Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

Chapter 367 Winner Was Dead

Jean looked bland and her question was raised in a casual tone. But as soon as she dropped the

question, all the old shareholders, or rather, the entire Board of Directors turned their eyes on Joy and

began whispering to each other, as if Jean had dropped a bombshell on them.

Their stares and whispers seemed to get under Joy's skin and she yelled angrily,"Get this woman out

of here!"

She kept yelling loudly again and again but no security guard showed up as if all of them had somehow

disappeared from the outside.

Panic set in on Joy and she began losing control.

She was getting more and more certain that Jean had come totally prepared on seeing that Jean

looked totally calm and confident and was giving her an ironic smile.

Shirley also felt that the current situation was far graver than she had imagined and she hurriedly

walked over to Joy and murmured to her in an attempt to remind her,"Mom..."

"What the hell do you want to do?" Joy abruptly shifted her gaze to Jean and barked at her furiously.

"I want to do what you intend to do," Jean replied in a brisk and clear voice without concealing the truth,

turning her eyes to all shareholders present around the table.

"You? How can you?" Shirley sneered on one side.

"Really? How can you two?" Shirley stared at her and replied back coldly.

"We two?" A complacent smile ran across Shirley's face. She arrogantly looked at Jean and declared,"I

hold 10% shares of the Wen Group, and my father holds 40% shares. In other words, I hold 50%

shares altogether. It is undeniable that I am totally qualified for acting as the CEO of the Wen Group."

All others present were shocked by her declaration.

A few days before, Joy and Shirley had been outside the hospital with two middle-aged men. Seeing

them there, Jean had become very clear that the two of them had racked their brains and tried every

possible means that would get them the CEO's position in the Wen Group!

But she had never imagined that they would stealthily buy shares.

'Hadn't they been complaining that they had no money and couldn't afford Henry's medical treatment?

Then, where did they get the money to buy the shares?'

Jean chuckled to herself. It was only because they were so heartless and ruthless that Henry had been

rather disappointed and lost his hope in them.

'Joy, Shirley, you have been overjoyed and underestimated Henry.

You have been so careless that your evil intentions have been noticed and uncovered before your plot

could succeed. Because of this, Henry has lost his trust in you.'

"I am also a part of the Wen family. Why didn't I get to know when my father transferred his shares to

you?" Jean stared at Shirley and asked her in feinted astonishment,"Besides, dad has come back to

his senses now. And he will be fully recovered soon. Now he is still not old. How can he retire from his

position just like that and hand over his business to you? Why hasn't he handed over it to Winner?"

"Winner? That black sheep?" Repeating the ugly name, Shirley sneered and said,"I knew that you

wouldn't believe me. So here, I have a share transfer agreement with my father's signature, and an

official document where he appoints me as a CEO in the Wen Group. You can check and confirm these

documents by yourselves..."

As she finished speaking, Shirley took the documents out of two kraft paper bags and passed them to

the shareholders sitting next to her.

However, what Shirley was doing and saying didn't stir up any of Jean's feelings at all.

By that moment, she had now pieced together all that Shirley and Joy had been plotting for such a long

time.

Initially, Henry had only felt disheartened for their acts. But later, he had become desperate for them.

As Shirley showed the shareholders the documents, Jean finally understood why Henry's attitudes

towards them had changed this much. They had forced Henry to sign the share transfer agreement.

But she was still puzzled about why Joy was supporting Shirley and letting her be the CEO of the

company.

'Doesn't she love Winner the most?

Just like Henry, she also values boys more than girls.

And after all, Winner is the sole able-bodied man in the Wen family!

It seems like I haven't seen Winner for quite some time now.

What has happened behind my back?' Jean wondered.

She was puzzled by these many questions. But when she noticed that the shareholders had almost

read the documents, she hurriedly composed herself back into her senses and threw an intense gaze

on Joy and Shirley once again.

A mischievous smile appeared across their faces when Joy and Shirley noticed the shareholders'

expressions. It was evident that they were convinced of the veracity of their claims.

In particular, a hint of arrogance immediately appeared like a splash on Shirley's face when she felt

confident about her victory. Then, she stared at Jean with a showy smile.

'You are still too young and can hardly retain your composure.' Jean mocked Shirley. NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

It was true that deep down, Jean was sighing, but she calmly stood there and merely rocked a

mischievous smile.

Joy, who was sitting beside her daughter, tried to gain some sympathy and control as the wife of the

former CEO and said with a sigh,"We never thought that Henry would be hospitalized for such a

serious illness. His attending physician told us that he would spend the rest of his life on a wheelchair.

However, it is inadvisable to keep the company running without a CEO. Henry knew his own situation

when he came back to his senses. So, he appointed Shirley to take over his position at that critical

moment. All of you have read the share transfer agreement and authorization document. Please don't

hesitate to ask if you have any doubts or questions."

After viewing the documents, the shareholders started whispering to each other, but were still wearing

an expression of hesitation, even after Joy's clever explanations.

At that moment, Jean was in no mood to focus her attention on Joy and Shirley anymore. Instead, she

concentrated on observing each director's facial expressions, in an attempt to see through their

attitudes.

Henry had told her to do that. In his opinion, this was the best opportunity to understand which

shareholders were against Shirley and really cared about the Wen Group.

"Mrs. Wen, I have a question," a white-haired shareholder over 50 suddenly asked.

"Yes. Mr. Zhang, what do you want to ask?" Joy hurriedly replied with a smile, as she knew that he was

a venerable manager in the company.

"Our CEO said that he would have the company taken over by Mr. Winner. But he often sighed on his

decision, as he feared that Mr. Winner would be ignorant and the company would thereby fall into

crisis. He had even asked us to take good care of him and promote him. But our CEO never told us

that Miss Shirley would take over the company."

As soon as he clarified this, several other old shareholders of the company started nodding one after

the another, verifying his statement.

Jean saw all these. It was not until this moment that she turned her eyes on Joy, waiting for an answer

from her.

"Winner..." At the mention of his son, Joy sobbed and stammered. A bitter sadness took over her

confidence when she spoke. It seemed like some dewy tears were shining in her eyes. At last, she

continued,"He is my biological son that I had with Henry. He is also the sole boy in the Wen family. It is

perfectly justifiable for him to take over the Wen Group, and he would have been a great candidate. But

he has chosen the wrong path for himself and that happened only because I have spoiled him too

much ever since he was a little kid."

Before she could finish her words, Joy covered her face with her hands, sobbing in tears.

Jean stared at her in bewilderment. Seeing her facial expressions, she felt that something might have

happened to Winner.

As expected, all others present were shocked, and Joy continued her story in a sad tone.

"Not long ago, Winner was making a fuss in the hospital that he owed someone a lot of money, and

that his creditor would kill him if he didn't repay him. Since he was an unfilial person, I no longer trusted

him. Besides, Henry was still very sick and in the hospital at that time. Thus, I didn't care much about

him. It was not until he had been missing for 3 days that I suddenly realized that something might have

happened to him.

As soon as I thought of that, I hurriedly called the police. With the policemen's help, we finally found my

son. But he... He had been dead for some time and his corpse was decaying now..."

As she talked about this, Joy suddenly started crying out tearfully, full of sorrow about her dead child.

Jean was also completely taken aback. She had never thought that Winner was dead!