Chapter 906 The Truth (1/2)

Jean was glad that Zed was feeling much better. She exhaled a sigh of relief and said, ”Zed, it looks like you care about Uncle Simon a lot. Like, a lot.”

Jean thought Zed was even more upset than Kirk was when he found out that Simon didn't have that much time left.

The last time Zack told Zed that Simon's words sounded like last words, he got so upset and berated Zack.

This time, Jean felt that she didn't have a choice but to bring it up. Zed made a face.

Luckily, Jean knew that Sean was her father-in-law or she would end up thinking Simon was Zed's father.

Now that Jean had thought about it over carefully, she realized she slightly understood Zed's strange behavior.

The Qi family wasn't huge. Simon was way friendlier and more approachable than Sean ever was. Zed probably spent more time with Simon than he did with his own father growing up.

Zed remained silent for a moment, then he finally said in hushed tones, ”I wasn't exactly the best kid. Every time I did something, I blamed it on Kirk. My father didn't have time for such behavior. He would get mad at me and punish me so bad. Uncle Simon was the only one who defended me. He was even able to stop my father. Since then, I've been closer to Uncle Simon than I was with my father.

When I was old enough to leave home, no matter how busy he was, Uncle Simon would call me every week and ask how I was. He called me as many times as he did with Kirk. Ever since I could remember, he's treated me like his own son...”

Zed sobbed as sadness and bitterness filled his eyes.

Uncle Simon was such a good person and he wasn't going to be around for very long.

Jean didn't expect that there would be such an emotional story behind it. Children were naturally naive. They just liked people who treated them well and they remembered that. When they grew up, they returned the goodness back to them.

And Simon didn't just treat Zed well. He treated him like his own son.

He gave Sky International to Zed without hesitating.

”Uncle Simon knows your kindness to him, and he told you those words because he didn't want to make things difficult for you. Zed, we're all jus