Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

Chapter 281 Adoptive Parents' Last Words

In just one night, Jean felt his indifference to her again. She was getting hurt again and again by Zed.

Continuously, her heart was making her to believe in one thing after the other, which were not

supporsed to happen. Thus her heart was broken up every time.

She dismissed the idea of going out for a stroll. Instead, she walked back into the ward with decadent

sentiment and feeling her heart aching to the core.

Now she was trapped here, trapped in that place, surrounded by unknown people.

She started running her mind and realized that, actually, she had no idea about where she would go

after a week.

Qi Mansion?

Would she any longer be accepted there after all that happened recently and that too because of her?

The Qi Group was in trouble, and Jesse was less likely to leave! She would not leave Zed alone.

Plus the scene that she had witnessed last morning, 'After that Jesse and Zed must be doing

something intimate. They did get a lot of time alone together.' Jean thought.

From just a thought of that, she felt a pang of sadness and hollowness in her heart. No matter how

much she tried, she was not able to neutralize herself from the pain.

She could not help covering her face with her hands to hide her miserable look. She was feeling

restless as well as helpless, wishing for some ray of hope for Zed.

'Jean Wen, why are you so shameless?

You are still having an illusion about Zed?

If he really considered you as his wife, he wouldn't have let Toby leave when you needed the protection

most. He didn't even visit you once in the hospital.

Isn't it obvious now after everything he did?

Why don't you give up?'

Jean blamed herself for a long time until the sunlight shone through the window. She took a deep

breath, opened the door and strode out. She wanted to loosen her mind from all of her terrible

thoughts.

She went to Moore's room, knocked the door and on hearing his welcoming voice, she opened the

door to enter.

It seemed that Moore was awake for a long time. He was reading the newspaper in bed.

He was surprised to see Jean there in his room, but he asked her with a smile, "Jean? How are you

feeling? Did you sleep well last night?"

"Yes, I slept very well." Yesterday, she slept soundly throughout the night, maybe because she didn't

had a good sleep the night before and that's why, yesterday, she was exhausted and dizzy.

If Toby didn't have left this morning, she would be in a good mood. But now she was feeling irritated

and annoyed on everything.

"That's good." Moore gestured to Jean to take a seat, and then said apologetically, "I wanted to have

dinner with you last night, but my attending doctor arranged an EEG examination for me. It was too late

when I came out from there. I thought you might be sleeping, so I didn't bother you..."

Moore felt a little embarrassed and the top edge of his ears were turning a little bit red.

'Last night?'

Jean flashed an gloomy look towards Moore as she was feeling empty in her heart.

Yesterday, too many incidents happened, and they made her forget about Moore totally. The moment,

she realized that, she felt kinda guilty.

"Never mind, we can eat together today. Well, how's the result of your examination?" Jean asked with

concern. She was worried for his well-being, so she wanted to know about his report.

"Not bad. The doctor said that I am recovering well. And I have made a lot of progress in this time."

Moore answered with a smile and his face was looking relieved while he told Jean about his report.

On hearing about Moore's report, Jean became delighted.

After all, Moore had been in the hospital for a week, she was happy to see his apparent recovery.

When he was hospitalized, he was in bad shape, so naturally news about his improving health came

like a ray of good hope to Jean.

"The doctor will take out my stitches in a few days. If my wound heals well, I will be able to leave

hospital soon. Finally, be free from here." Seeing Jean's happy face, Moore said more vigorously. He

was glad to see Jean in cheery mood after long time and that too because of him. Since Jean was

hospitalized, he hadn't seen a happy smile on her face. All those past smiles were forceful fake smiles.

So, seeing a real smile on Jean's face, he felt radiant. Belongs © to NôvelDrama.Org.

"Really?" The simle on Jean's face became more obvious. "Moore, what are you going to do after

leaving hospital?"

"This time when I planned to came back, I wanted to revisit the old place. And then I will go back to

Chicago to work." Moore answered truthfully in a serious tone.

"Are you going back so soon?" Jean felt a little sad to hear that Moore would be leaving soon. Although

she had not known him long, she had an inexplicable trust in him. And she wanted someone familiar

with her in that difficult time.

"That was my previous plan before I came back here. I wanted to come back to see the place where I

was born. And then to get employed in a listed company there. But now..."

Moore looked at Jean and paused deliberately. He was hesitating to say something to her.

"What about now?" Jean felt he might had changed his mind, so she looked at him expectantly. The

way he was stuttering in his sentence and his facial expressions made her think so.

"Jean, why do you care so much about my plans?" Moore asked Jean suddenly before disclosing his

answer. He wanted to know about the reason of Jean's curiosity in his plans.

"We are friends. I certainly hope you can stay longer. If you leave early, we will hardly ever see each

other again. You will be so far away and I don't know when you will plan to be back again." Jean froze,

and then said sincerely with a seriousness in her tone.

"I will stay in hospital for some time. I won't be leaving so soon. We will get more time to know each

other. But this time on returning back, my mood was different. And I don't know why exactly is that."

Moore sighed slightly with a confused face.

"Why?" Jean asked curiously.

"Maybe because I was born here. As soon as I set foot on this land, I had a weird feeling in my heart. It

seems to be a sense of belonging. It feels like this country is my place. It is where I should be..." Moore

flashed a bitter smile towards Jean. "But even so, I know my home is in Chicago. It's the place where I

grew up."

"Moore, have you thought about following your heart? If you really feel a sense of belonging here, why

not stay here? You should listen to your heart. Most of the times it leads you to the right place and

makes you happy. Yes, it's true that Chicago is where you grew up, and you had many memories there.

So, you have to go back there. But why do you keep on coming back to China? Ultimately, it's because

you are Chinese. Your root is here. It's where you belong, not over there. You can't change who you

are."

Jean looked at Moore and said gravely in order to clear his puzzled mind. Moore was seriously

struggling with this decision. It was clearly visible on his face.

Hearing what she said, Moore was amazed as if suddenly he had an epiphany and now all things

became clear to him. He face was in a astonish state for a brief moment with lips slightly open in

disbelief on what he had just heard.

All of his doubts were clear. He had just received answers to all of his questions.

Yes, it was correct, he was Chinese from birth.

So his root was here in China which proved his sense of belonging to the place. It explained so much

to him.

Moore's eyes were full of joy. He looked at Jean and said to her with a smile, "Thank you, Jean. Thanks

a lot. You helped me by saying all that. Now, I finally understood why I was so entangled and confused

when I landed here. That's the answer."

"I'm just speaking casually. You need to find out the answer by yourself by following your heart, not by

listening to me." Jean blushed abruptly and said awkwardly. She was surprised to listen what Moore

was saying, she didn't mean for him to change his decision by depending on her words.

"I've found the answer. Please let me calm down for a while. I'm so excited right now." Moore placed

his hand over his heart and said excitedly while his face was glowing like a star. He really needed to

calm himself down.

Jean looked at him and can't help herself from laughing.

She didn't expected that Moore who always seemed so sincere

Could be so childish. His enthusiasm was cautious. She didn't know that it would take this long for him

to normalize.

It was a while before Moore calmed down. He looked at Jean and felt a little embarrassed about

himself and said, "Sorry to make fool of myself. I didn't mean to act like that but I was so excited for a

while."

"No, Moore, I'm glad to see you like that." Jean shook her head and said consolingly to him.

"I decide to stay in H City. I am no longer going back to Chicago." Moore looked at Jean with his eyes

wide-open in zest and announced excitedly to her.

Jean was not at all surprised to hear his answer. She had been vaguely aware of what he was

struggling with before. And as he said before, her words had helped him, so this decision was natural

to come.

Since he had figured it out and he had no relatives in Chicago, he had nothing to worry about.

"Now, I'm going to call my lawyer to tell him about my decision of staying here. He will prepare the

paper work."

Moore took out his cell phone and started looking for a contact number with great energy.

"Your lawyer?" Jean looked at him with puzzled expressions as she was confused, for what he would

be needing his lawyer for?

"Yes, my adoptive parents told me before they died that if I ever decided to stay in China, I had to forfeit

my right of inheritance. And then their property will go directly to their distant relatives." Moore nodded

and said gravely in a serious tone.

"Since the matter is like this, Moore, I suggest you should reconsider before making such a big

decision abruptly. Just consider all pros and cons, then decide what will be beneficial for you. Decisions

like shouldn't be taken in such way." After hearing his words, Jean tried to persuade him abruptly.

"Since your adoptive parents created their will like that, they really wanted you to go back to Chicago.

They did't want you to stay here and you should reconsider all the reasons why they made such a

important decision like that."