Chapter 592 What Are You Talking About


    "No, I..." Closing his mouth, Zed frowned in frustration, realizing that Jean still didn''t understand his


    own intentions and why he behaved that way, or worse, she wasn''t epting any of it. When he was


    just about to open his mouth and continue to argue about the issue with Jean, Jean spoke up and


    interrupted him in a threatening tone, "Well, if you still want to keep quibbling over this small matter with


    me, then I''d like to go back home now."


    "Why not? Let''s go back. I don''t want to stay here, either!" Zed said while nodding his head


    approvingly.


    "No, you don''t understand. I''d like to go home alone. If you follow me, then I''d rather not go home


    tonight!" With a re, Jean refused him in a hurry.


    "Oh,e on! Jean!" Zed couldn''t hold back his anger anymore after grasping her desire to go alone


    and looked at her with burning fire in his eyes.


    Jean looked back at him, blinking slowly as if trying to decide what to do. She then realized that Zed


    wasn''t going to back down anytime soon just by how piled up his irritation was. She stared at him for a


    few more seconds and realized that she couldn''t really resist her husband any longer. After heaving a


    deep sigh, she went over him and took his hand on hers, rubbing her thumb on the top of his palm


    before saying gently, "Honey, can we please stop arguing? What''s done is done, and everything is


    resolved already. Besides, what''s important is that Calvin is now finally awake, and so, we should just


    focus our attention and energy on being happy for him, shouldn''t we? This was what we came for,


    wasn''t it, baby?"


    As Zed''s gaze focused on Jean''s eyes, the burning fire inside of him started to get extinguished. He


    started to rx and nodded slowly at Jean''s words. He then embraced Jean into a hug, feeling the


    exhaustion inside him fade away as if Jean was his stress reliever. Just not far from them, Calvin, who


    watched them with worry and hesitated whether or not to intervene, now looked relieved.


    The doctor finally came, making both Jean and Zed pull away from each other and sat on the sofa to


    observe. Alina sat beside Jean and reached out for her hand. After the thorough examination, the


    doctor looked at them all with a smile and announced, "Calvin haspletely recovered. As soon as


    the forms and payment have been processed, he can be discharged today and go home. Just


    remember, no triggering and no depressing words for the meantime. Congrattions."


    "Oh, that won''t be a problem. Thank you very much, doctor!" Alina was so happy to hear that Calvin


    had fully recovered that she stood up and took the doctor''s hand excitedly to express her gratitude for


    him. The doctor congratted them once more before he turned to leave. ·


    As soon as the doctor left, Calvin turned to Alina with a huge smile as well. · "In that case, Mom, help


    me pack up my belongings. I''ve been in the hospital for as long as I can remember, and I''m extremely


    tired of it. I want to leave here as soon as possible."


    "All right, son. I''ll pack it up as soon as possible. I don''t want to stay here any longer as well. Negative


    energy just floats around."


    Without another word, Alina hurriedly walked over to Calvin''s closet and began to pack up their


    belongings. ·


    "As for me, I''m going to go through the discharge formalities and procedure now," Calvin said before


    turning his back at them and walked towards the door. ·


    Jean immediately turned to Zed and winked broadly at him, hinting that they should take this


    opportunity to go with Calvin.


    Although Jean had already forgiven Alina, she could still recall how Alina ndered her just moments


    ago despite what she said to Calvin about forgetting what his mother said.


    She was still, in fact, a human being and was extremely hurt, so she was reluctant and unwilling to stay


    with Alina in the same room for now. ·


    Plus, she was afraid that Zed''s anger might return at Alina''s presence, and that if they stayed, he might


    explode again and say something awful to hurt her. In order to stop all these from happening and


    worsening, she finally decided that it''s best for them to go along with Calvin. ·


    When she saw that Zed was not against it, Jean hurriedly stopped Calvin by calling out his name,


    "Calvin, we''d like to go with you."


    Calvin was slightly surprised by Jean''s proposition at first, but within a few seconds, he seemed to


    understand the reason why they wanted to go with him. With a smile, he looked at Jean and Zed, who


    were already walking towards him, and waited for them by the door. When they had caught up with


    him, the three of them went out together.


    As they walked in silence towards the nurses'' station, Calvin spoke, "Actually, you don''t have to wait for


    me. I''ll just call a taxi to drive my mom and I back home." Several days ago, Zed sent Calvin to this


    hospital, so the only way Calvin could go home was to take a taxi or go with them. ·


    Since Jean and Zed wanted to send him home, they weren''t taking no for an answer, and besides, this


    was also the reason why they stayed in the hospital this long. ·


    Naturally, Jean frowned at Calvin and said, "Nonsense! We''ll drive you home!" When Calvin was about


    to refuse, she scoffed and added, "Calvin, l think we have agreed not to look into the past anymore and


    focus on the present and the future ahead of us. Let the bygones, be bygones. Now, we''re still friends,


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    aren''t we? So, stop being so shy and formal about it. Like I said, we''ll still wee you with open arms.


    What are friends for? Plus, you and Zed are good buddies ever since you were both kids, and that both


    of you grew up in the same big yard. I don''t see any reason why you should refuse us from driving you


    home."


    Calvin stopped making both of them stop as well. He looked at Jean for a while and then turned to look


    at Zed with aplex expression, as if trying to gauge whether or not Zed was also in to it or just


    tagging along with Jean''s ideas.


    Jean noticed this gesture andined, crossing her arms on her chest, "I''m the one talking to you,


    Calvin. Why are you looking at Zed? For confirmation?" Sheined and stomped her foot before


    walking ahead of them, not even noticing that they weren''t following behind. ·


    "You haven''t told her about your identity yet?" Calvin asked in bewilderment as soon as he made sure


    that they were out of Jean''s earshot.


    Zed looked at Calvin. He knew that his words were more of a statement than a question. Growing up


    together gave them the perks of being too familiar with each other. Even then, he still shook his head


    and responded, "No." He could not help sighing and clearly looked upset with the problem that weighed


    heavily on his mind. "I couldn''t find the right time to tell her, and I''m afraid that it will be too sudden and


    burdensome if I tell her the truth now."


    "That''s reasonable." Calvin understood what Zed was worrying about, so he nodded his head


    approvingly and looked at Zed sympathetically. "I hope that you understand that this is by no means a


    trifle thing. · Zed, you''d better find an opportunity to tell her the truth as soon as possible. Otherwise,


    the aftermath will be very serious," he warned. He wanted to help Zed, but he couldn''t seem to figure


    out a way for it was only Zed who could help himself for this matter. ·


    Zed let out another sigh before replying. "I know." Meanwhile, both of them were too engrossed with


    their conversation that weren''t aware that Jean noticed them talking in hushed tones a little bit earlier.


    She had walked back towards them, and by the time Zed responded to Calvin''s warning, Jean had


    already stood beside them. As soon as Zed noticed Jean''s presence beside them once more, he


    turned to her without thinking if Jean heard them or not and reached out his hand to rub her hair gently,


    sighing heavily once more.


    Jean looked at them in confusion, wondering why they were talking in hushed tones just now, and why


    Zed was acting this way. "What''s wrong, Zed? What were you two talking about?" She gently shook his


    hand away from her hair, her eyebrows furrowing as she waited for an answer. ·


    "Nothing serious, Jean," Calvin replied and winked at her mischievously. "It''s a topic between men, so


    you''d better not get involved, unless you want to hear it..."


    Jean frowned at him. Calvin''s smile dropped. He expected her to blush instead of looking daggers at


    him. "Do you think I''m deaf? Even though both of you talked in hushed tones, I heard enough. Tell me


    frankly now, what were you talking about? And what are you trying to hide from me?" Jean asked,


    anger evident in her tone.


    "Nothing, Jean. We''re not hiding anything from you. You must have misunderstood us!" Calvin shook


    his head firmly and added, "Jean, you are always suspicious about everything. · It''s not healthy, you


    know. You should stop that habit of yours."


    Jean''s fists clenched at her sides and red at him. "Oh,e on, Calvin! Why would you defend Zed


    like this? If I remember correctly, you always wanted to y all kinds of tricks to take revenge on him,


    so why are you behaving differently now? · And, really? You as well? How could you hide anything from


    me, too? It''s so silly of me toe to see you today. If I had known that you would treat me like this,


    then I wouldn''t havee. I''ll just let you abandon yourself and continue to live a bad life."


    Jean looked at Calvin and gnashed her teeth in anger.


    Calvin''s face dropped this time. Embarrassment and hurt shed on his face. Jean had crossed the


    line, making him speechless and stunned. He had no idea what to say after that, so he just turned


    around and walked a few steps away from them. ·


    Zed''s eyes widened at Jean''sment. He couldn''t bear listening to her anymore, so he couldn''t help


    but me her, "Jean, we''ve agreed not to talk about the things in the past, so why do you have to


    mention it again? You''re trying to nt another bomb, aren''t you aware of that?"


    "Stop it, Zed! He was defending you. Oh, so now both of you are going to stand by each other''s side to


    bully me, huh?"


    Jean eximed, feeling a pang of hurt deep inside her. ·


    She felt hurt by how they were going against her, and clearly, they were hiding something from her. But


    then, she was more hurt by knowing the fact that she had crossed the line, and that she shouldn''t have


    said those words to hurt Calvin.


    Then again, she was still angry about their attitude, so she could not manage to admit her mistakes


    and apologize to Calvin. She was prideful that much.


    Zed sighed helplessly and shaking his head, he replied, · "No, Jean. Calvin was not defending me. He


    was just kindly reminding me of something important." He paused to wait for Jean''s response, but she


    just stared back at Zed, trying to think about what to say next. Was she going to ept his answer and


    let it go, or was she going to continue to push and pry? Before she could decide what to do, Zed spoke,


    "Jean, you should apologize to Calvin." He nodded towards Calvin''s direction.


    "Well, I..." Jean started but couldn''t seem to finish. She felt her cheeks warm and flushed red from


    embarrassment. She looked at Calvin with hesitation and did not know whether she should apologize


    to Calvin or not, afraid that he might not ept her apology, or worse, he would be back to his own


    shutout world again. Because of this fear, she sighed with resignation and walked up to Calvin. She


    gently tugged off the hem of his shirt shyly.


    Calvin then turned, and when he found out it was Jean, his face darkened even more. Apparently, he


    was still affected by her words. ·


    Seeing his expression, Jean opened her mouth in haste before Calvin would start to lose his patience


    for her and ignore herpletely. ·


    "Calvin, I''m sorry. Believe me, I didn''t mean to say those words to hurt you just now. I was just irritated


    by your joke..."


    Calvin looked at Jean. His face started to soften. · "I''m sorry, too, Jean. It was insensitive of me to say


    such inapproriate thing. · I shouldn''t have teased you like that, and I know that you were just concerned


    about us. I should have been more generous instead of a bully.


    Let''s just forget it, okay?"


    Jean smiled. "Forgive and forget." She finally felt relieved. As soon as they were back on Zed''s side,


    Jeanmented, "Both of you are too strange. It''s hard for me to see through you now. Because of


    Christina, Calvin didn''t even care to say a word to Zed and even made all those efforts to y tricks on


    Zed. Do you remember? However, today, you treat each other as if nothing serious happened. It seems


    like you two really have a great rtionship, and that both of you know each other very well. It''s just so


    strange."


    "Of course, I know him well. How could I not? Zed and I lived together in the same big yard during our


    childhood years. When we grew up, there indeed happened something unpleasant between us,


    causing us to not live together anymore. Then, I thought that he had something to do with Christina''s


    death at that time, so I surely had tried all means to know everything about him and investigated him. I


    can say that there are only a handful of people in this world who know him better than I do." Calvin bet


    with a bitter but yful smile on his face.


    Zed scoffed and said, "The thought that someone knows me too well doesn''t make me feel at ease, at


    all. It''s very taxing." He joked at Calvin before turning to Jean. "Honey, I''m not sure whether Calvin is


    our friend or our enemy. Should we be on guard against him?"


    Jeanughed, while Calvin refuted, "Oh,e on, Zed! Stop joking around, and be realistic. Even ten


    of me would be no match for a man like you with such power!"


    Jean stoppedughing, her eyes widening in surprise after hearing Calvin''s words, and asked, ·


    "Really? Is Zed that invincible?"


    "It''s such a pity, Jean. Zed is your husband, but you don''t seem to know much about him. Maybe you


    should also investigate him," Calvin suggested, shaking his head to keep the yful act. ·


    Zed''s eyes widened, immediately stopping Calvin from saying anything by shouting his name. · Even


    though Calvin meant it as a joke, he was still displeased with it. Jean might somehow guess, and he


    was not ready to tell the truth yet.


    "Fine. Whatever. It''s a problem between you two, and I should probably stop interfering." Calvin rolled


    his eyes at Zed before he turned to walk ahead and pay the pending bills. Zed and Jean just stood


    nearby, waiting for him. After a short while, Calvin was informed that the discharge procedure was


    towards the ward without waiting for them to follow him.


    Zed was about to follow Calvin back to the ward, but when he turned to look at Jean, he found that


    Jean was still standing there with a puzzled look stered on her face.