Chapter 1421 Childish Fathers
Finally, the children and animals got tired of playing. Little Jun went to his Uncle Yehan and knew how to ask for water.
Lin Yehan was beaming. He felt like a father, especially at times like this. He gladly poured Little Jun a cup of water and called over Popcorn and the puppies to drink as well. His usual soft and gentle smile had now transformed into a delighted (and slightly foolish) smile. The Jin twins crawled to their father and hugged each of Jin Liwei's legs. They looked at him and blinked their adorable eyes. It was clear that they were also asking for something to drink, but Jin Liwei pretended not to understand at first. Little Mochi grew impatient and started whining. His younger twin brother, Little Matcha, tugged on their father's trousers.
"Tell dad what the two of you want," Jin Liwei said calmly. "Ah! Bah!" Little Mochi waved his little arms and expressed his complaints with exaggerated babbles.
Little Matcha continued tugging their father's trousers.
"Dada! Dada!!!" Little Mochi was close to throwing a tantrum.
Jin Liwei's eyes lit up. "Yes, I'm Dada. Say it again."
"Dada!!! Dada!!!" n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Jin Liwei looked at his other twin son with expectant eyes. Little Matcha pouted but still said, "Dada."
"Well done, boys." Jin Liwei laughed and lifted his two sons into his arms before kissing them.
Lu Zihao snorted while watching the scene. He ridiculed his brother-in-law, "Childish."
"I think it's adorable," Lin Yehan commented. "I bet you'll also feel happy when your own sons start calling you Dada."
Lu Zihao didn't reply but looked at his own twins. Both were still too small and young to join playing with their cousins on the floor. Little Misha threw a brief tantrum earlier because he wanted to join in the fun. If only he was a little bigger and stronger, there was no doubt that he would have jumped out of the crib to play with the others. Unfortunately, he still had some growing to do. Only when his scary daddy gave him a hard stare did he grudgingly stop making trouble. Boohoo, his daddy was no fun at all!
The Lu twins were inside the crib. But, unlike Little Misha, who wanted to join the others, Little Dima was pretty content staying in the crib's safety with a rattle. Lu Zihao didn't notice that the corner of his lips curved up, and his eyes softened while looking at his brats. Little Misha and Little Dima might be troublesome most of the time, but they would always be his own kids. It wasn't like he, the former Nikolai Vetrov, couldn't handle two stinky little brats. The twins needed at least one hundred yearsâno, one thousand yearsâto catch up to their old man's level. Hah!
Lin Yehan chuckled at him while shaking his head. As for Jin Liwei, he gave his own set of twins a few sips of water while warming up two servings of breastmilk. The twins had already been completely weaned from feeding directly from their mother's breast. However, they continued to drink breastmilk from a bottle or a sippy cup. Iris continued to pump milk, but her production was already declining. Although there was still a lot of frozen milk in their storage, four babies consumed the supplies. The Jin twins were alright, but the Lu twins might run out of breastmilk soon. Therefore, Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing had decided to integrate baby formula in addition to Iris' breastmilk for their own twins. Both Little Misha and Little Dima didn't like formula at first and preferred their aunt's breastmilk instead. However, they had no choice about the matter. Their parents insisted on feeding them small amounts of baby formula every day. They eventually tolerated it until they got used to it. As a result, they had quickly grown into two little fatties compared to their elder Jin twin cousins. Back to Jin Liwei, the grin on his face was so big and bright that Lu Zihao kept rolling his eyes at him. Lin Yehan chuckled and felt happy for his third brother. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow the author on Instagram: @arriacross]
"This is the first time that they called you Dada?" Lin Yehan asked. "No, but it's the first time they said it in front of me," Jin Liwei replied while putting his twins in the crib with their Lu cousins. Little Mochi and Little Matcha had a sippy cup filled with their mom's delicious warm milk.
"Oh?" Lin Yehan raised an eyebrow and laughed. "Don't tell me they're teasing their own daddy?"
"En. I often hear them saying Dada when I'm a few feet away. But when I confront them and ask them to repeat it, they refuse to do so."
Lu Zihao stood up, stroked the Jin twins' heads, and praised them. "Well done, Viktor and Yuri. As expected of my nephews. You should continue trolling your father. I, your uncle, will reward you."
Jin Liwei scowled. "Stop trying to corrupt my children. Xiulan will be upset if she learns about this."
"She'll only be upset if you tell her about it. Are you going to be a tattletale? Huh?"
"Alright, that's enough." Lin Yehan stepped forward and mediated between them. "You two were never like this before. You were the ones who got along the best among us brothers since the beginning. So why is it only now, when both of you have your own wives and families, that you're suddenly arguing like little boys? You're already fathers. Don't act so childish in front of your children. It's setting a bad example to them!"
Jin Liwei became silent. "Tsk." Lu Zihao looked like he wanted to argue what Lin Yehan but ended up keeping quiet as well.
A few minutes later, there was finally some peace and quiet in the nursery. The four babies were fast asleep in their crib. Little Jun was also taking a nap with Popcorn on a couch in a corner. The five puppies, strewn all over the floor, were sleeping as well. Ice Cream finally moved from her perch on top of a cabinet and joined the babies in the crib.
The three adult men were back to chatting with each other. With Lin Yehan's mediation, Jin Liwei and Lu Zihao finally stopped snapping at each other like immature little boys.
"Are you really moving out after the New Year?" Lin Yehan asked. Lu Zihao nodded. "We've already stayed here long enough. We should've moved out a few months ago, but Jinjing and my sister decided to delay the move until after New Year instead. My sons should be big enough to start eating solid foods by that time. They wouldn't need to consume their aunt's breastmilk as much as before."
"Grandpa Lu also plans to move out with them," Jin Liwei said.
Lin Yehan's brows rose. "Grandpa Lu will be moving with Fifth Brother to their new house?"
"No, the old man bought a property near our new house," Lu Zihao replied. "He says our house is too small for his liking, so he bought a bigger one that he's currently rebuilding into a small mansion. After it's done, the old man's place will be the biggest house in the neighbourhood."
Lin Yehan laughed. "As expected of Grandpa Lu!"
"You can take the majority of my wife's breastmilk supply for Little Misha and Little Dima when you move out," Jin Liwei told his brother-in-law. "My sons don't consume much of their mom's milk anymore."
"I won't stand on ceremony, then." Lu Zihao accepted the offer. He knew that his sons preferred their aunt's milk the most. Before this, he would have declined the offer because he didn't want to obligate his sister into providing milk for his own sons. But he had gotten used to the arrangement now. They all treated the four babies not as mere cousins but more like actual siblings. The Jin and Lu twins shared almost everything, from breastmilk to everything in the nursery and so much more. In a way, they were more like quadruplets than separate sets of twins.
Iris and Jin Liwei treated Little Misha and Little Dima like their own children. In the same way, Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing also treated Little Mochi and Little Matcha like their own children. If not for the routine where the babies were taken to sleep in their parents' own bedrooms every night, they might grow confused about which couple was their actual biological parents. Or they might simply think that they had two mommies and two daddies for a total of four parents. Lin Yehan smiled at his third and fifth brothers. "I think I've already mentioned this before, but I'll say it again. I'm still amazed that the two of you are the first to marry and have kids among us brothers. Third Brother had never shown any interest in women before, while Fifth Brother loves adventuring too much to settle down so early. But look at the two of you now. Devoted husbands and caring fathers. It's simply amazing. I'm so proud of the two of you."
"You'll be next, Eldest Brother." Jin Liwei smiled. "That's my plan." Lin Yehan chuckled.
"There's still the cockroach named Long Hui that you should be wary of," Lu Zihao reminded him. "He's still the father of Little Jun."
"I know." Lin Yehan turned serious.
So did Jin Liwei. "Want me to beat him up?" Lu Zihao offered. Lin Yehan shook his head. "Stop kidding around, Fifth Brother."
"You think I'm kidding?"
"Don't listen to this brute, Eldest Brother. He's just bored and wants to look for trouble."
Lu Zihao glared at Jin Liwei.
"I swear that the two of you have grown more childish after becoming fathers," Lin Yehan said, shaking his head.
Chapter 1422 Come To My House
While the Jin and Lu couples were enjoying a blissful married life and taking care of their own set of twins at home, Chen Fei was busy cursing inside her head. She wore a forced bright smile while enduring the crazy f*cker's arm around her waist.
She and Jin Chonglin bid their goodbyes to the host and the other guests while making their way outside the hotel. When they finally saw the waiting car, both sighed in relief but still maintained their current affectionate expressions and gestures.
There were still many eyes watching them both openly and secretly. For a superstar like Jin Chonglin, it was already expected that the paparazzi would be following his every move in public.
Only when the two of them were inside the car and the noise from the evening gala vanished did they finally stop pretending. It was like a light switch had been turned off.
Poof!
Gone, just like that.
The lovey-dovey atmosphere between the couple that they maintained throughout the entire evening gale disappeared.
However, there was still a palpable electrical tension between the two that neither of them wanted to acknowledge.
"Stay away from me, you crazy f*cker!" Chen Fei pushed the man away while scooting to the other side of the seat.
She almost glued herself to the window to get as far away from him as possible.
"Tsk." Jin Chonglin rolled his eyes but didn't bother retorting.
He was slightly buzzed from the alcohol he had drunk earlier during the event.
Both of them consumed more alcohol than usual due to the pressure of pretending to be an affectionate couple in front of so many people.
Chen Fei couldn't count how many times she regretted agreeing to pretend to be the blasted diva man's girlfriend. Now she was even forced to accompany him to an official event. How troublesome!
At first, she didn't agree to be his partner for tonight, but he was able to persuade her with his glib tongue. He used the opportunity to promote Orchidia to entice her. As a loyal executive of the company, she couldn't resist this chance to network with other powerful and influential figures for Orchidia.
How had she become so easy to sweet-talk like this?
Infuriating!
The man was so infuriating, but she was also annoyed with herself. She didn't want to go along with his dumb ideas, but look at her now. She still ended up following him. Even she felt baffled by her impulsive decisions when it came to Jin Chonglin.
Chen Fei glanced at the annoying man sitting beside her.
Seeing his handsome face annoyed her even more. She couldn't take it anymore.
"Let's break up!" she declared.
Of course, she was talking about the termination of their pretend relationship as girlfriend and boyfriend.
Jin Chonglin gave her a side-eye. "YOU'RE breaking up with ME?! Excuse me, but this prince is Jin Chonglin. Women don't break up with me. It is I who breaks up with them! You hear me?!!!"
"Oh, please!" She snorted, rolling her eyes as well. "Don't give me that bullsh*t. I don't care if you're Jin Chonglin or some golden monkey butt. I don't want to be your pretend girlfriend anymore."
The alcohol buzz made Jin Chonglin feel mischievous tonight.
For some reason, he wanted to tease this woman until she was fuming. Her prickly attitude was starting to look cute.
Maybe he was drunker than he first thought, and he was starting to hallucinate.
Chen Fei, this bossy b*tch, looked cute?
Hah!
What a riot!
He looked at her more deeply. Hm? What was this? Did Orchidia develop some new amazing products again? Why was this woman becoming more attractive the more that he looked at her?
Dammit!
His thoughts were becoming more and more chaotic, but he didn't let any of it show in his expression. Instead, he raised an eyebrow and smirked. "What do you mean you don't want to be my girlfriend anymore? Are you saying that you want to be my REAL girlfriend instead?"
She choked on her saliva from disbelief. "What f*cking nonsense are you spouting? Who said that I want to be your real girlfriend instead?! Stop daydreaming, you a**hole!!!"
"Me, daydreaming?" He chuckled. "Sweetheart, countless people daydream about me, not the other way around."
"Ugh! You're so full of your own bullsh*t!" She released a heavy sigh. "I'm done. Drive me back to my place. I don't want to talk to you anymore."
He shrugged. "Whatever."
Silence.
Neither was willing to speak first. It was a battle of stubborn wills.
After some time, Jin Chonglin pressed a button and a hidden compartment opened. A mini fridge was revealed. He took out a bottle of champagne and acquired a wineglass from another compartment.
Out of the corner of her eyes, Chen Fei watched the man pour himself a glass of champagne. She stretched out a hand without a word.
"What?" he asked.
She gestured to the wineglass.
He snorted at her but still filled the wineglass with champagne before handing it to her. A pleased smile appeared on her face as she enjoyed the first sip.
"Good champagne," she couldn't help but praise.
She knew from experience that this kind of champagne tasted mild and delicate but packed some solid alcoholic punch. She didn't care.
Although she wasn't a drunkard, she did enjoy drinking good alcohol now and then. After all, there was nothing wrong with enjoying life's pleasures, especially at this exciting stage in her life where her career was only becoming more and more successful.
Even if she was in the company of a cocky bastard like Jin Chonglin, she could still enjoy a drink and pat herself on the back for working hard for all her achievements so far.
"More."
She pushed her empty wineglass toward Jin Chonglin. He gave her another side-eye before pouring the woman another full glass of champagne.
The two kept drinking until they emptied the entire bottle.
Chen Fei didn't stop Jin Chonglin when he opened another bottle. The man's alcohol was really tasty.
A part of her warned herself to stop before she regretted it. However, she ignored it and continued enjoying the night. She worked so hard after graduating from university. This was one of the rare times she could take a break and not think about anything related to work.
So what if she was with this annoying diva man?
Just treat him as a waiter or something.
The two drank a bottle of port with higher alcohol content this time. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Much later, neither of them was in the right frame of mind anymore. The atmosphere gradually intensified until they started ignoring their own inhibitions.
When Jin Chonglin asked, "Come to my house?", Chen Fei didn't hesitate to nod her head.
She even straddled Jin Chonglin in the backseat of the car, causing the driver to activate the divider to give the two much-needed privacy. The two didn't even notice the driver's swift reaction.
Jin Chonglin wrapped his hands around Chen Fei's waist, dangerously lowering them to her bottom. His gaze burned her, but she no longer cared about the consequences of her actions.
"Motherf*cker, you're so sexy," she whispered into his ear before sticking out her tongue to lick it. He smiled before squeezing her butt. "Right back at ya."
Chapter 1423 Ugly! Disgusting!
*[Warning: 18+ scenes ahead!!!]*
Once the two entered Jin Chonglin's house, he pressed Chen Fei's back against the closed front door. The atmosphere was no longer ambiguous. It was blatantly bursting with sexual sparks.
Chen Fei felt as if her entire body was being washed away by a great waterfall. She had little control over her own body. It was a peculiar feeling that she had never experienced before.
The man's kisses, touches, and whispers were too electrifying! He was too talented in how to touch a woman's body in all the right places.
She wasn't a hypocrite. Since he could make her feel good, then she might as well enjoy it! She didn't want to think too much about the consequences of their actions tonight. There was still tomorrow to face everything.
Tonight, she would allow herself to enjoy this man's taste. It would be her first time, but so what? She was already a responsible adult woman. She could make her own choices.
"Ah~" She trembled when Jin Chonglin pressed his thigh between her legs and ground it against her centre.
"You like that?" he murmured before sucking her earlobe.
She shivered before grabbing his hair hard and forcing him to kiss her on the mouth again. His skillful tongue delved deep inside and played with her tongue, making her moan.
Jin Chonglin lifted her. He looked slender with clothes on, but he was surprisingly strong.
She wrapped her legs around his waist, and then he carried her to his bedroom. Chen Fei was too overwhelmed by what the man was making her feel that she didn't notice the change of location. Before she knew it, she was already lying on the bed.
She was dazed for a moment, trying to process the situation. Her clothes were still on her body, but they were no longer presentable.
He noticed her distracted expression. Despite his raging desire, he still asked her, "Do you want to do it with me?"
Her brain which was usually sharp failed to process his question immediately. "Huh?"
He clarified, "I said, do you want to have sex with me?"
"Sex...with you?"
"Yeah." He nuzzled her ear, tickling it and making her shiver. Her dazed brain started to slowly function again. The sharpness returned to her eyes.
Of course, Jin Chonglin noticed it, too. He was already prepared for her refusal.
Then she wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer before saying with determination and desire, "F*ck yeah!"
This time, he was the one whose sharp brain left him. For a couple of seconds, he failed to process what she just said.
"Huh?" Now, it was his turn to wear a dumb expression on his face.
"Let's have sex, Jin Chonglin," she said.
His eyes blinked a few times. "You sure?"
"Yeah."
His mouth curved up. Then he kissed her again. The fire burned hotter between their intertwined bodies.
Their clothes were thrown to the floor in no time, as if they couldn't wait to get rid of anything blocking their skin from touching directly. There was no slow savouring, only devouring as much as they could. The alcohol made them dizzy, but the desire only intensified. They felt like they were floating in a dream and just decided to follow their instincts.
Jin Chonglin kneaded Chen Fei's breasts. He could confirm based on actual personal experience that hers were all natural and not due to surgery. They might not be that bigâin fact, they were on the smaller sideâbut that didn't stop him from lusting after them.
His throat felt parched. He captured a n*pple and sucked hard.
She moaned, making the corners of his mouth lift into a smug grin. He released her n*pple with a pop and captured the other one. His hand snaked slowly from her waist to the space between her thighs. She instinctively closed them but he coaxed her with his skillful touches until she opened them again.
"M*therfucker!" She almost jumped out of her skin when his fingers directly touched her soaking core.
When his finger entered her, her hips were already moving. She had always been honest about her thoughts and urged him to pump his hand inside her faster.
"More...oh f*ck, so good!" Her hips shook, matching his rhythm, and pressed against him, wanting more.
The pleasure was something that she had never experienced before. It was like being electrocuted, yet instead of avoiding it like death, she wanted more.
When his finger entered her, her hips were already moving. She had always been honest about her thoughts and urged him to pump his hand inside her faster.
"More...oh f*ck, so good!" Her hips shook, matching his rhythm, and pressed against him, wanting more.
"Greedy woman." He chuckled before inserting another finger. "So tight. Can't wait to enter you."
She shivered. The bedsheets below her core were already soaked through from her desire, but she didn't care or feel embarrassed. All she cared about was enjoying the unimaginable pleasure that she had never felt before.
Jin Chonglin catered to her every demand. He was indeed a skillful lover. He knew how to respond to her every moan, sigh, and shiver.
He moved downwards, trailing wet kisses all over her skin. His fingers moved faster before his mouth reached the space between her thighs. Then he began blowing her mind with the combination of his mouth and fingers.
Before she knew it, the pressure built up and Chen Fei reached the summit. She let out a silent scream while pulling his hair hard. He groaned in pain but didn't stop sucking her and pumping his fingers in and out of her.
Her entire body shook.
When she returned to her senses, Jin Chonglin was already rubbing his hard length against her soaking core. But before he could insert it, she took a peek.
"Ugly! Disgusting!"
She might disdain its appearance, but her body was already betraying her. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
She opened her legs wider and even tilted her hips towards him.
He clicked his tongue at her contradictory words and actions. His eyes, however, was blazing with unconcealed hunger.
"Ready?" he asked.
Instead of answering, she pulled his waist closer to her.
He chuckled before straightening his waist and thrusting inside of her.
"F*ck!!!" Chen Fei let out a string of curses from the stabbing pain. "Hurry, get out!!!!!!"
Chapter 1424 Who Are You Calling a Dog?
*[Warning: 18+ scenes ahead!!!]*
She attempted to push him away, but couldn't. Despite his lean build, Jin Chonglin was still a tall man. He was heavier than she expected.
Jin Chonglin looked as if he was also in pain. He gritted his teeth and a vein throbbed in his forehead. His eyes closed and he even trembled a little.
When he opened his eyes again, they looked dark and serious.
"You wanted this. Are you going to run away without finishing what you started?"
His challenge was super effective. For someone extremely competitive like Chen Fei, his words riled her up completely. She wasn't the type to shy away from any challenge. If someone told her no, then she would have all the more reason to want to do it. This had always been her personality.
She refused to back down. She let out another string of curses before biting his shoulder hard.
"Ouch! Sh*t, woman! Are you a dog?!"
It was really painful. He glanced at his poor shoulder and saw a complete outline of teeth on the skin. He wasn't sure but it might even be bleeding. He hissed and wanted to bite her back but remembered that he was raised better than that.
"Who are you calling a dog? You're the dog!" Chen Fei was enraged.
"You bit me! If you aren't a dog, then what are you?!"
"If I'm a dog, then you're also a dog! How dare you f*ck me and call me a dog, you f*cking dog?!"
Jin Chonglin was also enraged. He withdrew and slammed his hips hard into her.
"Ah!" Chen Fei shook at the sudden thrust.
She was about to curse him again but then he started pumping.
It felt so good, dammit!
The initial pain didn't last long. The pleasure quickly returned. This time, it was multiplied several times over.
Chen Fei no longer tried to push the man away. Instead, she met his thrusts with her own hips. Although this was her first time having sex, she wasn't completely ignorant about what to do. She had always been honest about her feelings, and so they were reflected in her actions.
"So good," she moaned.
"You like it, huh?" Jin Chonglin panted while changing the rhythm of his thrusts to maximize both of their pleasure.
"Oh yeah~"
"Say my name," he said.
"Jin Chonglin," she panted.
"Just Chonglin. Say it."
"Chonglin."
"F*ck, yes." He sped up his hip movements. Then he slowed down again before asking, "Do you like me?"
"No."
Her answer was quick. No hesitation at all.
His hip movements faltered. He gritted his teeth and ground his waist hard, making her squeal. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I don't like you at all! How can...I like an a**hole like you?" Even as she said these caustic words, she didn't forget to pull his head for another deep kiss.
When the kiss ended, both were out of breath. Their lower bodies were continuing their rhythmic movements in frenzied unison.
"Liar," he harrumphed. "It's obvious that you like me."
"Delusionalâmph!"
Another intense kiss blocked her poisonous mouth. His hips also intensified in pumping her.
Their bodies were slick with sweat and other body fluids. Even as they insulted each other, they couldn't stop rubbing their bodies together.
When Chen Fei was close to the peak, Jin Chonglin slowed down. She tried urging him to go faster but he didn't give in.
"Chonglin!!!" she roared.
"Yes, you should call my name just like that." He moved his hips in a slow circle, deliberately making her suffer and wanting for more.
"Move it!!!"
"Beg me," he drawled.
"Go to hell!!!"
"Babe, I'm not going to hell. I'm taking you with me to heaven."
She choked at his gooey words. If she wasn't enjoying what he was doing to her, she would want to vomit.
Begging him?
Never!
Her eyes narrowed. Then she tightened her core, squeezing him with all her might.
He gasped and then groaned. His entire body trembled before tightening up. He closed his eyes, opened them again, and glared at her.
She shot him a smug look, challenging him to talk nonsense again. Watching him suffer like this made her feel elated. He bullied her by delaying her climax, so what if she bullied him back?
He deserved it!
Hmph!
Prior experience in bed wasn't important. It didn't matter that she never slept with others before Jin Chonglin. She knew that she could blow this blasted man's mind if she so wanted. And that was what she was going to do.
A virgin could be a femme fatale, too.
He was now temporarily paralyzed by the sheer pressure of her tightness. Only experience prevented him from shooting prematurely inside her.
Then he was caught off-guard when she suddenly pushed him with all her might and flipped their positions. She was now on top of him.
His eyes widened as he stared at the naked woman straddling him. She looked wild and unbridled. Unlike most women he had slept with before, she didn't even bother pretending to be shy or innocent.
Damn, this woman was so sexy!
He smirked and placed an arm under his head, using it as a pillow, while his other hand stroked her lean waist. His eyes roved all over her luscious, sweaty body.
Her figure wasn't the best among the women he bedded before, but her oozing confidence was the sexiest that he had ever encountered.
She wasn't afraid of offending him. Her mouth was venomous, yet her body didn't hide away from him. She wanted more of him, and she wasn't afraid to demand more from him, even when her mouth spouted insults at him. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
If he didn't give it to her, then she would take it for herself.
He had no doubt that he was her first man, but the way she was now bouncing up and down on top of him was so natural that he couldn't help but harden even more.
He wasn't f*cking this woman anymore.
She was the one who was f*cking him!
Hello! I'm back after 2 years of hiatus. My deepest apologies for keeping you all HGWS fans waiting this long. I've been struggling enormously with my mental & physical health this past couple of years. It even came to a point that I almost ended everything once and for all, but thankfully, my family found me in time and didn't allow me to do a stupid thing. A super long recovery process allowed me to rediscover my love for writing. I hope that you can still join me in this journey of finishing this story. Thank you all so much for your support!!!
Chapter 1425 I'll Take Responsibility
*[Warning: 18+ scenes ahead!!!]*
No, this couldn't go on. He needed to reassert himself or his pride as man would suffer. He held her waist with both hands and started thrusting his hips upwards, making her throw back her head and scream louder.
'Damn, this feels too good!' both of them thought.
Jin Chonglin reached down to where they were connected and started rubbing her button of pleasure. As expected, she squealed with delight. She squeezed her own breasts while continuing to bounce up and down on top of him. Their movements became faster and more intense.
Jin Chonglin gritted his teeth and tried controlling their wild rhythm but to no avail. Chen Fei didn't care about him at all.
What she cared about was her own pleasure. He knew that this was punishment for not letting her climax earlier when she was close to it.
She finally reached the peak.
Her entire body shook and she screamed with all her might.
When she finally calmed down, her throat felt sore from all the screaming.
It was only then that she noticed that she was still lying on top of Jin Chonglin. He was rubbing her backside, soothing her.
She looked at his face and saw utter satisfaction. Then she realized the hot liquid inside her. Putting two and two together, her expression turned ugly.
She immediately pulled away despite still feeling shaky.
Their bodies separated with a loud wet pop. She felt his generous release flow down her thighs.
"You...y-you!" She watched as the white liquid with a little bloody tint dripped out of her, staining the bedsheets.
There was a lot.
A whole lot.
She was so angry at the sight. If not for her body still basking from pleasure, she would have already fought with the bastard.
Still, it was a fact that he gave her the best first-time sex that she could ever ask for in her life. This alone negated a lot of her fury.
In the end, she could only sigh.
"You're so irresponsible," she muttered, glaring at him. "Can't even remember to put on a condom. Are you a first-timer?"
"Oh, sh*t." Jin Chonglin's expression changed as well. "Sorry, I forgot. I'll take responsibility."
"Who needs you to take responsibility?!" She sneered, and then promptly kicked him off the bed.
He fell to the floor with a loud thud. He was dazed in disbelief. Did she just kick him out of his own bed? Then his eyes swept across their mixed essence still flowing down her inner thighs to the bedsheets. His little brother twitched again and began to rise.
The woman saw it, of course.
She scowled. "Get out! Hurry up and buy me a morning-after pill!"
Jin Chonglin didn't move. His eyes began to burn at her again. His little brother was now standing up straight and proud withal its glory.
Her body also responded, but she continued glaring at him. "What are you waiting for? Go!"
He stood up. "Later."
She raised both hands to stop him from jumping to the bed.
"Fine, I want another round, but I can't rest assured without seeing the pills with my own eyes. No pill, no more sex!"
He pursed his lips but still obeyed. He quickly grabbed a robe and put it on before leaving his bedroom. He called one of his bodyguards to head to the nearest pharmacy to buy not only morning-after pulls and hangover medicine but also some additional items like female clothes and toiletries for Chen Fei.
The bodyguard was quite quick. About fifteen minutes later, he was back with a plastic bag filled with items. Jin Chonglin grabbed the purchases and returned to the bedroom in a hurry.
He showed everything to Chen Fei. While she was reading the instructions for the morning-after pill, he opened his bedside drawer and took out a box of condoms. Then he wore one before jumping back on the bed.
"Hey! Let me finish reading this firstâmph!" Chen Fe's mouth was once again sealed by a deep, wet kiss. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
She struggled for a couple of seconds before wrapping her arms around his neck. Then their bodies intertwined again.
Their hoarse voices and flesh slapping each other continued to fill the bedroom throughout the night.
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The next morning, the annoying sound of a ringing phone awakened a groggy Chen Fei. Her head felt like it was being hammered while her body felt like it had been struck by a large truck.
Her arm reached blindly towards the bedside table. Then she felt another person lean over her to get the blasted phone instead.
"Hello?" a hoarse male voice answered the phone in her stead.
Her drowsiness was too much to bear. As soon as the man answered the phone on her behalf, she returned to sleep again.
Let him take care of it. She was too exhausted!
She deserved more sleep after he tossed and turned her all night long.
Back at Dragon Palace Home #10, Long Jinjing frowned. She double-checked her phone to make sure that she called the correct number.
There was no mistake.
It was indeed her best friend's phone number. But why did a man answer it? Although the man's voice sounded a bit familiar, she couldn't remember whose voice it belonged to at the moment.
She grew worried.
Did something happen to Chen Fei last night?
"Who's this?" she demanded, immediately going into protective mama bear mode.
"Huh?" The male voice sounded confused.
"Who are you?! Why do you have my friend's phone?!"
Iris glanced at Long Jinjing. They were at her mezzanine office at home. The latest progress reports from Orchidia had arrived at her inbox earlier this morning. She and Long Jinjing were checking and discussing the reports when Long Jinjing decided to call Chen Fei to fact-check some of the details.
Iris stopped what she was doing and listened to the phone call. She also frowned and began to worry for Chen Fei. If something really did happen to Chen Fei, then they must be ready to take action as soon as possible. She was about to call for her AI cat children to check on their Auntie Chen Fei when she heard Long Jinjing gasp from shock.
"J-jin Chonglin?!!!!"
Chapter 1426 Both Adults
Iris raised an eyebrow. She was also surprised at this sudden turn of events.
"Y-you...w-where's Chen Fei?!" Long Jinjing stammered, still unable to get over the shock.
"Ketchup, loudspeaker, please," Iris murmured.
"Aye aye, Mommy! Meow~"
In the next second, Long Jinjing's phone call was set on loudspeaker.
"She's here with me." Jin Chonglin's voice sounded sleepy. Then he said, "Hey, wake up!"
"Hmmm...no...." Chen Fei's voice also sounded sleepy.
"You have a phone call."
"Hm? F*ck off, Jin Chonglin. Let me sleep...you beast...zzzzzzzzz...."
"You need to wake up."
"I said later...zzzzzzzz...."
His tone became gentler. "Come on, babe. Wake up now and answer your phone. It sounds important."
"Who are you calling 'babe', you annoying man! Whose fault is it that I'm so f*cking tired and sleepy right now?! My whole body f*cking hurts and yet you're still disturbing me so early in the morning! Argh! I'm gonna strangle you, I swear!"
"Alright, whatever. Here's the phone."
Chen Fei muttered another string of curses before finally speaking on the phone. "Yeah, hello? Who the hell's calling me so god*mn early in the morning?!"
Long Jinjing was still in total shock at the conversation she just heard between Chen Fei and Jin Chonglin. The implication of what happened between the two was all too clear!
"Hello? Hello! Why aren't you speaking?! If you're not gonna talk, I'm hanging up!"
The grumpy voice was indeed Chen Fei's, but Long Jinjing still couldn't speak. She couldn't believe what was happening.
Iris got up and took the phone from the frozen Long Jinjing.
"Chen Fei, it's me," she said calmly. Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"..."
"It's Long Xiulan. Big Sister Jinjing is with me."
"..."
"Want me to give you a day off today?" Iris asked, not at all bothered by the silence at the other end of the phone call.
"..."
"Alright then. I'll grant you a day off today. Brother Chonglin, are you still there?"
Some rustling sounds.
"Sister Xiulan," Jin Chonglin's voice spoke next, sounding more sober now.
"I'll have your elder brother send more bodyguards to your place in a moment. Don't let the paparazzi snap photos of Chen Fei leaving your house so early in the morning. You need to protect her reputation from the media or I'll tell your brother to clean you up. She's not a celebrity. I don't want her being hounded by the media or being harassed by some of your crazy fans."
"I know," Jin Chonglin replied. "I'll protect Chen Fei. You have my word."
"F*ck! I don't need any man's protection, especially yours!" Chen Fei protested.
"Be good," he soothed her.
"Dammit! Get away from me. My waist still f*cking hurts so much!"
Iris chuckled. "We won't bother you two anymore, then. Just be mindful of the paparazzi. I'll have Liwei send the extra security there. They will arrive at your house soon."
"Thanks, Sister Xiulan," he replied.
When the phone call ended, Long Jinjing still hadn't completely recovered from the great shock. Iris, on the other hand, looked amused.
"Are they...." Did they really....?" Long Jinjing still couldn't wrap her head around what they just heard on the phone.
"What's so weird about it?" Iris shrugged.
"But Xiao Fei hates Jin Chonglin!"
Iris shot her a meaningful look. "I also hated Liwei at first. But look at us now. And what about you? You always said before that my big brother isn't your ideal man and that you'd never marry someone like him. And yet look at the two of you, married with kids just like me and my husband."
Long Jinjing pursed her lips, unable to retort, because everything Iris said was the truth.
"Just let Chen Fei and my brother-in-law figure out their relationship or if they really want to pursue a real relationship," Iris continued saying. "They're both adults who can make their own decisions. Besides, you've known Chen Fei longer than any of us do. You know that she's not someone to be trifled with. She won't allow anyone to take advantage of her without her consent. If Brother Chonglin dares to play with her, then she won't be polite. She'll destroy him."
"You're right." Long Jinjing sighed. "I'm just worried. Jin Chonglin is...uh...he's...uhm...well, you know...."
"Just say it," Iris replied. "He's a playboy. We all know that."
"Y-yeah..."
"Well, not all men are like my Liwei who stayed chaste before he pursued meâhis one and only true love." Iris looked smug.
Long Jinjing wanted to roll her eyes but refrained from doing so because she was too nice and polite.
Iris continued, "And my big brother, although he had other women before, he's still a very loyal man. He's committed to you and my nephews."
"You think so?" Long Jinjing's cheeks turned crimson. The corners of her mouth were already curving up.
"Of course." Iris chuckled while sitting down behind her desk. Then she changed the subject. "I gave Chen Fei the day off, so let's not bother her anymore. The two of us still have plenty of work to finish."
"Alright." Long Jinjing also joined her.
Soon, the sisters were busy with their own respective work. As the bosses of Orchidia, they were able to complete most of their work remotely at home which was very convenient especially since both of them were new, young mothers.
Orchidia was on a phenomenal track. Maternity leave or not, they wanted to ensure that nothing would derail the company.
Chen Fei and Jin Chonglin's matter was pushed out of their minds as they entered work mode without a hitch.
Meanwhile, Jin Liwei obeyed his wife's directive to send extra security to his younger brother's house. He didn't have much of a reaction when he learned about what happened between Chen Fei and his brother. Like his wife, he believed that the two were already adults who could make their own decisions. He had no intention of interfering in his brother's relationships unless compelled to do so.
Besides, he already had his own family. He had no time to worry about other people. Right now, he was busy finishing work at Jin Corporation, so that he could go home early later and eat dinner with his beloved wife and children.
Chapter 1427 New Year, New Beginnings
Christmas and New Year holidays came and went. The Chua family once again visited from the Philippines. They brought a lot of local Filipino presents for the Jin and Lu twins. Of course, Little Jun, the cats, and even the puppies weren't forgotten either.
It was only because of Dom and his family that Iris and the others even bothered to celebrate Christmas in the first place as a big, happy family. Without the Chuas, they would rather spend more time running Christmas promotions for their respective businesses instead of taking holiday leave.
Even the busy Clover returned from France to celebrate with everyone before promptly leaving again after the holidays to continue developing Liberté, formerly known as Sang Bleu, Iris's perfume company that Jin Liwei gifted her.
The babies had also grown up a lot by the time the New Year arrived. The Jin twins couldn't walk on their own yet, but they were already starting to stand up without anyone holding them up.
As for the Lu twins, they had become fatter yet again. Everyone else thought that they were adorable, and yet their own father disdained them for being little fatties.
"Just you wait, Mikhail and Dmitri," Lu Zihao told his sons in a grim, foreboding tone. "When you grow old enough, your father will train you hard. No children of mine will become lazy a** couch potatoes. Prepare yourselves. Enjoy your current easy baby lives while you can. It won't last long."
It was a good thing that Long Jinjing wasn't there to hear what her husband said to their children. Even if she heard it, she wouldn't understand anyway, because he spoke in Russian.
But if she did understand it, she would definitely go into full mama bear mode and fight him. Their children were still babies. Instead of pampering them, their father was already thinking of putting them through harsh training. What kind of father was he?
Not long after New Year, Lu Zihao and his family finally moved out of Dragon Palace Home #10 to their new home. It wasn't an exclusive residential village like Dragon Palace Homes, but Lu Zihao made sure that the security was fortified from any enemy.
Grandpa Lu also followed them and moved into his new mansion in the same neighbourhood. The old man was very reluctant about leaving his Jin great-grandbabies.
If it were up to him, they would all live together at Dragon Palace Home #10 until all the babies grew up. That was the ideal scenario for the old man.
Unfortunately, Lu Zihao and Long Jinjing insisted on moving out into their new home. Grandpa Lu could only sigh and choose to live closer to his blood-related great-grandbabies. It was an extremely difficult decision to make, but he understood the need for the couples to have their own privacy. Even he, an old man, needed his own space, so he couldn't force everyone to live together under the same roof.
At first, the babies had no idea that this living arrangement was permanent.
The next day after Lu Zihao and his family moved out, both sets of Jin and Lu twins were inconsolable. They kept wailing at the top of their lungs, looking for their cousins. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Even Little Jun cried miserably and kept on asking his mother, Jiang Ying Yue, where Little Misha and Little Dima went. The poor kid thought that a bad person had stolen his beloved baby cousins. It was only when Jiang Ying Yue explained to her son that they moved out to their own home did Little Jun accepted the change with great reluctance.
The same situation occurred at Lu Zihao's new home. Little Misha and Little Dima almost couldn't breathe from crying too hard as they looked for their elder cousins.
Both Iris and Long Jinjing almost gave in. If it weren't for their husbands' firm reassurances, they would have already returned to their previous living arrangement at Dragon Palace Home #10.
In the end, the children gradually got used to not living together. They also video-called every day.
The babies babbled to each other. The parents had no idea what their babies were saying. It didn't matter, though, whether they understood them or not. The most important thing was that the babies finally stopped crying every single day. The two couples felt finally relieved.
New Year heralded the fruition of many business projects planned since last year.
Jin Liwei worked hard as usual in running Jin Corporation. There might not be as many exciting projects compared to his wife's businesses, but he had always preferred reliability and consistency over bold risks.
After all, his number one priority right now was to earn money in order to let his wife and kids enjoy life without any worries. And of course, to pass on the company to the next generation, preferably to his own children depending on their performance and willingness to inherit the responsibility of running a multinational business empire.
Like Jin Liwei, Iris had also become much busier. She was more active again in overseeing her businesses and also working on her preparations for another showbiz comeback after her maternity leave.
This didn't mean, however, that she was neglecting her babies. Not at all. With the help of everyone at home, she was able to spend quality time with her family while also finding the time to work on her businesses and showbiz career.
Right now, Orchidia Beauty's new endorsement campaign with the national shooting team launched in full force.
Ren Jiyu, the youngest athlete in the team, immediately became the hottest athlete of the year because of his special Orchidia Beauty endorsement.
He and his teammates gained a new horde of fans. Ren Jiyu and some of the more attractive team members even received offers from various talent agencies.
Iris was in her music room playing the piano for the children, cat, and puppies when Dom handed her the phone, telling her that it was Jin Chonglin.
Jin Chonglin told her, "Ren Jiyu and his teammates want to sign with our LXC Studio."
Chapter 1428 How Loyal of Them
Iris' eyebrow rose. "You made them offers to join our LXC Studio?"
"No," Jin Chonglin replied.
"Then...?"
"Other talent agencies apparently contacted them and offered favourable contracts, but they didn't accept any of the offers," he explained. "Ren Jiyu and the others are interested in entering showbiz, though. They said that they're big fans of yours, so if they're going to sign with a talent management company, then they might as well sign with LXC Studio because they trust you more than anyone else in the industry."
Iris smiled. "Oh, I see. How loyal of them. My Black Stars are indeed the best."
He snorted but didn't refute her claim. Of course, in his own mind, he thought that his own army of fans was the best, but the Black Stars were a close second. The infamous fans of Iris Long could indeed contend with his army of fans when it came to loyalty and organization.
Iris had no problem with signing Ren Jiyu and his teammates with LXC Studio. She appreciated their loyalty to her as members of her Black Stars fan club.
If they wanted to sign with her own entertainment company, then she would welcome them with open arms.
Although Ren Jiyu and his teammates weren't trained actors or musicians, they were still veritable members of the national shooting team which won the silver medal from the last world championships and brought back glory to the country.
Their current popularity as a team was still on the rise, especially with the launch of their Orchidia Beauty endorsements. Not to mention that Ren Jiyu, the youngest member among them, was so charismatic. Almost all variety and talk shows wanted to invite and interview him.
As the bosses of LXC Studio and as famous celebrities themselves, both Iris and Jin Chonglin understood how to utilize this kind of momentary public interest and turn it into lasting fame.
Jin Chonglin was especially adept at it with his own experience as a superstar.
Ren Jiyu and the other members of the national shooting team were active athletes, so their self-discipline, motivation, and dedication to work hard were unquestionable. Iris felt more assured of having them as signed talents rather than untested trainees. At least, she wouldn't question their work ethics.
"I'll get the contracts ready and arrange a press conference for their official signing with our studio," Jin Chonglin said.
"Good," Iris replied. "I want it done as soon as possible."
"Yeah."
"Let me know the details once everything is finalized. I'll attend the official signing."
"Suit yourself."
The conversation about signing the national shooting team was finally over. Iris still wanted to ask her brother-in-law about his relationship with Chen Fei, but it seemed that Jin Chonglin somehow sensed it, so he quickly ended the phone call before she could open up the topic.
She sighed, feeling a little regretful.
Then her attention shifted to the door when someone knocked and opened it.
Popcorn flew like an orange rocket followed by the three puppiesâPudding, Chowder, and Ham.
Jin Liwei caught Popcorn and smiled at the puppies who were wagging their tails while circling his feet.
"Papa!" Little Jun also ran to his godfather.
"Dada! Dada!! Dada!!!" Little Mochi followed behind.
Even the usually quiet and indifferent Little Matcha threw his toy car and crawled to his father.
Jin Liwei's eyes softened when he saw the children abandon their toys aside to welcome him home.
He took his time giving each child a kiss and a hug. His twin boys each hugged one of his legs. He scooped them up and carried them in each arm.
Little Mochi babbled and gestured wildly. Jin Liwei had no idea what his eldest twin son was saying, but he could tell from the baby's excitement that Little Mochi was regaling him with his little adventures throughout the morning.
He glanced at his other son.
Little Matcha was content hugging his neck. The baby who resembled him the most also took after his personality. Both the father and son were indifferent to other people but were quite possessive and affectionate only to their loved ones.
Little Jun already returned to playing with Popcorn and the puppies. Seeing this, the twins also wanted to be put down.
Jin Liwei chuckled before carefully allowing them to crawl back to their elder cousin and play together.
"Hi, Sir Boss!" Dom greeted.
"Meow," Ice Cream also greeted him before quickly returning to her ever-important beauty sleep.
Jin Liwei nodded at them before walking straight to his wife sitting by the piano. He pulled Iris into his embrace and inhaled her scent.
How fragrant!
His wife always smelled good. But she smelled extra nice today (courtesy of Liberté's latest perfume prototype sent by Clover from France for approval).
He couldn't help but kiss his wife before sighing in contentment.
"Welcome back, darling," Iris said with a smile.
"I'm home, love," he replied, giving her a soft kiss on the corner of her mouth.
The family walked to the dining area for lunch. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
After eating, the nannies took the children and the pets away for an afternoon nap in the nursery. Dom left to give the husband and wife some privacy.
Iris and Jin Liwei enjoyed some digestive tea while chatting.
Then Ketchup interrupted them, "Excuse me, Mommy and Daddy, but Grandma Wei Lan is calling Daddy's phone. Does Mommy and Daddy want the cute and mighty Ketchup to answer it or ignore it? Meow~"
Jin Liwei glanced at his wife, letting her decide what to do.
Iris tilted her head to the side. "She always treats you like her own child more than me. She'd rather call you directly than speak with me."
He chuckled. "Because you always leave her speechless. Besides, you don't really consider her your mother anyway."
"True." She didn't refute it. "I also only speak the truth to her. If that makes her want to avoid me, then I can't do anything about it, nor do I care."
"Then don't care if you don't want to." He took her hand and kissed it. "Let me handle Wei Lan. She's still my mother-in-law in the eyes of the people after all."
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Chapter 1429 Amnesia?
Iris shrugged and gestured for Jin Liwei to answer the phone call.
Her husband spoke to Wei Lan. She heard everything they were talking about. When the phone call ended, the husband and wife frowned.
"The vizconde has amnesia?" Iris frowned. "Do you believe it?"
Jin Liwei paused for a couple of seconds. "Nikolai's informants have confirmed that the vizconde was badly injured when he was ambushed in Trinidad. Apparently, his condition was so severe that he technically died when they were rushing him for medical treatment off-island. He was only successfully revived when they arrived in Barbados. He was comatose. According to what Wei Lan said, he only regained consciousness yesterday but couldn't remember anything, even his own name."
Iris was deep in thought.
Jin Liwei continued, "We still don't know if the attack was premeditated or if the vizconde was only unlucky to encounter a gang shooting. Nikolai's people are still investigating."
She nodded. "I'll optimize Bacon again so that he can assist Big Brother's investigations better. As for the vizconde, I'm getting more and more intrigued by him. I'm curious about what kind of person he really is in person."
"We'll meet him soon. Wei Lan and René Alejandro are bringing him to the country to recuperate when his condition stabilizes enough to fly safely."
Although the Spanish viscount intrigued Iris, he wasn't enough to retain her interest for long. She had an important task today.
"Ready?" Jin Liwei asked.
She nodded.
After freshening up and changing their outfits, Iris and Jin Liwei said goodbye to the children, cats, and puppies before leaving the mansion together.
"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you inside?" Jin Liwei asked again.
She shook her head. "Thanks but I can handle it. Besides, you still need to work and earn milk money for our babies."
He chuckled.
Jin Liwei's eyes were soft as he gazed at his beautiful wife. If they weren't on their way to work, he would have already dragged her to their bedroom and done wicked things with her in broad daylight. Just imagining it was making him breathless.
What a pity!
He could only endure during the day and wait until bedtime later at night. Others said that attraction waned after marriage and childbirth, but that wasn't the case for them at all. He found his wife even more beautiful and sexier after she gave birth to his children.
He could only endure during the day and wait until bedtime later at night. Others said that attraction waned after marriage and childbirth, but that wasn't the case for them at all. He found his wife even more beautiful and sexier after she gave birth to his children.
Truth be told, he still couldn't get enough of her. If he wasn't careful in wearing protection, it would be no surprise if she got pregnant again so soon after giving birth to their twin boys.
He didn't mind if they had more biological children in the future. Both of them could afford to raise as many as they wanted, anyway. However, he didn't want his wife to suffer through childbirth again.
He stood by her side when Iris gave birth to their twins. It was frightening and also one of the most important reasons why he loved his wife even more now than he did before.
For a woman to go through all the pain, and suffering, and even face the risk of death, just to give birth to a child, which man wouldn't love his wife even more after all that?
A stupid idiot.
No doubt about it.
Of course, Jin Liwei wasn't a stupid idiot. This was why his love for his wife was overflowing even more than before he married her.
Iris saw how he was looking at her and felt amused. "What are you thinking about?"
"You."
She laughed.
"And our kids," he added. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Her laughter transformed into a soft smile. "We have amazing kids, Liwei."
"I know. Thanks to you."
She clasped her hand with his and leaned her head on his shoulder. "I couldn't have made our babies without you."
"I know." This time, he looked smug.
Only the two of them could create such beautiful children together. Perhaps they were seeing their own kids with rose-coloured filter eyes just like any other parents, but they really thought that their own biological children were the most amazing in the whole world.
Even so, Jin Liwei was still clear-headed enough to continue his resolve to be the disciplinarian in the family. His wife was perfect in almost every way, except when it came to their children.
She had always been too soft-hearted and would spoil the kids to no end. He needed to balance it out with his strictness in order to prevent their kids from going astray and growing up into disastrous spoiled brats.
Finally, they arrived at a nondescript office building.
Jin Liwei got off the vehicle first and helped his wife next. Then they walked together to the building followed by Dom and their bodyguards. Their movements were quick, so the passersby didn't notice that the nation's current most famous power couple just walked by them.
They rode the elevator to the topmost floor. When they stepped out of the elevator, they were greeted by the imposing logo of Phantom Dragon Funds.
"Welcome, President Long and CEO Jin," the new CEO of Phantom Dragon Funds greeted them.
Qiao Yu, Iris' long-time personal financial manager, only helped her establish the new investment company at the beginning until they found someone competent to manage it.
The new CEO was the protégé of Qiao Yu's long-time friend in the financial management industry. At Qiao Yu's recommendation, Iris had the man's background checked before aggressively recruiting and successfully hiring him as Phantom Dragon Funds' new CEO.
The new CEO was eager to showcase his management and leadership skills. In no time, he hired a full company staff and executed Iris' orders, especially their number one priority at the momentâbuying as much Long Industries shares as possible.
Iris was very satisfied with this CEO's performance so far.
To the outside world, Phantom Dragon Funds was an up-and-coming start-up that was taking the investment world by storrm. It helped that its new CEO was a young hotshot that many predicted would become one of the nation's business leaders in the future.
Chapter 1430 Eccentric Billionaire
In order to keep the new CEO long-term and inspire loyalty, Iris made a decisive choiceâshe granted 5% shares of Phantom Dragon Funds to him.
This was one of the things she learned from Grandpa Lu. People would work harder when they knew that their own interests would be affected.
And it really worked.
Once he received the ownership certificate for the 5% shares, the CEO became even more motivated. If not for Iris' stern reminder not to put in unnecessary overtime, then he would probably live in his office and work all hours of the day.
Phantom Dragon Funds was only established very recently, and yet it already had stakes in various successful businesses not only in the domestic market but also internationally. Its aggressive acquisition of Long Industries' scattered shares wasn't viewed as anything special because Phantom Dragon Funds was also doing it to other companies.
However, many were skeptical about Phantom Dragon Funds' investment focus.
Others had noticed that it had also invested quite heavily in questionable technological start-up companies domestically and internationally that were considered too risky or even deemed impossible to make into fruition.
This led some analysts to guess that the true owner of the investment company might be an eccentric billionaire who had more money than he could spend, so he wanted to waste it on pursuing impossible dreams of fantasies by investing in ridiculous businesses.
These assumptions didn't faze Iris at all. She felt amused when she heard them. Those analysts' guesses were so far off the mark that she could only laugh.
Sure, she could already be considered a billionaire because she married one. Their pre-nuptial agreement made it so that once she married Jin Liwei, all of their wealth merged. Despite this, she still wanted to achieve global billionaire status in her own right without relying too much on her husband's ready-made assets.
As for being eccentric, well, that part was indeed correct.
She was a Cross Academy student after all. And there was a saying that all Cross Academy students were eccentrics in one way or another no matter how normal they appeared.
Iris pushed all of these random thoughts out of her mind.
She had a more important task to accomplish today. Jin Liwei kissed her cheek and instructed the others to take care of her before leaving to do his own thing.
Iris, Dom, and her bodyguards followed the new CEO of Phantom Dragon Funds to a conference room. The other staff members were already waiting inside. Dom and the bodyguards stayed outside near the door, ready to spring into action if Iris needed them.
Information about Phantom Dragon Funds being a company under Eve Holdings wasn't revealed to the public eye yet. Of course, if someone wanted to dig deeper, they were welcome to do so.
The big question was if they were capable enough to uncover it. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om
Because who was Iris Long?
She was a world-class genius hacker, not to mention that she had two powerful cat AI children always assisting her in doing whatever she wanted. Concealing any information was a piece of cake for this trio of powerful computer experts.
To mislead outsiders, she arranged it so that Phantom Dragon Funds was far away from Eve Holdings headquarters for now.
With Jin Liwei gone, Iris became the most powerful figure in the conference room. Her aura became even more imposing and even started to intimidate the new CEO and the staff.
The CEO took a deep breath and presented their progress to Iris so far. She nodded in satisfaction. The atmosphere relaxed for a bit, relieving the staff present.
"Elder Long Jufang has performed well in fulfilling his part of the deal," Iris said. "He has been helping out a lot in mediating between us and the other shareholders. Give him more benefits but not too much."
"Understood," the CEO replied.
"Now that Mao Textiles is bankrupt, it's like cutting off one of Long Hui's wings. We are now ahead in acquiring the scattered shares."
"We are," the CEO confirmed. He was now smiling, looking pleased with himself and his staff's achievements in following their big boss' orders.
She shot him a pointed look. "I want to be the majority shareholder of Long Industries. Make it happen."
The CEO hesitated for a moment, but determination flashed in his eyes. "I'll make it happenâno, WE'LL make it happen." He looked at each of his staff members straight in the eyes. "Am I right?"
"Yes, that's right!" the other staff members echoed.
The CEO's assistant knocked on the door. "President Long Tengfei of Long Industries has arrived ten minutes early for his appointment."
Everyone glanced at Iris.
She smiled. "He arrived rather early. How punctual of him. We shouldn't keep President Long Tengfei waiting for ten more minutes for his appointment. Let him in now."
The assistant executed her order. A few minutes later, Long Tengfei arrived with his long-time assistant, Cai Guang. They passed by the CEO's office.
Long Tengfei frowned and couldn't help but ask, "Hm? We aren't meeting your CEO today?"
The assistant gave him a polite yet mysterious smile. "Please don't worry, President Long. Our CEO is already waiting for you with our owner. They're looking forward to meeting you at our conference room."
Long Tengfei was surprised but also pleased. He had also heard of many rumours about the eccentric billionaire owner of Phantom Dragon Funds. No matter how hard he tried to investigate, his people couldn't dig out the true identity of this new investment company's owner.
He even once suspected that the owner might be his youngest daughter, Long Xiulan, but he squashed the thought as soon as it appeared.
Looking at the latest investment decisions of Phantom Dragon Funds, he didn't think that his son-in-law, Jin Liwei, would allow his wife's company to make such reckless moves.
His son-in-law was known in the business world as a reliable and consistent leader. He wasn't the type to make any impulsive decisions like what Phantom Dragon Funds was doing.