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

Zhou's mother had just returned from grocery shopping when she saw her daughter, soaked to the bone, come back at the door. Worried, she immediately went over to her daughter and asked, "Qingran? Aren't you at school? Why are you back?"

"Oh my god, you're all wet. Come inside with Mom and change your clothes."

Zhou's mother quickly took out her key, opened the door, and pulled her into the room. Seeing that Song Qingran's expression was off, it was clear that something had happened. "You... what's wrong with you?"

"Did you have a fight with Yuanzhou?"

Song Qingran suddenly hugged Zhou's mother and burst into tears...

Liu Jiaoli picked up her clothes from the floor and left. When Lu Yuanzhou came out of the bathroom, for some reason, his heart was pounding with inexplicable panic. Something seemed to be making him restless. Wearing a bathrobe, he walked out of the bedroom and saw the door was not closed. Lu Yuanzhou's brows furrowed tightly. "You didn't lock the door?"

Liu Jiaoli looked at her black stockings, which were already torn beyond recognition and unwearable. She originally wanted to put them in her bag to take back, but then she suddenly remembered something, smiled, and secretly threw them under the bed.

After doing all these bad things, Liu Jiaoli finally answered the man outside, "It's all because you were in a hurry. You wanted me as soon as you came in, and I didn't even have time to close the door."

"Scared already? Don't worry... your little girl is still at school at this hour, she hasn't come back yet."

After putting on her high heels, Liu Jiaoli left the room. Before leaving, she hooked her arm around Lu Yuanzhou's neck and kissed him on the cheek. "If you miss me, remember to message me anytime."

Lu Yuanzhou impatiently pulled the hand away, his panic and disappointment growing stronger. Ignoring her, he turned and went back to his room, picking up his phone to send a message to the contact pinned to the top of his chat list.

Lu Yuanzhou: What do you want to eat tonight?

After sending the message, he didn't receive a reply in time. He glanced at the time; it was almost four o'clock, and there was only half an hour left before she finished class and got out of school. Lu Yuanzhou quickly changed his clothes and drove to Imperial University.

It only took less than ten minutes to drive there. Before school ended, Lu Yuanzhou arrived at the gate of Imperial University and waited for her to finish class.

So I just stayed in the car and waited for a while.

Lu Yuanzhou sent her another message: I'll be waiting for you at the school gate after school.

Let's go out to eat tonight.

Song Qingran locked herself in her room and heard the constant vibrations, like the whispered evil words of a demon, repeating themselves over and over again.

Even though she tried her best to cover her ears, she couldn't block out the sounds.

Stop ringing, stop ringing.

The sound was driving him crazy.

We'll get married after you graduate.

Ah Ran, we... can finally be together.

I promise to give you the best life, I... will love you forever...

…It's all fake!

Zhou's mother cooked ginger soup to warm her up, fearing that she might fall ill.

Pushing open the door and entering the room, Zhou's mother saw the girl curled up on the bed. She quickly put down the bowl she was holding and sat down beside the girl's bed. "Qingran, tell Mom. Were you bullied at school?"

"What about Far Continent?"

"Does he know that you're back?"

When Song Qingran looked up at Zhou's mother, tears streamed down her face. She trembled violently and tried to speak, but she couldn't utter a single word. Zhou's mother had never seen her like this before, and she panicked instantly.

"Qingran...don't scare your mother, what happened?"

...

Lu Yuanzhou waited at the school gate for half an hour, staring intently outside, but didn't see her come out of the school. She didn't reply to his messages or answer his calls.

Unable to contain himself any longer, Lu Yuanzhou got out of the car and went to the classroom where Song Qingran was. When he arrived at the classroom, he found that most of the students had already left, and he couldn't see her anywhere.

Lu Yuanzhou walked into the classroom and asked someone who hadn't left yet, "...Excuse me, have you seen Song Qingran?"

The other person replied, "Song Qingran? No, she wasn't there when the teacher took attendance today."

"Okay, thank you." The panic in Lu Yuanzhou's heart was magnified infinitely. She had never made him worry like this before.

The weather outside was gloomy, and the oppressive atmosphere made it hard to breathe.

Lu Yuanzhou returned to his car, his hands constantly dialing the phone, but after countless attempts, the phone on the other end was switched off.

She didn't have an apartment, so the most likely thing was that she went home. He drove to where Zhou's mother lived. Zhou's mother had moved out of her original place and was now living in a property that Lu Yuanzhou had bought for her. The property was registered in both Song Qingran's and Zhou's mother's names.

He knocked on the door, which was quickly opened, revealing Zhou's mother's worried and distressed face.

"Mom, where's Qingran?"

Is she with you or not?

Zhou's mother frowned and said, "She's in her room. I asked her what happened, but she didn't tell me anything."

Lu Yuanzhou entered the room and, upon seeing the girl sitting on the bed, immediately relaxed. "You...you've been crying? Was it because of the compensation?"

"I'm already thinking of a solution, don't worry."

Lu Yuanzhou sat by the girl's bedside, wanting to reach out and wipe away her tears, but the empty look in her eyes made his heart clench.

Song Qingran did not resist his touch, looking at him with cold eyes, "I went back..." Her voice, as soft as a falling leaf, dealt Lu Yuanzhou an almost fatal blow.

His hand stiffened for a moment, and then panic etched itself into his eyes.

“I heard everything you said to that woman. You two slept together.”

"No... that's not how it is, Qingran... let me explain, I don't love her."

"The only person I want to be with is you." Along the way, Lu Yuanzhou thought about countless possibilities, why he didn't answer her calls, but... he never thought of this.

Song Qingran looked at him with red and swollen eyes and shook her head. Her heart had already died the moment she heard their conversation.

"Qingran, I truly love you."

"We grew up together, and you are the only one I love in my heart."

But the disappointment in her eyes had extinguished any remaining light in Lu Yuanzhou's eyes. "I'm sorry... Brother Yuanzhou, I think we should break up."

“I know you’ve never believed me about Mr. Pei. But without Mr. Pei, my mother and I wouldn’t have been able to make it through. In my heart, besides you and my mother, he is the most important person to me.”

"But now... you and she had sex in our other house."

"I simply cannot accept this." Song Qingran was too heartbroken to continue speaking.

"No, Qingran..." Lu Yuanzhou frantically grasped her hand, afraid of losing the most important thing in his life. "I know... I'm the one who wronged you the most. I swear, there won't be a next time."

"I promise."

With a trembling voice and tears in her eyes, Song Qingran tried to pull away from his grasp little by little. She shook her head and said, "No more... I don't want to have a future with you anymore."

"Let's... break up."

“You bought this house. My mother and I… will leave here as soon as possible.”

"No... I won't allow it, Qingran." Lu Yuanzhou hugged her tightly. "I will never be separated from you in this lifetime. I was wrong, Qingran, I was really wrong."

"I was bewitched, I couldn't control myself, and I did something I'm sorry for."

“I swear, this is the last time…this is the last time.”

Song Qingran suddenly burst into tears, "Why won't you believe me? You've already been with other women. How can I accept you?"

Even if I accept you, how can my heart possibly bear this fact...?

“If it weren’t for Mr. Pei, my mother wouldn’t have been able to find a kidney donor, and I wouldn’t have been able to get into Beijing University. Even though we were together for those three or four years, I never did anything to betray you.”

"But you... the hurt you caused me, the betrayal..."

"But they are all true."

"You are not the Yuanzhou brother I used to know at all."

"There will be no more possibilities for us."

"Let's part ways amicably."

"Go back."

"No... I won't allow it." Lu Yuanzhou seemed to want to use all his strength to merge this girl into his body. He was too afraid to let go. If he let go this time, he was afraid he would never have the chance to be with her again.

"Let me go. I won't tell Mom about you and her, and I won't reveal it to anyone. I'll say it was my fault." Song Qingran didn't struggle; she just let the tears stream down her face, accepting the truth of what had happened.

“I cannot turn a blind eye to your affairs.”

"Brother Yuanzhou... I'm sorry."

"No, I won't let go. I can never let go of you in this lifetime, Qingran... I was wrong. I was really wrong. Please give me another chance."

"I can't live without you." Lu Yuanzhou tried his best to keep you.

However, at that moment, Zhou's mother, who had overheard everything outside, opened the door and walked in with a cold expression. She slammed the broom in her hand against Lu Yuanzhou's back, saying, "...You bastard, let Qingran go."

"I never thought you were this kind of person. You were engaged to Qingran, yet you slept with other women. How dare you come looking for Qingran?"

"Get out...get out of here!"

Song Qingran felt utterly hopeless and pushed him away forcefully. "Go away. I don't want to see you right now."

"You're not leaving, are you!"

"Okay, I'll go with Mom. This house is yours, we don't want it."

Song Qingran threw back the covers and was about to get out of bed when a dull pain shot through Lu Yuanzhou's heart, making it hard for him to breathe. "Qingran..."

Song Qingran: "Please leave, I'm begging you, okay?"

"Don't make me hate you."

"I'm sorry..." Lu Yuanzhou knew that no matter how much he begged for her forgiveness, it would be to no avail. Rather than keep her here and make her sad, Lu Yuanzhou finally chose to leave.

Within an hour, Liu Jiaoli received a termination letter from the law firm. Upon seeing the message, she didn't even have time to comfort her daughter before immediately calling Lu Yuanzhou. He answered quickly, "What, after taking advantage of me, you're now thinking of pushing me away?"

"You know I still have children to raise. If I have no source of income, how will you support me?"

In the dark room, Lu Yuanzhou sat dejectedly in the room where Song Qingran had stayed. The room was filled with her presence, and overturned wine bottles were scattered around his feet. His voice, as if filled with despair, rang out: "Qingran came back at noon. She... saw everything."

Liu Jiaoli's expression changed, she picked up her daughter and went back to her room, then laughed and said, "So... now you want to kick me away."

Lu Yuanzhou: "I can't lose her. As for you... I was just playing around."

"From now on, you'd better not let me see you in front of Qingran, or else... I'll make sure you can't stay in the entire legal profession."

"I keep my word."

Liu Jiaoli's smile gradually froze as she looked at the phone that had been hung up. Just a few minutes later, another severance payment appeared in her bank account.

...

A few days later, Pei Zhan's personally designed studio was completed. To Jiang Hua's surprise, the studio was on the same floor as the president's office. However... all the staff from the secretarial office had moved downstairs.

Jiang Hua's private office was right next door, and for the first time, she realized that Pei Zhan was truly insane.

She laughed in exasperation.

He used to ignore her when she clung to him.

Now the tables have turned, and Jiang Hua can now understand what it feels like to be constantly pestered.

Pei Zhan: "Are you satisfied?"

Jiang Hua: "Get out of here!"

Jiang Hua turned around and pressed the elevator button to go downstairs. Actually, it didn't need to be that big. Currently, the number of people Jiang Hua had confirmed for the studio, including herself, was only two. The other person was Xiao Zhu. In fact, it didn't need to be many people. Jiang Hua set up this studio not for the purpose of making money, but for people who really needed jewelry repair.

She doesn't accept just any order; she only takes orders for damaged jewelry that has special meaning.

As the two entered the elevator, Pei Zhan cornered her, leaning his head to the side with his hand on the elevator frame, his posture languid. "When does Mrs. Pei plan to take up her post?"

"It depends on my mood."

Pei Zhan: "I'll pay you a salary."

"If you work two hours a day and have perfect attendance for a week, I'll give you 100,000? Plus weekends off, and all the benefits that Jiang's employees enjoy, Mrs. Pei can also enjoy, as well as the year-end outstanding employee selection."

This man's intentions couldn't be clearer.

But he still managed to make Jiang Hua laugh. In a month, that's hundreds of thousands. "You take my money to pay my salary?"

"No, it's a separate salary that Mr. Pei pays Mrs. Pei separately."

"Think about it?"

Jiang Hua reached out and patted his face, adopting an arrogant posture, and said, word by word, "Your money is all mine."

"There's nothing left for you in those unfair terms."

"Think things through before you speak."

Pei Zhan: "Yes, I misspoke."

"Be careful next time."

"Give me a kiss?" He lowered his posture, and Jiang Hua didn't need to stand on tiptoe to touch his cool lips, giving him a light, fleeting kiss.