Technically, she was not in violation of any discipline since she just had a normal communication with her family member.
"Well, you..." Howard didn't know what to say about her. Just then, the bartender served the whiskey with ice. Howard took a sip and asked,"Now tell me why are you looking for me?"
"I haven't seen you for a few years. I miss you, OK?" Jenifer starred at him and said.
"OK!" Howard quickly responded, then sighed and asked again,"Is there anything else besides you missing me?"
Jenifer shrugged and said,"No!"
"No?" Howard asked. Jenifer nodded her head in reply and when he saw this, he couldn't help but furrowed his thick eyebrows. As one of her elder brothers, he knew her too well. She looked charming as if she should be kept and well protected. However, there was a strong and unyielding disposition inside her. With such disposition, she acted on her own will in front of her family since she was a child. Even more, she had sworn in front of her family to win greater achievements than her elder brothers. And now, she was moving in such direction step by step. Without a doubt, Jenifer had become the pride of the Zeng Family.
All of a sudden, Howard realized the real purpose of Jenifer and smiled. "I'm afraid, you are not here just to confirm if I arrived at A City, right ?"
Jenifer showed him a big smile and took a small sip of the Red Flame while her eyes turned from looking fascinated to dark and fierce.
"Is it for Edgar ?" Howard asked one more time. Watching his little sister behaving in such a way for Edgar, he could not help but frowned. Her little sister was excellent in every aspect but her only flaw was her endless obsession with Edgar despite knowing that Edgar wouldn't reciprocate her affection. "Jenifer, you can take a horse to the water but you cannot make it drink!" Howard said trying to persuade her to give up her hopeless obsession.
"No, there is always an exception!" Jenifer was not persuaded at all. Instead, she replied,"I won't stop until I have him."
"Even if you help him like this, he won't appreciate it." Howard tried to discourage her.
"It doesn't matter," Jenifer said. "I just want him to stay with me. Even if he doesn't love me, I am still OK with it."
"Why do you have to torture yourself like that?" Howard was really worried with his eyebrows deeply furrowed. "If you are not happy, Edgar won't be happy as well."
"If I am not happy, of course, he should be unhappy!" Jenifer didn't listen a word to his brother's persuasion. Seeing Howard still intent on saying more about it, she changed the subject and said,"Hey, I heard there is a good war field in A City. Would you like to come with us tomorrow? "
Howard knew that Jenifer did not want to talk about her problem further, so he nodded with a sigh, and stopped talking. However, he was vaguely worried that if their grandfather continued to spoil her like this, something bad would happen to her sooner or later.
When Jenifer finished drinking her glass and scheduled the time of meeting with her brother the next day, she left the Golden Bay. Howard then left and went to the hotel where he checked in earlier and as soon as he entered the hotel, Howard called Jonny, his grandfather.
"Hello?" The calm sound of Jonny came from the other end of the line,"Have you met Jenifer already ?"
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