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

Pei Zhan sat opposite her, but he didn't touch the bowl in his hand; his deep eyes were fixed on her.

Jiang Hua felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. "Stop looking at me with such disgusting eyes."

Pei Zhan said calmly, "Looking at the other person when you speak is a basic form of respect."

Jiang Hua raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "I am a human being, and I don't need a dog to respect me."

"Who taught you your cooking? It tastes really good." When Jiang Hua was in a good mood, her gaze towards Pei Zhan was kind, lacking her usual aggression.

"For an orphan without parents, cooking is the most basic survival skill. Of course, it's not like Miss Jiang, who has been well-fed and clothed since childhood. Even if she can't cook, someone will bring her food."

There was nothing wrong with what he said at first glance, but after thinking about it carefully, Jiang Hua felt that the man in front of her was openly mocking and insulting her.

"Did you do it for Song Qingran?" Suddenly she felt nauseous again. After eating half a bowl, she put down her chopsticks and slammed them on the table, making a sound. "Sometimes I really don't understand the love of you poor people. A casual gesture of goodwill and a few sweet words are enough to make the other person entrust their life to you."

“Pei Zhan, the fact that we’ve come this far has taught me a lesson: when it comes to marriage, it’s really important to find someone who is your equal.”

"Otherwise, you'll end up like me, raising a tiger that will turn on you, with others plotting to seize your family's wealth."

"The noodles taste good. But seeing you has made me lose my appetite..."

Jiang Hua stood up, supporting herself on the table, and was about to leave when she heard a voice behind her.

"A suitable match? Miss Jiang is referring to Shen Yebai?"

"Don't forget, in the beginning... it was Miss Jiang who provoked me first."

"I've wasted so much time and energy in your Jiang family, and now you want to kick me to the curb?"

Jiang Hua stopped in her tracks: "Pei Zhan, you were the one who was unfaithful first. I said from the beginning that I can't tolerate even a grain of sand in my eyes. Once something is dirty, it is dirty. No matter how much you wash it, it will always be dirty."

"From the day Song Qingran came into your life, our relationship ended long ago."

"Do you remember what you said? You said I would never be as good as Song Qingran, much less compare to her. Back then... you left me alone on the roadside and drove away without looking back. I walked for almost two hours back to the city. It was nighttime, and it was raining..."

"I had just been in a car accident, and that very night you went to 'Blooming Flowers' and spent over a week with Song Qingran..." Jiang Hua laughed ironically as she spoke, "Pei Zhan, Pei Zhan! You are utterly disgusting... No matter what you do, I can never forgive you..."

"I wish you would die sooner. Don't worry, I will send Song Qingran to be buried with you, so that you can be buried together for all eternity, for all lifetimes, and never be separated."

"No need to thank me, consider it... my reward for you."

In Jiang Hua's eyes, Pei Zhan's crimes were unforgivable...

In Pei Zhan's eyes, the Jiang family was no different...

After Jiang Hua returned to her room, Pei Zhan ate the noodles she hadn't finished, including the bowl next to him, which he hadn't touched, leaving it for her as well.

Having once fought with stray dogs for food, Pei Zhan knew how hard it was to get food. After finishing his noodles, he cleaned up the kitchen.

At 4:30, Xu Qiulan was preparing breakfast when she saw the person in the kitchen, which surprised her. "Mr. Pei, you haven't rested yet?"

"You can leave this to me; I'll take care of it."

Pei Zhan: "It's nothing."

Jiang Hua went back to her room for a nap. At 8:30, Xu Ma called her to get up.

Pei Zhan was still downstairs, chatting with her father about company matters, but she wasn't interested in listening.

Jiang Weiguo said to Jiang Hua, who was coming downstairs, "We were just talking about you. King Group and Jiang Group have reached a cooperation agreement. I have personally reviewed the contract and there are no problems. Pei Zhan deserves a lot of credit this time. There will be a banquet, and many prominent business families will be attending. You will go with Pei Zhan."

Jiang Hua stroked her carefully styled long, curly hair, pearl earrings adorning her ears, and a handbag matching her dress in her hand. Today, she sported a sophisticated, everyday look befitting a socialite. As she passed by downstairs, Jiang Hua didn't even glance at Pei Zhan, completely ignoring his presence. Hearing Jiang Weiguo's words, she refused without a second thought, feigning a coquettish and exaggerated surprise as she covered her mouth, "Oh dear, I'm not free that day! How about Qingran goes with Pei Zhan? After all… Qingran has done a lot for the Jiang family. It would be perfect for Pei Zhan to show her the world. After all, she's an outstanding talent that the Jiang family's design department is cultivating. It would be most appropriate for Pei Zhan to personally mentor her."

Jiang Weiguo looked at him strangely, "Didn't you always dislike Pei Zhan interacting with other women? What's gotten into you now?"

Jiang Hua said matter-of-factly, "For the sake of the company, of course I have to be more generous." Jiang Weiguo couldn't find fault with her, and there was even some relief in his eyes. Before, because Pei Zhan had a female secretary, she had even made a scene at the company after finding out. Now, she had directly pushed Pei Zhan to another woman, which shocked Jiang Weiguo.

"Aren't you going to eat breakfast?"

"I'm not eating anymore, I have no appetite." Jiang Hua changed into a pair of flat shoes in the entryway.

"Why don't you have an appetite? Are you feeling unwell again? Did you bring your medicine? How can you skip breakfast? Eat first, and after you finish, I'll have Pei Zhan take you back to school."

“Who asked him to give me a ride?” Jiang Hua said. A moment later, a Hongqi sedan, a symbol of status, drove up from a distance, and Jiang Hua got into it.

The car window rolled down, and Shen Yebai, dressed in his usual gray suit, nodded to Jiang Weiguo as a greeting.

Jiang Weiguo responded.

After Jiang Hua got into the car, the car drove away.

Jiang Weiguo didn't consider Pei Zhan's feelings, and he knew that there was no marital affection between him and Huahua, and that Pei Zhan's ambition lay in the Jiang Group.

Jiang Weiguo's words to Pei Zhan were also ambiguous: "Huahua and Yebai are childhood sweethearts, don't worry about them. Take care of things at the company recently. In the future, the Jiang family will still depend on you to inherit it. As a man, you can put aside your personal feelings for your children."

Hearing this, it was as if he was telling Pei Zhan that the Jiang family would be his sooner or later. But when it came to Jiang Hua, Jiang Weiguo made his stance clear: he would always stand by Jiang Hua's side, and even if... she wanted to divorce Pei Zhan, Jiang Weiguo would not stop her.

"Chairman Jiang has something to say, but I'm not sure if I should ask it."

Jiang Weiguo: "Go ahead and ask. There's nothing between us that we can't ask each other."

Pei Zhan: "When the young lady was injured and the investigation into the murderer took place, I overheard some unpleasant comments that seemed to be related to a past event in which the young lady was in a car accident and had a heart transplant when she was a teenager."

“I found out that more than ten years ago, there was a girl named Zhou Xu who voluntarily donated her heart, which gave the young lady a chance to live.”