For the next few days, the news were all about Iris Long's impressive wins at the Harmony Music Awards. Not only did she win the most awards and defeated Jin Chonglin many times, but she also received a special historic award.
Iris became even busier after the music awards. She sat for many interviews and posed for a lot of magazines. Her status within the music industry was elevated. People now respected her more.
Other record labels were also starting to poach her, angering JJ to no end. Iris assured him that she still wanted to work with him. They created great music together. Why would she abandon him? She would rather produce her own music herself than leave JJ to work with another music producer. For her, he was the best producer in the country.
In addition to their effective work relationship, she also felt grateful to him. She was now seeing how he really cared about her. He treated her like his favourite niece. She experienced his concern for her again when he scolded her for forgetting to message him when she arrived home the night of the music awards.
"You damn brat! Did you know how worried I was?! I thought that those Jin brothers had their wicked ways with you! I almost stormed Jin Corporation and declared war against them!" JJ yelled at her on the phone.
It was weird because she was smiling even though she was being scolded. After pacifying JJ, she checked for updates about the veteran male singer who harassed her and the four posh ladies at the after-party. She was about to perform her own investigation when Jin Liwei stopped her.
"Don't waste your time with that scumbag. I already took care of him. It's not only me. The Chief of Police is furious at him as well. That bastard is already in police custody," he told her.
"Oh. Okay."
With that, she already tossed the matter of the veteran singer out of her mind, leaving it to her darling to handle. She felt no mercy for the veteran singer at all. He was absolutely disgusting and had no respect for females. Whatever punishment he received from Jin Liwei and the Chief of Police, he totally deserved it and more.
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As compensation and also as a sort of reward for her triumph at the music awards, Jin Liwei gifted her a full day of pampering at the spa. He also made Dom, Meimei and Jiang Ying Yue accompany her.
"Oh! This is going to be so much fun! A girls' day out! Yay!" Dom clapped his hands in excitement.
The group enjoyed massages, facials, body treatments, manicures and pedicures. Of course, the twins Dom and Meimei chattered nonstop. After gushing about Iris' impressive award wins, they focused the topic of conversation on Jiang Ying Yue's reignited relationship with Long Hui.
Now that the tabloid scandal about Iris and Jin Chonglin having a love child together died out, Jiang Ying Yue and Little Jun left the mansion and moved back to their unit at Gold Heights Condominium. Iris and Jin Liwei improved the security system in the entire building.
During one of her speeches at the music awards, Iris inadvertently revealed that her bodyguard was also the mother of her godson. There were already several photos of Jiang Ying Yue floating around on the internet because she frequently accompanied Iris as a bodyguard. Jiang Ying Yue's image, including Dom's, were often included when fans and paparazzi snapped photos of Iris.
Added to the fact that Long Hui also publicly admitted that he was the father of Iris' godson and nephew, it was very easy for people to figure out that Jiang Ying Yue was the mother of Little Jun.
Iris repeatedly apologized to Jiang Ying Yue for her carelessness.
"No, Xiulan. Please don't apologize," Jiang Ying Yue said. "It's the truth, anyway. Little Jun is indeed my son with Hui. Besides, I'm very happy that you consider me as your friend."
"If your relationship with Big Brother Boss continues its progress like this, I'm sure that in addition to being friends, you and boss will also become sisters-in-law! Ehehe!" Dom said in excitement.
Indeed, Long Hui moved in to Gold Heights to live with Jiang Ying Yue and Little Jun.
Iris' careless mention of Jiang Ying Yue in her acceptance speech at the awards show revealed Jiang Ying Yue's identity. Fortunately, not many people were interested in Jiang Ying Yue. After all, she wasn't a celebrity like Iris. It was only the Longs and the people in the same circles as them who fretted over her. She was now labelled as Long Hui's mistress, the mother of his illegitimate child, and the bodyguard of Long Xiulan. Needless to say, the Long elders were absolutely horrified, ashamed, and infuriated.
This was also one of the reasons why Long Hui decided to move in with her and their son. Of course, he wanted to be with them as a family. However, he also did this to protect Jiang Ying Yue. By showing everyone that they were living together, he was making a statement that Jiang Ying Yue was the woman that he wanted to marry. She wasn't a mistress but his future wife.
Iris also let go of Jiang Ying Yue as her personal bodyguard. She assigned Jiang Ying Yue as the head of security at their Gold Heights Condominium building instead. This way, Jiang Ying Yue would have more time to spend with Little Jun and also wouldn't expose herself further to the public eye.
Back at the spa, Jiang Ying Yue blushed at Dom and Meimei's teasing. It was obvious that she was in love with Long Hui.
However, Iris could still sense an uneasiness in Jiang Ying Yue's eyes. It didn't help that Meimei was telling them that the Long elders and the other Long relatives were making things increasingly hard for Long Hui recently.
According to Meimei, the Long ancestral residence was becoming more and more unpleasant to live in. The elders and other relatives would come almost every day to complain to Long Tengfei about Long Hui.
Jiang Ying Yue looked upset, but she didn't say anything. Finally, Meimei realized how her words affected Jiang Ying Yue. She immediately stopped. Then she and Dom started talking about other more cheerful things instead to lighten the atmosphere.
Iris observed Jiang Ying Yue in silence. She didn't know exactly what Jiang Ying Yue experienced in the past, but she always acted troubled whenever the Long family was mentioned.
Putting the annoying Long family out of her mind, Iris enjoyed the rest of the spa day with the others. Finally, their day at the spa ended. They prepared to go home.
While walking along the hallway, they met another group consisting of three women in their early twenties.
The woman leading them suddenly stopped. She looked surprised when she saw their group. Then she spoke directly to Iris. "Little Sister Xiulan, is that you?"