Ice and Fire novel Chapter 247

Before Mond Xu could reply, Sally walked over to Stephen and said, "Stephen, we all know that you love Cherry and that you won't let us hurt her, but Jackson's son has to die. I can't live on this world and know that Cherry has Jackson's son! If Jackson is to have a child then it should be with me!"

Instead of retreating, Stephen said, "Sally, if you'll ever have Jackson's son I'll kill him before he's even born."

"You..." Sally froze, and for a moment she didn't know how to reply to him.

"Enough!" shouted Mond Xu, while looking at Stephen and Sally. He snapped, "Are you going to argue like this forever? Please remember, we're on the same boat now, " he said, and paused for a moment. He then stared at Stephen, and asked, "Did you forget how your parents died? And you, Sally, " he said, moving his eyes back to Sally, "Don't you remember how much you've suffered in those long years? You lived in a remote village where you had to survive from plain buns and farmland labor. In the end, you got nothing for all the things that you've done for Jackson, because he never cared about you for one single moment. Why do you love a man who treats you like dirt?"

Both Stephen and Sally froze and became silent.

At the same time, Jean slowly moved away from them, avoiding to get involved in the argument.

Mond Xu suddenly gave a sad and wry laugh, and turned around again to look out the window. "Our destinies are surprisingly similar. The An Family's, the He Family's, and Jean's misfortune all come down to the Chu Family, to Andrew Chu and Jackson Chu more specifically."

"Mond, we must act now!" suddenly said Sally.

"Shut up! We must bide our time, or we'll all end up dead. Don't you know already how powerful the Chu Family is?" argued Stephen.

Mond Xu finally composed himself, and after he looked at Sally, said, "Stephen's right, we can't take any sort of action unless our timing is perfect."

"What's our next move then? Are we going to keep on waiting like this forever?" said Sally. She continued, "You've been planning for five years already! How much longer are we supposed to wait?"

Rage started to boil in Mond Xu again, and he shouted, "Sally, how dare you scold me? You knew very well how much Cherry's departure influenced Jackson five years ago, and that had been the perfect timing for everything, but you said you loved him and couldn't let me deal with him. You also convinced me that you could change him and make him do whatever you wanted him to do. With what has your beloved Jackson rewarded you after all that you've done for him? With nothing, not to mention that ever since Cherry came back, he almost completely forgot about you. What are you to him now anyway? I don't think that you're more than a dog to him."

Mond hated Sally, who was a capricious woman fooled by her so called "true love", and he also hated his stupidity of not seizing the precious opportunity to crush Jackson once and for all when he had the chance. Now, the situation had completely spiralled out of control.

Sally didn't say anything. She had indeed promised Mond Xu that she would earn Jackson's love and take over all of his possessions, and that conquering Jackson would bring them more benefits than killing him, but her five years of working on Jackson had turned out to be in vain, and by the time Cherry had returned to the city, he hadn't even bothered to call her anymore.

Noticing Sally's silence, Mond Xu said, "From now on, I'll give the order and all of you must diligently follow it, or else I'll have no mercy on you!" Stephen just stood there without saying anything.

Jean also was silent, pretending to be invisible.

Sally was also stupefied.

Mond Xu then turned back to Stephen, and commanded, "ZM must start business with the JS Group as soon as possible. Do whatever you have to do to make it done!"

"What are you going to do?" asked Stephen, unaware of Mond Xu's intention.

"You don't need to know that, " said Mond Xu coldly.

After that, he moved his eyes onto Jean, who couldn't help but shudder.

"You just stay in your apartment and be sure to be well dressed. I need you to go to a party with me next week."

"Okay, " said Jean obediently. She didn't have the guts to refuse him after she saw how he had treated Sally and Stephen.

Finally, Mond Xu turned back to Sally, and said, "You have to forget Jackson. He's your enemy, no matter how much you love him, and just admit it, he doesn't have an ounce of feeling for you. He failed you, so he deserves to die!"

He was pleased to see that Sally's eyes started to burn with hatred after she heard his words. This was the result that he had been hoping for.

It was very late when Jackson arrived back home. He went upstairs and entered Cherry's bedroom.

Cherry vaguely felt that someone opened the door and walked in, and she immediately thought that it had to be Jackson.

"Jackson, " called Cherry drowsy, trying to look at the figure from the doorway in the dim light.

"I'm here, " said Jackson gently, while closing the door behind him.

He then walked to the bed, laid on it, and cuddled Cherry tightly in his arms while he stared at the room's ceiling in silence.

Cherry asked, "Why are you so late?"

"I didn't meant to this long. Something urgent came up and I had to seek some advice from Derek, " answered Jackson.

Jackson then asked, "Did Joe go to bed?"

"Yes, " nodded Cherry. "He went to bed early tonight. Because he played all day, he was pretty tired, and fell asleep quickly."

While Jackson was listening to Cherry, an idea suddenly struck him, and he said, "Baby, I have something to tell you."

"Go ahead! What is it?" said Cherry, suddenly more serious.

"Can we move back to the family residence?" asked Jackson. On his way back home, hundreds of thoughts had flashed through his head, and he decided that he had to make some changes to prevent his family from any harm done to them.

Cherry was surprised by what she heard him say, and she tilted her head back and looked at Jackson's face in the dim light of wall lamp. She whispered, "Why do you want us to move there?"

Jackson looked at her, and gently said, "Baby, Grandpa is getting old, and I think we should stay with him in case anything happens to him."

It then occurred to Cherry that all this time she had paid so little attention to Andrew ever since she had married into the Chu Family. Perhaps it was because Andrew had been living alone at the family residence for such a long time, which had left her the impression that Andrew was accustomed to that kind of life. Now she realized that Andrew was an old man who needed care, and even though he had the butler and maid to help him, he was in even more need to stay with his beloved grandson and great-grandson.

Jackson looked at Cherry and carefully explained, "Baby, I know that the family residence is less comfortable than this house, but that's where I grew up, and Grandpa's our only family left. I know how much he loves me, and I'll never forget that, and I want to stay at his side in his late years. He also loves Joe very much, so I'm thinking that why not you and Joe keep him company while I'm busy working? He won't feel lonely anymore then."

"Okay, " replied Cherry, "Let's move back there. I'll have time to take care of Grandpa personally, and he'll also be very pleased to see Joe around."

Jackson felt a warm current in his heart when he heard her words. She was so thoughtful and sensible, and perhaps that was the reason that he loved her so much. Moving back to the family residence wasn't only for Andrew's sake, but also for her and Joe's. Cherry, Joe, and Andrew would live a peaceful life together at the family residence, and that somehow eased his concern about their safety.