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

Pei Zhan was brought home by A-Xu.

It was a snowy day that year when Ah-Xu got lost.

Zhou's mother reported the case to the police and tried various methods to find her daughter. However, the police would not respond until the person had been missing for 24 hours. Zhou's mother searched frantically, and the neighbors all said that her daughter had been abducted by human traffickers.

That evening, as heavy snow fell outside, a boy in a black short-sleeved shirt led a little girl with red, tear-stained nose home. Unmelted snow still clung to his shoulders. The boy's eyes were resolute, and his very being exuded a chilling warmth even colder than the snow and wind outside.

The boy's hands were also frozen red, but the hand he was holding was warm.

He said, "I brought her back."

Zhou's father was a truck driver who transported goods over long distances. He earned about five or six thousand yuan a month. In those days, five or six thousand yuan was enough to support two children and even leave some savings.

The two children were well-behaved and obedient, so Du Hong didn't have to worry about them much. She supported herself and her two children with Zhou's father's meager salary and lived a relatively comfortable life.

The boy who brought Ah-Xu back was about to turn and leave, but at that very moment…

Zhou Xu's presence was like the first ray of warmth in Pei Zhan's life, illuminating his path.

From that day on, a young man who had been wandering from place to place finally had a home.

The girl cried as she left Zhou's mother's side and ran to Pei Zhan's side, her little hand clutching his clothes, "Brother...stay..."

"Mom, Ah-Xu wants to be with my brother."

Pei Zhan escaped from an orphanage. A fire broke out at the orphanage for no apparent reason, and he was one of the few survivors. After that, he never went back.

He had been doing favors for others, earning money through various means, and that's how he survived...

The harsher the environment, the stronger a person's will to survive becomes. As long as there is money, he will do anything, even illegal things. Under those conditions, this was the only way to make money quickly.

Only after meeting this little girl did Pei Zhan have a brief period of peaceful life…

...

The man's thoughts returned, he tapped the ash from his cigarette between his fingers, turned around and extinguished it in the ashtray, "Right now, for you, it's about doing what you should be doing right now."

“You’ve just returned from abroad and aren’t familiar with this industry yet. First, establish a solid foundation.”

Pei Zhan's considerate tone warmed Zhou Yan's heart.

But these words eased the heavy weight in her heart a little, and she took a deep breath, "Okay, I'll help you anytime you need me."

"However... I know that you might be biased towards Song Qingran, but... she's not my number one. So, brother, you won't have any complaints about me, will you?"

Pei Zhan curled the corners of his lips and chuckled, "I trust your decision."

The weight of these words is not something Pei Zhan could casually utter. The word 'trust' carries enough weight for Pei Zhan to build a towering edifice for her.

"Then I'll need Mr. Pei's help to make things happen. After working as a designer for others for so many years, I'd like to start my own jewelry company," she said, revealing her thoughts. "That's all for now. I'll go announce the rankings and what's next."

"Um."

After Zhou Yan left the president's office.

The assistant came over and asked, "Has the director made a decision? Who is today's winner?"

Zhou Yan handed her a document, and with a single word, Zhou Yan swiftly took the private elevator to the CEO's office and went downstairs.

The assistant went to the meeting room to announce the results…

It's almost time to get off work.

News quickly spread throughout the Jiang Group that Miss Jiang was dating the young master of the Shen family in the capital.

Media outlets captured images of Jiang Hua stepping out of one of only two Hongqi cars in the entire capital. The prestige of this particular Hongqi, one of only two in the city, was self-evident. Wearing an incredibly expensive evening gown and a white suit jacket, the elegant and refined Shen Yebai attended a banquet in front of the Kyoto Grand Hotel. Her long hair was styled with a gold hairpin, the tassels hanging down without swaying at all, yet every step she took was graceful and elegant…

Even just seeing their backs made people feel that the two were an extremely perfect match.

Whether it's online news media or newspapers and magazines, the topic quickly became a hot issue.

It should be noted that Shen Yebai has never been in the news in the past twenty-eight years.

However, reports about this eldest daughter of the Jiang family were indeed everywhere. If the Shen family had known about it in just over two hours, they would have immediately taken down the news.

After all, this is the Shen family. If they didn't want news that shouldn't have appeared, it would never have happened in the capital.

Unless it was done intentionally.

It's no secret that the Shen and Jiang families have a good relationship. Could it be... that they're planning a marriage alliance?

If that's true, it's no wonder.

Jiang Hua overheard the rumors about her and Shen Yebai spreading like wildfire as she slipped out of the banquet hall to catch her breath and smoked in the emergency exit corridor.

These powerful women all openly and subtly mocked Jiang Hua for not being qualified enough.

But she could only swallow her anger and make a hasty exit.

Honestly, from childhood to adulthood, it's always been Jiang Hua who embarrasses others; no one has ever embarrassed her...

Frustrated, she threw down her cigarette butt and angrily extinguished it with her high heels.

That's when she realized that she couldn't stay in this industry at all.

Later, I overheard the waiter muttering about her plans to marry Shen Yebai.

Jiang Group.

The message is spreading more and more intensely online…

Zuo Xiangnan came to report, "Should we take down these reports about Miss Jiang?"

A lingering shadow of gloom lingered in Pei Zhan's eyes. "Have you consulted Chairman Jiang?"

Zuo Xiangnan said, "I called and asked, and I heard... Chairman Jiang's intention is to not get involved in these matters." Perhaps it was because he felt that Jiang Weiguo was not going to get involved that his tone became more certain.

"After the news of the marriage between the Shen and Jiang families spread rapidly... the stock of the Jiang Group's subsidiaries has been rising for three consecutive hours."

"...It also benefits the public relations and publicity departments of the Jiang Group. By using these unfounded rumors, they can once again boost the brand awareness of the Jiang Group's brands. It can be said that...it's all beneficial and without any harm!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Hua, who is known for her womanizing ways, was able to do something for the company one day.

It was at this moment that he demonstrated her usefulness, using her scandal to bring benefits to the company.

With each word Zuo Xiangnan spoke, he felt a gust of wind, seemingly from nowhere, blowing onto him.

After leaving the banquet hall.

After coming out, Jiang Hua did not plan to go back in, but waited for Shen Yebai to finish in the outer lounge.

"Have you been wronged?" a voice came from outside the door behind us.