Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 373

Thinking about the matter at hand, Zed's face changed immediately, scrunching into a frown. He looked at Jesse with a complicated mix of emotions swirling in his eyes.

Jesse pretended to be calm and forced a smile to cover the nervousness that was stirring inside her as she felt Zed's eyes pierce through her. She asked,"Well, Mr. Wen then have done quite a great deal of wrongdoings, so I wonder, Jean, why can't you share to us what exactly these wrongdoings are that made you this merciless enough no to even try to forgive an ill-stricken elder?"

Her voice quivered, and she started to tremble restlessly despite how she tried to keep her composure.

'I can't make Zed suspect me, ' she thought.

'If I can make Jean act inappropriately and speak out the truth, only then will Zed not suspect me.'

Jean sneered at Jesse secretly, wondering why Jesse had asked an unnecessary question given the tensed situation they were all under.

However, she, too, kept what she was really feeling inside and pretended to be stumped about what she should do and turned to look at Zed with desperation in her eyes.

Zed's eyes widened as he saw the helplessness in Jean's eyes. He closed his eyes in frustration and heaved a deep sigh, growing impatient. He opened them and shouted at Jesse,"Enough!"

Everyone was shocked after his outrage, all eyes turning to him with great astonishment.

This sudden burst mostly affected Jesse. The blood on her face rushed out of her as she couldn't believe that Zed just got furious with her to the point that he had shouted on her face. This was the first time he treated her like this, so she couldn't help but feel really upset and wronged. She stared at Zed with eyes brimming with tears, not daring to utter even a word.

When Zed saw Jesse's eyes filling with tears, guilt started to build inside of him, and he suddenly regretted what he done. He looked away from Jesse and sighed. "All of you should stop treating Jean as if she's a suspect, so stop interrogating her. If she hadn't got that land back from Wen family, she would not have led a miserable life. Let the past stay in the past, and stop referring to it again." His tone gradually turned calm, but his face yet turned into a frow. Zed raised a question,"A long time has passed ever since this matter happened, so I don't understand why it is brought out suddenly right now?"

Silence enveloped the room for a moment before Jean opened her mouth to say something. "I heard that he had awaken today, so I went to the hospital to see him," she said, trying to explain herself. "I was planning to go to work this morning, but decided to drop by the hospital first. As a matter of fact, Grandpa knew I didn't go to work, so I - "

"How did grandpa know?" Hearing all this, Zed couldn't help but wonder how a small matter could turn as big as case enough to the point that everyone behaved like a judge towards Jean. They looked like they didn't want to let this matter go easily by how they all kept questioning her.

"Yes, that is a good question," Jean replied. "I am also curious as to why grandpa knew." Jean turned to Jesse and noticed that she was about to open her mouth to explain, but before she could, Jean spoke once more. "Jesse said that the two elders were having a meal nearby my workplace, so grandpa wanted to ask if I could eat with them. Jesse then intended to call me to inform me of that, but by accident, she called you and knew from you that I wasn't at work."

As Zed listened, he realized that he, too, was involved in this matter.

However, he knew about that ugly truth only at that very moment. A bitter smile crept on his charming face.

"Look, I am telling you the truth. In fact, I am still wondering why you came to find Jean without any urgent reason at all," Zed stated helplessly.

"Zed, my workplace is surrounded with more offices and other companies. What's more, there are few good attraction spots and shopping malls around that place, most of the people you see there are all wearing office suits. What I am really trying to ask here is, of all places that grandpa and Grandpa Dan could go out to eat, why there?" Noticing that Zed still couldn't seize what she was trying to say, she secretly rolled her eyes at him. Jean reminded him to clearly point it out in front of everyone present, serving it on silver platter.

"Hmm, well, that is doubtful." Zed replied and finally grasped what Jean was trying to imply. He turned to look at Benjamin and asked unconvinced. "Grandpa, why did you decide to go there today?"

Jean rolled her eyes again, shaking her head secretly as she thought, 'Zed, you're such a fool. You should ask Jesse about this and not your grandpa.

Grandpa is new around H City, so he is unfamiliar around the place, let alone Grandpa Dan.

Among three people, the person who could bring them near my workplace must be Jesse, because she is the person most familiar around the place.'

"I…" Benjamin's face flushed, unable to find his words. He swallowed a lump on his throat before speaking again,"I want to see what on earth Jean does, so I asked Jesse to take me there and have a look."

Zed's eyes narrowed at him. Such an explanation seemed to be unreasonable.

Even Jean could not accept it, and she continued to ponder on the situation. 'Did grandpa really grow an interest at my job?

Or was he misled by someone who previously knew that I had not gone to work to expose me?'