844 True Father (1/2)
”Yes,” Iris replied, her voice choked with emotion. She pressed herself closer to Jin Liwei, taking comfort from his body heat and allowing it to wash away the cold fear caused by the nightmare. ”I'll remember.”
”Good.” Jin Liwei gave her waist a gentle squeeze. ”There are so many things that I want to ask about your past life but now is not the time. You're tired and you need to rest. And I also know that you want to receive your brother Nikolai's blessings first to tell me everything. So I'll just wait for now until both of you are ready to tell me about your past lives.”
She nodded. ”I'll still tell you everything even if Big Brother says no. But I'm hoping that he'll give his blessings. I'll feel a lot of better if he does.”
”He will, love,” he told her. ”Your brother loves you.”
A small smile finally brightened her weary expression. ”Yes, my big brother loves me.”
They were quiet for about a minute, waiting for sleep to come, when Iris asked, ”By the way, how was your meeting with Elder Jufang and the shareholders? I forgot to ask you earlier.”
Jin Liwei smirked. ”I got you the shares. Don't worry about it anymore, love. Let Qiao Yu handle the purchase and transfer procedures for you.”
Her smile widened. ”Really? Thanks, darling. What did you do? Did you bully them into selling their shares?”
A chuckle rumbled from his chest. ”Why are you immediately assuming that I bullied them? Wife, I already told you that your husband can be very persuasive at the negotiation table.”
His chuckle became louder. Afterwards, he told her, ”Actually, I didn't have to say much. Elder Jufang and the shareholders all got extremely excited when they saw me that I was a little taken aback by their enthusiasm.”
She pursed her lips. ”I'm not surprised. You are, after all, the President-CEO of Jin Corporation. Of course, they're all going to treat you like a king.”
It was Jin Liwei's turn to snort. ”I've met some members of the Long clan at banquets before. Not all of them look highly at me or even Grandpa Lu. Not that I care, I don't, but it's funny how a lot of them think that it's still the ancient era where they expect that everyone should give them automatic VIP treatment because of their so-called noble blood.”
”En.” Jin Liwei then looked at her. ”Evelina.”
”Yes?”
”Do you see Long Tengfei as your father?”