Chapter 1494 The Twins’ Interests
Iris continued to busy herself with many things—recording her new alb.u.m with Enrique Valdez; working on her businesses including going to work at Long Industries; meeting up with Grandpa Lu for their business mentors.h.i.+p; and attending virtual lessons with her language instructors, Kalisha Schwartz and Hisakawa Akio.
Now and then, she would also check on the progress of the revival of the old, commercial district where the abandoned mall and concert hall that Bacon and Ketchup gifted her before were located.
Her holding company, Eve Holdings, was in charge of the redevelopment of the mall and the concert hall. Her company cooperated with Jin Corporation which was also redeveloping the surrounding areas. Other development companies also entered the picture to get a piece of the huge pie. These companies were working together to revive what was once a dying commercial district.
In addition, Iris also received good news from Alric Bauer.
He finally developed a natural alternative to the widely-used insect repellant available in the market. His product even had stronger effectiveness than the most popular brand today. If it pa.s.sed several more rounds of lab testing and achieved safety certifications in the domestic and international markets, then it could finally be sold through Orchidia.
Another good news was that Amanpio Kileksy also made progress in his research for developing insect-repellent fabric using natural fibres. The current synthetic insecticide spray for fabric available in the market still had the best effectiveness, but Amanpio Kileksy was a genius. Iris trusted that he would be able to match, and hopefully, even surpa.s.s the effectiveness of the synthetic insecticide spray.
With the good news arriving one after another, Iris was in an excellent mood. She didn"t feel any exhaustion after such a busy day.
Of course, she didn"t neglect her family despite her packed schedule. She even brought her twins to work sometimes.
It was just that her team of bodyguards would triple in size whenever she brought her twin sons with her. Little Jun"s kidnapping made her more cautious about her children"s safety.
Little Mochi"s favourite was the recording studio. Her eldest twin son would become so absorbed and uncharacteristically quiet while watching her recording with Enrique Valdez and their team of musicians.
On the other hand, Little Matcha"s favourites were in any office. This son of hers was indeed just like his father. He was born to do business.
Despite their young age, Iris could already detect where their interests lie. However, she was determined to remain open-minded when it came to her children"s chosen careers in the future. They might change their minds several times after all.
But at least observing Little Mochi and Little Matcha right now gave her an idea of which directions to steer each of her twin sons in developing their talents and skills.
Today, Iris was getting ready in the walk-in wardrobe that she shared with her husband in their master suite. Jin Liwei already left for work at Jin Corporation.
Dom was helping her organize the several bags that they would bring to the recording studio later today.
There was a handbag for Iris" personal items like a phone, wallet, lipstick, and a few other small items.
There was also a big supply bag that Dom carried filled with snacks, drinks, a first-aid kit, tissues, pads, makeup, and a lot of other things that he thought Iris might need.
Finally, there were two baby bags for each of the twins filled with their pull-up diapers, milk bottles, snacks, toys, extra clothing, and other stuff that they also might need.
Meanwhile, the nannies were watching over and following behind the twins as they unsteadily walked around their parents" wardrobe.
Little Mochi was attracted by his mother"s sparkly dresses on display—the ones she used for performances. He also held a large diamond necklace in one hand and an emerald bracelet in the other. Of course, the jewelry belonged to his mother. He also found some of his father"s rare coloured neckties, grabbed one, and tried putting it on his head.
Little Matcha, on the other hand, played with his father"s s.h.i.+ny leather shoes. Several pairs were now strewn all over the floor. The usually quiet and indifferent child was now doing his best to try on his dad"s big shoes but kept on falling down on his b.u.t.t instead.
Their nannies tried to stop them but to no avail.
"Young Master Haoyu, Young Master Lingyu, please stop making a mess of your parents" things."
Iris smiled as she watched her sons while putting on light makeup. "Let them play with those things. The children are just curious. Look, they"re not destroying them. We"ll clean up when they"re done."
The nannies obeyed and no longer tried to stop the twins from playing around.
"By the way, I haven"t seen Ice Cream and Popcorn," Iris said. "Do you know where they went?"
One of the nannies replied, "Madam, the cats are with Young Master Jun in his room."
"I see." Iris nodded.
She glanced and saw her twins" German Shepherd dogs, Pudding and Chowder, guarding the children from the walk-in wardrobe"s entrance.
It was rare for Ice Cream to leave the twins alone, but ever since Little Jun"s traumatic kidnapping, she joined Popcorn in sticking closer to Little Jun.
Perhaps the cats sensed that their human cousin needed a lot of comfort after what happened. They might have also sensed that Little Jun was scheduled to leave the mansion again soon to live with his parents at the farm villa. This must be why they were spending more time with Little Jun now than the twins.
Iris didn"t interfere. If possible, she also wanted to spend more time with her G.o.dson, but Jiang Ying Yue and Lin Yehan encouraged her to start working again. They didn"t want her to sacrifice too much of her time for Little Jun especially when they were still around as the child"s parents.
Fortunately, she could still see Little Jun after coming home from work every day. But this would change soon when the little guy moved out again. This was something that she was already prepared for but would still make her sad for a while.