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

Jiang Weiguo shook his head, his eyes filled with reproach and helplessness towards Jiang Hua. He took the phone from Xu Qiulan and held it to his ear. Pei Zhan's tired voice came through the phone, and Jiang Hua heard some of it.

"...Just do your best in this matter. As for the job transfer, you can try to handle it. As for the financial deficit, go through legal procedures and let the legal department handle it to try to recover as much of the losses as possible."

"... "

"By the way, Huahua isn't feeling well, and now..." Jiang Weiguo glanced at Jiang Hua, who was still watching TV, seemingly oblivious to her presence. He paused for a moment, then changed the subject, saying, "I'll have Huahua tell you about this."

Jiang Hua reluctantly took the phone and spoke to the person she hadn't contacted in a long time: "I've changed it to a Western-style wedding. Do you have any objections?"

"Okay, whatever you want." The man only said a few words, without much emotion.

It felt like he was just giving her a perfunctory answer.

Then Jiang Hua heard another voice besides his, "President Pei, they're here."

Pei Zhan: "Take them to the conference room."

Zuo Xiangnan: "You have another press conference at noon."

Pei Zhan raised his wrist and glanced at the time on it.

An hour and a half is enough.

"Have the public relations department control the media as much as possible. Also, tell those reporters what they should and shouldn't write."

Zuo Xiangnan: "Yes, President Pei."

Pei Zhan is indeed busy.

Jiang Hua heard the office door close and the phone go silent. She hung up and returned the phone. Needless to say, Pei Zhan simply left the phone in his office and went to a meeting.

Jiang Weiguo: "Pei Zhan may be somewhat lacking in his feelings for you, but he is impeccable in his treatment of the Jiang Group. It's not that I'm biased towards Pei Zhan, but if it weren't for Pei Zhan in the previous car accident, I might have died long ago."

"It was Pei Zhan who saved Dad's life."

"What Pei Zhan owes you has all been realized and repaid to the Jiang family, doubled. Those people in Haishi, from top to bottom, conspired to short the branch company. What you're seeing now is just the tip of the iceberg. The Jiang Group has hundreds of companies, large and small, all supported by Pei Zhan alone. Besides his personal feelings for you, he also bears the responsibility and burden of the company. He can't possibly cater to all your personal feelings. Think about it carefully. If you want Ji Liangchuan to return to Yulong Bay, Dad won't stop you. But doing this to Pei Zhan will only widen the gap between you. Those who want you to break up are secretly delighted."

“I understand that you’re still angry, but there’s a limit to being willful and unreasonable. Pei Zhan won’t be back from Haishi anytime soon.”

"Whether it's about interests or feelings, it's all about getting what you need. It all depends on whether you feel that these debts are enough to balance things out."

“Pei Zhan has already made the biggest concession. With his abilities, he has hundreds of ways to keep Ji Liangchuan abroad for the rest of his life, but he still let him come back because you want to see him.”

"It was Dad who made Ji Liangchuan leave back then. If you want to hate someone, hate Dad. It has nothing to do with Pei Zhan."

So in this family, apart from Ji Liangchuan, no one ever considered her feelings. Everything she did depended on Pei Zhan's mood. He didn't want Ji Liangchuan to come back, because he thought he would never see him again.

In his past life... were those also his methods?

"Anyway, no matter what, the company will always be the most important thing to Dad, and whatever Pei Zhan does is right." She never had a choice. "Isn't all of this something that Dad forced upon me?"

“I promised Dad that I wouldn’t divorce Pei Zhan for the sake of the Jiang family’s continuation, and I will keep my word. But… Dad, please don’t stop me from seeing Ji Liangchuan.”

After saying these words, Jiang Hua went upstairs somewhat angrily.

They've argued about Young Master Liangchuan more than once or twice, and now that he's back, their once harmonious life seems to have been shattered overnight.

The relationship between Young Master Pei and Miss Pei had finally improved somewhat, but now they've gone back to how they were before, never speaking to each other again. Sigh, who knows when this will end.

When Xu Qiulan went to Jiang Hua's room, Jiang Hua was still alone in the room, sulking. Xu Qiulan carefully knocked on the door, which was not closed, and then went into the room. "Miss, Young Master Liangchuan's room has been cleaned up, but there are some clothes. We don't know Young Master Liangchuan's size."

"You don't need to worry about these things. I'll go to the mall with him to choose them myself in a bit."

"Yes, Miss." Xu Qiulan said after she left.

Jiang Hua suppressed her irritability; it just so happened that he could be discharged from the hospital today after completing his examination.

I picked out some clothes from the men's clothing section on the sixth floor.

Jiang Hua took the clothes off the hanger and held them up against him. "How's this one? Does it look good?"

"Well, it's beautiful."

The current him is so different from the one in Jiang Hua's memory that the changes are too great. This unfamiliar face doesn't matter to her as long as it's him.

Jiang Hua took him through the entire mall. Except for a few outdated items, Jiang Hua had the sales staff pack everything up and send it to Yulong Bay. This included all the expensive brand-name watches, custom-made suits, cufflinks, ties, and even some very personal items. Everything that was necessary was bought without missing a single item.

In just half a day, Jiang Hua spent 200 million yuan on luxury goods alone. The main items were two men's watches, which cost more than 60 million yuan, and a luxury car worth more than 8 million yuan.

"Huahua, this is really enough. We don't need so many things."

“Yes, I’ve already talked to Dad. From now on, you can move back home. Don’t worry about what Dad does. Even if it’s Pei Zhan, he won’t kick you out again. Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, we can still be a family like before.”

"But you know my dad's personality. No matter what he says, you shouldn't listen to him, okay?"

"Oh, right, I have another gift for you. But I have to go to the company... Let's go." Jiang Hua took Ji Liangchuan's arm and left the mall, getting into the private car.

Uncle Wang drove the car and waited until they arrived at the company.

Jiang Hua led him to the CEO's private elevator, all the way to the top floor. The CEO's office was now empty. Jiang Hua dialed the legal department's number with practiced ease, "Have you prepared the documents I asked you to prepare?"

"Miss, would you like this sent up?"

Jiang Hua: "Okay, bring it up. I'm in the CEO's office right now."

After saying that, she hung up the phone.

The legal department staff were quite surprised. "What kind of trouble is this young lady up to now? She actually wants to transfer 15% of the company's shares to someone named Ji Liangchuan? Are all the Jiang family members so casual and willful?"

"Just who is he?"

A female lawyer, holding an iced Americano, chuckled. "President Pei only holds one percent of the shares, which was a year-end bonus from Chairman Jiang last year. Could this Ji Liangchuan be this young lady's old flame? He's so willing to go all out."

"You came later, so you don't know. This Ji Liangchuan is Chairman Jiang's adopted son. Later, because he couldn't manage the company well, he sent him abroad. After that, Chairman Jiang saw President Pei's abilities and married this young lady to him. I heard that this young lady looked down on President Pei's background and kept the marriage a secret."

"The Jiang Group is doing better and better now, and my adopted son has returned!"

"Do you think the Jiang Group is planning to use President Pei and then discard him, or even have a different groom for the wedding?"

"Who knows? The thoughts of these wealthy families are all harder to fathom."

"Sigh, I really feel sorry for our CEO Pei. In the end, he's just doing all the work for the Jiang family. Even if they divorce, he'll still leave with nothing. I really don't know what he's after."

The Minister of Justice walked out of his office and said, "Alright, everyone, keep quiet. If this gets out, you're all fired."

"I've already spoken with President Pei on the phone. He's agreed to the equity transfer agreement; just send it over directly. Don't say another word about anything else, understand?"

The others echoed in unison, "Yes, boss."

A 15% stake means absolute executive power over the Jiang Group. Even with only a 1% stake, the annual dividends from the Jiang Group are nearly 100 million yuan. Not to mention, the 15% year-end dividend would be an astonishing figure.

Jiang Hua received the newly drafted share transfer agreement, immediately unfolded the last page, uncapped Pei Zhan's metal signature pen worth over 800,000 yuan, and handed it to Ji Liangchuan, saying, "Sign it, consider it a gift from me to you."

"I'll make it up to you for everything I've done over the years."

"Ji Liangchuan, welcome home."

Ji Liangchuan: "I'm sorry, Huahua, I can't sign it, and I don't want it."

Jiang Hua: "Why?"

She doesn't understand.

"Do you think it's too little?"

"Then I'll add another 10%."

Ji Liangchuan gently took the pen from Jiang Hua's hand and placed it on the table. "Huahua, money is never the most important thing in this world. In my heart, the existence of one person is enough to make up for everything in this world." He gazed at her affectionately, his eyes overflowing with love. "Back then, I thought I was going to die and wouldn't make it to the day I could see you."

"Now... for both you and me, everything is slowly getting better."

“I was too weak before, unable to stand up to Dad, and I thought I couldn’t give you the best happiness, so I chose to leave. Fortunately, I’m back.”

"We can start over. I swear I'll make you happy, just like before, okay?"

He probed cautiously, but seeing the hesitation in her eyes, he assumed it was a sign of her being moved, "Huahua..."

Jiang Hua's eyes flickered slightly as she met his gaze. "If... the person who accompanied you through Wuchuan back then wasn't me."

"Will you... still like me?"

Jiang Hua had never thought about this question before. "If it wasn't you? Then who could it be?"

Ji Liangchuan lowered his eyes, a fleeting, almost imperceptible panic flashing across them. Then, he heard her calm voice ring out. For some reason, Jiang Hua felt her heart in turmoil and a little uncomfortable. She didn't even know what she was saying. "One thing at a time. Even if it wasn't you, at least... during those years in the Jiang family, the person who was with me was always you, wasn't it?"

"Even if it wasn't you, all those years of living and working together were genuine."

"Ji Liangchuan, I like you, but... we can't be together. What's done is done."

"I can't let Dad down."

Given the current situation, there's no way she can go back.

Without Pei Zhan, there would be no Jiang family as we know it today; that's a fact she can't change.

Ji Liangchuan's previously gloomy eyes lit up again...

So for her, it doesn't matter who that person was back then, right?

He grabbed Jiang Hua's shoulders, his eyes blazing with urgency, almost piercing through her. "Hua Hua! Follow your heart, choose again, okay?"

"You know, the person I love has always been you."

"Without those obstacles, we are the ones who are meant to be together."

Ji Liangchuan embraced Jiang Hua. "What Pei Zhan wants is only the power, benefits, and status that the Jiang family brings him. But I have never cared about these things. From beginning to end, I have only wanted you. What Dad wants is only the continuation of the Jiang family. Even if you and him separate, it will only mean one less layer of marital relationship for him. It will not affect his position as the president of the Jiang family."

“Huahua, follow your heart and live for yourself for once.”

"I will stay with you forever."

"This time, I will not leave your side again."

"You only need to take one step; I'll take the remaining ninety-nine..."

Jiang Hua: "..."

She didn't know why things had turned out this way.

She doesn't even know what she wants anymore!

"Sign it. Consider it compensation for all the harm your father has caused you over the years. If it weren't for me... you wouldn't have suffered so much."

"If I sign, will you reconsider our future?"

Jiang Hua decided to give him a perfunctory reply, "Mm."

"Okay, I'll sign."

Once Ji Liangchuan signs the share transfer agreement, it will take effect immediately.

Actually, on the day Ji Liangchuan was sent to the airport, he regretted it. On the day the car turned around and went back, there was a multi-car pileup on the overpass. Besides Jiang Hua, there were also Ji Liangchuan and Bai Rui... Ji Liangchuan almost escaped a disaster. He got out of the car, but he saw Bai Rui trapped inside. Without thinking much, Ji Liangchuan went to save her. Unexpectedly... the car suddenly exploded.

Bai Rui has stayed by his side all these years, just to repay his life-saving grace.

To cure him, Bai Rui took him to all the hospitals in the world, and even transferred him abroad for treatment...

Jiang Hua took Ji Liangchuan back to Yulong Bay.

Ji Liangchuan: "Dad, I'm back."