His Genius Wife Is A Superstar novel Chapter 130

Chapter 130 - Mother Figure

Iris and Dom slipped out of the hospital following Jin Liwei’s arrangement after she was discharged. His two subordinates drove her and Dom in an unassuming car.

Noticing that another car was following them, she expressed her concern. What if a reporter recognized her and was now following?

Jin Liwei’s subordinate assured her that the car following them were their colleagues. Meaning, they were Jin Liwei’s people as well. He explained that their boss called for more men in order to ensure that she was well-protected and can leave safely under the noses of all the reporters and rumourmongers still snooping around the hospital’s vicinity.

Iris closed her eyes, her hands tightening into fists. She took deep breaths, trying to control her frustration. Yes, she agreed to hire a bodyguard but that didn’t mean that she gave Jin Liwei free rein to surround her with his men. She would have to discuss this with him later when he returned home from work.

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Gold Heights Condominium.

Yi Mei burst into tears when Iris and Dom arrived home. The old housekeeper forgot her usual composure, pulling her Young Miss in a tight hug.

Iris’ chest filled with warmth and her eyes moistened. She blinked her eyes and patted Yi Mei’s trembling back, letting the housekeeper release her concern and emotions through tears.

Finally, Yi Mei calmed down and released Iris. While struggling to regain her usual composure, she started fussing around her Young Miss. She didn’t even notice Dom greeting her before running to the kitchen to look for something to eat.

Iris felt extremely pampered. Yi Mei was like a mother hen making sure that she was warm and comfortable. She realized that this was the first time she experienced such warmth, concern and pampering from an older female figure.

In her previous life, her mother’s priority was the family organization. She was cold and ruthless, even to her own children. To her, a mother’s role was to give birth to the next generation who would continue the legacy of the Vetrovs as the leader of the international Underworld.

Similarly as the new Iris Long, she didn’t have any mother-daughter relationship with Wei Lan. Their relationship was more like friendly acquaintances who saw each other occasionally. The woman would come and go whenever she felt like it. Now and then, Wei Lan would drop by the penthouse unannounced to gossip and chatter about her recent escapades. She would give her daughter expensive things she bought from her travels and shopping sprees. Things like brand-name dresses and shoes (in the wrong size), exotic bags (too outrageous for Iris to use), expensive bottles of wine (Iris didn’t drink), etc. Wei Lan didn’t know that her daughter’s tastes vastly changed since she woke up from coma. She also didn’t stay more than an hour when visiting, quickly leaving when she finished chattering. She would be gone for weeks, sometimes for months, before she popped by again.

Compared to her mother in her previous life and Wei Lan, Yi Mei fitted the role of mother figure better than the two. To her, Yi Mei, Dom and her household staff were her family. And Jin Liwei too, as long as they remained lovers. Long Tengfei also seemed like he wanted to have a proper father-daughter relationship with her.

All of these connections were something that she never had in her previous life. She was only close to her father and older brother back then. However, they were always away and busy running the organization. Her mother frightened her, so she avoided the cold woman whenever she could.

Now it felt like she was really living life. There were so many things that were available for her to explore, so many people that she could connect with. Most importantly, she could openly work towards reaching her dream of sharing and performing her music to the world. She could do all of these whenever she wanted to without having anyone restrict or stop her.

She was still getting used to this newfound freedom and independence. She lived her entire previous life in such a sheltered manner that she couldn’t instantly get rid of its lingering effects on her mentality. However, she wasn’t worried because she had been given this second life to learn and experience all the things she was deprived of in her previous life.