Chapter 55: The Finale—Wishing Only Your Happiness

Qin Mu took a sip of his tea after listening. "Yes, it's not something I can truly understand. I've thought about it—I have no reason to forcefully keep her by my side. I give up."

Ji Han poured Qin Mu another cup of water. "Thank you!"

Qin Mu drained his cup in one swallow again. "I should be the one thanking you. In this lifetime, I am no longer worthy of standing beside Jiang Li. Ji Han, from now on, with you by her side, I have nothing more to say.

At the same time, regarding the Qin Group, I hold seventy-five percent of the shares in total. Thirty-five percent will go to my son Qin Jinchen, and twenty percent each to Youyou and Jiang Li. Therefore, you and the Jiang family no longer need to suppress the Qin Group. I—I am relinquishing my ownership of the shares!"

Ji Han smiled faintly and remained silent, simply pouring Qin Mu another cup of tea.

Qin Mu drank it down once more. "Chenchen has lacked maternal love since childhood, and Youyou has lacked paternal love. I hope the children can freely visit the Jiang, Ji, and Qin residences anytime before they turn sixteen. I can also send living expenses to you every month."

Ji Han smiled slightly and sat back down. "Could it be that President Qin has no intention of letting Jiang Li bear a child for me?"

Qin Mu shook his head. "No. If anything happens to you both, I am always on standby to pick up the children. As long as the children are willing, it doesn't matter how long they stay."

Ji Han nodded. "Everything President Qin has said is quite reasonable. However, have you ever considered whether Jiang Li will agree to forgive you, given how you treated her in the past, or whether she will give you a chance to approach the two children?"

Qin Mu closed his eyes, his hands trembling continuously.

"I—my heart is in turmoil right now. If death could grant me release and free me from everything, I would gladly die to end it all."

Ji Han remained profoundly silent for a moment before standing up. "Mr. Qin, Jiang Li has arrived. I'll go check on Elder Jiang; you two can talk. I will respect every decision she makes."

With that, Ji Han stood up and departed with poise.

Meanwhile, Jiang Li emerged from her grandfather's room and glanced at her daughter's bedroom, where she and little Chenchen were chatting animatedly.

The sister and brother were laughing happily as they discussed the future—a word that felt truly heavy to Jiang Li.

At that moment, she cast a glance at Qin Mu. A heartache like a venomous snake tightening around her throat gripped her, bringing an overwhelming sense of suffocation.

Seeing Jiang Li come out, Qin Mu stood up.

He looked at the woman he had loved to the very marrow of his bones. Right now, she sat down before him with complete composure and ease.

Qin Mu felt an unspeakable sense of strangeness.

At this very moment, standing felt wrong, and sitting felt wrong.

In the end, after taking a deep breath, he finally spoke. "I'm sorry. I'm the one who failed you. I don't ask for your forgiveness; I only ask that you forget those unpleasant times!"

Jiang Li took a deep breath, her eye rims turning red. "Forget? How can I forget? Two people who were once so deeply in love were schemed against, yet you never once chose to trust me. Even when I woke up in that hotel, your very first reaction was to break up with me."

"I'm sorry!" Qin Mu stood there like a guilty child, full of nervous anxiety, not daring to meet Jiang Li's eyes.

"Qin Mu, stop saying you're sorry. There is no need for apologies. You never failed me; you just didn't love me!"

"No, I love you! If I didn't love you, I wouldn't have indulged you, allowing you to stay by my side and learn to be a secretary even before you graduated from university.

If I didn't love you, I wouldn't have arranged for you to be my personal secretary at the Qin Group the very moment you graduated. I didn't want to be separated from you even for a single moment.

We were once so deeply in love at the company, at the school gates, and at the Qin family villa. You remember that—you know I love you!"

Jiang Li smiled. "That's right. You used to wait for me at the school gates after classes ended. I was deeply moved back then, even experiencing the feeling that a single day apart is like three autumns.

I loved you! But on the day your father had his car accident, you slapped me twice and gripped my neck, trying to choke the life out of me.

Yet you didn't ask if I was hurt, nor did you ask for my explanation. You simply locked me away in that crocodile villa, a place I will never forget for the rest of my life, leaving me to fend for myself."

"No, I did put a mechanical crocodile in there, but it wasn't aggressive! I didn't know later that Jiang Xue had placed a Tibetan mastiff and snakes in the villa. I'm sorry!

It was all my fault. Do you know how heartbroken and distressed I was when I found out you had been sent to the hospital at death's door?"

Hearing Qin Mu's words, Jiang Li shook away her tears and nodded. "Is that so? You were that heartbroken, yet did you punish Jiang Xue? No, you didn't. Even when you found out that the person you slept with that night was Jiang Xue, you still felt a pang of guilt toward her."

"I'm sorry!" At this moment, Qin Mu had no idea what else he could possibly say to soothe the hurt he had inflicted upon Jiang Li.

"Enough, stop saying you're sorry. Qin Mu, in this lifetime, you and I are destined to have no marital fate. However, I respect Chenchen and Youyou's choices. If they want to live here, they will live here; if they want to go to your place, they can go to your place.

I also respect your division of property. If you want to get married, go ahead and get married. Even if my Chenchen grows up and keeps the Qin surname, it doesn't mean he has to inherit your empire."

"No, I will never marry again for the rest of my life. I have hurt you, so let me live out my days untouched by women, eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures to pray for blessings for you and the children."

"As you please!" Jiang Li couldn't be bothered to care. "However, in the future, President Qin should not come to the Jiang residence anymore. You are not welcome here, and I don't want to see you. From now on, we will mind our own business. Also, remember this: from beginning to end, you were the only man I ever had. When you had the chance to trust me, you didn't. When I asked you to save Youyou, you chose not to save her either. From now on, Youyou will never call you father."

Qin Mu nodded. "Yes, I am unworthy. In the future, I will try my best not to appear before you again."

Jiang Li turned away angrily, speaking with a trace of cold indifference. "Good. You'd better mean what you say. Even if Chenchen wants to return to the Qin family in the future, just have the butler come and pick him up. You don't need to show your face."

"Alright!" Qin Mu's eyes turned red, filled with sorrow.

Leaving the Jiang Corporation with a slight tremble, Qin Mu drove his car, no longer able to hold back the tangled web of love and hatred he felt for Jiang Li in his heart.

Leaning over the steering wheel, Qin Mu wept uncontrollably, sobbing bitterly.

What was lost was ultimately lost, and everything had now drawn to a less-than-complete close.

The punishment of never seeing each other again was even more agonizing to him than going to prison, but knowing he could do nothing to change it, Qin Mu had no choice but to accept.

As for the two children, they began attending school, virtually inseparable. Sometimes they played chess with Elder Jiang at the Jiang residence, and other times they accompanied Ji Han to the Ji family home to paint with Grandmother Ji.

Occasionally, the Qin family butler would pick them up to spend a day playing at the Qin estate. In short, the children's lives were fulfilling, and after Ji Han helped Jiang Li sort out company affairs of all sizes and establish a firm foothold, he formally proposed to her.

Ji Han and Jiang Li got together.

A year after their marriage, Jiang Li gave birth to a pair of fraternal twins, and she was surrounded by happiness, overflowing with joy.

Word had it that Jiang Xue had gone mad in prison, and through Qin Mu's special instructions, her battered and bruised state ultimately drove her to suicide.

At the same time, Jiang Xue's father and younger brother received their respective punishments, sentenced to life imprisonment.

Chen Shaojie had also lost his mind. Whether his madness was real or feigned, Jiang Li had no desire to dwell on the matter; she only wanted to be a happy and joyful mother and wife.