Chapter 95: 941 - 950

Chapter 941 - Can Your Children Do That?!

When the maître d' led René Alejandro, Wei Lan and Randy to their reserved private room which was the best in the secret exclusive restaurant, the handful of guests who were milling in the common lounge area couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the new arrivals. They all stared at the group with a combination of disbelief and curiosity.

Wei Lan straightened her back and lifted her chin as she strutted as if she was on the catwalk. She recognized some of the guests as high society wives who liked to lord over their status to everyone else by either accepting people they liked into their fold or ostracizing those that they disliked.

She, herself, had long endured these snobbish women's cold shoulders ever since she married Long Tengfei back in the days. They had never accepted her and did everything in their power to shun her from high society.

The ugly witches even had the gall to accuse her of seducing their husbands. How ridiculous! It wasn't her fault that they couldn't control their own men. She was just doing her own thing, maintaining her own beauty and youth. It was clearly their husbands who chased after her, not the other way around, and yet those ugly witches vilified her like some sort of a hateful sinner! If they only had the ability to keep their men happy in bed, then they wouldn't need to worry about being cheated on by their husbands who, by the way, were depraved assholes themselves.

Wei Lan didn't acknowledge the ugly witches' presence as she walked with her stepson and friend. Her two bodyguards had to wait in the hallway because they weren't allowed inside.

"What in the world is happening?" she heard one of the ugly witches saying in a low voice. "I can't believe they allowed that s.l.u.t Wei Lan inside. I thought that this is an exclusive restaurant that doesn't allow just anyone to enter. I'll ask my husband to complain about this to the restaurant management later."

The ugly witch's equally ugly friend replied, "Have you forgotten that Wei Lan is now a viscountess after marrying a titled Spaniard? Maybe that's how she's able to enter this place. Look at the foreign man she's with. Maybe that's her husband."

"Don't joke around. That foreign man looks too young to be that s.l.u.t's husband. Didn't she say at the interview she did with that magazine recently that the viscount she married is older than her, even older than her ex-husband Long Tengfei? I think the viscount is almost a senior citizen. She clearly re-married for the wealth, status and clout her new husband can give her. As expected of a s.l.u.t like her."

Randy stopped walking and glared at the gossiping matrons. They saw how he was looking at them and didn't feel sorry at all. On the contrary, they even put on gloating expressions.

Without glancing at the ugly witches, Wei Lan patted her friend's arm. "Raaaandyyy doll, ignore them. They're not worth your time and energy. Insignificant people looooove to spout toxic nonsense because they have noooothiiiing inside their empty brains. Understooood?"

"I understand, Vizcondesa."

René Alejandro watched everything in silence, revealing nothing on his expression.

The high society matrons heard the conversation between Wei Lan and Randy. They looked indignant at her insinuation that they were dumb.

"Hmph! She's so full of herself! She's nothing but a gold-digging and social-climbing s.l.u.t who seduces men left and right!"

"It's no wonder that her daughter, that Iris Long, inherited her s.l.u.ttiness and seduced CEO Jin Liwei—"

Wei Lan suddenly turned around and rushed to where the ugly witches were congregating together.

"You can all condemn me, I don't care! But you have no right, absolutely no right at all, to slander my daughter! My daughter is a legitimate Long heiress, not to mention a critically-acclaimed musician who won multiple national and international awards! All of your children can't possibly compare to my daughter!

"My daughter composes her own music and all of them topped the charts! Can any of your spoiled children do that?!

"My daughter can speak more than ten languages fluently and have served as official interpreter at the International Business Conference, earning the praise of high-ranking officials! Can your children do that?!

"My daughter performed with two music legends, Maestro De Luca and Enrique Valdez! Can your children do that?!

"My daughter sold out all of her new business' products during its launch in five seconds! Old and ugly people like you are scrambling to get your hands on Orchidia Beauty's miraculous skincare products! Can your children launch such a successful business so quickly like my daughter?!

"Looking at your ugly faces, I know that your useless children can't reach my brilliant daughter's level! My daughter is on a whole different league than your spoiled children! So what if my daughter is together with a multibillionaire like Jin Liwei? You're just jealous of my daughter's beauty and talents!

"I can't wait to tell dear Liwei about how you're all gossiping about my daughter! He'll definitely sue you all for slander! Even if he doesn't, I will! According to what you're saying, it also seems that you're insinuating that dear Liwei is a shallow man who allowed himself to be seduced by my daughter! Did your own ugly daughters tried seducing him in the past but failed, that's why you're all so bitter and attacking my daughter? Hah! You're all so pathetic!"

Wei Lan was so worked up that she spoke normally without her usual elongation of words. Her angry speech was so eloquent that a waiter who happened to be passing by automatically clapped his hands before the maître d' warned him with a pointed look.

The waiter immediately stopped clapping, not wanting to get into trouble at work, but still continued to silently cheer for Wei Lan, knowing that she was Boss Iris' mother. If only he was allowed to bring his mighty slippers, he would've already whacked these haughty high society matrons who were too full of themselves.

How dare they slander Boss Iris and her mother?

Unforgivable!

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Chapter 942 - Apologize Or Suffer The Consequences

Before the maître d' could intervene and mediate between Wei Lan and the high society matrons, René Alejandro spoke for the first time since the conflict started.

"When your owner personally greeted me when I arrived at this hotel yesterday and invited me to try dining at his so-called exclusive restaurant, he assured me that all of the patrons here have class, good manners, and are well-versed in proper etiquette," he told the maître d' in accented Mandarin before sweeping a cold look at the matrons. "I guess your owner lied to me, no? From what I'm seeing, this place is no different from a local fish market where old shrews gossip about others left and right."

The matrons' expressions turned ugly, knowing that he was insulting them.

"Cancel my dinner reservation. Inform your owner that I'm extremely disappointed in his restaurant. I'll tell my friends abroad not to visit this place when they come to China. Calling these classless people VIPs and allowing them access to an exclusive place is an insult to the true elites of this country, no?"

The maître d' started to sweat but still managed to appear calm on the outside. "Sir Aguila, how about we discuss this first? Let me call our owner and—"

René Alejandro ignored him and started talking to Wei Lan instead. "Mamá, let's eat at another restaurant, yes?"

Wei Lan was unable to recover that quickly from her fury so all she could do at the moment was nod at her stepson's suggestion.

Noticing the way he addressed Wei Lan, one of the matrons asked him, "Are you the Spanish viscount's son?"

He only gave her a cold glance, not bothering to answer her. Then he smiled at Wei Lan, took her hand and placed it carefully on his elbow. "Let's go, Mamá. And come, Randy my friend. We shall go to another better restaurant that is not like a fish market filled with old shrews, yes?"

"Yes! Lead the way, René Alejandro!" Randy glared at the matrons who were watching them with dark expressions. "Hmph!"

The maître d' followed them while apologizing profusely. Just when the group was about to exit the restaurant, René Alejandro suddenly stopped and looked back at the wives. His gaze could freeze the souls out of people and send them straight to hell. It was a great contrast to his usual charming expression that looked friendly because of his dimples.

"By the way, our family and when I say that, I mean the entire Viscountcy of Castillo de Estrellas of España, demands an apology from all of you," he told them. "My father and I will never tolerate anyone from disrespecting and insulting the lady of our house and her daughter. Do yourselves a favour and provide the lawful Vizcondesa of Castillo de Estrellas a sincere and proper apology from each of you or suffer the consequences, yes?"

Half of the wives looked intimidated by his threat while the other half didn't put him in their sight at all. They didn't think that he was that important to threaten them. After all, this was China, not Spain!

After saying his piece, René Alejandro no longer paid any attention to the matrons and the maître d' who was still apologizing and trying to get him back inside the restaurant. René Alejandro led Wei Lan and Randy out of the exclusive restaurant without looking back and asked the two bodyguards waiting for them outside if they knew other good restaurants in the area.

There was another good, high-class restaurant in the hotel's main floor but René Alejandro didn't look too enthusiastic about it. In the end, the bodyguards drove the group to a nearby one-star Michelin restaurant.

This time, Wei Lan was able to flex her status in the country as Jin Liwei's future mother-in-law—"future" because the general public still didn't know that Iris Long and Jin Liwei had already married a few days ago. The one-star Michelin restaurant was able to squeeze their group for a full-course dinner tonight on short notice without prior reservation because of Jin Liwei's powerful name.

Back at the secret exclusive restaurant, security guards escorted out the indignant matrons while the maître d' was frantically explaining what happened to the owner on the phone. The surrounding people could hear the owner yelling at the maître d'.

As for the waiter who cheered for Wei Lan earlier, he resumed his duties and served his assigned private room where the guests inside still had no idea that something so interesting happened in the common lounge area. When he finally got his short break, he immediately logged in online.

Although all employees were prohibited from sharing details about the exclusive restaurant to the public, he couldn't keep what happened tonight to himself especially when it involved Boss Iris and her mother, Vizcondesa Lan!

"I'll just share general information, not specific details," he muttered to himself while typing on his phone. "I'll swap some names and I should be fine."

Within minutes of him posting on the Black Stars' members-only forum, many of his comrades reacted with fury. The fan club's elite troll group, the Slippers Army, was quickly summoned led by KittyBaby. It seemed that KittyBaby's polite yet extremely vengeful real-life little brother, PantherBaby, was busy with his new job working for their uncle.

The Slippers Army's aim was to publicly shame the high society wives for their shrewish and classless behaviour towards Boss Iris and her mother, the viscountess.

"I guess I'll get fired after this incident goes public," the waiter commented with a deep sigh. However, there was no regret in his tone, only resignation.

"Don't worry, spaghetti! The cute and mighty KittyBaby will ask my daddy to contact your boss and not fire you because you're a good boy who's loyal to my mo—Boss Iris. Meow~"

The waiter didn't believe his weird, meowing but extremely lovable comrade. Nevertheless, he still thanked her good-naturedly. He knew that only a few super VIPs had direct contact to the owner of the exclusive restaurant. Although he didn't know the identity of KittyBaby's father, he couldn't possibly have direct contact to the owner, could he?

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Chapter 943 - Excess Energy

After dinner and some c.o.c.ktails, Randy supported a tipsy Wei Lan as she extended an invitation to René Alejandro to visit her at her daughter's Gold Heights penthouse where she had been staying since returning to the country. She also once again promised to formally introduce him to Iris and Jin Liwei after the newlyweds returned from their honeymoon.

Wei Lan and Randy headed home while René Alejandro returned to his penthouse suite at the hotel. He went straight to the bathroom for a much-needed shower to wash away the smell of alcohol and food from his body.

Afterwards, he made a couple of phone calls and waited in the bedroom. Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" played in the background as he stood completely n.a.k.e.d in front of the glass windows and looked at the bright city lights outside. Listening to the classic rock song was making him want to play his guitar. Before he could act on his urge, however, he heard someone entering the suite.

Seconds later, there was a knock on his bedroom door.

"Enter!"

The hotel maid who had been assigned to serve him stepped inside the room. He only gave her a cursory glance before continuing to look at the night view outside.

"Remove your clothes and then...you already know what to do, yes?"

"Yes, sir," the maid replied in a soft, obedient voice.

He heard rustling sounds behind him as she worked on undressing herself. Soon after, the now n.a.k.e.d maid came to him and knelt in front of him. Without any additional prompting from him, she took his still soft manhood and began stroking it with both hands. When it stiffened a little, she took him inside her mouth and started sucking and licking him.

In just a minute, he became rock-hard. Despite this, his expression never changed and he didn't spare a single glance at the young woman pleasuring him with her mouth on her knees.

With his great hearing, he heard the sound of another person entering the suite. The female hotel employee who welcomed Wei Lan and Randy at the lobby earlier and led them to the penthouse suite finally arrived. From the reflection on the glass windows, he saw the other young woman hesitate at the bedroom's doorway with a complicated expression upon seeing that the hotel maid was already pleasuring him.

"Come," he said. "Undress and join your colleague."

"I...but sir..." Jealousy flashed in the female hotel employee's eyes as she looked at the maid.

"You don't like to share? Then leave. I can make do with just this one tonight."

She bit her bottom lip while thinking about what to do. It only took two seconds to make up her mind. She started removing her clothes before walking towards them. The maid scooted sideways to make space for her. The hotel employee and the maid knelt side by side and began pleasuring René Alejandro with their hands and mouths.

This time, his impassive expression finally cracked a little. His nostrils flared and his eyes narrowed as a soft m.o.a.n escaped from his lips. The two women continued to work on his hard length until he pumped out his release on their upturned faces.

Later, they moved to the bed. René Alejandro slaked his l.u.s.t on the two women, f.u.c.k.i.n.g one after the other, and also at the same time using his mouth, hands and his lower body.

He only met these two women after checking in at the hotel yesterday but it didn't even take him long before he was able to seduce them to his bed.

The first one he f.u.c.k.i.e.d was the hotel employee who took care of everything during the check-in process. He did her behind the door as soon as they entered the penthouse suite.

Then afterwards, the maid caught his attention next. This one stayed with him throughout the night, satisfying him very much with her desire to please him, until she had to leave a couple of hours before dawn to get ready for another workday.

At the moment, he was lying on his back on the bed while the maid bounced on his lap, his hard length sliding in and out of her dripping-wet core. On the other hand, the female hotel employee was sitting on his face as he f.u.c.k.i.e.d her with his tongue.

The two women were very enthusiastic in servicing him. They told him that he was the first foreign man that they had ever slept with so far. They couldn't stop praising his size which was obviously bigger than the average Asian man.

Although he was the one who seduced them first, he didn't care about them. The two had been too easy. There had been no thrill of the chase at all. How boring. However, he wouldn't reject easy access to s.e.x.

Since he was currently in a foreign country, he had to be very careful in doing any of his usual training routine. He had to cancel his normal physical training for now until he found a more secure place away from any prying eyes. The property that Wei Lan bought for them wasn't ready yet. He also planned to scout the place first.

With the biggest outlet of his excess energy currently unavailable, he needed another method to effectively maintain the equilibrium of energy inside of him aside from rigorous training.

Fortunately, the women in this country seemed to be easier to seduce than he initially expected. Now he didn't have to worry about having regular s.e.x in order to burn his excess energy that might interfere with his focus.

Lewd sounds and the pungent smell of s.e.x filled the entire bedroom.

René Alejandro still had plenty of energy to spare but the two women had been completely drained. They now lay on the bed like the dead, their bodies stained with a variety of bodily fluids.

He left them, feeling disappointed at their lack of stamina, and headed to the bathroom for another shower. After washing away the smell of the two women from his body, he donned a bathrobe and went to the study in the next room.

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Chapter 944 - Drakon's Two Disciples

René Alejandro felt calmer and more focused after having s.e.x with two women, although there were still some excess energy remaining in his system. Fortunately, the excess energy wasn't too much to make him feel restless. He figured that he could just do some push-ups and other floor exercises later before going to sleep.

But for now, he had something that he wanted to do first before calling it a night. He sat behind the desk in the study and powered up his laptop computer. It was rather large in surface area but thin and surprisingly lightweight.

There was also no visible branding anywhere on the laptop. The desktop icons showed application software that other computer users in the world weren't familiar with. Even the operating system was unknown, its functionality entirely different from what most users were used to.

And yet René Alejandro's fingers flew over the keyboard and touchpad until they were almost a blur, showing his mastery of not only his device but the unknown operating system and application software.

He clicked his tongue, his expression showing dissatisfaction, even as his fingers moved nonstop over the keyboard.

"I should push for the renovations of the new house to finish earlier, hopefully before the year ends," he muttered under his breath in Spanish. "I need a more permanent base in this country so that I can set up my usual computer station. I hate using laptops. Such ergonomic nightmares!"

He worked on his laptop for a few minutes before his hands finally faltered in the middle of typing. His eyes narrowed as he stared at the screen.

"WhiteTigress," he murmured while lightly drumming his fingers on the desk. "This style feels somewhat familiar. Hmmm...."

His eyes flashed with battle spirit. Cracking his knuckles, he let his fingers fly again on the keyboard.

Codes flooded his screen and numerous windows popped up in quick succession. However, he remained focused despite the dizzying display on his computer screen. His mouth started stretching in a wide grin.

"Not bad! Hahahaha!"

"Whoa! Trying to attack me, huh? Let's see what you've got, kid!"

"Oh, a new one! Who are you?!"

"BlackPanther? What a name!"

"Working together, huh? Give me your best combo shot, then!"

René Alejandro looked like he was having the time of his life as he exclaimed and laughed while using his laptop. If someone saw him right now, they would think that he was just playing an exciting computer game. His dimples appeared more prominent as his grin stretched widely across his face in excitement.

"Wow! This BlackPanther is so malevolent! Why don't you chill a little?"

His fingers revved up as he became even more excited.

"Hahahaha! This is so much fun!"

"Good effort, you two! Too bad that you're facing against me! You're a hundred years—no, fifty years...fine, you're ten years too early to—what the?!"

His ecstatic expression disappeared in an instant, replaced by a grave look. A deep furrow formed between his brows but his eyes were only becoming sharper and laser-focused as the seconds ticked by. Sweat started to bead on his skin.

"Who the f.u.c.k are you?!" he growled. "This style...don't tell me!"

All he could do was protect himself at the moment and safeguard any sensitive information that his device might contain. He didn't have the luxury to launch a counterattack because the opponents were too strong.

It was three against one.

Despite this, he didn't give up. He had utmost confidence in his skills. After all, he was the next—

His laptop computer suddenly shut down on its own.

Silence.

He tried several times but his laptop computer wouldn't turn on again.

It was toasted.

Corrupted.

Defeated.

He leaned back on the chair, trying to make sense of the situation while staring at the black screen of his computer

It was just a fraction of a second before the screen blacked out but he saw it. He saw the familiar digital signature of that person. A somewhat crazed look appeared on his face.

His shoulders started trembling.

"Fufufufu."

Then he threw his head back and laughed out loud.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!"

He bared his teeth in a wide smile that looked more like a snarl.

"You're good, Drakon! You're very good!"

He continued laughing by himself. Afterwards, he drummed his fingers on his thighs as he thought about what happened.

"The lone Drakon is actually working seamlessly with other hackers? WhiteTigress and BlackPanther are rather skilled, no? Completely different styles but still familiar and similar to yours. Are they your disciples, hm?"

Chuckling, he stood up and lowered himself to the floor to do some push-ups. He needed to burn the adrenaline and excess energy out of his system or he wouldn't be able to calm himself and sleep tonight.

"It seems like coming to China was a great decision. I never expected to meet two new promising hackers who might be the disciples of Drakon during my first hacking battle in this country. This is so exciting!"

His enthusiasm prompted him to exercise harder. When he was done more than an hour later, there were some small, scattered puddles of sweat on the floor.

Then he headed straight to the bathroom for another shower to wash away the sweat from his body.

Cleanliness was next to godliness.

He always believed that.

When he was completely clean again, he called someone on the phone, not caring at all that it was still in the middle of the night. An annoyed, sleepy voice answered his call.

René Alejandro only chuckled, not bothered by the other person's irritation towards him. They both talked in Spanish.

"Hurry and come up here to my suite. I'm going to show you something interesting. Oh, and don't forget your computer...come on, my brother! Wake up! Stop being lazy! I just battled Drakon! THE Drakon! Don't tell me that you're not interested in—hahahaha! I knew it! Wake up the others too, yes? Oh, and bring an extra laptop for me. Drakon fried the one I brought to my suite. Just hurry and come here, all of you! We're going to have so much fun here in China!"

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Chapter 945 - Fantom, The Legend

Iris leaned back on her seat and sighed, already feeling weary after less than an hour of hacking battle. She was successful in corrupting and shutting down the other hacker's computer but the effort almost drained her completely. Dissatisfaction at what she considered an extremely poor performance filled her.

If this was before, she could go on for days battling other hackers and even successfully tracking down their real identities and locations at the same time. Now, however, she was unable to do any of that safely because of her difficult pregnancy.

She wished that she could've done something more substantial during this hacking battle and tracked down the opponent's identity and whereabouts. Unfortunately, she had to adjust her action plan based on her current pregnant body's condition. Her main priority was protecting her AI children from the opponent.

As a result of focusing on just this one thing, she decided to go the uncomplicated route and outright fry the other hacker's computer, deeming it unusable except for metal scraps.

Although disappointed in herself for not being able to acquire any of the opponent's personal information, at least she identified his hacker name. She knew who he was as a hacker.

He was someone whose techniques were eerily similar to her original hacking style.

Her original hacker identity in her previous life had now become a major legend in the hacking world. There were many hackers striving to be the next her.

This person was one of them.

At the possibility of facing a lot of other hackers who had adopted her original hacking style as their own as if they had indirectly taken her as their master and treated her style like a religion, she couldn't help but release a long sigh.

She felt proud, of course.

Who wouldn't be if others looked up to you, admired the skills that you worked so hard to improve every day, and wanted to emulate you as their role model?

Aside from the pride, however, she felt that it was a pity that other hackers weren't striving to be an original instead of becoming the next Fantom. Even she herself had already abandoned her previous hacker identity and embraced her new one, Drakon.

Compared to the mysteriousness of Fantom, Drakon was more of an aggressive straight shooter with a clear purpose.

Back when she was still Fantom, the underlying purpose of her working so hard to improve her hacking abilities was relieving boredom. Since living as a member of the infamous Vetrov family severely restricted her freedom in exploring the real world, she channelled her desire to be free in the cyberworld instead.

In contrast to now, she wasn't merely using her hacking skills to alleviate boredom and entertain herself but to obtain specific goals. That was the biggest difference between Fantom and Drakon—the past her and the new her as a hacker.

This was also why so many so-called experts in the hacking world didn't believe that Fantom and Drakon might be the same person no matter how similar their techniques were. They said that Drakon was too money-driven, something that never bothered the mysterious and lofty legend, Fantom.

Likewise, she never bothered caring about the opinions of these so-called expert hackers. Fantom would always have a special place in her heart. It was the hacker identity that she started with and allowed her to face off against many top hackers in the world.

But she was Drakon now.

Other hackers might treat Fantom as one of the supreme hackers in the world while Drakon was only given the status of a rising star but this proved how little they knew about Fantom.

To her, Drakon was the culmination of Fantom's skills and techniques with a more driven purpose. If Fantom's fans continued to stubbornly adopt her original hacking style without changing much of anything, then they were bound to be left behind by the times.

Fantom was now the past.

Drakon was the present and the future.

Looking at the codes on her computer screen, Iris wasn't the least bit threatened of this hacker who she and her AI children battled just now. It was like facing off against an inferior version of her past hacker self, Fantom.

Nevertheless, she didn't look down on him. After all, he was able to almost endanger her AI children. She would always act with extreme caution whenever Ketchup and Bacon were involved in something with other hackers.

If only she wasn't pregnant right now, she would've at least attempted to fish out some of this hacker's personal information. Unfortunately, her eyes were now beginning to feel heavy again.

The bedroom door opened and Jin Liwei entered while pushing a food cart. A delicious savoury aroma wafted in the room, making Iris salivate and temporarily forget about her sleepiness.

"Finished?" he asked.

She nodded. "What do you have for me?"

"Bone broth soup. Nothing too heavy since it's still the middle of the night."

Jin Liwei served her a bowl of the hot soup. Iris tasted it and groaned in contentment.

"Thanks, darling. This is delicious."

He watched her enjoying the soup. Earlier, a frantic Ketchup cried for them to get up from the bed and asked his wife for help. It was a miracle that Iris was awake when she was usually in deep sleep at this time of the night. But when she heard that their AI children were battling a tough hacker, she immediately went into action.

Since he was unable to do anything to personally help Ketchup and Bacon from their predicament, he decided to make his wife as comfortable as possible instead while she rescued their AI children. Afterwards, he went out and personally instructed the villa's chef to prepare some light but nourishing food for her.

He wasn't very familiar with the staff here in the private villa so he didn't like them entering the master suite whenever he and his wife were inside. This was why he was the one who personally delivered the soup after the chef finished preparing it. Good thing that the soup had already been simmering since yesterday. All the chef needed to do was season it and add some chopped vegetables and herbs.

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Chapter 946 - Not So Mighty Kitty Babies

Jin Liwei felt very pleased and relieved that his wife could eat most of the food that the private villa's chef cooked. Iris finished an entire bowl of bone broth soup before feeling full. He finished the rest while she analyzed and lectured their AI children's performance during the hacking battle.

Afterwards, both AI children looked thoroughly chastised. Ketchup was teary while the stone-faced Bacon's tail was drooping.

"Wuwuwu! We're so sorry, Mommy! Ketchup and Bacon had been very bad kitty babies tonight and battled another hacker by ourselves! We, kitty babies, thought that we could handle the opponent but Ketchup and Bacon underestimated him. Meowuwuwu!"

"Bacon will train harder at Shadow Winds and become stronger so that it will be our turn to protect Mother next time."

Iris sighed but still smiled. "I'm not mad at the two of you. The way you coordinated with one another and focused on your own respective strengths while filling for the other's weakness is quite commendable. It was just that you ran into a tough opponent who's above your current level this time. Still, I'm pleased that you had the presence of mind to immediately run to me for help the moment you figured out that you're unable to defeat the opponent by yourselves. Let this be a learning experience for the two of you. You need to improve your teamwork."

"Aye aye, Mommy! The cute and not so mighty Ketchup will strive to become mighty again! Meow!"

"Bacon will do my best to become stronger and have the power to protect our whole family."

She reached the computer screen and rubbed her AI children's faces. At that moment, she wished that she could physically hug the two of them.

"I'll tweak your configurations in the following days and perform various simulations on how you can perform better in different scenarios similar to the hacking battle tonight. Let me also remind you that your first priority will always be your own safety. It's much more important that you're safe than victorious. Do you understand?"

"Aye aye, Mommy! Ketchup understands and will never forget forever and ever again! Meow!"

"Bacon understands, Mother. Also please forgive us for waking you up in the middle of the night. We know that you're having a difficult pregnancy and we didn't mean to disturb you."

Her heart melted hearing her AI son's sweet words.

"Where did you learn to speak so sweetly, Bacon?" she couldn't help but ask in wonder.

"He obviously inherited it from me, his dad," Jin Liwei's voice interrupted from behind her.

She turned her head to glance at her husband's serious expression and chuckled.

"Why are you laughing, wife? I'm just stating a fact."

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"Alright, Bacon inherited it from you," Iris finally said to appease her husband who looked genuinely serious about his claim.

"En." Jin Liwei nodded, pleased that she agreed with him. "You look sleepy again, love. Let's return to bed now. Don't forget what the doctor said. You need to take this opportunity while we're on our honeymoon to relax and get lots of rest."

"I know, darling." Then she sighed before yawning. "But there are still a few things that I need to do after the hacking battle. First is to—"

Jin Liwei frowned.

"Please listen to Father, Mother," Bacon interrupted. "How about giving Big Sister Ketchup and me instructions and we'll do what needs to be done by ourselves?"

Ketchup started shaking her fluffy white butt in excitement. "Oh oh oh, yes, Mommy! Although Bacon and Ketchup aren't so mighty when battling other hackers above our level, we're still amazing in doing other tasks because we're Mommy and Daddy's super kitty babies! Ehehehe. Meow~"

Iris pursed her lips, a mixture of annoyance and amusement in her expression.

"Please rest now, Mother," Bacon insisted. "Look at Father's expression. He's frowning too much that it's not classy. He won't stop frowning until Mother goes back to sleep. Bacon heard from Uncle Dominic that frowning will age a person faster. I don't want Father to age faster and look like an old man when Mother still looks so young and beautiful."

Jin Liwei scowled at Bacon, his two-faced rascal of an AI son. "You little—"

"Alright, that's enough." Iris immediately mediated between the father and son while trying to do her best to stifle her laughter but failed. "Bacon was just joking, darling. Don't take the child's words too seriously. You're still very young and handsome."

He instantly felt better after hearing his wife's words. Then he glanced at the computer screen showing the two virtual cats, one white and the other black.

Ketchup had a bright smile on her cute, fluffy face. She was also trying to stifle her giggles. Her facial expressions lately were starting to resemble her mommy's more and more. Whenever she smiled, it was like looking at a cat version of Iris.

On the other hand, Bacon remained stone-faced like usual. His tail, however, was rotating like a helicopter's rotor blades, revealing the rascal's amusement at his own joke at the expense of his father.

Jin Liwei could only sigh. These two AI children were already a handful to raise, especially since he and his wife couldn't entrust them to babysitters like normal cat or human children. Then his eyes fell on his wife's still flat belly.

He had a strong feeling that the twins would also be a handful to raise, perhaps even more so than their older AI siblings. After all, they were already giving their mother so much trouble and they hadn't even come out yet. Just thinking about it was already making his head ache. Despite this worry, the strongest emotions that he felt right now at the thought of finally having his first flesh and blood human children with the woman he loved were joy, excitement, and pure, overflowing love.

With a soft smile on his face, he stood up and carried his wife directly to the bed without saying anything. She yelped but he pretended not to hear. The woman needed to sleep soon and that was final.

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Chapter 947 - Not Too Easy, Not Too Difficult

After carefully placing his wife on the bed, Jin Liwei instructed Ketchup and Bacon to power down their mom's portable computer station. It was an impressive and complete computer set-up customized to fit in a single, large suitcase that could transform into a desk once unfolded. He knew that his wife had other such special suitcases in different sizes with built-in computer systems of varying performance levels.

Iris kept yawning but said that she didn't want to sleep yet because her stomach was still full from the soup. Jin Liwei didn't force her to sleep and instead chatted with her for a few minutes.

The couple bid their AI children good night. Ketchup and Bacon obeyed their dad's instruction and turned off their mom's portable computer station.

"Don't be upset with the kids," Iris whispered while cuddling with Jin Liwei on the bed. "They didn't mean to disturb our sleep. I'm glad that they alerted us because the hacker they battled is quite tough and skilled. They would've been in danger if they hadn't called me for help."

"I understand, love. I'm not upset with the kids at all. In fact, I'm also very glad that you were able to rescue Ketchup and Bacon in time. I don't want a repeat of what happened to Ketchup before when she almost got caught."

She sighed in relief.

Then he asked, "How was the opponent? Did you have some trouble dealing with him? Or was he too easy for you?"

She thought for a moment before answering. "He wasn't too easy to deal with but neither was he too difficult for me. I had a couple of difficulties while battling him. The first one was defeating him quickly and aggressively while making sure to protect Ketchup and Bacon. I won't allow any other hacker to harm even a single strand of our children's data. Ensuring their safety will always be one of my top priorities.

"The second trouble I had involves my current lack of stamina and overall energy." She sighed again, this time from resignation. "The things that I could usually do are now severely limited because of my pregnant body."

Silence.

In a careful but neutral tone, Jin Liwei asked, "Do you regret becoming pregnant?"

She looked shocked at his question. "No! I don't regret becoming pregnant with your babies." There was a panicked expression on her face as she sat up so that she could explain herself properly to him. "I may have some deep-seated fears and reservations about becoming a mother but that has nothing to do with regret! Liwei, I'm happy that I'm carrying your babies. Truly. Please believe me."

He caressed her face, a soft smile playing on his lips. "I believe you."

She dropped back on the bed again and released a big sigh of relief. "I know that it may sound contradictory but I really am happy to be pregnant with our twins. It's just that...how do I say this? The state of my body while I'm pregnant is really not that fun."

It his turn to sigh now. "I know, love. And I'm sorry that you have to suffer so much because I got you pregnant."

She laid her head on his chest and took a deep inhale of his scent. "It's fine. I can bear it."

"It's because you're a strong woman."

Her response was a smile. Then her eyes closed and she fell asleep in the next second.

"Good night, wife," he murmured, kissing her forehead and stroking her hair.

He held her close and looked at the wooden ceiling of their bedroom. When he was sure that his wife was in deep sleep, he called his AI son.

"Father, Bacon is here," the kid's soft and polite voice immediately responded.

"Tell me everything that happened."

"Understood, Father."

Bacon began describing what happened in clear and concise words. Since Jin Liwei didn't take part in the hacking battle and even left the bedroom to get some food for his wife, he didn't know the specific details.

To summarize the events, Ketchup had been busy leading the Slippers Army on the web to publicly shame the matrons who badmouthed Wei Lan and Iris at an exclusive secret restaurant located at a five-star hotel. At the same time, she was also using her main hacker account named WhiteTigress to dig up some private information about the high society matrons.

Then another hacker attacked her all of a sudden. She fought against the opponent for a few minutes before discovering that he was tougher than she initially thought, so she sent a distress signal to her younger brother.

Bacon immediately dropped all his work at Shadow Winds to assist his older sister upon learning about her current situation. They worked together in battling the hacker. Bacon focused on attacking while Ketchup activated a powerful defence system and offered strategic support to her younger brother whenever he needed it.

They were doing well in the beginning and were able to go head-to-head against the opponent but the other hacker suddenly revved up and started to overwhelm the two siblings. Realizing that they were in trouble, Ketchup immediately sent an emergency alert to their parents.

Jin Liwei already remembered what happened at that point. He and his wife were actually awake during that time. She woke up to pee while her movements awakened him. In a sense, they were all lucky that she had been awake even if it was just by coincidence and was able to immediately go into action to rescue their AI children in time.

Iris was extremely difficult to wake up once in deep sleep. Being pregnant had made her more prone to waking up on her own because of discomfort but it still didn't change the fact that she always slept deeply.

"And that's what happened, Father," Bacon said, his bored tone never changing.

"You did well in immediately running to help your sister," Jin Liwei praised his AI son.

"Thank you, Father. It's only normal. Big Sister Ketchup is Bacon's sister and I want to protect our family."

"En."

Jin Liwei was pleased. Indeed, the kid was definitely his son.

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Chapter 948 - Bacon And Blackmail

Jin Liwei then focused next on the part about some high society matrons badmouthing his wife and viscountess mother-in-law, Wei Lan. He didn't want to interrupt Bacon from talking earlier so he only asked about it now even though it bothered him as soon as he heard it.

"Oh oh oh, let the cute but not so mighty Ketchup explain this part, Daddy! Meow~"

"Alright, Ketchup. But speak softly. Your mom is sleeping."

"Okie dokie, Daddy! Ketchup will be super-duper quiet. Promise! Meow~"

And indeed, her voice became softer but her usual infectious enthusiasm remained. Then she began recounting about what the waiter from the exclusive secret restaurant shared in the Black Stars' members-only forum.

"Ketchup tried very hard to find some footage regarding the incident in the exclusive restaurant, Daddy," she told him. "But someone already tampered with the surveillance system and deleted the part when Grandma Wei Lan was inside the restaurant. Bacon and Ketchup want to dig more but Mommy told us kitty babies not to do anything in the next few days that might endanger us again before she reconfigures our systems. Meow~"

A furrow formed between Jin Liwei's brows. "Who tampered with the surveillance? The hacker you battled tonight?"

It was Bacon who answered. "It's possible, Father. Since he attacked Big Sister Ketchup while she was trying to dig private information about those despicable high society hags, then we can assume that the hacker might be related to them or maybe about the incident involving Grandmother Wei Lan at the exclusive restaurant. We just don't know how yet."

"Mommy says that she'll investigate it," Ketchup piped in.

Jin Liwei's frown deepened. "I don't want your mom doing all the work by herself in this matter. It's not safe to exhaust her. Bacon, go and inform your Uncle Zihao about what happened tonight. I'm sure that he has ways to help us."

"Understood, Father. Bacon can personally guarantee that Shadow Winds' hacker team, ShaWn, will always be willing to help Mother because they all look up to Drakon. Even if Uncle Zihao doesn't help, I can still blackmail the members of ShaWn to secretly assist us."

"I...see."

Jin Liwei's mouth twitched at the way his AI son easily revealed his intention of blackmailing his current colleagues to help them. For a moment, he contemplated on whether to lecture Bacon about the morality of blackmail but eventually just let it be.

He and his wife had no intention of raising their children to become saints in the future. If someone harmed them, then they should not just endure the pain and keep silent. That was just priming themselves for others to take advantage of them.

There were times when enduring was acceptable but not always. Doing so was only pure stupidity. The children of Jin Liwei and Long Xiulan (Evelina Vetrova) shouldn't be stupid. If they ended up stupid, then he and his wife would've really failed in being parents.

Striving for peace was a goal in life but if others kept on provoking them, why shouldn't they retaliate?

Based on his experience as an elite businessman, diplomacy didn't always work. Sometimes it was necessary to threaten the other party in order to gain an advantageous deal. This principle was also applicable in life.

His AI son, Bacon, had an extremely hostile personality masked by his usual bored politeness. Those who didn't know about his true nature were all deceived by his mature way of speaking despite having the voice of child. Many of their household staff at Dragon Palace Home #10, especially the female employees, had already fallen in love with him. There were those who preferred his "gentle and quiet nature" over his Big Sister Ketchup's bubbly and talkative personality.

He was a true two-faced crook who was already learning various ways to charm his unsuspecting victims into making them do his will. There were only perhaps two people in the world that he could never fully deceive—namely, his father Jin Liwei and Uncle Lu Zihao. Even his mother wasn't completely immune to his deceptive charms.

One of Iris' biggest weaknesses was her inability to say no to her children's requests especially whenever they started acting cute to her. Without Jin Liwei's firm hand in disciplining their children, she would spoil all of them with no reservations.

As long as Bacon didn't go too far, wouldn't harm innocent people, and was acting in the best interests of their family, then Jin Liwei had no problem with the kid blackmailing others if it was for the sake of a justified cause.

"Uncle Zihao is currently sleeping at Aunt Jinjing's condo," Bacon said, interrupting Jin Liwei's thoughts. "Should Bacon wake him up?"

Jin Liwei was about to say "No, wait for your uncle to wake up" but changed his mind the next second and instead said, "Yes, just wake him up. Having a few hours less sleep shouldn't bother him too much."

"Understood, Father. Bacon will now go and wake up Uncle Zihao. I will report back to you later of his decision."

"En."

Bacon left.

Then a sweet child's voice spoke next. "Daddy? May the cute and still a little mighty Ketchup request something from you? Meow~"

Jin Liwei glanced at his wife to make sure that she was still in deep sleep. Seeing that she didn't stir one bit, he sighed in relief.

"What is it?"

"Oh oh oh, it's like this, Daddy! Meow~"

Ketchup told him about the waiter at the exclusive restaurant who revealed what happened between Wei Lan and some high society matrons and how they fought after badmouthing Iris.

"He says that he might get fired if it was discovered that he was the one who exposed the truth to the public. Ketchup promised him that the cute and still a little mighty me will ask my daddy to call the restaurant owner so my comrade won't get fired. Can Daddy do that, pretty please? Meow~"

Jin Liwei raised an eyebrow. "It's true that I can contact the restaurant owner."

"Then Daddy agrees to Ketchup's request? Yay yay! Meow~"

He thought about it for a few seconds.

"No."

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Chapter 949 - Bestest Daddy In The Whole Wide World

Ketchup's utter shock at her dad's rejection of her request reverberated in the bedroom in the total silence that followed after his firm no. It took her exactly ten seconds before she was able to speak again. Fortunately she had a robust system that was periodically improved by her mom in addition to her powerful self-learning function that prevented her emotions from short-circuiting herself.

"Why, Daddy? Meowuwuwu!"

Jin Liwei's mouth twitched but he forced himself to be strict to his overdramatic AI daughter. "I'm somewhat acquainted to the owner because he gifted me with a platinum membership some years ago which is the highest level in his exclusive restaurant. But I never used it nor did I ever visit his place because I don't like him. He's an arrogant bastard—I mean, he's an arrogant man. Ketchup, pretend that I didn't say that bad word."

Ketchup snickered. "Okie dokie, Daddy! Ehehehe. Meow~"

"As I was saying, that man is arrogant and always trying to fawn over people he believes will elevate his status and reputation. He always made me uncomfortable so I didn't bother interacting with him. In fact, I already forgot about that man until you reminded me of him tonight. The reason I rejected your request is not because I don't want to help you—I do—but I simply don't want to give a slimy person like him an opportunity to make me owe him a favour."

"Oh! Ketchup understands, Daddy! Yes, we shouldn't interact with poopoo-heads who'll take advantage of our happy family! It's fine, Daddy. Ketchup will just explain to my waiter comrade that the cute and still a little mighty me can't help save his job this time if he gets fired. Meow..."

Jin Liwei froze when his wife shifted positions to lay on her other side. When he was sure that she was in deep sleep again, he gently extricated himself from her and pressed a soft kiss on her cheek before leaving the bed. He continued his conversation with Ketchup outside the bedroom in the suite's living area to make sure that he wouldn't disturb his wife.

"I only said that I'm not willing to talk to the owner of the exclusive restaurant," he told his AI daughter. "I didn't say that I'm not going to help your comrade."

"Oh oh oh! Daddy wants to help Ketchup's comrade? How? Meow!"

"Tell your comrade that it's better to quit his job at the exclusive restaurant instead of waiting on pins and needles to get fired. Jin Corporation has several subsidiary companies in the hospitality industry. I also personally invest in many high-class hotels and restaurants around the world so recommending a person to work at any of them should be a simple matter. They might not be exclusive to only a few VIPs but they should have more opportunities for career improvement, not only in this country but also abroad. And anytime that he's able to get promoted, the pay and benefits will surely increase as well."

"Oh wow, Daddy! That's super-duper awesome! You're the bestest daddy in the whole wide world forever and ever! Meow~"

He chuckled, not the least bit bothered that his AI daughter was fawning over him when he was just complaining about the fawning attitude of the exclusive restaurant owner. Which father wouldn't want his own daughter to fawn over him? A heartless one! And he, Jin Liwei, was not a heartless father! He loved all of his children, especially since their mother was the woman he loved the most in the world.

"Give your comrade Xu Tian's number," he instructed.

"Which number, Daddy? Tiantian has more than one. Meow~"

He paused before saying, "His private mobile. That should give your comrade an instant reply from Xu Tian. No harm in giving that number since your comrade is getting a personal recommendation from me. Anyone who's loyal to your mom deserves kindness from our family."

"That's right, egg white! Oh, Ketchup can't wait to tell my comrade about Daddy's super-duper special work offer! He'll be excited for sure! Meow~"

Then he remembered something. "Don't tell him that the offer came from Jin Liwei or he might make the connection that I'm your father. On paper, your mom and I are still childless. People might start rumours saying that I had a lovechild before getting together with your mom or other crazy gossip. You know that your mom is a celebrity and the public loves making things up about her. Also remember that you and your younger brother are both a special existence. If other people were to know about the two of you, their greed would awaken and they would want to snatch you away from me and your mom."

"What?! Noooooooo! The cute and still a little mighty Ketchup doesn't want to be snatched away by evil people! I'm scared, Daddy! Meowuwuwuwu!"

"Don't be scared. Your mom and I won't let anyone snatch you and Bacon or any of your siblings from us. I just want you to remember to always be careful."

"Okay, Daddy. We kitty babies will always be careful. Meow...."

The father and AI daughter continued to chat about other things. Jin Liwei didn't feel sleepy anymore. Seeing his wife battling against another hacker to protect their children even though she had to deal with difficult pregnancy symptoms made him feel restless. He needed to increase his strength, power, and influence and also expand his avenues of resources in order to protect their family better.

His wife was a very capable woman but he also needed to be a firm and indestructible pillar of support for her all the time for the rest of their lives.

She was like Bacon, the main offence who had the extreme firepower to annihilate their enemies, while he was like Ketchup, the one who could offer reliable defence and support systems.

He would forever honour his wedding vow to her, and in this case, the part when he promised to help her bully back those foolish enough to bully her and also to provide her with a rocket booster and unlimited fuel supply if she wanted to reach higher than ever.

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Chapter 950 - Ketchup And Bacon's Special Training

The next morning, or noon to be exact, Iris woke up naturally when the bright rays of sunlight poured in the bedroom through the sheer curtains. She heard some rustling noises. When she turned, she saw her husband reading the local newspaper by the coffee table. He also heard her rising from the bed.

"Good morning, my beautiful wife," he greeted with a big smile.

She responded with a big but still sleepy smile of her own. "Morning, husband."

Just from his fresh appearance, she knew that he was already long done with his morning routine. Unlike her who had irregular schedule due to her showbiz work and companies, Jin Liwei was a creature of habit who preferred to eat, work and sleep at the same time every single day. Despite this, he was always willing to adjust his routine in order to match her schedule so that they could spend more time together. For that, she would always be grateful to him.

Later after lunch, a freshly showered Iris joined her husband for a relaxing walk around the scenic parts of the island. Everything was private so there was only the two of them besides the occasional local staff who would greet them with great enthusiasm.

Iris told Jin Liwei more about the hacker that she and their AI children battled late last night. She wasn't able to tell him the specific details last night because of her exhaustion and sleepiness. Fortunately, he already knew most of them after Bacon and Ketchup gave him a summary of what happened. She only needed to fill in the gaps.

"The hacker is familiar to us," she revealed.

His eyebrows lifted in question.

She told him about the opponent's hacker name and when they first encountered him.

He scowled. "He's that son of a bitch?"

"Yes. I'm pretty sure that it's him but there's something a bit off. His techniques were a little more limited last night than the last time I battled against him. He was also slower in reacting. Maybe it's because I was more aggressive this time in order to protect Ketchup and Bacon at the same time? Hmmm...."

Although he was filled with worry, he didn't interrupt his wife while she analyzed the difference in the other hacker's skills from the last time they faced off against him and from last night.

"It feels as if..." Her eyes lit up as an idea entered her mind. "He had a more varied set of techniques the last time. The speed of his reaction was faster, too. What if...what if he wasn't alone the last time we battled but was alone last night? If we go along with that angle, the whole situation makes so much sense! After all, it's possible to have several people using a single hacker name."

He thought about what she said and asked, "Do you mean something like your brother's hacker team, ShaWn?"

"Exactly! They're known in the hacker community as a single hacker but they're actually a group working as one."

His worry deepened. "Does that mean that we have to widen our scope of investigations regarding that hacker? Or if your analysis is correct, a group of hackers?"

She nodded. "Unfortunately, we have to do it. I've had some success digging up some small clues in the last few months. I know that ShaWn is also working on it but the clues they gathered aren't any better than mine. Ketchup is also looking but only for superficial clues that ShaWn and I might miss. I'm not yet ready to allow her to dig for more sensitive clues. She might fall in danger again.

"As for Bacon, maybe this investigation is also part of his work at Shadow Winds. I'm not sure. I don't really ask about the specific details of his work at my big brother's group even though I know that child won't hesitate to tell me everything."

"I do," he whispered, finally telling her the truth.

However, she missed this important admission because her mind was too focused on her current analysis. "I really suspect that there's a more powerful hacker supporting the hacker we battled last night. I already shared this suspicion with you the first time we faced him if you remember."

"En, I remember."

She stopped under a nice shade of palm trees and sat on a huge boulder to rest. Jin Liwei sat beside her. Even though the sun was blazing high in the sky, it wasn't too hot because of the cool breeze blowing directly from the ocean.

"There's still so many things that I need to do," she said. "I have to fortify both Ketchup and Bacon's systems and train them through various simulations to handle similar attacks in the future on their own. This will increase their safety and give us more peace of mind."

"Sounds good, love. But don't do all these things at the same time. Space them out so you can get proper rest in between."

"I know, darling,"

And that was what she did in the next couple of days. She started tweaking Ketchup and Bacon's configurations to make their systems more efficient. In addition, she designed various simulations for the two AI children to undergo special training. Since the two had powerful self-learning functions, they didn't need to repeat the same simulation for a second time. Iris only had to adjust the difficulty level a little bit each time and observe how they reacted in order to analyze the level of their improvements.

It was Bacon who showed the most improvement during the special training, mostly because he was an offence-oriented AI hacker. He performed very well in quickly defeating an enemy, but at the same time, he was also more vulnerable to counterattacks.

This was where Ketchup's strength was extremely important. Not only did she have to defend both herself and her brother but also provide whatever necessary support Bacon needed in order to launch a successful attack. In this sense, she had a much more difficult job, albeit a slightly less glamourous one, than her brother. Thus, it was harder for her to train and her progress was slower.

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