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

"Aunt Xu said you had a nightmare, so she asked me to come and check on you."

After Pei Zhan finished speaking, Jiang Hua frowned. "This Xu Ma is such a busybody. I'm awake now, so you're no longer of any use to me. You can leave."

As she turned around, her chest suddenly bumped into the man's stiff chest. Jiang Hua looked up and saw the man so close to her, his eyes filled with darkness as he looked at her.

"If you want to find the murderer, why don't you come and ask me?" he said, looking down.

Jiang Hua's eyes flashed with contempt. "The surveillance footage has already been destroyed. Even Ye Bai and the police couldn't do anything about it. What makes you think you can?"

"Pei Zhan, a man should have self-awareness. Why don't you have it?"

"Alright, my affairs are none of your business. And don't come to the Jiang family again. I feel disgusted just touching someone as filthy as you."

Jiang Hua turned and left without a second thought, but Pei Zhan stepped forward. The next second, Jiang Hua felt her body lighten, and she instinctively reached out and hooked her arms around his neck, her eyes filled with anger, "You country bumpkin, put me down! Do you even deserve to touch me?"

Pei Zhan carried her back to the bedside and sat her down, keeping her in the same position. "If you don't want to catch the murderer, I have no choice but to have my men release her. Think it over. Once she's released, she'll leave the capital city and escape to another city. Even if Shen Yebai has extraordinary abilities, he'll never be able to catch her again."

Jiang Hua twisted her body, "Let me go first!"

Pei Zhan held her slender, soft waist tightly. Jiang Hua clearly didn't feel his strength; she only felt that she couldn't move at all. She frowned and asked, "Where is she now?"

"Don't think that I can forgive you just because you did this."

"You did this voluntarily; I didn't ask you to. Don't think you can get anything out of it."

Pei Zhan understood Jiang Hua's meaning perfectly well. He was the one who rushed to do this, and whatever happened afterward had nothing to do with her.

Pei Zhan: "Mm."

"If something goes wrong, I'll handle it myself; it's none of your business."

Jiang Hua looked into his eyes, ran her hand over his brows and eyes, and felt a moment of disorientation. Finally, her gaze fell on his thin, sharp lips. "You did a good job. Where...is she now?"

Pei Zhan ignored the emotions in her eyes and grabbed her hand. "Get dressed first."

Jiang Hua wore only a shawl and got into Pei Zhan's car to go to a familiar place, the familiar abandoned factory. The last time she came to this place, Pei Zhan almost burned her down.

Thinking of what had happened before, Jiang Hua frowned again, staring at the man walking in front of her with dissatisfaction.

At two in the morning, the wilderness was pitch black, and the wind blowing made her hug her arms tightly as she felt a little cold.

"Couldn't you find a better place? This place is kind of scary."

From time to time, a sound, like a baby crying, could be heard coming from this six-story abandoned factory. Seeing Pei Zhan walking further and further away, Jiang Hua, wearing flat shoes, found it difficult to find a place to step on the uneven, dirty muddy road.

"Slow down."

Pei Zhan slowed his pace, turned around and reached out to her, "Miss Jiang, who have you seen? Do you do bad things in broad daylight?"

Jiang Hua hesitated for a moment when she saw the outstretched hand.

Pei Zhan said, "Walk slower, it's almost dawn."

Jiang Hua had no choice but to put her hand on a rock, step onto it, and walk for a few minutes. When she saw the abandoned factory, she heard pitiful screams coming from inside.

"You bitch, what are you yelling for? If you yell again, I'll rip your tongue out."

"Shut up, go to hell." A lean young man kicked a woman whose face was covered in blood.

The woman fell to the ground with her hands tied behind her back. She was curled up in pain when she fell, unable to get up and unable to make a sound, only able to utter muffled, hoarse "ah ah" sounds.

As they approached, a pungent, foul stench mixed with a strong smell of blood assaulted their nostrils. Jiang Hua frowned and followed Pei Zhan forward. She looked Pei Zhan up and down, but to her surprise, he remained indifferent, as if such a thing was commonplace.

"Boss!"

Jiang Hua heard them shout.

Suddenly, the person on the ground struggled and rushed towards Jiang Hua. A face covered in blood and with a ferocious look appeared in front of her. Jiang Hua's instinctive reaction was not to dodge, but to endure the dull pain that struck her heart.

Upon seeing this, the two men quickly restrained the woman and tied her to a chair with a rope. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Miss... I couldn't keep an eye on you for a moment. Are you alright?"

Pei Zhan supported her with one hand, his body weak and aching. "Are you alright?"

Jiang Hua clutched her chest, noticing everyone's gaze, and waved away the hand he was supporting, saying, "I won't die anytime soon."

"Let's get down to business first." Jiang Hua didn't need it; he looked at her with such pity, and she didn't need anyone's sympathy.

Jiang Hua didn't know what was wrong with her. Recently, her reactions had become increasingly intense, which surprised her. In the past, the pain would only last for a while and she could just bear it. But just now, she felt like she was about to die.

She approached and saw the person still struggling on the chair. Jiang Hua squinted and examined her. "The person who almost killed me is her?"

"We know each other? Why did you want to kill me?" Jiang Hua asked her.

The thug standing nearby grinned and answered Jiang Hua in a fawning manner, "Miss, she's a mental patient, she's gone mad, and she's mute!"

Jiang Hua frowned. "Nonsense, she's not mute at all. She can speak perfectly well."

“She said she was going to kill me, and I heard her say it with my own ears.”

She turned to Pei Zhan and questioned, "Did you just find someone to fool me?"

Another person, receiving a signal from Pei Zhan, explained, "Miss, it's not that... we were afraid of scaring you, and besides, this old woman keeps yelling, and we were afraid of attracting other people."

Fearing that Jiang Hua wouldn't believe him, he grabbed her mouth and forced it open.

Jiang Hua couldn't hold it in any longer and ran outside the factory to vomit.

The wind outside was chilly. He was walking too fast and didn't care about the shawl that had fallen off his body. When he saw her leaning against a tree, looking uncomfortable, Pei Zhan lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and when he was almost done, he threw away the half-smoked cigarette and walked over to her. He picked up the shawl from the ground and draped it over her shoulders.

Pei Zhan: "You came of your own accord."

Jiang Hua couldn't vomit anything, but the cold wind dispelled her nausea. "Pei Zhan, who exactly are you!"

"I don't believe that someone with such an ordinary background could be someone that even Ye Bai couldn't find. I suspect that you orchestrated all of this yourself."