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

“I’m sorry, Ji Liangchuan.” Jiang Hua looked into his eyes and said, “Even though Pei Zhan and I are divorced, we…we have never been able to be together. It’s never been about whether we love each other or not, but rather…whether we are compatible or not.”

Now, only she and her father remain in the Jiang family; her maternal grandfather is getting old.

Jiang Hua no longer has the right to be willful. Even though the Jiang family is now the richest family in the capital and everyone looks up to them, who doesn't know that the Jiang Group is now under the Pei family name?

Beneath the Jiang Group, countless other corporations are eyeing it covetously, and every member of the Jiang family wants to devour it all.

She had no choice but to maintain this marriage with Pei Zhan and preserve the current balance.

“I have never denied that the Jiang Group has reached where it is today because of Pei Zhan. Because of him, the Jiang Group has not been suppressed by the Wang family for so many years. Without him, the Jiang Group might not have survived to this day. Everything we have today is thanks to Pei Zhan. My relationship with him has already involved too many interests. What he wants is this marriage, including the power and status that the Jiang Group will give him.”

"My father once said that feelings are never a necessity; interests are."

"That statement is actually...not wrong at all."

She divorced Pei Zhan, and Pei Zhan chose to leave the Jiang Group. Jiang Hua was well aware of how many companies were offering him tempting opportunities. If he really left, even if the Jiang Group didn't collapse, it wouldn't last more than a few years.

Jiang Hua couldn't afford to gamble.

"Ji Liangchuan, regardless of whether it was you or not in Wuchuan back then, the eight years of companionship were never fake."

"The Jiang family owes you nothing, and all I'm doing now is trying to make up for everything we've wronged you over the years."

“If your father hadn’t sent you away back then, you wouldn’t have been so badly injured and exiled abroad, unable to come back.”

"Love is no longer important to me. I just want my dad to live a good life and my mom's company to continue operating normally. That's enough for me."

"Get some rest, I'm going back now."

"I'll tell the servants to keep their mouths shut and not say anything more to Pei Zhan. If he finds out, he won't let you off the hook..."

Ji Liangchuan couldn't win against Pei Zhan's temper.

Jiang Hua had witnessed firsthand just how ruthless he was.

When Ji Liangchuan saw her hand slip from his, a part of his heart felt empty. He had finally managed to get back to her, and he didn't want to lose her again. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold on this time, afraid that from now on, there would be no possibility between them.

“Huahua, he doesn’t love you at all. If he really loved you, he would never have allowed me to appear in front of you the day I arrived in the capital. No matter how much you try to hide it, he knows everything.”

"If it were me, I would never allow anyone else to appear in the life of the one I love."

Jiang Hua's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and a dense, throbbing pain shot through her heart.

Yes, for so many days, from the moment Ji Liangchuan returned, including when he transferred the shares to Ji Liangchuan, Pei Zhan didn't make a single phone call, send a single message, or even... he was never in front of her.

What on earth is he doing?!

Jiang Hua felt that familiar feeling of gain and loss all over again. Whenever he was not by her side or in her sight, she couldn't help but be suspicious of his every move.

It seemed just like in her previous life; Jiang Hua called him countless times, but he only ever gave her one or two perfunctory messages.

When he came back in the evening, I asked him where he had gone.

He would only say it was for social obligations.

Jiang Hua closed her eyes. In her relationship with Pei Zhan, she knew she couldn't let go, but she always forced herself to. Every time she made up her mind to leave, Pei Zhan's attempts to win her back softened her heart.

In this life, Jiang Hua felt that she and Pei Zhan seemed to have returned to the state they were in in their previous life. Despite their mutual indifference, she still managed to suppress her relentless pursuit of him.

She was truly exhausted by this endless suspicion.

She didn't want to become like she was in her past life, constantly suspicious and losing sight of herself.

She didn't know either, what was wrong with her?

"Dad, I gave you a chance."

“It’s because you’re incapable of managing the Jiang family.” When Jiang Hua opened her eyes again, her gaze was icy cold. She turned around and looked at him expressionlessly. “If you can manage the Jiang family well, then we’ll be together.”

“My father and I never asked for anything from the Jiang family to become. As long as it survives and protects the only thing my mother left behind, that’s enough.”

As she finished speaking, Jiang Hua felt the pain in her heart growing stronger and stronger, and the restlessness in her heart seemed to be about to engulf her.

Anyway, from the very beginning, you were the one I fell in love with first, and now I'm just correcting what happened before.

From the very beginning, we were the ones who were meant to be together.

If it weren't for Pei Zhan, there would have been no tragedy in the previous life.

Whoever has the ability will be able to stay in the Jiang family and stay by her side...

If she had another chance to choose, she would hope that this time... it would be Ji Liangchuan.

She and Pei Zhan…

I'm really exhausted.

When Xu Qiulan was about to go to Jiang Hua's room to call her for breakfast this morning, she found the room empty. Even the folded blankets were neatly arranged, showing no signs of anyone having slept there.

Miss, why isn't she in her room? Did she leave last night?

When Xu Qiulan rushed downstairs to report the matter to Jiang Weiguo, she happened to see the two people coming downstairs together.

Her eyes widened in shock. "Young Miss, Young Master Liangchuan...you...you all..."

In front of Xu Qiulan, Ji Liangchuan gently squeezed Jiang Hua's hand, a slight smile curving his lips, and calmly said, "Last night, Huahua and I watched a movie. She didn't believe me and fell asleep. I was afraid of waking her up, so I let her sleep in my room."

"Aunt Xu, could you please clean the room?"

Before Xu Qiulan could react, Ji Liangchuan had already taken Jiang Hua's hand and led her downstairs...

The young lady is so infatuated with young master Liangchuan that she's willing to risk her life for him; this is something the entire Jiang family knows.

The young lady did not return to her room, leaving the man and woman alone together.

To outsiders, what this means is perfectly clear.

Xu Qiulan still couldn't believe that someone like the young lady would do something so foolish.

She hurried upstairs and, seeing the relatively clean sheets and blankets, her heart finally settled down.

Although Master Pei did not like the young lady before and did some bad things to her.

However, the changes that Master Pei brought to the young lady were witnessed by both the master and the servants.

Even if Young Master Liangchuan returns.

Even a young lady wouldn't go so far as to have an uncontrollable relationship with Young Master Liangchuan.

Thank goodness, thank goodness…

It seems nothing happened last night; there were just traces of two people lying on the bed, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Perhaps... Mr. Pei will understand.

Xu Qiulan cleaned the room, changed the sheets and blankets, and carried them downstairs to take them to the dry cleaners.

Upon reaching the first floor, they heard Jiang Weiguo angrily smashing a glass, shouting, "...How can you do this to Pei Zhan?!"

“Huahua…you’re not a child anymore. You’ve been married to Pei Zhan for almost four years. Now that the Jiang family business is on track, do you want your father to kick him away?” The breakfast on the table was all thrown on the floor, leaving a mess.

Jiang Hua stood to the side, her face expressionless. "The company has already issued a statement that he has been suspended. Now, they're just replacing him with someone else as president of Jiang's Group."

"Didn't Dad say that as long as Mom's company isn't on the verge of bankruptcy, it doesn't matter who sits in the position of President of Jiang's Group?"

“The Jiang family has now stabilized, plus Liangchuan and the shares I gave him.”

"Dad, can you... give him another chance?"

"I haven't even divorced Mrs. Pei yet, and Mrs. Pei is already in such a hurry to make me step down?" A familiar, cold voice suddenly rang out from outside.

Hearing his voice, Jiang Hua felt as if she had been transported to another world. Her heart trembled violently, and she looked towards the door.

She...didn't know when Pei Zhan arrived.

I wonder how much he heard while standing outside the door.

When Jiang Hua met the man's deep, sinister gaze, the pain in her heart inexplicably intensified.

"Young Master Pei."

The powerful aura emanating from the man spread wildly around them, making everyone feel suffocated and unable to breathe.

The maid stepped forward tremblingly and took the suit that the man had draped over his arm.

Pei Zhan took a step forward, his aura chilling as he walked in. Jiang Hua instinctively stepped forward, blocking Ji Liangchuan's path, her intentions clear.

She was afraid of him, afraid of hurting him.

Pei Zhan remained unmoved by such actions, contrary to Jiang Hua's expectations that he would act impulsively towards Ji Liangchuan. Thinking of his past with Song Qingran, Jiang Hua felt no sense of vengeful pleasure.

Seeing such a stiff and frozen atmosphere.

Jiang Weiguo broke the silence, "Have you finished dealing with things in Haishi?"

"Since you're back, why don't you sit down and have a meal together?"

"We can discuss it later."

Pei Zhan: "What...Does Chairman Jiang think my return was too sudden, or that I shouldn't have come back?"

Jiang Weiguo calmly said, "You and Huahua are husband and wife, so it's only right that you come to Yulong Bay."

"No one will stop us."

“Pei Zhan, Huahua was just acting out of anger. I've spoiled her rotten. You know, what she said was just said in anger…”

"you…"

Before Pei Zhan could finish speaking, the man had already brushed past them and left, going straight upstairs without saying a word, and Pei Zhan didn't even glance at the people next to him.

Jiang Weiguo: "Is this the situation you wanted to see?"

“Huahua, go upstairs and explain to Pei Zhan properly. We can pretend that none of this ever happened.”

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hua knelt down in front of Jiang Weiguo.

Xu Qiulan exclaimed and stepped forward, "Miss, why are you kneeling? Get up quickly, what's wrong? Can't you talk it out properly?"

Hearing the noise, Pei Zhan stopped at the top of the stairs, remaining motionless, only hearing the sounds coming from downstairs.

Jiang Hua, who had never knelt before him before, now knelt before Jiang Weiguo, lowering her posture, "Three years ago, I was in a car accident. I lost my third child and almost died in my hospital bed..."

"What? A car accident! Why did a car accident happen! Why didn't you tell Dad about any of this?"

When Jiang Hua raised her head, tears were already falling, her eyes were slightly red, and she was breathing heavily in her chest, as if she was so uncomfortable that she could hardly breathe. Her emotions were once again strongly fluctuating. "Because I was afraid that my father would worry, I didn't have anything. During that time, it was Aunt Xu who took care of me."

Jiang Weiguo looked at Xu Qiulan, his eyes cold as he questioned, "Is this true?"

Xu Qiulan: "Yes, it's true. Because of that car accident, the young lady was bedridden for more than half a year. I took care of her all by myself."

"...At that time, Pei Zhan was still enjoying his newfound fame and was with Song Qingran. In the past six months, he has never even glanced at me."

Upon hearing these words, the man felt a sharp pain in his chest.

“Actually, Pei Zhan and I should have divorced three years ago, but because of my father, I forced myself to stay together and persuaded myself to live a good life with Pei Zhan.”

"For so many years, I have only maintained this marital relationship with Pei Zhan because of my father."

"Dad, I don't love Pei Zhan."

"The one I've always loved is Ji Liangchuan."

"Please, I'm begging you. Give him one last chance. If... he really can't manage the Jiang family, then I'll just have to accept my fate."

"I really... don't want to keep putting up with this anymore..."

"I'm really... in so much pain..."

"dad."

Jiang Weiguo's lips moved but he couldn't utter a word. "Why didn't you tell Dad you were in a car accident!"

"You need to tell my dad that he won't force me, do you understand?"

No matter how important the company is, Jiang Weiguo has only ever had this one daughter. He doesn't dare to imagine what it would be like to lose even his only daughter; he simply couldn't bear such a blow.

Jiang Hua survived a near-death experience back then, and if it weren't for her father, she wouldn't have been able to hold on with Pei Zhan until now.

Pei Zhan...did you hear that?

Our relationship was a mistake from the very beginning, and now... let's end that mistake.

I'm tired, and I don't want to continue like this anymore.

Suddenly, Jiang Hua felt a sharp pain in her chest, and her eyes, red and swollen from crying, suddenly fainted.

In an instant, the entire Royal Dragon Bay villa complex was thrown into chaos.

Ji Liangchuan quickly hugged her, calling out, "Huahua..."

Xu Qiulan: "Young Miss..."

Jiang Weiguo: "Ambulance, call an ambulance quickly."

after an hour.

In the study of Yulong Bay, thick smoke filled the air. Pei Zhan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and received a call from Kagel from the hospital, "...Miss, she has been given a heart stimulant and is completely out of danger."

...

In the basement of the Blue Mountain Villa, a putrid smell permeated the air. Xu Zhoulan's hands were restrained, and he was imprisoned in a kneeling position. Nearly a month had passed, and Xu Zhoulan's injuries had almost fully healed.

Hearing footsteps coming from the quiet basement, Xu Zhoulan lowered his head, his wisps of hair obscuring his venomous eyes, and let out a low laugh, "Big brother's life is really tough."

"You've survived again."