Chapter 976 - Treat
In his office, Jin Liwei slumped on his chair behind his huge desk. His expression was grave. He leaned back, closed his eyes, and started massaging his temples. Before he could analyze the consequences of what happened with Rose Young downstairs, Ketchup appeared on his desktop computer screen.
"Excuse me, Daddy. My mommy is calling. Meow~"
He immediately opened his eyes. "Answer it for me."
"Okie dokie, Daddy! Meow~" ššæš²ewšbš§oššš¹.com
"Hello, darling?"
The tension that he was feeling gradually relaxed as soon as he heard his wifeās melodious voice. "Hi, love."
"Ketchup told me what happened."
He sighed. "I fired Rose Young. I canāt stand her anymore."
"Good." Her answer was quick, surprising him a little.
"You donāt think that I was too impulsive? Wonāt it ruin our plans? We originally wanted to keep the woman working at my company while we dig for helpful information about the power backing the Young family in Singapore."
"Indeed, that was our original plan, but I donāt want another woman to keep on bothering and irritating my husband."
His grave expression was now completely gone, replaced by stupid grin.
"And donāt worry," Iris assured him. "You didnāt really ruin our plans. Yes, itās easier for us to monitor Rose Young and even use her as leverage to force out her familyās mysterious backer, but we can still find other ways to find out the backerās identity. It would be more challenging but weāre not afraid of challenges. Weāll welcome them. Bring it on!"
"En. Bring it on." Jin Liwei smiled.
Iris reminded him, "For now, prepare yourself to defend your decision of firing Rose Young. We know that she has a strong support in your board of directors not only because of her connections but also due to her own abilities."
"Iāll take care of it."
"I know you will." Her sigh was tinged with regret. "I must admit that Rose Young is actually quite a capable business executive. If I donāt have my current bias against her for coveting my husband, I probably wouldāve already stolen her away from your company before hiring her for Orchidia Beauty. Unfortunately, the two of us canāt stand each other. She would probably want to die rather than work under me."
His lips pressed into a thin line as he remembered how Rose Young insulted his wife and looked down on her. However, he didnāt mention it to Iris. There was no need for him to do that. Both of them knew in their hearts who had the superior abilities and accomplishments. After all, his wife was a current student of the legendary school for geniuses, Cross Academy. Not only that. She also already graduated from the academy in her past life as Evelina Vetrova.
Sometimes he wished that his wife wasnāt too low-profile regarding her identity as a Cross Academy student. He wanted to use her status as a literal certified genius to slap the faces of all the people who kept on looking down on her despite her increasing achievements and reputation. However, he respected her decision to keep it a secret for now.
Not wanting them to keep on talking about Rose Young, he changed the subject. "I invited my department executives to dinner on Friday to celebrate our marriage. They congratulated us this morning."
"Good idea. We didnāt invite them to our wedding so you should at least do this much for your employees."
"En."
"But are you only treating the department executives? What about the rest of your employees?"
He fell silent for a moment before explaining, "Jin Corporation and our subsidiary companies have hundreds of thousands of employees all around the world. I canāt possibly treat them all at the same time—"
"Jin Liwei! We have plenty of money! Have you forgotten that youāre a billionaire? You wifeās wealth isnāt too shabby either. Itās just a meal. How much could that be? Even Ketchup knows how treat her White Tigressā employees and order them some take-out."
He watched his AI daughter on his computer screen shake her fluffy white butt with happiness after being praised by her mommy.
"Iām wrong, love. Donāt be upset anymore. I promise that Iāll order a hearty meal for every single one of my employees."
He was quick to appease his wife. Although she could now better control her mood swings, her temper was still extremely fierce compared to before he got her pregnant. Her private doctor said that it wasnāt good for her and their babiesā health to get so worked up, so he should avoid agitating her if he could.
"Hmph. Good!"
"How about we also treat all the employees of Orchidia Beauty, Planet Monkey and Gold Heights?"
"Okay." Her tone was now gentler, clearly pleased by his suggestion. "Itās short notice but letās do it on Friday at lunch time. Then you can treat your department executives at dinner."
"En."
"Hmm. Should I come, too?"
His eyes lit up for a second before he frowned. "Of course, I want you to come with me since itās a post-celebration of our marriage, but I donāt recommend it. You still get sick around certain food smells. I donāt want you to suffer in public with strangers."
She agreed with him, sighing. "Alright. I have to go now, darling. I still have to attend an online class with Professor Schwarz. Then Brother Chonglin and I will secretly head to Bright Summit together this afternoon."
After exchanging diabetes-inducing words of love, the husband and wife finally ended the call. Then Jin Liwei immediately had Ketchup call Dominic to remind him to watch over his wife.
"Donāt worry, sir boss! Leave the boss to me! Iāll make sure that she and the twins are always safe and sound!"
Jin Liwei felt relieved after Dominicās reassurances. Then he tried calling his brother but Jin Chonglin was unavailable. Lin Dong said that Jin Chonglin was at the cosmetic clinic getting his monthly facial. Jin Liwei didnāt bother waiting for his high-maintenance brother.
He pondered about his next move, hesitating for a few moments, before finally making a decision.
"Ketchup, call your Grandpa Lu."
"Aye aye, Daddy! Meow~"
Two rings later, a familiar old manās voice boomed. "Hello? Hello! Why are you calling? Did something happen? Are Xiulan my girl and my great-grandbaby alright? Are you taking good care of them? I want to know! If you dare to neglect them, see how this old man smacks you! Hah!"