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

"Qingran, a lot of things were suddenly delivered to our house. Did Mr. Pei send them?"

When Song Qingran heard Pei Zhan's name again, she felt uneasy, as if something was missing from her chest. She didn't know why she felt this way. During this period, Song Qingran hadn't seen him at the company, and he even missed the most important meetings.

She asked Assistant Zuo, but he didn't tell her. He just vaguely told her that Mr. Pei had his own things to do, that he was fine, and that she shouldn't worry.

He used to feel annoyed by her presence, but now…

She couldn't put her feelings into words.

After that one time, Song Qingran never inquired about his whereabouts again. She only heard his voice once when she was on the phone with a senior leader after get off work.

"Qingran's mother is talking to you, can you hear her? Is her phone broken?"

Song Qingran quickly realized, "No, it was Aunt Xia who gave it to me."

"Mom, please stop talking about Mr. Pei. He's gone back to his family. I have nothing to do with him, and it's not what you think." She explained weakly once again.

On the phone, Song's mother hesitated, wanting to say something but then holding back, "Good! I'm relieved to see you're doing well. Just behave yourself with Mrs. Xia and don't cause her any trouble."

"Mom, don't worry. I get along very well with Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Bai, so everything will be fine. You also need to take good care of yourself, okay? I'll come back to see you after school tomorrow."

"it is good…"

Song Qingran wore a white, high-end Chinese-style cheongsam, her hair simply styled in a bun. The bodice was adorned with sheer lace. As she walked out, she felt a little nervous and uneasy, fidgeting and clutching the sides of her skirt. The cheongsam was the most flattering garment for her figure, and both men nodded in satisfaction at how well it suited her. "Not bad, you have the same style you had back then."

Xia He stepped forward to tidy her hair, then instructed the maid beside her, "Go, bring me the necklace I prepared."

"It's ma'am."

The maid held a string of pearls in her hand and put it around her neck as jewelry. "This suits you better. Don't be afraid when the banquet starts. Just stay by my side."

"Mmm." It would be a lie to say she wasn't nervous; her palms were already sweating.

"I've also sent invitations to your friends. I'll have them sit in a separate hall. I'm afraid you might get bored if it goes on for too long. You can go and chat with them if you have nothing to do."

"Thank you, Aunt Xia."

...

hospital.

Zuo Xiangnan: "I don't know why this matter involves the Huo family. Is it because the young lady has made too many enemies and unintentionally offended them? Otherwise... the Huo family wouldn't be targeting the Jiang family for no reason."

Pei Zhan frowned deeply, having already made up his mind. His voice turned several degrees colder as he said, "I understand. You don't need to worry about this. I'll handle it."

"Yes." Offending the Huo family is indeed quite troublesome. President Pei is right; only Shen Yebai can handle this matter.

With the Wang family eliminated, there are no more enemies, and now the Shen family has become the largest tree in the entire political arena in the capital city.

The Shen family could only conceal their brilliance.

Jiang Hua was still wearing her hospital gown, but she changed out because she thought it looked bad. She casually put on a loose-fitting halter dress, and before she could even pull her hair out of the dress, she touched that hand. "Put on another one, it'll be colder tonight."

Jiang Hua turned around with dissatisfaction, "Aren't you meddling too much now?" Perhaps because she had just woken up, Pei Zhan no longer saw the sharpness of resistance in her eyes.

Her gaze fell to one side, and she saw a French novel that she often read at home, placed on the bedside table.

Some of her favorite dresses, along with her bags, skincare products, and more, were still hanging on the clothes rack.

"Do you remember what you said?" His voice was cautiously probing.

Jiang Hua paused, her raven-white eyelashes trembling slightly as she lowered them. When she looked up at him again, she smiled and said, "You really want to go back to the past with me?"

"But... what if I no longer like you?"

“Pei Zhan, I’m not the kind of person who would compromise myself. I’m agreeing to go back to the past, but I’m only agreeing not to divorce you. As for what happens next, that depends on my mood.”

She picked up the novel from the bedside table, and as she walked past him, she stopped again. "You should think about your own future too."

"There's no need to waste your time and energy on me with insincere gestures; I won't live long..."

"Does that mean if I die, you'll die with me?"

Jiang Hua knew her physical condition from the car accident right after her rebirth; even with a heart transplant, she wouldn't live much longer.

"Instead of deceiving yourself by saying you love me, you should consider your relationship with Song Qingran. She has a fiancé... or you could try to win your fiancé back."

"She...will never come back."

Jiang Hua asked him, "Why? Did she get married?"

Before Jiang Hua could get a reply from Pei Zhan, she heard a sound coming from outside the door.

"Huahua... Huahua... Huahua..."

Shen Bao'er brought a lot of things to see her. When she saw Pei Zhan, she rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky. "Tch, you dog."

He changed his tune when he was with Jiang Hua, "Huahua, waaaah... are you feeling any better?" He went up and hugged her.

Jiang Hua turned her gaze away from Pei Zhan. "Why are you alone? Where's your brother?"

Shen Bao'er smelled the sweet fragrance on Jiang Hua and rubbed against her. "Brother, he... he's been a bit busy lately and can't come to see you. But once he's done with his work, I'll definitely make him come to see you."

"Huahua...you've spent so much time with my brother, haven't you fallen for him?"

"Will you be my sister-in-law?"

Once we live together, she can carry Huahua's bag more often...

I'd be happy just thinking about wearing a different back every day.

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhan, standing behind Shen Bao'er, narrowed his eyes in a somber mood.

The voice was loud and undisguised, clearly meant for Pei Zhan to hear.

Jiang Hua just smiled and didn't say anything. "Bao'er, it's almost noon. Shall we go for lunch later? I know a good restaurant."

"Yeah!"

Shen Bao'er was completely unaware that she had been led astray.

After Jiang Hua finished her IV drip and packed up, she was ready to leave with Bao'er. Pei Zhan handed her the bag that Jiang Hua always carried, saying, "I've reserved a private room at Xiangweiju. The driver will take you there."

He then added, "I'll pick you up tonight."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hua refused outright, saying, "No need."

"Chairman Jiang knows that he wouldn't feel comfortable letting you go back alone."

Jiang Hua got angry when this was mentioned, "Don't try to intimidate me with your father."

"Because...it works."

Pei Zhan is completely a different person now. He constantly uses his father's affairs to pressure her and loves to tattle. If Jiang Hua doesn't listen to him at all, she will receive a call from her father.

"Childish." Jiang Hua's words were mild and unintentional. She reached out and took the bag that Pei Zhan handed her, which matched her dress perfectly.

Shen Bao'er, holding Jiang Hua's hand, looked Pei Zhan up and down with a probing look in her eyes. After the two walked out, she pressed the elevator button. "Hua Hua... are you hiding something from me from that poor, country bumpkin?"

"I always feel like he's pursuing you. The way he looks at you is so clingy, it's disgusting."

"Huahua, you can't agree to him. He's having an affair with that little slut Song Qingran, and he's using your family's money to support her. A man like that is obviously no good."

“If he keeps bothering you, tell me and I’ll get my brother to help you.”

Jiang Hua: "Mm."

"By the way, did you receive Madam Bai's invitation? My brother said yes. Madam Bai has adopted a goddaughter who is also from Imperial University, but we don't know who this goddaughter is. This banquet was specially held for her, and many people from the business and political circles of the entire capital are going back. She really has a lot of nerve. I wonder if Sister Bai Rui knows about this."

"Sister Bai Rui? Her daughter, Madam Bai?"

Jiang Hua knew less about political matters than Bao'er.

Shen Bao'er nodded, "Sister Bai Rui is studying piano at Berklee College of Music and is currently performing with the Royal Orchestra. Her performance fee is about 50 million. I heard that she got engaged abroad and is going back to China to prepare for another engagement banquet in the capital."

"I heard that the man is a cleaner. I really don't know how Sister Bai Rui could fall for a man like that. Her taste in men is terrible."

A cleaner? For some reason, Jiang Hua felt a sense of unease and panic.

"Bao'er, do you like me, or do you like Bai Rui?"

Without even thinking, Shen Bao'er said, "Of course it's you, Sister Bai Rui. She only gave me a good meal once, and I've completely forgotten about her."

"Not as good as Huahua."

Jiang Hua's mood improved somewhat.

Upon arriving at Xiangweiju, the manager skillfully led Jiang Hua to a familiar private room.

"Miss Jiang, Miss Shen... please sit in the same seats as before. We've served you both a pound of food. Miss Jiang, your husband instructed that today's dishes should be light, with less oil and salt, as you've just come from the hospital and need to eat something light."

Jiang Hua led her into the private room, and the manager closed the door.

Shen Bao'er: "Sir? Huahua... are you married? How come I didn't know?"

"No, this manager has probably mistaken you for someone else."

"Come to think of it, Huahua, you're not blind."

However, at the end of a corridor, a woman with a gentle and dignified appearance came out of the restroom. "What are you looking at?"

The man wore a simple light-colored shirt jacket, glanced at something, then looked away indifferently. "It's nothing."

“We just returned to China and haven’t told Mom about our wedding yet. Wen Qian… did you say you have family in Beijing?”

"When will you take me to see it?"

Jiang Hua put down her bag and prepared to go to the restroom. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a familiar figure from behind. She froze, stopped in her tracks, and her heart skipped a beat. However… when she saw the woman beside him, smiling sweetly, tiptoeing and kissing the man on the cheek, Jiang Hua's emotions vanished instantly.

When he glanced at her side slightly, her face was so unfamiliar, but her eyebrows and eyes gave Jiang Hua a sense of familiarity.

The faces were unfamiliar, but Jiang Hua didn't pay much attention to them. After going to the restroom and returning,

They then returned to their private room.

Jiang Hua was scrolling through her phone when she saw news articles all about the Wang family. They were accused of abusing their positions to embezzle and accept bribes. The Wang family also controlled an oil company and had embezzled trillions of yuan over the past ten years. There were also reports of kidnappings, threats, and other shady dealings. Even their illicit affairs, like stealing other men's wives, had been exposed. Now, the entire Wang family had completely fallen from grace.

As for her maternal grandfather… Jiang Hua only just found out about the news. He had also been investigated because of these matters, but the questioning ended yesterday.

Jiang Hua knew a little about her maternal grandfather, which she learned about when she was in high school. She knew him as a man of integrity and dedication to cultural preservation. Everyone said that he was worthy of the responsibilities he bore. The reason her mother knew so much about jewelry restoration was because her grandfather taught her.

When the Wang family incident happened, Jiang Hua subtly inquired about her maternal grandfather's character from Shen Yebai. To Jiang Hua's surprise, Shen Yebai also spoke highly of her grandfather. Apart from the incident involving her mother, if he hadn't forced her mother into an arranged marriage, hadn't prevented her parents from being together, and hadn't... ignored the actions of his wife and children, her mother... wouldn't have met with this accident, and she... wouldn't have been left with such a disability.

Jiang Hua had never seen what her maternal grandfather looked like from childhood to adulthood.

Shen Yebai told her that her grandfather and her second wife had divorced, and that he had personally sent all the perpetrators of the accident to prison, with her grandfather also testifying to the crime.

Jiang Hua wondered if it was because the Wang family was so powerful that they couldn't protect her mother, which was why they wanted her mother to marry into a powerful family. Only after her mother's death, so many years later, were they willing to stand up and help her overturn the case!

"Huahua, what's wrong? Why are you so sullen? You didn't say a word in the car just now."

Jiang Hua shook her head. "It's nothing, let's eat."

Bao'er was probably also affected by Jiang Hua's emotions, and her mood also turned sour.

After finishing their meal, Jiang Hua returned to the hospital, and Bao'er went home alone.

When the car stopped, Xu Ma was seen downstairs at the hospital. She walked over with a strange expression. "Miss, why are you back so early?"

"Didn't you go shopping with Miss Bao'er?"

"Aunt Xu, what's wrong?"

Jiang Hua had never seen Xu Ma with such an expression before. "N-nothing...it's nothing."

"Miss, could you please go and get the medicine for the master? He's almost finished his medicine."

Jiang Hua: "?"

"Isn't Dad's medicine delivered to him by someone every day? Aunt Xu, are you getting senile?"

"Is...is that so? I...I forgot."

Jiang Hua frowned: "Did something happen to Dad?"

"No...no, sir is perfectly fine, how could anything have happened!"

Jiang Hua pushed Xu Ma away and hurriedly took the elevator upstairs. She practically ran to the VIP ward, calling out, "Dad..."

Upon entering the ward, Jiang Hua immediately sensed an eerie, quiet atmosphere…

Seeing that her father's expression was off.

Jiang Hua frowned, looking displeased at the persistent man beside her. "Didn't you go to the company?"

"Pei Zhan, what did you say to my dad again?"