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

"What...what did you say? What happened to Mr. Pei?"

The news struck her like a bolt of lightning, leaving her unable to accept it. Rather than believing that Mr. Pei was injured in a car accident, she preferred to believe that it was all a prank by Jiang Hua. "Senior Jiang Hua, if you're playing a joke on me, I don't think it's funny. I know Mr. Pei's schedule; he's clearly on a business trip abroad, not dying as you're saying!"

“And I think you’ve got the wrong person…” Song Qingran looked at the person who came out of the private room, took a deep breath, and clenched her fist with her other hand. “He already has a wife. Even if something happens to him, the person who should be by his side is me.”

"He has his own family; you should contact his wife directly."

"I'm sorry, Senior Jiang, I have something important to do, I... I have to hang up now."

"I'll give you another piece of news: Pei Zhan and his wife have already divorced. Now is your perfect opportunity to step into his home. If you miss this chance, you won't have any other options!" Jiang Hua suddenly sneered. "I'll only give you three minutes to consider. I'm downstairs at the Kyoto Grand Hotel right now, and I'll only wait for you for three minutes. If you don't come down after three minutes, then... even if you kneel down and beg me, you can forget about ever hearing another word about Pei Zhan."

Jiang Hua didn't give her a chance to hang up...

Song Qingran, you still have such nice words. Knowing that he has a wife, why did you still interfere in my life with Pei Zhan in the previous life? And you even secretly had two children behind my back. If you really have any morals, why didn't you die when you were a mistress in the previous life?

You've said all those high-sounding words.

Pei Zhan stole the Jiang family in order to be with you, leaving me penniless. In the end, I couldn't even afford medical treatment, medicine, or surgery!

Now you're saying he has a family and you two shouldn't have any involvement!

What about the previous life?

Song Qingran... In your previous life, you took everything that was taken from me with a clear conscience.

You two clearly love each other so much, I simply don't believe that you don't care about each other in this life.

If they don't love each other, where will the two children come from?

Not all love comes from nothing; without a foundation of affection, love cannot be so profound.

She had been married to Pei Zhan for eight years, and only learned of Song Qingran's existence when she was on her deathbed. By then, their eldest child was already five years old!

Jiang Hua had no idea when Song Qingran had started to appear in Pei Zhan's life!

If you don't love each other in this life, he should have taken back everything he gave you long ago, but he didn't.

What he wants to give you is all from the bottom of his heart.

Pei Zhan has never known what I want!

He knows perfectly well everything you want!

Isn't this love?!

Only people who truly love each other can go to such lengths.

You...you're all the same hypocrite!

"What will happen to the company if you divorce him?" Shen Yebai was worried about Jiang Hua's emotions. She was afraid that the decisions she was making now were all made in the heat of the moment.

"I don't know if you understand that feeling. I did think about it, planned to... spend my whole life with him. Until... I met Huo Tingshan in Nice, and in him I vaguely saw what Pei Zhan would become..."

"Huo Tingshan's feelings for his mother are not love! It's a momentary impulse of liking, and a possessiveness stemming from not being able to have her." His so-called beautiful memories of his mother are simply because he encountered someone in his life who he found unique and worthy of his remembrance.

In one's life, there will always be that one person who appears and amazes the rest of one's life.

For Huo Tingshan, that was all his mother was, but nothing more.

Huo Tingshan and Pei Zhan are the same kind of people, classic egoists who put their own interests first.

"He was holding a pretty girl who was not very old, only in her early twenties. They lived in the place where his mother used to live, and they reminisced about their past with his mother, saying that they could never forget her."

"He... disgusts me!"

"If I live to that age and I'm still alive, I can't bear the thought of my partner flaunting other women in front of me!"

"Why? Since we're already together, why can't we stay together forever!"

Is it so difficult to love only one person for a lifetime?

She was truly terrified, so terrified that she felt anxious and insecure. Love... was too fragile, too ephemeral.

She was even more afraid that if she really fell in love with Pei Zhan again this time, she would face the same ending as in her previous life.

She couldn't bear this... knowing it was hopeless, yet falling into it again.

True love is not so easily erased.

Even if you are covered in wounds.

So this time... Jiang Hua had no choice but to do this, even if it meant peeling back the layers, she had to slowly eliminate all the feelings that shouldn't exist.

In this life, I might as well just grant their wish completely.

When Pei Zhan wakes up and finds that the person next to him is her, it's highly likely that the so-called love he has for her will completely vanish without a trace.

Jiang Hua would rather Pei Zhan go back to how he was before... and continue down the dark path, than feel tormented like this.

Anyway, she now has a lot of money, enough for... her future life.

"After Pei Zhan recovers and brings Song Qingran back from France, Dad will understand. Perhaps... without me even having to bring it up, Pei Zhan himself will be eager to be with Song Qingran."

"According to the signed agreement, my father and I are still the largest shareholders of Jiang's. He can still... control everything in Jiang's. If he wants more shares in Jiang's, we can discuss it further. If he doesn't want to stay in Jiang's anymore, I will try my best to find a suitable person to take over Jiang's."

“The Jiang family is indeed very important! I don’t want to spend the rest of my life tied to him.”

Jiang Hua has already seen the signs of Pei Zhan's infidelity in Huo Tingshan!

If Mom could abandon everything and leave resolutely to pursue what she wanted, this time... she wants to do the same.

Shen Yebai's gentle voice was like a ray of sunshine, dispelling all the gloom in her heart: "If his final choice is still to be with you, what should you do?"

Jiang Hua said with certainty, "He won't!"

Shen Yebai: "What if..."

Jiang Hua was speechless.

I watched as Song Qingran rushed out of the classical and solemn lobby of the Kyoto Grand Hotel, looking flustered and seemingly afraid of losing something of utmost importance.

Panting, Song Qingran arrived at the Hongqi sedan that thankfully hadn't been driven away.

The elevator was too crowded.

She took the emergency staircase from the sixth floor of the Chinese restaurant.

"Senior Jiang...is everything you said true? Did Mr. Pei really get into a car accident?"

She was panting so hard, yet her eyes were still full of worry for his safety.

Jiang Hua handed her the things she had prepared beforehand, saying, "No one is allowed to see what's in here. You can give it to him after he wakes up."

Song Qingran hesitated before taking the heavy file folder. She didn't know what was inside, but there was also a plane ticket to France, departing at 3:30 PM.

It's only 12 o'clock now, there are still a few hours left, it's still not too late to get to the airport.

“I sent you a message. Once you land, call him. Someone from the French airport will come to meet you.”

"Mr. Pei, which hospital are you in now? Are your injuries serious?"

Jiang Hua: "Don't ask me, I don't know."

After saying those last words, the rear passenger window rolled up, obscuring Song Qingran's face.

Lu Yuanzhou arrived a step too late. In the end, he also saw Jiang Hua appear.

"Aran."

Song Qingran didn't hear the voices calling her from behind; she was only focused on the time on her phone, knowing that if she didn't go now, it would be too late.

Regardless of whether it was a scam or not, she wanted to check if he was alright, just in case... Mr. Pei really needed her!

Mr. Pei treated her so well, even if he only used her as a substitute, but she believed that every little thing in the glamorous world wasn't fake, even if it was...

She... didn't want anything to happen to him either.

Song Qingran dared not gamble; she already owed him so much.

On the way to the airport, Lu Yuanzhou also drove after them, but unfortunately, he ran into a wedding procession, which disconnected him from Song Qingran. Unable to see the car, he called her again and again.

Wait until the call is disconnected.

Song Qingran didn't have the courage, so she could only send him a message: I'm sorry, Brother Yuanzhou, please forgive my willfulness.

Wait for me to come back, okay?

When Lu Yuanzhou called again, Song Qingran had already turned off her phone.

Back to Bai Ze.

Shen Yebai transferred several servants from the Shen family's old residence, as they were quite familiar with Jiang Hua's tastes.

After dropping her off at home, at the entrance, Shen Yebai removed the scarf from Jiang Hua's neck. "It's probably going to get colder tonight. If you want to go out, just call me. I'll bring you anything you need."

Jiang Hua: "Okay."

"The meeting may end at any time, so don't wait for me."

"Ah."

Shen Yebai had to go to a meeting, so he left after giving a few words of advice.

The servants nearby all knew what was going on and chuckled to themselves. The two had looked like a perfect match since they were little. It was just a pity that the woman from the Jiang family was in poor health, otherwise... this woman from the Jiang family might really have become the young mistress of the Shen family.

After Shen Yebai left, Jiang Hua treated the place like her own home, lying on the sofa, turning on the TV, and flipping through the few programs available.

Just then, an international news story caught Jiang Hua's attention.

(Beijing International News reports that a robbery occurred in a Parisian city street. The criminal gang stole jewelry worth 700 million US dollars. During the chase, a black Maybach was accidentally shot and crashed into a roadside barrier under repair at a speed of 112 km/h. The footage shows that it burst into flames just three seconds after the impact...)

The scene cuts off here, and Jiang Hua's heart trembles uncontrollably. She saw it; the fire quickly engulfed the front of the car, and in the third second... the entire car was billowing black smoke.

During the collision, only one person pointed a gun at the windshield of the black Maybach…

The whole process took less than a minute, maybe even just a few tens of seconds!

Jiang Hua would never forget that car. The license plate number of the car on TV belonged to Pei Zhan, and he was the driver...

Shot, impact, fire...

Regardless of the cause of the car accident, no normal person could possibly survive such a fire.

My father's voice echoed in my mind: "...You need to be prepared for Pei Zhan's condition. He may never wake up again."

Kagel: ...We received information that this area is not very safe. The young master has other matters to attend to and needs to stay in France for a while. He instructed that you return to China temporarily, and he will take care of things in France as soon as possible after you are safely back.

"That's enough!" Jiang Hua suddenly lost her temper, smashing the remote control in her hand against the TV. The TV screen was fine, but the remote control's batteries were knocked out. "This was all your choice. Even if we were robbed, the Jiang family could afford the losses. It's only 1 billion, and you're already risking your life! I don't need you putting on this act!"

"Miss Jiang..."

Jiang Hua's inexplicable outburst of temper startled everyone!

Jiang Hua turned around and ran back to her room upstairs. She sat on the edge of the bed, unscrewed the white bottle cap, and with trembling hands, swallowed a few pills. The image of the accident in her mind, engulfed by flames, still lingered.

She closed her eyes and kept telling herself that Pei Zhan was just experiencing what she had gone through, and that she had almost died in that car accident.

She opened her eyes, and the moment her long eyelashes fluttered down, a tear fell from her eye…

Jiang Hua's heart was trembling, and so were her hands. The familiar yet intensely painful sensation made even her fingertips ache.

When the maid came in, she didn't know how long Jiang Hua had been in that position. She was sitting on the bed with her legs drawn up, completely still, and no matter how she was called, she didn't respond.

Seeing that she was acting strangely, the maid quickly called Shen Yebai...

Six p.m.

Shen Yebai got out of the car and walked all the way to Jiang Hua's room, coming to her side.

"Huahua?"

His voice finally elicited a response from Jiang Hua. She looked up, her eyes vacant, moist, and filled with sadness, silently gazing at him.

"Pei Zhan... seems to be really about to die."

"But your body can't allow you to go back and forth again. Can we wait a little longer?" This was the most heartbroken time Shen Yebai had ever seen her cry, and he gently pulled her into his arms.

If it were me, how could I bear to let you shed a single tear?

She just got back from the hospital; she shouldn't be experiencing such strong emotional fluctuations again.

"I...I feel so bad."

"What is it about Song Qingran that I don't like? Why...why doesn't he like me? After Dad died, he's all I have left, so why does he hurt me like this?"

"Why did you wrong me!"

"I truly love him!"

Jiang Hua cried loudly; unlike that night, she no longer chose to suppress her emotions.