Before Iris could feed Little Matcha again, Jin Liwei patted his son's head and said, "Jin Lingyu, you need to apologize for throwing food on the floor. It's very disrespectful. You also need to control your temper and not lash out like that all the time."
The baby looked at his daddy, not quite understanding everything he said. Next, he glanced at his mommy who gave him an encouraging smile. Then he looked at the nannies cleaning the floor and somewhat understood what his daddy meant.
Little Matcha pouted but still babbled in a low tone, "Uh uh. Nuh uh uh." (Sorry. I won't throw food on the floor again.)
Although the adults didn't understand what he babbled, they liked to believe that Little Matcha had indeed apologized.
The nannies loved the twins dearly. They looked proud whenever the twins did something praiseworthy. They appreciated that their employers, Iris Long and Jin Liwei, never made them feel inferior. The nannies were treated like the twins' aunts, like family.
They not only enjoyed big salaries and amazing benefits compared to nannies who worked in other wealthy households, but they also felt their dignity as human beings was respected. In return for their employers' excellent treatment of them, they also treated the twins and the Jin family like their own.
"What a good baby! Knowing how to apologize already. Little Matcha is such a gentleman!"
"Little Mochi knows how to say sorry, too! Such a good baby! What a cute baby!"
"The young masters are the best babies in the world!"
"The young masters are the cutest in the world!"
The nannies kept throwing rainbow farts, causing Little Mochi to beam and giggle in delight. The baby loved all the attention.
"Yah yah yah!" He clapped his hands, trying to encourage the nannies to continue praising him and his twin brother.
Little Matcha also smiled a little but his reaction was a bit more subdued compared to his elder twin brother. When his mommy began feeding him again, he automatically opened his mouth and didn't pay attention to the nannies anymore. There was nothing more important right now than focusing on Mommy. Food always tasted better whenever his mommy was the one feeding him and his twin brother.
Breakfast finished more smoothly after the twins behaved well.
Jin Liwei nodded in approval.
As expected of his sons, they were smart and listened well. Hopefully, they would continue to remain receptive to his lectures after growing up.
Jin Liwei watched as the twins clamoured for their mother's attention.
Iris was a great mother. Her only fault was that she was too soft when it came to disciplining their children.
So it was up to him, the father, to be the disciplinarian. That had always been their parental role arrangement. He was more than willing to play the bad cop to his wife's good cop when it came to raising their children.
Before everyone could leave the dining area, Dom received a phone notification. His expression changed.
Iris and Jin Liwei didn't think much of it and continued chatting with each other while the nannies herded the twins, encouraging the babies to walk by themselves.
The husband and wife were discussing their plans for the day when Dom called for their attention.
"Boss!" Dom waved his phone, his expression looked worried.
"What's wrong?" Iris asked, finally noticing that something wasn't right with Dom. She took the phone from him.
It was a text message from Ketchup. It said:
"Gasp! Something super-duper to the highest level bad happened at Auntie Asha's art exhibition last night! The cute and mighty Ketchup has already gathered the basic details from the French police reports. Uncle Dom, please tell Mommy and Daddy! Meow~"
Iris' eyes widened. Then she frowned.
Jin Liwei leaned over and glanced at the message, frowning as well.
"Watch over the twins," he instructed the nannies. "The madam and I need to do something first."
The nannies obeyed. Fortunately, this time, the twins didn't make a fuss about being separated from their parents.
Little Mochi was still enjoying the nanny's praises of him and his brother. The nannies also indulged them, continuing to throw rainbow farts at the twins. Little Matcha looked uninterested while Little Mochi loved every single one of the praises.
The nannies distracted the twins and brought them to explore the chateau grounds and absorb some sunshine.
Iris, Jin Liwei, and Dom moved to the nearest seating room to speak with Ketchup.
"Yes, Mommy! The poor guy suffered multiple injuries. He was already dead when the rescuers arrived. They attempted to revive him but failed. The cute and mighty Ketchup feels so bad! Auntie Asha also feels so bad. She offered to cover the funeral costs."
Iris stood up. "I need to call Ashandra. Ketchup, please call your Auntie Ashandra for me." fгeewebnovёl.com
"Aye aye, Mommy! Calling Auntie Asha in 3…2…1! Meow~"
The phone started ringing. It rang for a long time but nobody answered.
"Auntie Asha didn't answer, Mommy! Wait, let the cute and mighty Ketchup check what she's doing right now. Meow~"
Ketchup didn't wait for her parents' instructions and made a decision on her own. Neither Iris nor Jin Liwei stopped her. They also wanted to know more details about this tragedy.
"Auntie Asha is currently at the police station. The police are taking her official statement as the one who formally reported the curator and the docent as missing persons. Should the cute and mighty Ketchup try calling Auntie Asha again? Meow~"
"No, Ketchup," Iris said. "Wait until your Auntie Ashandra leaves the police station."
About ten minutes later, Ketchup was able to successfully connect her parents to Ashandra Knightson.
"I heard about what happened, Ashandra," Iris said. "How are you?"
Ashandra sighed. "Did Sir Lu tell you?"
Iris neither confirmed nor denied it.
Ashandra continued with the assumption that it must have been Grandpa Lu who told Iris about what happened. "I asked Sir Lu for help. I only wanted to make sure that everyone working at my art exhibition is okay. I never expected that something like this would happen!"
"What did the police say?" Iris asked. "Did they find the suspects?"
"Not yet. But they think that this is a case of a hate crime."
Iris' brows furrowed. "Hate crime?"
"That's what they think. It seems that there's a group attacking people walking at night recently here in Paris, especially in the alleys. A few have already been arrested. They claimed that they did what they did because they hated the immigrants for taking away jobs and the rich for exploiting others to build their wealth."
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