Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 414

"I know. I know. I will give an order right now to sell off my father's shares in the Wen Group." Sighing, Jean nodded her head and walked out of the conference room after seeing mixed reactions.

Meanwhile, Joy raised her head up as she watched Jean leaving in a hurry. Ever since Shirley got kidnapped, she was extremely shocked, and her nerves had not calmed down yet, but she didn't expect Jean to try so hard to raise such a huge amount just to save Shirley. With this thought in her mind, Joy heaved a deep sigh and finally went out.

On the other hand, now that the largest shareholder of the Wen Group was selling off his shares at a low price, commotion arouse in the business sector of H City.

Many investors rushed to tell the news to others and thought about taking the opportunity to make a profit from it. Even then, more investors were more cautious about this and chose to stay on the sidelines to watch.

A fierce commercial war was about to begin, or so they thought. There were those who just wanted to watch the hustle and eagerly sat in front of their computers, but after half an hour, they only observed the share price of the Wen Group fall by 10 per cent.

Those who were ready to buy in the shares, on the other hand, started to calm down. It looked certain that something serious happened to the Wen Group for the shares to be on sale like this in such a low price. Then again, if the price continued to fall like this, the Wen Group would really go bankrupt.

At the thought of this possibility, those investors who planned to buy in the shares immediately put a halt to this decision and hesitated.

One hour had passed, and then another hour with still no change.

Jean glanced at the stock chart of the Wen Group and noticed that the stock price had been indeed falling. Convinced that Zed's plan to acquire the Wen Group would go smoothly, she walked outside with a slight smile plastered on her face.

Joy had been anxiously sitting in the lounge waiting. As soon as she saw Jean come out of the office, she stood up and hurriedly walked towards her. "How is it going now?" Joy asked in haste.

"Nobody has bought our shares at the moment. It seems that many investors have guessed that a serious incident may have happened in the company, so most investors dare not buy them. However, I still have some hope that there would be some other investors who still want to buy them but are waiting until our share price drops to a certain low point." Pretending to show a helpless expression, Jean told Joy with a deep sigh.

Joy's eyes widened in surprise. "Oh, my God! How can that be?" she exclaimed. Being struck by the news, Joy staggered a few steps backwards and seemed deeply overwhelmed in a negative way.

Deep inside, Jean enjoyed Joy's extremely depressed expression with satisfaction, but she did not dare to show this. When she had enjoyed watching Joy enough, she came forward and patted Joy on the shoulder in consolation. "It's all right. As long as the Wen Group hasn't gone bankrupt, someone will eventually buy these shares in the end." She comforted Joy in great affection, but only in order to aggravate her uneasiness.

Sure enough, with Jean's comfort, Joy felt even more desperate and was about to cry. A few moments later, Joy's eyes lit up once more in anxiety. "But then, if they won't sell for much, how can we raise the one hundred million ransom by six o'clock tomorrow morning? What happens then?"

"Don't worry. Regardless of how much we can sell the shares, we will surely raise enough money to save Shirley any way." Still continuing the act, Jean said in a firm tone.

Joy's face relaxed a bit. "Thank you, Jean." She then reached out to grab Jean's hand and continued,"I didn't realize that of all people, you were the only one willing to save Shirley at this critical situation."

Jean was shocked. She didn't expect Joy to suddenly grab her hand. For a moment, she was unable to respond and just stared at the hand that held hers. When she realized who was suddenly holding her hand, she had the urge to withdraw, but went against it in the end. Besides, she did not want to arouse Joy's suspicion, so she had no choice but to endure the nausea and talk perfunctorily with Joy. "Don't worry about it. Shirley is still my sister. I couldn't stand watching her in danger without doing anything," Jean said, wearing a weak smile.

With Jean's words, Joy sighed in deep relief.

"Well, I better go back and get ready first, so you can focus on doing your business," Joy finally said after deciding whether to leave or to stay and wait for good news.

"Okay then. I will call you as soon as I have raised enough money." Jean nodded at Joy and gave her another weak smile.

Before leaving hurriedly, Joy made sure to say a few more words of gratitude.

As Joy was out of sight, Jean dropped the act. Her face scrunched into a look of disgust as she stared at her right hand that Joy had held on to moments ago. Not willing to wait any further, she rushed into the bathroom without any hesitation and washed her hands five or more times until she felt better.

Her hands were slightly red from all the extensive washing and just after drying her hands, her assistant came running in anxiously. "Mrs. Qi, uh, boss, someone has bought out shares."

Having guessed that the buyer must be Zed, deep inside Jean was delighted to hear the news, but she had to keep playing on the act, so she showed a fake look of astonishment on her face. Leading the way, she hurried back to the office with her assistant.

She immediately looked at the computer, and her eyes widened immediately in surprise. Seeing that the buyer was a Wu Group and not Qi Group, her face turned into a questioning look. She told her assistant to leave before taking out her cell phone and dialed Zed's number.

As soon as the rings had stopped, Jean didn't bother to wait for Zed's voice. "Zed, please tell me if William Wang, who bought the shares, is your subordinate. Also, how come I have never heard of a Wu Group, the acquiring corporation?" Jean asked, doubt obvious in her voice.

Zed smiled on the other end of the call. "Oh, dear. You're right. He is really my subordinate. I asked him to register such a small company just temporarily, mainly to acquire the Wen Group. And about the Wu Group, I think you can figure this out." Zed deliberately posed a puzzle to Jean. Even though Jean couldn't see him, she felt like at this moment, Zed just leaned on his seat, waiting for her answer with a playful smile.

Sighing once, Jean thought for a moment. "Now that I know he is your subordinate, I think I have guessed what it means." She smiled before continuing,"Oh, Zed, why are you so kind to me?" She felt so touched and moved by this gesture that she was about to cry, and that what she wanted most now was to envelope him in a big hug and bury herself in his broad but comfortable chest.