Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

"Grandpa! You... you take care of yourself, okay?" Even though Jean was reluctant to say goodbye, there was nothing much she could do and she accepted Benjamin's departure hesitantly.

"Yes, my child. I will take your advice. Now don't cry, silly girl! Be good to Zed and don't let me worry about the two of you, okay?"

"Yes, Grandpa. I will do that." Jean's voice was choked and she was sobbing. Suddenly she ran towards Benjamin and threw her arms around him in an embrace. Benjamin's face turned red immediately. He wasn't accustomed to Jean hugging him, but in any case, he didn't resist when he felt Jean's sentimental attachment. "Take care!" Jean relaxed her hold and gave him a soft smile.

"You little child. Now hurry up and give me a great-grandson, you understand?" Benjamin whispered naughtily in her ears and smiled back.

Jean blushed and turned crimson with embarrassment as she helplessly saw him walk away towards the boarding gate, Dan supporting him through and through.

The boarding gates were about to open and Jesse felt flustered. Recklessly, she stretched her arms in a last, desperate effort to give Zed a meaningful hug. This was her last chance and she simply had to seize it, even though Jean was also on the scene. With his attention totally on Jean and Benjamin, Zed didn't notice what Jesse was about to do.

Just as a smile had appeared on his face while looking at the warm display of affection between his wife and grandfather, he was startled by Jesse's pounce.

Acting purely involuntarily, he pushed her away and subconsciously looked towards Jean, wondering whether she had seen it or not.

Jean was busy seeing off Benjamin and Dan, but right after that, she noticed that Jesse had disappeared and looked around with a weird expression to see where she had gotten to.

Zed had already kept an eye out for her and the moment he saw that she was about to turn her head, he immediately pushed Jesse away in an effort to maintain as much distance as was pleasantly possible.

"Zed! Won't you even hug me goodbye?" Jesse complained, aggrieved by his act and unaware why he was behaving the way he was.

The embarrassment plastered on Zed's face could be seen from a distance and he stared at her in discomfort.

Jean saw the two of them engaged in some conversation and immediately walked over. Though she hadn't seen Jesse try to hug Zed with her eyes, she could tell what had happened from the flustered and embarrassed look Zed was sporting and the displeasure that could be seen from miles away on Jesse's face.

Taking no notice of the two of them, Jean directly walked past them nonchalantly. She now cared nothing about what they did or would do.

Seeing her aloof and uncaring nature, Zed lost himself and he stretched a hand to grab her by the arm, sorrowfully crying," Jean..."

Jean remained aloof towards him, as if she was looking at a stranger. In a totally alien tone, she coldly ordered him," Let go of me..."

"I..." Just as Zed was about to try and make up once again, Jesse ran towards them, stood beside Zed and furiously stared at Jean, barking in anger at her rival," Jean, don't you know chalk from cheese? I just wanted to say goodbye and get a farewell hug from him and you can't even stand that? Since you care about him so much, why do you act so hypocritically and disingenuously? You know what? I am sick of you!" Jesse poured out everything in disgust.

"Jesse! Stop talking like that to my wife!" Zed sternly ordered her with his brows furrowing in displeasure. He couldn't understand why Jesse was acting like that right before leaving.

'Things are already completely messed up. Why does she want to add fuel to the fire?' He wondered.

"I am hypocritical?" Jean gave her a contemptuous look and sneered. "Would you look at who's saying that! You're the hypocritical kind Jesse, not me! Even when you know that Zed and I are married, you still try to seduce my husband in the name of childhood friendship! Won't you tell us your true intentions, Jesse?"

A hot burning fury started to blaze up deep inside her heart as she questioned Jesse.

'Since you are so shameless, you can hardly blame me for being rude to you!' She thought in her heart.

"You are right, I grew up with Zed and we had an amazing chemistry and a beautiful relationship! So what? Are you jealous of us?" Jesse wanted to embarrass Jean as much as possible. Deliberately trying to annoy her, she sneered in a sarcastic tone," If you are jealous, it means you are not so confident about yourself. But who can blame you? We all know how ordinary you are compared to Zed, and how much stresses out you get just because you married the most amazing person on the planet. You don't even deserve him! Just for Zed's sake, I am not going to make a fuss about the way you've been talking to me, but I am warning you! You watch your words because the next time you do that, you're going to lose a face!"

Jesse arrogantly stared at her with a haughty expression on her face.

Jean's red face was convulsed in anger and she roared," Jesse, what did you say? So what if I am an ordinary person and do not deserve your so-called childhood friend. But you keep in mind that I am married to Zed and I am the real woman of the Qi family! No matter how many other women ogle at my husband and no matter how dirty they play, they cannot change the truth! I suggest you go back to Imperial Capital, listen to your parents, and go on a few blind dates. Perhaps then you will find someone to get married to. But don't you dare ever think about others' husband, especially mine."

Ordinarily, Jean was clumsy at extempore speeches and never used profanity.

But if she was irritated, she was not that inarticulate.

Jesse's anger totally sky-rocketed by Jean's taunting and jeering at her and her face turned purple with anger.

Just as she was about to bark back, Zed, who had been standing beside them silently, abruptly spoke," Jesse, the plane is going to take off soon. You'd better hurry up and check in. The two grandpas are waiting for you."

"But Zed, didn't you hear how rude she was to me?" Jesse flirtatiously complained to Zed, even as she furiously glared at Jean.

"Jean is right! After you go back to Imperial Capital, you listen to your father and find the right person to get married to!" Zed ignored her while looking at her calmly.

"What did you say? Zed, what the hell are you talking about?" Jesse opened her eyes wide and stared at him in disbelief.

"Be a good girl! You have grown up and you are big girl now!" Zed heaved a long sigh and spit out his inner thoughts.

"Zed..." Jesse felt so sad due to his words. She was feeling so lost that she immediately burst into tears. In a pitiful voice, she said," You know... you don't get to tell me to find someone to get married to. Anyone can, but not you! You've really let me down!" Saying that, Jesse gave him a glare and turned away to run towards the security checkpoint.

There were complex emotions on Zed's mind but he heaved a sigh of relief as he saw Jesse leave.

"So what? Feeling reluctant?" Coldly watching everything, Jean satirized Zed when she saw the expression on his face and heard him sigh.

To tell the truth, she hadn't expected Zed to stand by her.

It was very normal for women to quarrel with each other. They would often act unreasonably, cause trouble, and speak without thinking.

She was so annoyed that she said things like that to Jesse.

She knew that she had enraged Jesse terribly.

Plus, Zed had stood by her and it was evident how angry Jesse was at that thought! 'It's a good thing though. Now, she may not be in a mood to talk to Zed for quite a while!

Perhaps Zed intended to let her give up on him!' Jean thought.

"I was too stupid to think that our relationship would never change," said Zed, as he forced a smile at Jean. "But I forgot that people change. That girl who followed me and called me brother has grown up and she has developed an entirely different sort of feelings towards me."

Zed sighed, with mixed feelings.

"If you can see that clearly now, good!" Jean responded in a calm and cold voice, as she looked at Zed.

"Jean, please forgive me! I thrust aside all your precautionary advice. I really didn't expect that things would turn out to be like this. If I hadn't been so careless and reckless, there wouldn't have been this many problems between us." Zed walked up to Jean and sincerely looked at her.

"There's no point saying all these things now!" Jean told him in a serious tone, as she looked into his eyes. "Zed, the problems between us are not just Jesse. I think you don't trust me! If you really had me in your heart, you wouldn't have ignored my words over and over again..."