Ice and Fire

Chapter 416 A Gifted Boy (Part One)

At the elite preschool, Joe was sitting in his classroom reading his comic book. It was an extra

curricular activity class, and all of the students had a free choice in what they wanted to do. Most of the

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"Joe! Joe! Something bad is happening!" suddenly cried Mike as he ran inside the classroom followed

by Anna.

Joe looked up from his comic book and saw that Mike was running towards him. He asked him, "What

happened? What's the emergency?"

Anna hastily replied, "Joe, have you read the news today? The JS Group is in big trouble."

"Yeah, and the JS Group's sponsor is your Dad. Do you think that your Dad is in danger?" asked Mike.

"What's going on?" asked Joe confusedly. Why wasn't he aware of such important news?

"You'd better read the news first, " said Anna.

Joe then immediately took out his iPad from his schoolbag. After he powered it and turned on the wi-fi,

the headline news that popped on the screen shocked him.

Joe tapped on the page and seriously looked at the news report.

After Mike thought that Joe had finished reading it, he carefully asked, "Joe, what should we do now?"

Joe looked up from the tablet and stared blankly ahead of him. He then seriously said, "Aunt Selina

must be in big trouble now! The ZM Group is certainly aiming at my Daddy and Aunt Selina."

"Maybe they are; I heard from my Dad that Mond, the Executive President of the ZM Group, is a real

badass, " said Anna.

Joe then suddenly stood up from his desk, and said to Mike, "Can you help me ask for a leave from my

teacher? I'm going to the JS Group right now."

"Joe, can you do it alone? Do you want us to go with you?" asked Anna.

"No, there's no need for you to come with me. I'll go alone, " said Joe. He then quickly grabbed his

schoolbag and ran out of the classroom.

Joe ran out of the school and stopped the first taxi that he saw outside the school gate. He quickly got

inside the taxi, and said to the driver, "Sir, drive me to the JS Building!"

When the driver heard that Joe was going to the JS Group, he turned his head and stared at Joe with a

surprised look on his face.

"What's the matter? Are you afraid that I can't pay you the fare?" Joe thought that the driver was afraid

that he was too young to have any money on him. He took out two pieces of RMB from his schoolbag

and threw them directly to the driver, at the same time saying, "Is that enough? Go! Now!"

"Okay!" replied the driver, who was shocked by Joe's powerful spirit. He had heard that all children in

that school were coming from noble families, but he had never expected that he would meet such an

incredible boy in such circumstances. Joe's tone of voice had been more severe than that of adults,

which seemed to indicate to the driver that he had a very strong family background.

The driver drove carefully all the way, afraid that the little boy would somehow feel uncomfortable sitting

in the car. The boy was going to the JS Building, the biggest business center the city had. It seemed

that he was indeed a descendant of a great and noble family, who couldn't be offended by such

ordinary people like him.

At the JS Group's main entrance, Joe got out of the taxi and then ran straight inside.

As he usually did, Joe went straight into the exclusive elevator and climbed to Selina's office.

As soon as the elevator door opened, Joe ran out of the elevator and then saw Selina sitting in her

office. He then shouted, "Aunt Selina!"

Selina raised her head and looked at Joe with surprise. She said, "Joe, why are you here? Shouldn't

you be in school?"

While Joe was walking closer to Selina, he asked, "Aunt Selina, is my Daddy here?"

"No, he just left. What's wrong?" asked Selina, who wondered why had Joe come there. She had been

a complete mess that day, and she had no idea about anything that had happened except for the

company's affairs.

"Oh, I see!" answered Joe, thinking in his mind that it wasn't such of a big problem for the JS Group

since his Daddy had already come there to deal with it.

"Joe, shouldn't you be at school at this time? Why are you here?" asked Selina.

"Aunt Selina, is the JS Group out of danger now? I came here because I saw the news and I found out

that the JS Group was in danger. I was afraid that Daddy and you would get into trouble, so I came

here to see if I could help you in any way, " replied Joe, while looking at Selina with a pair of shining

naive eyes.

Joe's words suddenly warmed Selina's heart. How could such a young boy worry about the adults'

affairs? He was a very lovely boy.

Selina slowly squatted down to Joe and looked at him. Wearing a bright smile on her face, she then

said, "Joe, don't worry about us, the JS Group is all right now. Me and your Daddy will deal with it, with

your Mommy and Uncle Wilson's help. Everything will be all right."

Joe nodded, and then continued, "I understand, but Aunt Selina, why is Mond so set against the JS

Group. I've seen him before and I don't think that he's a bad guy. He looks like my Dad, and also

seems cold."

"Joe, these are affairs that concern only us adults; you're too young to understand any of them. There's

always a competition in the business circles, and as long as there are interests involved, there will

always be people who will either fail or succeed in achieving them, " said Selina, but she actually didn't

want Joe to understand any of it. He was just a child, and he didn't have to know so much about the

cruel reality that was around him. He just had to live a happy childhood.

Joe listened what Selina said to him, and in his heart more or less understood what she actually meant.

He then didn't say anything else to her.

Selina looked at Joe, and softly said, "Joe, I will ask someone to send you back to school, okay?

Everything's all right here with Aunt Selina and your Daddy, and you don't need to worry about us. You

just need to go back to school and stay in your classes, or else your Mommy will be angry if she knows

that you're skipping school."

Joe was somewhat afraid when he heard Selina mention about his Mommy. She was indeed right

when she said that his Mommy would be angry if she knew that he had left school in the middle of the

day.