Chapter 1385 Mother is Back

The friends chattered for a little longer before dispersing to do their own tasks for the day.

Long Jinjing headed to the nursery. Dom went to the home office. Jiang Ying Yue got ready for her s.h.i.+ft later.

As for Iris, she dropped by the nursery with Long Jinjing to spend a few minutes with the children, cats and puppies before heading to her music room to continue working on her current composition projects, including her collaboration with her mentor, Enrique Valdez.

There was no hurry to return to her music career especially since she and Jin Liwei were determined to take advantage of this precious time watching their babies grow and bond together as a family. However, she still didnt want to neglect her pa.s.sion for music.

She continued to work on composing new music and fine-tuning old ones. She might use the ones she was fine-tuning in the future, but most of them would be given to the new LXC Studio artists to debut.

Any samples left behind would be shown to her producer, JJ. If he liked something, he would produce it for his own record labels artists. Of course, Iris Long would always be credited as the original songwriter even if she didnt involve herself in the actual recording and post-production process.

It was rather peaceful at Dragon Palace Home #10 but the same couldnt be said in other places.

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Mao Textiles had been in a constant barrage of attacks from almost all directions. It was subtle at first. The Mao family initially didnt think too much about it. After all, which business didnt experience challenges?

But when the issues started cropping up almost every day and s...o...b..lling into danger zone, the Maos could no longer keep still and take the beating without doing anything.

It was only after investigating did they discover that Lin Yehan was the mastermind in bullying their company. He caused almost all of their old and trusted suppliers to terminate their cooperation with Mao Textiles.

As a result, the company had no choice but to find other inferior and less trustworthy suppliers in a hurry. They couldnt take advantage of the old clients price benefit anymore. All of the raw materials they needed had become so much more expensive with the new suppliers.

Even though the company could still afford these new prices, it still hurt them. If the companys higher-ups decreased their salaries and regular bonuses, then it was easy to circ.u.mvent these new expenses.

But how could the higher-ups allow this to happen?

There was no way that they would sacrifice their own benefits for the sake of the company. Mao Textiles didnt want to disturb the status quo either.

The consequence of this was that all of the lower-ranked employees had to bear the burden instead. Low salaries were cut even further. Meagre bonuses became even more miserable. Worst of all, many were laid off.

These poor and pitiful employees attempted to complain but did Mao Textiles care about them?

Of course not!

The company and the Mao family ignored them. They were too busy covering up these problems in order to maintain their wealthy front especially during this period when they were preparing for their daughters marriage with the crown prince of the Long family.

In his farm villa, Lin Yehan just finished discussing the finis.h.i.+ng details of the gala with the event planner. Then his phone rang and his a.s.sistant relayed what happened with Mao Textiles.

His usual gentle expression was nowhere to be seen. In its place was a deep frown of contempt.

Contact those that Mao Textiles laid off, he instructed his a.s.sistant. We have some businesses related to the textile industry. Although its mostly in the supply stage, Im sure that they wont be too picky when they need urgent employment.

The a.s.sistant obeyed.

After the call, Lin Yehan took a moment to calm his anger. He had already expected that this would happen when he started targeting Mao Textiles, but when it really happened, he couldnt help but feel disgusted.

As a tyc.o.o.n who worked in one of the most humble industries in society, namely agriculture, Lin Yehan despised businesses who had zero moral ethics the most.

Mao Textiles was a cla.s.sic example of a company that only cared about fattening up the already fat pockets of its higher-ups while bleeding the rest of its workers dry and casting them aside like disposable slaves without any hesitation.

It would be difficult to completely destroy a long-established company like Mao Textiles with a lot of connections but it wasnt impossible.

Lin Yehan fell into deep thought.

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A couple of days before the gala (and Long Hui and Mao Qiuyues wedding), Wei Lan finally returned to the country after her long shopping spree across Asia. She only freshened up in her mansion before dragging Randy and Ren Alejandro to Dragon Palace to meet her new grandsons.

Finally, Ren Alejandro had an excuse to meet Jin Liwei, Sir Lu Jianghong and the others again. Deep inside, he was grumbling about Wei Lans tardiness in returning, but on the outside, he was all smiles.

Jin Liwei had a meeting at Jin Corporation and Grandpa Lu was out visiting Grandma Li up in her mountain villa so those two were absent when Wei Lans group arrived. Ren Alejandro was disappointed but there was nothing that he could do.

On a brighter note, he could try to develop a close relations.h.i.+p with the Jin and Lu twins instead. If the children became close to him and treated him as an uncle, then Jin Liwei and Sir Lu Jianhong would surely feel closer to him as well.

Xiulan, honeeeeeeeey! Wei Lan strutted after finally seeing her daughter after so long. Mother is baaaaack!

She air-kissed Iris on both cheeks before studying her daughter from head to toe and back up again. Oh, goooooood! Youve lost all thooooooose baby weight. Your figure is not as goooooooood as mine when I gave birth to you back then but not baaaaaaaaaaaad, honey. Its just thatyour boooooooobs have become toooooooo big! Big booooooooobs are easy to sag, you know?

The ever straightforward Iris replied, My b.o.o.bs are fine. My husband is more than satisfied with them.

Wei Lan laughed and lookedproud. Thats right, honeeeeeeeey! Its important to alwaaaaaaaays satisfy your husbands neeeeeeeeds! You can always have a b.o.o.b lift in the future, riiiiiiiiiiight? Im sure dear Liwei wont miiiiiiiiiind paying for the procedure when hes the one whos going to benefit with his wifes perky boooooooobs.

Iris rolled her eyes. I can pay for my own procedures, thank you. And I might not need that kind of procedure in the future.

Wei Lan also rolled her eyes. Trust meeeeeeeee, honey! With those biiiiiiiiiiig b.o.o.bs, youll definitely need a b.o.o.b lift.

While the mother and daughter were talking about b.o.o.bs, the other people around them were pretending that everything was normal.

The butler and the other staff were all professionals. They were already long used to their young madams overly straightforward honesty. Their expressions didnt change at all.

Randy was barely holding on to his laughter. He couldnt wait to meet with Dom and gossip about it.

As for Ren Alejandro, he showed a rather awkward expression. It was all for show, of course. He honestly didnt care about this kind of conversations at all. There was no way that someone like him would be embarra.s.sed listening to something like this.

Iris was an attractive woman. That much he could admit. If not for the fact that he was focused on befriending Jin Liwei on the surface and entering the mans close circles, Ren Alejandro might even attempt to seduce Iris. She was just his typebeautiful, s.e.xy and appeared to know what she wanted.

Unfortunately, he wasnt the type to mix his work with pleasure. He wouldnt f.u.c.k anyone who was related to his missions in any way. He was different from the Matador who was now keeping their hostage, Rose Young, as a convenient mistress.

After the b.o.o.b conversation finished (thank goodness), Iris sniffed and frowned.

Mother, your perfume is too strong. I cant have you meet the babies like this.

Wei Lan complained but she still went to take a shower in the end.

In the meantime, Iris took Ren Alejandro and Randy to the nursery first.

Thank you for the presents, Iris said. You didnt have to.

Ren Alejandro smiled. His two dimples on both cheeks made him appear very charming but Iris wasnt affected at all.

Its just a little something for the babies, he replied. This is the first time that Im meeting Mams grandsons after all. In a way, theyre also my nephews. Of course, I have to get them something as their uncle. I also brought something for your sisters twins as well. I hope she doesnt mind.

Iris mentally raised an eyebrow at the mans reasoning, but on the outside, she only nodded before saying, I dont know if Big Sister Jinjing will mind your gifts for her babies or not. You have to personally give them to her to find out.

I understand. He smiled again.

At last, Ren Alejandro met Jin Liweis sons and Sir Lu Jianhongs grandsons when they arrived in the nursery.

Long Jinjing was inside with the nannies. She thanked Ren Alejandro for the presents but didnt talk much.

Ren Alejandro didnt mind. Long Jinjing wasnt one of his targets anyway. She was actually dangerous because her husband, Lu Zihao, hated him. It was better to steer clear of the woman to avoid any unforeseen problems to his mission.