Ice and Fire novel Chapter 418

In a private room of a high-class restaurant, Jean and Joe sat and enjoyed their meal together.

Staring at the sweet boy who was sitting next to her, Jean asked him in a gentle tone, "Didn't your Mommy take you out lately to have some delicious food?"

"She did, but I still wanted to eat with you, Auntie, " replied Joe.

He looked up at her from his bowl, and continued to ask, "Auntie, what have you been doing lately?"

"Nothing. I'm free these days, " answered Jean.

"Oh, Auntie, have you read the news today? It seems that something happened to Auntie Selina's company." After he finished uttering his words, Joe still kept his eyes on Jean, because he wanted to see her reaction and calculate what was about to happen next.

Jean couldn't help but open her eyes wide, and asked surprised, "Do you know about that too?"

"Yes, it's headline news. How could I not know about it?" said Joe, and nodded.

"Joe, that's something that concerns the adults. You don't need to worry about any of it, " said Jean. She had no intention of telling any of these things to Joe, because he was still just a small boy.

"But Auntie Selina is the closest person to my Daddy and Mommy, and I'm still worried for her. What will happen to Auntie Selina now?" asked Joe.

When she saw Joe's worried face, Jean suddenly seized his hand, and said with concern in her voice, "Joe, listen to me, you really don't have to worry about that. The true target of the ZM Group is not your Auntie Selina."

"It's my Daddy, right?" Joe eventually couldn't help himself from asking.

"Have you known about that all along?" Jean was astonished, because she had never expected that he would ask her such a question. 'Does Joe know everything about what's really going on?' wondered Jean.

"Yes. I know that there's some bad blood between the man called Mond and my Daddy. He even tried to approach my Mommy to have his revenge on my Daddy, " said Joe, and after he paused for a moment, continued, "And my Great-Grandpa's death also has something to do with him."

At that moment, Jean didn't seem to care anymore about how much of the truth Joe actually knew, and instead immersed herself in her own thoughts. After a while, she started to say word by word, "Yes, ever since Mond had returned to the city five years ago, he had begun to organize and carry out his plan. There was only one target for him in sight, and that was your Daddy."

"Auntie, why does he have to fight against my Daddy? What kind of hatred do they have with each other?" quickly asked Joe when he saw that Jean was still in the mood to leak out information.

"I don't know, " answered Jean while shaking her head, "They may be the only people who actually know the reason for that."

"They?" Joe felt a bit puzzled by Jean's words, and wondered, 'Who are they?'

"Yes, they: Sally, Stephen, " said Jean firmly, "Also Derek."

Because she had stayed at his side for so long, Jean was sure inside her heart that she knew about almost all the things that concerned Mond. She knew what kind of life Mond had lived and some things about his past, but she knew nothing about his hatred towards Jackson and their dispute. If she was correct, then his background had to be related to Jackson. Or maybe Mond had started a feud with the Chu Family because of his background.