Chapter 1311: Scandalous
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The wedding banquet ended early because everyone was conscious of Long Jinjing's advanced pregnancy and the banquet's hosts Iris and Jin Liwei's need to take care of their baby twins.
While most of the guests were leaving one after another (especially those who still had work tomorrow), Grandpa Lu invited his in-laws for a drink and a chat.
Long Tengfei didn't dare to decline. Which businessman would reject an invitation from a business legend like Sir Lu Jianhong?
His wife, Yang Jiahui, didn't want to make Sun Jingfei feel uncomfortable, so she didn't join them and chatted with Huang Yuyan instead.
Sun Jingfei was relieved. Although she knew that Yang Jiahui was a nice person, she still felt awkward facing any of Long Tengfei's other women, both past and present. To be honest, she also felt uncomfortable facing Long Tengfei, but for the sake of their daughter, she was willing to act cordial.
In another part of the mansion, Lu Zihao was carrying his tired, pregnant wife. Yes, Long Jinjing was his wife now. Thank fuck for that!
Finally, they arrived in their bedroom.
He couldn't wait to spend their wedding night. He had been holding it in since last night. Good thing that nobody unnecessarily prolonged the banquet.
"You okay?" he asked while gently putting Long Jinjing on their bed.
She nodded, a shy smile on her lips.
He lowered his head and attempted to kiss her but she blocked his mouth with a hand.
"W-wait! I want to shower first...okay?"
He sighed but still agreed. "Fine. Come. Let's shower together."
"No!"
"What do you mean no?" he asked, frowning.
"I want to shower by myself. You go shower by yourself, too."
"Why? That's such a waste of time and water. It's better for us to shower together. Come on. I'll help you."
"N-no...please, Nikolai. Husband."
Lu Zihao inhaled sharply. His eyes darkened. "Say that again."
"H-husband."
"Hm." His gaze on her became dangerous.
Something stirred inside him besides the obvious lust that he was feeling.
Husband.
Such a simple word and yet it could make him feel so many emotions that he had never felt before. The turbulent feelings took him aback. He found himself unable to cope with them properly.
"Go." He stood up and fished out the Smoking Devil from his pocket. "Don't take too long in the bathroom. Don't slip."
"Okay."
"Call out to Bacon if you need help. I'll shower in another room."
Long Jinjing watched as her husband left their bedroom. She sensed the sudden shift in his mood just now but didn't know exactly what the shift was or what caused it.
Sighing, she dragged herself to the bathroom. Waiting for her was a care package prepared by her friends, mainly from her younger sister, Iris.
When she unwrapped it and checked the contents, she quickly turned red all over.
It was filled with scandalous items such as almost see-through lingerie and a few sexual props. There wasn't anything too vulgar like, say, phallic-shaped sex toys. But for Miss Prim and Proper Long Jinjing, seeing fluffy feathers, fur-lined handcuffs, velvet ropes, and bottles of moisturizing lubrication were enough to embarrass her to no end.
She tossed away the risqué items as if they scalded her.
"Xiulan, what were you thinking?" she muttered under her breath.
Then she turned a deeper shade of red after realizing the possibility of her sister and brother-in-law personally using this kind of scandalous items. She quickly shook the thoughts away.
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"Let's take a shower first. Then we'll deal with these...these things. Ah, so embarrassing!"
Unbeknownst to her, Iris only contributed the large selection of lingerie.
As for the sexual props, the mischievous Dom thought about it first. His idea revived the half-dead Meimei and also sparked Chen Fei's evil mind. The three worked together in compiling the items.
To their surprise, the usually quiet Jiang Ying Yue also contributed something to their scandalous pile. She was the one who gave the set of lube bottles!
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Lu Zihao finished showering in the nearest empty guestroom. He didn't bother changing into another set of clothes and just walked out while only wearing a bathrobe.
The freezing cold shower was effective in clearing his mind from any unnecessary thoughts...and confusing emotions.
He had an inkling of what emotions he felt for his wife but a big, dark part of himself resisted in acknowledging them.
Finally, he returned to the bedroom he shared with Long Jinjingâthe woman who was now his wife and carrying his children. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]
He found the figure of Long Jinjing on the bed. She was wearing a maternity nightdress. The hem of the skirt bunched up her thighs, exposing her smooth, fleshy legs.
His mouth watered and he swallowed hard. He ran his rough fingers on the soft skin of her exposed thighs. They were several times thicker than before she got pregnant.
Earlier this morning, his sister pulled him aside and revealed Long Jinjing's inferiority complex about her pregnancy weight gain. He personally thought that it was ridiculous.
Did he ever give Long Jinjing any indication that he despised her weight gain? Why couldn't he remember?
He even asked the little devil. According to Bacon, there had been no instances when Lu Zihao could have inadvertently showed Long Jinjing that he disliked her chubbier body.
In fact, he continued to fuck the woman regularly even when her belly had grown so big. During times that penetration was not possible due to her discomfort, he still pleasured her and made her climax several times using his mouth and hands.
He already did all these things to show her that he still desired her regardless of the changes in her body shape. Yet how come she ended up almost falling into depression due to low self-esteem?
"Silly woman! Watch how I'll teach you a lesson tonight for doubting my desire for you."
He leaned down and kissed her on the mouth. She didn't stir at all.
Long Jinjing was fast asleep.
An annoyingly familiar voice laughed at him inside his mind. 'It seems that someone is going to sleep with painful blue balls tonight!'
'Shut the fuck up, Lu Zihao,' he scolded the damned remnant.
'Kekeke!'
Chapter 1312: Closer Than Lovers
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Lu Zihao originally wanted to tease his wife until she awakened from pleasure but the remnant just had to kill the mood. He cursed the annoying voice and wished that he could drag it out of his head.
'Like hell you can drag me out of my own body.' The remnant snorted at his thoughts.
His already dark expression became even more frightening. Fortunately, Long Jinjing was fast asleep and couldn't see him or she might give birth prematurely from fright.
'Go away!'
'Nuh-uh~ It has been a long time since I surfaced. I'll grow moldy if I stay silent for too long. I didn't pop up on purpose all this time so you can focus on your pregnant wifey. What if you get a headache again from chatting with me, your closest bro in the world, and cause Pretty Jinjing to worry about you? I'm not a heartless, cold-blooded bastard like you, Nikolai. I, Lu Zihao, am so kind an understanding! And cool and handsome, of course~ Kekekeke.'
Lu Zihao walked away from the bed. His fingers were already rubbing the Smoking Devil as he argued with the annoying remnant inside his head.
'Who are you calling my closest bro? You're delusional.'
The remnant had no form, but for some reason, he could imagine it rolling its eyes at him.
'Of course, I'm your closest bro! Have you forgotten that we're now sharing one body which is MY body? Even lovers can't get any closer than this!'
Lu Zihao grimaced. Which straight man in their right mind would compare his current situation to lovers? Apparently, not the original Lu Zihao's remnant.
What a nutcase!
'Dude, I'm straight just like you but I don't discriminate. The Lus pride ourselves for being open-minded! Just look at my grandpa! For the longest time, he believed that Third Brother Liwei is gay and Grandpa was cool with that. He didn't care if Third Brother brings home a boyfriend as long as he brings home someone he loves!'
His mouth twitched at the remnant's words. Indeed, what the remnant said was the truth.
He was about to laugh at Jin Liwei's past but immediately stopped when he remembered that the man brought home Evelinka!
His mood nosedived yet again. His beloved sister that he protected so preciously in their past life had been tricked by Jin Liwei, that cunning, shameless pervert wearing a celibate monk's clothing!
'Hahahaha! What a description! But it's so apt. Third Brother had been more or less a celibate monk before he met Third Sister-in-law. Their love story is actually so romantic!'
Lu Zihao, no, Nikolai sighed. Based on past experiences, the remnant would continue annoying him for a while. He was pissed off and unwilling to have his mind invaded but there was nothing that he could do. He could only resign himself and endure until the nutcase tired itself out.
He glanced at his sleeping wife and released another sigh. This time, a sigh of regret.
The remnant already killed off his mood to consummate his wedding night with his wife but his shaft remained in a semi-erect state. He headed to the bathroom to take care of it despite the fact that the remnant was still having fun chattering inside his mind.
Nikolai didn't give a damn anymore. Screw the remnant if he still wanted to continue chattering while he masturbated.
He closed the bathroom door and was about to take off his bathrobe when a large basket on the counter caught his attention. He checked it out and saw a card from his sister and her friends addressed to Long Jinjing.
At first, he thought that it was just a customary wedding present. He didn't think too much about it and had no intention of taking out the contents one by one. He was about to turn around and head to the shower when something caught his eye.
"Hm?"
He pulled something out of the basket and stared, dumbfounded.
Pink, fur-lined handcuffs.
Silk blindfolds.
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Soft, fluffy feathers.
Red velvet ribbon-style ropes.
A large variety of lingerie. Most were see-through and some even had open crotches.
And...a box set of lube with different flavours and effects.
His mind seemed to glitch and stopped working for a few seconds.
'Hah? What the hell are these? Hahahaha! Wow. Third Sister-in-law Evelinka and her friends are so bold! No, actually, they're very thoughtful! Look at how much they care about you and your wifey's sex life! Hahahaha! What a riot! Ah, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard! Oh, wait. I don't have a stomach right now 'cuz you have it!'
"Fuck off, Lu Zihao. I said shut the hell up!"
His roar echoed inside the bathroom. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]
The nutcase ignored him as usual and continued making fun of him inside his head.
He was so angry at the remnant his visible veins started throbbing. The one in his forehead in particular looked about ready to pop from anger at any given moment.
However, when he looked at the lewd items in front of him, his semi-erect shaft turned rock hard in an instant.
His physiological reaction only made the remnant laugh harder at him.
'Bro, go ahead and take care of your little brother. Oh wait! That's actually MY little brother, so you have to take extra care of it. Don't worry. I'm not a perverted peeping tom. I won't watch you touching my dick. Eh? That's actually gross. Eeew! Alright, I'm out!'
Nikolai's nostrils flared in anger and exasperation at the remnant. His erection softened a little at the nutcase's disgusting words.
Even so, seeing the pile of sexual items intended for him and his wife continued to stimulate him. These were actually a lot tamer than what he used in his past life with his various bed partners, but the idea of using these with Long Jinjing turned him on so badly.
He disrobed and stepped in the shower. The warm water rained down on him as his hands started stroking his rock-hard shaft.
"Jinjing," he groaned.
His gaze landed at the see-through lingerie on the counter. He imagined his wife wearing each and every one of them.
She would open her legs and the crotch-less panties would expose everything.. He would dive straight inside her and pump his hips until she was shouting his name, Nikolai, over and over again.
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Lu Zihao's mind went into overdrive as he imagined using all the other items in the scandalous care package with his wife. His hands moved faster and harder on his own rock-hard shaft. Even his hips started thrusting in time with his own hand movements.
Then he felt a dull ache on his temples. He knew that it was the effect of interacting with the remnant.
Time was of the essence. He wanted to finish first before dealing with the full brunt of the headache.
His harsh breathing plus the lewd sloshing and slapping sounds of his actions filled the entire bathroom. The water raining down on him somewhat muffled the sounds but not entirely. If someone was listening on him, nobody would mistake what he was doing.
Too bad that the target of his desire was fast asleep on their bed.
He pleasured himself faster. Harder.
His whole body tensed and trembled. Then he shot off his thick release and watched until the water flushed it down the drain.
His body hummed with satisfaction yet he still felt unsatisfied. Using his hands wasn't the same as doing it with a woman, or more specifically, with the woman who was now his wife.
He was craving for more.
Sighing, he quickly finished washing up and drying himself. All the while, his eyes repeatedly glanced at the lewd items on the counter. He grabbed a few of them before returning to the bedroom naked.
The clueless Long Jinjing continued sleeping on her side. Her huge belly made her breathing a bit faster and shallower than normal.
By this time, the dull headache had turned into a sharp and intense pain. Even so, his expression showed nothing as he climbed on the bed, carefully undressed his wife, and arranged her in a spooning position beside him.
The headache was annoying but it was nothing to him. The old man's smacks on the back were much more powerful than this.
At least, the remnant was no longer trying to take control of his body ever since the two of them came into some sort of agreement to tolerate each other's existence. He didn't have to endure the soul-deep pain caused by the backlash of fighting for control.
He couldn't see Long Jinjing's face in this spooning position but her familiar scent was enough to temporarily calm any of his restlessness and dark thoughts. His hand found her swollen belly and started caressing it.
A light flick hit his palm.
"Brats," he muttered, smiling.
Once he closed his eyes, he quickly fell asleep, not realizing that the smile had remained on his lips.
Long Jinjing moaned as she slowly awakened. She opened her eyes but found that something soft was covering them. She tried taking it off but found that her hands were tied up. It was loose and she could escape if she wriggled her hands a little. However, she forgot all about it as she trembled from pleasure.
"Awake?" a familiar deep male voice whispered directly in her ear.
The man's hot breath tickled her and made her wetter. He chuckled and licked her ear before sucking the skin of her neck.
She was laying in an angle between her side and back. It was not the most comfortable position but the pleasure between her thighs was making her forget about anything else.
"Nikolai," she gasped and moaned at the same time.
"Hm, it's me. Who else is there?" His mouth moved to her large breasts and sucked on a taut nipple. Then he stopped.
She whined in protest.
He chuckled. One hand continued teasing her soaking wetness between her thighs while another took something else.
Long Jinjing's breath caught when she felt something soft and fluffy tickling her breasts. "Ni-nikolai!"
"You like it?"
Her reply was a deep moan. She wanted to wriggle her chest and hips but her huge belly was too heavy. Her body could only shift in some sort of a weird side to side movement.
The different stimulations kept on coming.
His fingers on her between her thighs.
His tongue licking on one nipple while the soft thing tickled the other one.
For the pregnant Long Jinjing who was now more sensitive than before, it didn't take long for her to climax.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Lu Zihao caught her scream and swallowed it in a hard, demanding kiss. Finally, he took off her blindfold.
Long Jinjing opened her eyes. The bedroom was dark but there were thin strands of sunlight seeping through the corners of the black-out curtains. That wasn't her focus, though.
Her husband loomed over her. His fingers continued rubbing inside her as she finished off her orgasm. When she was completely done, he took out his fingers and showed how soaked they were to her.
She felt embarrassed but also turned on even though she just finished climaxing. Her eyes widened and a small gasp escaped from her moist lips as she watched him suck the juices from his own fingers.
"Mmmmn. You always taste fucking delicious, Jinjing."
She shivered in delight. He untied the velvet ropes from her wrists. Now she realized that her husband used the embarrassing items that her friends put in the scandalous care package that they gave her yesterday.
Lu Zihao smirked upon seeing her mortified expression. "I think that your friends gave us very nice presents. My sister sent you a lot of lingerie. I can't wait for you to try them all for me before I rip them off your body. Then I'll just buy you new ones."
She covered her red face with her hands but he pulled them away.
"Let's try something else," he said.
"No!"
Long Jinjing tried taking the boxed set from him but he raised them out of her reach.
"Oh, this looks nice."
He removed one of the bottles from the set before opening the cap. Transparent liquid poured on his hand. Then he rubbed a little on Long Jinjing's breasts, focusing on her hard nipples.
She moaned. Then she gasped when her breasts started to feel warm and tingly.
"W-what is this?"
"Does it feel good?" Lu Zihao asked while pouring more lube on his hand and then rubbing the wet slit between her thighs again.
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The same sensationâwarm and tinglyâbegan to stimulate Long Jinjing between the thighs. She closed her eyes and groaned.
Lu Zihao watched her as he thrust his fingers in and out of her wetness. The lewd sounds of his movements filled their ears, turning both of them on even more.
When her breathing became erratic, her moans sexier, and her complexion more flushed, he knew that she was close to reaching yet another peak. His fingers sped up.
She screamed and shook all over.
Watching her writhe was a pleasure unto itself.
While she continued trembling from the orgasm's aftershocks, Lu Zihao coated his erection with a combination of his wife's natural juices and the lube he used on her just now. His shaft glistened from the wetness. It grew bigger and stiffer when he also began feeling the special effects of the lubeâwarm and tingly.
Then he climbed off the bed.
Long Jinjing immediately opened her eyes. "Where are you going?"
He raised an eyebrow. "Why? Can't bear to let me go?"
Her flushed face turned a deeper shade of red but she still nodded.
He smirked before standing by the bedside right where her head laid. He took his rock-hard shaft and began stroking it.
Long Jinjing realized why he climbed off the bed. She shifted to lay on her side and pulled him closer without any prompting from him. Then she took over in stroking him with her hand before taking him inside her mouth.
This position gave her less strain than if she sat on the bed or laid on her back.
Lu Zihao groaned. His eyes narrowed in pleasure as he watched his woman, his wife, pleasuring him.
The two of them had now reached a point where he no longer needed to direct her on what to do in bed. They knew each other's erogenous zones and what kind of stimulation they liked best.
Lu Zihao restrained himself from his tendency to go hard and rough. He had been restraining himself ever since Long Jinjing's belly started growing bigger.
At first, he thought that it would cause him dissatisfaction in their sex life.
He was wrong.
To his surprise, taking it slow and simply enjoying the process had grown on him. He found himself liking this kind of relaxed intimacy which was a far cry to his usual preference for intensity.
"Fuck, Jinjing. You really know how to use your mouth on me."
She moaned while her entire mouth was filled with him. She sucked him harder and bobbed her head faster.
Lu Zihao bent forward and used his hands to pleasure her breasts and the hidden paradise below her waist. This caused her to work harder in pleasuring him with her mouth.
Once again, Long Jinjing reached the peak quickly. She whimpered and paused sucking to experience the most intense impact of her orgasm. While still trembling, she resumed giving him pleasure with her mouth. Her movements had become very clumsy, making Lu Zihao smile.
"Take your time," he murmured while stroking her face and hair.
She didn't seem to hear him. Her entire focus was on making him come.
His body began to tighten.
Long Jinjing took this as a cue and then did something unexpected. She reached behind him with her arm, found his butt cheek, gave it a quick squeeze, and then smacked it.
Pak!
The dumbfounded Lu Zihao came inside her mouth before he could control himself.
Did this woman just smack him?
Smacked. His. Fucking. Butt?
She swallowed everything before releasing his still-hard shaft from her mouth. Then she collapsed on the bed and gasped for breath.
Lu Zihao stared at her, still processing what the woman just did.
When he recovered, his eyes darkened dangerously but there was an evil smile on his lips.
"W-what?" Long Jinjing saw his expression and became nervous.
He sat on the bed beside her. "I can't wait for the brats to come out of you. Then we can go hard and rough again in bed. And...try new things."
She bit her lower lip and batted her eyelashes. "Okay."
"Heh~ It seems that you like your friends' presents. I like them, too."
"Uhm...."
"Did you like it when you smacked me?"
"No! Uh, m-maybe...a little."
He lowered his head until their faces were only inches apart. "You'll pay for that."
Her breathing started becoming erratic once again.
"But we'll delay it until after you give birth," he added. "Just know that I'll be collecting interest when the time comes."
Long Jinjing pouted but she couldn't hide the anticipation shining in her eyes. Lu Zihao chuckled when he saw it.
By the weekend, Jin Liwei's special online raffle give-away had already become so huge that even the major news stations were reporting it. They even made a countdown for its draw and encouraged more people to join.
There was no need to go through the individual entries like what happened in CEO Jin's Special 3-Nation Bonanza last year as a dedication to his beloved wife Iris Long, so an automated random draw was enough to choose the winners.
Jin Chonglin and several other bigshots had added to the prize pool so there were many winners chosen.
When the winners were finally announced, they all acted as if they won the lotto. And in a way, they did.
The prizes were nothing to joke about. They weren't inferior to the previous 3-nation bonanza at all.
In addition, everyone was free to join this time, not just the Black Stars. Jin Liwei and Iris Long's followers increased many times as a result.
"Thank you so much, CEO Jin! I'm so happy that I won. Congratulations on the birth of your twin sons!"
"Iris Long, please continue making CEO Jin happy so that he'll often shower us, plebeians, with this kind of welcome blessings!"
"Boss Iris, CEO Jin, please post more photos of Little Mochi and Little Matcha!"
The major news publications gave a special feature on the give-away winners.
In the nursery room at Dragon Palace Home #10, Dom was reading all the comments aloud while Iris rocked her second twin son, Little Matcha.
The eldest twin, Little Mochi, was lying in the crib with his eldest feline sister. Ice Cream was teasing Little Mochi with her fluffy tail.
"You can post more photos of the twins but make sure not to show their faces," Iris told Dom.
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"Don't worry, boss!" Dom assured Iris. "I'll make sure to showcase our cutie-patootie twin babies' cuteness overload to the whole wide world without revealing their actual faces!"
Iris watched as her best friend immediately started taking photos of Little Mochi and Ice Cream before moving on to her and Little Matcha. She pretended not to notice so that he could take a "candid" shot.
After choosing the best photos and editing them so that the twins' faces were covered by cartoon kitty stickers, Dom didn't waste any time posting the two photos on Iris' official social media accounts.
One photo showed a grey, fat cat teasing the eldest twin with her fluffy tail. Little Mochi was very lively with both his little mittened hands and little socked feet waving in the air trying to catch his eldest feline sister's tail. The image was dripping with cuteness.
On the other hand, the other photo had a more artistic flair to it. Iris was cradling the second twin, Little Matcha, in her arms. She stared at her baby with a soft, maternal smile. Her expression was filled with love and gentleness. The sunlight shining through the sheer curtains in the background made her and the baby glow while the shadows in the corners balanced the tranquil tone of the photo.
As soon as these photos were posted online, they immediately garnered thousands of likes and comments in just a few seconds. People had been stalking Iris and Jin Liwei's social media accounts every single day in the hopes of seeing new updates about the twins.
Even the media was monitoring their posts. It wouldn't surprise anyone if today's post featuring the twins was to be reported in the national evening news later tonight.
The Black Stars couldn't stop gushing about the twins online.
"Little Mochi is so cute~ Ice Cream is such a responsible big sister for always guarding her baby brother. By the way, where is Popcorn? How come he doesn't stay with his twin baby brothers like Ice Cream?"
DomtheBeautyKing replied: "Ice Cream loves her new baby brothers the most! If she's able to, I'm sure that she'll even bottle-feed them and change their diapers. Hehehe. Popcorn prefers to play with his cousin. What a naughty kitty baby! But I'm sure that he'll eventually spend a lot of time with his twin baby brothers when they grow up a little and can finally play with him."
"@DomtheBeautyKing, thank you for today's post! Please give us more updates about Boss Iris and the twins. Little Mochi and Little Matcha are my latest feel-good addiction because of their cuteness."
"Wow! Boss Iris is back to her former figure! It hasn't even been that long yet since she gave birth. How can she lose weight that fast?"
"Poster above, have you seen Boss Iris during the Harmony Music Awards? The only big thing about her that time was her belly while the rest of her body basically remained the same. She was all babies! No wonder she could return to her previous figure so quickly."
"Actually, look more carefully! Her figure looks so much better now. That hourglass shape is more defined than ever! How can a mortal woman look so perfect? Kyaaaaah, Boss Iris! You're so beautiful! I love you so much!"
"Little Matcha is always so well-behaved. He lays down quietly and properly and doesn't wriggle like his elder brother, Little Mochi. But the twins are both so cute! I want to see how they look like so badly. I wonder who they resemble the most. Will it be Boss Iris or CEO Jin?"
Dom continued replying to some of the comments. Iris chuckled in amusement.
Then she kissed Little Matcha who finally fell asleep. This son of hers looked exactly like her husband. So adorable!
After carefully placing Little Matcha beside Little Mochi who thankfully had also fallen asleep, Iris stroked Ice Cream before heading to the corner of the room farthest away from the crib. She grabbed her laptop and made herself comfortable on the couch.
A white cat and a black one greeted her when she turned on her laptop.
"Hello, Mommy! Meow~"
"Greetings, Mother."
Iris smiled at her AI children. "Ready?"
"Aye aye, Mommy! Ketchup has been waiting to work again with my super-duper to the highest level awesome mommy! Meow~"
Bacon didn't reply but the rapid rotation of his tail was enough to reveal his true feelings.
"Alright. Let's start."
Iris' eyes turned serious and her fingers started flying across her keyboard. Ketchup and Bacon's eyes glowed green and gold respectively.
The ultimate hacker team was back!
Drakon together with WhiteTigress and BlackPanther.
Using a laptop was not as comfortable as using the powerful equipment in her computer room, but for now, this was would do. She knew her tendency to become too absorbed when working inside her computer room.
Spending too much time inside the computer room was not an option when she had to take care of her babies. It wasn't safe for her to bring her babies inside either. They were still too young and the radiation emitted by the equipment inside might negatively affect their growth and development. As a mother, she couldn't be careless when it came to her children.
This was why even if it was not very convenient, she decided to use a laptop instead to make her comeback as Drakon. The progress might be slower than usual but at least she would be helping in speeding up the stalled investigations.
There were a lot more pressing matters that needed her attention but she decided to focus first on something that was bothering her the most.
"We'll focus on the Smoking Devil and how it ended up in Emilio Miguel's hands. And also we need to find out René Alejandro's role in all this."
"Okie dokie, Mommy! Meow~"
"Understood, Mother."
The trio dug for more information but couldn't find anything useful. Iris was very dissatisfied. The public information about the Smoking Devil was all fake. There was no mention of the Vetrovs at all.
What they found was that Emilio Miguel allegedly acquired the Smoking Devil from an underground auctionânot quite the black market but not an exactly legal channel either.
Iris was skeptical.
This information shouldn't be 100% real.. But it was a start.
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Even if the details they found out about the Smoking Devil was not 100% accurate, Iris could still use it to find more relevant information. She followed the Smoking Devil's trail and dug for more information about the underground auction.
Voilà !
She discovered other items belonging to the Vetrovs. The anonymous sellers were quite smart and cautious. They didn't dispose of the items in a single auction but spaced them out.
Like the Smoking Devil, there was no mention that the items had any connection to the Vetrovs. New backstories were made up for each of the items. Despite this, Iris wouldn't make a mistake in identifying them as treasures belonging to the Vetrovs.
Her fingers halted when she saw something that belonged to her.
It was her grand piano.
There was no mistaking it.
It was hers!
She zoomed in on one of the photos.
E.V.
It was her initials that she personally carved on one of the back legs when she was still a little girl.
Tears flowed down her eyes without her control.
"Mommy! Mommy! Why are you crying? Are you hurt somewhere? Please don't cry! Meowuwuwu!"
"Mother, please tell Bacon who has made you cry. Bacon will destroy that evil person."
Dom was also alarmed. He immediately ran to her.
"Boss, what's wrong? Ketchup, call your daddy! Quick! No, wait. Call the doctor first! Come, boss. I'll carry you to the hospital wing!"
Iris wiped her tears and took a shaky breath. "No need. Actually, I'm fine."
"But you're crying, Mommy! It doesn't look like happy crying! Meow!"
It took some time for Iris to reassure Dom and her AI children. Fortunately, the commotion didn't wake up the twins. To be exact, Little Mochi stirred from sleep but Ice Cream quickly soothed the baby back to sleep with her purr.
Little Matcha remained in deep sleep. It was in situations like this that Iris was glad that her youngest twin son inherited her trait as a deep sleeper.
In the end, Dom and the AI kids reluctantly accepted her reassurances that she was fine. They continued to worry about her, though.
"Mommy, Daddy is calling. Sorry, Mommy. Ketchup alerted my daddy as soon as Mommy started crying because Daddy told Ketchup to always keep an eye on Mommy. Please don't get mad. Meow~"
"I'm not mad, Ketchup. Thank you. Please answer the call for me."
"Connecting the call in 3...2...meow!"
"Are you okay, love?" Jin Liwei immediately asked without even saying hello. The worry in his tone was obvious.
Iris' heartache at seeing her old grand piano auctioned off to strangers without her consent eased a lot after hearing her husband's voice.
"What happened? Talk to me, baby."
"I..." Iris didn't know how to start. "I don't want to talk about it over the phone."
Jin Liwei paused before saying, "Alright. I'll head home now."
"What about your work?"
"I'm done with the most urgent ones. Nothing is more important at work than my own wife. Wait for me, okay? I'm coming home soon."
She sniffled and smiled. "Okay, darling. I'll be waiting for you."
The call ended.
Ketchup reported that her daddy had already left the company and was now on his way home.
Iris was relieved. She missed her husband and craved for his comfort.
She continued staring at the auction photos of her grand piano on her laptop. Unlike the other items belonging to the Vetrovs including her brother's Smoking Devil, this grand piano was a source of nostalgic memories for her.
It had been her companion whenever she felt lonely and trapped. She would play music with it over and over again to soothe herself. Many compositions were born using it.
But the strongest memory she had of it was her own death.
She had been playing the grand piano when the enemies gunned her down. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the grand piano was her deathbed.
It was a tragic memory, yes. But at the same time, it was also the moment that she felt the most free in her past life.
Her death back then meant freedom, at last.
Therefore, she still gravitated towards the grand piano among the other items despite it being directly associated to her own tragic death in her past life.
The shock of seeing her own possession killed her motivation in continuing her investigations today. She needed to process her emotions first and clear her mind.
"Let's stop for today. We'll continue tomorrow."
"Okie dokie, Mommy! Take a rest. Daddy is rushing home now. Meow~"
"Understood, Mother. Please don't hesitate to tell Bacon anyone who makes you cry. Bacon will annihilate them from the world."
Iris smiled and rubbed the images of her AI children on her laptop screen. "Thank you."
Ketchup shook her fluffy white butt from joy and smiled, looking very adorable as always. Bacon looked bored like usual but his rotating tail expressed his true feelings.
By the time that Jin Liwei arrived home, Iris was breastfeeding Little Mochi. Dom left the nursery room to give her privacy. Little Matcha was still sleeping.
Jin Liwei gave her a quick kiss on the mouth and examined her from head to toe and back up again. He released a big sigh of relief upon seeing that she appeared fine.
He had been so worried when Ketchup alerted him about his wife crying all of a sudden. Ketchup explained what they had been doing. He quickly caught on the situation.
He was afraid that something similar to what happened at René Alejandro's birthday party would happen again, that his wife would cry and faint upon seeing something from her past life as a Vetrov.
After washing his hands in the ensuite bathroom, he took Little Mochi from Iris and made his son burp before rocking him to sleep again.
Iris showed him the grand piano on her laptop afterwards.
"It was mine."
She showed him the initials E.V. carved in the back leg.
Then she told him, "I was killed while playing this piano."
Jin Liwei stopped breathing for a few seconds. His nose flared as he began breathing again. He felt a combination of fury and sadness for his wife. He hugged her tightly and nuzzled her hair.
"Evelina, don't cry over the past anymore."
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"I'll try," Iris whispered while pressing herself closer to her husband.
She inhaled his scent and felt instantly comforted. His arms were sturdy and his presence stable. He was her firm anchor whenever her past life threatened to unbalance her current life.
At first, Jin Liwei thought that his wife would feel repulsed by the grand piano and the tragic memories related to it. He was surprised to find that she reacted much better this time than when she previously encountered the Smoking Devil at René Alejandro's birthday party.
Then he soon sensed her yearning for the grand piano.
"You want it?" he asked.
Iris didn't reply.
There was no need for her to say anything. He already knew the answer based on her expression alone.
"I'll get it for you," he told her.
She looked at him. There was a glimmer of excitement in her eyes which lasted for only a second before helpless resignation set in. She shook her head.
"No, darling. It's too dangerous. We already got the Smoking Devil at a charitable auction, so our acquisition of it is in the public records. Although the true origins of the Vetrov treasures have been changed for reselling, I'm sure that those who looted them back then know the truth. If someone discovers that we're trying to collect other Vetrov treasures, it's going to alarm a lot of enemies. They're bound to investigate whether we have any connection to the Vetrovs or not. We're going to end up kicking a deadly hornet's nest that way."
Jin Liwei brushed a lock of her silky, black hair away from her face. "But you still want the grand piano."
Her eyes reddened but she didn't cry this time. She sighed again.
"It's fine, darling. I'm fine. Really. It's just a piano."
They were interrupted when Little Mochi started wailing.
Iris immediately got up to find out what their eldest twin son wanted. It turned out that the fussy baby needed a diaper change. Before Iris could do it, Jin Liwei took over the task. He was already an expert in changing diapers. His expression didn't show any disgust although his nose twitched a few times.
Later, Iris took a nap in their bedroom while Huang Yuyan stayed with the twins at the nursery room. Jin Liwei changed into his home clothes, kissed his sleeping wife, and then headed to the living area of their suite.
He called a few people in his contact list.
All of them had one thing in common.
They were all living abroad and each of them owed him a favour.
"It's me, Liam. I want to acquire an item sold at an underground auction but I don't want my name to be associated with the transaction in any way. I'll pay top price plus a generous commission fee for you if you can persuade the current owner to sell the item. If you do this for me, I'll write off the favour you owe me."
After the phone calls, Jin Liwei contemplated whether to inform his brother-in-law about it or not. His priority was getting the grand piano for his wife but he wasn't sure if she or Lu Zihao, no, Nikolai wanted the other Vetrov items as well.
His wife had no deep attachments to her past life but his brother-in-law did. He knew that Nikolai desired revenge upon all enemies of the Vetrovs. Jin Liwei worried that revealing the existence of these items might trigger his brother-in-law into doing something foolish and dangerous.
In the end, he made still made a decision.
"Bacon, tell your Uncle Zihao about your mom's findings today. Remind him not to do anything stupid."
"Understood, Father. Bacon will go inform Uncle Zihao now."
Jin Liwei leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes, sighing. He wasn't sure if he did the right thing by telling his brother-in-law. However, he already learned from firsthand experience with his wife that keeping important secrets to people close to him could also be considered a form of betrayal depending on the situation.
If not for his determination to win back his wife after confessing his role in causing the death of the original Long Xiulan, he might not have the wonderful family that he had right now.
His brother-in-law had a similar situation with his wife. Nikolai now occupied the body of Lu Zihao, Jin Liwei's fifth brother.
Jin Liwei felt that his brother-in-law deserved to know about the existence of the Vetrov items. He just hoped that the remnant of his Fifth Brother Lu Zihao would be able to somehow persuade the bloodthirsty Nikolai to handle the situation with extreme caution.
"The ball is in your court now, Nikolai. You're going to become a father soon. Don't be reckless."
"Say that again!" Lu Zihao demanded with a dark expression.
The black cat swished his tail and replied in his usual bored voice. "Father is finding a way to buy Mother's grand piano that she owned when she was still Evelina Vetrova. He asks if Uncle Zihao wants the other Vetrov treasures as well."
"Show me your findings."
Bacon sent his uncle the summarized results of the investigations he did with his mother and sister earlier.
Lu Zihao viewed it on a tablet.
He was currently in the bedroom he shared with his wife. He was completely naked with his hair still dripping with water from the shower. He had finished his daily training regimen with his subordinates and the mansion's security staff at the on-site training grounds. He originally planned on looking for his wife and spending time with her after showering.
At this hour, Long Jinjing should be taking her daily walk in the gardens outside the mansion with Jiang Ying Yue.
Unfortunately, his plan to spend time with her had to be put on hold after hearing Bacon's words.
Lu Zihao's eyes flashed with a strong murderous intent.
All the items showed in his sister and her AI children's investigation results indeed belonged to the Vetrovs.
"Damn thieving bastards!"
He threw the tablet. It bounced on the bed. He sneered.
"Dare to profit off the Vetrovs? Just wait.. You tried sending me to hell back then. This time, I'll drag you all to hell with me and we'll all burn in eternal fire together!"
His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1318
In the next few days, Iris calmed down and stopped trying to think about the grand piano she owned in her past life as Evelina Vetrova.
She found time whenever the twins were either sleeping or being minded by others like her mother-in-law and Grandpa Lu to continue tackling all the stalled investigations with Ketchup and Bacon.
It had come to her attention that her brother was now in the process of trying to acquire all the Vetrov treasures that they could find. She wasn't surprised.
There was no point in trying to stop her brother when he had already set his mind into doing something. Just like her, Nikolai Vetrov could be quite willful. They were indeed siblings.
All she could do was to assist his acquisition of the Vetrov treasures through Bacon and make sure that his actions were as covert as possible to avoid arousing the alarm and suspicion of the enemies.
At the moment, she already moved on to another task. This was a task that had been stalled for quite a long time already.
She pulled out the file on Tian Kong, the young man who caused the bomb incident at the mall show that injured many people including Iris, Jin Chonglin, their fans and other innocent bystanders.
Official police records showed that his home was filled with Iris Long's photos, posters, music and other memorabilia. He was labelled as an obsessed fan who became twisted from extreme jealousy after Iris and Jin Liwei publicly confirmed their relationship.
Back then, Tian Kong "confessed" to the police that it was Zhu Ning, Long Jian's mother, who was the mastermind of the whole bomb incident. He claimed that he and Zhu Ning were lovers. He even released a sex video of the two of them to prove their affair.
Zhu Ning allegedly knew about his unhealthy obsession for Iris Long and used it to control him. She successfully directed him to bomb Iris' mall show.
The result was that Tian Kong was arrested and so did Zhu Ning. Long Tengfei's former mistress became an instant social pariah. The insults thrown at her by the general public were all brutal.
This prompted her son, Long Jian, to lower his pride and beg for Iris and Jin Liwei's help in person to get his mother out of jail. After agreeing to a temporary alliance, Iris gathered enough evidence to prove Zhu Ning's innocence, including the proof that the sex video of her and Tian Kong was fake. Then Jin Liwei took care of the rest.
Zhu Ning was successfully released from jail. This earned Long Jian's gratitude towards Iris and Jin Liwei.
Now that Zhu Ning was out of the picture, Iris focused on Tian Kong's claims. Since Zhu Ning's innocence had already been proven, it meant that his confession about their affair was a lie.
Therefore, it was only reasonable to assume that his other claims were also not entirely true.
Iris doubted that he was really her obsessed fan who turned into a hater after she and Jin Liwei became an official couple. She thought that it was just a diversion tactic to shift the attention away from the real mastermind.
She didn't believe this story at all, neither did Jin Liwei and Lu Zihao.
By this time, Tian Kong had already been long transferred into a high-security prison. The Chief of Police was personally handling his case.
If Iris was having trouble finding concrete clues about the real mastermind behind Tian Kong, how could the authorities find anything useful before her?
There was a disturbing lack of evidence after all this time. Despite this, Tian Kong was still sentenced the death penalty for his crime.
There might not be any deaths from the bomb incident but he caused a startling number of injuries, many of them severe. Some of the victims had to live with physical disabilities for the rest of their lives, not to mention the mental trauma they incurred.
It might not be the perfect solution but Iris, Jin Liwei, Jin Chonglin and even Long Tengfei were all contributing together to provide lifetime support for the disabled victims from the bomb incident.
Tian Kong's crime was unforgivable. If things went according to his original evil plan, then the death toll would be unimaginable.
Iris might have been killed for the second time around.
Since his arrest, there had been several attempts to kill off Tian Kong even when he was already inside the high-security prison. Fellow prisoners, wardens, other staff, and even visitors had been stopped in time before they could murder Tian Kong.
It was obvious that someone wanted him dead.
At the same time, he was also on suicide watch. He already attempted to kill himself a few times but was always unsuccessful.
It was a good thing that the Chief of Police was a capable man who had excellent command of the majority of the force. He wouldn't allow Tian Kong to die before his death sentence.
Critics of the Police Chief faulted him for wasting state funds. Just let the criminal die, they said. Why wait until the scheduled death sentence? The preparations for the death penalty cost money.
If they just let the criminal be killed off by his attempted murderers, then the money reserved for his death sentence could be used in other areas with more urgent needs.
Iris sighed while reading the current situation at the high-security prison. She understood the radical sentiments of the Police Chief's critics. However, she knew why the Chief of Police wasn't allowing Tian Kong to be killed just like that.
He was most likely hoping to find concrete clues about the real mastermind behind Tian Kong before his execution. The bombing incident was considered as a terrorist attack. Being unable to find the real mastermind behind a terrorist attack was too dangerous.
As the Chief of Police, he had the duty to protect his country and his fellow citizens. Terrorist attacks were unforgivable and should be stopped before they happened.
Although Iris still didn't feel completely comfortable with the police due to her past life as a Vetrov, she couldn't stop herself from admiring the Chief of Police.. He was, without a doubt, a man of strong and upright principles.
His Genius Wife is a Superstar Chapter 1319
Iris had to pause her investigations on Tian Kong to comfort her fussy eldest twin son.
Little Mochi loved being cuddled by his parents the best. The baby could endure a few hours at most without either his mommy or daddy but would eventually kick up a big fuss if he couldn't sense his parents' presence for too long.
His maternal grandfather, Long Tengfei, commented during his latest visit that Little Haoyu (Mochi) acted exactly like Iris when she was still a baby. Not the current Iris but the original Long Xiulan who craved, no, "demanded" love and attention from everybody.
Unlike his eldest twin brother, Little Matcha didn't mind who took care of him as long as he liked them. Although Little Matcha was still a baby, he already had clear likes and dislikes.
He was well-behaved and generally unbothered, but if he encountered something or someone he disliked, he would protest with a vengeance. Little Matcha rarely wailed without any good reason, but whenever he did, his cries were even louder and more alarming than his eldest twin brother's regular fussy wails. His cries in this kind of situations were more from fury rather than from discomfort, insecurity or fear.
Iris felt amused and resigned at the same time. For her, it was amazing to watch how her twin sons were each developing their own distinct personalities. Hence, she avoided dressing them up in identical clothing like most twins. She wanted to nurture their own identities independent of their connection as twin brothers.
But at the same time, she worried that she wouldn't be able to properly guide them to grow up into decent human beings. Little Mochi and Little Matcha were still babies and yet they were already showing such strong personalities this early.
What if she failed as a mother and they ended up growing crooked in the future?
Strong arms hugged her from behind followed by a light, lingering peck on her cheek. She turned around and leaned on her husband.
Jin Liwei smoothed out the furrow between her brows with a finger. "What's making you worry, hm?"
Iris smiled and shook her head. Her eyes, however, couldn't lie. They were anxious while looking at the twins.
He immediately knew. He sighed and tightened his arms around her. "I already told you many times not to worry about this. You're an incredible mother."
She didn't reply but her expression eased after hearing his words.
"Don't worry, love. If these boys dare not listen to their mom, watch how their dad put them in their proper places."
She reached for his face and pulled him down for a kiss on the mouth. "I know that I can always depend on you, Liwei. Thank you. I feel better already."
"Good." Jin Liwei was relieved that his wife's expression looked better. He then took their fussy eldest twin son from her and rocked the baby.
Iris checked on their other baby on the crib. Little Matcha was awake and obediently lying in the crib while sucking on a pacifier. His eldest feline sister, Ice Cream, was purring beside him.
After making sure that he was fine, Iris sat on the couch and watched her husband shaking a rattle to their eldest twin son.
"I think Long Tengfei is right," she said.
Jin Liwei glanced at her. "Right in what?"
"That Little Mochi is exactly like Long Xiulan."
He paused before looking at Little Mochi in his arms. "Is he really?"
She frowned and tried to go through the original Long Xiulan's memories. Anything from when Long Xiulan was younger than five years old was extremely difficult to remember, but just based on how she grew up later as a spoiled and rebellious teenager, Iris (Evelina) could only conclude that Long Tengfei must be right in saying that Little Mochi acted exactly like the original Long Xiulan as a baby.
Seeing that that the deep furrow returned between his wife's brows again, Jin Liwei was quick to reassure her.
"It doesn't matter if Little Mochi took after the original Long Xiulan. Biologically, they're mother and son. That's a fact. We can't deny it. Genes don't lie. But their growing environments are completely different. You're now Little Mochi's mother, Evelina. And I'm his father. I know that you won't become a selfish, narcissistic mother like Wei Lan and I'm certain that I will never be an absent father like Long Tengfei. Trust in us, baby. We'll properly raise our children together."
Iris smiled. Her worried expression eased again. Jin Liwei, her husband, knew best how to make her feel better.
She rested her head on her arm while continuing to watch their family. What Jin Liwei said just now stuck with her.
The original Long Xiulan and Little Mochi were indeed mother and son biologically. It shouldn't surprise her if her eldest twin son took after a portion of the original Long Xiulan's attention-seeking personality.
Having taken over Long Xiulan's life and living with the original's memories, she already learned to sympathize with the original Long Xiulan despite the vast differences in their personalities.
At first glance, their life experiences might be the opposite of each other, but in a way, their inner hopes and desires were somewhat similar.
The original Long Xiulan grew up with a self-absorbed mother who preferred dumping her to the household staff than personally raising her. Her father was always absent, not to mention that he had three other children from separate women.
Long Xiulan craved for love and attention but none of her parents could give it to her. The lack of proper guidance caused her to grow unrestrained and spoiled to her own detriment.
Since she was unable to get the love and attention she wanted from her family, she turned to the public instead. She somehow formed the idea that gaining more fans meant that more people would love her. This was the main reason why she did everything in her power to become popular by ingratiating herself to famous celebrities like Jin Chonglin.
In the end, her ignorant actions caused widespread misunderstandings and further damaged her already rotten reputation.
Even worse, Jin Chonglin's crazy fiancée, Fan Luo, targeted her and eventually caused her tragic death in that pivotal car accident that triggered everything.
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Iris thought that the original Long Xiulan was a pitiful girl. Sure, she didn't have the most endearing personality. In fact, she had been extremely outrageous throughout her short life. Her home life was the epitome of a lonely, rich girl cliché who rebelled due to lack of parental affection and attention.
As someone who possessed the original's body and memories, Iris understood Long Xiulan's desire to be accepted. To be honest, the original was a naturally talented girl. She only lacked the skill and dedication because of her spoiled nature.
The original's natural talent gave Evelina the foundation to use her own advanced skills and techniques from her past life in order for the brand new Iris Long to quickly rise up in showbiz after making a high-profile comeback.
Similar to the original Long Xiulan, Evelina Vetrova had also craved a "normal" family life.
She had known that her father loved her but couldn't spend a lot of time with her because he was the head of the organization. He had been too busy running what was basically a criminal empire.
As for her mother, there was no need to mention how Evelina had been treated by the woman while she was growing up. Madam Vetrova had acted more like a cold and heartless robot programmed to execute objectives as perfectly as possible rather than a human being.
If not for her older brother who had always provided her with love and warmth as best as he could, she might have already long given up in her past life. Nikolai Vetrov was every bit a Vetrovâcruel, ruthless and viciousâyet he doted on her, his one and only little sister. He might be cold-hearted to everyone else, but in reality, he wasn't someone without a heart.
If Nikolai Vetrov had been as heartless as his enemies painted him to be, then how could Evelina feel so loved and treasured by her older brother?
It was a pity that his brotherly love hadn't been enough to sustain her. She found herself slowly and painfully dying inside the longer she lived as a member of the Vetrov family.
Now that she was reborn as the new Iris Long, she could see that both she and the original Long Xiulan had both lived lonely lives that ended in tragedy.
"Liwei."
Her husband looked at her while continuing to play with their eldest twin son, Little Mochi.
"What is it, love?" Jin Liwei asked.
"Do you think that if the original Long Xiulan lived in a normal family with parents who loved and cared for her and educated her properly, she wouldn't grow up the way she did? Maybe...just maybe she wouldn't have died so tragically like that?"
Jin Liwei didn't reply right away. He thought about her question in silence for a few moments. The shaking rattle in his hand sounded almost jarring in the sudden somber atmosphere.
"To tell you the truth, I don't know," he finally answered. "We can't say anything for certain when it already happened the way it did. All I can say is...it must be fate."
Iris lowered her gaze and reflected on the word "fate" in her mind.
"I might sound insensitive by saying this but I'm glad that the original Long Xiulan...passed away," he continued saying.
She raised her eyes up and looked at him in surprise before frowning. Indeed, his words were quite insensitive.
"Of course, I still feel guilty and sorry for indirectly causing Long Xiulan's death due to my erroneous decision to protect Fan Luo as my brother's fiancée back then. But..."
He looked at her straight in the eyes. His gaze was firm.
"...if Long Xiulan hadn't died, I wouldn't have you now, Evelina. I'm always thankful every day that you were reborn as Long Xiulan because I got the chance to meet you, my fated lover."
Her expression softened. She found herself becoming teary-eyed.
"I love you, wife. So much."
She chuckled and wiped her eyes before standing up. She walked to him and stood on her tippy-toes for a kiss.
"I love you too, husband."
The kiss was light and gentle but the intensity of love it held was unmeasurable.
Little Mochi's restless wriggling and loud wail interrupted the husband and wife, effectively ending the sweet kiss.
Jin Liwei rocked their eldest twin son. It was obvious from his dark expression that he was displeased but he wouldn't take his anger out on his little baby.
Iris giggled and kissed Little Mochi's forehead. The baby immediately smiled. It was as if he didn't wail just now.
"Drama queen," she said to her son in amusement.
"En." Jin Liwei agreed but he didn't look as amused as her.
Iris felt her breasts becoming too swollen and heavy so she went to a hidden corner to pump milk.
While she was out of sight, Jin Liwei looked at Little Mochi. The baby's gaze was still unfocused but Jin Liwei pretended that the two of them were having a serious father and son heart-to-heart talk.
"Jin Haoyu, be good. Don't interrupt your mom and dad like that again. Do you understand?"
Little Mochi farted.
Iris giggled from the hidden corner.
Jin Liwei sighed and remembered that his wife had great hearing. He lowered his head to smell his son's diaper and winced. He sighed again as he changed Little Mochi's diaper.
By the weekend, Iris finally had a breakthrough in her investigations on Tian Kong.
She did her best to be as careful as possible in not drawing attention. Although battling against other hackers was fun and rewarding, it consumed large amounts of time and energy. She didn't have the same amount of time and energy that she had before after becoming a mother to her baby twins.
For now, she could only suppress her competitive instincts as a hacker and avoid direct confrontations as much as possible. At least until the twins had grown up enough not to require her constant attention.
Her efforts these past few days bore fruit. She was able to find some helpful clues without directly engaging with other hackers who were protecting the information about the real mastermind behind Tian Kong's crime.
"At last," she muttered before smiling.