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

In the hospital, an emergency trolley carried the unconscious woman, who was vomiting blood, into the operating room. Song Qingran arrived at the hospital immediately and was shocked to see her mother covered in blood, with Lu Yuanzhou by her side.

"Doctor, please..."

"Please, please save my mother."

"She's my only family member, I really... can't lose her too."

Song Qingran watched the operating room doors close, heartbroken. Her hands were still stained with warm, undying blood. She collapsed to the floor, trembling, staring at her hands, "Why…?"

"Why is this happening?"

"Mom was perfectly fine before she left home today."

Why did she become like this?

Lu Yuanzhou held her tightly in his arms. "It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here."

"Auntie will be alright. Think carefully, before she left home, did she do anything strange? Did she say anything to you...?"

Song Qingran sobbed uncontrollably, "I don't know, I can't remember..."

"Brother Yuanzhou, I'm so scared..."

"I don't know what's wrong with my mother, why she's become like this."

"My mother is my only family member, and I can't lose her. If my mother is gone, I don't want to live anymore."

Song Qingran's tears soaked a patch of the man's chest. She was crying so bitterly that her body was convulsing uncontrollably.

After an unknown amount of time, the operating room door opened. The doctor's gloved hands were covered in blood. After taking off his gloves and mask, he shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, we did our best."

"The patient is already in the late stage of stomach cancer and doesn't have much time left. All we can do now is to temporarily hospitalize her for chemotherapy to alleviate her pain."

"Or... we could try a conservative approach to treatment, and let her go home and enjoy the remaining two months. Let her eat whatever she wants."

"Stomach...late stage stomach cancer?" Song Qingran said incredulously. "Impossible, doctor, you must be mistaken. My mother has always been healthy. It's impossible for her to have this kind of disease."

"You must have made a mistake, right?"

"Her previous uremia had clearly been cured."

The doctor frowned. "I know it's hard for you to accept, but this is the patient's current condition. Dragging it out is just a waste of time. You, the family, should prepare yourselves mentally as soon as possible and avoid affecting the patient's emotions."

Song Qingran was unable to bear this fact, and having just cried, she suddenly fell into a coma.

She had a dream. She dreamt that she was in an operating room and could hear people talking. The anesthesia was taking effect, and she could barely hear what the people were saying.

"You did a good job. Her organs will soon be transplanted into your daughter, and after the surgery, your daughter will be able to continue living a normal life."

"Then what about what you promised before..."

"Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged by a single penny, including your daughter's medical expenses."

"Remember my words. The person who ran over and killed that little girl is from the Jiang family, understand?"

"Yes Yes Yes…"

...

Jiang Hua felt as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. She couldn't believe it, and she dared not believe it. Facing this fact, she sat blankly at the foot of the bed, her face ashen, as if all the color had been drained from her face.

Zhou Xu's death was caused by her father.

The light streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows illuminated her pale face. The pounding of her heart made her panic and feel completely disoriented. She didn't know how to react, or even if any of this was real.

If Dad really killed Zhou Xu.

Pei Zhan's approach to her and the Jiang family was premeditated!

He wanted to avenge Zhou Xu.

Was everything he did for her... also a lie?

Was I lying to her?

So that explains it all. No wonder he hated her so much from the very beginning…

He said she should have died.

Why wasn't she the one who died?

He said that if you do something wrong, you have to pay the price... she shouldn't still be alive in this world.

His affection and love were all fake. He came to the Jiang family only to avenge the girl named A-Xu.

No wonder Pei Zhan in his past life kept Song Qingran as a mistress, hiding her away from her and never bringing her to her face.

No wonder... he never goes home.

It turns out... it was all a lie.

"Young Miss? Young Miss! What's wrong?" Xu Ma's voice broke Jiang Hua's reverie. She stared blankly at the voice, her heart aching so much that she couldn't utter a word.

I heard footsteps in the hallway…

Jiang Hua's eyes brightened slightly, her long eyelashes trembling gently. "Dad...is Dad back?"

"The master has gone out and hasn't returned yet. Miss, what's wrong? Has something happened?"

More unbearable for Jiang Hua than Pei Zhan's purpose in coming to the Jiang family and his deception was losing her father, her only family member.

But why did this evidence end up in Dad's study? Was it deliberately sent to the Jiang family?

Just then, her phone vibrated; it was a message from an unknown number.

...

Zhou Yan had another night of heavy drinking. Bottles of liquor lay scattered on the ground, some still containing unfinished whiskey.

The man's tall, slender figure cast a shadow over her, and he looked down at her, "You've gotten yourself into this state?"

Zhou Yan hadn't dressed up in ages; her face was haggard. She looked up at him with a smile, "Do you still care about me?"

"I know why you're here. You just want me to leave because you're afraid my presence is disrupting your life."

"You're just like your mother, selfish!"

"When Ah-Xu was around, we always gave her the best, Mom did, and so did you..."

"From childhood to adulthood, whatever she wanted, she only needed to act cute towards you and Mom, and she would get it. As for grades, why is it that when I get bad grades, I get scolded, but when she gets bad grades, everyone comforts her?"

“Ah-Xu has liked you since she was a child. She told me that her wish is to marry you.”

"But so am I..."

Zhou Yan braced herself against the sofa, nearly losing her balance, but finally stood up and stood in front of him, looking into his eyes with sorrowful pain and tears streaming down her face. "I like you too!"

"In your and your mother's eyes, there is only her."

"Is it because I'm the older sister that I have to be pampered by everyone and given all the good things?"

"Why...why am I the older sister!"

"I also wish someone would love me the way they loved Ah-Xu!"

“Even when Mom went mad and called out people’s names, it was only her. I thought… I thought! If she died, all of you would look at me, and care about me the way you cared about Ah-Xu!”

"But! But! Even if Ah Xu is gone, there's still Jiang Hua!"

"Why did this happen!" Zhou Yan grabbed his arm, her eyes turning fierce. "Why did you change your mind? Why... why didn't you continue to take revenge and make the entire Jiang family pay with their lives?"

"She is the daughter of a murderer."

“It’s always been like this. If a father kills someone, the family will be implicated and will never be able to shake off the label of being the daughter of a murderer! They will be torn apart, just like us!”

"In the end, her family was destroyed and she died..."

She had probably already gone mad, and at this moment, she told him everything on her mind, things she no longer wanted to hide.

Zhou Yan let go of him and laughed, "But it's okay, I've already done for you what you couldn't bear to do."

“Take Ah Xu’s ashes back to Wuchuan and rebury them. I dug her up again and put her back in her original place.”

Pei Zhan narrowed his eyes, his pupils filled with unfathomable blackness, and a chill quickly emanated from his body.

Seeing his expression, Zhou Yan felt a surge of pleasure at getting revenge on him, which fueled her desire to continue provoking him. "Ah, I almost forgot to tell you."

“Just half an hour before you arrived, I sent Jiang Hua the address. There, I prepared a surprise that she wouldn’t expect.”

"I really want to see what she'll be like after she knows the whole truth..."

...

Following the address on her phone, Jiang Hua arrived at a dilapidated neighborhood. Looking up from there, the run-down buildings gave off a sense of unease and unease.

She stepped onto the stairs, her steps heavy, and climbed the stairs one by one.

As she walked along the third-floor corridor, a strong scent of burning paper money and sandalwood wafted over. She paused for a moment and saw the room that was not closed. The lights were off, and only candlelight flickered.

Her heart slowly rose, as if something subconsciously was drawing her closer.

A room full of white paper money hung in the empty room, until she saw the black and white photo on the table. Jiang Hua's eyes widened instantly, her heart skipped a beat, and she seemed to stop for half a second.

She was so startled that she took a few steps back, except for her photo…

Jiang Hua saw her urn.

Jiang Hua stared blankly at the images projected onto the wall.

A girl's sweet, cheerful voice rang out from inside, "Today is my twelfth birthday. My mother made me a cake by hand, and this dress I'm wearing is a princess dress that my sister saved up for two months to buy me."

"Brother, Mom and my sister both bought me gifts, what did you buy me?"

The camera focused on Pei Zhan, who was still young at the time. He had fair skin, and the room lights made him look even whiter. His features were those of a teenager. He came out of the room with a gift wrapped in pink floral paper and handed it to the girl.

"We'll watch it after we finish eating."

"Wow, thank you, bro. I love it!"

Seeing the tenderness that he inadvertently revealed in his eyes, Jiang Hua was deeply moved. She ignored the girl and focused her attention on Pei Zhan at this time.

The girl hugged him. "Brother is so good, I want to follow you for the rest of my life. Brother... it's a promise, if you get married in the future, you can't forget Ah Xu, okay?"

"If my sister-in-law scolds me, you must stand by my side unconditionally."

"Otherwise... Ah Xu will never talk to you again."

Pei Zhan: "Mm."

The scene changes.

"I'll go see what my sister is doing!"

She went to another room and saw her open the door and burst in.

Jiang Hua then realized that Zhou Xu's older sister was actually Zhou Yan!

Zhou Yan…

So... when Zhou Yan joined the Jiang Group and took the position of design director, it was all arranged by Pei Zhan!

This includes her subsequent move to King Jewelry, a subsidiary of the Huo Group, after leaving Jiang's company, where she used the Huo family's influence to suppress Jiang's company, all of which were tacitly approved by him.

That company crisis caused her father to have a heart attack, and she almost lost her loved ones—it was all because of him…

At this moment, Jiang Hua became even more certain that her father's death in her previous life was inextricably linked to Pei Zhan.

Ironically, after her father's death, she regarded the murderer who killed him as the only person she relied on and cherished most.

But now they are told that Pei Zhan's purpose in coming to the Jiang family was never to seize the Jiang Group, but rather...

Her fate and her father's fate.

My heart suddenly felt an even greater, excruciating pain.

In the following scene, Jiang Hua didn't know what was playing.

As it was nearing the end, Jiang Hua heard a little girl make a wish in front of the camera, her hands clasped together and her chin resting on her hand, "...Just now at the dinner table, the wish I made was only a small part of what I really wanted. What I really wanted was to be with my brother forever."

"I don't want to be separated from my brother, God help me."

"Because... Ah-Xu likes her brother."

She opened her eyes and added another wish.

"And my mom and sister, the four of us will stay together for the rest of our lives."

...

"Master, the lady has come down!"

The night outside was pitch black; I had no idea when it had gotten dark.

Across the street, the black sedan was parked quietly, its occupants' eyes fixed on her like hawks…

Jiang Hua seemed like a soulless shell, her eyes dull and lifeless, like a spirit that had lost its body, wandering aimlessly.

...

Inside the Royal Dragon Bay villa, Jiang Weiguo asked coldly, "Young Miss, why haven't you come back yet?"

"I'm not asking you to keep an eye on her, but to report to me every time you do anything!"

Xu Qiulan stepped forward and said, "I'm sorry, sir. This afternoon, when Miss left, she seemed to be in a hurry. I asked her, but she didn't say where she was going."

Just then, a phone rang, and Xu Qiulan quickly went to answer it, "Miss...Miss, she's in the hospital!"

Jiang Weiguo: "What!"

Jiang Weiguo rushed to the private hospital in Jing'an.

Jiang Weiguo: "Doctor, how is my daughter?"

Doctor: "Mr. Jiang, please rest assured, Miss Jiang is fine. She has recovered very well in the past year. She probably fainted because she was too tired."

Jiang Weiguo: "It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright."

Jiang Hua had an IV drip on the back of her hand, and tears welled in her moist eyelashes. "Have you notified Pei Zhan?"