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

"I just made a midnight snack, do you want to skip it?" Pei Zhan asked softly.

Lying in bed with her eyes closed, Jiang Hua suddenly opened them and sat up. Pei Zhan reached out and turned on the room light for her. Jiang Hua was wearing a black silk nightgown, and her eyes were clear, not like she had just been woken up. The nightgown slipped off her shoulder, revealing the hideous scar. Now, a long time has passed, and this scar is a permanent mark on her body that can never be erased.

Jiang Hua's wounds were so deep that the bone was visible, and Pei Zhan also had a similar scar on his right shoulder in the same spot.

Pei Zhan reached out and helped her put on her clothes. Then he turned and went to the wardrobe, took out a shawl from it, and draped it over her shoulders. Even though it was summer, Jiang Hua's body temperature always felt abnormally high. Looking at the crystal pendant bracelet in her hand and the small USB flash drive, she noticed the scratch marks on it. It felt strange lying in her palm, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Fortunately, it was found.

With her palms clasped together, Jiang Hua gave him a look, "I've discovered that you really are omnipotent. The murderer that Ye Bai couldn't find, you found out with a snap of your fingers. The things I lost couldn't be found even after searching high and low. You even managed to buy this once-precious imperial palace. Pei Zhan... what kind of shady secrets are you hiding?"

The man's sharp, thin lips pressed into a cold, pursed line. "With money... there's nothing you can't do."

Jiang Hua laughed out loud, "Now even you've learned this trick?" But the smile didn't reach her eyes, and it didn't have much warmth. As she spoke, Jiang Hua lifted the quilt, got out of bed, took a bank card from the drawer, and threw it at Pei Zhan. The man didn't catch it and bent down to pick it up from the ground.

"There's a million inside. Consider it my payment to you. I don't like owing people anything."

After saying those words, Jiang Hua left the room. In the unfamiliar environment, she felt insecure and couldn't sleep.

So she went to the open-air balcony by herself, lay on a chair and read a book. She could see the starry sky above her head, a sight she couldn't see in the city center. The outdoor temperature was just right today, which was perfect for Jiang Hua.

Knowing Jiang Hua's habits, Xu Qiulan dared not be careless. Seeing that the people outside had already gotten up, she quickly brought a blanket and covered Jiang Hua's legs. Pei Zhan, who had followed her out, could only stand aside as if he were invisible, watching the serene Jiang Hua silently reading a French version of a book on the origins of jewelry.

Xu Qiulan placed a cup of hot milk next to Jiang Hua, saying, "What would you like to eat, Miss? I'll make it for you."

"No need, Aunt Xu, you go and rest. I'll read for a while and then go to rest."

"Remember to wear the bracelet."

"Hmm." The heart monitoring bracelet is designed to constantly monitor Jiang Hua's heart rate. If an accident occurs, Xu Qiulan will also receive a warning.

Time passed slowly. Xu Ma left, and Jiang Hua turned a page of her book. Without looking up, she glanced at Pei Zhan, who was in her sight. She only glanced at him once and didn't say anything. She continued to read her book. He could stay where he wanted.

To her surprise, Pei Zhan sat down next to her, crossed his legs, and was working on important company documents on a tablet.

But when Pei Zhan finished, Jiang Hua suddenly started staring into the darkness not far away and making a sound. When a gust of wind blew, the book slipped from her hand and fell, startling Jiang Hua. By the time she tried to pick it up, Pei Zhan had already picked it up. "It's already three o'clock, Hua Hua... it's not good for your health if you don't rest."

Seeing that he had no intention of returning the book to her, Jiang Hua simply stood up and went back to her room. She closed the door, preventing Pei Zhan from entering.

The next morning, Xu Qiulan knocked on the door and opened it. She saw Jiang Hua still curled up in bed, asleep with her eyes closed. Seeing this, she quietly went into the room and turned off the alarm clock.

Downstairs in the lobby.

The maid said, "Sir, breakfast is ready. Would you like to wake Madam for breakfast?"

Pei Zhan glanced at the time on his wrist and saw that it was already 9:30. Dressed in a suit and tie, Pei Zhan put down the newspaper in his hand and stood up, seemingly preparing to call Jiang Hua himself.

Just as he was about to go upstairs, Xu Qiulan came down from upstairs. "Mr. Pei, the young lady is still resting, so it's not convenient for her to have a meal with you. I've also asked for leave from school. In addition, please ask your servants not to walk around the young lady's room unless there's something else going on. If there's even the slightest noise, the young lady will wake up."

"Mr. Pei, you should just focus on your own business. You haven't fulfilled your responsibilities and obligations in the past, and now... there's no need for you to go through all that trouble."

"For the sake of Miss, I think it's best to keep an eye on Mr. Pei's woman and stop him from taking her to Yulong Bay to... the Jiang family, to deliberately provoke Miss. That's enough."

The young lady survived the car accident by the skin of her teeth, but when she needed him, he was with another woman. No wonder she still hates him so much.

The servants stood silently by, not daring to speak. Only after Xu Qiulan turned and left did Pei Zhan instruct the servants to remove all the breakfasts.

Jiang Hua didn't wake up until 1 p.m. She had gone to bed too late last night. Xu Qiulan was in the room helping Jiang Hua find clothes to wear today.

"Aunt Xu, have you finished deleting all the photos I asked you to clean up?"

"They were all burned as the young lady instructed."

"well done."

Pei Zhan stood outside the room and realized that all the photos in the frames that had been on the table were gone.

Even the wedding photo hanging above the bed was slashed to shreds.

Jiang Hua was packing her bag when she noticed an extra bank card in her wallet. It was the card she had prepared for Pei Zhan, but he had returned it. After all, for a country bumpkin like him who had never seen money before, one million was quite a lot for someone of his status.

"A fake is a fake, and it's an eyesore to look at it all the time."

Jiang Hua went downstairs, where a table full of delicious food had already been prepared. Pei Zhan was waiting for her. Jiang Hua sat directly in the main seat, and Pei Zhan came over and sat down beside her. Seeing where she was sitting, Pei Zhan didn't say a word.

"Chairman Jiang was worried that you wouldn't be used to the food here, so he sent the chef from Yulong Bay over."

Jiang Hua then noticed that there were indeed several familiar faces in the villa.

In her past life, Pei Zhan never cared about her like this. After Wu Chuan returned, Jiang Hua didn't know what had happened between him and Song Qingran. Their relationship quickly heated up, and from then on, he no longer cared about her life or death.

Jiang Hua picked up her chopsticks, tasted the food, and found it tasted just like the food at home. Then she remembered something and said, "Give me your usual cell phone."

Pei Zhan gave it to her without asking why.