Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman

She smiled and turned to look at Jean, "You two make such a wonderful couple! Your relationship seems to be great. I hate to mention but I want to hold my grandson as soon as possible. So you two need to hurry, OK?"

Jean was a little embarrassed. She didn't know how to respond, so she just smiled.

Zed didn't answer his mother. Instead, he just asked blandly, "Mom, what are you doing here?" Jean's eyebrows shot up when she heard how displeased Zed was.

His father, Sean Qi, who had been silently sitting on the sofa, snorted and glared at Zed. "So, you are not happy to see us? I can't believe that you didn't tell us about your marriage. We had to hear about your marriage from someone else. Zed, let me ask you, do you even care about your parents?"

He then had a glare at Jean and complained, "Even if you were in a hurry to get married, you should have found someone who at least matched our family's position. She's the daughter of a small business owner. What did she do to you? Did you even think about the consequences?"

"Dear, don't talk about these things in front of the young, newly married couple. You're embarrassing Jean!" Jade nudged Sean in the arm to settle him before turning to Jean and smiling. "Jean, please don't mind, he means no offense." Surely enough, there was no such thing as a perfect family.

"Mom, it's OK." She shook her head. Jean couldn't get used to saying the word, mom. It had been so long since she said that word.

Since the marriage was a trade, and Jean was forced to be polite, she still felt a little uncomfortable using the word, mom. An awkward silence followed. Jean shuffled her feet as she stood in front of Zed's parents, trying to figure out what to do next.

Suddenly she had an idea, "Well... Dad and mom, you must not have eaten dinner yet. How about I buy some vegetables and cook a lovely dinner for you?"

Without waiting for anyone to reply, Jean turned and made her way to the kitchen. She had hardly taken a step when a big, warm hand grabbed her arm. "You will not go anywhere!"

Zed's sudden action astonished the old couple. They had been under the impression that their son had married Jean out of love. They had expected the young couple to be happy. Jean and Zed's behavior, however, was contrary to that of a happy couple's. Jade and Sean's smile froze on their face.

Jean didn't expect that Zed would treat her like this in front of his parents. She approached Zed slowly and whispered to him, "Didn't you tell me to pretend to be sweet in front of your parents? Why are you being so mean now?"

Zed didn't answer her. Instead, he faced the kitchen and shouted, "Luck, get Zelda here to cook. She is in the old villa."

"Yes, young master," the butler replied as he bowed.

Zelda? Why hadn't Jean heard of this person before? "Jean, you know how to cook?"

"Yeah, sure. Zed loves the meals I cook. Recently..." Jean felt herself being pushed before she could finish speaking. Zed was being so rude!

"Mom, we need to go upstairs and talk about something. Excuse us." Then Zed held Jean's hand and forced her to follow him.

After they entered the room and closed the door, Zed held Jean against the wall, "Why do you have to talk so much?"

"What? Wasn't it obvious that the atmosphere was awkward?" She glared at him in confusion. Then she pushed his arm and escaped his hold. "You're quite the smart woman, aren't you?"

"What do you mean?"

"You think you can escape my control?" He sneered and turned around before walking toward Jean slowly.

Jean shuddered. Zed's face was expressionless when he began walking toward her. However, once he saw her reaction, an evil smile danced on his lip. The smile was uncanny yet fascinating.

"Cough!" Jean coughed a few times and pointed at the door, "Your parents are here now. I'll shout if you do something."

"This is my home, you are my wife, and they're my parents. It doesn't matter if you shout. Married people are supposed to behave like this, right?" Of course, he was right.

Jean felt as though she were a lamb in a tiger's den. Even though his mother seemed gentle and his father was severe, Zed's weird behavior implied that she would not have an easy time in the coming few days. Dealing with an unpredictable Zed was almost always unpleasant.

"When will your parents leave?" She asked in an attempt to distract Zed from his thoughts.

"Maybe they'll stay." He teased.

"Stay? For how long?" Jean's eyes widened. Zed had asked her to pretend to be a happily married couple for the duration of his parent's visit. How long was that going to be?

"You have a problem with it?" Instead of stopping in front of Jean, Zed continued to walk past. When Jean realized he wasn't going to do something unwanted, she sighed in relief. Then she turned to see where he was headed. Her relief was short-lived when she saw Zed undressing.

Instead of turning away, Jean frowned. She had not seen Zed wear anything except black suits for so long that she was stupefied when he pulled out colorful clothes. She had gotten so used to seeing his cold expression and dark clothes, that this jolted her. Although his expression remained cold and indifferent, he was dressing in a way that made him look more human.

Jean shook her head in disbelief. Zed was not the only one behaving differently. She couldn't believe that she hadn't turned away when he undressed.

She just watched him changing his clothes! Worse still, she even enjoyed it a little. Oh my god! 'Shame on me!' Jean scolded herself. Her face flushed when she realized that she had been completely mesmerized by his rippling back muscles.

"See something you like?" Zed teased as he turned and noticed that Jean had been watching him. He sauntered closer to her and touched her face suggestively, "I won't mind if you want to be with me now..."

"No! You're wrong. That's not what I was thinking! I was surprised, that's all. I wasn't expecting you to change your clothes." She pushed away his hand and turned around to hide her guilty expression. Knock, knock, knock.

"Young master and young lady, Mrs. Qi is requesting your presence downstairs."

"OK." Zed replied to the butler before turning and speaking with Jean, "Remember our deal. You will not say anything that is disagreeable to me. Pretend to be a good daughter-in-law." Then Zed finished putting on his clothes before leaving the room. Jean pulled a face at Zed's retreating back. Before she could finish, Zed turned abruptly. He frowned at her and said coldly, "Don't be naughty!"

"Ha ha ha, I don't know what's wrong with my face!" She smiled stiffly and began following him.

Zelda had been Zed's babysitter after his birth. Zed's parents had lived in the old villa before they moved to a foreign country. It was said that the old villa was much bigger than Zed's villa.

Jade spent the rest of the day talking to Jean about her experiences. Since she wanted to be a grandmother, she spoke specifically about her pregnancy and advised Jean how to take care of herself before and after she would give birth. Jean sat through the conversation politely, smiling and nodding at what Jade said. She wasn't really paying attention.

At that moment, Jean felt lucky that she wasn't really married to Zed. Otherwise she didn't even know how to pay for her concern and love.

Sean, however, still looked very displeased. He couldn't get over the fact that Zed had gotten married without his permission. Jean tried her best to pretend to be a sweet girl. Jade seemed to be satisfied with her but Sean was indifferent.

After dinner, they chatted while drinking sweet soup. Zed and Jean didn't return to their room until nine o'clock.

Zed went into his study after they got back to their room. Jean stood in their room alone. She walked to the window and watching the scene outside.

This was the family she had dreamed of for over twenty years. Ironically, she could only enjoy it when she was pretending to be part of Zed's family. 000000☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐