148 Jiang Ying Yue (1/2)
Iris could hear Long Hui panting after his outburst. She waited for him to calm down. It seemed that the man wasn't so cold and indifferent after all.
”I don't even know why I'm telling you all of these,” Long Hui finally said. ”You must be thinking that I'm being ridiculous.”
”Yes.”
”You…” He was speechless for a few moments. ”You could've just denied it, you know.”
”Why?”
”To make me feel better and not embarrass me.”
”But I don't care if you feel better or embarrassed.”
”You! I'm your elder brother, you know!”
”I know. But I still don't care.”
He didn't know how to respond to her nonchalant, brutal honesty. Afterwards, he sighed deeply. ”Forget it. I shouldn't have even called you. If you're not interested in helping me, just say so.”
Iris chuckled. Teasing this man was proving to be quite enjoyable. ”I didn't say that I'm not interested. Actually, I'm very interested.”
”Really?”
”Yes. By the way, how old is your child?”
”My son is one-year old.” His tone noticeably became gentler.
”Only one. So young. Why is the mother already in a hurry to work?”
”She refuses to take my offer of child support,” he said, sighing.
”Oh.”
”She's not from an affluent family like us. She needs to work in order to survive. She was able to last this long without working because I gave her quite a big sum of money when she left my employment.”
”Why won't she take child support from you? Does she hate you?”
”You ask too many questions,” he grumbled.
”Of course I'm going to ask questions. I'm a potential employer of this woman you're recommending to me.”
”Fair enough.” He thought for a few seconds. ”I don't know if she hates me or not. Although she's refusing financial help from me, at least she's allowing me to see our son. I want to give my son the best of everything but I don't want to take him away from her. She won't marry me either. So I can only think of this.”
”Will she even agree to work as my bodyguard?” she asked.
”She will.”
”How can you be so sure?”
”Because she has no choice. Unless she lies about being a mother, nobody will hire a bodyguard with such a young child.”
”Don't children that age need constant attention? Will she even be able to work properly?”
”Don't give her long hours! One or two days per week max.”
Iris blinked. ”Elder brother, I need a permanent bodyguard.”