Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

In an instant, Henry's face turned scarlet. He was furious but dared not say anything.

"I came today to tell you why Shirley was caught by the police. It is because Winner was killed by somebody Shirley had hired."

Jean stared at Henry without batting an eyelid and said it all at once.

"What did you say?" Henry froze on hearing Jean accuse his favourite daughter for doing an unspeakable act.

"Henry, you don't have dementia. So please hear this loud and clear. I don't want to repeat it." Jean mocked him as she glared back at Henry.

"Jean, I am advising you against becoming this arrogant." There was rage building up inside Henry but he held himself back deterred by Zed's presence in support of his wife. He ominously said,"As a famous proverb goes, 'Not everything that is good to eat is good to talk about'. I know you and Shirley can't stand each other since childhood. Now that she is in the custody of the police because of you, can't you just let go for once and stop framing her?"

"Though you are her father, it looks like you know nothing about your daughter." Jean's tone turned harsh and she watched Henry with icy eyes. "I don't have the capability to frame an innocent person or kill my own brother. And even if Zed has a lot of power, we wouldn't use it on such kind of wicked matters.

Henry, for how long do you want to keep fooling yourself? Shirley is your daughter. But am I not your daughter too? Alright. Forget about me. Was Winner your son? He was a member of the Wen family who died in suspicious circumstances. Don't you want to find out why Shirley would have him killed? Believe it or not, the truth will come out very soon. Then you will see that I have not lied to you."

Jean was shaking with indignation on confronting Henry. She pulled Zed's hand that she had been holding all this time, and started towards the exit.

Henry was gobsmacked by all the information Jean had heaped on him without giving him time to breathe and understand what all of this meant. He glowered as he saw Jean turn her back towards him.

He had always taken Shirley's side but deep down in his heart, he knew Jean wouldn't lie to him.

'So is this real?'

Seeing her leave so apathetically, Henry opened his mouth with difficulty, "You... Wait a minute..."

Jean wanted to ignore him but Zed stopped and signalled her to go back.

With great reluctance, Jean did.

In her heart, she knew that it was better to elaborate on that more.

Suspicion still lingered on Henry's face. He watched Jean and asked her again with fear,"Is it really true that Shirley had Winner killed?"

"Yes." Jean replied coldly.

"Why would she do that?" Horror was right there on Henry's face for anyone to see as he uttered these words.

Obviously, the truth had dawned upon him.

"Why? How did you end up in the hospital? Did you forget?" Jean asked and watched him as if it was amusing.

"I was admitted to the hospital..." Henry's expression changed. Terror appeared in his eyes. "Did Shirley start planning to kill Winner since then?"

At that time Wen Group was steeped in negative information. Many business partners withdrew capital, which led to a huge cash flow problem. And then the Wen Group got into hot water.

Henry was at the end of his wits, thinking that Jean would never agree to help them if he went to see her.

As he was wringing his hands and pulling his hair out, Shirley came to him, listing Winner's every offence from messing around with women to gambling and owing huge debts. Not only that, Joy had known about this for a long time and had been trying to clean up his mess ever since.

Henry livid at how things were falling apart after building his company for years, flew into a rage. The next moment blood rushed to his brain, he fell down and lost conciousness.

He hadn't seen Winner once since he woke up.

He had asked Joy about Winner but Joy always mumbled some excuse or the other. She never told him where Winner really was.

A few days later, he heard that Winner was killed.

Before hearing of his death, Henry was very disappointed in how his only son behaved. However disappointed he was, he couldn't have let his son die at such a young age.

In fact, he was still thinking about talking some sense into him when he got better.

But then he discovered that God hadn't even given him a chance.

Now, hearing the truth from Jean's mouth - the person behind Winner's murder was his most beloved daughter had shattered his heart into pieces.

If he hadn't held for support with all his willpower, Henry would have surely fallen down again.

Jean looked at the old man in front of her with pity.

Yes, Henry was old now.

Without her realizing, she grew up and Henry got older.

He wasn't the energetic and vigorous person he used to be. Now, he was an aged man who had already walked into the twilight of life. He was lying there looking at Jean sadly and powerlessly. However, Jean couldn't feel a shred of sympathy for him. She watched him as if he were a stranger.

"When I was in the hospital, I happened to see Winner and Shirley together, the last time. Shirley was talking him out of taking over the Wen Group. But Winner wouldn't listen to her. That is why Shirley may have started to get the idea of killing Winner," Jean said with some amount of speculation.

Henry closed his eyes tight in agony and despair. He was barely able to utter a word but still he wrung out the following sentence with great effort. "Siblings killing each other, a sister killing her own brother. What did I do to deserve this? I gave birth to this monster. Shirley..."

When he called the name Shirley, he used up all his strength and hatred which turned his face crimson.

Jean couldn't help taking a step backward. Zed hold her hand tighter in his assuring her that he will take care if anything untoward happens right now.

Jean looked into Zed's eyes and exhaled the tension out.

She had wanted to irritate Henry and gloat over the mess before she came here.

But now seeing Henry suffer so much of pain, her throat dried up.

'This man, despite all of his sins, is my father.

His son, who he valued the most, is dead; his daughter, who he adored the most, is going to spend the rest of her life in jail. Then, all he has is me.

No, he still has Joy.'

That fact made Jean's sympathy for Henry disappear soon. She looked at Henry and said, "I have one more thing to tell you."

"What else do you have to say? I don't care even if the world is about to end. I am not afraid of death. But I don't care about living anymore." It seemed Henry had aged 10 years in just a moment. He spoke weakly and looked like he lacked the strength to just blink. Jean laughed bitterly when she saw Henry was indifferent to anything now. "It is not so serious a problem. I just want to tell you that Joy knew all about Shirley's scheme from the beginning, including the fact that Shirley had conspired with somebody else and carried out this kidnapping, in order to push Wen Group into a crisis. Because only at the moment of crisis could Joy seize complete control of the Wen Group."

"What did you say?" Henry opened his eyes suddenly and looked at Jean with disbelief. "But the newspaper said Shirley was really kidnapped and the head of the gang was the most brutal villain along the coast..."☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐