Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 68

Clap! Clap! Clap! Jean shook her head in amazement. She applauded as she stood and circled the table, inspecting the Wen family slowly.

"What a good performance! I am really shocked that the Wen family are such capable actors!" She pursed her lips, lifted the cup of tea Joy had poured for her, and took a sip.

"I slapped Shirley because she deserved it. Let's not talk about how she has bullied me all these years. Let's talk about something more recent. She logged into my Weibo account on my personal computer and posted distorted content which has caused misunderstandings about me. I have endured growing accusations day after day because of her. Tell me Mr. Wen, wasn't it you who had said that if she disrespects me, as the oldest sibling, I have the right to beat her? So why is it wrong for me to slap her for this attack against me?" Jean had suffered immense embarrassment twice today. And both incidents had happened because people believed she was an adulteress, as portrayed by Shirley. Now that her half-sister had called her here for this dinner, it was time to expose Shirley's actions.

Gone was the time when Jean felt the need to be humble and accept whatever treatment the Wen family thought she deserved. She was determined to be strong and independent, and she would start with her attitude toward the Wen family.

When she finished speaking, Jean turned to face Winner and said fearlessly, "I don't care why you asked me to come here this time. I will absolutely not compromise. Today, I will leave this hotel when I please. What can you do to me? Beat me? Imprison me? If so, you will have to assume legal responsibilities."

Jean spoke in a straightforward and emotionless manner. She was so indifferent that no one could recognize her. Winner was in a daze. He never thought that Jean would change so fast.

Jean had lived with them for over 20 years. Winner thought he knew his half-sister. Had the woman standing before him not looked like Jean, Winner would have been certain that she was a stranger.

When she mentioned legal responsibilities, Winner was left speechless. He was reminded that he had violated laws when he attempted to kidnap Jean. If she looked into that... thinking of this, Winner stayed silent.

Henry, who had not spoken all this while, looked extremely gloomy when he glanced at Jean. It was hard for him to believe that his daughter had changed so much in less than a year.

He decided to try again, "Jean, I ask you to come here today to make peace, not to make more trouble!" Henry stared at Jean sternly. He wanted to be genial but his dislike of Jean was so great and his patience so limited that he couldn't help doing the opposite.

The expression on his face would have terrified Jean into being submissive in the past. But now, she was totally indifferent. Henry and Jean glared at each other for several minutes. Neither wanted to compromise.

Henry was shocked that Jean had become this fearless and defiant. He had a hard time accepting that he could not intimidate her.

He cleared his throat and said, "It was really wrong for Shirley to do that. Today, we ask you to dine with us as we seek to apologize to you. We hope that you will ask Zed to withdraw his accusations against Shirley and Winner. After all, you still have blood ties with the Wen family in spite of our agreement. You can afford to give us a bit of leeway."

"Accusations?" After thinking for a while, Jean couldn't figure out what they were talking about. She glared at them with a peculiar expression, "What accusations? What does any of this have to do with Zed?"

"Don't you know?" Shirley asked in confusion. She was filled with astonishment.

"What?" Jean asked. She frowned as a thought crossed her mind. "You mean to say that Zed has sent you a legal notice about this matter?"

Her heart did a flip-flop. Zed knew the truth. And he had taken action against the Wen family for her! All this while she had doubted if he truly loved her. If what they said is true, then Zed's love for her...... Hope blossomed in Jean's heart. Then she recalled what had happened at the Qi Group earlier that afternoon. All hope was dashed in a flash.