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

She had a nightmare.

A light rang out with a 'click,' and the blinding light made Jiang Hua squint as she opened her eyes. She saw a figure standing by the bed. "Jiang Hua, look carefully, who am I!"

Jiang Hua got up and knelt on the bed. Suddenly, she hugged his waist. "I thought you really didn't want me anymore, Ji Liangchuan."

"Why did it take you so long to get back!" Jiang Hua's voice trembled, and she sounded a little aggrieved.

Xu Qiulan, who happened to be passing by outside the door, was so startled that she almost dropped the Chinese medicine she had just brewed. She quickly went over, pulled Jiang Hua away, and made her lie on the bed. Then she found a thicker quilt and covered her with it.

Before Pei Zhan could ask, Xu Ma quickly explained, "Young Master Pei, Miss has a fever. Don't listen to her nonsense. Miss is just dreaming."

Pei Zhan's eyes darkened, and without saying a word, he turned and left the room.

Xu Qiulan hesitated, wanting to call out to the person leaving, but... she didn't say anything.

Even after all these years, the young lady still hasn't let go.

Xu Qiulan had watched Jiang Hua grow up since she was a child, and she knew that with her constitution, she would definitely get a fever if she caught a chill at night. This was a common occurrence. Seeing the open window, Xu Qiulan quickly went to close it.

Then she helped Jiang Hua up and fed her the medicine. Seeing the medicine stains, Xu Qiulan wiped them away with her hand. "Poor child." She recalled that because of this heart disease, she had been bedridden for three years and almost did not survive. Later, when she was thirteen, she was in a car accident and almost did not survive. Her husband's hair turned white overnight.

Fortunately, he survived.

"May God bless the young lady and grant her a peaceful and healthy life."

After being fed most of a bowl of medicine, Jiang Hua felt feverish all over and finally fell asleep.

The fever subsided the next day.

Jiang Hua's room was carpeted, and when she woke up early in the morning, she found that her feet didn't seem to hurt as much.

The familiar smell of medicine still lingered in the room. She lay on the bed, holding a French novel in her hand. "Was that country bumpkin back last night?"

Xu Ma was in the room, tidying up her clothes, folding them and putting them in the closet. "Last night at 11 o'clock, Young Master Pei should have just gotten off work. He should have come back to apply medicine for you. Don't let Young Master Pei hear you say that about him. He will feel uncomfortable."

“Aunt Xu, whose side are you on? If you’re going to speak up for him, you might as well go with him.”

Xu's mother was so shocked that she didn't say anything more.

After all, Jiang Hua rarely spoke to her in such a tone and manner.

Jiang Hua rested at home for another five or six days until the scab on the sole of her foot fell off without leaving a scar before she got out of bed and prepared to return to school.

During this time, Pei Zhan also did not come to Yulong Bay, and Jiang Hua's mood improved considerably.

Jiang Hua was wearing a sheer, light-colored chiffon puff-sleeved top with white ribbons tied at the cuffs, and a red fitted skirt. Her long, wavy hair was casually draped over her shoulders. Sitting in the back passenger seat, she watched Shen Bao'er chatting in a group chat. Jiang Hua had been added to a group chat with about a hundred people. It wasn't a large group, and she didn't know most of them. She only knew two or three people who followed Shen Bao'er. The people in this group were all wealthy and influential, from the same social circle.

I didn't expect Pei Zhan to be there too. His profile picture was a green willow tree, and I don't know where he took the ugly picture.

Jiang Hua got out of the passenger seat, looked down at her phone, and walked into the school.

"Jiang Hua!" Shen Bao'er's loud voice made Jiang Hua stop in her tracks and turn around. Shen Bao'er was getting out of a Hongqi car. There was a man sitting in the Hongqi car. Jiang Hua glanced at him, and their eyes met. She smiled and nodded, which was considered a greeting. The man also responded.

He was immediately interrupted by Shen Bao'er, "What's wrong with you? Why don't you ever come to class?"

Jiang Hua: "I'm recuperating at home."

"Recovering from illness? What illness do you have?" The moment the question left her lips, Shen Bao'er regretted it, because Jiang Hua told her, "I have heart disease."

Shen Bao'er didn't believe it. "No way, are you kidding me?" But looking at Jiang Hua's eyes, which had never been serious before, she seemed to suddenly slump down as she tapped her tail high. "You wait, I'll have my brother turn around right now, and we'll go to the hospital to see a doctor."

Jiang Hua stopped her, "Come on, I don't want to bother him. I won't die from this illness anytime soon."

To her, Shen Yebai was a dangerous person, and she didn't dare to get too close.

"Time to go back to class."

She turned to leave, but Shen Bao'er, who was always as arrogant and domineering as Jiang Hua, immediately reddened her eyes. "You have a heart condition, why didn't you tell me sooner? If I had known... I wouldn't have gone against you before."

Hearing her voice on the verge of tears, Jiang Hua's heart trembled violently, and she felt a strange mix of emotions. She reached out and touched Shen Bao'er's chubby face. "It's alright, I'm fine, nothing will happen."

Shen Bao'er: "Are you really alright?"

Jiang Hua: "It's alright, don't worry."

Hearing her say that she was alright, Shen Bao'er was relieved and went up to take her arm. "So, does that mean you can't drink alcohol anymore? Or go clubbing and singing all night?"

Jiang Hua: "Okay..."

"You lied to me!"

Jiang Hua was questioned for quite a while, but she didn't find it annoying.

"Come have dinner with me tonight. My brother just got back from being transferred from Haishi."

Jiang Hua raised an eyebrow, "Promoted again?"

Shen Bao'er nodded, "I don't know, but I guess so."

"However, it seems like he's had a woman around him lately. I wonder which flashy, shameless woman she is. I guess she's not presentable. I heard she comes from a humble background and works in an opera troupe. My brother even got scolded because of this woman."

In Jiang Hua's mind, she recalled that cold and aloof person. When she was a child, she would go to the Shen family to play. Shen Yebai had a gloomy personality. He was the same age as Pei Zhan and didn't talk much. But Jiang Hua liked to tease him. She used to sneak into his room and use watercolor pens that couldn't be washed off to scribble all over his arm. After doing this prank, she would run away.

Later, she heard that Shen Yebai was allergic to the chemicals in watercolor pens, and developed rashes all over her body that didn't heal for a month, so she gave up.

After that, Jiang Hua rarely visited the Shen family.

I'm afraid he'll hit me.

It was around that time that Shen Bao'er's relationship with her began to sour.

"Then... go ahead."

I'd like to apologize.

The Shen and Jiang families have been friends for generations, having been comrades-in-arms since their grandfathers' generation. Their mothers were also very close friends. However, Jiang Hua and Shen Bao'er used to bicker whenever they met, having a small argument every three days and a big argument every two days, and occasionally even fighting.

Suddenly, her phone vibrated. Jiang Hua picked it up and saw that it was a message from Pei Zhan's assistant. It contained a document and a sentence: "Miss, you need to design a speech concept for your presentation tomorrow. Remember to memorize it."

Without saying a word, Jiang Hua blocked and deleted him.