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

"Has the murderer still not been found?"

A sound came from outside the door, and everyone turned to look.

Xu Qiulan was still preparing a nutritious meal for Jiang Hua when she turned around and said, "Miss, why are you back? Your injury hasn't healed yet, and the doctor said you shouldn't move around too much."

Jiang Hua walked into the entrance hall, saying, "Don't worry, I won't die for now."

Jiang Weiguo frowned, his voice immediately turning cold and angry as he said, "You're just being ridiculous. Go back to the hospital right now, I'll have Uncle Wang take you home."

Jiang Hua said coquettishly, "Dad, I don't want to go to the hospital. It's too boring to be alone in the hospital, and the smell is awful." At the entrance, she leaned against the wall and took off her high heels.

"Smells bad? Didn't Aunt Xu put your essential oil diffuser in the room?"

Jiang Hua said with a look of disgust, "Even with it, the smell is still strong."

"Dad, I'm going upstairs. Dinner... don't wake me up if I'm not fully awake."

Jiang Weiguo's brows never relaxed for a moment, and then he revealed all his dissatisfaction to Pei Zhan, "You know about Huahua's condition. I won't feel comfortable leaving her in your care until she's fully recovered. You're too busy to take good care of her. Let her stay home to recover during this time. Once she's better, she can go back whenever she wants."

The implication was that Jiang Hua didn't want to go back to live with Pei Zhan, so he wouldn't force her.

After saying this, Jiang Weiguo stood up. "You've worked hard on the investigation of the murderer these past few days. If you'd like to stay for dinner tonight, please do."

Pei Zhan: "It's Chairman Jiang."

Jiang Hua went back upstairs, still wearing her hospital gown. Despite the sweltering heat, she threw on a coat and went out. When she got into a taxi, the drivers all looked at her strangely. Jiang Hua, who always had a strong personality, felt uncomfortable under the drivers' gazes and snapped back, "What are you looking at? If you look at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out."

"Little girl, you're quite fierce. Wearing a coat in this hot weather, aren't you afraid of getting heatstroke?"

Jiang Hua crossed her legs, put on sunglasses, and ignored him.

Looking at the full-length mirror by the window, Jiang Hua gently took off her coat, revealing the hospital gown she was wearing. It looked absolutely awful on her.

When she came back, she felt something was wrong and it hurt a lot. Sure enough, the wound on her shoulder bandage had split open and was bleeding. In order to prevent scarring, the nurses would use tweezers to remove the scabs from Jiang Hua's wounds when they were scabbed over, and then apply medicine.

Unbuttoning her clothes and removing the gauze revealed the gruesome wound, which lay like a centipede on her shoulder, covered with countless stitches.

Suddenly, Pei Zhan's figure appeared in the mirror. He reached out and pulled the curtains by the French windows closed, then turned on the light.

"If you want to be discharged, why didn't you call me?"

Jiang Hua looked at herself in the mirror and felt uglier and uglier. "Who do you think you are, calling me?" She stopped looking at herself in frustration and turned to walk to the wardrobe. "...She had better hide for the rest of her life and not let Dad catch her, otherwise I will never let her go."

She chose a rose gold silk nightgown, which made her look slender and sexy. Her fair back and beautiful waist dimples were enough to make any man drool. However, this perfect body was left with a scar that could never be erased.

"Weren't you supposed to be pretty good? How come you can't even find the murderer now?" Jiang Hua turned around, frowning as she looked at the man behind her.

Pei Zhan: "The surveillance cameras are broken, so it won't be found so quickly. The police have now sealed off all the stations that people come to and from, so the news should be out soon."

Jiang Hua snorted softly, "The bad news came at just the right time."

Yes, but at this moment, even the knife used in the crime couldn't be found in the surveillance footage; it was as if the person and the knife had vanished into thin air.

"Alright, this is my family's business. You don't need to worry about the murderer. I'll talk to Dad about it later."

"Why are you looking at me like that..." Jiang Hua looked up and saw Pei Zhan's dark eyes staring at her. "Last time, the driver who caused the car accident fled the scene, and you couldn't find him. Now... I was almost killed, and you still haven't found him. What else can I expect from you? Just go and take care of Dad's company."

"If you really have nothing to do, go to the Blooming Flowers and go see your Song Qingran. I see your face so often now, it's disgusting."

After saying that, Jiang Hua casually picked up a French romance novel she hadn't finished reading, walked to the bamboo and rattan chair outside on the balcony, sat down, turned a page, and started reading.

Pei Zhan picked up a white blanket from the side, walked over to her, and covered her legs with it. "...What do you want to eat tonight? I'll bring it over for you."

Jiang Hua lifted her foot, not looking up at him: "Just get lost."

"I don't need you for anything else."

Pei Zhan pursed his lips tightly, then turned and left.

Jiang Hua heard the sound of his steady footsteps as he left, glanced at his back, but only looked at him calmly before continuing to read her novel.

Xu Qiulan carried the herbal medicine upstairs. "Young Master Pei, are you leaving already?"

Pei Zhan nodded. "Mm."

Xu Qiulan said, "When you come back, if you have time, go to a place that sells chestnut cakes in the west of the city and buy some. Miss used to love eating them the most."

Pei Zhan: "I've got it."

Pei Zhan sat in the driver's seat, took out his phone, and made a call. It was answered in just a few seconds. "Have Shengshi Group prepare a 3 billion contract and come to Jiang's to sign it at 1:30 this afternoon."

"Young Master, is this compensation because you feel guilty and unable to hand over the murderer to Madam Jiang?"

Pei Zhan remained silent, neither denying nor confirming. He rested one hand on the steering wheel and held the phone with the other, his expression grave. "Do as I say...do as I say."

A voice came from the phone, "Yes, young master, I'll go prepare right away."

Before 10 a.m., Jiang Hua ate something, and Xu Ma helped her apply the medicine before going upstairs for a nap.

But the sound of footsteps coming and going upstairs woke her up.

Jiang Hua, her hair disheveled, held onto the handrail of the corridor stairs as she went downstairs, only to hear some conversations coming from downstairs.

"You actually know people from the Huo Family's Shengshi Group?"

Pei Zhan responded calmly, "Last time at a business reception, I had the pleasure of meeting the head of the marketing department of Shengshi Group. They expressed interest in investing in our new energy research and development, as well as the jewelry and real estate under the Jiang family name."

"They invested 3 billion! They're actually willing to spend such a huge sum?" Jiang Weiguo couldn't contain his excitement, but he still had doubts and looked at Pei Zhan with distrustful eyes.

Pei Zhan calmly looked in one direction, “Thirty billion may not be much to the Huo family. In recent years, the Huo family has occupied half of the country overseas, and also invests 10 billion yuan every year in China to continue to expand its investment in the domestic market.”

"We saw the potential of the Jiang family business and the negotiations went well, so we kept this contract. Chairman Jiang can take a look, and if there are no problems, you can sign it at any time."

Jiang Hua's voice came through, "Dad, there's no such thing as a free lunch. We should have someone look at the contract to avoid falling into someone's trap."

She slowly walked down the stairs, wearing white, fluffy slippers and a very short skirt that exposed half of her legs…