Long Industries.
The President-CEO's office was located at the topmost floor of the building. Its interior design was inspired by strong traditional Chinese aesthetics. Most of the furniture were made of wood with delicate and exquisite carvings on them. The colour schemes were mostly deep red, maroon and earth tones. Several traditional paintings and calligraphy hung on the walls.
"What did she ask for this time?" Long Tengfei asked his loyal assistant while signing a mountain of documents behind his desk.
Cai Guang picked up the signed documents and gave his boss another stack to sign while speaking at the same time.
"The Young Miss asked me to recommend a new assistant for her. I sent her a list of candidates. In the end she only chose one. I thought she was going to replace all three assistants she fired, but she said that a single capable assistant is enough at the moment. She ended up hiring my distant nephew from the Filipino branch of the family. My nephew always wanted to work and live here in China. He's well-educated and eager to work. He only lacks experience. He started working for her last week and even moved to live at her penthouse. I scolded him for freeloading from the Young Miss, but he told me that it was what she wants."
"Let her do what she wants. For now, at least." Long Tengfei sighed. "She was comatose for a year after all. What else?"
"The Young Miss is currently renovating and redecorating the entire penthouse. I was told that it's currently chaotic in there, but she's still working hard on her physiotherapy and rehabilitation, never missing a single session. The Young Miss seems very determined to recover as soon as possible. Her medical team is very pleased with her progress."
"Good. That's good. Is that all? Has she asked you to buy her anything?"
"No, President."
Long Tengfei paused, a slight frown on his face. "That's odd. I was expecting for her to demand a massive shopping spree. Perhaps even ask me to buy her a mansion or something like that."
Cai Guang cleared his throat. "Madam Wei called numerous times to tell you to buy the Young Miss a private plane or a yacht, maybe both, as a reward for surviving."
"Reward for surviving?! What does that woman think of our daughter's accident? The fucking Olympics?!" Long Tengfei closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, trying to calm his anger.
This mother and daughter never failed in giving him headaches.
"President, the Young Miss didn't mention that she wants a plane or a yacht. It was only the Madam who asked, presumably on behalf of the Young Miss." Cai Guang hesitated. "If I may be so bold…"
"Go on. Speak."
"…I have spoken with the Young Miss both personally and on the phone a number of times since she woke up from coma. I think the Young Miss has…changed."
"That's normal. Most people change one way or another after experiencing a life and death situation like that."
Cai Guang nodded, although he still looked unconvinced. "It's just that I feel like I'm speaking to a completely different person. The President has not met with her yet since she woke up, so you may not know. She's now so calm, so serious, and so mature. She's very business-like whenever she speaks to me. To be honest, it's...uh...creepy that she has changed so much. It's kind of scary."
Long Tengfei leaned back on his seat and chuckled softly. "What's there to be scared about? Isn't it good that she has changed her old ways? Maybe she had an epiphany after what she experienced. I'll feel more at ease if she has really matured and has grown sensible. I just hope that this isn't something temporary and she ends up reverting to being another version of her mother.
"I don't really have high expectations for this daughter of mine. The elders want me to disown her, but how could I do that? She might be a big disappointment, but she's still my daughter. She has the blood of the Longs flowing in her veins. I care for my daughter, but there's only so much that I can do for her." He sighed. "She's not my only child. I have to prioritize the whole clan's interests before anything or anyone else. This is my duty as the head of the Long clan."
"Understood." Cai Guang hesitated, before finally gathering the courage to ask, "Is the President planning to see the Young Miss?"
A minute or so passed before Long Tengfei answered. "No. If she really wants to see me, her father, she can always come at any time. Is that all?"
Cai Guang nodded and bowed.
Long Tengfei resumed signing documents.
Both were silent, focused on their work.
Day after day, Iris Long grew stronger and healthier compared to when she first woke up from coma. Now she only needed the physio and rehab sessions once a week.
Despite this, she still wasn't satisfied by her body's current condition. Her muscles lacked power and her stamina embarrassed her with just one flight of stairs. But all she could do for now was persevere in rebuilding her body with time and effort.
The renovations were also finally completed. She disliked the original Iris' taste in interior design and wardrobe choice. Everything was sparkly, shiny, neon-bright, glittery, and maddeningly garish and tacky!
Now that she was living as Iris Long, she replaced everything with the tasteful elegance of classic style. The newly renovated and decorated penthouse gave a serene and sophisticated atmosphere.
Iris also added a big library office with a connecting computer room separated by a password-locked door. She filled the library with all kinds of books in different languages. Many of which were her favourites from her past life.
As for the computer room, she designed it herself. Currently, there were seventeen different state-of-the-art computers and devices arranged neatly inside the room. One wall was completely covered with flat-screen monitors. The room looked like the cockpit of a spaceship.
And not everything was delivered yet. She was still expecting more to arrive. The majority of the computers were not available on the regular market. She had to use her virtual connections from her past life to obtain these rare devices.
The room was sealed and she was the only one who had access to enter it. Nobody else was allowed inside without her permission because the room contained a lot of technology acquired from the international black market. It wouldn't be good for her if other people were to know about these items.
A recording studio was also added in another part of the penthouse. She couldn't believe that the original Iris Long didn't have one when she was a pop singer. The girl relied on other people to compose and write her music, thinking that she only had to sing, dance and act pretty.
Now that she was living as Iris, she was determined to live her life to the fullest. Her first order of business was to establish a successful career.
She thought about it and decided that she would continue the original Iris' career in music. She also loved music in her past life. She planned a complete image overhaul to suit her true style which was completely different from the original Iris' style.
Aside from the penthouse renovation, almost her entire wardrobe was also replaced. She couldn't make herself wear all the slutty clothes the original Iris preferrred. They all looked extremely uncomfortable to wear.
Dominic Chua, her new assistant, along with the maids packed about 90% of the clothes, shoes, bags, accessories, makeup and other knickknacks into boxes. Dom's eyes bulged the entire time, followed by gasps of shock and admiration.
"Boss, what do you plan on doing with all of these?" he asked Iris, stroking a seven-inch, rainbow-coloured metallic high heels.
"I'll let you decide," she said. "Sell them, donate them. I don't care."
Dom was so confused as to why his new boss wanted to throw away and replace her entire wardrobe. These were all brand-named goods! Maybe this was how the rich lived. They replaced whatever they didn't like anymore.
'Can't relate,' he thought to himself.
If he owned these much brand-named items, no matter how outdated they were, he would treat them as treasures and assign them as heirlooms to the Chua family's next generation. He picked up a crystal-encrusted purse and then glanced at his young boss.
"Uhm, boss? You see…I have a lot of female relatives back in the Philippines. I'm sure some of these will fit them. I know my mother will be absolutely thrilled to have some of these purses. My sisters, aunts and cousins, too. I think some of them have the same shoe size as you. Uhm, so, I'm just saying…."
"Sure, send all these boxes to your family. No problem."
Dom gasped, his jaw falling. "R-really? You're serious?! OMG! Thank you thank you THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I thank the Lord Almighty for giving me the BEST BOSS EVER!"
He jumped around and clapped excitedly. And then he bowed at Iris, almost prostrating himself on the floor.
Iris chuckled watching her new assistant's antics.
"You're so generous, boss." He called the maids. "Come, come. The boss gave me full authority on how to discard all of these. Come and take some for yourselves." Then he glanced at Iris, silently asking her if it was alright.
Iris waved her hand, allowing him.
"See? The boss says it's okay! Come, come! Don't forget to thank the boss!"
"Thank you, Young Miss!" The maids bowed and smiled bashfully. They were all excited and started choosing items for themselves.
Iris nodded.
"Thank you, boss. I won't send everything to the Philippines. I'll just choose the ones that I think my Momsy, my sisters, aunts and cousins will like. Then we'll sell the rest on the internet."
"I'll leave everything to you."
WARNING!!! This novel is rated 18+. It contains a lot of curse words and explicit speech inappropriate for younger readers starting next chapter. Reader discretion is advised, especially if it makes you uncomfortable. Please be kind and skip this kind of chapters instead of hating on the novel as a whole because of this aspect. Thank you!
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