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

Jiang Hua removed the IV drip from the back of her hand.

Pei Zhan frowned, took out a tissue, and used it to cover the blood flowing from Jiang Hua's hand. "Don't you think you're hurt enough?" His tone was gentler than Jiang Hua had ever heard before. She resisted Pei Zhan's touch. "Stop pretending. Go and see your Qingran."

"You're crying so hard, you might have been bullied by someone. We're waiting for you to stand up for you."

Pei Zhan lowered his eyes and remained silent. He took out a blue handkerchief from his pocket and used it to bandage her wound, tying a knot in his palm.

Jiang Hua waited quietly for him to finish. Then, right in front of him, she tore off the handkerchief, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it, saying, "Trash."

Jiang Hua turned and left, wanting to check on Shen Yebai's injuries.

That scene was too dangerous. The dagger in that man's hand almost injured Shen Yebai's vital organs. Given his special status, if something had really happened to him, even Jiang Hua wouldn't have been able to compensate for it.

In that instant, Pei Zhan grabbed Jiang Hua's wrist. His brows furrowed with exhaustion. He had barely slept a wink that night. He spoke wearily to Jiang Hua, "You want to care about Shen Yebai, but why don't you ask me about the family of the victim you rear-ended?"

Jiang Hua looked at him with a cold gaze, "Why should I care about the life or death of someone who is insignificant and a complete stranger? Is he... that important to me?"

"Even if I rear-ended someone, the Jiang family has plenty of money to settle this matter, so why should I bother asking?"

"She's dead, it's just her bad luck, do you understand now!"

Jiang Hua forcefully shook off his hand, "Let go of me, you country bumpkin!"

Pei Zhan knew that's just how she was; she would never have a heart. Standing in a position of power, she would always be high above and would never care about the life or death of an ordinary person.

The man sat on the bed, tilting his head back, his dark eyes fixed on her, a complex emotion welling up within them. "To you, is a life something you've put a price on? Can you buy someone's life with just a word?"

Jiang Hua didn't understand why he was looking at her like that, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Then what do you want me to do? It's impossible for me to apologize!" Jiang Hua has never bowed her head to anyone; she has always been spoiled and arrogant since childhood.

Pei Zhan gripped her wrist tightly, refusing to let go. "There was a mother and daughter in the car that rear-ended you. They were ordinary people with no source of income, surviving entirely on her daughter's 20,000 yuan annual scholarship. Today was her daughter's birthday, and she had planned to celebrate during the holiday, but because of this accident, you almost killed two people!"

"Are there so many poor people in the world? Do I have to pity them all?"

“Pei Zhan, I have no heart, let alone any compassion.”

"You want me to pity them? Didn't they receive any compensation from the Jiang family? Even if they were given a million, that's more than any ordinary person could earn. If they're still not satisfied with that, then they deserve to die because they're too greedy!"

If she were to pity the suffering of ordinary people, who would have pityed her in her past life?

What did she do wrong to deserve being humiliated by him time and time again?

Jiang Hua forcefully pried open the hand that was gripping her wrist. "Don't try to lecture me with your excuses. My father can't control my affairs, so what right do you have to do so?"

"If you can't stand what I do, then divorce me, otherwise... don't come in my way."

Jiang Hua turned and left the ward.

She remains as stubborn as ever.

She had barely left when... Pei Zhan received a phone call.

From inside came Song Qingran's anxious, crying voice, "Mr. Pei... what should we do! Auntie has been taken to the police station. I don't know what happened. I just went to help Auntie with the discharge procedures, and when I came back, Auntie was taken away."

"I can't get through to my sister on the phone now, and I... can't find you either..."

Pei Zhan said, "You go back to school first. I'll handle things here."

Song Qingran nodded, "I... can I stay and help you in any way, Mr. Pei?"

Pei Zhan, "Be careful on your way back. Have the driver pick you up after school."

Song Qingran: "Okay, I understand, Mr. Pei."

"But Auntie, she..."

Pei Zhan: "Nothing will happen."

Upon receiving her confirmation, Song Qingran's chaotic heart calmed down.

That sentence was enough to make her feel safe.

Zhou Yan returned to the regular ward with the medicine she had brought from the pharmacy, still looking down at the prescription in her hand. "Mom, the doctor said there's nothing serious, we can go home now."

Receiving no response, Zhou Yan looked up and saw Pei Zhan standing by the hospital room window, smoking. The man had a cigarette between his fingers, and the wind outside the window dispersed the smoke, but the smell quickly spread. "What did you say to her?"

Zhou Yan met Pei Zhan's sharp and cold gaze, paused for a moment, and her face showed a momentary awkwardness. Her eyes were slightly red, obviously as if she had just cried. She quickly lost this emotion, "Brother, I don't understand what you mean."

"Where's Mom? I went to the pharmacy to get her medicine. Did she... go to the restroom?"

Pei Zhan flicked the ash from his cigarette, took a puff, and extinguished the remaining half on the table. He walked towards her with one hand in his pocket, exuding a powerful aura of pressure. Zhou Yan seemed to be forcing herself to remain calm, not letting herself back down even a step. Her eyes, red and swollen from crying, stared intently as he approached.

The man's tall figure almost enveloped Zhou Yan. "Before she went to sleep, I personally watched her take the medication to control her mind. How else would she know about Jiang Hua's ward? Didn't I tell her not to act rashly without my permission? Wasn't the lesson she learned at Jiang's family enough?"

Zhou Yan: "I only told Mom who the culprit was. Was I wrong? Before I left, I asked Qingran to watch over Mom. Was I wrong for that? After I left, I had no idea what happened. Brother... I don't understand why you blame me for Mom's disappearance."

Pei Zhan frowned slightly, looking at Zhou Yan with displeasure. "She was provoked and went upstairs to rush into Jiang Hua's ward to seek revenge, accidentally injuring Shen Yebai."

“You know Shen Yebai’s identity. Now that he’s been arrested and taken to the police station, he’s awaiting trial by the Shen family. Do you know how serious his crime will be?”

That reproachful look was just like her mother's back then; every time she did something wrong, she would look at her with such disappointment.

Ah Xu was luckier than her; no matter what mistakes she made, there were always people who loved and protected her…

Even the utterly wicked Jiang Hua is the same.

"Mom did this because the Jiang family did all sorts of bad things first. This is all the retribution she deserves!"

"They used such dirty methods to get a healthy, complete heart... Brother, don't you know?"

"Who is responsible for Mom becoming like this?"

Why are you speaking up for the Jiang family?