Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

"If you move in, then Gary can't harass you any more!" Jean replied. "If you don't go back to the Bai family now, he definitely won't give up. But if you plan to stay here, Gary won't risk coming here just to bring you back. Don't worry! I won't force you to stay here for too long. After you recover, I'll ask you to leave! I'll do that, even if you don't want to leave,"

Jean said in a cool tone.

Zed narrowed his eyes as he looked at Jean and felt more respect for her.

Zed was impressed by how smart Jean was.

Apparently, Moore had made up his mind.

However, Jean broke the deadlock.

Moore smiled bitterly. He realized that if he refused her invitation now, then he might lose his friendship with Jean.

He stopped and thought for a second as he didn't want to lose Jean.

'Why am I hesitating when Jean and Zed themselves, are inviting me to live with them?'

As that thought crossed his mind, Moore sighed and answered, "All right! Since you have forced me to stay, I have no choice but to accept your offer."

"Yeah!" As Jean heard his reply, she was delighted. "I knew you would accept it."

As soon as she finished her words, she turned around to look at Zed and smiled. There was nothing that Zed could say but he smiled back. He patted Jean on her head.

On the other hand, Moore was a little worried that he had agreed to live with them.

He looked at Zed and was relieved that Zed was not displeased by him staying over for a couple of months. Instead, Zed was happy to see Jean excited. Moore was actually worried about the fact that the relationship between Zed and Jean might get worse because of him. He didn't want to hurt Jean at all. Now judging from the situation, Moore was relieved.

Jean was a woman of her words. She had planned this all along. She had asked Gregory to send Moore home.

Now she only had to call Gregory and he would be able to send Moore's clothes in a minute.

Moore had no choice but to accept everything that Jean had arranged.

To some extent, Jean was right. There was nowhere safer in H City than this place.

Zed, Jean and Moore laughed and chatted for a long time.

The atmosphere was quite relaxing and they looked like a happy family.

Everything looked perfect until someone's phone rang.

Jean grabbed her cellphone. It was Joy calling. She answered it right away.

"Jean, they just called and changed the time of the meet up." Jean heard Joy's worried voice over the phone.

"What?" Jean was shocked. She asked, "What time did they decide now?"

"At midnight, YR Wharf!" Joy kept talking. "Do you have the money yet?"

"Yes, I have the money! Just do as they told you to. I'll pick you up later!" Jean was about to hang up but she stopped as Joy's voice came through.

"Jean?" Joy asked loudly, "Thank you! If it weren't for you, Shirley would've died."

"No worries! Let's save her first." Jean hung up as soon as she said that. She turned towards Zed and said, "They have changed the time of meet up to midnight."

As Zed heard that, he frowned, "Why did they change it again? What are they planning to do?"

"Who knows? But I have this feeling that they know what we are doing. They are eager to get the money that we have raised,"

Jean said as she frowned too.

"That makes sense!" Zed nodded as he agreed with Jean. But before he could say anything, he noticed that Moore was standing beside with a confused expression. Zed apologized immediately,"Moore, sorry about that! Shirley was kidnapped and Jean wants to save her so she might not have to regret later."

"I understand!" Moore nodded immediately and asked, "You just said that the kidnappers have changed the time of meet up again? And they have brought it forward again?"

"Yes. I think they were keeping tabs on us. And they must have known that we have the money ready so they want to get it as soon as possible. We have guessed that Shirley might've been kidnapped because somebody had wanted to teach her a lesson but that is definitely not the case." Jean analyzed the situation and frowned.

"No matter what they want to accomplish, we have to do what they ask us to do. They are smart to choose this time for the exchange. I'll keep you company then." Zed sneered and added, "No matter what tricks they intend to play, they are only digging their own graves." Jean didn't say anything because she noticed that the situation was getting more serious. She nodded and said, "Right! Zed, you have to teach them a lesson after we get Shirley back."

"Sure!" Zed nodded and smiled faintly at Jean.

All this time, Moore was silent. He frowned as if he was lost in thoughts.

Jean noticed Moore was silent so she said, "Moore, don't worry about it! We'll figure it out."

"Jean, I still feel something is wrong. When was the last time you saw Shirley?" Moore looked at Jean and asked with confusion.

"Yesterday morning. I saw her at the hospital where Henry stayed." Jean asked as she was curious, "why do you think there's something wrong? Is there anything you suspect?"

"According to what you just said about the kidnappers changing the time ahead of schedule, they must have known your actions beforehand. This means that the kidnapping was prepared since a very long time ago. In other words, they are not doing it all alone but they have partners. Or they wouldn't have been able to keep Shirley at a hideout while keeping tabs on you all too," Moore said clearly.

"We've thought about that too!" Jean nodded in agreement.

"Do you think there are people who know your every action?" Moore turned to Zed and asked.

Zed looked at Moore.

Zed's face turned bitter and he replied, "I know what you mean! If it's really like what you just said, then I'll definitely make sure that they regret it."

"What are you talking about?" Jean didn't understand what Zed and Moore were talking about so she asked.

"Moore thinks that someone here is the kidnappers' partner and he or she has been reporting everything to the kidnappers. As the kidnappers know your actions, they change the time again," Zed replied and looked at Jean.

"I thought of this too but there's no one around us except Joy. She can't be the insider! Shirley is still kidnapped. How could Joy..."

As Jean said that, her face turned dark. She realized something.

She looked at Zed in surprise, then she turned towards Moore and added, "No way! No matter how heartless and cruel Joy is, she won't do this to Shirley."

As soon as Zed and Moore heard what Jean said, they looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

"You mean Joy doesn't care about Shirley but she only cares about the money?" Jean was startled as she couldn't help but ask.