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

Xu Ma tremblingly stretched out a hand, and Jiang Hua burst out laughing. She sighed and rubbed her forehead, speechless. "He's really generous, fifty thousand yuan... Xu Ma, you've been bought off by him?"

At this moment, Pei Zhan came up, picked up the ballpoint pen that had fallen out of his bag, put it back in the bag, and then placed it on the pear wood table in the room. At a glance, the room was full of Jiang Hua's things. "It's not about bribing them. These servants are not as good as they were at Yulong Bay. Only with Xu Ma here can I teach them to take better care of you."

"Tsk, you've tried the same tricks on Song Qingran, haven't you? Looks like... your charm isn't all that great after all. You've raised this girl for so many years... why hasn't she given up on marrying you yet?"

Xu Qiulan stared in shock: "Young Master Pei and Song Qingran have known each other for a long time, and they also know a lot about you. Does that mean that Young Master Pei has been having an affair for a long time?"

Pei Zhan: "Aunt Xu, you can go out first."

Jiang Hua stood up and looked at him, "You're keeping a mistress on the side, and you're afraid...of people finding out? Aunt Xu...you don't need to leave, you're the one who should leave..."

“You don’t have to leave, I can leave. After all, my legs are my own. If I want to leave…” Jiang Hua took a step forward and approached him, lazily patting the wrinkled black shirt on the man’s chest. She parted her red lips and said, word by word, “You can’t stop me.”

In the end, it was Pei Zhan who left. Jiang Hua didn't know what Pei Zhan's purpose was in leaving her here. She felt a little unsafe in the unfamiliar place. Jiang Hua didn't like to wander around. Now... even if she just walked around for a while, she would feel tired.

Jiang Hua simply stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the room, gazing at the scenery not far away. In the distance, she could see golden beams of light falling on the mountains, filling the sky with golden radiance. Coincidentally, one of those beams of light fell on Jiang Hua's brows and eyes. She stared directly at the dazzling light, her fair and flawless face clearly showing her delicate, swan-like features. Her gaze was cold and devoid of any emotional fluctuation...

Where exactly did things go wrong?

At the People's Hospital, Song Qingran withdrew her hand after being scalded by the hot water, causing her to gasp for breath.

"You've been so absent-minded these past few days. Is something on your mind?" Song's mother looked pale and haggard as she stared at Song Qingran beside her. Her face was thin, and her eyes were sunken deep from the pain of her illness.

Song Qingran shook her head. "It's nothing."

"Where's the gentleman who's been supporting you? I haven't seen him come with you in a long time. Did you... have a fight with him?"

Song Qingran put down the thermos in her hand, only to see that the back of her hand was already scalded red. "Mom, Mr. Pei is very busy. He was able to sponsor my university education and cure your illness. I am already very grateful to him and don't want to trouble him anymore."

Song's mother said, "I'd like to have the chance to invite this gentleman to dinner. Do you... still have contact with him?"

Song Qingran lowered her head and shook her head. "Mom, don't overthink it. Mr. Pei is already married. Now... I've also signed a contract with the Jiang Group to become an intern jewelry designer trained by their company. I earn 10,000 yuan a month, which is enough... for us to live on."

"After you are discharged from the hospital, I will look for affordable housing nearby so I can take good care of you."

Song's mother: "Qingran... what about that Mr. Pei..."

Song Qingran: "Mom! Mr. Pei has a wife. Please stop asking these questions. There's no way we can be together in this lifetime. The only person I love is Brother Yuanzhou."

Song's mother sighed, "Qingran, I've watched you grow up since you were little. I can see everything you do."

"Mom is just sick, not senile. Every time he comes, the way he looks at you can't hide it from Mom. He... has feelings for you. If it weren't for you, why would he spend so much money on Mom, letting me stay in a hospital room that costs several thousand a day, with professional medical staff taking care of me? Over the years, it's been hundreds of thousands, even millions. Even if the entire Song family were to lose it all, we still wouldn't be able to repay Mr. Pei's kindness to the Song family. Your father is also an honest man, he doesn't know how to say anything, he doesn't know how to fight for things... We only have you as our daughter, and after so many years of hardship, Mom... just wants to see you live a good life and treat you better before I die."

"Yuanzhou is a talented and capable person, but... he's nowhere near as good as..."

Song Qingran jumped up from the bedside, glaring angrily at her mother, "Mom! Do you know what you're saying?!"

"Please don't say those things again! Mr. Pei loves his wife very much. He takes such good care of me only because..." Even Song Qingran could hardly come up with the last reason, "He just feels... sorry for us. My father... was once an employee of the Jiang Group. He was injured at work, so it's understandable that Mr. Pei takes care of us."

Yeah, how should I put it...

Thinking of all the days and nights we spent together, thinking of... the things he said, how he said he would wait until she was willing...

But her bottom line wouldn't allow her to do that.

"Mom, it's getting late, I need to go back to school. Take care of yourself and get some rest."

Song Qingran walked down the street with his schoolbag on his back. On his way back to school, he passed through the university town and saw a news report being played on a building in the commercial district. Song Qingran never expected to see his personal gossip here.

[A paparazzi outlet photographed Pei Zhan, president of the Jiang Group, making a high-profile trip, escorted by multiple luxury cars. The report suggests a close relationship with a female university student from Beijing University; the two were seen entering and leaving the campus multiple times, with the Jiang Group president personally picking them up and dropping them off. The woman's identity is still being confirmed…]

Looking through the photos, although the face wasn't captured, only Jiang Hua possessed such a graceful and sexy figure from behind…

On the scrolling screen, Jiang Hua wore a black, high-slit halter dress, her back swaying gracefully. The light surrounding her delicate nose cast a hazy veil over her, and her long, glossy black hair flowed freely. Pei Zhan, dressed in an expensive black suit, was tall and slender, and his aura softened next to Jiang Hua. Unlike at the company, where he exuded a cold and aloof aura, even just seeing her back made Jiang Hua appear breathtakingly beautiful.

They... are such a perfect match.

The temperature throughout the entire Jinsha Shallow Bay building is comfortable and constant, neither too cold nor too hot for Jiang Hua.

As night fell, Jiang Hua went to sleep at 12:30 a.m.

When Pei Zhan returned, Xu Qiulan was coming out of Jiang Hua's room. "Mr. Pei."

Pei Zhan nodded in response.

After learning about those things, Xu Qiulan no longer had the patience to give him a kind look as before. "Miss has already fallen asleep. Mr. Pei, it would be best if you didn't go in and disturb her. If Miss wakes up, she will have a hard time falling back asleep. It would be better if Mr. Pei didn't go in."

Pei Zhan said, "I won't wake her up."

I don't know when it started, but Pei Zhan began to lower his attitude towards the servants. Perhaps... it's because she is the closest person to Hua Hua, and Pei Zhan also treats her with respect.

Pei Zhan finally found the keepsake left by Madam Jiang that Jiang Hua had been searching for. It was a string of crystal pendants. Pei Zhan carefully sat down by Jiang Hua's bedside and placed it in her hand. He knew that she hadn't slept at all.

I just don't want to see him.

“It… wasn’t lost, you just left it in a corner. I had the bodyguard find it, it’s under a table at school.”

"Next time... don't lose it again."

There are some things I still can't tell her.

Pei Zhan knew that she couldn't bear it.

Pei Zhan had planned everything, but he hadn't considered Jiang Hua at all...

In the end, he couldn't bring himself to hurt her.

Pei Zhan considered how to make Jiang Hua accept Jiang Weiguo's death.

He had rehearsed the entire process countless times…