No reconciliation, no forgiveness! Mr. Pei leaves with nothing.

"All of this is insignificant compared to the group's interests."

A businessman won't turn down money.

Pei Zhan answered everything flawlessly.

Jiang Weiguo couldn't find any fault with it. After a few more hours, dawn would be breaking. Having survived this ordeal, Jiang Weiguo was exhausted. "It's good you're alright. It's so late. I've had Aunt Xu prepare a room for you. Stay and rest."

"Thank you, Chairman Jiang."

Jiang Weiguo was slightly surprised when he agreed.

After Pei Zhan left, Jiang Weiguo clutched his chest, suddenly feeling waves of pain. He endured the pain, quickly took out a few pills from his desk drawer, and swallowed them. In less than half a minute, he was drenched in sweat, as if he had just survived a life-or-death ordeal.

It's half past three in the morning.

As Pei Zhan passed by the room, he heard sobbing coming from the ajar door. Xu Qiulan sat by Jiang Hua's bedside, gently wiping away tears. "Poor child..."

"Sir, we have already agreed to let you see Young Master Liangchuan. Miss... after you wake up, you must take good care of yourself and not go to those places again."

"If we keep this up any longer, even Xu Ma won't be able to hide it from Mr. Xu anymore."

Jiang Hua, who had undergone a heart transplant, could have lived a good life, even if not to the age of 100, she could have lived to be in her fifties or sixties.

Even if she only lives to this age, the eldest daughter is still luckier than the madam.

"Everything will be alright once you wake up."

Jiang Hua dreamt again, of the time she was five, of the door that had locked her up, and the person she saw the moment it opened…

However, this time… Jiang Hua didn’t see his face. Instead, she saw him standing in front of her, tall but with an obscured face…

As she tried her best to see him clearly, suddenly... she saw Pei Zhan...

Jiang Hua woke up with a start. When she opened her eyes, she stared at the ceiling above her head for a few seconds, feeling her heart pounding faster. She turned her head to look at the light coming through the curtains on one side.

It was already daylight outside.

She sat up, startled again, and saw Pei Zhan sitting in a chair by the bed, his arms crossed over his chest, his eyes closed…

Jiang Hua threw a pillow at her, "You never scare me, do you want to die?!"

Pei Zhan opened his eyes and woke up, his eyes bloodshot and filled with exhaustion. He bent down, picked up the pillow on the ground, dusted it off, and put it aside.

"I wasn't trying to scare you."

Jiang Hua's eyes were filled with dislike and disgust as she looked at Pei Zhan.

Without saying another word to him, Jiang Hua got up, put on the slippers prepared by the bed, and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she came out of the bathroom, Pei Zhan was no longer in the room.

Jiang Hua picked up a crystal ball placed on the table as if it were a precious treasure, her face showing some anger. "Who took this out?!" she said, gently placing it back in its original position.

Remembering what happened last night, Jiang Hua hurriedly went downstairs.

"Sir, your meal is ready."

"Where's Huahua? Is she up?" Jiang Weiguo looked at a newspaper in his hand. Today's headline read that King Group had released a new news announcement confirming their cooperation with the Jiang family. This huge weight had been lifted from his heart.

Just as he finished asking, Jiang Hua rushed down the stairs, holding onto the handrail, and went to Jiang Weiguo's side. "Dad... you're not allowed to apologize to Zhou Yan. If you apologize, I'll run away from home."

"Would you believe it?"

"You've gotten quite bold, daring to run away from home?! Alright, that's all you'll ever be. You'll just wander around the Shen family's place for a bit and then come right back. Don't worry, Pei Zhan has already taken care of this."

Jiang Hua looked at Pei Zhan, who was still standing to the side, with disbelief and a probing gaze. "Is he really that kind? He only sides with outsiders. He's not even family with us." Jiang Hua spoke bluntly to his face.

When Pei Zhan's deep, somber gaze met Jiang Hua's, she coldly snorted and turned her head away, refusing to look at him.

Did she say something wrong?

All of this started because of Song Qingran.

He cheated on her with Song Qingran, and Jiang Hua didn't hold it against him. But he brought Song Qingran to the Jiang family home.

Isn't this humiliating her?

How could Jiang Hua possibly swallow this insult?

"Huahua! Don't say things like that. Without Pei Zhan, the company won't last long."

Xu Qiulan brought over the last soup, and Jiang Hua turned around and sat down at the table. "If the company is gone, it's gone. I'll just make money to support you in the future."

Jiang Weiguo was stunned for a moment, his heart filled with indescribable emotions, and his eyes showed a hint of relief. Even Pei Zhan unconsciously looked at Jiang Hua, who was drinking soup with a spoon at the dining table.

Will a pampered young lady who only knows how to eat, drink, and have fun one day start talking about earning money to support her family?

How could Pei Zhan not be surprised?

The spoiled and arrogant young lady suddenly became sensible overnight.

"You spend money faster than Pei Zhan earns it, and you still want to make money?"

Jiang Weiguo stepped forward and sat down at the head of the table, while Pei Zhan sat next to Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua lowered her head and frowned, glancing at the person beside her out of the corner of her eye, but she didn't say anything. She would just consider this as a favor to him, and this position would be given to him.

"This is a membership card delivered this morning by the jewelry company under the Shengshi Group. There are no restrictions. If you don't want to go to class today, you can go shopping."

Jiang Hua was a vengeful person to begin with, "I don't want their stuff, it's just annoying to look at."

"He wanted to bankrupt our family for Zhou Yan, and now he wants to settle things with just a few words? I don't care."

"I don't want anything from their family anymore."

"Aunt Xu, could you please take all the jewelry and baby accessories in my walk-in closet and throw them away, as long as they're from their brand?"

"No, send the new one to Bao'er, and dispose of the old one as it is."

Xu Qiulan said, "These aren't cheap! Miss, it would be such a waste to throw them away!"

They're definitely not cheap. Some are for babies with restricted hair volume, and they're already sold out in the market—available but priceless…

They could fetch up to a million, not to mention the jewelry and ornaments. "Then sell them all, I don't want them anymore."

Jiang Weiguo, "Really don't want it anymore? Isn't it usually your favorite?"

Jiang Hua shook her head, "Even if I like it, I don't want it anymore. I almost lost my home..."

Compared to the Jiang family and her father, Jiang Hua wouldn't even care about a bag worth millions.

Jiang Hua didn't keep the membership card; she just casually tossed it into a drawer in the shoe cabinet.

After dinner, Jiang Hua was going to school. Uncle Wang went to run errands for her father, and Pei Zhan took her to school.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang Hua skillfully took out her lipstick from her bag, touched up her color in front of the mirror, and asked, "Dad asked you to get the visa for France sorted out, is it ready?"

Pei Zhan was driving, his hands on the steering wheel, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

After a while, he ignored her, and Jiang Hua got angry. "I'm talking to you. Are you deaf or mute?"