His Genius Wife Is A Superstar novel Chapter 602

Chapter 602 - Stop Being Naughty

The bombing incident was labelled as a high-priority case early on with the authorities treating it not just as a simple case of a crazy, obsessed fan who wanted to kill Iris Long but also as a serious terrorist case. As a result, the police were under a great deal of pressure from both the government and the citizens to solve the case as soon as possible. Now that there was "evidence" pointing at Zhu Ning as the mastermind behind Tian Kong, Iris predicted that people would crucify the woman for her "sins".

And indeed, a quick search on the internet already resulted in a flood of condemnation towards Zhu Ning. Many of them were from the Black Stars. They remembered how Zhu Ning beat up Wei Lan, insulting her and even threatening to kill to viscountess and her daughter, their beloved Boss Iris Long. To these loyal Black Stars, what Zhu Ning did was unforgivable, especially since there were many of their comrades who were also injured during the bomb incident.

The rumour of a sex video between Zhu Ning and Tian Kong also quickly circulated on the internet, even though there wasn’t any proof of its existence because the authorities didn’t want such explicit material corrupting the people. Nevertheless, just this rumour was enough to make the general public more disgusted of Zhu Ning. The hatred towards her was even more intense compared to Fan Luo’s downfall a year ago.

Iris didn’t know for sure whether Zhu Ning was the real mastermind or not. But truth be told, she highly doubted it.

’I don’t think Zhu Ning is that smart to plan something as big as the bomb incident. Long Jian certainly didn’t inherit his brains from his mother.’

In addition, there was also the mysterious formidable hacker that Iris just battled. The hacker might be the mastermind or someone who was working for the actual mastermind. She doubted that Zhu Ning had the capability to hire a powerful hacker to work for her. Highly-skilled hackers had their own pride and wouldn’t stoop to working for someone like Zhu Ning. At least, she wouldn’t work for someone like Zhu Ning. Thus, it was clear to Iris that Zhu Ning was being framed for the bombing incident.

Why?

Because Zhu Ning was the most convenient scapegoat. The woman made a spectacle of herself by beating up Wei Lan plus threatening to kill her and Iris in public. Zhu Ning was very easy to hate given her unpleasant personality.

Even though she knew that the woman was being framed, Iris didn’t feel sorry for Zhu Ning at all. Iris was still determined to identify the real mastermind behind Tian Kong but she wouldn’t do anything to help Zhu Ning. Why should she?

Tossing the matter of Zhu Ning out of her mind, Iris continued searching for clues. The hacker was very thorough, not leaving easily-found traces. It was making Iris feel very excited and challenged. She was deeply absorbed in hacking when....

"Excuse me, Mommy~ It’s time for lunch! Daddy says that if you don’t come out, he’ll rush home and drag you out of the computer room himself even though he’s super-duper busy right now. Meow~"

Iris’ swift typing fingers faltered on her customized ergonomic keyboard. "Hmmm... Okay. Five more minutes...." Then she continued typing.

"Mooommyyyyyy!!! Ketchup promised Daddy today to make Mommy stop working and eat lunch! Ketchup wants to always be a good kitty from now on and doesn’t want to be in trouble with Daddy again—he gives super bad punishments! Wuwuwuwuwu!!!" Tears gushed out of the cat AI’s adorably pitiful green eyes and started pooling around her fluffy white butt. "Ketchup doesn’t want to be grounded ever again!!! Wuwuwu!!! So please be good, Mommy, and stop being naughty! Eat lunch or Ketchup will be grounded agaaaaain! Waaaaaah! Poor Ketchup!!! Meeeooow!!! Wuwuwuwu!!!"

Iris couldn’t stop herself from laughing at Ketchup’s dramatics. "Okay, okay. Stop crying, Ketchup. I’ll stop now and eat lunch."

"Wuwuwu! Mommy is being so mean to Ketchup today! Ketchup is so sad... Meow...."

While Iris was setting up a few of her machines to auto-mode, she mentally took note of her observations about Ketchup. It was still too early to make a final conclusion but it seemed that although Ketchup had retained her usual bubbly and chatty personality, the cat AI had become more cautious and a stickler for instructions, as evident of her "fear" of her daddy’s punishment. Ketchup was still naughty in the way she talked but had lost the impulsiveness of her actions.

It took a long time for Iris to persuade Jin Liwei that she was healthy and fit enough to work again. Lu Zihao also didn’t help and told her to stay home for now and focus on resting on the rare occasion that he came home to the mansion. Her big brother clearly sided with Jin Liwei in this matter, making her feel a bit sulky because he always sided with her before this.

She could always defy their wishes and just tell them "To hell with you! I’ll go to work if I want to!" and then go to work but chose to use her charms and skills in persuasion instead. This wasn’t the time to fight. Besides, she knew that her darling and big brother wouldn’t be able to resist her if she continued asking them.

And she was right.

In the end, they could only sigh and "reluctantly" agree to her decision of returning to work. In turn, Lu Zihao warned her not to push herself too hard.

"First sign of trouble or if your health is endangered, I give my subordinates permission to immediately drag you to safety. They’ll knock you out, if need be," he told her.

She pursed her lips and sulked while Jin Liwei scowled at his Fifth Brother.

Jin Liwei agreed with Lu Zihao’s reason for concern about her safety but not of his Fifth Brother’s forceful and dominating methods. Knock her out? No way! Nobody was allowed to be forceful to his baby girl!

Well, except for him in bed when she wanted him to do so! She loved it whenever he...Jin Liwei forcefully and regrettably tamped down his wayward thoughts. He took a few deep breaths to calm his sudden half-arousal. Then he made his expression gentle and pulled Iris’ attention to him.