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The road not taken HD
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00:00Inside a gothic cathedral stood two men looking for wives.
00:03One was Jace, a billionaire from the west coast.
00:06The other was Victor, a small-time thug from the east coast.
00:09For the sake of a massive bride price, our powerful stepmother made us choose which one we would marry.
00:14In my last life, my younger sister Lily rushed to choose Jace, the billionaire.
00:19And she pushed Victor, that low-life thug, onto me.
00:23But no one expected that five years later, Jace would go completely bankrupt
00:28and Lily would have no choice but to move with him into a leaking slum.
00:32As for that thug Victor, he carved a bloody path across the east coast
00:36and became a mafia godfather who struck fear into everyone who heard his name.
00:39I became the mafia matriarch countless people tried to curry favor with.
00:43Luxury cars and yachts, whenever I went out, money spent like water.
00:47When I saw Lily starving in the slums, picking up discarded vegetable leaves,
00:51I kindly handed her a check for one million dollars to help improve her life.
00:54But she tore the check to pieces, clamped both hands around my throat,
00:57and dragged me towards a speeding truck.
00:59Give me back the life that should have been mine!
01:01The truck roared past and Lily and I died together.
01:05When I opened my eyes again, I had returned to five years ago,
01:09to the day Jace and Victor came to choose their wives.
01:14I like wild men.
01:16I'm going with you!
01:19As if she had already decided that in this life,
01:23she would become the mafia matriarch and crush me completely under her feet.
01:28I knew then that Lily had been reborn too.
01:31She thought she had stolen my life.
01:33But I only found it funny.
01:35Victor was no devoted underworld boss from some mafia movie.
01:39He was a demon who took pleasure in tormenting people.
01:42The only reason Victor became a mafia godfather in my last life
01:45was because of the leadership I gave him from behind the scenes.
01:48Even so, Victor still broke 199 of my bones.
01:52I looked at Lily's relieved expression and curved my lips.
01:56You think you're about to live a glorious life above everyone else?
02:00But you have no idea.
02:01This road will only drag you into hell.
02:04Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms would guarantee he would take her in.
02:08But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me.
02:12Come here.
02:13I want you.
02:15My heart trembled.
02:16Fear flooded over me like a tide.
02:18Memories from my last life poured into my mind in an instant.
02:20Being chained in his basement and beaten.
02:22Being handed to other gangs as a hostage and violated.
02:25Having my bones shattered for human experiments.
02:28I froze where I stood.
02:29Unable to move even half a step.
02:31Lily panicked at the sight.
02:32Don't choose my sister Chloe.
02:34She's vain and greedy.
02:36Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.
02:38How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?
02:42She looks down on you but I'm willing to suffer with you.
02:48Fine.
02:49Then you'll be my woman.
02:51As long as you behave and do what I say.
02:54I'll make sure you can walk all over this street.
02:57I believe you.
02:58I'll do whatever you say.
03:01At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us, held out an expensive wedding gown to me.
03:06Will you be my wife and leave with me?
03:09I'm currently facing a financial crisis.
03:13But I promise you, even if I lose everything, I'll never let you go hungry.
03:18Without hesitation, I placed my hand in his palm.
03:21I will.
03:22I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man.
03:25In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day, he still
03:30saved the last piece of bread for Lily.
03:32But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.
03:34Since you're too blessed to appreciate him, then he'll be mine.
03:38When Lily climbed onto Victor's battered motorcycle, she turned back and whispered to me.
03:42Jace is about to go bankrupt and end up on the street.
03:45Victor will fight his way back into high society sooner or later.
03:48Chloe, in this life, you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.
03:53So she knew I had been reborn too.
03:55And she thought she had stolen my life.
03:57I watched the motorcycle horrible and sneered in relief.
04:00Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine until he had squeezed out every last
04:05drop of value.
04:06In my last life, when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast, I had naively believed he was
04:10a good man too.
04:11He bought me the most expensive dresses and took me in and out of the top underground casinos.
04:16Even though back then, I was so afraid I could barely walk, he brainwashed me.
04:20Telling me this was the unique love a man who lived on the edge had for me.
04:25Until one day, his gang hit a dead end.
04:28Without hesitation, he chained me up and handed me over to a rival gang.
04:32I was abused by those vile men for two full years.
04:37Only then did I understand that Victor had only ever seen me as a scapegoat he could discard at any
04:43time.
04:44Chloe, welcome home.
04:47Jace's gentle voice sounded beside me.
04:50I followed Jace into the villa.
04:52The moment he opened the door, I froze.
04:54It was a luxurious dressing room filled with limited edition gowns from the current season.
04:59Brilliant jewels flashed almost blindingly under the lights.
05:03My eyes warmed.
05:05Jace, thank you.
05:06I've never seen such a beautiful place.
05:08Since you've come home with me, you're the mistress of this house.
05:13Swipe the card for anything you want.
05:18I'll never let my woman suffer the slightest grievous.
05:23Warmth rushed through my chest.
05:26Even though his company was currently being jointly stingled by Wall Street, he still gave me the very best.
05:33I'll behave.
05:34Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.
05:37He cherished me like a priceless treasure.
05:40My food, clothes, and daily necessities were all top tier.
05:44But he didn't know that I was no longer the fallen heiress who only knew how to enjoy herself.
05:49In my last life, I hid behind the scenes and helped Victor build a massive mafia empire.
05:56In this life, I could help Jace protect everything too.
06:00I walked straight into his study and picked up the financial reports on his desk.
06:08Since you're protecting me, I'll protect your business empire for you.
06:12Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began.
06:15Jace's enemies had brabbed an executive in his company.
06:18They planned to present a fake report at the board meeting and force Jace out.
06:21In my last life, Jace fell at this very step.
06:24Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.
06:26But in this life, I was here.
06:29My experience laundering money for Victor in my past life made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics.
06:34I hacked directly into that traitorous executive's email, obtained ironclayed proof that they had falsified the data, and sent it
06:40straight to the FBI.
06:41Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me to set a financial trap in the
06:45futures market.
06:46Jace, this time you won't lose.
06:48That night, a top charity gala was held in Manhattan.
06:51I held Jace's arm and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.
06:54But unexpectedly, I ran into Lily there.
06:57Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming street thug.
06:59He had no qualifications to attend such an event.
07:01Clearly, Lily had forced Victor to fortune-buying invitations so she could show off her mafia wife persona.
07:06Lily arrogantly blocked my path.
07:08Chloe, what a surprise.
07:09Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight, actually managed to borrow money to rent you a gown?
07:14You have no idea how amazing Victor is.
07:17He took over three blocks of territory.
07:19The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub!
07:22See that?
07:23He assigned me fully armed bodyguards to protect me, and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for
07:28me.
07:28You'll never experience this kind of love in your life.
07:31I looked at her nouveau riche posturing and smeared again and again in my heart.
07:35Bodyguards?
07:37Supplements?
07:38Lily had no idea that Victor's frantic territorial expansion had already angered several old mafia families.
07:44He gave Lily bodyguards to disguise her as a top priority target and draw assassin fire.
07:49He fed her expensive supplements so he could draw her healthy blood
07:52and trade it to high-level figures on the underground black market in exchange for resources and life extension.
07:57I looked at Lily with pity.
07:59She wasn't far from death.
08:01Seeing me silent, Lily thought she had hit a sore point and laughed even more wildly.
08:07I just heard several Wall Street big shots say that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!
08:12She leaned closer and lowered her voice.
08:15When that happens, you'll have to sell yourself in the slums to pay off his debts.
08:19The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.
08:27I smiled.
08:28Then let's wait and see.
08:31When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all, she stomped her foot hard.
08:35Chloe, just you wait!
08:37Sooner or later, you'll be kneeling and begging me!
08:41She turned and walked toward Eric, the crown prince of Wall Street, picked up a glass of champagne and tried
08:47to build a connection.
08:49Mr. Eric, Victor asked me to send you his regards.
08:52From now on, he'll have your East Coast business covered.
08:56Eric didn't even look at her before knocking over his glass with the back of his hand.
09:03What gutter rat thinks she's worthy of cozying up to me?
09:07But on TV, you clearly said you respected people who would do whatever it took to climb up.
09:11That's me!
09:12How can you look down on me?
09:14Watching this, I couldn't help finding it funny.
09:16In my last life, after Victor became a mafia godfass, Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog.
09:22But Lily didn't know that the current Victor was nowhere near qualified.
09:26Capitalists like Eric only respected absolute power.
09:29They would never spare a second glance for a street thug's woman.
09:33A cheap whore who eats off gangsters has no right to dirty my suit.
09:40Mrs. Jace, congratulations to Mr. Jace on his perfect towner attack in the futures market tonight, earning a net profit
09:47of one billion!
09:48Wall Street will be relying on you from now on!
09:51Lily froze where she stood, shaking her head in disbelief.
09:54What nonsense are you talking about? Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight. Victor is the future godfather!
09:58She suddenly lunged at Eric.
09:59Eric, open your eyes! You should be working with me!
10:01Eric shoved her to the floor, his face full of disgust.
10:03Who collects protection money? Tonight, some other family will throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.
10:07What mafia matriarch fantasy are you having?
10:09The surrounding elite covered their ears and laughed, their gazes as sharp as knives.
10:13So she's a lunatook trying to use a thug to climb into power!
10:15Hurry up and call security to throw this bitch out! She's dirtying our eyes!
10:19Humiliated to the bone, Lily climbed up from the floor and glared at everyone with hatred.
10:22Victor, pull out your gun! Show them who the king of the East Coast really is!
10:25The doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. Victor stormed in arrogantly with a dozen tattooed men, all carrying
10:30machetes.
10:31Who the fuck dares touch my woman?
10:33Eric sneered. In an instant, dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards surged out from every direction.
10:37Red laser sights locked onto Victor's forehead and chest in unisys.
10:40Victor's legs went weak. With a thud, he dropped to his knees.
10:42Mr. Eric! Misunderstanding! This crazy bitch lost her mind! It has nothing to do with me!
10:47Victor! What are you saying?
10:48Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here?
10:50To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped her across the face again
10:56and again, more than a dozen times.
10:58Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth. Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped her over and
11:04over.
11:04No! It shouldn't be like this!
11:07The entire hall fell into dead silence.
11:09Jace calmly set down his wine glass and shielded me behind him.
11:12He leisurely wiped a drop of wine from the hem of his jacket.
11:15Every movement refined and elegant.
11:17He was worlds apart from Victor, who had just been wagging his tail and begging.
11:21If you're not gone in one minute, all of you are going into the sea.
11:26After dropping that threat, Eric strode away with his bodyguards.
11:29Lily seized the chance to break free from Victor and stumbled toward the door.
11:32You all look down on me today, but sooner or later you'll regret it! I will become a mafia godmother!
11:38Because her pride had been completely trampled, Lily never again had the face to appear in public after that day.
11:45Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
11:48In my last life, these three months were exactly the death trap.
11:53When Victor's territory was jointly purged by the major mafia families.
11:58To borrow money from a Mexican drug lord for weapons, he personally pushed me onto an underground gambling table.
12:05Those desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth and forced me to play Russian Salette.
12:13Each time the trigger was pulled, Victor showed no heartache at all.
12:19Instead, he held other women and laughed loudly as he placed his bets.
12:24Once, the despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my throat, utterly shredded my dignity as a human being.
12:31In his eyes, I had never been a mafia matriarch.
12:35I was only a chip he could trade for money at any time.
12:41I didn't know whether Lily would experience all of that.
12:45But based on my observation of Victor in this life, he would only torment Lily even more vusciously.
12:52Facts proved my guess was right.
12:54The next morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse, when a battered pickup car riddled with bullet
13:00holes, came barreling towards me like mad.
13:03A bodyguard threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar beside us with a crash.
13:13Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
13:15Chloe, get out here!
13:18My heart jolted. Lily had come.
13:45Lily's shrill voice came.
13:50Chloe, let's switch back!
13:53Snot and tears mixed together on her face, making her look both pitiful and disgusting.
13:57That lunatic Victor has been losing territory lately, and he's taking all his anger out on me!
14:02He draws my blood every day to sell it, and he forces me to accompany those perverts so he can
14:08win resources!
14:09She suddenly lifted her head and shouted with righteous confidence.
14:13You clearly knew this life would be so miserable!
14:15Why didn't you warn me?
14:17This was supposed to be your suffering!
14:19Let's switch back now!
14:21You go be Victor's dog, and I'll be your rich wife!
14:24Hearing such shameless words, I sneered and picked her away.
14:30Switch back?
14:31Lily, did they beat your brain broken?
14:34I looked down at her from above.
14:36Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?
14:44Who was the one who gloated and mocked me?
14:48Saying I could only look up at you from the slums?
14:51She lay on the ground, pounding the pavement in a frenzy as she screamed.
14:55That's because you tricked me!
14:58You hid from me what would happen if I chose Victor!
15:03But don't get too pleased with yourself!
15:05A flash of vicious, sick pleasure crossed Lily's eyes.
15:09According to how things went in the last life, that useless Jace is going completely bankrupt today!
15:14When that happens, you won't even be able to afford the slums!
15:18You'll have to beg on the street!
15:20The words had barely left her mouth.
15:25Twelve Rolls-Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.
15:30The car doors opened.
15:32Dressed in a custom suit, strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.
15:37Seeing such an astonishing scene, throat tightened, a sharp swallow betraying her shock.
15:41Impossible! You're supposed to go bankrupt today! How could you still have money?
15:45But she instantly reacted.
15:46Now was the time to cling to power.
15:48She shoved me aside and rushed toward two,
15:50deliberately exposing her collarbones and leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.
15:54Mr. Monsieur, don't be deceived by my sister!
15:56She's a demon to the bone!
15:57Sooner or later, she'll destroy your business empire!
16:00Lifted her head pitifully.
16:01Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth.
16:04As long as you want me...
16:05Get away!
16:06Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance.
16:08He walked straight past her and came to me.
16:10He took out an expensive handkerchief and, with aching tenderness,
16:14wiped the dust grabbed onto the hem of my clothes.
16:17Then he turned and looked down at her.
16:19If she really is a demon, then I'd willingly offer her my soul.
16:23Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street.
16:27Chloe is my only woman.
16:28As for you, you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
16:31Hoopshire One looked as if she had been struck by lightning.
16:34Jealousy twisted her features.
16:35She screamed and tried to lunge forward again.
16:38Oh no!
16:38This life should be mine!
16:42Just then, an old, unlicensed van screeched to a stop by the roadside.
16:47Two tattooed thugs jumped out, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her viciously toward the van.
16:54Filthy bitch!
16:55How dare you run out and play victim!
16:57Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back!
16:59We haven't drawn enough blood today!
17:01Watching the van speed away, I frowned.
17:04Special supplements?
17:05Had Victor come up with some new trick again?
17:07The instincts I had developed in my last life while managing Victor's underground industries told me this was absolutely not
17:13simple.
17:13After returning to the Manishin, I immediately locked the study-a-door and turned off the computer.
17:18Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network from my Yen-P, the Uth-Rai, bypassed the firewall with ease, and
17:24hacked directly into the underground medical system he had recently connected.
17:27In an encrypted purchase list, I found the true ingredients of those special supplements.
17:32The moment I clicked it open, a chill crawled up my spine.
17:35They weren't supplements at all.
17:37They were living organ rejection suppressors, a substance explicitly banned on the dark web.
17:42So that was it.
17:43Victor's frantic expansion had angered the old mafia, and his cash flow had completely collapsed.
17:48To repay his debts, he had accepted a live organ order from a sick drug lord.
17:54Victor fed her that drug every day and kept her well-fed.
17:57Not because he cherished her, because he was treating her like a mobable organ incubator.
18:02Ensuring that her heart and corneals would perfectly match the buyer's body when they were dug out.
18:07Ridiculous, Lily.
18:08She thought she had stolen my script as mafia matriarch, and ran around showing off that exclusive love, never knowing
18:15she was walking step by step towards the slaughterhouse.
18:18I scrolled to the last line of the order.
18:20The system showed that the harvest delivery date was three days later, at an East Coast elite charity gala.
18:26I curved my lips coldly.
18:29The show was about to begin.
18:31On the night of the delivery, the East Coast's most prestigious charity gala was held at a Manhattan hotel.
18:36And at that moment, she knew nothing about death's arrival.
18:39Because she had been taking that illegal, rejection-suppressing drug for so long, her body was already on the verge
18:44of collapse.
18:45She could barely take two steps without losing her breath.
18:47But she still believed it was only weakness caused by Victor's abuse.
18:50She stole an invitation from Victor's drawer, covered her corpse pale face with thick foundation, and snuck into the gala.
18:56Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights on a gray-haired Wall Street magnetit.
19:00She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she pressed herself delicately against the magnet's arm.
19:05Sir, please save me. Victor, that thug keeps torturing me.
19:08As long as you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you.
19:12She looked at the magnet with expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy.
19:17The magnet held his glass of red wine and looked her up and down, but there was no desire in
19:21his eyes.
19:22Take you away.
19:26Poor little thing, don't you know?
19:29Victor already pre-sold your heart and cornalized to me yesterday.
19:34I'm your buyer.
19:37The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze.
19:42All the blood in her body seemed to turn to ice.
19:45What did you say?
19:49What did you say?
19:50My heart, my corneals?
19:52Her mind exploded with a buzz.
19:54She finally understood what those expensive supplements really were.
19:57The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more than fattening her like a pig for
20:01slaughter from beginning to end.
20:03No, no, no!
20:05She shoved the magnet away and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of
20:10her high heels fell off.
20:11She crashed headfirst into me, as I stood arm in arm with the man, chatting and laughing with the mayor.
20:17Bang!
20:18When she saw it was me, she seemed to seize the last straw of hope.
20:21With a thud, she dropped to her knees at my feet and slammed her head against the floor again and
20:26again.
20:26Sister, I was wrong! I really was wrong!
20:29She cock-o'd it until blood streamed down her forehead, wailing missibly.
20:33Victor wants to cut out my heart!
20:38I'll never fight you for anything again, please!
20:41I looked down at her from above, my eyes utterly unmoved.
20:44You chose your own road.
20:47I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress.
20:49If you walk into hell yourself, don't blame others for not reaching out.
20:53Lily collapsed to the floor in despair.
20:55Just then, the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
20:58First heard one swaggered in with several armed, tattooed men.
21:01In his hand was a huge, thick four.
21:04A sinister smile hung on his lips as he walked step-by-step towards Sir Larm on the floor.
21:10Found you, not me.
21:12Seeing the man approach with the sedative, the girl scrambled backward in terror, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
21:17No, no!
21:18The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified.
21:21The man shouted,
21:21Nobody move!
21:22I'm only here to take my goods today.
21:24Anyone who dares call the cops, I'll kill their whole family!
21:27Standing beside one, I watched the farce coldly.
21:30Not only did I not hide, I took my phone out of my clutch.
21:34Save Lily?
21:36Impossible.
21:37But I would never pass up the chance to crush Victor completely.
21:40My slender fingers tapped rapidly across the screen, activating the trojan I had set up in advance.
21:45In less than three seconds, Victor's 13 money laundering accounts on the global dark internet were wiped clean and frozen.
21:50At the same time, he elegantly pressed the send button on his watch, packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage
21:55and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one minute.
21:59The next second, police sirens and redo-flashing lights pierced through the banquet hall.
22:02Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles blocked the entrance so tightly that not even water could pass.
22:06Boss! All our accounts have been frozen! The place is crawling with cops!
22:09One's men stared at their phones in terror.
22:10One's face went deathly plale, as if he had fallen into an ice pit.
22:13What? What's going on?
22:14He could no longer care about anything else.
22:16He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe viciously into her neck.
22:19Everybody stay the fuck back!
22:23Anyone moves, and I'll blow this bitch's head off!
22:28The entire tube of illegal green liquid was pushed into Lily's van.
22:31It wasn't an ordinary sedative, but a high-concentration, mania-inducing jet.
22:35In less than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded bloodstream, and the veins on her neck bulged like earthworms.
22:39Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason.
22:42She stared fixably at me, dazzling and glamorous, protected in Jace's arms.
22:45The extreme resentment of green-champled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects.
22:49I was reborn too, so why do you get to live so well?
22:52Lily let out a beast-like howl that barely sounded human.
22:54She actually bit into Victor's arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh.
22:57Victor screamed and let go.
22:59Like a vengeful ghost, Lily grabbed a sharp, broken wine bottle from the table and charged wildly at my face.
23:04I'll ruin you! Go to hell with me!
23:06She was extremely fat, but didn't even blink.
23:09Before she could get within half a meter of me, Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean
23:13sidekick straight to Lily's chest.
23:15Lily flew out like a torn sack.
23:16With a crash, she smashed heavily into the five-tier champagne tower.
23:19Glass shards pierced her entire body, and blood gushed out.
23:21Lying in a pool of blood, she vomited blood while pointing at me and laughing madly.
23:25Jace! Don't be fooled by her!
23:27Lily shrieked hysterically, trying to use her final TROPSOD to destroy me.
23:31She's a reborn woman!
23:33In her last life, she was a demon with blood all over her hands!
23:37She only chose you because she knew you would become rich in this life!
23:41She doesn't love you at all!
23:46The entire room fell silent.
23:48Blood filled Lily's mouth as she looked at Jace smugly, thinking that exposing the secret of rebirth.
23:54At me with disgust, she screamed.
23:56In her last life, you were picking through trash in the slums while she was all-powerful mafia matriarch!
24:02You're just a tool she's using!
24:03Everyone waited for Jace's reaction.
24:05I stood where I was, and looked at him calmly.
24:07Jace looked down at Lily on the floor, his lips curling in a cold smile.
24:11If that's true, then I really should thank you for your stupidity in this life.
24:15Jace's voice was low and dominating.
24:17Thank you for personally pushing such a perfect wife into my arms.
24:21Just then, SWAT officers broke through the doors.
24:23Don't move! Drop your weapons!
24:27The scene descended instantly into chaos.
24:30Seeing that the tide had turned, Victor grabbed a chair and smashed the floor to Sleeling Window.
24:34In the final second before he leapt into the cold seawater, Victor stared hard at me, shielded in Jace's arms,
24:39my eyes cold.
24:40In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
24:43In his mind, the sentence Lily had shouted flash like lightning.
24:46Victor's eyes instantly changed from fear to shock.
24:48It was her?
24:49Cold seawater choked his windpipe.
24:51Victor swam desperately through the sewer like a stray dog that had lost its home.
24:54But Lily's words from the gala kept replaying in his mind.
24:57In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
25:00Victor fled back to the moldy-smelling basement and looked at the territory he had now lost completely.
25:04His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
25:07He suddenly remembered many details from his last life.
25:09In his last life, every time his gang hit a dead end, he would somehow receive intelligence to solve it
25:14the next day.
25:14He had thought Lily was born blessed with good fortune, so each time he had placed Lily high on a
25:18pedestal.
25:19But in this life, Lily, who carried memories too, was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang.
25:24And only knew how to cry for designer brands.
25:26And just now at the gala, the way Chloe froze his overseas dark web accounts was exactly like the mysterious
25:31strategist behind the scenes from his last life.
25:34Victor understood in an instant.
25:38It was Chloe.
25:53Only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry.
25:57Victor's bloodshot eyes locked onto a financial magazine photo of Jace and Chloe on the wall.
26:03He punched the frame to pieces.
26:06Chloe is mine!
26:07She belongs to me!
26:09Three days later, in the underground parking garage of the J group, I had just stepped out of my private
26:15elevator.
26:15When a foul-smelling, unshaven man suddenly lunged out from behind a load-carrying pollen.
26:22Chloe!
26:23I finally found you!
26:24It was Victor.
26:25With a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees in front of me.
26:28Ignoring the muddy water on the ground, he sobbed and slapped himself across the face again and again.
26:34I was wrong, Chloe.
26:34I was blinded by that idiot Lily.
26:36I was blind as a dog!
26:37He shuffled forward on his knees, trying to hug my leg, crying until his face was covered in snot and
26:43tears.
26:43You're my woman!
26:44As long as you come back, we can join hands like in our last life and take Jace's money.
26:49We're the destined king and queen of the underworld!
26:52Looking at him so utterly pathetic, I felt only nausea.
26:56I pressed the red emergency alarm on my car key.
27:00The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage.
27:03Victor panicked and still tried to forcibly drag me.
27:05A dark figure flashed past.
27:07Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor three meters away.
27:10Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly and handed it to the bodyguard behind him.
27:15His eyes held a terrifying violence.
27:16Victor, you're not only blind, you're hopelessly stupid.
27:21Jace!
27:22You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman!
27:26Driven into a corner, Victor erupted with a desperado's ferocity.
27:30He pulled out a switchblade and roared as he lunged at Jace.
27:33But he had no idea what kind of monster he was facing.
27:36Jace didn't even dodge.
27:38He shifted slightly to avoid the blade, then caught Victor's wrist in a backhand grip and snapped it hard.
27:42The crisp sound of breaking bone rang out.
27:44Victor let out a pig-like scream and the knife fell to the floor.
27:47Then Jace drove his knee upward, slamming it heavily into Victor's chest.
27:51Two ribs snapped instantly.
27:53The entire sequence flowed smoothly, carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination.
27:58Victor collapsed to the floor like mud, coughing out mouthfuls of blood.
28:02Jace stepped forward and mercilessly planted his leather shoe on Victor's broken fingers, grinding down hard.
28:09You think you deserved her in your last life?
28:11Jace looked down at Victor as he corulsed in pain.
28:15You couldn't protect her.
28:17All you could do was rely on the pitiful power she handed you.
28:21And in this life, you don't even have the right to say her name.
28:28Jace gestured.
28:29Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward and dragged Victor like a dead dog, throwing him into the garbage heap in the back
28:34alley.
28:35And at that moment, the gears of fate turned.
28:37An ambulance from the hospital happened to stop at the Annie entrance.
28:40The one who secretly slipped down from it was Lily, dragging her broken body.
28:44To avoid the expensive medical bills, Lily had escaped from the public hospital.
28:49She limped into the back alley, about to look for something to eat, when she suddenly saw Victor rivaling in
28:55the garbage heap.
28:56Victor?
28:57The moment she made out that face, Lily showed not the slightest sympathy.
29:01Instead, she burst into wild laughter.
29:03You liar!
29:04Weren't you a mafia boss?
29:05Why are you lying here like a stray dog?
29:07Victor struggled to open his eyes.
29:08Seeing the woman who had ruined him so badly, old hatred and new rage erupted like a volcano.
29:12If not for Lily, how would he have lost Chloe?
29:19Filthy bitch!
29:20This is all your fault!
29:21Victor lunged at her, clapped his hands around Lily's throat, and pressed her into the filthy, water-water-filled garbage
29:27heap.
29:28You useless thing!
29:29Give me back Chloe!
29:30Give me back my mafia empire!
29:32Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking, and her hands clawed wildly.
29:35The true love they had once believed would bring mutual benefit now tore at each other like two mad dogs,
29:39blaming each other and ripping each other apart.
29:41In the final second before suffocation, Lily's hand found a sharp shard of glass.
29:46Go to hell!
29:48Using all her strength, she stabbed the shard fiercely into Victor's female artery.
29:54Blood instantly sprayed out like a fountain, splattering across Lily's face.
29:59Victor screamed.
30:02The two of them collapsed together into the reeking pool of blood and trash, convulsing in despair.
30:07A passerby discovered them and called the police, and the two were taken back to the public hospital.
30:12Due to severe blood loss, Victor's thigh was already paralyzed.
30:15As for Lily, when she woke up in the hospital bed, a doctor walked over to her coldly with her
30:19test results.
30:20Because you have been taking illegal living organ suppresses from your dark web for a long time,
30:24your kidneys and liver have completely failed.
30:27You have two months at most.
30:28There's no treatment value.
30:30Wait to die.
30:32The doctor's words were like a final verdict.
30:35Lily finally realized it.
30:37The rebirth script she had thought herself so clever for stealing had not helped her rise above everyone else.
30:44Instead, she had personally pushed open the gates to hell.
30:47The television on the hospital wall lit up.
30:50On the screen, the grand celebration of the Jace Group's successful listing on Wall Street was being broadcast live.
30:56I wore a gown and rang the opening bell under the eyes of the world, dazzling like a queen.
31:01If I can't live, you won't have peace either!
31:06She violently ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand.
31:09Blood dripped onto the white sheets.
31:11She stole a nurse's uniform and made an insane decision.
31:14Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body in bandages,
31:17pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself,
31:19and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet for the Jace Group's listing in her arms.
31:23She carried a large barrel of gasoline, had bought on the black market.
31:26As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone,
31:29she would be willing to die in the flames immediately.
31:32At the center of the reception, Jace and I were being interviewed by global media.
31:36I wore a custom gown and looked invincible beneath the flashes.
31:39Lily hid behind a pillar in the shadows, staring at that blinding glory.
31:43The flames of jealousy in her heart burned all the way up her throat.
31:47Die! All of you die!
31:49She pushed the cart, carrying the gasoline using the darkness to inch closer to the ventilation system.
31:54As long as she pressed the igniter, this place would become a living hell.
31:58Just as her hand reached for the lighter,
32:00a pair of rough hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness,
32:03clamped over her mouth, and dragged her forcibly into the dim fire stair hell.
32:08It was Victor.
32:12Who told you to make a move?
32:13He still hadn't given up.
32:15He wanted to use Lily for one last struggle.
32:17What we need is money.
32:18We need the lifeline in Chloe's hands.
32:21You are not allowed to act.
32:23Chloe, you don't want your sister alive?
32:25Bring ten million in cash to basement level two.
32:27Remember, no bodyguards.
32:29He thought I would go soft.
32:31He thought that as long as I appeared,
32:33he could use me as a bargaining chain to turn the tables,
32:36just like in the last life.
32:39Watching the video.
32:41Madam,
32:42shall I mobilize mercenaries and flatten the place?
32:45No need.
32:46I want them to see with their own eyes
32:48that before this position,
32:50they don't even qualify to be ants.
32:52Instead, I had Jace robilize the city's armed forces
32:55and surround the entire building like an iron barrel.
32:58Basement level two.
32:59Victor stared at the elevator with high expectations.
33:04How is this possible?
33:06How dare you come without the money?
33:09I slowly stepped out from behind the bodyguards,
33:11every step calm and elegant.
33:13I didn't even glance at Lily,
33:14who was tied to the fire hydrant.
33:16Victor,
33:17you used me in my last life
33:18and tortured me in this one.
33:20Did you think you could still threaten me
33:21like some ridiculous clown?
33:24Didn't you want to light the fire?
33:25Go on.
33:26Don't be a coward.
33:28When Lily heard this,
33:30the last spark of hope in her eyes went out completely.
33:32She looked at my lofty posture,
33:34at how I didn't even deign to get her a single game.
33:38I'm done playing.
33:39I'm really done playing.
33:42I'll make all of you die with me.
33:47Before Victor could react,
33:48Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes
33:50and, like a mad woman,
33:51wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck.
33:53Don't ruin me!
33:55You made me into this monster!
33:58She bit down hard on Victor's ear,
34:00bloody tears streaming from her eyes.
34:03Victor, didn't you want money?
34:05Didn't you want to be the emperor of the underworld?
34:09Then let's go be that in hell!
34:12You crazy bitch!
34:14Let go of me!
34:15He struggled desperately,
34:17but Lily no longer wanted to live.
34:19She slammed violently into the still-burning lighter in Victor's ear.
34:22A whole barrel of gasoline instantly poured over him.
34:24Flames shot into the air,
34:26lighting up the entire underground garage.
34:28Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts
34:29who had once screamed against each other
34:31and now died together like conjoined twins.
34:33Amid piercing screams,
34:35they twisted and rolled in the flames.
34:36Under Jace's protection,
34:38I turned and left.
34:39Behind me was the past reduced to scorched earth.
34:43And I strode toward the future that belonged to me.
34:47The fire was quickly extinguished.
34:50Victor and Lily were completely reduced to two charred corpses,
34:53so burned that even DNA was difficult to extract.
34:56The news spread everywhere.
34:57The media frantically dug into the so-called family feud
35:00within the conglomerate.
35:01I did not have the PR department covered up.
35:03Instead, I took the initiative to release to the media
35:05Victor's illegal live organ trading network
35:08and the evidence that he and Lily had planned the assassination.
35:11The media outlets that had originally been waiting to laugh at us
35:14quickly turned their guns around
35:17in the face of iron-flabbed criminal evidence
35:19and praised us as heroes
35:21who had eliminated a cancer from society.
35:25The group's stock not only did not fall,
35:28it surged for three straight days in the market
35:31because of our positive image of punishing evil and protecting the innocent.
35:35I stood before the floor decreesing windows,
35:38looking down at the ant-like crowds below.
35:41Just then, Jace walked over with a glass of expensive red wine
35:45and gently pulled me into his arms.
35:48Madam, those troublesome mafia families
35:50have all signed the asset transfer agreements
35:53according to your requirements.
35:55He kissed my cheek tenderly.
35:56After tonight, there will be no so-called underground rules on the East Coast.
36:00You are the only rule.
36:01I looked out at the glittering knee beyond the window,
36:04lightly swirling the blood-red wine in my glass.
36:06A smile of certain sectority curved my lip.
36:08Although Victor was dead,
36:10the territory he left behind had become a piece of fat meat.
36:13The twelve remaining old mafia families on the East Coast were eager to move.
36:18In their eyes,
36:20Jace was nothing more than a legitimate businessman
36:22taking advantage of an opening.
36:24That night,
36:24a threatening letter containing a bullet was delivered to the group headquarters,
36:28demanding that Jace hand over 70% of the shipping routes,
36:31or he would not live to see tomorrow's sun.
36:33Looking at the bullet on the desk,
36:35killing intake surged in Jace's eyes,
36:36and he was about to order a direct assault.
36:39I pressed down on his hand,
36:40took a black encrypted USB drive from the safe,
36:42and tossed it lightly onto the desk.
36:44A direct attack would be too merciful.
36:47This is the Underground Intelligence Network.
36:49I spent five years building in my last life.
36:52I looked at Jace,
36:53my gaze confident and cold.
36:55It contains every financial weakness of those twelve families,
36:58the locations of their illegitimate children overseas,
37:00and conclusive evidence of their dark web smuggling.
37:03One fatal strike.
37:05That's our story.
37:06Jace picked up the USB drive.
37:08The viciousness in his eyes instantly transformed
37:11into the utmost admiration and indulgent affection.
37:14He lowered his head and kissed me deeply.
37:16As you command, my queen.
37:18Tonight, I'll tear down their thrones
37:20and turn them into stepping stones for you.
37:22Outside the window,
37:23thunder rolled and rain lashed down.
37:25Alone, Jace pushed open the doors
37:27to the East Coast Underground Round Table Chamber.
37:30Inside the Round Table Chamber,
37:32twelve mafia elders were smoking cigars
37:34and laughing arrogantly.
37:35Seeing that Jace had truly dared to come alone,
37:37several hot-tempered old men pulled out gold-plated pistols
37:40and slammed them heavily onto the table.
37:41Pretty boy, if you know what's good for you,
37:43you'll sign the asset transfer agreement.
37:45Then we might still leave you
37:46and that beautiful wife of yours whole corpses.
37:49Jace didn't even look at the guns.
37:51He leisurely pulled out the chair
37:53at the head of the table and sat down,
37:55then threw twelve printed sets
37:57of confidential financial datements
37:59and photos into their faces like trash.
38:01Look at your own cards
38:03before you decide whether to raise your voice at me.
38:05The elders picked up the documents
38:07and their faces turned instantly pale.
38:10The hands holding their cigars trembled like sieves.
38:13Those were their most lethal weak points.
38:15As long as Jace sent them with one click,
38:18they would immediately lose everything,
38:20perhaps even their families.
38:21You?
38:23What do you want?
38:24Jace smeared and snapped his fingers lightly.
38:26The hidden walls around the chamber instantly descended,
38:29revealing hundreds of heavily armed mercenaries
38:31whose infrared sights were all locked
38:33onto the centers of their foreheads.
38:34Jace rose and looked down
38:35at the once-invincible underworld overlords from above.
38:38Sign the submission agreement.
38:40From today on,
38:40the rules of the East Coast underworld
38:42are decided by my wife.
38:44When Jace returned to the manor
38:45with the tokens of submission from the twelve families,
38:48it was already late at night.
38:50After my shower,
38:51I stood before the Florida clearing windows,
38:53watching the wind and rain finally stop outside.
38:56Jace embraced me from behind
38:57and slipped the black gold serpent ring,
38:59a symbol of the highest power on the dark wet,
39:02onto my ring finger.
39:03His fingers were faintly callid.
39:05When they touched my back,
39:07my body stiffened controllably
39:08because of the bone-deep memories of beatings
39:10from my last life.
39:11Jace noticed.
39:12He did not rush to take anything from me.
39:14Instead, he turned me around
39:16and looked at me with aching tenderness.
39:18He lowered his head
39:19and reverently kissed the invisible scars on my body,
39:22kissing away the last trace of guardedness
39:24towards intimacy in my heart.
39:26Chloe,
39:27in this life,
39:28you're no one's strategist behind the scenes anymore
39:30and you don't have to take a blade for anyone.
39:32Jace's held my face,
39:34his voice low and tempting.
39:36You are the only one in power
39:38and I am your most loyal believer.
39:40Looking at the deep love burning in his eyes for me alone,
39:43I finally let go completely of the shadows from my past life.
39:47I wrapped my arms around his neck
39:48and kissed him back with equal heat.
39:50Moonlight streamed through the windows
39:51and spilled across the luxurious bed
39:53where two figures merged completely.
39:55Five years later,
39:56it was the very day when,
39:57in my last life,
39:58Jace went bankrupt
39:59and Lily rolled beneath the truck to her death.
40:00But now we were at the top floor
40:01of the highest tower on Wall Street.
40:03Wearing a custom gown,
40:04I rang the NASDAQ opening bell,
40:05the richest person in the world
40:06and the supreme matriarch of the dark web.
40:08Thunderous applause filled the room
40:09and camera flashes blazed like daylight.
40:11Holding a glass of champagne,
40:12I walked to the floor to clear window
40:14and looked down over the city
40:15I had thoroughly conquered.
40:16At the end of my line of sight
40:17lay that filthy slum.
40:18In my last life,
40:19Lily had gnawed on rotten vegetable leaves there,
40:21then dragged me to my death out of jealousy.
40:23In this life,
40:24she thought she had stolen the Trump part,
40:25but she turned to ashes in the very first year.
40:27Jace walked to my side
40:28holding our three-year-old heir.
40:29What are you thinking about?
40:31His eyes full of doting affection
40:32as he wrapped an arm around my waist.
40:34As if performing magic,
40:36he took a document from the pocket of his suit
40:38and handed it to me.
40:39Darling,
40:40you said before that looking at that slum bothered you.
40:42I've had people approve the demolition plan to buy it.
40:44I looked at the document
40:45and couldn't help laughing softly.
40:47The place that had buried our fates in my last life
40:49could now be erased completely from the map
40:51with nothing more than my signature.
40:52Three days later,
40:54more than a dozen heavy bulldozers
40:55drove into the slums.
40:56Amid the enormous roar,
40:57the dilapidated Chantels,
40:58the place that had buried Lily's greed and despair,
41:00collapsed with a crash and became ruins.
41:02On the original site,
41:03the world's largest commercial landmark,
41:05named after me,
41:06would rise.
41:07At the groundbreaking ceremony,
41:10global media swarmed in.
41:12Countless microphones were thrust in front of me.
41:15How did you go from an ordinary girl
41:17to the overlord
41:18who dominates both the legitimate
41:19and underground worlds today?
41:20What was the core secret?
41:22Was it because you were lucky
41:23and chose the right person?
41:25Hearing the question,
41:26I raised my brows slightly.
41:28I turned and glanced down from the stage.
41:30Jace was holding our son.
41:31Watching me with a smile
41:32like the most loyal knight,
41:33eyes filled the pride of someone
41:35thinking my wife shines brightest.
41:37I withdrew my eyes
41:38and looked to the camera,
41:39the corner of my throat
41:40curving into a calm,
41:41aggressively confident smile.
41:42Fate has never been about
41:44what cards you managed to steal.
41:47It's about whether you have the brains
41:48to play them well.
41:50Unfortunately,
41:51some people think
41:52they've stolen the winning hand,
41:53but they don't even qualify
41:54to sit at the table.
41:55I raised the champagne in my hand.
41:58Sunlight struck the black gold serpent ring,
42:00refracting a dazzling gleam.
42:02Cheers to my empire.
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