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

He can only end up with nothing...

After Jiang Weiguo left, Pei Zhan stood in front of the corridor railing, shielding his eyes from the wind from his metal lighter, a cigarette dangling from his mouth. The evening breeze ruffled the wisps of hair on his forehead, revealing a cold, emotionless gaze beneath them.

Jiang Weiguo's words made him irritable, and Pei Zhan was suppressing this inexplicable emotion.

"That agreement poses no threat to the young master. With just a word from him, the agreement can be nullified, and the Jiang family can be annexed in just half a day. The Huo family will then be in his grasp, and he will be able to obtain everything in the world."

Pei Zhan was used to this person's sudden appearances and disappearances. He could appear at any time, and even the usually vigilant Pei Zhan couldn't detect his actions.

Pei Zhan exhaled a puff of smoke. "Did you do the surveillance footage?"

"I'm helping the young master... That Madam Zhou is the young master's foster mother who was separated from him. She has been kind to him. Moreover, the Huo family always repays kindness, and the master has instructed that no matter what, her life must be protected. The Huo family will unconditionally meet any conditions she makes... The master has sent the best psychologist from Europe to provide Madam Zhou with psychological treatment. I believe Madam Zhou will soon recover from the pain of losing her daughter."

Pei Zhan: "When will you arrive?"

The middle-aged man said, "At the earliest, the day after tomorrow."

Pei Zhan didn't speak, but silently looked at the bottomless darkness not far away. At midnight, the inpatient building was completely silent. The man stood there for an unknown amount of time. The motion-sensor lights in the corridor were turned off, and the man's body was hidden in the darkness.

After a while, the middle-aged man who had been accompanying him spoke again in his broken Chinese, "Is the young master unhappy?"

"Or perhaps, the young master has fallen for you?"

"If that's true, I'd like to advise you, young master: the Huo family... will not allow a woman with a physical disability who won't live past 100 to become the matriarch of the Huo family. Your wife should be a lady from a prestigious family, someone who is a good match for the Huo family."

“Young Master, you can take my advice. There’s no need to waste your time at the Jiang family.”

"How could it be a waste of time..."

At this moment, Pei Zhan's mind was filled with that vivid face, but soon, another girl appeared before him. She was pure, innocent, and kind, smiling at him with her eyes crinkling, "Brother Zhan..."

...

Jiang Hua took the best painkiller. When the painkiller wore off, the person in bed was restless and woke up by the pain. She was covered in cold sweat. Half of her body was unable to move. She felt waves of pain that connected to her shoulder blades and heart.

As dawn broke on the horizon, slivers of light peeked through the heavy curtains.

"Aunt Xu... I want some water... and could you please get me some painkillers?"

"Aunt Xu, are you there?"

However, they heard a noise at the door, the lock was opened, and it wasn't Aunt Xu who came in…

Pei Zhan brought over a glass of warm water and sat down on the edge of the bed. The unpleasant smell of cigarettes on the man had not yet dissipated. Before... when they planned to have a child, Pei Zhan had quit smoking. Now that the child was gone, he couldn't resist and started smoking again. He wouldn't have to endure the unbearable smell of cigarettes to quit smoking again in the future, because... that car accident had completely made Jiang Hua give up the idea of ​​becoming a mother.

Actually... Jiang Hua doesn't really like children. If his birth was incomplete and he didn't have a healthy body, Jiang Hua would rather never have children.

From her past life's expectations to her gradually cooling heart, from now on, whether or not she has children is no longer important to her.

Jiang Hua has now given up all hope.

Pei Zhan didn't feed her. Jiang Hua picked up the water glass, took a sip, and felt much better in her throat. "Where's the medicine?" she asked, wincing in pain.

Pei Zhan: "The doctor prescribed painkillers, but they are not suitable for you."

"Endure it."

Jiang Hua narrowed her eyes. "That sounds nice, but you're not the one who got hurt emotionally. Try getting slashed yourself." She was in real pain right now and didn't want to argue with her.

"I don't want you. You call Aunt Xu over for me."

Pei Zhan, without much emotion on his face, told her, "I sent her back."

Jiang Hua is a picky eater and doesn't really like the food bought outside.

Jiang Hua looked at him, feeling nothing but disgust and resistance. "Fine, I'll say it again: go and get me the painkillers, understand?"

"Enculer (a swear word in French)."

Pei Zhan didn't speak, but just looked at her with his dark, deep eyes.

"What are you looking at? Do you even understand me, you mutt? I'm in so much pain! Go get me some medicine!"

Pei Zhan silently stood up, found a box of blue painkillers in a plastic bag in a cabinet, walked over to her and gave her the pills. Jiang Hua complained, "Give me six."

Pei Zhan said, "Eating too much will have side effects."

Jiang Hua curled her lips into a mocking smile as she looked at him. "When I was in the car accident, I was bedridden for months, unable to move. When I was taking painkillers, it was like eating food. Now you're only concerned? Where were you all this time? Or... did you know the murderer and now you feel guilty and want to see if I'm dead? So that once I'm dead... you can feel at ease taking over the Jiang family business and marrying Song Qingran, right? Now that you see I'm still alive, are you quite disappointed?"

After saying that, Jiang Hua seemed to remember something and exclaimed, "Ah!" "Back then, you were probably still in the midst of a passionate affair with Song Qingran, right?"

"Pei Zhan, how can such a filthy creature as you exist in this world?"

He didn't lift a finger, so Jiang Hua broke the pills herself, endured the pain, and swallowed six pills in one gulp. Pei Zhan didn't stop her. During that time, Jiang Hua had taken too many pills and had developed an immunity to them. Taking too few would not have much effect on her.

When Jiang Hua said these words, she should have been filled with resentment and hysterical roars, but she wasn't. Instead, she spoke in a detached and calm tone, recounting all the facts.

After taking the medicine, its effects kicked in quickly, and she couldn't be bothered to look at his face.

Jiang Hua had considered that if she died, he probably wouldn't shed a lot of tears...

If he had heard the recording she made before she died in her past life, he might have listened to it indifferently and then thrown it away.

Then laugh at her…

In her past life, Jiang Hua did love Pei Zhan, and perhaps... even more than she loved Ji Liangchuan...

Otherwise, when he slammed the door and left, Jiang Hua wouldn't have spent a whole night thinking before finally accepting Song Qingran's existence. At that time, Jiang Hua had already lost everything, and Pei Zhan was like a lifeline for her...

She... was too dependent on him... and humbly gave up everything.

Now that she's been given a second chance at life, such trash doesn't deserve even a second glance from her.

"Alright, get out of here and go keep your Song Qingran company. I need to rest. If I see you still here when I wake up, I won't give you a good look." Jiang Hua said weakly with her eyes closed. The medicine had a sedative effect, and she was feeling sleepy.

Pei Zhan did not leave, but instead dragged a chair to sit on the edge of the bed and closed his eyes to rest.

He... stayed by her side all night.

Just then, Zuo Xiangnan strode in from outside the door, his expression unpleasant as if he wanted to say something but couldn't. Upon seeing the sleeping Jiang Hua, he lowered his voice and reported, "Madam Zhou... she was found unconscious by the roadside last night and was picked up by Miss Song, who brought her back to Fan Hua Bi Jin."