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

However, Jiang Hua remained unmoved, her gaze still as cold as ice. "The person you should apologize to is not me!"

"It's not something that can be forgiven with a simple 'I'm sorry'."

"I see!"

"You understand? What do you understand!" Jiang Hua became agitated. The reason she was so upset was that she couldn't accept it. "Why did you have to wait until I found out before you told me yourself!"

"Do you know that he's been waiting for me in Wuchuan all this time!"

“Eight years! You’ve been by my side for eight whole years. It’s not that I have no feelings for you. Even if you tell me the truth… I still won’t let you leave the Jiang family.”

"In these eight years, if you had just once told me that the person wasn't you."

"I used to like you so much, even if you replaced him, I won't blame you at all."

"But what do you want me to do now?"

"So many people have died, what am I supposed to do?!"

"Ji Liangchuan! The farther you go, the better. I hope you never see me again in this lifetime."

...

When Jiang Hua returned to Yulong Bay, it was already dark. The entire villa was filled with a suffocating atmosphere. Her father was sitting at the dining table, waiting for her to come back.

Xu Qiulan stepped forward and took the bag from Jiang Hua's hand, her voice very soft, "Miss, the master has been waiting for a long time. We can have our meal now."

"I understand," Jiang Hua replied numbly.

She sat at the dining table, with an empty bowl and chopsticks opposite her. The meal was plentiful, mostly prepared to celebrate his successful performance.

As usual, Xu Qiulan served her a bowl of rice. Jiang Hua held chopsticks in her hand, lowered her head, and did not say anything.

Jiang Weiguo added a piece of fish to her plate, breaking the quiet atmosphere, "You're back, let's eat."

"Dad has already had Liangchuan's things moved out."

Jiang Hua lowered her head, feeling an unbearable pain in her heart, and tears fell silently.

She didn't say anything, just quietly shed tears. Xu Qiulan stood aside, feeling extremely distressed. She helped wipe away her tears, but in an instant, Jiang Hua hugged Xu's mother's waist and cried uncontrollably.

"Cry, young lady...it will make you feel better if you cry."

...

In Bai Ze's study, Shen Bulu finished coaxing Shen Bao'er, who had just finished eating and had already fallen asleep. After seeing that she was fast asleep in three minutes, he left the room and went to Shen Yebai's study on the second floor.

Pushing open the door, Shen Bulu handed the letter back to him, saying, "How long do you plan to hide from her like this?"

"You've done everything you could to save face, and you've retaliated. Isn't this the outcome you wanted?"

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, with her back to him, her figure as cold and aloof as pine needles in snow, he was now even more unapproachable than before. For nearly four months, Shen Yebai had kept himself busy with official duties, and in those short four months, he had brought down countless people and used every means to eliminate all of the Shen family's enemies.

He risked his life to do these patriotic and people-oriented things, which were, of course, his duty.

"You don't even dare to see her?"

Suddenly, the sound of crying came from the nursery next door, drifting faintly into the study.

When Shen Yebai first faced Shen Bulu, he didn't utter a single rebuttal. How could he possibly have the face to see her again...?

The day before the wedding, the people from the Supervision Department took Jiang Weiguo away with Shen Yebai's tacit approval. He just wanted to take revenge on Pei Zhan by stepping on the Jiang family and returning the favor to him.

She trusted him so much.

Even now, she doesn't doubt him.

Every night, as soon as Shen Yebai closes his eyes, the image of her heartbroken, emotionally broken, and coughing up blood that stained her wedding dress appears in his mind, even after she falls into a coma.

He didn't dare to look at her even once.

Shen Yebai closed his eyes wearily. "Put the things down and leave!"

Shen Bulu stepped forward and put down the long-old letter. In fact, Shen Yebai happened to be there on the day Jiang Hua asked him to inquire about the news. No matter how capable he was, he could not go back to the past to find the news from eighteen years ago.

This letter had been stored in the secret archives of the Ministry of Supervision, and Shen Bulu was only able to obtain it because he was willing to give in.

When Xie Huai delivered it, Shen Yebai gave it to her, saying, "Give this to her; after reading it, she will understand everything."

At first, Shen Bulu couldn't figure it out, but unexpectedly Jiang Hua recognized that it was Pei Zhan's handwriting.

"Brother, have you ever thought that when the Shen family broke off the engagement with the Jiang family, if you had been firm even just once and refused to break off the engagement, it wouldn't have been impossible for you and her to be together? From the very beginning, wasn't it because the Shen family felt that Jiang Hua was disabled, unable to have children, and had a heart condition, and that she couldn't shoulder the position of the matriarch of the Shen family, that they chose to break off the engagement?"

"At the time, my elder brother left simply because he felt that the Shen family's decision to annul the engagement was the right one."

“For you, the interests of the Shen family are above all else; you cannot bring yourself to sacrifice the future of the Shen family.”

"Pei Zhan is willing to risk his life to make up for his mistakes back then, and he's even willing to give up being the head of the Huo family for Jiang Hua. You were wrong to be schemed against by him! The moment you appeared with Xu Xiangjun, your relationship with her was already destined."

"Brother, you can't hide forever."

"It would be better to talk to her sooner rather than later, so that the two friendly families don't become estranged forever."

After Shen Bulu left the study, Shen Yebai did not say another word.

For Shen Yebai now, his mistake is unforgivable, and even if he regrets it, it's too late.

No matter how much he regrets it, the broken engagement between the Shen and Jiang families back then can never be undone.

He couldn't even forgive himself for hurting her like that...

“Brother, every time I look for Huahua, she is not happy at all. Several times, I saw her hiding and crying for a long time by herself.”

"Brother, you're so amazing, can you find that country bumpkin? He can't be dead, right? Huahua's baby is so big now, she can't be without her father."

“Huahua lost her mother at a very young age, and I don’t want Huahua’s baby to be like Huahua, growing up without any relatives by her side.”

"Huahua really loves him."

"I feel that Huahua will never fall in love with anyone else but him."

I am sorry…

It is my fault.

...

At 10:30 p.m., Xu Qiulan tidied up her room, made the bed, and covered her with a blanket. She said with a heavy heart, "Miss, you've been staring at this crystal ball for three hours. Why don't you put it away? It's not good for your eyes, and it will also affect the baby."

Jiang Hua washed her hair today. She held the crystal ball in her hands and looked at the twinkling light on it shining into the room. "It used to be Pei Zhan who dried my hair."

This was the first time in more than three months that Xu Qiulan had heard the young lady mention Pei's name, and it was also at this time that the young lady missed Pei the most.

“Kagher is right. I had already guessed it was him when I first became suspicious.”

“Actually, a long, long time ago, whenever I argued with Pei Zhan, he would always be helpless and silently endure it, pretending to be mute to deal with my temper. I could always find some familiar shadows in him, and I thought it was just my imagination.”

“Because back in Wuchuan, I remember very clearly, he was like that too.”

"He has never changed."

"I should have suspected it sooner. Why didn't I ask more questions?"

"If only I had found out sooner, wouldn't I?"

When Xu Qiulan met her gaze, she saw her like this, her eyes welled up with tears, and her chest felt tight.

When Xu Qiulan met her gaze, she saw her like this, her eyes welled up with tears, and her chest felt tight.

"Miss, none of this is your fault." Xu Qiulan sat by the bedside, wanting to comfort her, but not knowing how.

"He should have told me sooner..."

"As long as he talks to me properly, I won't hate him."

For her sake, Pei Zhan gave up revenge. Just as Huo Ling told him, if he really wanted to take action against the Jiang family, the Jiang family would have been gone long ago.

He was changing, and Jiang Hua's heart had long been subtly influenced, fading the traces of their past life from each other.

If she were Pei Zhan, she would only be more ruthless than him.

He would have to pay a hundredfold, making him even more miserable.

Jiang Hua cried uncontrollably, her vision blurred. Tears fell from her chin onto the crystal ball she held in her hands. She had kept it very well all these years, afraid to touch it for fear of breaking it. She couldn't even bear to turn it on. She could only look at it, her palms gripping the crystal ball tightly.

“It’s not that I don’t believe him, I’m just afraid that my father is really dead.”

"I didn't mean to shoot him."

"I don't want him to die either."

"I was just too scared..."

Even if Jiang Hua grows old and her hair turns white, in Xu Qiulan's eyes she will always be a child who needs to be comforted when she is sad or upset.

Even though she's a mother, it's her first time being one, so she doesn't have to be mature and sensible.

"Alright, alright... it's all over now, Miss. Young Master Pei likes you so much, how could he blame you? I believe Young Master Pei is definitely not dead. Once Miss gives birth to the child safely, maybe... Young Master Pei will come back on his own?"

"really?"

"It's true. Young Master Pei cares about you so much, how could he bear to leave you alone? Besides, you're pregnant with the young master. If Young Master Pei comes back and finds out about the young master, he'll be so happy. So, Miss, you must live well and take good care of yourself."

"No news is good news in itself. If Young Master Pei were really dead, why wouldn't they let Miss see his body?"

Hearing Xu Ma say that made Jiang Hua feel a little better. "Yes, if he really is dead, it doesn't count if I don't see his body."

"It's good that Miss is smiling. It's already very late. Miss, you should get some rest. The Huo family will be coming to give you a check-up tomorrow."

"I understand, Aunt Xu."

When Xu Qiulan left the room, she left a light on. Looking at the room, which seemed unchanged, apart from the fact that no one was there, the young lady had not asked the servants to remove anything related to Master Pei from the room.

She said that just to give the young lady something to look forward to. It's a scary thing for a person to have nothing to look forward to. At least she would have something to rely on so that she could live well.

Nothing is insurmountable.

Holding the crystal ball in her arms, Jiang Hua slept the most peaceful night she had ever had, and her complexion was noticeably better.

Standing at the top of the stairs on the second floor, she heard her father talking to someone, "...He should be waking up soon. It's rare for Second Master to care about Huahua so much, so he made a special trip here today."

“Mr. Jiang, please don’t misunderstand. I’m just here on behalf of the Huo family to visit and deliver some things to the mistress on behalf of my father and fourth uncle. They are too busy to come in person, so I had to come in person.”

Jiang Hua heard Huo Beishen's voice, but didn't know what he was doing there.

As she slowly descended the stairs, Xu Qiulan immediately stepped forward to help the man, saying, "Sir, Miss has woken up."

Those who came into the hall were all Huo Beishen's men, and their eyes were fixed on Jiang Hua, making her feel very uncomfortable, as if they were filthy and unclean.

"Anyone who didn't know better would think that the Jiang family had done something wrong again, that you had to bring so many people to the Jiang family."

"Why are you all staring at me? Am I that good-looking?"

Jiang Hua frowned deeply, and only when she finished speaking did their filthy eyes lower and look away.

Huo Beishen raised his hand, which was gloved with black leather, and waved it. He stood up and said, "I'm sorry, it was my oversight."

Huo Beishen's men then left the hall.

"And you, get out too!" Jiang Hua said, looking at Zhang Cheng behind Huo Beishen.

Zhang Cheng: "Yes."

Huo Beishen didn't care about Jiang Hua's actions. On the contrary, he felt that it was indeed very special for the family head to take a liking to a woman. Her arrogant and domineering manner was not annoying. On the contrary, he felt that she should be like this.

"Now that the mistress is awake, shall we begin?"

Outside the courtyard of Yulong Bay, there were rows of medical-grade vehicles, filled with various medical equipment. Before people arrived, scaffolding had been set up and the surrounding area was covered with cloth, so people outside could not see what was inside.

The car had been disinfected, and Jiang Hua got in and completed the check-up half an hour later.

After completing the last examination, the doctor looked at the imaging footage and told the person lying in bed, "The baby's development is fine. You should eat more nutritious food; you are too thin."

"I won't." Jiang Hua also saw the gray screen on the monitor, and a subtle feeling arose in her heart. It was an indescribable feeling that she was about to become a mother. She had never looked forward to the arrival of a new life so much. This was her only child.

"Can I know if she's a girl or a boy? I just want to know, whatever she is, I will love her dearly."

doctor:"…"

Half an hour later, when Jiang Hua got out of the car, all the men Huo Beishen brought turned around. Xu Qiulan had already wrapped her in a blanket to keep her from catching a cold.