Chapter 445 - Perfect For EaChapter Other
"What a load of rubbish!" Iris' cold voice interrupted the female idols' conversation.
The girls all turned their heads in annoyance at being disturbed. However, when they saw that it was Iris Long and Jin Chonglin's group, they looked surprised and amazed at the same time. They all straightened their backs and presented their best behaviours.
"S-senior Jin Ch-chonglin!"
"Senior Iris Long!"
As a domestic superstar, Jin Chonglin was respected and admired by many young artists in the music industry. It wasn't surprising that these young female idols would feel starstruck by his presence.
Although Iris Long didn't have Jin Chonglin's same level of fame (yet), there were still quite a lot of musicians who looked up to her, especially those who focused on music techniques.After all, she was the recipient of a special award for her brilliance in this area.
The female idols felt like total fangirls in front of Jin Chonglin, while they felt intimidated by Iris Long. Her aura up close was on another level, especially right now that she was looking at them with such a cold expression.
Jin Chonglin glanced at Iris who now looked like she wanted to murder someone in cold blood. She might not be showing much emotion on her face, but the potent aura emanating from her was enough to chill weak-hearted people to the core. And indeed, some of the timider girls in front of them were already looking like they were about to cry. If others saw their current situation, they would think that Iris was bullying these poor girls.
Right now, Iris reminded Jin Chonglin of his older brother whenever he teased him. Jin Liwei would also turn cold like this and unnerve people with just his sheer aura alone.
'They're really a couple. Both so damn tyrannical in their possessiveness of each other,' he thought to himself.Iris started to stride towards the female idols like a predator about to swoop in on her prey, but her manager Tang Yiyi pulled her back and stopped her. Lin Dong looked around with a paranoid expression, afraid that other people might see them and misconstrue the situation as Iris pushing her weight around on the newbies.
The female idols didn't know what they did to anger Iris Long. They cowered from her scary aura.
"Calm down, Iris," Tang Yiyi whispered to her in an urgent tone.
Iris briefly closed her eyes and took a couple of deep breaths to calm herself. When she opened her eyes, her expression somewhat became gentler.
"Hello, my apologies for disturbing you," she told the female idols in a pleasant tone. Her eyes, however, remained cold. "I think I heard you talking about CEO Jin's supposed fiancée? Since CEO Jin is our Senior Jin Chonglin's brother, your conversation made me very curious. May I know more about what you're talking about?"
The girls looked at each other. They were relieved when Iris Long talked to them. She was actually nice and polite. Maybe they were just imagining that she was angry at them earlier. Or maybe her expression earlier was just her resting bitch face and had nothing to do with her actual mood.
"S-senior Iris! Uhm… We normally don't talk about CEO Jin but he's recently trending online after he commented on Prince Lin Lin—I mean, Senior Jin Chonglin's blog post a few days ago. After all, CEO Jin never used his account before. People have become very interested in him lately so…uhm, there are a lot of gossips about him online right now," one of them explained to Iris.
"Yeah! We were just gossiping—uh, I mean chatting about what we read online. Someone posted a few photos of CEO Jin with his fiancée at an online gossip forum just a few minutes ago. Here, Senior Iris and…uhm, Prince—Senior Jin Chonglin. Let me show you the post."
The girl held up her phone to let Iris and Jin Chonglin see. She blushed when Jin Chonglin smiled at her.
Iris looked at the alleged photos posted online on the girl's phone. Jin Chonglin also peeked over her shoulder. Even Tang Yiyi and Lin Dong stretched their necks to take a look.Indeed, there were candid pictures of Jin Liwei together with another woman. The person who snapped them must have been far away because Jin Liwei and the woman looked completely unaware that someone was taking photos of them. The quality of the photos wasn't that great either, so Iris ruled out the paparazzi. It might just be a regular person who used his or her phone camera.
Jin Liwei looked tall and handsome as always with his usual cold and indifferent expression. He was in his business suit. Beside him was a woman Iris recognized as Rose Young from the headshots Ketchup gathered from her public records.
The anonymous user who made the post claimed that he or she took the photos at a five-star hotel. Indeed, the background behind Jin Liwei and the woman looked like a hotel lobby. The user wrote an accompanying post with the photos. It said:
"I was waiting for someone at the hotel lobby when I immediately recognized CEO Jin Liwei. I also happened to recognize the woman walking beside him. She is Rose Young, a Chinese Singaporean businesswoman. Her mother's side of the family are members of high society here in China, that's why I managed to recognize her even though Rose Young mostly lived in Singapore. The Jins are close to her mother's family. I heard that the two families have been hoping to pair Rose Young to CEO Jin Liwei for a long time now because they're both high achievers in the field of business. However, they have always been unsuccessful because everyone knows that CEO Jin never showed any romantic interest in anyone before.
"Then all of a sudden, CEO Jin revealed that he's engaged a few months ago. He hasn't introduced his fiancée yet, but seeing him and Rose Young together at a HOTEL made me connect the dots. The most eligible bachelor in the country suddenly got engaged. Then months later, Rose Young suddenly gets promoted to work as an executive at Jin Corporation and moves from Singapore to permanently live here in China. Coincidence? I think not! I bet that Rose Young is actually CEO Jin Liwei's fiancée. After all, the Jins and her mother's side of the family have been hoping to pair them together since a long time ago.
"Both CEO Jin Liwei and Rose Young are smart businesspeople who work at the most elite level of the business industry. They also come from wealthy and influential families. They're also close in age. I personally think that they're perfect for each other. And I know that there are many in high society and in the business world who think the same way. Jin Corporation will surely become an even more successful company if CEO Jin Liwei and Rose Young unite in both business and marriage. Don't you think so, too?"
Then the user suggested that Jin Liwei and Rose Young must have spent an hour or two at a hotel room to find time for some quick loving despite their busy schedules as business executives.
"Hmm… That's Rose Young, alright," Jin Chonglin murmured behind Iris.
"Oh! You know her, Prince Lin—I mean, Senior Jin Chonglin? Is that woman really your brother's fiancée?" one of the female idols asked him.
"No, she's not." Iris quickly shot down the question.The female idols were surprised that it was Iris who answered instead of Jin Chonglin. They turned to Jin Chonglin for confirmation.
He flashed them his killer smile, dazing them. Then he said, "Junior Iris is right. That woman is not my brother's fiancée. His real fiancée is more beautiful and more amazing than Rose Young."
Iris gave him a side-eye, showing no expression on her face.
Jin Chonglin winked at her.
Iris borrowed the phone from the female idol and scrolled through the photos herself. Her thumb froze at the last three photos.
The first one showed Rose Young leaning very close to Jin Liwei, almost rubbing her (non-existent) breasts against his shoulder. The second one showed her touching his arm. The final photo showed her fully holding his arm with her two hands.
Iris gripped the phone in her hand and squeezed it, as a colder and more frightening aura emanated from her in suffocating waves.