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

Jiang Hua woke up in bed. The strong smell of blood lingered in the room. She had woken up early. She turned over and her mind cleared briefly. Suddenly, she remembered something and opened her eyes. The person who had been holding her unconscious last night was now lying on the empty bedside.

She belatedly tried to get up, only to find that her feet and hands were somewhat immobile.

The blanket that she had clearly kicked off last night was somehow back on top of her. Jiang Hua cursed inwardly as she looked down at her clothes, which were still the same ones she had worn the night before.

The tie wasn't tied too tightly, but strangely enough, Jiang Hua raised her hand and tried to untie it with her teeth. No matter what method she used, she couldn't untie it, yet it didn't feel tight at all. The tie was covered in her saliva, and her mouth was sore from biting it.

Jiang Hua lay on the bed, giving up struggling and resisting. Just then, she heard a conversation and footsteps coming from the corridor. "During this time, Patriarch Huo should rest quietly and avoid certain foods. With the help of medication, the wound will heal quickly."

Kagel reminded him, "Master, the lady should be awake by now."

Family doctor: "Then I won't stay any longer and bother you."

Pei Zhan: "Thank you for your trouble."

Pei Zhan walked to the door of the master bedroom and met Jiang Hua's lively eyes. The man entered the room, while Kagel stood outside the door without entering, making sure to close the door behind him.

"When did you wake up?" Pei Zhan walked to the bedside, brushed aside the strands of hair that covered his face, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Can you untie me now?" His tone was filled with unfamiliarity and cold indifference.

“I’m just afraid you’ll run away,” Pei Zhan said, easily loosening his tie. “Let me see my hand.”

Jiang Hua ignored him, her eyes cold. She untied the ropes binding her feet and got out of bed. Without even putting on her shoes, she was barefoot and eager to leave. But when she opened the door, bodyguards were already there, blocking her way.

Exhausted and with her last bit of patience, Jiang Hua slammed the door shut in anger, turned around and looked at him, "What exactly do you want?"

"Is this interesting?"

The man slowly rose and walked to her, his gaze lowered as he looked at her, his voice gentle: "I told you, I would explain..."

"I killed you, can I apologize to you one last time?"

"You don't need to explain. I have absolutely no interest in anything about you."

He always treated her this way, in his own self-righteous manner.

"You'd be better off never coming back."

“I know…” Pei Zhan took a few steps forward. Jiang Hua was overwhelmed by his approaching aura, and the encirclement he formed around her left her nowhere to hide. “I know everything about you in the capital city, so I rushed back quickly.”

"I miss you."

His deep voice, with its seductive power, and his eyes, as deep as an abyss, seemed to drag her in, making it impossible for her to escape.

“But I don’t miss you. I’m doing very well without you.” Jiang Hua turned her back to him, her hands on the handle. Suddenly, the hand behind her hooked around her waist and pulled her into his arms. “Given the circumstances back then, I had no choice but to tell you in time. I know… you were still angry at the time, and no matter what I said, you probably wouldn’t listen.”

"It will only make our situation worse."

"So I thought I'd finish dealing with things first, and then tell you everything."

"I know everything you've done in the capital. Whatever you do, it's my responsibility to bear it."

"As long as we don't get divorced, you can do whatever you want to me."

Jiang Hua slowly lowered her hand from the handle, and her heart sank. "What about Ji Liangchuan? What did you do to him?"

Upon hearing Ji Liangchuan's name mentioned by her, Pei Zhan tightened his grip on her arm. "I didn't touch him. I know you'll be angry, so I found another place and had him move out of Yulong Bay."

"By your side, I am only Pei Zhan, not Huo Jue..."

"Your car accident was because of Xu Zhoulan, and he was the one who tried to sow discord between us from the very beginning."

"Even last night's explosion was premeditated. He can attack me, and he can attack you too..."

Jiang Hua: "So you went abroad..."

Pei Zhan: "Turning them to defect."

“I killed Huo Tingshan because his indulgence of Xu Zhoulan gave Xu Zhoulan the power to take advantage of him time and time again. Including Ji Liangchuan, he was also killed by Xu Zhoulan.”

"Only when I have complete control over the Huo family's power can I ensure your safety."

So that's why he came back covered in injuries.

But thinking about his concealment...

Jiang Hua was indeed having some trouble getting over it. Thinking about her past life, there were many things that didn't match up with the present, such as Pei Zhan being the heir of the Huo family, Xu Zhoulan's true identity, and so on... She only found out about all of this now.

She had no idea how many other things Pei Zhan was hiding from her.

Did Pei Zhan not return to the Huo family in his previous life?

If he inherited the Huo family business, why would he give him the shares she held?

Why are things going so wrong now?

"If there are really so many obstacles between us, Pei Zhan, haven't you ever considered that perhaps we really aren't suited to be together?"

Pei Zhan: "You know I won't let go."

“Aside from our identities, as long as Huahua is by your side, I have never been any different. We... can still be the same as before.”

A strange feeling flickered in Jiang Hua's heart, something she couldn't quite put her finger on. "What about those industries overseas?"

"You don't want any of it?"

“You know I won’t go abroad with you. Dad and Grandpa are here.”

Pei Zhan: "I know, so I'll have Xiaoling take charge of the overseas businesses. I'll stay here with you and not go anywhere else, okay?"

In his past life, Pei Zhan had never been so clingy to her.

Even if Jiang Hua wanted to run away, where could she run to?

Leaving the capital?

The Huo family wields immense power in China, making it easy for them to find her.

Go abroad?

Foreign forces dominate the majority.

It seems... she really can't escape now.

Where is Ji Liangchuan?

“Pei Zhan…”

"I'm here."

Jiang Hua: "The name Huo Jue doesn't sound good at all."

The man smiled and said, "Yes, I know."

There is no room for resistance now.

No matter how much she dislikes it.

If Pei Zhan doesn't let go, where can she go?

This fact is already quite clear.

Faced with Pei Zhan's identity as the heir of the Huo family, Jiang Hua seemed to think, "That's all there is to it."

Are you afraid of him?

Jiang Hua couldn't suppress her temper at all when facing that face.

"Pei Zhan, I have only one request: don't go after Ji Liangchuan..."

Pei Zhan: "Okay."

...

The explosion at the Huo family's residence was not reported in the news and was suppressed. Song Qingran knew best that there were suspicious people in the car. At the police station, she told the police everything she heard.

Afterwards, Song Qingran returned to the hospital, where her mother took care of her. "My child, what did the doctor tell you? He told you not to get out of bed and wander around. You left so suddenly yesterday. Do you know how worried your mother was?"

"Don't do this again next time."

Song Qingran: "Mom, there was a reason for this, I had to do it, but I won't do it again next time."

"Miss Qingran..."

A voice came from the doorway. The mother and daughter looked out and saw a woman carrying a thermos flask walk in. "Miss Qingran, Madam asked me to bring you the soup she had prepared after she found out you were awake."

"Aunt Xia is awake? Is she alright?"

Maid: "Madam is alright, she has almost recovered."

"Madam already knows about what happened last night. She asked me to thank you. If it weren't for your reminder, the young master would probably have been in trouble."

Song Qingran smiled slightly. "It's alright, this is what I should do. Mr. Pei was very good to me before, I'm just repaying him. Besides, I can't just stand by and watch him get into trouble."

"Then I won't disturb your rest."

After the servant left.

Song's mother asked her curiously, "Young Master? Qingran, this Mr. Pei you mentioned, I heard you say before that he has no relatives, only a younger sister, so what's wrong with him...?"

Song Qingran told her everything she knew, "Mr. Pei is actually the heir of the Huo family. He was separated from his family when he was a child, but now he has returned to the Huo family."

"Aunt Xia is Mr. Pei's mother."

"His background is so impressive, that's amazing. I knew this lady was also someone of extraordinary background, that she could even let you stay in such a nice hospital room."

"Sigh, this Lu Yuanzhou is worse than an outsider. I don't know what he's been busy with lately. Every time he comes over, he can't even exchange a few words with you. He only comes a few times a week. I can tell he doesn't care about you at all. Before we got engaged, he wanted to be with you every day. Now that the two families are engaged, he's become more and more perfunctory towards you."

Song Qingran: "Mom, don't say that. Brother Yuanzhou told me that he is very busy right now. He has a lawsuit to fight. He is very busy."

“I feel so grateful that he can come to see me even once every time.”

Song's mother: "Qingran! Are you still in frequent contact with that Mr. Pei? How are things going between you two?"

A faint hint of melancholy appeared in Song Qingran's eyes. "There's no possibility between Mr. Pei and me. He's already married to Senior Jiang Hua."

"Tsk, look at you, you got married, and now you're getting a divorce!"

"I've heard that the Huo family is quite extraordinary, far surpassing ordinary wealthy families. I just heard that this private hospital is owned by the Huo family. No wonder they told us we didn't need to pay when I went to pay last time; they were so kind to my mother."

"Mom! Don't talk about this kind of thing again!"

"I can't let you down, Brother Yuanzhou. I've long since stopped liking Mr. Pei..."

...

International shopping mall.

Jiang Hua sneezed: "Achoo!"

"Huahua, you have a cold?" Shen Bao'er was adorned with jewels, and all the jewelry she wore today was sparkly.

Jiang Hua felt a cricket chirping behind her. "It's nothing."

"Huahua, aren't you angry? Pei Zhan kept it from you for so long, and Song Qingran even found out about his identity before you did. It feels like he was deliberately keeping you hanging." Shen Bao'er thought back to when that country bumpkin at school defended Song Qingran so much, and she got angrier and angrier the more she thought about it.

Jiang Hua: "What's the use of getting angry? Instead of focusing on him, you should do something else."

Should we continue living like this?

Jiang Hua didn't know either.

"What about Ji Liangchuan? What about your wedding..."

Jiang Hua: "I don't know."

If Pei Zhan doesn't divorce her, everything she did before is nothing but a joke to him. He thinks Ji Liangchuan is just a tool to annoy him. But during the time he was away, Jiang Hua really thought about it seriously and made the worst-case scenario plan. Even if the Jiang family is in danger without Pei Zhan, maybe... she can't buy very expensive jewelry and bags, but she feels that it doesn't matter.

But now that Pei Zhan has become even more powerful and influential, Jiang Hua's heart is not greatly disturbed. Perhaps... she has been used to such a privileged life since childhood, and feels that even if she suddenly becomes the heir of the Huo family, it seems no different from her usual life.

She has never experienced the hardships of life, doesn't need to plan for her future experiences, and doesn't need to work a typical nine-to-five job or live a mundane life.

In her world, there was nothing but splendor and wealth; she never lacked anything materially.

Aside from romantic relationships, it seems like he has never had a fulfilling life.

Some people can abandon what they love for profit, but... Jiang Hua is able to give up everything she has now for Ji Liangchuan.

Jiang Hua felt that she loved Ji Liangchuan, the person who could make her give up everything she had.

If it were Pei Zhan… Jiang Hua wouldn’t care whether he lived or died.

Changing the wedding was just a matter of a word from Pei Zhan; she hardly had to do anything. All she had to do was ensure that the wedding could take place in person after a while.

However, Pei Zhan wouldn't let her see Ji Liangchuan. When she returned to Yulong Bay, she found that all of Ji Liangchuan's belongings had been moved out.

As for where he is now, Jiang Hua doesn't know either...

By the time she wanted to ask him clearly, Pei Zhan had already gone to deal with it. Now that he was the heir to the Huo family's affairs, he would only be busier than before, and she would only see him less and less often.

Jiang Hua was already tired of this kind of life.

"Huahua, wait a minute, Shen Bulu called me again, I'm going to take this call."

Jiang Hua sat in an upscale restaurant, a straw in her mouth, her chin resting on her fist, her expression thoughtful. "Go."

I just feel that my life is boring right now.

When Shen Bulu picked up Bao'er, Jiang Hua went shopping by herself but didn't buy anything. In the end, Kager called and personally picked her up and took her back to Jinsha Shallow Bay.

As usual, Jiang Hua sat in her room, reading a book, and then unknowingly fell asleep. The maid came forward to call her for dinner, but seeing that she was asleep, she didn't dare to disturb her and quietly withdrew...