Chapter 123: 1221 - 1230

His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1221 Between Life and Death

'This man is crazy!'

Rose Young thought this way but didn't dare to voice it out loud. She swallowed and continued to smile at Emilio Miguel as if he didn't choke her just now.

"I understand now, Emil. I know my mistake." She batted her eyes at him and gave his chest a tentative touch. "Forgive me?"

Emilio Miguel's smile widened. His beauty went beyond the distinction between males and females. He certainly had the ability to attract all genders.

Despite her terror from almost being murdered, Rose still became dazed at the beautiful man. He was more beautiful than her. In fact, he was even more beautiful than that slut, Iris Long. He was actually more beautiful than most women in the world. She had never seen such a beautiful person, much less a man.

Before today, she felt smug that such a man with undeniable heaven-defying beauty was sleeping with her. He fueled her own vanity. She felt special.

Now, however, she realized that she was nothing but a toy to him. No, a slave. All the things that she wanted to do to Jin Liwei, Emilio Miguel was doing to her now.

Fury, humiliation and terror filled her but she still swallowed everything and forced herself to fawn on the man. He was right. Emilio Miguel was the one who held her fate now. If he wanted to kill her, he could do so at anytime and she couldn't do anything about it.

Rose made a decision.

Between life and death, of course she would choose to live. As long as she was alive, there was always a chance for her to make a comeback and exact revenge on all the people who humiliated her.

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Without another word, she began to undress. Emilio Miguel stood back and watched her with mild interest. His expression didn't change much, making it hard for Rose to gauge her actual effect on him.

When she was completely naked, she lied down on the bed and slowly opened her legs wide while staring at him. The subtle smile on his face remained. She didn't know exactly what the smile meant. At the moment though, she no longer gave a damn.

The lust arrived quickly. Just looking at Emilio Miguel's beauty was enough to make her wet. This was the first time since meeting Jin Liwei that she didn't imagine his face while having sex with another man. All she could think about was Emilio Miguel while he fucked her.

Like right now. Her hands were already roaming all over her body, doing her best to seduce the Spaniard, and looking forward to how he would fuck her. She wanted him inside her. He was the best fuck that she had so far in her life. She still desired him even after he choked her just now.

Emilio Miguel didn't move. He just stood there with his arms crossed over his chest, watching her on the bed.

Rose played with her flat breasts and nipples. One of her hands moved downwards until it finally touched her wet core. She moaned and her hips jerked upwards, pointing it towards the man standing by the bed. Her hand spread her nether petals, opening them for Emilio Miguel to see. She became wetter, intensifying her lust.

Then as slowly as she could, she inserted two fingers inside her and moved them in and out. Her moans became louder. She was already soaking wet as the tempo of her fingers increased. Her hips undulated in a shameless, lewd dance.

"Stop," Emilio Miguel commanded.

She immediately stopped. Her body boiled with unspent lust.

"Emil...."

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Instead of replying, his hands went to unbuckle his belt. Next, he unzipped his jeans and freed his erection.

Rose shivered and her mouth watered. In terms of size, the man was the largest that she ever had so far. It felt amazing whenever he fucked her. This was why she was able to forget Jin Liwei while having sex with Emilio Miguel. The Spaniard could literally fuck her out of her mind.

Without any warning, Emilio Miguel pulled her hair. She cried out in pain but didn't struggle, allowing the man to do whatever he wanted with her. He forced her to kneel in front of him before shoving his large member into her mouth and immediately started pounding her hard.

She felt like she was going to suffocate. Her gag reflex was out in full force. Tears flowed down her face and other body fluids. However, she stayed still and allowed him to use her mouth. Within the panic and pain, pleasure bloomed inside her. When he pushed her away, her face was a mess but he hadn't come yet. His member was still as impressive as ever.

Then he pulled her up and tossed her on the bed. Using his belt, he tied both of her hands on the bedpost before flipping her until she was lying face-down on the mattress.

"Lift your skinny ass, slut."

She obeyed. There was no humiliation in her eyes, only excitement. This was the kind of sex that she loved. Her previous sex partners were too timid for her tastes. Only Emilio Miguel was able to thoroughly satisfy her.

His hands held her hips before he plunged deep inside her from behind. She screamed at the sudden, delicious intrusion. His size stretched her almost to the limit. It was marvelous!

He rammed into her again and again. She met his movements as best as she could.

"Yeah. Shake that ass!"

Then his hands rained heavy blows on her butt. She screamed from the pain and the pleasure. The slaps came faster and heavier.

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"Yes, Emil! Fuck me harder! Faster! YES!!!"

Emilio Miguel laughed. "You're such a dirty slut, my dear Rosa. Just how I like it."

He grabbed her hair and pulled hard, using it to keep her in place and stop her from moving away from the strong pounding of his hips.

Rose orgasmed six times in quick succession before she felt him leave her insides and pump his release on her back. He gave her swollen butt a final slap before climbing off the bed while laughing. She was too tired and too satisfied to ask him where he was going.

"Don't sleep yet, my dear Rosa. I'm not done with you yet."

His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1222 Useful

Emilio Miguel left the bedroom stark naked and returned a few minutes later. Rose Young was already dozing off but she was startled awake when several men entered the bedroom behind Emilio Miguel. She immediately pulled the blanket over her nude body and stared wide-eyed at the group of people.

"W-what's going on, Emil?" she asked and felt a bad premonition. Her sleepiness was completely gone in an instant.

The Spaniard gave her the most angelic smile that she had ever seen in her entire life but all she could feel was the pure evilness beneath it. His next words proved that her intuition was right.

"My dear Rosa, I'm already beginning to feel bored with just the two of us. So I thought, why don't we add more people to make it more exciting? I'm not like most men who get all possessive over a woman. I'm a very generous man. If I have something good, I like to share it to others now and then."

Rose backed away from him until her back hit the bed's headboard. "But I'm very possessive. I don't like sharing. And I don't like to be shared either."

Emilio Miguel only raised an eyebrow, continuing to smile at her. "But that is not up to you to decide now, is it? What did we talk about just now? You, my dear Rosa, are just a hostage. Your fate depends on my whims. So...are you going to please me or not?"

Fear and fury flashed in her eyes but they were gone in an instant as she smoothed out her expression. In the end, she tossed the blanket aside and crawled on all fours on the bed and waited for the Spaniard's next commands.

Later, Emilio Miguel sat on a chair that a subordinate brought inside the bedroom. He watched the scene of utter debauchery in front of him as his hand slowly stroked his manhood.

Rose was in the middle of the bed surrounded by five men, all his subordinates. Her limbs were tied in bondage ropes. All of her holes were filled. Each men took turns, not allowing her to rest. Different kinds of used toys littered the bed and the floor.

At first, she was still struggling against the men, but soon, she allowed herself to sink into the dark fantasy turned into reality that Emilio Miguel created. She was now moaning and squealing in pure pleasure and pain. Loud sounds of slapping and sloshing of wet flesh filled the bedroom.

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Emilio Miguel smirked. This was what he liked about Rose Young. She had no shame in embracing her inner desires. The woman was just as depraved as he was. Not bad for someone who wasn't all that outstanding be it in her looks, temperament, background, or abilities.

Too bad that she was nothing but a toy to him and a tool for the organization.

But for now, she was still useful. The organization still valued her as an important pawn to control the Young family in Singapore. And of course, she was still useful to him in satisfying his sexual urges.

As long as she didn't go too far, Emilio Miguel was willing to indulge some of her requests. He considered himself a gentleman. If he was fucking someone, he would treat the person well. But if he was done with the person, then there was no need for any second thoughts. Just dispose the person, be done with it, and move on to the next one.

While stroking himself and enjoying the live show in front of him, he grabbed his phone and called someone.

The atmosphere was heavy at the guest house. René Alejandro and his brothers were in the computer room drinking cold beer. Nobody spoke. They just drank in silence and looked weary.

All of their computers were fine this time. Nothing was fried. That was something good, at least.

Thanks to Master El Payaso fortifying their systems security remotely right after they moved to this new property, Drakon's damn disciple, the vicious BlackPanther, was unable to cause much damage to them. However, they were still unsuccessful in gaining victory.

They trained hard and improved their software and hardware. All of them believed that they levelled up a lot from their last failure against their greatest rival Drakon and his two disciples, WhiteTigress and BlackPanther.

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It turned out that they had been too overconfident. Yes, they levelled up but so did Drakon's two disciples.

As hackers themselves, they felt it. The gap between them and Drakon's damn disciples were increasing.

René Alejandro finished his beer and stood up. "It's good that we discovered this gap early. If we waited longer to face them, then it would be far too late for us, no? Now we focus on training harder and improving ourselves."

His words boosted his brothers' fighting spirits.

"You're right, brother!"

"I'll go check the data from the battle now and begin the analysis."

"We're Master El Payaso's chosen disciples. We can't just be discouraged because of our rival's two cheeky disciples who keep on getting in our way."

René Alejandro didn't reply. Indeed, he was one of El Payaso's chosen disciples. In fact, he was the best. But deep inside, he didn't choose El Payaso as his master. It was Fantom who he still looked up to until now.

He left his brothers and headed outside the garden to take a walk. It was cold but he acted as if the winter weather was nothing to him despite wearing only a long-sleeved shirt. He glanced at the main mansion.

Wei Lan was out shopping with Randy as usual. It suited him and his brothers just fine because they didn't need to worry about her being nosy.

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He was itching to smoke a cigarette even when he already quit years ago when his phone rang. His eyes turned frosty and dangerous when he saw the call display.

"What is it?" he asked, not bothering to greet the caller.

Emilio Miguel chuckled on the other end of the line. "Hello to you, too, my little brother."

René Alejandro was about to hang up when he heard some lewd noises. His expression turned ugly.

"You perverted shit," he spat. "You're calling me while fucking someone? No, I hear many voices. Don't call me while you're having an orgy. I'm not a pervert like you!"

His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1223 Important Discovery

"Don't be such a sissy, my little brother," Emilio Miguel replied with a light chuckle.

The moaning, groaning, grunting, screaming and slapping noises continued and even grew louder. René Alejandro didn't want to listen but his training automatically kicked in and he managed to determine that there was only one female in the orgy with five men in addition to the pervert Emilio Miguel, making it a total of six men.

René Alejandro was utterly disgusted and felt like his ears needed some deep cleaning after this. He liked sex—a lot of it—but not something like what Emilio Miguel was doing. The man was indeed a depraved shit.

"I don't have much time. What are you calling me for?"

"You failed in today's assignment. Something so simple and yet you didn't even manage to make at least a little impact."

"How about you try it?" René Alejandro challenged through gritted teeth. "If you're so great, then you can do it all by yourself, no?"

Emilio Miguel chuckled. The sound grated on René Alejandro's ears. If he could just punch the motherfucker through the phone, he would have already done it many times over.

"Excuses, excuses."

"Is that all you have to say?" René Alejandro didn't want to speak with the man any longer. He was in a bad mood after his team's defeat today. His mood already improved a bit during his little walk in the cold outside but an asshole just had to ruin it again.

"Did you fail today on purpose, my dear little brother?"

René Alejandro's grey eyes narrowed. "What do you mean?"

"The assignment's target is the daughter of your stepmother. In short, your step-sister. I heard that you have grown quite close to your stepmother ever since you arrived in this country. I'm thinking...that maybe you didn't try hard enough in today's assignment because you don't want to hurt your new step-sister. I hope I'm wrong. Because if I'm right, then that means that the great leader of Eagle has turned into a softie."

"Rubbish! You slander me!"

The asshole chuckled again. René Alejandro could imagine Emilio Miguel's smile—angelic but was actually fake as hell. He had the strongest urge to rip the motherfucker's beautiful face off and reveal his true ugly monstrosity inside.

Too bad that they couldn't openly destroy each other because the organization made them partner up for this important mission. Even when they couldn't see eye to eye, it was their own problem. They weren't allowed to let their discord affect their mission or else suffer the organization's harsh punishment.

For this reason, René Alejandro could only lash out at Emilio Miguel with his sharp tongue and brawl with him now and then but nothing more serious than these.

"If that's all you have to say, I'm hanging up now," he said.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed today, it seems," Emilio Miguel teased. "Come here at the safe house and join me and our local comrades. Rose Young is quite a good fuck and can handle a lot of dicks at once. Can you hear her screaming in pleasure? What a slut. Just how I like it. I'm sure that she'll love to be fucked by another Spanish dick—"

René Alejandro decisively hung up. He didn't approve of Emilio Miguel sleeping with a hostage. He had already warned him repeatedly to stop fucking Rose Young but the asshole just wouldn't listen to him.

Although he wasn't worried that Emilio Miguel would fall in love with Rose Young because the notorious assassin Matador was a heartless monster, René Alejandro disapproved of the asshole giving in to the woman's requests. She was a hostage, for fuck's sake! They were supposed to keep her in captivity and use her to control her family in Singapore, not pamper her because of the sexual services she provided.

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Like what happened today.

Emilio Miguel asked his team to hack Iris Long's livestream in the morning and defame her. René Alejandro refused because it wasn't part of their official mission. He didn't want to waste his and his brothers' precious time on something that he believed was trivial.

What was the point of defaming Iris Long online? Would that result in them getting their hands on Jin Corporation?

She was just a local celebrity with a relatively good background who managed to marry CEO Jin Liwei.

Besides, he suspected the reason why Emilio Miguel was asking this of him in the first place. Emilio Miguel was someone who viewed the big picture. If not, the man wouldn't become one of the organization's most prized team captains.

Emilio Miguel was a sadistic and perverted bastard but he was without a doubt a genius methodically trained by the organization just like René Alejandro.

Then why was Emilio Miguel requesting for something so minor like defaming Iris Long in a little livestream that didn't even broadcast worldwide?

René Alejandro deduced that it might be due to Rose Young. And he was right after questioning Emilio Miguel. The man didn't bother concealing the truth and told him outright that he was granting the woman's little request because she pleased him. René Alejandro was dismayed and immediately rejected the request.

He thought that the matter was over until he received an official assignment from Master El Payaso himself, ordering his team to accept Emilio Miguel's request. He didn't know how the asshole persuaded his team's master but Emilio Miguel was successful. It didn't feel right especially since he already rejected it before but his team now had no choice but to accept the request in the end.

His authority as a mission leader had already been trampled once when the organization forced him to share the leadership with Emilio Miguel. And now the asshole was continuing to step all over his head by shoving these worthless little tasks on his hacking team all for the sake of a hostage.

What was even more aggravating was that his team failed in the task. They already knew that Drakon was protecting Jin Corporation but they didn't expect that he and his damn disciples would also be safeguarding Iris Long's little livestream. It seemed that Drakon wasn't only invested in Jin Corporation but also in Jin Liwei's family.

Although they failed today, at least they made this important discovery about the extent of Drakon's connection to Jin Liwei.

His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1224 Baby Bump

Dragon Palace Home #10.

A sweaty Jin Liwei returned to the master bedroom from an intense workout in the gym. It was still early morning. The sun hadn't fully risen yet. His wife was still sleeping.

Instead of allowing Ketchup to sing another one of her terrible wake-up alarm songs, he opted to personally wake up his wife today. Who knew what kind of dubious lyrics Ketchup would come up next?

Both the husband and wife expected to have a busy day. After beginning the process of setting up Eve Holdings later in the morning, Iris had another appointment after lunch with JJ to start working on her new song "All My Black Stars" in her home studio. As for Jin Liwei, he had a scheduled conference to attend with other business leaders in the afternoon. It was an important event that needed his presence so he could only go despite wanting to stay with his wife for the whole day.

Back to the present, Jin Liwei forced any thoughts of work out of his mind to watch his sleeping wife while drying his remaining sweat with a towel. Then he bent down to kiss her.

It took a few minutes but Iris finally stirred from her deep sleep, responding to his kiss. Her eyes fluttered open and she looked at him sleepily.

"Good morning, beautiful."

She yawned. "Morning..."

"Time to wake up, love."

"Mmmn..." She stretched out her arms towards him.

He chuckled and carefully lifted her up from the bed and carried her straight to the ensuite bathroom. She wasn't fully awake yet and almost fell asleep again on her feet while Jin Liwei helped put toothpaste on her toothbrush.

They brushed their teeth together. The sharp, refreshing scent and taste of the mint toothpaste finally managed to awaken Iris.

Afterwards, the couple undressed and intended to shower together. As usual, Jin Liwei was sporting an erection but didn't seduce his wife for a sensual morning workout.

Oh, he wanted to do it so badly but restrained himself. His wife was going to be busy today so she needed all the energy that she had. If he tired her out so early, her limited energy might not be able to last her for the whole day.

He felt a little regretful but the health of his wife and their babies was much more important to him than scratching his own itch.

Iris was also now fully naked. She didn't miss her husband's erection. Her eyes lit up.

Jin Liwei saw her reaction and was pleased at the hunger in her eyes. It mirrored his own hunger for her. However, they really shouldn't do anything too strenuous right now.

"Love—hm?" He immediately noticed something.

"What is it?" Iris asked, feeling suddenly worried at his change of expression.

He didn't reply. Instead he held her at arm's length and examined her more closely.

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"Liwei, what's wrong?"

He still didn't reply. He turned her sideways and stepped back to study her again.

Before she could demand that he tell her what the matter was, Jin Liwei suddenly rushed to her and hugged her tightly. Then the confused Iris was made to stand in front of the full length mirror in the bathroom. He stood behind her and wrapped his arms around her. Both of his hands touched her belly.

"Look, love. Our twins are now beginning to show themselves."

Her eyes widened. She pushed his hands away and turned to her side to examine herself in the mirror.

Jin Liwei was right. There was a tiny bump on her belly. It was barely noticeable but a closer look revealed that she was indeed starting to show her pregnancy.

"Oh!" She touched the baby bump and her eyes watered as she laughed in delight. "Hi, babies."

Jin Liwei was also grinning and hugged her again from behind. He placed his hands on top of hers. "Hello, babies."

"Quick, darling. Take pictures!"

He ran out of the bathroom and returned seconds later with his phone. Iris wore her pyjamas again and exposed only her belly. She posed to highlight her baby bump while her nude husband took hundreds of photos of her.

They looked at the photos together with happiness. The baby bump was a milestone for them because it meant that their babies were growing properly despite the setbacks Iris experienced with her health ever since becoming pregnant.

"I'll schedule a monthly photoshoot to record your growing belly," Jin Liwei said.

"Okay."

Iris smiled, still feeling excited. She looked at herself in the mirror again and couldn't stop touching her baby bump. Tears flowed down her eyes.

"Are you okay, love?" Jin Liwei asked, concerned.

She nodded. "I'm so happy."

He sighed in relief, glad that his wife's tears were from joy and not because she was hurt. "Me, too."

They finally managed to shower. The baby bump took their minds away from their earlier desire to make love. All they could think about was their happiness and excitement. The baby bump made them realize that they were really going to welcome their twin babies soon.

Iris was too excited to remember her fear of becoming a bad mother. After getting ready, she pulled Jin Liwei and proudly showed off her tiny baby bump to everyone during breakfast.

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Grandpa Lu was ecstatic. Dom and his family were also equally excited. Jiang Ying Yue patiently explained to her son, Little Jun, and Marjorie's two children that the baby bump contained a little brother or sister. The children were amazed.

Lu Zihao didn't react much but his happiness was obvious. He glanced at Long Jinjing beside him who also looked delighted for her sister and brother-in-law. His hand automatically touched her belly and he kissed her.

The eagle-eyed Grandpa Lu saw this. "Haohao my boy, Jinjing my girl! Aren't you envious of your little sister and third brother? When are you going to give me a great-grandbaby, too? I want to know!"

"We already have," Lu Zihao replied in a nonchalant tone.

Loud gasps from everyone except Iris and Jin Liwei. Long Jinjing looked panicked at first but finally smiled shyly while pressing herself closer to Lu Zihao.

"What do you mean?!" Grandpa Lu's voice boomed. "You're going to have a baby, too?! Is Jinjing pregnant?! Tell me, Haohao! I want to know!"

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"Hm," Lu Zihao replied, still looking calm and casual. Those close to him, however, could detect that he was very pleased.

An excited Grandpa Lu flew towards them. "Is that true?! Jinjing my girl is really pregnant?! I'm going to have another great-grandbaby?! Tell me, I want to know! If you dare lie to your beloved grandpa, this old man will smack the bloody hell out of you, Haohao!"

Long Jinjing gathered all of her courage and stepped between the grandfather and grandson, feeling worried that the old man would smack her boyfriend again like usual. Everyone's expectant gazes were on her. She felt pressured but steeled herself.

"Yes, Grandpa Lu," she replied instead of Lu Zihao. "It's true. I'm pregnant with Zihao's baby. You're going to have another great-grandchild."

"Bahahahaha!" Grandpa Lu pulled both Long Jinjing and Lu Zihao into an enthusiastic hug. The arm holding Long Jinjing was gentle while the other hand didn't hold back in smacking—ehem ehem—"patting" his grandson's back.

Long Jinjing winced at the loud thumps. Although this kind of scene wasn't new to her and Lu Zihao didn't seem to mind at all, it still worried her. It felt like she was the one getting hit with every smack. She didn't want her boyfriend getting hurt.

Fortunately, the old man didn't "pat" his grandson for too long. He released the couple and grinned at them. His joyful smile almost stretched from ear to ear.

"This old man is very happy! So my grandson isn't such a big dunderhead after all! First, it was Xiulan my girl. And now, it's you, Jinjing my girl. You sisters are absolute blessings to my pinheaded grandsons! Your beloved grandpa has been so worried for the longest time that I'm going to die without ever meeting my great-grandbabies from these pinheads, but now they decide to pop them one after another. This is the best! Today, we celebrate! Bahahahaha!"

The others echoed Grandpa Lu's delight. Everyone was in high spirits during breakfast. Grandpa Lu's grin never stopped. He looked at his two grandsons, Jin Liwei and Lu Zihao, with great pride. Of course, he became even happier when looking at Iris and Long Jinjing, both pregnant with his much-awaited precious great-grandbabies.

After breakfast, the group had no choice but to disperse. Iris had an important meeting to start the process of setting up her holding company. Jin Liwei and Grandpa Lu would be accompanying her, the former as her business advisor and the latter as her academic evaluator.

Grandpa Lu was a little regretful. He wanted to chat longer with Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing but Iris' meeting today was very important to her business career as well as her academic grades.

"I also have to go to work, Grandpa Lu," Long Jinjing told him. "We can talk again later tonight."

The old man narrowed his eyes at her. "You're pregnant now, my girl. Don't work yourself too hard and end up in bed rest like your sister! Do you hear me? Tell me that you understand. I want to know!"

"Yes, Grandpa Lu. I understand."

Grandpa Lu still didn't looked convinced. He turned to his grandson. "Haohao, you take care of your wife! If something bad happens to her, watch this old man spank your butt!"

Long Jinjing flinched when Grandpa Lu referred to her as Lu Zihao's wife. There was anxiety and guilt but also happiness all mixed up together in her heart. She was anxious because Lu Zihao still didn't love her and guilty because she rejected Lu Zihao when he wanted to bring her to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage. As for happiness, of course, she felt happy. She loved Lu Zihao and felt glad that his grandfather approved of their relationship.

After saying goodbye to the others, Long Jinjing and Lu Zihao returned to the bedroom. They were getting ready to send Long Jinjing to Orchidia Beauty. Lu Zihao was going to personally drive her. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

"Ready?"

She nodded and followed him, feeling a little distracted. After confessing her pregnancy in front of Grandpa Lu and the others, she felt lighter and refreshed. There was no reason for her to hide her pregnancy. Long Jinjing wasn't a famous celebrity like Iris who needed to be careful about the nosy general public following her every single move.

Despite her sibling relationship with Iris, not a lot of people was really interested in Long Jinjing. This suited her just fine. In fact, she preferred to live a low-key life. Lu Zihao was the same way. Now she knew why. His hidden criminal background couldn't be exposed to outsiders no matter what or it would ruin him and most likely implicate those who were close to him.

It was no longer just her love for him and their sexual attraction that were keeping them together. They now had a baby that would connect them forever regardless of whether their own relationship as lovers would work out in the end or not.

The only issue of exposing her pregnancy right now would be that she got pregnant out of wedlock. If she didn't marry him soon before giving birth, then their child would be illegitimate just like her. She didn't want her own child to experience the same discrimination that she herself went through.

After reflecting on her previous fight with Lu Zihao, she now realized that her baby should be her number one priority especially with her own illegitimate background. Her own feelings were still important, of course, but her baby's future must be secured first.

They were in the middle of walking in the hallway when she grabbed his hand to stop him.

"Hm?" Lu Zihao looked at her, raising an eyebrow in question.

"Let's marry, Nikolai."

His expression became serious. He faced her properly and held both her hands. "We will."

She bit her lower lip. "I can, uhm, get off work earlier today. Then we can go straight to the Civil Affairs Bureau after you pick me up at the company in the afternoon. Is that okay?"

"No."

Her eyes widened. Then she frowned in confusion.

"I know that this kind of hasty marriage is not what you want. Don't compromise for me, Jinjing. I will give you a proper wedding. Whatever kind of wedding you want, we will have it. This I promise you."

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Long Jinjing stared at Lu Zihao in shock. She blinked her wide eyes a few times in disbelief especially after detecting the anxiety in her boyfriend's dark eyes. Usually, she was unable to read the man's emotions because he hid them extremely well. But right now, she could see that he was anxious. Not only that. He appeared to be nervous as well.

Was he really exhibiting these emotions? Or was she just imagining things?

She wasn't sure but decided to put it aside for now. His words just now were far more important to her than reading his expression. She wanted to clarify if he really meant what he said. "R-really, Nikolai?"

"Yes." Lu Zihao nodded.

Her heart thumped hard. She felt restless but also excited.

"What if...I say that I want an even grander wedding than what Little Sister Xiulan and Brother-in-law Liwei had?"

"Then we'll have an even grander wedding than them," he replied without any hesitation.

She swallowed, her eyes getting wider. "What if...I want famous VIPs to attend our wedding? Like members of royal families or international celebrities or—"

"Then we'll send them invitations, no matter who they are."

"What if...they ignore the invitations and don't want to attend?"

His eyes narrowed. "Then I'll just have to kidnap them and force them to attend our wedding."

She gasped. "Nikolai!"

He was kidding....right? He must be!

But given his secret criminal background, even if he was joking right now, he still had the ability to do what he said. Long Jinjing suddenly began to feel scared for the safety of VIPs who fit the descriptions she gave just now. She was only kidding to test how far her boyfriend was willing to go in order to give her the wedding of her dreams.

'I should be more careful about what I say to Nikolai.'

This was what she thought. She didn't want to have a hand in a series of kidnappings around the world just because of her careless, joking words. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

"Give me a list of all the VIPs that you want me to kidnap," Lu Zihao said.

Long Jinjing kicked his leg but it didn't hurt him a bit. She hugged him and started laughing.

He hugged her back. "Do you want a ceremony, Jinjing?"

Feeling shy, she hid her face on his chest but answered, "Yes."

"Then we'll have a ceremony if that's what you want."

She lifted her face but avoided looking straight at him and muttered, "We're already talking about marriage but you haven't even proposed to me properly yet."

"I can hear you, you know," Lu Zihao said, the corner of his mouth lifting in amusement.

She pouted. He held her chin and kissed her pouting lips. She almost melted but caught herself before her brain plunged into amoeba level. She pushed on his chest and stepped back to create some distance between them. His expression hardened.

Then she grabbed his big, scarred hand and lowered herself in front of him. Lu Zihao frowned, confused as to what she intended to do, so he watched and waited. Then his eyes widened when she dropped on the floor on one knee.

"What the hell—"

"Nikolai, will you marry me?"

His mind went whoosh.

The kneeling Long Jinjing looked up at him, waiting for his response. Her sweaty hand holding him trembled. She was sweating and looked like she was going to faint from the nerves but she held on.

If he wasn't going to properly propose to her, then she would do it! Who said that only men must propose to women? Women could do it, too!

Besides, didn't she tell Lu Zihao before that she was going to woo him? Since he was such a blockhead when it came to romance, then she would just proactively show him how to be romantic even though she didn't have much experience herself. If she just waited for him to make the first move, then her hair might turn white.

She knew that she was being impulsive by suddenly doing this but the moment just felt right. Without thinking too much, she just went ahead and proposed to him in the hallway as soon as the thought entered her mind.

The setting wasn't even romantic, neither was she prepared. But she wanted the blockhead to know that a proper proposal was important before marriage. It signified respect for the other person's consent.

Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see some of the household and security staff watching the scene the two of them were making. She flushed in embarrassment and wished for the floor to open up and swallow her.

Her determination almost wavered.

Almost.

But she stayed in place. The man staring at her blankly like an idiot was the person that she loved and wanted to marry. If she didn't do this today when she had an unexpected burst of courage, then she might not be able to do it ever again.

"N-nikolai?"

Clarity seemed to return to Lu Zihao. He shook his head for a brief moment in an effort to completely snap out of his daze. Still, he couldn't stop gaping at the kneeling Long Jinjing.

"You...what the fuck...the hell, woman...stand up!"

He tried to pull her up but she refused. Even when he lifted her up, she struggled.

Upset, she yelled at him, "Answer me first, dammit! Will you marry me?!!!"

"Yes, I'll marry you! Dammit!"

Long Jinjing froze. Now it was her turn to stare at him blankly like an idiot.

A red-faced Lu Zihao glared at her. "Long. Jin. Jing."

She was still dazed but felt his anger clearly. "Why are you angry? Is it because I didn't propose with a ring? I, uhm, don't worry. I'll buy you an engagement ring. Today! I'll head straight to a jewelry store after work. So, uhm, don't be mad anymore, please."

He opened and closed his mouth but couldn't say anything for what felt like a long time. Her crazy actions made him literally speechless.

Long Jinjing didn't care about this. All that mattered to her right now was that he accepted her proposal! She wrapped herself around him like a koala and kissed him on the mouth before grinning.

"We're engaged now, Nikolai. My fiancé."

Loud applause and cheers filled the hallway.

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When Lu Zihao accepted Long Jinjing's marriage proposal, three bodies fell down on top of one another from behind a wall in the corner of the hallway.

"Ouch, sistahs! Did you two gain weight? You're going to crush my beautiful and handsome body!" The complaint barely left Dom's mouth when he was hit on the back of his head. "Ouch, Big Sis! That hurts!"

Linda Chua harrumphed. "How dare you say that I've gotten fat? Do you want to get beaten up? It has been a long time since I taught you a lesson myself!"

"When did I say that you're fat?!"

"Say that word again!" Linda raised her hand in a threatening manner, causing her younger brother to shrink in fear. "And Clover, get off me! You're heavy!"

Their youngest sibling giggled before struggling to stand up. "I ate a lot of delicious food in France. It's true that I gained weight but I'm not ashamed. I think that I look better with more meat in me."

Reina Chua glared at her children. "You three are too noisy! Don't disturb Jinjing and Zihao's moment!"

Domingo Chua didn't say anything, letting his wife do all the scolding, but he still gave his three children a firm look. The siblings, despite already being adults, immediately behaved in front of their parents. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

This short incident in the family didn't last long. All of them jumped out of their hiding spot and joined the household and security staff in celebrating Lu Zihao's acceptance of Long Jinjing's proposal.

"Kyaaaaaaaaah! Sis Jing is so cool! Ah, my maiden heart is skipping like a demented horse on sugar-high!"

Dom ran towards the newly engaged couple, not forgetting to continue recording a video of the special moment. As the assistant and later the best friend of Iris Long, a famous celebrity, he became quite adept in taking snapshots and recording videos of the best unexpected moments around him. Most of the content posted in Iris Long's social media accounts were taken by him.

This was why when his family came upon the couple talking in the hallway, he had a hunch that something might happen, so he immediately warned his family to stay quiet and hide together behind a wall. He also didn't forget to whip out his phone to start recording. Whether something happened or not, it wouldn't be a loss to him. At the very least, he would be able to satisfy his gossip-loving heart.

In the end, his intuition was once again proven to be correct. They watched in amazement as Long Jinjing dropped on one knee and proposed marriage to the shocked Lu Zihao.

The sisters and their parents followed after Dom.

"You're so brave, Sis Jing!" Clover exclaimed while jumping in excitement. "I want to be the one to propose to my boyfriend, too!" She was hit on the shoulder. "Ouch, Momsy!"

"What boyfriend are you talking about?" Reina asked with a fierce glare. "How come I don't know that you have a boyfriend? You've learned to keep such important things a secret to your own parents, ha."

Clover put on an aggrieved expression. "I don't have a boyfriend, Momsy! I'm just talking like this for when I have a boyfriend!"

Linda only glanced at her mother and sister before focusing on the newly engaged couple. "Congratulations, Jinjing and Zihao! I'm so happy for both of you."

The grinning Long Jinjing climbed down from her tight koalhug of Lu Zihao. "Thank you, everyone."

"Hm." Lu Zihao could only respond like this. It seemed that he was still speechless by what happened.

Even when the congratulations rained down on them, his eyes were only on Long Jinjing. His girlfriend was now his fiancée.

The woman was glowing and looked the happiest that he had ever seen her as she thanked the Chua family and the staff congratulating them. He didn't realize that his expression had softened.

Ignoring the others, he grabbed and lifted her up before kissing her in front of everyone. The cheers became louder. He wanted to carry her back to their bedroom but managed to maintain a sliver of self-control. With great reluctance, he put her back down to stand on her own feet. His eyes flashed with satisfaction when she failed to stand properly because his kiss made her weak in the knees.

"You still want to go to work?" he asked.

Her dazed eyes cleared. "Oh, right! I'm going to be late! Oh no. Let's hurry up!"

She waved goodbye to everyone and ran with Lu Zihao. Her heels made it hard for her to run fast so he scooped her up and carried her like a princess before running. She yelped and hugged his neck tightly. The man ran so fast with almost zero effort as if her weight was nothing to him.

At last, they came out of the mansion. An empty car was already waiting for them. He stuffed her in the passenger seat before going to the other side and driving away.

The sudden proposal delayed them a lot. Long Jinjing was now surely going to be late but she didn't look worried at all. In fact, she was still grinning while staring at her fiancé's side profile while he was driving.

He glanced at her and felt helpless. "You...."

This kind of feeling was something that made him feel uncomfortable, but at the same time, there was something sweet and warm spreading inside his chest throughout the rest of his body.

He never could have imagined that his Miss Prim and Proper Long Jinjing would be so brazen as to drop on one knee in front of him and propose. It took him completely by surprise. He never saw it coming at all. Even now, he still couldn't believe that it really happened.

"Couldn't you wait a little longer? I'm the one who's supposed to propose to you!"

"You're going to p-propose to me? Really?" She looked extremely surprised. There was even a tinge of disbelief in her expression.

He sighed and realized how unreliable he must be in her eyes when it came to all this romantic shit. It seemed that she wasn't expecting him to make a proper proposal to her at all, hence she took the matter in her own hands and proposed to him instead.

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When Lu Zihao didn't reply, Long Jinjing let it go and didn't dwell on it. She was too happy right now to overthink his silence. Any negativity had no room in her current mood.

For her, regardless of who proposed between the two of them, the most important thing was that they were now an officially engaged couple. Next was marriage and the man would finally become her husband. The status of their child would also be secured. She no longer had to worry about her baby experiencing the same discrimination that she faced as an illegitimate child.

Even if Lu Zihao didn't love her yet, she would just continue wooing him and make him fall in love with her. At least, from how he had been acting lately, he was trying to treat her better and to open up more to her. His effort was there. She only hoped that he would continue to try to reciprocate her feelings even after they married.

Most importantly, she prayed that he would continue being faithful to their relationship regardless of whether he loved her or not. So far, he looked like he wouldn't cheat on her. Hopefully, this would continue throughout their marriage.

While Long Jinjing was basking in her happiness, Lu Zihao was dealing with mixed emotions. It wasn't because he was unhappy about being engaged. In fact, he already expected this outcome after learning that Long Jinjing had gotten pregnant with his child. It was just that this wasn't how he had imagined the two of them getting engaged.

After his careless move of trying to get her to register their marriage at the Civil Affairs Bureau without informing her beforehand, he had been learning how to make it right from listening to the advice of the original Lu Zihao's remnant and his brother-in-law, Jin Liwei. He wasn't a romantic person. Therefore, it was a huge challenge for him to learn how to romance his own woman.

He didn't have the sensitivity to perceive the difference between a woman's true feelings and what she was showing on the outside. Like his sister, he preferred straightforwardness when dealing with people. He didn't like wasting his time guessing a person's true thoughts and feelings except when he was required to predict a target or an enemy's next moves during a mission.

Unfortunately for him, Long Jinjing wasn't his target or enemy. She was his woman. Things weren't black and white with her. There were many developments in their relationship that he was still figuring out like his confusing feelings for her.

A part of him wanted to keep her at a distance to protect her from the true gravity of the danger surrounding his road to revenge. But there was also a part of him that wanted to keep her close to him.

She was like an addiction that he couldn't kick off no matter how much he tried. Since he was unable to stay away from her, then it was better to keep her by his side no matter how dangerous it was for her.

Just like what the little devil Bacon told him before, he should grow stronger in order to protect his woman better especially now that they were expecting a child together. This was the road he had chosen to take, so he would see to it until the end. There was no going back now.

While driving, he left one hand on the steering wheel while his other hand reached for Long Jinjing and clasped their hands together. Then he lifted her hand and kissed it. He heard her gasp, so he glanced at her from the corner of his eyes and saw her blushing.

They didn't chat that much during the drive but the silence was rather comfortable. Both of them were preoccupied with their own thoughts. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

Finally, they reached Orchidia Beauty. Lu Zihao unbuckled Long Jinjing's seatbelt and was about to kiss her when she grabbed his head with both hands and made the two of them stare into each other's eyes. He raised an eyebrow.

"I love you so much, Nikolai."

"I..." He didn't know how to respond.

She didn't mind it. The bitter pain she used to feel whenever he didn't say that he loved her too didn't come today. She was too happy to feel it. She leaned forward and initiated a hot kiss. He responded immediately and tried to take control but she didn't let him.

The success of her proposal left her feeling high and courageous. She fought for control and felt triumphant when he finally yielded to her. Then she slowed down the pace and the intensity, turning the hot kiss into something sweet and lingering instead.

When it was over and their lips separated, she caressed his face, tracing his long, jagged scar and smiled softly.

"I'm so happy," she whispered. "Thank you for accepting my proposal."

His gaze deepened but he still didn't say anything.

"Why don't we go to the jewelry store after you pick me up after work? I'll buy you an engagement ring. You can choose the design you want."

Lu Zihao scowled. "No need."

She pouted.

He sighed and gave her a quick peck. "Go inside now. You're late."

"Okay."

He waited until she entered the building before driving away. A black cat appeared on his dashboard monitor. He ignored the little devil but the constant staring bothered him.

"What?"

Bacon swished his tail. "Why didn't Uncle Zihao tell Aunt Jinjing that you're waiting for the diamond ring you commissioned to be finished before you properly propose to her?"

"Because it's a secret."

"Oh."

"I'm not giving you hush money."

"It's fine. Bacon already received quite a number of red packets. I feel satisfied. For now."

Lu Zihao snorted but was inwardly relieved that the little money-grubbing devil wasn't trying to extort money from him like usual. It seemed that his brother-in-law was succeeding in educating the rascal.

"Aunt Jinjing's proposal has already spread among the people at home. Mother, Father and Great-grandfather Lu don't know about it yet because they're still in the meeting. But the ones who witnessed it and heard about it all say that Aunt Jinjing has more guts than Uncle Zihao. Bacon thinks so, too."

"Dammit."

The black cat AI tilted his head to the side. "Will Uncle Zihao still propose to Aunt Jinjing even when you're already engaged?"

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"Of course, I'm going to properly propose to your Aunt Jinjing," Lu Zihao said without any hesitation. "I already put this much effort in the preparations and even lowered my pride to ask your damn father for some advice. Since I already made up my mind, I'm going to do it."

"That is good," Bacon commented in a deceptively bored tone, even though his glowing golden eyes and swishing tail indicated his strong interest in the topic. "Uncle Zihao has to treat Aunt Jinjing well because she doesn't deserve to continue feeling sad and hurt by a scumbag like you all throughout her life especially now that she's pregnant with Bacon's little human cousin."

Lu Zihao's expression turned black. The little devil had a poisonous tongue as usual, calling him a scumbag without any filter. He didn't bother retorting or scolding the rascal, though. It wasn't worth it.

His AI nephew inherited Evelinka's blunt eloquence multiplied by ten, no, a hundred. His sister wasn't as vicious as Bacon, the little poison-tongued devil.

Then Bacon added, "And please don't call Bacon's father my 'damn father'. It hurts my feelings. Father might be uncool sometimes but he's still a great man who deserves to stand tall and proud beside an extraordinary genius like Mother. If Mother hears that her own big brother is calling her husband like this, she'll surely be sad."

This speech pattern was already familiar to Lu Zihao. He predicted what Bacon would say next. And he was right.

"At this rate, Uncle Zihao will need to pay Bacon some compensation for emotional distress even though I already have a lot of red packets."

Lu Zihao sneered. The money-grubbing kid had already become an expert in blackmail and extortion. He inwardly criticized his own AI nephew, not realizing that Bacon had become adept in blackmail and extortion by following his example and that of his subordinates from Shadow Winds. In his mind, it was all the fault of his brother-in-law, Jin Liwei, for failing to educate his own kid.

"Uncle Zihao, please don't ignore Bacon. It's hurting my feelings even more. If Uncle Zihao continues to ignore me, I will visit Aunt Jinjing and tell her—"

"Don't you dare disturb your aunt!" Lu Zihao was quick to stop the little devil. "Didn't you see that she's very happy right now? And you're going to tell on me and make her unhappy?"

The black cat AI's fluffy tail paused swishing. "Bacon understands. For the sake of Aunt Jinjing, I will not pursue this compensation even though my feelings have really been hurt. In addition, Bacon will also give Uncle Zihao a family discount when you have to pay compensation for emotional distress next time. This is a good deal because Bacon never offers discount to anyone, family or not. Uncle Zihao needs to save more money for your wedding and for raising your own family. Bacon doesn't want to be the reason why you run out of money and can't raise my little human cousin."

"Thanks fucking very much," Lu Zihao said in a dry tone.

Bacon's tail began swishing again. "You're very welcome, Uncle Zihao. Mother and Father taught Bacon to be generous to those who deserve it. Since Uncle Zihao looks like you're finally going to redeem yourself and start taking proper responsibility for Aunt Jinjing, Bacon thinks that you barely deserve my generosity. Please don't be a scumbag anymore. It is a bad example to Bacon's little human cousin."

Lu Zihao glared at the little devil but Bacon only blinked his golden eyes, widening it in an effort to look cute. The man scoffed, no longer paying attention to the black cat AI on the dashboard monitor. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

Despite this, he still couldn't help but reflect on himself after what his AI nephew said. Indeed, he was going to be a married man and a father soon. His criminal background wasn't a suitable environment to raise a family, especially since he had no intention of dragging a wife and child into the underworld.

It was already enough that Long Jinjing knew about Shadow Winds. He didn't plan on hiding it from their own child either. However, letting them become involved was a different matter.

He could go to hell on his own, no problem. But there was no fucking way that he would allow his wife and child to follow him.

For the first time ever, he started doubting his decision to pursue revenge. Not even his sister was able to change his mind. Now, however, he began to worry when it was his own wife and their child that were involved.

After their marriage, Long Jinjing and their child would become his immediate family. If he and Shadow Winds failed in any way, the first people who would be in utmost danger would be Long Jinjing and their child. This was unacceptable!

The car stopped on a red light. There was a fork in the road leading to the highway. He could take either way and still arrive at his destination. One was longer, the other a shortcut.

In his mind, however, the fork represented his choices.

One road led to revenge—his ultimate goal after dying as Nikolai Vetrov and being reborn as Lu Zihao.

The other road led to a new, peaceful life—a possibility dangling in front of him with his inevitable marriage to Long Jinjing and fatherhood after the birth of their child.

His eyes darkened while his hands tightened on the steering wheel. Which road would he take?

The traffic lights turned from red to green. The car moved and he chose a road.

This was his resolve and yet his heart felt heavy. The urban view along the highway disappeared as his mind painted his surroundings into a dark tunnel filled with flowing blood, rotting corpses, endless brutality, and the stench of death.

He shook his head and the hellish scene dissipated. The concrete highway reappeared in front of him. He focused on the road ahead.

Yes, that was what he needed to do—to focus on his chosen road.

'I'm sorry, Jinjing.'

After making his choice, he would do his best to secure Long Jinjing and their child a happy and safe life.

Even when he was gone one day.

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Orchidia Beauty.

Work was still extremely busy. Long Jinjing needed to start calculating everyone's year-end bonuses. Although the company was very young, Iris decreed that everyone was entitled to the bonus regardless of whether they had been hired since the start or for only a few days. Of course, those who had been working at the company longer would have bigger bonuses than those who had only been hired recently. The bonus would also increase depending on the position.

As executives, Long Jinjing and Chen Fei were entitled to the highest bonuses. Chen Fei already demanded hers long ago with no reservations.

"I work my ass off for this company so I deserve a high bonus," her best friend had told her and Iris.

As for Long Jinjing, although she wasn't as vocal as Chen Fei, she was also looking forward to her year-end bonus. She had to save lots of money for her wedding ceremony with Lu Zihao, childcare expenses, and of course, their child's college tuition.

Lu Zihao was an heir and didn't lack money but she didn't want to be a kept woman who depended on her husband's income to raise their family. She also wanted to contribute to their expenses.

Besides, she wasn't sure if the money Lu Zihao planned on spending on their family was earned through legal or illegal means. Now that this thought entered her mind, she realized that she cared about the source of his money. She didn't want to use any money that was acquired from criminal activities.

She paused working on her desk as she mulled over this issue. This was important. She was glad that she thought about it before marrying the man. If she only became bothered about this matter after their marriage, then it might cause a big argument between the two of them. It wouldn't be good, especially since she was on a mission to make him fall in love with her.

"What should I do?" she murmured.

Then she remembered something. She didn't know about the specific details but Iris mentioned before that she and Jin Liwei signed a comprehensive prenuptial agreement. It stuck to her mind because she heard that it was Lu Zihao who insisted on the couple signing an extrstrict prenuptial agreement.

As someone who was very prudent when it came to money, Long Jinjing already thought that it should be a given for her to sign a prenuptial agreement with her groom. However, at the back of her mind, she still worried that her insistence for a prenuptial agreement would put a dent on her relationship with her fiancé.

What if her fiancé thought that she was being too stuck-up, or worse, looked down on him? What if her fiancé thought that she didn't trust his loyalty to her?

These were the kinds of concern that she had back then. The kind of man that she imagined herself marrying before was someone simple and normal. Although she was an illegitimate child, she was still the daughter of Long Tengfei. Therefore, she was expected to inherit a fortune in the future. She always thought that she would be the richer one in a marriage. This was why she already made up her mind to protect her finances in case of a divorce.

Now, however, it appeared that she was wrong. Her husband-to-be was wealthier than her. Even without relying on his own current sources of income, legal or otherwise, Lu Zihao was a true heir on a similar level as Jin Liwei. Her paltry inheritance couldn't possibly compare to the fortune that he was set to inherit in the future. Regardless of whether Lu Zihao would inherit Grandpa Lu's shares in Jin Corporation or not, her groom would still be many times wealthier than her.

She sighed and leaned back on her chair while staring at the numbers on her computer screen but not really seeing them. Her earlier joy from her successful proposal had now waned and was replaced by several worries regarding her marriage with Lu Zihao.

With Lu Zihao, she wasn't worried about offending him for bringing up a prenuptial agreement. On the contrary, she expected that he would bring it up himself if she didn't since he was the one to insist on it for Iris and Jin Liwei's marriage.

"The issue about the source of his money when contributing to our family expenses should be added to the prenuptial agreement. I won't accept it if it didn't come through legal means."

She bit her lower lip and became anxious. She felt a little afraid of broaching this subject with Lu Zihao. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]

"No, I have to tell him. There has to be some ground rules during our marriage. I just can't accept everything because I love him. If something makes me uncomfortable, I have to tell him before I start resenting him."

She loved the man and was willing to turn a blind eye on his secret criminal activities but that didn't mean that she approved of what he was doing. She didn't even think about stopping him because it was obvious from his eyes that he was hell-bent in keeping Shadow Winds and whatever goal he had for creating the criminal group in the first place.

It went against her moral values but she wouldn't rob him of his passion—if what he was doing could really be called a passion.

However, she couldn't promise that her thoughts wouldn't change in the future. She might decide that enough was enough and force Lu Zihao to stop. How would he react?

"Don't think too far ahead, Jinjing. Solve your problems one at a time."

Taking a few deep breaths, she cleared her mind and focused on her happiness from being engaged with the man she loved and being pregnant with his child. Then she forced herself to concentrate on her work.

There was a brief knock on the door. It opened before she could react. Chen Fei walked inside and treated Long Jinjing's office like her own.

Her best friend sighed and plopped down on the sofa. "What a busy day! Have you finished calculating my bonus yet? Come on, Jing. Tell me how much I'm going to get to cheer me up."

"Sorry, COO Chen. That's confidential information." Long Jinjing smiled before turning off her computer monitor. "Just wait for the deposit to arrive in your bank account."