Jackson and Derek then drove to the JS Group, and after they arrived, they got out of the car and walked directly to Selina's office inside the JS building.
While Selina was working, she heard the door of the elevator open and raised her head to see who it was. She was surprised to see Jackson and Derek's angry expressions, and she immediately stood up to greet them, "Hi, Jackson, Derek."
Jackson was too irate to even glimpse at Selina, and instead walked straight into her office and sat down on the sofa.
Derek also stared angrily at Selina, and also sat down on the sofa without saying a word.
Their behavior upset Selina, and she thought, 'What's wrong with them? Why are they so angry?'
Selina walked towards Derek and sat beside him. She asked, "What's the matter? Derek, you two seem unhappy."
Derek looked at Jackson and saw that he was looking outside of the window; he still didn't want to talk to Selina.
Derek furiously stared at his sister, and said, "When Jackson and I handed the JS Group over to you, we told you that you had to discuss with us if anything urgent ever appeared. Do you remember that? Do you think that you're powerful enough to handle everything all by yourself?"
Selina was puzzled by his words, and answered, "No, I don't. You two know all the things that happen in the JS Group, don't you? By the way, nothing urgent happened in the JS Group. What do you want me to tell you?" Selina thought, 'What's wrong with them? Have they gone mad?'
Derek glared at Selina, and said, "Isn't the rise of the ZM Group a big deal?"
Selina was too surprised to answer Derek's question. Although she agreed with him that the rise of the ZM Group was a big deal, she was still confused. How did the rise of the ZM Group relate to the JS Group? The ZM Group and the JS Group were like strangers to each other, because the two groups had no business interactions with one another. How did the rise of the ZM Group ever influences the JS Group?
Selina calmed herself down, and replied to Derek's question, "Indeed, a company called the ZM Group has recently developed very fast, but I don't think it has something to do with our JS Group, because the two companies have no business partnerships. By the way, ZM's CEO Mond Xu is a complete stranger to all of us, so I didn't feel the need to tell you about the company."
Derek shouted at Selina, "How can you be so careless? He's not a stranger! He plans to attack the JS Group! He knows that Jackson is the real owner!" Derek was a bit disappointed with Selina, because although she had been very prudent with the JS Group's affairs, she had ignored their most dangerous enemy all along.
Selina was stunned by what Derek said and turned to look at Jackson, but she could only see his side face, which was obviously tensed with anger. Selina thought, 'Did I do anything wrong?'
Selina was completely confused, and asked, "I don't know Mond at all, why...why does he want to attack JS?" Why would a stranger attack the JS Group? Selina had tried to investigate into Mond, but regardless of the great efforts that she made, she had found nothing on him.
Derek started to say, "My dear stupid sister, Mond is..." But Jackson quickly stopped him before he nearly spoiled the secret.
Jackson shouted furiously, "Derek!"
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