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

"I earn so much money to raise my daughter. If I don't spend it on her, who will I spend it on?"

As Jiang Hua ate the lightly stir-fried bitter melon with a slightly bitter taste, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart and held back her tears.

"I have enough money, Dad! I came back this time because I missed you and wanted to see you!"

The dishes on the table were simple, just three dishes and a soup. The Jiang family was a wealthy and influential family in the capital, but Jiang's father was a frugal man who never indulged in extravagance or waste.

Upon seeing his beloved daughter, who hadn't returned for a long time, Jiang Weiguo asked the servants to cook a few more dishes.

Jiang Hua sipped the flower tea poured by the maid. It was her favorite tea, and even a small amount cost nearly four figures.

But for Jiang Hua, drinking these expensive teas was as simple as eating.

Because of her birth, the kind of life she was destined to live was already determined.

When someone asks about the only daughter of the Jiang family jewelry group, who wouldn't know her!

Who wouldn't be envious!

Jiang Weiguo said earnestly, "I raised you myself, and no one knows you better than me."

"Is there some conflict in your marriage with Pei Zhan?"

Jiang Hua could only pretend to be nonchalant, "Dad, can you please stop making wild guesses all day long? Pei Zhan and I are doing fine, nothing's wrong. If you keep talking nonsense, I'm leaving!"

Jiang Weiguo smiled and pointed at her, "After raising her for twenty years, she really is an ungrateful little wretch. Just like your mother when she was young, heartless and thoughtless."

Jiang Hua: "My mother is such a beauty, I feel it's a waste for her to marry you!"

Jiang Weiguo wasn't angry. "You little brat, you've got a rebellious streak just like me. One day you'll drive your old man crazy!"

"You and your mother have completely different personalities. The only thing you have in common is that you both like to cause trouble."

The nanny cooked two more dishes.

Jiang Weiguo ate a little something and then went out for a stroll.

Watching her departing figure, Jiang Hua made no attempt to hide her smile.

Jiang Hua patiently accompanied him, taking a walk after dinner, playing Go, and then fishing in the artificial lake in the backyard...

After she married Pei Zhan, her father completely stopped interfering in the company's affairs.

Jiang Weiguo was wearing a sun hat, carrying a fishing rod, with a bucket beside him. He had been fishing for a long time but no fish had taken the bait.

The artificial lake was built here simply because Jiang Hua liked to eat fish, so Jiang Weiguo had a lake dug.

As soon as she returned, her father would fish for her and have the household servants prepare it especially for her.

Jiang Weiguo: "It's rare to see you have the patience to fish with me by the lake today. In the past, you would complain that it was tiring to sit with me for even five minutes."

Jiang Weiguo noticed the change in Jiang Hua, but he didn't delve into it. She would speak if she wanted to.

Jiang Hua peeled an orange and handed it over, saying, "It's nice to sit down for a while after playing."

Jiang Weiguo: "How has Pei Zhan treated you? If anything happens, don't hesitate to tell me directly."

Jiang Hua smiled and said, "It's really nothing. If something had happened, I would have come back and cried to you long ago."

"That's true. With your personality, only he can keep you in check."

As evening falls, the setting sun casts a radiant glow on the lake, its shimmering light resembling twinkling starlight. The entire lake is a beautiful sight, like a painting.

After finishing her last international video conference, Pei Zhan canceled all her subsequent social engagements, bought a bouquet of bright red roses, and took them home with her favorite dessert.

Pei Zhan sat in the back passenger seat when his phone vibrated in his suit pocket. He took out his phone; usually at this time, Pei Zhan would turn off his work phone, and the ringing number was his personal number.

However, this private phone number only contained one mobile number, which even Jiang Hua didn't know; she... wasn't even in this contact list.

If Jiang Hua can't reach him, she will contact Zuo Xiangnan herself.

Pei Zhan answered the phone, and it was the nanny's voice on the other end, "Sir, Miss Song has decided to go back to school."

Pei Zhan: "Let her tell me herself."

Nanny: "Miss Song is right next to me. I'll let her answer the phone right away."

Song Qingran answered the phone, "I've thought it through. I want to go back and finish my studies. As for our relationship... please don't let my older brother and the others know about it, okay?"

Pei Zhan: "He brought up this condition with me again after breaking up with him."

Song Qingran seemed to be holding her breath, suppressing her anger as she said to him, "I've already broken up with him!"

Pei Zhan agreed: "I'll pick you up for school tomorrow morning."

“I don’t need it. I can take a car myself. I don’t want to see you, and I don’t want to… give people something to talk about.”

Their relationship was ambiguous and something they couldn't be done in public.

All Song Qingran received in response was the cold ring of the phone being hung up.

Pei Zhan returned to the garden, holding a bouquet of flowers and carrying her favorite strawberry cake. He opened the door and touched the light switch on the wall.

The lights came on, and the house was empty.

Jiang Hua has disappeared without a trace.

Pei Zhan placed the things he was carrying in the entryway, picked up the phone, and went into the room. In the open wardrobe, Pei Zhan immediately noticed that Jiang Hua had taken her favorite French-made black wool coat, which she had worn for several years, along with that limited-edition long dress…

The phone rang for three seconds before being answered.

At the Jiang family villa, Jiang Hua, who was having a meal, stood up and went outside to answer the phone when it rang.

Pei Zhan: "Where?"

Jiang Hua brushed a strand of her long hair that was being blown by the wind behind her ear, glanced at her father in the living room, and guessed that it was Pei Zhan calling. Jiang Hua still spoke to him in a gentle tone, "I'm having dinner with Dad at home."

Pei Zhan: "Why didn't you call me? I could have stayed with you."

However, Jiang Hua spoke calmly.

"I've tried calling, but I can't get through."

If Jiang Hua had said those words in the past, they would have been accompanied by emotion. But now, she showed no emotion whatsoever, simply explaining to someone she barely knew in a very ordinary way.

Pei Zhan: "..."

Jiang Hua didn't want to listen to anything else he had to say. He was just trying to brush her off with company matters, so she simply said, "You can continue with your work. Don't worry about me. I have someone taking care of me at home."

After saying that, Jiang Hua hung up the phone.

In the past, when they talked on the phone, the person they were least willing to hang up was her…

Pei Zhan listened to the beeping sound from the phone receiver, his deep eyes as dark as the night outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Pei Zhan probably still doesn't know that the person he once loved so much will one day become someone he no longer loves.

Jiang Hua only realized after going through it all that letting go of Pei Zhan was a matter of a moment.

After a brief phone call, Jiang Hua returned to the living room to eat.

Jiang Weiguo could tell at a glance that she was hiding something. "What? Isn't Pei Zhan coming over?"

Jiang Hua pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Dad, you know how much Pei Zhan cares about the company. It's only 6:30 now, and he won't be able to get off work until at least 9:30."

"No matter how important the company is, it's not as important as my daughter, Huahua. I started the company so that my daughter could have a good life. Otherwise... what would be the point of starting the company?"