“Aren’t the two of you marrying at the end of the month?” Jin Chonglin asked when he recovered a little from his shock. “Couldn’t you wait to get pregnant until after your wedding? Why are you in such a hurry?”
Iris moved to sit up. He hurried forward to help her. She murmured thanks before harrumphing. “It’s your brother’s fault! He’s the one who got me pregnant. His sperm cells are too dangerous!”
Jin Chonglin stared at her. “Did my big bro make the baby by himself? Aren’t you an active participant in the act as well? Why are you only blaming him?”
She glared at him.
“Don’t upset your sister-in-law,” Jin Liwei’s voice said on the phone. “She’s having difficulty controlling her emotions due to her pregnancy. Be careful. She might beat you up if you anger her.”
Jin Chonglin immediately became wary of Iris after hearing his brother’s warning. He stepped back and began treating her like a wild beast.
A knock on the door interrupted them right at that moment. Dom and Tang Yiyi had arrived with Jin Chonglin’s manager, Lin Dong. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you’re not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It’s very discouraging to see thieves profitting from my hard work. Please read this novel on W e b n o v e l. Thank you! Also follow me on Instagram @arriacross]
Iris’ manager was frantic upon learning that she fainted. Tang Yiyi only calmed down after speaking to Jin Liwei on the phone. As per Jin Liwei’s request, she quickly took control of the situation and went out to deal with the event’s production staff, explaining and apologizing to them why Iris had to leave early. Jin Chonglin also backed her up so they couldn’t really blame Iris for what happened.
Moments later, Iris’ bodyguards finally arrived to take her home. After the two groups said good bye to each other, Jin Chonglin and his manager returned to their seats in the audience. Lin Dong took Iris’ seat and sat beside Jin Chonglin. They stayed until the awards ceremony was over before heading to the after-party.
The news that Iris Long fainted backstage and had to leave the awards ceremony early leaked online. For a couple of minutes, insider photos and videos of Jin Chonglin catching the fainting Iris and carrying her away were posted on several social media platforms. But before the entertainment websites and blogs could re-post the photos and videos, they already disappeared. No matter how many times people tried to re-upload them, they just kept on disappearing.
The Slippers Army was blamed for this strange phenomenon. They didn’t deny it but in their private group chat, they were as bewildered about it as the other people who were blaming them. Nevertheless, they approved of the person who did it because it protected their Boss Iris’ image.
Unbeknownst to them, one of their members really was the culprit of the disappearing photos and videos.
In cyberspace, a certain white cat—also known as KittyBaby online and a high-ranking member in the elite troll group Slippers Army of the Black Stars—was hard at work erasing all copies of the photos and videos of her mommy collapsing as per her daddy’s instruction. Her black little kitty brother watched her as she worked.
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Dragon Palace Home #10.
Jin Liwei was at his home office. He just got off the phone with his baby girl who was now on her way home. His tight, cold expression indicated that he was restraining his temper.
Earlier, he was watching the awards ceremony live on TV inside his office while reading some company reports. Although his baby girl maintained a pleasant smiling expression the entire time, just one look at her and he knew right away that something was wrong.
He had the strongest urge to go to the event and drag her home but controlled himself, knowing that she wanted to attend the awards ceremony. As much as possible, he didn’t want them fighting due to his interference in her career again. All he could do was to call her bodyguards to stand by if something really happened to her.
And indeed, something really did happen.
He watched her like a hawk while she was presenting the award with his younger brother. She looked fine on the surface but the way her jaw seemed a little tense, the way she sounded a little breathless, and most especially the way she held his brother’s arm too tightly the entire time all indicated to him that she was quickly reaching her limits.
Ketchup immediately informed him when his baby girl collapsed as soon as they reached backstage after the award presentation. If he could only teleport to where she was, he would have done it in a heartbeat. He alerted her bodyguards to rush to where she was as soon as possible.
Back to the present, he was doing his best to calm himself before his baby girl arrived. If he didn’t, he might rage at her for insisting to attend tonight’s event. He knew that it wasn’t her fault, but he still couldn’t stop himself from worrying about her and their twins.
It was a good thing that his younger brother was with her when she collapsed. He could trust Jin Chonglin to keep the secret of his baby girl’s pregnancy.
Although he sometimes felt jealous whenever the two worked together, he wasn’t such an insecure man as to doubt his woman’s loyalty and not trust his own younger brother. Besides, his jealousy stemmed from the fact that the teenage pop idol Iris Long used to chase his younger brother around in the past. But now that he knew that his woman wasn’t the same Iris Long from back then, the reason for his jealousy had become invalid.
His thoughts were interrupted when his AI son called him.
“Father, Bacon would also like to help in this matter,” the black cat AI said.
Jin Liwei glanced at his AI son. “Not this time. You’re grounded for three days, remember? And your mom hasn’t finished your configurations yet.”
“I understand, Father.” Bacon swished his tail before addressing his older sister. “Hey, dumbhead—”
Jin Liwei scowled and reprimanded Bacon. “I don’t want to hear you calling your Big Sister Ketchup that way again. Put the word ‘dumbhead’ in your bad words list. You’re now grounded for five days instead of three.”
Bacon’s expression didn’t change but his tail drooped. “I apologize, Father. Bacon won’t say that word again.”
“Good.” Jin Liwei nodded.
Bacon addressed Ketchup again. “Hey, moron—”
Long story short, Jin Liwei had to reprimand his AI son many times. Bacon’s bad words list also grew longer. An exasperated Jin Liwei finally set Ketchup’s existing bad words list as the universal list for his two AI children. Despite this, Bacon still said some new unpleasant words that needed to be added. He also ended up being grounded for seven days.
Jin Liwei massaged his now aching head. As expected, this new AI son of his would be a challenge to raise. Bacon was only a few days old and yet he already needed to be disciplined. Despite this, Jin Liwei treasured him just like how he treasured all his other children with his baby girl.
“Big Sister Ketchup,” Bacon finally said after calling his sibling so many other unpleasant names. “Send a virus to the ones who repeatedly tried to upload Mother’s photos and videos online. Destroy their devices. Oh, and compromise their data, too. That’ll teach them not to mess with Mother and try to tarnish her reputation.”
