682 Am I Uncool? (1/2)
Xu Tian continued reporting about the tasks Jin Liwei assigned to him assisting Iris' mission as Long Industries' brand ambassador. Usually, Jin Liwei wouldn't help Iris get ahead on her showbiz work without her permission even if he wanted to because she preferred to use her own efforts in her career, but this was a different matter. The brand ambassadorship was an important step in her plan of winning in the Long clan's battle of succession. The couple already agreed to work together in this matter because these were all for their godson, Little Jun.
Jin Liwei leaned back on his chair and sipped hot tea while listening to his assistant's reports. Afterwards, Xu Tian cleaned up the table while Jin Liwei called his baby girl who just finished guesting and performing ”Passionate Flames” on a TV show with his brother, Jin Chonglin.
”Hi, love. Did you receive the lunch I sent you?” he asked.
His baby girl had recently become busier than him that she barely had any time to eat at home, so he also began sending meals to wherever she was working. Sometimes, their chef at home would cook for her but more often than not, Jin Liwei would instruct Xu Tian to contact a restaurant near where she was at and deliver food directly to her.
”Yes. Thank you, darling. I shared the food with Brother Chonglin and his team. We're currently eating inside my dressing room,” Iris replied.
Jin Liwei frowned. He could hear the chatter on her side. ”My brother is inside your dressing room? Chase him out. Tell him to eat inside his own dressing room.”
”Hey, hey! I heard that, Big Bro! Am I still your brother?!” Jin Chonglin's voice complained.
Jin Liwei's frown deepened. ”Speakerphone?”
”No. Brother Chonglin is sitting beside me, so he could hear your voice,” replied Iris.
”He's sitting beside you? Tell him to move. Call Dominic to sit beside you instead.”
Iris sighed. ”Don't be like that, darling. He's your brother and my future brother-in-law. We're family, not to mention that he and I are working a lot together this season.”
”Yeah, I'm your brother. We're family! Listen to your wife and stop always drowning in vinegar, Big Bro. It's uncool!” Jin Chonglin's voice sounded louder, so he must be leaning close to Iris.
Jin Liwei's expression turned ugly, prompting Xu Tian to become extra cautious in his movements. Then he asked his baby girl in a low tone, ”Am I uncool?”
”Don't listen to Brother Chonglin. It's true that your jealousy sometimes annoys me to the point that I want to punch your handsome face, but that doesn't make you uncool. You always do things for my sake, so to me, you're the coolest, darling~”
The first part of her answer about wanting to punch his face made him sullen but his expression instantly brightened at the last part.
'She says I'm the coolest,' he chuckled to himself, as a wide smile stretched his mouth, showing his perfectly white teeth.
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A few steps away, Xu Tian was almost blinded by his boss' smile. Millions of fans worshiped Jin Chonglin's famous killer smile that could literally cause death due to heart attack but Xu Tian thought that his boss' smile was even deadlier, especially because it was rarer, thus making it more potent than the younger brother's smile. Xu Tian patted his poor heart and thanked his lucky stars for being born as a straight male. If not, he probably would have already dropped dead because of his boss' lethal smile.
Back to Jin Liwei, he left the table and began walking in front of the ceiling-high glass windows behind his desk overlooking the modern city outside while continuing to chat with his baby girl. When she told him that he was the coolest in her heart, he felt appeased and stopped being jealous of his own brother.