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

As Jiang Hua got into the wedding car and drove to the wedding venue, she asked, "Where's Dad?"

Pei Zhan smiled faintly at her, intertwined his fingers with hers, and took her hand. "I'll go now."

His explanation did not arouse Jiang Hua's suspicion.

As the car drove into the city, the surrounding crowds were a testament to the grandeur of this wedding of the century.

There were no photographers or reporters at today's wedding. For Jiang Hua, it was just a formality. She didn't invite many people, only a few families.

In order to attend her wedding, Bao'er told her that Shen Wanrou and Yue Lianyi had rushed back from abroad.

She had once looked forward to the wedding, but now why did she no longer expect anything and simply follow along with him through the process?

After learning the truth about Zhou Xu's death, Jiang Hua felt as if she had lost everything.

It's like living in a gilded cage of deception.

When Jiang Hua stepped into the wedding venue, everyone's eyes were fixed on her like spotlights.

The white wedding dress flowed like clouds across the flower-strewn red carpet as Jiang Hua took his arm and slowly approached.

Standing on the wedding stage, waiting for the emcee to announce the start of the ceremony, Jiang Hua suddenly lifted her veil, revealing her stunningly beautiful face.

Although her voice wasn't loud, it was exceptionally clear in the quiet setting: "Don't you owe me an explanation? Why is that seat empty?" Her gaze was fixed on him, her eyes revealing a hint of doubt and dissatisfaction.

"Didn't you say that Dad arrived a long time ago?"

She pressed, "Where...is he?"

"Huahua, let's finish the procedures first, okay? I'll let you see him soon."

Jiang Hua: "You lied to me again!"

Everyone in the audience whispered softly.

Shen Bao'er sat down next to Shen Bulu and quietly asked, "Oh right, where's Uncle Jiang? Huahua, didn't he come on such an important day?"

Shen Yebai, standing to Shen Bulu's side, remained calm and said, "I don't know."

Shen Bao'er then turned to Shen Yebai, who was standing to the side, and asked, "Brother, do you know?"

Shen Yebai remained silent, but Shen Bulu already had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

Jiang Huai stood up, a hint of solemnity in his eyes. "Huahua, don't forget what your father told you."

...

Jiang Hua hadn't forgotten what her father had said to her at the hospital last time.

"What exactly happened in that car accident?"

“Huahua, Dad has no choice. You had a car accident back then, and you need a healthy heart transplant. The doctor said you only have a week left. If we can’t find one, you won’t survive.”

“Dad, we did bump into someone when we went to Wuchuan.”

"I never expected it to be such a coincidence that this girl is the one whose heart is a perfect match for yours."

"It was because of my father's selfishness that things ended up like this, and it's hard to get out of this mess."

"On the day of your wedding with Pei Zhan, those people will definitely try to find a way to hurt you, or... hurt Dad."

“If that day really comes, remember… even if your father isn’t by your side, you must still have a wedding with Pei Zhan. The person you were with before was just Pei Zhan, but this time it’s different. He is Huo Jue, and he is marrying you as the head of the Huo family.”

"The reason I want you to be with Pei Zhan is that I don't want your mother's story to repeat itself in your life, so that you don't end up like your mother, suffering the same fate as her because of revenge from enemies. I couldn't protect her, and I can't protect my own family either."

"What Dad can't do, the Huo family can..."

"Huahua, Daddy wants you to live a good and complete life."

"The Jiang family was suppressed by the Wang family for more than 20 years until Pei Zhan came to power and broke free from the Wang family's control. Dad doesn't want you to live like that anymore. Huahua... your life was bought with your mother's life. Even if it's not for the Jiang family, but for your own sake, you must live well."

Back then, the Wang family held absolute power, and the Jiang Group was almost reduced to an empty shell. All the funds in the group were squandered by the Wang family members, who, relying on their power, repeatedly bleed the Jiang family dry.

The Jiang family had nowhere to turn for help, and even the Shen family dared not interfere in their affairs.

It wasn't until Pei Zhan appeared that the Jiang family's situation was reversed, and he brought vitality to the Jiang family, even though Pei Zhan entered the Jiang family with ulterior motives.

Jiang Hua does not deny everything Pei Zhan has brought her.

Even without him, the Jiang family would not have reached where it is today.

Jiang Hua looked back at the lavishly decorated wedding venue in front of her, where countless eyes were fixed on her. Everyone was watching her. When she met her grandfather's eyes, which had become deep and profound with age, her heart ached terribly.

She knew that, having come this far from the beginning, she had no other choice.

Or, like her mother, she might choose to escape it all.

Even if Pei Zhan doesn't want her to leave, she can threaten to kill herself and he will let her go. No one will force her to do something she doesn't want to do unless she does it willingly.

If she leaves, doing this will undoubtedly lead to the same outcome: repeating the same mistakes and perhaps becoming just like her mother.

Throughout history, the stability of the powerful and influential families in the capital has always been achieved through marriage alliances, often at great cost.

What gives her the right to act willfully and recklessly again?

If he listens to his father and goes ahead with the wedding, the Jiang family will rise to a position unattainable by anyone else because of the Huo family.

Did Dad foresee something from the very beginning of the wedding?

Otherwise, why would all the things Dad said before have come true?

"Huahua, you must promise your father that no matter what, you must go through with the wedding, even if your father is not here."

"Okay, Dad! I promise you."

...

Jiang Hua turned around, "Let's continue..."

"How could such a grand wedding be complete without me! If you want the wedding to continue, Big Brother will be disappointed." A playful remark came from outside the main gate at an inopportune moment. When everyone turned to look, they saw Xu Zhoulan, dressed in a dark red suit and black leather shoes with red soles, standing before them with one hand in his pocket and a wicked smile on his lips.

His gaze first fell on Jiang Hua on the stage. After a year, she was still as stunning and beautiful as ever. "Sister-in-law, you look so beautiful today."

She then turned to Pei Zhan, saying, "Brother, I told you before! You can't keep me in check."

"With such a lively wedding today, look what surprises I've prepared for you!"

"Sister-in-law, what a surprise! I'll give you one too!"

Kagel: "Young Master Zhou Lan, you shouldn't have shown up!"

“You can’t afford the consequences of such wanton destruction of the head of the family’s wedding.”

"Consequences? You want to lock me up again? This generous gift, I think... sister-in-law will be satisfied."

Jiang Hua looked at him, wondering what he was planning to do.

Xu Zhoulan raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly. Zhou Yan quietly stepped out from the inconspicuous crowd and said to Pei Zhan on the stage, "Brother, acting too much can easily become real."

"Jiang Hua, do you really think your brother wants to marry you? He just wants to get revenge on you."

"Before you came along, my brother promised Ah Xu that he would help her get revenge."

"Do you really think you can compare to Ah Xu?"

"Your older brother doesn't love you at all."

Zhou Yan's face was contorted with rage as she glared fiercely at Jiang Hua, saying each word clearly, "Jiang Hua, I might as well tell you everything now. The car accident you had three years ago wasn't an accident at all; it was a conspiracy we had meticulously planned long ago!"

A hint of smugness lingered in her voice, as if this secret had been buried in her heart for a long time and she finally had the chance to tell it all.

"What a pity, you're lucky to have escaped this calamity! But it's alright, your brother has always known about this. If he hadn't covered it up for us and erased all traces, otherwise... how could you have made it this far?"

Zhou Yan's lips curled into a cold smile as she continued, "Also, the child you and your brother lost was caused by my mother deliberately making you fall in the mall, resulting in a miscarriage!"

Her tone grew increasingly fierce, as if she harbored endless resentment towards Jiang Hua.

"Because of someone like you, you don't deserve to have your brother's child! You don't deserve happiness at all!"

Jiang Hua's face turned as pale as paper. She looked at Zhou Yan in disbelief, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Zhou Yan showed no sign of stopping; her words were like sharp blades, piercing straight into Jiang Hua's heart.

“Even when Mom escaped from the mental hospital last time, she couldn’t kill you. You’re really lucky to be alive…”

A hint of resentment flashed in her eyes, and she continued, "Your Jiang family bullies others with your power, buying lives with money. Is your life the only one that matters? Aren't the lives of ordinary people also lives?"

Zhou Yan had completely lost control of her emotions.

"What right do you, the daughter of a murderer, have to continue living on my sister's heart?"

Finally, she roared in uncontrollable rage, "Why are you still alive!"

"You're the one who deserves to die."

Master Huo stood up from his seat, trying to stop this farce. "Absurd! This is utter nonsense! Men, take her away immediately!"

"Me, talking nonsense? Jiang Hua, do you dare to ask him yourself if everything I've said is true or not!"

"Do you dare!"

"Or are you simply too afraid! You don't want to admit these facts?"

Zhou Yan thought she would never have the chance to tell the truth again. Even if she were to go to hell the next moment, she wanted to see Jiang Hua face the pain. She wanted to see her break down, to see her heartbroken...

She went crazy and questioned him.

She couldn't face the pain he caused her.

She wanted to see her have a heart attack, collapse on the stage, and turn their wedding into her...funeral!

However, what Zhou Yan wanted to see did not come to pass.

"I do not care."

Jiang Hua's voice was soft, concealing the sadness in her heart.

"Just as you have said, you and your mother have succeeded in trying to kill the child in my womb. You have also taken the lives of my two children from me."

"So all of this... from the very beginning, already cost her her life!"

"The Jiang family... no longer owes the Zhou family anything."

Zhou Yan was shocked that she would say such a thing, and panic was evident in her eyes.

"Not enough! Not enough at all!"

"Those two children are not enough for Ah Xu to be buried with."

"What I want is your life."

Xu Zhoulan, standing to the side, looked at Jiang Hua with an unfathomable gaze. She was too calm, so calm that it was unlike her.

Now, Xu Zhoulan added fuel to the fire, saying, "It seems that my sister-in-law really loves my brother."

"In the end, I still can't bear to blame my elder brother."

"That's fine too. After all these years, and you and your brother love each other so much, it's better to pretend that nothing ever happened before."

A hint of sadness flashed across Jiang Hua's eyes. She suppressed her emotions and smiled at Xu Zhoulan, "I'm sorry to disappoint you if I try to ruin this wedding. The temptation of marrying into the Huo family is just too great for me."

“Today…I will not believe anything any of you say.”

"Xu Zhoulan, Zhou Yan... no matter what happens, this wedding will continue."

"When it's all over, I'll settle your accounts slowly..."

"Calculate it step by step!"

Zhou Yan had no idea when Jiang Hua had become so rational.

"My elder brother said that after the wedding begins, your Jiang family will pay the price for what happened back then. Otherwise... who do you think gave the order to send Jiang Weiguo to prison?"

Jiang Hua felt a sharp pain in her heart. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly as she looked at Pei Zhan. "You...you lied to me..." Her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a single word.

Shen Bulu looked thoughtfully at Shen Yebai, his thin lips forming a thin arc.

Pei Zhan looked into her eyes: "Do you believe me?"

Jiang Hua was confused; her mind was in chaos, and her father's voice was also intertwined in her thoughts.

Dad said, "Huahua, no matter what, you must believe in Pei Zhan."

"Huahua, you have to trust Pei Zhan. He won't let anything happen to Dad."

she does not know.

Jiang Hua was torn between two unsure who to trust.

"I just want to know, was it you who ordered Dad to go to jail?"

Pei Zhan: "It wasn't me."

Jiang Hua didn't care whether her car accident was an accident or someone else's doing, nor did she care about the two children who had been miscarried and died in her body.

She could also listen to her father and trust Pei Zhan.

All of this led her to believe that Pei Zhan's obsession stemmed from the fact that she only wanted her father to live a good life.

Jiang Hua stared intently at him, her lips trembling slightly, and said with difficulty, "Okay, I believe you." It was as if she had used all her strength to say those words.

"You...you...you call Dad right now, as long as I hear Dad's voice, I won't believe anything anyone else says today, I only believe you..." Jiang Hua's speech became faster and faster, her heart was beginning to panic, and she was even somewhat incoherent.

Her body trembled involuntarily, as if enveloped by a powerful fear.

Seeing the silence in his eyes, Jiang Hua raised her voice a few decibels, "I want you! Call Dad!"

Perhaps out of fear, she asked cautiously, "This request isn't difficult, is it?"