Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman
Chapter 368 What Are You Afraid Of

'There were times when Winner got very annoying, but he was still my little brother.

How can this happen? I never thought that death would come to him so early, ' Jean thought.

She grieved and glanced away trying to stop her tears. Accidentally, she noticed that Shirley was standing and staring at board directors. Her eyes were too bright to go with the sad expression she presented which shocked Jean. Her thoughts continued, 'If Shirley truly grieved for her little brother, she would be grieving instead of staring at these board directors.

There is no sadness in her eyes! It is just a show she put on to fool us.'

Jean felt deeply sorry for her little brother.

'No matter what, Winner was Shirley's little brother by blood. Hearing his death, even I felt sorry but it seems Shirley doesn't have humanity left in her.

The pleasure in her eyes betrays the sad mask that she has put on.

She is probably taking pleasure out of his death!' Jean thought angrily.

These thoughts put Jean into a sour mood and her face turned grim. She looked at Shirley, and suddenly an idea popped into her head.

'Stop!

Jean, You can't think of Shirley like that!

She might not be a good person, but she is not bad enough to murder her own brother, ' Jean told herself.

She hastily looked away in order to shake these thoughts off her head.

"Mrs. Wen, please accept my sympathy," One of the board directors sadly said.

Joy nodded with a lump in her throat. She wiped the tears off and said, "I didn't mean to bring up this tragedy here but it is hard to hide my pain. But we don't know the cause of Winner's death yet. The police are still working on this case." Jean signed and thought, 'That explains why I heard nothing about Winner's death.

In the past few days, I didn't detect a tinge of sadness on Joy's face.

Is it possible that Joy's sadness was not real too?'

"Since young Mr. Wen is gone, I think our CEO's final decision is clear. Right now, in the Wen Family, Ms. Wen is the only one who is able to succeed the Wen Group," said one of the middle-aged men that Jean met yesterday.

Carefully, Jean took a look at him trying to analyze him. He noticed Jean's scrutiny and looked back with a smile on his face. "Director Li, which Ms. Wen are you talking about? There are two of us here,"

Jean questioned sounding interested.

Now Director Li's face turned red. He snorted and replied,"Some people already confessed their desire to leave all the attachments with the Wen Family, but still have the audacity to step in for business matters. Anyway, whoever has the largest shares of our company and the most recognition from our current chairman will be our next chairman." Hearing this, few people mumbled and started to talk.

Without arguing with Director Li, Jean just looked at them with a smile on her face.

The situation seemed to be in Joy's and Shirley's favor. They realized that their hard work in the past few days has finally paid off so they lit up with a happy expression.

"As you said," Jean spoke in a loud voice and stopped everyone from their discussion. Now Jean looked at the white-haired Mr. Zhang straight into his eyes and continued, "The next chairman will be the one with the largest shares and the name on my father's appointment book. Is that correct?"

"Indeed." Although Mr. Zhang had no idea what Jean wanted, he nodded and agreed with her.

"But, there is one thing I don't quite understand," Jean said and frowned to show her confusion.

"Jean Wen, this is not the place for you to play around. If you have a heart, please leave us alone during this hard time," Joy replied, feigning sadness. Seeing Jean's calm expression, Joy felt flustered and scared.

"Dear stepmother, why are you trying to rush me out? What are you afraid of?" Now Jean had a cruel smile playing around her lips.

"Are you kidding me? I am afraid of nothing," Joy retorted, looking extremely angry.

"Well then, let me talk since you have nothing to hide." Jean stared at Joy and kept her eyes on her for a long time.

"You!" Joy said, losing her patience. Being rebuked by Jean in such a manner made her want to run away with shame.

"My father became the chairman of Wen Group with only 40% of shares. Why did Shirley try so hard to buy the other 10%?" Jean ignored Joy's glare and questioned.

All the directors looked at each other. They started to think about the question Jean just brought up.

Everyone began whispering. The doubts in their eyes made Shirley panic.

Without anyone noticing, Shirley pulled Joy's sleeve for help.

Joy glanced at Jean with hatred. Deep down, Jean felt satisfied watching the mother's and daughter's fear. Mustering the courage, Joy decided she had to do something. "Directors, don't let her fool you. The extra 10% of the shares Shirley has is, of course, given by Henry," said Joy, in a trembling voice.

"Stepmother, you have made me more confused now. Okay then, my father is the largest holder of the company shares. In that case, why did he buy more shares from the market? Directors, no one knows better than you about the financial crisis Wen Group has been through in the last 6 months. If the CEO had extra money to spend on these pointless shares, the marriage between Wen Family and Qi Family probably wouldn't have taken place under the condition of a land."

In truth, Jean wanted to indirectly bring up her marriage with Zed and mention why it happened.

In other words, she wanted everyone to remember that she was sold for money.

But her intent was not to disrespect Henry. All she wanted was to get back at Shirley and Joy.

'No need to speak anymore because the truth has already found their way to the board directors' ears, 'decided Jean.

Everyone listened and agreed to Jean's words.

Seeing this, Joy and Shirley started to panic even more. They felt their world shattering.

"Jean! what do you want? Scaremongering is not going to help you become the next chairman. Listen, whatever you do, you don't stand a chance,"

Joy said in a croaky voice.

Jean shook her head. Looking disappointed, she said, "Joy, for the sake of my brother and sister, I accept you as my stepmother. Although Shirley and Winner never thought me as their older sister, they are my family. Winner is gone, but..." Taking a pause to catch her breath, she looked at Shirley and continued, "I will take care of Shirley for you so that she won't end up like Winner."

"What are you talking about?" Joy asked. Surprise was evident on her face and she found Jean's words hard to believe. [