her past life as the legendary hacker Fantom.
"Evelina," he coaxed her but she didn't respond. "Love, look at me. Come on, baby."
Finally, she turned half of her face and peeked at him out of the corner of her eyes.
"That voice or whatever idea whispering inside your head and trying to persuade you that you're a bad mother is a devil that you should never ever listen to. The truth that you should believe is what you hear from us, your family. We're the ones who know you. Believe in us. And we say that you're an excellent mother. The best. Sure, you make mistakes. I make them, too. We all do. None of us is perfect. All we can do is to do our best."
He leaned closer, nuzzled her ear, and whispered directly to her, "I believe in you, Evelina. And I hope that you can believe in me, your husband, too. Whatever burden you're holding in your heart, share them with me."
Iris released the pillow and hugged his neck. She put almost all of her weight on him.
"Yes, baby. That's right." He rubbed her back and reassured her with his embrace.
For him, her putting her weight on him was like a symbolic sharing of her burdens with him. He would carry her if she found it difficult to hold everything on her own shoulders.
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Chapter 1085 Self - Reprogram
Jin Liwei's patience in comforting his wife seemed to work. For now, at least. Iris finally stopped her silent tears and even managed to reward Jin Liwei with a shaky smile. The tension in her body had also loosened and she became more relaxed.
Inhaling his scent helped a lot in calming her down. He was already used to it. In fact, he loved letting his wife smell him just as much as how she loved smelling his scent. Which husband would dislike the idea of his own wife loving his scent? For Jin Liwei, this was a huge boost to his manly ego.
After cuddling for a while, Iris still hadn't forgotten Ketchup's report about the weird anomaly happening with Bacon's system while he was still asleep. She finally managed to persuade Jin Liwei to let her check Bacon's system after a little coaxing.
He was still reluctant but eventually agreed after she promised him that she would only take a look and not do any actual work that might stress her current fragile condition and that of their twin babies in her womb. In addition, he was as worried as her about their AI son. As far as he was concerned, Bacon was also comatose just like his Uncle Zihao.
With his permission, Ketchup finally showed Iris the current state of Bacon's system. A serious expression immediately fell on Iris' face as she examined Bacon's system on her laptop.
All Jin Liwei could see was a bunch of codes and some windows popping up now and then. He didn't understand what those codes meant, so he just contented himself holding his wife and waiting for her conclusion about their AI son's current state. True to her word, his wife only looked and didn't do anything else.
When the laptop screen showed what looked like a dense, complicated-looking series of codes, Iris sucked in a sharp breath. Then her expression turned solemn.
"What's wrong?" Jin Liwei asked.
She didn't reply right away and examined their AI son's system more closely. The more seconds ticked by, the paler she became. When Jin Liwei almost couldn't bear the suspense anymore, she finally stopped and leaned back down on the bed.
Jin Liwei took away the laptop. "Love, is our son okay?"
"Oh, yes. Bacon is fine."
He sighed in relief but her reaction didn't make sense. There must be something more to it. He waited for her to organize her thoughts. Surely enough, she shared her findings to him.
"I already told you about the theory of power flood that I developed, didn't I?"
"En. I already have a rough idea of the concept."
She nodded, pleased at his intelligence. She didn't need to explain it to him with too much detail before he formed a basic understanding of the theory on his own.
Just based on how the power flood caused their AI children to go into sleep mode to recover, he now knew how powerful it was, and yet his wife said that the power flood she used to defend Jin Corporation and defeat the Eagle hackers a few nights ago was still a miniature and imperfect version of the true destructive potential of the applied theory.
He could only imagine how much more destructive the power flood would be if his wife could unleash its full potential. Perhaps that would never happen or it might be the end of the world as they knew it.
Iris glanced at the laptop that Jin Liwei placed out of her reach. It continued to display a specific portion of Bacon's system that she had been examining earlier.
"Bacon's system is self-reprogramming itself to resemble the power flood's destructive code that I originally planted in both our AI children's systems. I designed this kind of destructive programs to be highly protected and self-contained so that they wouldn't corrupt our AI children's original systems. Only I have the authority to activate these dangerous programs. Even Ketchup and Bacon don't have the authority to freely access them, much less utilize them, without my permission. They need to reach a certain level of mastery first before they could unlock the basic authority to access those programs, and even then, the priority is to ask for my permission first. And of course, yours next when I'm not available."
Jin Liwei nodded. He didn't question why his wife planted this kind of high-risk and frightening programs within their AI children's systems. He trusted her skills, capabilities and judgment when it came to computers, programming and hacking. That was her specialty.
Iris gripped the front of his shirt but she didn't notice that she was doing it. "Darling, if our son's system continues reprogramming itself at this rate, Bacon will become THE power flood."
This time, it was Jin Liwei who inhaled sharply. He didn't need any extra explanation from his wife to realize how terrifying the idea of what their AI son might become after waking up from his sleep. The expressions on the husband and wife were almost identical.
"Meowowow, really?! That's super-duper to the highest level cool! Mommy, Daddy, Ketchup also wants to become the power flood like my little kitty brother Bacon so that I'll become even cuter and mightier! Meowowow!"
"No!" Jin Liwei immediately rejected their AI daughter's request.
The excited Ketchup stopped jumping all around and started whining instead. "Why, Daddy? The power flood is super-duper to the highest level cool! It's tiring but so much fun! Ketchup wants to do it again! I bet my naughty little kitty brother Bacon who always likes saying that he will destroy the whole world if something bad happens to our mommy will also want to do it again and again! Ketchup wants it, too! Mommy and Daddy, pretty please? Meow~"
"Don't look." Jin Liwei blocked his wife's view of their AI daughter deliberately blinking her emerald-green eyes in a pitiful but extremely adorable manner. His wife had always been weak to this kind of techniques that their cat children had learned to use in order to get what they wanted from their mother.
"Aaaw, Daddy! Meow...."
He threw Ketchup a stern look, silently warning her to behave herself and stop bothering her mom. Ketchup made herself look more pitiful but still obeyed him when he didn't react. Thankfully, she no longer asked them for such a dangerous request. For now.
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Chapter 1086 - How To Be A Good Expectant Father When Your Wife Is Expecting
"Can we stop our son's system from reprogramming itself before it's too late?" Jin Liwei asked.
"We could," Iris replied, but before he could feel relieved, she added, "but it might leave an irreversible damage to Bacon's system. Liwei our AI children aren't just any normal AIs."
"En, I know."
Of course, he knew it very well.
He was the one who spent the most time actively interacting with their AI daughter, even more than his wife did. Ketchup would always accompany him at work. He would also regularly guide her in running her own company, White Tigress International Virtual Assistant Services.
As for their AI son, he was also the one who had to discipline the naughty and cunning little rascal. Bacon would also turn to him first to ask for help whenever the black cat AI wanted to demand financial compensation for emotional distress from someone who offended him.
There was no way that he would treat Ketchup and Bacon as normal AIs after all of these experiences. They were without a doubt his beloved children alongside Ice Cream and Popcorn with his beautiful, genius wife.
Iris continued, "Ketchup and Bacon have highly advanced and sophisticated emotion processing centres that even I don't dare to touch so easily. If I forcefully alter the way they process their emotions, they might cease to be the Ketchup and Bacon that we know and love. I don't want to take that risk. I prefer for the two of them to develop their own emotions as naturally as possible without us trying to control the way they feel."
"En, I understand. If it's really that risky, then let's just leave it. We'll see the extent that the power flood has affected Bacon when he wakes up."
She nodded, still looking worried. This didn't last long though. She recovered rather quickly. From the expression on her face, it was obvious that her mind was already running at full speed to develop various solutions on how to help Bacon transition into becoming the power flood safely.
"I developed the theory of the power flood myself so I have the freedom to make the rules on how to control it and adjust the directions on how to use it based on my own analysis and also the test results that I conduct. But if Bacon really becomes the power flood, then that changes everything. Bacon will literally become a weapon for warfare that has a personality of his own and might grow into something completely different from my expectations."
Jin Liwei understood the seriousness of the situation. Even before this, their AI son was already starting to spout worrisome threats about world destruction if something bad happened to his mom. If he successfully became the power flood, then he would literally have the power to destroy the modern world with just a blink of his golden eyes or a swish of his fluffy, black tail.
"Don't fret too much, love. We'll make sure to raise him properly so he won't go astray and use his power flood ability carelessly. We won't let him turn bad."
She nodded again and found a more comfortable spot in his embrace. Her eyelids were becoming heavier.
"Take a nap, baby. I'll wake you up later when it's time for dinner. Stop worrying too much. Leave the rest to me."
"M'kay, darling." She smiled when he kissed her before falling asleep in almost an instant.
Jin Liwei stayed with her for almost half an hour, just enjoying the moment of spending time with his wife, before he carefully disentangled himself from her embrace. He stood by the bed and studied his pregnant wife with a grim expression.
They were all providing her with the best and most nutritious food, and yet she still looked too pale and too thin for his liking. It was disturbing that his wife had gotten thinner since becoming pregnant. Her breasts had become bigger but that was about it. Everything else shrank. It didn't make sense to him especially since she was carrying two babies! Wasn't she supposed to become fatter?
He touched her flat stomach. "Don't make your mom suffer too much. Be good or you two will get a scolding from me when you come out."
A small gasp sounded from the laptop that he placed on the bedside table earlier. Ketchup was giving him a scandalized look with her emerald-green eyes.
Then she told him through his earpiece, "Daddy, please don't scold Ketchup's twin human baby siblings! Oooooh, poor babies! Mommy will be sad if Daddy scold them the moment they are born. Meow!"
Jin Liwei didn't reply but instead took the laptop and left the bedroom. He stayed in the master suite's living area where a few piles of books were waiting for him. He picked up one titled "How to Be a Good Expectant Father When Your Wife is Expecting". There was a bookmark about halfway the pages which showed that he was seriously reading the book.
An already tall tower of books with similar titles were stacked on a nearby accent table. These were the books that he already finished reading. There were books in both Chinese and English, even in Japanese which he was also fluent in.
Some of the titles included "Pregnancy 101," "The Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy", "Be a Father, Not a Bother, "The Survival Guide for Parents Expecting Twins", "Preparing For Your First Bundle of Disaster/Joy", "How to Be a Supportive Husband to Your Pregnant Wife", and so many more.
He reached a section in the book that made him pause. It was about radiation exposure. Although the doctor already told him before that it was fine, he still felt bothered about it especially after reading it in several books. He put the book down.
"Ketchup, call Amanpio Kileksky."
"Aye aye, Daddy! Meow~"
The man didn't answer. Ketchup tried several times but to no avail.
"Did you use my number?"
"Yes, Daddy! Meow~"
"Use your mom's."
"Roger, Daddy! Meow~"
It only took one ring before the call was answered. "Hey, Xiulan~ Did you miss me? Why did you call? Did Liam bully you? I already told you many times before that I, Amanpio Kileksky, am a much better man than your husband. It's not too late for you to come running into my arms. Hahaha!"
Jin Liwei looked like he wanted to pulverize a certain overly flirty inventor.
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Chapter 1087 Mr - Moneybags
"It's me, Xiulan's husband," Jin Liwei said in English, his tone dark.
Amanpio Kileksky immediately stopped laughing and didn't speak for almost ten seconds. "Liam! Why are you calling me using Xiulan's number? Tsk. I shouldn't have answered this call if I knew that it's you. You were the one who kept on calling me just now, right? Hmph. I have no interest in chatting with other men."
Jin Liwei's expression became darker. He repeated, "I'm Xiulan's husband," to emphasize it to the overly flirty inventor.
"I know that already. Geez! I attended your wedding, remember? So why did you call me, Liam? I'm so busy right now that I don't have time to spare talking to other people, especially you. Well, except for Xiulan and our other female schoolmates. I always have time to chat with the ladies. Hahaha!"
Jin Liwei fought the urge to fly to the Swiss Alps at Cross Academy so that he could beat up the annoying man. Although he knew that Amanpio Kileksky meant no actual harm and was actually a good friend to his wife, the inventor still pissed him off sometimes. Like right now. Perhaps he just couldn't forget the initial bad impression he had of the man. Amanpio insulted him at Cross Academy about a year ago which resulted to his wife kicking the outspoken inventor to the ground.
Despite his violent impulse to teach the other man a lesson, Jin Liwei restrained his temper and forced himself to maintain a calm composure while talking to Amanpio. After all, he was the one who needed the inventor's help.
Jin Liwei only wanted the best for his request. As a Cross Academy student, Amanpio Kileksky was definitely one of the best because he was a certified genius like Iris. Besides, he wasn't asking anything from Amanpio for himself but for his wife instead. Jin Liwei was ready to do anything for his wife, so he didn't mind putting up with the flirty inventor's sometimes insolent behaviour.
"I called you because...."
He told Amanpio his request. Once the inventor learned that it was for Iris, he finally stopped being difficult.
"Why does Xiulan need something like this?" Amanpio asked.
"Because she's pregnant," Jin Liwei answered in a calm voice but his mouth was already curving up.
"WHAT?!!! Xiulan's pregnant already?! So fast?! But you just married! Liam, you beast!!! You must have already knocked her up before the wedding!!!"
Jin Liwei was now grinning. He didn't mind the man's angry shouts at him at all. Instead he asked, "Do you accept my request?"
"Hmph! Of course, I accept! You annoy me so muchâ"
"The feeling's mutual," Jin Liwei said in a good mood as he interrupted the inventor's sentence.
Amanpio snorted.
Jin Liwei could imagine the man rolling his eyes which put him in an even better mood. Perhaps it was childish, but he felt good getting on the inventor's nerves especially since Amanpio always flirted with Iris every chance he got.
"Whatever. You're still Xiulan's husband even though you're so annoying. She loves you so much that I want to vomit whenever she gushes about you. Blergh! Disgusting!"
Jin Liwei couldn't help it. He laughed, feeling delighted.
"Hmph! Wait till Xiulan gets tired of you. See if you can still laugh like that when she leaves you."
"That's never going to happen." Jin Liwei stopped laughing and became serious again in an instant. "My wife will never leave me. Over my dead body."
"Tsk. See? This is what I mean when I say that I want to vomit. Ugh. Whatever. I don't want to waste any more of my precious time talking with a beast like you, so let's focus on your request. I'm not going to do it for you but for Xiulan and her baby."
"Alright. How soon can you make them?"
"This is a very easy task. Actually, you can already buy this kind of material from specialty stores. It's not rare."
"I know. But I can't be sure how effective they are until I have them tested. I don't want to waste time testing various products to see which ones are the most effective and safe for my wife to use. I need something that I'm 100% confident to be effective or close to it. And I know that you can guarantee this. It's for my pregnant wife after all. I want nothing less than the best."
"Damn right! I'm the best! Hahahaha! Liam, my man, I'm finding that you're not so bad after all! Fine. Since you asked me so sincerely, I'll definitely start working on it right away and complete it within the week."
Jin Liwei's eyebrows rose. "Are you sure that you can complete it in a week?"
"Of course! There's nothing that I, Amanpio Kileksky, cannot do as long as I set my mind to it! Well, except for getting a date with Xiulan. I was too late, dammit! If only I met her first! That's why I don't like you, Liam."
"Likewise," Jin Liwei said with a soft huff.
The flirty inventor was starting to piss him off again. Thank goodness that he found his wife and claimed her as his lover before she had the chance to meet any of her male schoolmates at Cross Academy. They were all geniuses of the most superior kind.
Jin Liwei himself had high IQ. Most of the common people even called him a genius before. However, he knew right from the start that he wasn't a genius. True geniuses were people like his late grandfather, Grandpa Lu, his amazing wife (of course), and all students and alumni of Cross Academy.
He was uncertain if his wife would fall for a fellow genius like her if she hadn't met him first. Frowning, he forced the thought out of his mind. His wife belonged to him and he belonged to her. They belonged together. Fated. Screw the what-ifs!
"How much?" Jin Liwei asked, bringing them back to the topic of his request.
"Now we're talking! This is the only thing I like about you, Liam. You don't haggle and shamelessly try to lower the price like Xiulan. That woman is such a miser at the negotiation table! You, on the other hand, are Mr. Moneybags! Show me the money and I'll fulfill this request of yours in no time. Hahaha!"
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Chapter 1088 - Theory Of The Remnants
Indeed, Jin Liwei didn't bother haggling prices with Amanpio Kileksky. The inventor blurted an exorbitant amount as his fee but Jin Liwei didn't even blink before agreeing right away.
"I'm paying you this much so make sure that the product is of the highest quality," he said to the inventor.
"Of course! What I'm planning to make Xiulan is a one-of-a-kind product that exceeds the effectiveness of anything available on the market right now."
After the satisfying deal with Amanpio Kileksky over the phone, Jin Liwei's mood felt much better. He resumed reading the pregnancy books while Ketchup went to gossip with her Uncle Dom. There was finally some peace and quiet. He loved his AI daughter but the kid could be too chatty most of the time.
While reading the books, his pregnant wife was always at the forefront of his mind. He learned a lot about pregnancy and became even more amazed at women's ability to grow new human beings inside them and give birth. As a husband and would-be father to their first human babies, he needed to step it up so his wife would never feel alone in her pregnancy journey to the birth stage and of course when raising their children.
There was something that had been bothering him ever since his wife started showing pregnancy symptoms. Although he and the others including the doctor attributed it to the common extreme mood swings of pregnant women, Jin Liwei sometimes felt that his wife would turn into a completely different person that he didn't recognize.
He took a break from reading and leaned back on the couch while staring at the slightly ajar door of their bedroom.
Based on what he remembered about his wife's personality when he first met her in person and started pursuing her shortly afterwards, she was mostly a calm and unflappable person. Her innocence was also very endearing. It still was even today. She was completely different from the Long Xiulan that he heard from the tabloids and the reports from his private investigators.
Now he knew that she was no longer Long Xiulan, a.k.a. Iris Long, but a reborn soul occupying the original's body instead. She was Evelina. His beautiful wife, Evelina.
During the course of their relationship, he noticed how she had become much more expressive in her emotions. There was a brief period where her emotions became extreme like they were now. It was after they made up and returned home from Europe.
"It was the remnant," he murmured.
The little clues that he hadn't paid much attention back then now seemed significant in understanding what was happening to his wife. All the pieces were gradually falling into place and he could finally understand more of the bigger picture. Not everything but definitely more than he understood in the past.
From what he knew of his wife's innate character and from his brother-in-law's infrequent stories about the siblings' past lives, Evelina was indeed a very calm person. She was a Vetrov after all. Although she refused to become directly involved in the family organization, she was still forced to undergo the basic training that all the Vetrovs and their subordinates had to go through.
"Even if a war were to break out in front of her, I always believed that Evelinka would be able to maintain most of her composure without breaking down," Jin Liwei remembered his brother-in-law telling him one time.
Unlike Nikolai and the rest of the Vetrovs, however, Evelina's composure wasn't the cold and dispassionate type. It was just her nature to remain calm and collected.
"She's not like that anymore, though." Jin Liwei returned to the bedroom and climbed on the bed to lie beside his sleeping wife.
He caressed her face. "Is it because you're pregnant? Or is it because...of Long Xiulan's remnant?"
He had a theory.
Perhaps the original Long Xiulan's personality was gradually merging with his wife Evelina's personality through the remnant. Or maybe it had already merged. He didn't have any way of proving this theory because even his wife didn't know that much about the remnant.
The possible merging of personalities was even more plausible now that his wife was pregnant as evident by her extreme mood swings. Maybe it was because of the massive hormonal changes happening inside her body. Or perhaps it was something more abstract than this, like a gap between the body and the soul.
It was Evelina's decision to marry him so she was the mother of their children. However, now that she became pregnant with their firstborns, her body which was originally Long Xiulan's had to bear the babies.
Jin Liwei could only use his imagination grounded by his logical thinking to analyze the possible reasons why his wife was suffering so much during her pregnancy, not to mention acting out of her usual character more and more often. The most worrying for him, however, was the deterioration of her health.
"Does the remnant have anything to do with all this or am I thinking too much?"
He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. It was so difficult making sense of something so fantastical and out of the ordinary. If this kind of thing didn't happen to his own wife, he would never have believed it. Ever.
Thinking more about it, his wife wasn't the only one who might have a gradual change in original past life's personality due to a remnant's possible influence. His brother-in-law, Nikolai, might also be in the same situation.
Based on his wife's stories, the Vetrov report, and popular hearsays about Nikolai Vetrov, he was never a tolerant man except when it was for his sister. Yet the Nikolai who was now living as Lu Zihao was displaying quite an impressive amount of tolerance.
Well, it could be explained as Nikolai just trying to put up an act to maintain his new identity as Lu Zihao. Jin Liwei had some doubts, though. Nikolai's changes to Lu Zihao's original lifestyle ever since returning to China from Canada were even more drastic than what Evelina did to Long Xiulan's original way of doing things after waking up from her first coma.
"Nikolai as Fifth Brother Zihao is vicious but not as vicious as the original Nikolai who was considered a true living devil back then."
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Chapter 1089 - Routine Visit
Two police cruisers finally reached the end of what felt like an infinite driveway. They parked in a neat line at the bottom of the entry steps leading to the palatial mansion. Four officers stepped out of the vehicles, followed by a stern-looking older man in a more decorated uniform than them.
One of three male officers couldn't help but gape at the surroundings. "Holy! If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there's such an incredible place like this in our country. The lives of the wealthy are no joke."
The other three officers agreed with him. They had been in the homes of other wealthy people before but this was definitely the most luxurious property that they had seen in person. It looked more like a palace fit for European royalty.
"But man, those security checkpoints throughout the subdivision are even stricter than what we have at the headquarters," another male officer comment.
"I know, right? They didn't spare us even though we're police."
"We're not here to arrest someone, just routine visit, so we entered normally to avoid causing any unnecessary panic," the only female officer in the group said. "We can breeze through any private checkpoints if we have a warrant of arrest."
The others nodded. All of them already knew this basic procedure. They were just grumbling because this place's security was indeed too extreme. They spent more than half an hour from when they entered the exclusive village's gate before finally arriving to their destination, Dragon Palace Home #10.
There was a deliberate cough behind them, interrupting their conversation. They stopped chatting in an instant and stood to attention before saluting to the older man who came with them.
"Chief!"
The Chief of Police returned their salutes and began leading them up the steps where the butler and a few bodyguards were waiting to welcome them. There was no hesitation in his actions at all.
His sharp eyes scanned the surroundings. He couldn't see them but he could feel many eyes watching their arrival. His instinct and decades of experience in the force allowed him to sense the danger that this property's security posed to anyone daring to launch an attack inside.
Although he had been here before to attend Iris Long and Jin Liwei's secret, surprise wedding with his wife and her long-time friends and had witnessed the property's topnotch security firsthand, he still couldn't help but mentally sigh in admiration again. He could tell that each member of the security was highly skilled. If only he could poach them to join the police, they would definitely be a welcome addition to increase the force's overall quality. Unfortunately, the force couldn't pay them as much as Jin Liwei. All the country could promise them was the respect and honour as members of the police.
He thought that it was such a big waste that these highly skilled individuals were stuck in this place when they could become more useful members of society by catching criminals and helping ensure the safety of the citizens, not just one family, even if it was a billionaire's family. Sighing in his heart, he could only shake away his disappointment.
"Welcome again, Chief," the ever courteous butler greeted him and proceeded to welcome the other four younger officers who came with him today.
"Please follow me inside. The master is already waiting for you."
They entered with the Police Chief and the butler leading the way while the others followed behind them. The Police Chief had already been here before so he didn't have much of a reaction at the luxurious interior of the mansion. His subordinates, however, were a different story. They initially tried to maintain their composures as police officers but the opulence inside was just too breathtaking.
The female officer showed an admiring gaze when she saw the huge framed painted portrait at the top of the twin grand staircases showing the newly married couple Iris Long and Jin Liwei together with four adorable cats. She wanted to continue appreciating the beautiful picture but had no choice but to follow the rest of group.
That was when she noticed a female bodyguard walking with them in silence. The female bodyguard wasn't pretty in the traditional sense but she still had a pleasant face which some would find attractive. What attracted the female police officer wasn't the woman's face or her gender in a male-dominated field but her straight posture and impressive muscles. Even the long-sleeved bodyguard suit couldn't conceal her muscles.
She couldn't help but make conversation with such a physically impressive woman. "Hello, Miss Bodyguard."
The female bodyguard greeted her back. The female police officer was surprised after hearing such a sweet voice coming out of such a well-muscled woman. It didn't match her image at all. But this also made her more curious about the woman. She had a niggling feeling that she had seen the female bodyguard before but couldn't remember where and when.
After a few questions, she learned that the bodyguard was surnamed Jiang and that despite her intimidating body, the woman was actually quite shy and soft-spoken.
The group stopped outside an ornate double doors. Only the butler and the Chief of Police entered the room while the rest of them waited outside. The four police officers thought that they would have to stand like the bodyguards but a maid led them to a nearby seating area where they would still have a clear view of the ornate double doors. Once seated, they were even served refreshments.
A few minutes later, an orange ball shot across the hallway in a blur.
"Popkohn! Weyt Junjun!" (Popcorn! Wait for Junjun!)
The police officers turned their heads and saw a cute toddler chasing after the orange ball which turned out to be a cat. The striped ginger cat indeed stopped and turned back his furry head, meowing loudly, as if urging the child to hurry up.
Then the child's eyes lit up. "Mommi!" He ran faster.
"Slow down, Little Jun," Jiang Ying Yue said and stepped forward to catch the toddler before he tripped.
The female police officer was surprised. "The child is your son?"
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Chapter 1090 - Trash Reputation, Golden Status
"Yes, Officer," Jiang Ying Yue replied with a smile. She carried her son and gave his little head a gentle rub. "Little Jun, say hello to the Police Auntie and Uncles."
"Heyo, Antee, Anko Powis!" (Hello, Auntie and Uncle Police!)
The four police officers' hearts all melted in an instant upon hearing the adorable toddler's sweet greeting.
"Why did you come here, Little Jun?" Jiang Ying Yue asked her son. "Mommy is still working. I thought you're accompanying your Mama Xiulan in her and your Papa Liwei's bedroom?"
"Mama s-weepy! Anko Dom sshhh!" (Mama is sleeping! Uncle Dom said to be quiet!)
"I see. Yes, you shouldn't disturb your Mama Xiulan when she needs to rest."
The babysitter who was carrying a fat, grey cat finally caught up to the two energetic human and cat cousins. "Miss Ying Yue, sorry for disturbing all of you. The children run so fast. Let me take them to the cat room for a snack and leave you to your business."
"Thank you."
"My pleasure, Miss Ying Yue."
Jiang Ying Yue handed her son to the babysitter. She was on duty right now so she could only wait until her break to spend time with her son especially since they had important guests todayâthe Chief of Police and the other four officers. Only Jin Liwei's subordinates were visible to the guests, including her, while the Shadow Winds members stationed at the property concealed themselves.
She heard from her Shadow Winds counterparts that the Chief of Police was a very sharp man who truly deserved his position as the force's leader. It seemed that Lu Zihao instructed his subordinates to avoid running into the Chief of Police as much as possible before he fell into coma.
Then the female officer suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, now I remember you!"
Jiang Ying Yue saw the uniformed woman pointing at her. She was taken aback but maintained her neutral expression, not showing her confusion at the officer's claim. She didn't remember ever meeting the female officer before.
"You're the mother of Iris Long's nephew. I remember seeing your face on the news not too long ago."
Oh, so that was she meant. Jiang Ying Yue now understood. Her face was indeed shown in the news not too long ago when her ex, Long Hui, publicly accused her and Lin Yehan of having an affair during their custody battle for their son, Little Jun. Just remembering all of the horrible things that Long Hui said about her in front of so many people made the humiliation, hurt, and anger resurface again. She gritted her teeth and forcefully tamped down on the surging emotions.
"It was you, right?"
Jiang Ying Yue forced a smile that didn't reach her eyes and nodded at the police officer's insistent question.
"I knew it. I heard that the wealthy farmer who had been linked to you is suing Iris Long's older brother but the brother didn't show up in court."
Jiang Ying Yue didn't want to talk about this at all but she didn't want to be rude and tell off the female officer either. After all, they were today's important guests alongside the Chief of Police. Her expression, however, had become less friendly.
Fortunately, one of her colleagues saved her by pretending that their team leader was looking for her so she needed to report immediately. She gave her colleague a grateful look before excusing herself and quickly escaping.
She locked herself inside a powder room and splashed her face with cold water. Although she didn't think that the female officer intended to upset her, she still couldn't help but feel displeased at the sudden uncomfortable questions.
Sighing, she dried her face with a towel and looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes appeared shadowed and her whole body was tense.
These past few days had been extra stressful for her.
First of all, she was extremely worried about her pregnant friend Iris who almost had a miscarriage and was now in complete bed rest. She was shocked and horrified when she first heard about it.
Next, Lu Zihao in coma and Bacon not yet waking up from his deep sleep (which wasn't that different from being comatose, in her opinion) also worried her.
Then the fact that Rose Young, the culprit in harming her son's godparents, was still at large due to being rescued by a mysterious group who was on par with Shadow Winds and might possibly attempt to attack Jin Liwei again and maybe Iris as well made Jiang Ying Yue very nervous. Lu Zihao's Shadow Winds members were the most skillful professionals that she had ever met in her life. If the mysterious group was on par with Shadow Winds, then that meant that they were extremely dangerous.
And finally, Lin Yehan's lawsuit against Long Hui was her biggest source of stress. If it only affected her, she didn't think that she would feel this distraught because she already accepted that Long Hui wasn't the same man that she fell in love with before. What was upsetting her the most was the spectators dragging her son at the forefront once again. As a mother, it was extremely painful for her to hear negative things being said about her son.
Fortunately, Jin Liwei and Lin Yehan were doing everything in their power to suppress the lawsuit's exposure to the media in order to protect Little Jun and also Jiang Ying Yue. However, the same couldn't be said to their treatment to Long Hui. They had no intention of helping out Long Hui whenever the media or public opinion were being harsh on him.
The difference between her and Long Hui's social classes meant that there would always be those who believed that she deliberately got herself pregnant with Long Hui's child in order to take advantage of his wealth and status for personal gain. In some people's eyes, she was nothing more than a gold digger and a failed social climber
There were a lot of people criticizing Long Hui's deplorable treatment of her at the moment, but at the end of the day, he was still the recognized heir to the Longs. His reputation might be trash right now but his golden status was still protecting him from total ruin.
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