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

Pei Zhan came out of the study, and Xu Qiulan happened to be coming downstairs. "Young Master Pei."

"Is she asleep?"

Xu Qiulan said, "Miss, you just finished taking a bath and are reading in your room."

Jiang Hua, wearing a bathrobe, sat on the bed with a book on her lap. She didn't even look up when she heard the knocking. "Get out," she said. Xu Ma had just come downstairs; at this hour, someone was knocking on the door—she knew exactly who it could be.

The next second, the sound of the door lock clicking was heard, and the man pushed the door open and walked in. Jiang Hua looked up and frowned. Her skin, which had just finished showering, was fair with a rosy glow. "Did you come here on purpose to get scolded?"

"You don't have some kind of fetish, do you? You just enjoy hearing me scold you." She raised an eyebrow.

The man sat on the edge of her bed, and Jiang Hua immediately kicked him in the chest. "Did I give you permission to sit on my bed?"

Pei Zhan, seemingly without temper, held her icy ankles and pulled a blanket over her. Jiang Hua had never seen him like this before. Seeing his hesitant expression, she said, "Just say what you want to say. I've even accepted your affair with Song Qingran. What else can't I accept?"

"What, she's pregnant?"

Jiang Hua spoke her mind, but Pei Zhan's demeanor made her suspicious.

"I'll have Xiang Nan retrieve the dress you left at the hotel tomorrow."

"Okay, I understand. Is there anything else?"

Pei Zhan: "Do you... want it?"

Jiang Hua: "What do you want?"

"child."

Jiang Hua paused for a moment, then felt an emotion transform into a sharp knife, stabbing into her chest. It hurt a little, but Jiang Hua, who was always strong and never showed her most vulnerable side, simply pretended to be listening to a joke and laughed out loud, "You never cared about the three children before. Now you want to ask me for a fourth?"

"Are you out of your mind, or am I? You want children so badly, I think Song Qingran would be happy to give you ten or eight."

"If you only want to have children to carry on your family line, I advise you to give up that idea as soon as possible. I can't have children, and I won't have children for you."

The fact that the child was brought up out of the blue meant that it was the father who brought it up. Otherwise, Pei Zhan wouldn't have thought of bringing up the child in front of her.

"If it was your father who brought it up, I'll tell him tomorrow that you shouldn't think about having children anymore. You can wait until I die and find someone else to carry on your family line. Of course... if you're planning to start now, I won't stop you." Jiang Hua turned a page of her book, speaking casually.

Her fate was already written at the end of the script.

Pei Zhan's is the same; no matter how long it takes, he and Song Qingran will have a happy family.

Her appearance was nothing more than his deceased wife who died young in his world, or perhaps... she wasn't even a wife, but rather someone he used as a stepping stone to cross social classes and become someone standing at the top of the pyramid.

In the study late at night, Pei Zhan looked at the pregnancy test results on his phone. He was four weeks pregnant. Actually... he had also looked forward to the arrival of that child. His life had been full of ups and downs, with no fixed abode, living in dark and shameful corners. Before he met Jiang Hua, who had been abducted as a child, he thought he would continue like this, going astray step by step, living a life full of dangers.

Later, they met the Zhou family…

If it weren't for that accident, he probably would have stayed in Wuchuan, married her, and had children in that small county town.

He never imagined that Ji Liangchuan would take his place, and that they would meet again years later…

Perhaps this is the way of fate.

He went to great lengths to get close to the Jiang family in order to find out the truth about Ah Xu's death back then. Jiang Hua was also part of his plan to get close to her. Before seeing the crystal ball, he didn't know that the Jiang family was that girl.

Their first meeting was not at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, but in Haishi. He was working in the Haishi branch of the Jiang Group at that time. He was already the general manager of the marketing department and was preparing to be transferred to the position of deputy general manager of Haishi. At that time, Jiang Weiguo was in Haishi for inspection.

Pei Zhan noticed her. At that time, she had not yet blossomed, but even without speaking, she was stunningly beautiful just by standing there.

Seventeen-year-old Jiang Hua had long, straight, black hair that cascaded down her back, with wisps of hair falling across her forehead. Her eyes always held a detached, languid gaze. He had never seen such an air about her in anyone else; he could tell at a glance she was a wealthy heiress. Dressed in the aristocratic short-skirted school uniform of Imperial University High School, she followed Jiang Weiguo into the conference room. Pei Zhan could clearly feel the intense gaze fixed on him… Only then did a flicker of emotion appear in her eyes—interest, amusement… like the look of someone eyeing prey.

Pei Zhan had never seen such a look in a girl's eyes before, so arrogant and disdainful of everything...

Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was the first place she visited after she came of age. Jiang Hua was even more unaware that the collision was a deliberate design by him. The subsequent avalanche was indeed an accident. He could have escaped on his own. If she had died, Jiang Weiguo would not have been able to bear it, and then none of what happened afterward would have occurred.

But for some reason, Pei Zhan still managed to rescue her. After that, Jiang Huaming became even more flamboyant and attached herself to him. Because of one sentence from her, he was transferred from the deputy general manager of Haishi to the headquarters. In just two years, he completely took over the Jiang Group.

Every time Jiang Hua clung to him, her love was unrestrained and passionate, like a blooming red rose. Pei Zhan could always sense that she was looking at someone else through him, but this feeling did not belong to him.

The Zhou family was destroyed and all its members perished, all because of the Jiang family. He could not leave it unresolved; it was a debt he owed the Zhou family.

When the child arrived, Pei Zhan certainly had his own selfish motives.

The first child was a complete accident. Jiang Hua had to take medication every time, and the child would be born with a birth defect. Whether for her sake or for the sake of the child, Pei Zhan chose not to keep it.

As for the second child, Pei Zhan had thought about letting nature take its course. If she wanted to have the child, she could. With his current financial resources, he could afford to raise her child, including all of Jiang Hua's expenses. The card he gave Jiang Hua contained more than just a million dollars. Everything Jiang Hua had was the best. What he could give her would be better than what the Jiang family could provide.

Whether it was this time or the third, they still couldn't keep it...

Jiang Weiguo: "If you want to cut ties, cut them off cleanly. If you can't withstand the external pressure, you can put Jiang's Jewelry aside for now. With the cooperation with Huo's Group, Jiang's Group won't suffer losses because of this business for a while."

"If possible, I still hope that you and Huahua can have a child of your own."

“Huahua is the last bloodline of the Jiang family. I don’t want the Jiang family to die out with this line. Nowadays, medical technology is becoming more and more advanced. We can try every possible way to cure Huahua’s illness, even if it costs the entire Jiang family.”

“You’re thirty now, but Huahua is still young. There’s still time in the future, and there’s hope for having children.”

Jiang Hua had never thought about having a child. To her, a child might be a burden, and she might not be able to raise one properly, let alone be a qualified mother.

So Pei Zhan probably chose the wrong person when he wanted a virtuous wife and loving mother.

Having lost three children, Jiang Hua had long since given up on the idea of ​​becoming a mother.

Pei Zhan spent the night in the study. When he came downstairs at dawn, Xu Qiulan was carrying a dress sent from the First City Under Heaven, with a yellow talisman in her hand. "Strange, when did Miss start believing in this? Could it be that they made a mistake over there?"

Pei Zhan happened to hear this, "What is it?"

Xu Qiulan said, "It was delivered by the hotel. They said it was a lucky charm that the young lady left at the hotel."

Pei Zhan: "Give it to me..." His tone was inexplicably somber.

"But this belongs to the young lady, I..."

"I will give it to her when she wakes up."

Xu Qiulan didn't say anything more, and could only take the dress to Jiang Hua's dressing room. There was also a separate room in Yulong Bay specifically for Jiang Hua to store her clothes.

Jiang's Group, President's Office.

When Zuo Xiangnan entered the office, he smelled something burning, and there was a faint smoke in the air. He saw Pei Zhan standing in front of the French windows, holding a yellow talisman between his well-defined fingers. He used it to light a cigarette, then threw it on the ground and let it burn out. At the same time, wisps of cold air emanated from the man, making people afraid to get close.

"What is it?" The man took a drag, exhaling smoke as he turned around, his menacing aura undiminished.

Zuo Xiangnan said, "The design department suddenly came. Many ladies came to ask Miss Song to design jewelry, and they even specifically asked her to design it herself. Moreover, the people who came were all close friends of Madam Bai. It's probably because they all knew about yesterday's engagement banquet that Madam Bai had adopted Miss Song as her goddaughter, and they wanted to come and support Miss Song."

Pei Zhan walked to the table, tapped the ash from his cigarette with the tip of his index finger, and wrote four words in a faint voice: "I told you I wouldn't answer."

Zuo Xiangnan couldn't quite figure out what the man in front of him was thinking, but he still did as he was told, turned around and left the president's office to give orders.

...

The day after their engagement, Bai Rui was not immersed in the joy of the engagement. Instead, after the wedding banquet that evening, his illness suddenly relapsed. She rushed to the hospital to take care of him without even having time to change out of her dress.

He remained unconscious. Just as Bai Rui left the ward, she received a message. Upon seeing the message, she arrived at the Xiangweiju private room at noon as promised.

Upon entering the private room, she saw a man whose imposing presence was impossible to ignore. He bore a striking resemblance to the Huo family patriarch she had met before, and even his oppressive aura was identical. Bai Rui... knowing his identity, and given the relationship between the Huo and Bai families, Bai Rui should address him as "Big Brother."

However, Bai Rui is five years older than his wife Jiang Hua... Thinking about the relationship between the three of them, Bai Rui always felt that she did not have enough confidence to see him.

"Don't be shy, sit down."

Bai Rui stepped forward and sat down opposite the man. "You asked me to come here because of..."

Pei Zhan: "I want to know who was behind yesterday's events!"

Bai Rui was also a smart man. He had always seen Ji Liangchuan as a thorn in his side. Their marriage was something he had decided on. Now that he had gotten rid of this thorn in his side, there was no way he would come here because of Ji Liangchuan. Ji Liangchuan was no threat to him at all now. Apart from the engagement, the second thing was Song Qingran. "You mean... Song Qingran? Isn't that what you wanted?"

Pei Zhan frowned: "..."

Seeing his displeased expression, Bai Rui continued, "Madam Xia knew you liked Song Qingran and assumed that the reason you hadn't finalized your marriage was because you felt Song Qingran's status wasn't high enough to enter the Huo family. So… from the very first day she arrived in the capital, Madam Xia sought out Song Qingran, befriended her, and arranged for her to stay at the Wutong Mansion. This was so that after you resolved everything in the capital, she could legitimately enter the Huo family. The invitations sent out earlier were intended to publicly announce that Song Qingran had been adopted. You… didn't know about this?"

"He also said that no matter what you did in the capital, everything you did in the capital will be null and void after you return to the Huo family."

"I wonder if that also includes your affair with Jiang Hua... it doesn't count either."

"I don't know why you've stayed in the capital all these years, but I think it must be related to the Jiang family."

“Liang Chuan… he really did wrong. After this, he will never appear in the capital again, and I will leave with him. No matter what… I hope you will not harm Liang Chuan again; he has already received enough punishment!”

"For the sake of the Huo and Bai families' decades-long friendship, I beg you... to spare Liang Chuan!"

Pei Zhan: "Absurd."

At this moment, the waiter came in and said, "Mr. Pei, your snacks have been packed up."

Jiang Hua wanted to eat peach blossom pastries from Xiangweiju as soon as she woke up, so Pei Zhan postponed his meeting just to bring her some back.

Bai Rui watched his retreating figure, then his icy voice rang out, "Before tomorrow, you'd better not let me know he's still in the capital. This time, he won't be so lucky..."

Jiang Hua sat on the sofa in Yulong Bay, her bare feet propped up on the tea table, watching TV programs out of boredom. The TV programs these days are getting worse and worse, full of scumbag men and resentful women, or stories of wives chasing after their husbands in a funeral.

If I had known, what would I have done!

"Miss... I ran into them again when I went to buy groceries this morning."

Jiang Hua lay lazily on the sofa, flipping through programs. "Xue Ruyao?"

"Yes, there are a few others. They seem to be looking for you, but... they haven't been able to reach you. They even followed me all the way this morning, but luckily they were stopped by security at the door. They said they have something to talk to you about."

"In addition, they also gave me a sum of money..." As she spoke, Xu Qiulan took out a thick wad of ten thousand yuan and placed it on the table in front of Jiang Hua. She glanced at it and then looked away, her eyes filled with disdain. "They came to me simply because of the association. They want to recruit me."

"It's a waste of time to hang out with this rabble. They have no ability, but they've certainly learned how to bribe and bribe. Since they gave you this 10,000 yuan, Aunt Xu, just keep it. Why would you refuse money that's given away for free?"

Jiang Hua hasn't been back to school for a long time. Don't they like to steal other people's things?

She wanted to see how long this association could last.

"That old senile Jiang Huai, his eyesight is failing, it makes me angry just thinking about him!"

Jiang Hua tossed the remote control aside and got up to go upstairs…