Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 130

The women who rushed to get into the ward stopped when they saw that the door opened. They were so shocked.

Madeline put a smile on her face and complained, "Jean, we came here to visit you, but the nurse won't let us in."

The nurse looked at Jean and embarrassingly said, "Mrs. Qi, Mr. Qi instructed me to make sure that you have a quiet rest. He said that no one should bother you."

"I'll talk to him when he comes back. They are my friends. Let them in, " Jean replied. Then, she turned around and walked inside the ward with a blank facial expression. The women outside the ward felt delighted when they heard that Jean claimed them to be her friends.

"Have a seat." She apathetically said as she pointed to the couch.

Madeline put the fruit basket and the flowers on the table. She wore a smile and asked, "Jean, how are you? Are you feeling better now?"

"Yeah. We were so worried about you these past few days. We planned to visit you when you get better. But we didn't expect that we would be blocked by the nurse outside the ward." Maggie couldn't help but complain.

The other two women looked at each other eye to eye as they smiled, and nodded, "Right. We have been so concerned about your condition recently."

Jean looked at them quietly. She didn't say anything when she saw their fake concerns and gestures. After a while, those women kept talking and asking a lot of absurd questions to her. "We were so worried about you. Do you feel better now? Where's Mr. Qi? Sorry if we just visited you now. We really wanted to visit you earlier."

Jean suddenly realized that it was not so bad to stay in the hospital after all. For sure, it was boring. But at least, she enjoyed the peace and tranquility there.

"Jean, are you alright? Why aren't you talking?" Zabrina asked when she saw that Jean just kept silent.

Jean raised her eyebrows. Then, she looked up and asked, "I had a vague memory that you pushed me when I was swept away by the waves."

The room instantly got quiet after she dropped her words. They were happily talking a while ago. But the air inside the ward seemed to stop that moment. No one suddenly dared to talk.

Madeline's smile froze on her face. A hint of surprise was shown in her eyes. Then, she confusingly asked, "What do you mean, Jean?"

"I didn't mean anything. I'm just wondering. I felt that someone pushed and pressed me down when I was struggling to get out of the water." Jean pretended that she didn't know about anything. She pretended that she was wondering about what really happened that time. Then, she stared at Madeline with her innocent eyes.

"How was that possible?" Madeline firmly shook her head and twinkled her beautiful eyes. She thought for a while and explained, "It was probably because the wave came so fast. We were all trying to win the game, so nobody noticed that you were pushed into the water. We were also packed there together. If we had known about what happened to you, we should have..."

She paused for a second and looked at the other women who were standing beside her.

The other two women saw her gestures and nodded immediately. Then, they said with an innocent voice, "Yeah. We didn't notice what happened to you. But it was still our fault. We failed to take care of you. If we had just closely looked after you, these things would have not happened." Wendy said with a fake smile on her face.

"Really? But I vaguely remember that I couldn't get out of the water because you kept on pressing me down." Jean said with a devious smile on her face. The other women were so nervous that they hadn't noticed her smile.

"The scene was too chaotic. Maybe that's the reason why we didn't notice what happened to you." Wendy was still reluctantly trying to explain.

Jean didn't want the gloves to come off. So she lightly smiled and answered, "Yeah. That's probably the reason why."

They heaved sigh of relief when they saw that Jean believed their explanation. Then they talked nicely to Jean and pretended that they were concerned about her condition.

Although Jean was not so acquainted with them, she knew them pretty well.

They would've not visited her without any intentions. They were surely guilty about what they did. But there must be some other purpose why they went there.

After ten minutes, Madeline started to expose their real purpose in visiting her that day.

"Jean, actually we have another thing to talk about with you." She seemed to be embarrassed. She was so reluctant to tell their concern.

It was rare to see her being embarrassed. Jean thought that she looked so funny that time. But she didn't show it off though.

"What is it?" Jean asked.

They looked into each other's eyes. Then, Madeline stepped forward. Though she didn't like Jean, she had no other choice but to compromise for the sake of their career.

She held Jean's hand, smiled and said, "Jean, we all envy you. You've found an exceptional husband. Mr. Qi treated you so nicely that he jumped into the water immediately when he heard that you were drowning. Besides that, he also..."

Madeline paused for a while. It was like she felt so embarrassed to finish her sentence. She raised her head and quickly winked her eyes at Wendy.

Wendy took a deep breath and continued what Madeline left, "Mr. Qi thought we planned all of this. He said that if there's something bad that would happen to you, he would not let us go. Look, we are sisters, right? We were also concerned about you when you had that accident. We were relieved after we saw that you are already fine. Could you please say a few good words about us to Mr. Qi?"

She was definitely so shameless to ask Jean such a request.

"Did he really say that?" Jean asked.

"Yes. Jean, could you talk with Mr. Qi about it?" Wendy boldly asked. They had no other choice but to convince Jean to put in a good word for them for the sake of their career.

They couldn't afford to lose their career If Zed suddenly remembered the issue and charged them for what they did.

Jean rubbed her eyes and pretended to yawn. Then she said with a fake distress, "You should've known his temper. Though he seems to be so affectionate at me, he really doesn't listen to me."

"Is that true? You two seemed to be so in love with each other. Besides that, he pays a lot of attention to you. Please! At least, say something for us." Apparently, Madeline couldn't believe what Jean said.

"Then you must haven't known that. Once my husband makes a decision, it's hard to change his mind, regardless of who is convincing him. But you can just relax. If it really has nothing to do with you, he won't do what he had said. You explained it to me just now, didn't you? Since you didn't purposefully do it, he won't do anything to you." Jean made herself clear and smiled.

"But it would be better if you would say something nice about us to him, right?" Maggie asked. She didn't want to give up the only chance they had.

Jean tightened her lips. She surely knew that they wouldn't give up easily. She started to have a headache. She suddenly regretted why she had let them in.

The door opened when she had just gotten into trouble.

Zed stepped in while carrying something in his hand. He was shocked and paused for a few seconds after he saw that there were other people standing inside the ward. He frowned as soon as he recognized who they were.

Jean paused for a second. She realized that Zed might get angry at her later as she didn't have a quiet rest.

"What are you doing here?" He frowned as he put the sweet soup that he brought on the table. Then, he seriously looked at Jean.

Jean's body was trembling. After a while, she yawned and patted her mouth. Then, she walked towards the bed and sat down.

"They came here to visit me. And by the way..." Jean lifted the corner of her lips and said, "They came here to clarify that they had not done anything wrong to me when I fell into the water. I think it had nothing to do with them, too. Honey, don't worry about it any more."

Those women's faces turned awkward after Jean dropped her words. They just stood there rigid and embarrassed.

Jean's first words seemed to sabotage them. But her request to Zed seemed to help them.

They didn't know what were they supposed to feel. They didn't know if they should get angry or not. So they just stood still there and didn't say anything.

They looked so guilty. They were really afraid of Zed.