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

The two families knew each other well. These old fogies knew that the Jiang family was indeed very skilled in jewelry restoration. If even they couldn't restore the jewelry, then no one else could.

Shen Wanrou thus escaped a calamity. As for the man who married into the Shen family and attacked her, the Shen family would handle it themselves. Although the Shen family has many rules, there is one good thing about them: they are very protective of their own.

The women of the Shen family never disown their married relatives; on the contrary, they protect them even more. If Yue Lianyi hadn't become addicted to gambling and alcoholism, leaving a bad impression on the elders of the Shen family, they wouldn't have dared to lay a hand on her.

After leaving the Shen family's old house, Jiang Hua agreed to take over Shen Wanrou's mess, simply because of Bao'er's sake.

Shen Bao'er asked, "Auntie, where did you find this agency? Those people have really hurt you. Aren't you going to hold them accountable? If Huahua hadn't come today, I'm afraid you would have been beaten to death by Great-Grandpa and the others!"

Shen Wanrou: "Speaking of this makes me angry. If I don't pursue this matter, I'm not Shen. They took so much money from me, and I want them to spit it all out and... return all the losses I suffered. These bastards deserve to die."

"However, I heard from Mrs. Mo, whom I know, that she is also from your school, that there is a group of people who also know about jewelry repair. At the time, I didn't think much of it and just believed them."

Jiang Hua nodded, "Yes, Imperial University does have a jewelry restoration interest class, but what they've learned so far isn't enough to touch on these things. My aunt is really bold, willing to give away jewelry worth hundreds of millions, and now it's in this state."

"Once I find out who they are, I'll skin them alive... Ouch!" In a fit of anger, Shen Wanrou pulled at her wound and cried out in pain.

Jiang Hua didn't think much of it, assuming that those people in the jewelry restoration elective course only accepted Shen Wanrou's offer to make money. As the intermediary, Madam Mo received a referral fee of 500,000 yuan and a restoration fee of 1 million yuan. Logically speaking, no one could resist such an offer.

Did the other party not know the owner of the jewelry beforehand?

If you mess with Shen Wanrou, and they find out who it is, they'll be severely punished, if not killed.

Shen Bao'er: "Auntie, are you going back now?"

"Do you want Bao'er to help you beat him up?"

Shen Wanrou waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, I can handle this scumbag. I can take on five of them at once. If I can't have a good time, they can't either. Back then, I only let him ride on my head and do whatever he wanted because he was good-looking. He even brought women home and provoked me. Now I've come to my senses. I'll make sure he's dead."

"There are plenty of men out there, and I'm not going to be blind enough to fall for just one of them."

In her youth, Shen Wanrou indulged in nightlife, living a life of extravagance and debauchery. She met a man at a club and fell in love at first sight. However, he was unwilling to submit to her control. Perhaps finding it novel, Shen Wanrou took him home and did many shocking things, such as chaining him up and keeping him tied up at home. In the end, she resorted to coercion. The Shen family was initially against it, as such a man was considered disreputable, and men from clubs were generally considered somewhat undignified.

Shen Wanrou was unrestrained and broke the rules of the Shen family. In the end, it was only after the old master relented that the man was allowed to marry into the family.

With one problem after another looming before her, Jiang Hua had no choice but to believe that being born into a prestigious family was different from being born into an ordinary social class, and that it was bound to be difficult to get along with each other and things were bound to go wrong.

It's no wonder that families that do business with the Jiang family would choose the simplest option: marriage alliance.

Love may decay, but money won't.

A short while later, a van pulled up from a distance. After the people got out, a group of people took two people, a man and a woman, who were tied up from the back seat. They were both gagged. The man made muffled cries for help, but he was held down tightly and could not escape at all.

In the past, Shen Wanrou would have already stepped forward and pleaded with those people to let go, but now she just rolled her eyes...

"I send you."

"No need for that, Mayor Shen is too kind." A voice sounded from behind, and Pei Zhan, with one hand in his pocket and a tall and slender figure, walked over. When Jiang Hua saw him, she frowned slightly, wondering if he had installed a tracking device on her.

Pei Zhan stepped forward and grabbed Jiang Hua's hand, pulling her behind him. Jiang Hua tried to shake him off, but he held on tightly. It was as if a tug-of-war had begun between him and Shen Yebai. The two were similar in stature and their temperaments were evenly matched. Putting aside his background, Pei Zhan's abilities and aura were unmatched. He was not familiar with anyone... but he had an aura of superiority that emanated from his very bones.

Shen Bao'er put her hands on her hips, looked up at the man who was a head and a half taller than her, and felt much less imposing in comparison. "What are you doing, you country bumpkin? Jiang Hua is my future sister-in-law. Who told you to touch her? Let go of her right now."

Pei Zhan lowered his gaze, pausing between each word as he said, "I may have to disappoint Miss Chen, but Huahua and I..."

"Alright!" Jiang Hua interrupted him directly, "If you want to go back, then go back. Stop with all this nonsense."

Shen Bao'er looked down and then up, her whole demeanor fierce as she stared at Pei Zhan's back, wishing she could bore holes through it. "You country bumpkin, you bastard, you're a freeloader! Go to hell!" she shouted, as if afraid Pei Zhan wouldn't hear her.

"Brother, I'm going to rush over and beat him up!" Shen Bao'er rolled up her sleeves, raised her fist, and was about to charge forward.

She had just taken a step when she sensed something was wrong. She stopped and looked back. "Brother, aren't you going to stop me?" She adjusted her expression, her two bright, lively eyes sparkling.

Shen Yebai: "Who taught you all this?"

"Go back and copy the family rules ten times."

Pei Zhan turned off the air conditioning in the car and opened the window to let out the cold air.

"Did they install a tracking app on my phone?"

Pei Zhan looked at the rearview mirror outside the car window, turned the steering wheel with one hand, and changed the direction of the car. "I declined some social engagements and got off work early today. When I rushed to the hospital, you weren't there. I was worried, so I asked Aunt Xu for your wristband location."

Besides the old watch she always wore on her wrist, Jiang Hua also had a heart monitoring bracelet that indeed showed her location.

"Shall we eat first, or go to the hospital?"

Jiang Hua went to the hospital to see her father first. Because of the Shen family matter, she was delayed. Perhaps she could still discuss the association matters with her father...

Pei Zhan glanced at the person beside him, his eyes concealing his inner turmoil…

Xiangweiju.

After nearly two hours of dinner, Song Qingran, holding the signed agreement in her hand, bowed to Jiang He, who was about to get into the Hongqi car, and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Jiang. Don't worry, we will definitely not let you down."

"I will have my secretary inform you of the time set for the dinner."

"Okay, Grandpa Jiang."

After watching Jiang He leave, Song Qingran happily hugged Xia He, "Aunt Xia, I'm so happy! I didn't expect it to be so successful this time. If it weren't for you and Aunt Bai, I don't know what I would have done."

Xia He recalled the video in Song Qingran's hand. The people in the video looked familiar, as if she had seen them somewhere many years ago, but she couldn't remember exactly where. "Qingran, where did you get the video material that you showed to Old Jiang just now?"

Song Qingran explained, "This video was given to me by Ayao. She said it was a reference video that Professor Guo gave them. It contains video materials on jewelry restoration, and each step is explained in great detail. So who is this Jiang Xuejie you mentioned?"

"Are you talking about Senior Jiang Xue? She graduated from the Jewelry Restoration Department in 1997, which is almost over ten years ago. She was previously an associate professor at a jewelry design school in Milan. She only recently returned to China, and Professor Guo asked her to come and teach Ayao and the others. The studio is still in its early stages, and I..." Song Qingran shook her head, "I probably really don't have that kind of talent. Jewelry restoration is indeed a high-credit elective. The reason I wanted to join is so that I could graduate sooner, integrate into society quickly, earn money, and give my mother a better life."

"Now I know that no matter how hard I try, I can never reach the level of Senior Jiang Hua, so I chose to give up and focus my attention on jewelry design. I'm afraid that if I try to do two things at once, I will end up not doing anything well."

Seeing her downcast expression, Xia He asked, "Were you bullied by someone at work?"

"Tell Auntie, Auntie will stand up for you."

Song Qingran shook her head, recalling the cold look she received today, which felt like a needle piercing her chest and a thorn growing inside her. There were many rumors circulating in the company that she was only able to get into the company because of Mr. Pei and Sister Zhou Yan... Now she just wanted to rely on her own abilities to tell them that she had never relied on anyone.

“Aunt Xia is doing just fine without me. You don’t need to do anything for me. I feel great right now. Some things are just like Mr. Pei said; you have to go through them to grow, otherwise you’ll always stay in the same place…”

"I always hear you mention Mr. Pei. It seems he has helped you a lot at the company, otherwise I wouldn't keep hearing you talk about him."

Song Qingran nodded: "Yes, sometimes he is a bit autocratic and domineering. You have to get his approval for everything. But later... after he joined the company, I found that he is very career-oriented and keeps his personal and professional life separate. Many people in the company say that President Pei treats his subordinates very well."

Xia He: "You had a fight before and didn't make up?"

Song Qingran's expression changed visibly. "Aunt Xia... I... I don't know what you're talking about. Mr. Pei and I are just boss and subordinate. There's nothing between us. Besides... I rarely see him at the company. You... have you misunderstood something?"

Their past relationship was always open and honest, and there was no need to hide it from anyone, but... she always felt it was dishonorable and shameful.

They didn't do anything; they just lived together.

Thinking of the past, Song Qingran felt a sharp pain in her chest, as if a part of her heart was empty, and nothing she did could fill the void in her heart.

At 4:30 p.m., Song Qingran, holding the documents she had just signed, went to the mall to find Xue Ruyao and the others. She met them at a fish restaurant.

Just as she was about to step forward, Song Qingran's gaze swept over a sightseeing elevator and she clearly saw two figures intimately entangled. One was wearing a bright red dress with long, wavy hair reaching her waist. Her back view was sexy and alluring, and the curves of her hips were outlined, making it impossible to look away. Her slender, white arms were draped over the man's shoulders. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she saw that the familiar, handsome man kiss the woman deeply. It was just a kiss, but the woman reached out and patted the man's face. He wasn't angry; instead, he smiled at her indulgently, his eyes deep and full of affection.

The woman's hand was grasped again, her wrist was held, and her palm was kissed again...

It's Mr. Pei, it's Senior Jiang...

Upon seeing this scene, Song Qingran felt as if her heart had been stabbed.

Why does she have these emotions?

"Are you crazy? Why are you standing here instead of going up? What are you looking at? Get out of the way!"

Song Qingran pushed a man away, but unexpectedly, she lost her balance and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing her like this, the man cursed, "Damn it, are you trying to scam me?"

"Honey, ignore her, she might really be a lunatic."

Jiang Hua felt disgusted and wiped all the palms he had touched on his suit. "Disgusting!"

The first floor is Jiang's Gold and Silver Jewelry Store, and most of its customers are people who can afford to spend money. On the ninth floor and above, you need a VIP card to enter. On the tenth floor, a set of ordinary jewelry starts at least one million.

She came to the mall to buy silver jewelry for Shen Wanrou that needed to be repaired and set. Watching the figure downstairs getting smaller and smaller, Jiang Hua turned her gaze away expressionlessly.

She keeps saying she doesn't like Pei Zhan and that it has nothing to do with him...

She wanted him to stay out of her world.

Now, I just can't stand seeing these kinds of scenes?

In her past life, she obtained Pei Zhan too easily. The changes in this life caused her to lose Pei Zhan's love. Unexpectedly, Jiang Hua was also able to see her so distraught, unable to accept the blow, and traumatized.

Seeing her fall to the ground in a sorry state, Jiang Hua felt a tiny bit of relief. The pain she had caused her in her past life was nothing compared to this.

Stepping out of the elevator, Jiang Hua grabbed Pei Zhan by the collar, pinning him against the edge of the railing. "You like Song Qingran because she looks like... your father's fiancée who was kicked out?"

Pei Zhan always remained silent about this issue, and no answer could ever be found in his words.

"Or is it that you men are just like this? You like to get bored with the old and crave the new. You think Song Qingran is no longer interesting, but you think I'm to your liking, so you use the tactic of helping the Jiang family time and time again to attract my attention?"

Pei Zhan tilted his head, looking at the woman he had just kissed. Her lipstick was a little smudged, and in an instant, his roguish charm was revealed as he dropped his disguise. He reached out and wiped away the excess lipstick from the corner of her mouth. "Can't get through?"

Jiang Hua's eyes narrowed slightly; in that instant, he surrendered, "The past? Do you know how disgusting I am with you..."

"Back then, you were extremely protective of Song Qingran. In the preliminary round of the jewelry design competition held by the Jiang family, the second-place prize was set at several hundred thousand yuan. You simply knew that the first place would go to me, not her, and that Song Qingran was short of money, so you deliberately rushed to give her the money..."

"Including the finals, with her abilities, she could never have been number one. But because of your and Zhou Yan's selfishness, you let her get this ranking, took her to the Viki fashion week show, let her walk in the public eye in the name of your Pei Zhan Jiang family, paved the way for her, made a plan for her future, and kept her right under your nose."

"The major media outlets are promoting her as a genius jewelry designer, just to gild her image and flaunt it. They're clearly doing this on purpose to disgust me!"

Pei Zhan: "This is a decision made by Chairman Jiang and the board of directors."

Jiang Hua said, annoyed, "How many more times do you want to say this?"

Pei Zhan: "The decision-making power at every meeting rested with Chairman Jiang. At the time, Jiang's did need some public relations tactics to attract more people and increase brand awareness. Song Qingran, who was the top liberal arts student this year, has enough popularity to drive a segment of consumers. Her joining Jiang's design department is entirely beneficial, as it can attract students with financial means. Jiang's target customers are not just wealthy families, but also ordinary people with sufficient purchasing power. Huahua, the pressure I bear is the pressure on Jiang's revenue performance. Every six months, the revenue must exceed 15% of the first half's performance to secure my position. If I were to act for personal gain, it would not benefit me at all."

"A qualified businessman thinks about what methods to use to retain customers and make them willingly open their wallets and spend the money."

“Huahua, a Qianhua Century bag is very expensive. The purple one that you like the most has been sold for 220 million on the market.”

"Two hundred million. The Jiang family would need to hold ten jewelry auctions to earn back that money."

“Every year, the Jiang family invests more than 16 billion yuan, which is half a year’s profit target for the Jiang family’s business department.”

"The entire Jiang Group employs tens of thousands of people, and they all depend on the Jiang Group for their livelihood. What I need to do is keep the company running, generate more profits, and be responsible to you and Chairman Jiang..."

Every word Pei Zhan uttered was flawless, leaving no room for error. Even Jiang Hua was drawn into his words; she indeed had no business experience, and the mindset of a businessman was far too complex for her.

Just as Jiang Hua was about to be led astray by him, she suddenly realized what was happening and frowned deeply. "Don't try to fool me with this. I won't believe a word you say..."

He's too cunning. Every time Song Qingran is mentioned, he can always bring up his father and the company, and in the end... he'll drag her into it too.

Jiang Hua turned and left angrily, with Pei Zhan following leisurely behind her…

Fengwu Mansion.

Madam Bai saw that Xia He had already invited a renowned fortune teller to calculate Pei Zhan and Qing Ran's birth dates and times, and even heard her idea of ​​skipping the engagement and going straight to marriage...

Thinking back, could it be that she really didn't know about Pei Zhan's affair with the eldest daughter of the Jiang family?