After she left her father and kept her son, President Pei lost control and knelt down.

He only now realized that he had been more perfunctory than caring towards Jiang Chunzhi, to the point that he couldn't see what she was actually doing.

Pei Hansheng, with a cold face, arranged to meet Jiang Chunzhi the next day.

It's better to make some things clear, and some boundaries clear.

As soon as Pei Hansheng left, Zhao Qi quickly stood up and called Zhao Youran.

"Brother Qi, what do you want to see me about?"

A cloying voice came through the microphone. Mrs. Zhao frowned, covered her daughter's ears, and took her into the bedroom to lull her to sleep.

Zhao Qi glanced at his wife's figure, then took his phone and walked to the window.

"You little slut, you've gotten me into a huge mess today. Pei Hansheng came to my door in the middle of the night and almost blew my head off."

"Oh my god."

Zhao Youran covered her mouth, her mind already filled with the image of Pei Hansheng striding confidently into the Zhao family's living room, gun in hand, looking imposing and powerful.

Her mouth was watering, and her eyes were filled with longing.

"Brother Qi, I was just tying someone up for fun. Besides, nothing happened, so why are you making such a fuss?"

"The way Pei Hansheng acts, he's capable of slaughtering the Zhao family to the last blade of grass for his wife."

"That's an exaggeration?" Zhao Youran asked, half-believing. "Then how are you still alive?"

Zhao Qi was furious: "I said you were instructed by Jiang Chunzhi to invite him away."

Zhao Youran suddenly shrieked, "What did you say! How dare you say that Jiang Chunzhi instructed me? I did it all by myself! You've ruined Jiang Chunzhi's image with Pei Hansheng!"

Zhao Qi held his phone away, glanced at it, and was quite puzzled.

On the phone, Zhao Youran broke down and went crazy: "You come with me now to find Pei Hansheng, kneel down and apologize, and say that Jiang Chunzhi didn't do it, that it was all a misunderstanding."

Zhao Qi ignored him: "You're crazy, I'm hanging up."

Zhao Youran smashed her phone and paced anxiously back and forth in the room.

She sought solace by inhaling the details Jiang Chunzhi described of her time with Pei Hansheng. Only when she put herself in Jiang Chunzhi's shoes could she avoid feeling nauseous when she was in bed with Zhao Qi.

Zhao Youran plopped down in a chair. No, she had to take all the responsibility upon herself, protect Jiang Chunzhi, and protect her own fantasies.

……

Pei Hansheng returned to Tanshu.

Fu Yuanzhou, dressed in sterile clothing, stood guard by Qiao Wan's bedside as his assistant came over with the blood sample report.

"The result is negative, which preliminarily rules out the risk of infection."

Fu Yuanzhou took the report and checked the results one by one.

"He has some anemia, so we injected him with 25 ml of human serum albumin."

"OK."

Pei Hansheng crossed his arms, leaned against the wall, and stared intently at the woman who was fast asleep on the bed.

Fu Yuanzhou glanced over and said, "You've taken such bad care of Xiao Wan. I'll take care of her health for a while."

Pei Hansheng approached and looked down at Fu Yuanzhou's medicine box, which contained the world's most advanced drugs and scientific research achievements. He could cure people who couldn't be saved in the hospital.

Pei Hansheng felt even worse, yet he was giving Qiao Wan fake medicine.

Fu Yuanzhou held Pei Hansheng's forearm, took out blood with the needle, and dripped it onto the instrument: "Ordinary HIV test strips can only be used after the incubation period. This new test strip developed by my laboratory greatly shortens this time."

The results came back quickly: negative.

Fu Yuanzhou breathed a sigh of relief and stretched his sore neck.

"Safe. Follow up in two weeks."

Pei Hansheng stared at Fu Yuanzhou, looking him up and down, his tone somewhat dejected: "No wonder Qiao Wan likes you. Her eyes light up every time she sees you, and she calls you 'Big Brother' so affectionately."

Fu Yuanzhou took off his mask, having never seen Pei Hansheng so self-conscious: "Are you out of your mind? Did you take the wrong medicine?"

Pei Hansheng laughed, his eyes welling up with tears.

Am I really that bad?

When Fu Yuanzhou saw him, he looked like he had crawled out of a garbage dump, all tattered and broken.

"Alright, I told you to get a divorce to provoke you. Cherish Xiaowan, you won't find another one like her."

After Fu Yuanzhou finished speaking, he picked up his suitcase and walked away quickly.

He was afraid that if he said another word, Pei Hansheng would come after him and go crazy.

He stepped down the stairs, finding it quite amusing; Qiao Wan was the first person to make Pei Hansheng cry.

In the bedroom, Pei Hansheng squatted down next to Qiao Wan.

He bent down and kissed her cold eyelids.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you."

……

Qiao Wan woke up with a blank mind. Pei Hansheng walked out of the dressing room, and she sat up abruptly, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Pei Hansheng, wearing a watch, glanced at her and said indifferently, "You're awake. A few new nannies are coming to interview at our house today, so you shouldn't go out."

Qiao Wan silently lifted the covers and got out of bed, going to the dressing room to change into her outdoor clothes, silently refusing Pei Hansheng's request.

Pei Hansheng stood still, his gaze following Qiao Wan, when his phone rang. It was Jiang Chunzhi calling.

He answered the call.

"Hansheng, you asked me to have coffee so early? I'm not even fully awake yet."

Pei Hansheng withdrew his gaze, his eyes turning cold: "I won't take up much of your time. I'll head out now and wait for you at the coffee shop."

Jiang Chunzhi yawned widely: "Only you could get me to agree to meet up in this freezing weather. If it's not some big surprise, I'll definitely be disappointed."

Qiao Wan changed her clothes and came out. As she passed by, she heard Jiang Chunzhi's voice. Pei Hansheng hurriedly hung up.

"Where are you going? I'll take you."

Qiao Wan, dressed in all black, lowered her eyes and asked, "I want to see Zhang Manman. Where is she?"

Pei Hansheng paused for a moment: "Hospital, morgue."

Qiao Wan's eyes quickly welled up with tears, and a suppressed sob escaped her throat.

Before jumping off the building, Zhang Manman argued with Zhang Xiu on her behalf, and her last words before she breathed her last were an apology to her.

She had only known this girl a few times, and hadn't even had a chance to give her any warmth before a young girl's life was cut short in the cold winter. Qiao Wan could never forget the last look Zhang Manman gave her.

Unwilling and desperate, but they had reached a dead end.

She glanced at Pei Hansheng and sneered, "Tell Jiang Chunzhi for me to be extremely careful when she goes out. Zhang Manman's vengeful spirit is haunting her and will take her life!"

Pei Hansheng frowned subconsciously.

"Qiao Wan, that's gone a bit too far."

"hehe."

Qiao Wan turned and left, and the door of the villa downstairs was slammed shut with loud bangs.

"Is Pei Hansheng here? I've come to apologize to Mrs. Pei."

Qiao Wan went downstairs, opened the door, and Zhao Youran appeared before her, looking somewhat disheveled.

"Mrs. Pei, the kidnapping was entirely my personal act and has nothing to do with Jiang Chunzhi. Please do not pursue this matter any further."

Zhao Youran spoke these words while swallowing her blood and grime.

She hated Qiao Wan to the core.

Qiao Wan looked at her distorted and humble face, feeling conflicted.

"How much did Jiang Chunzhi give you for this? You're working so hard to be her lackey? Do you want to be Zhang Manman's number two, continuing to help her commit all sorts of evil deeds?"

Qiao Wan kicked Zhao Youran, sending her sprawling into the air.

"You've come to apologize, haven't you? I don't accept it."

Pei Hansheng came over when he heard the commotion. Zhao Youran was crawling on the ground, too afraid to even breathe after being scolded.

He was somewhat annoyed: "Qiao Wan! Don't push your luck."

Zhao Youran straightened up from her knees: "Hansheng, I did everything by myself. It was just a little prank, I wanted to get to know Mrs. Pei. Please don't blame Chunzhi, I'm the one who deepened your misunderstanding."

"I understand, I misunderstood her."

Pei Hansheng pulled Qiao Wan back to the villa and closed the door.

"Well done, is this how the lady of the Tan family treats her guests?"

Qiao Wan scoffed.

With just a few words of playing the victim and showing weakness, Pei Hansheng's heart was swayed again.

"Just because she apologizes doesn't mean I'll forgive her. Jiang Chunzhi killed Zhang Manman; I won't forgive her, never."

Pei Hansheng was a little afraid of Qiao Wan's stubbornness, so he pulled her into his arms and said, "Stop arguing, Qiao Wan, I don't love her."

Qiao Wan sneered and shook him off: "What does it matter to me who you love? How ridiculous!"