Family secrets, painful betrayal, and a powerful comeback drive this emotional and addictive short drama.
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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,
00:11our 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,
00:26Jace 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.
00:40I 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.
01:49Even 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.
02:05Lily thought that throwing herself into Victor's arms would guarantee he would take her in.
02:09But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me.
02:13Come here.
02:14I 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.
02:21Being chained in his basement and beaten.
02:23Being 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.
02:50Then 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.
02:59I'll do whatever you say.
03:01At that moment, Jace, who stood beside us, held out an expensive wedding gown to me.
03:07Will 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.
03:19Without hesitation, I placed my hand in his palm.
03:22I will.
03:23I knew very well that Jace was an exceptional man.
03:26In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day,
03:30he still saved the last piece of bread for Lily.
03:32But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.
03:35Since 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.
03:49Chloe, in this life, you can wait in the gutter and look up at me.
03:54So she knew I had been reborn too, and she thought she had stolen my life.
03:58I watched the motorcycle roar away and be sneered in the room.
04:00Only I knew Victor would treat the woman beside him like a machine
04:03until he had squeezed out every last drop of value.
04:06In my last life, when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast,
04:09I had naively believed he was a 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,
04:21telling 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
04:44time.
04:45Chloe, welcome home.
04:48Jace'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.
05:09Since you've come home with me,
05:11you're the mistress of this house.
05:13Swipe the card for anything you want.
05:19I'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,
05:30he still gave me the very best.
05:33I'll pay.
05:35Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.
05:37He cherished me like a priceless treasure.
05:39My 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.
05:50In 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.
06:01I 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.
06:13Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began.
06:16Jace'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.
06:22In my last life, Jace fell at this very step.
06:24Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.
06:27But 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.
06:35I 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.
06:49That night, a top charity gala was held in Manhattan.
06:52I held Jace's arm and stepped out of a Rolls Royce.
06:55But unexpectedly, I ran into Lily there.
06:57Victor was nothing but an up-and-coming street thug.
07:00He had no qualifications to attend such an event.
07:02Clearly, Lily had forced Victor to misfortune-buying invitations so she could show off her mafia wife persona.
07:06Lily arrogantly blocked my path.
07:08Chloe, what a surprise.
07:10Jace, that loser who's going bankrupt tonight, actually managed to borrow money to rent you a gown?
07:15You have no idea how amazing Victor is.
07:18He took over three blocks of territory.
07:20The cash he brings home could fill a bathtub!
07:23See that?
07:24He assigned me fully armed bodyguards to protect me, and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for
07:29me.
07:29You'll never experience this kind of love in your life.
07:32I looked at her nouveau riche posturing and smeared again and again in my heart.
07:36Bodyguards?
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.
07:50He fed her expensive supplements so he could draw her healthy blood and trade it to high-level figures on
07:55the underground black market in exchange for resources and life extension.
07:58I looked at Lily with pity.
08:00She wasn't far from death.
08:02Seeing me silent, Lily thought she had hit a sore point and laughed even more wildly.
08:08I just heard several Wall Street big shots say that after tonight, Jace will have nothing!
08:13She leaned closer and lowered her voice.
08:16When that happens, you'll have to sell yourself in the slums to pay off his debts.
08:20The throne above everyone else is mine in the end.
08:28I smiled.
08:29Then let's wait and see.
08:31When Lily saw that I wasn't intimidated at all, she stomped her foot hard.
08:36Chloe, just you wait!
08:38Sooner or later, you'll be kneeling and begging me!
08:42She turned and walked toward Eric, the crown prince of Wall Street, picked up a glass of champagne, and tried
08:48to build a connection.
08:50Mr. Eric, Victor asked me to send you his regards.
08:53From now on, he'll have your East Coast business covered.
08:57Eric didn't even look at her, before knocking over his glass with the back of his hand.
09:04What gutter rat thinks she's worthy of cozying up to me?
09:08But on TV, you clearly said you respected people who would do whatever it took to climb up.
09:12That's me!
09:13How can you look down on me?
09:15Watching this, I couldn't help finding it funny.
09:17In my last life, after Victor became a mafia godfast, Eric did indeed fawn over me like a dog.
09:23But Lily didn't know that the current Victor was nowhere near qualified.
09:27Capitalists like Eric only respected absolute power.
09:30They 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.
09:41Mrs. Jace, congratulations to Mr. Jace on his perfect counterattack in the futures market tonight,
09:47earning a net profit of one billion!
09:49Wall Street will be relying on you from now on!
09:52Lily froze where she stood, shaking her head in disbelief.
09:55What nonsense are you talking about?
09:56Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight.
09:57Victor is the future godfather!
09:59She suddenly lunged at Eric.
10:00Eric, open your eyes!
10:01You should be working with me!
10:02Eric shoved her to the floor, his face full of disgust.
10:04Who collects protection money?
10:05Tonight, some other family will throw him into the sea to feed the sharks.
10:08What mafia matriarch fantasy are you having?
10:10The surrounding elite covered their ears and laughed, their gazes as sharp as knives.
10:14So she's a lunatook trying to use a thug to climb into power.
10:16Hurry up and call security to throw this bitch out!
10:18She's dirtying our eyes!
10:19Humiliated to the bone, Lily climbed up from the floor and glared at everyone with hatred.
10:23Victor, pull out your gun! Show them who the king of the East Coast really is!
10:26The doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
10:28Victor stormed in arrogantly with a dozen tattooed men, all carrying machetes.
10:32Who the fuck dares touch my woman?
10:34Eric sneered.
10:34In an instant, dozens of armed Blackwater bodyguards surged out from every direction.
10:38Red laser sights locked onto Victor's forehead and chest in unisus.
10:40Victor's legs went weak.
10:42With a thud, he dropped to his knees.
10:43Mr. Eric, misunderstanding!
10:45This crazy bitch lost her mind!
10:46It has nothing to do with me!
10:47Victor, what are you saying?
10:49Shut up!
10:50Who gave you the right to speak here?
10:51To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped
10:56her across the face again and again, more than a dozen times.
10:59Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth.
11:02Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped her over and over.
11:05No!
11:06It shouldn't be like this!
11:08The entire hall fell into dead silence.
11:10Jace calmly set down his wine glass and shielded me behind him.
11:13He leisurely wiped a drop of wine from the hem of his jacket.
11:16Every movement refined and elegant.
11:18He was worlds apart from Victor, who had just been wagging his tail and begging.
11:22If you're not gone in one minute, all of you are going into the sea.
11:27After dropping that threat, Eric strode away with his bodyguards.
11:30Lily seized the chance to break free from Victor and stumbled toward the door.
11:33You all look down on me today, but sooner or later you'll regret it!
11:37I will become a mafia godmother!
11:38Because her pride had been completely trampled, Lily never again had the face to appear in
11:44public after that day.
11:46Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
11:49In my last life, these three months were exactly the death trap.
11:54When Victor's territory was jointly purged by the major mafia families.
11:59To borrow money from a Mexican drug lord for weapons, he personally pushed me onto an underground
12:04gambling table.
12:06Those desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth and forced me to play Russian
12:12Salette.
12:14Each time the trigger was pulled, Victor showed no heartache at all.
12:20Instead, he held other women and laughed loudly as he placed his bets.
12:25The despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my throat utterly shredded my dignity as
12:31a human being.
12:32In his eyes, I had never been a mafia matriarch.
12:36I was only a chip he could trade for money at any time.
12:42I didn't know whether Lily would experience all of that.
12:46But based on my observation of Victor in this life, he would only torment Lily even more
12:52viciously.
12:53Facts proved my guess was right.
12:55The next morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse, when a battered pickup
13:00car riddled with bullet holes came barreling towards me like mad.
13:04A bodyguard threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar beside us
13:09with a crash.
13:14Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
13:16Chloe, get out here!
13:19My heart jolted.
13:21Lily had come.
13:29Although I had prepared myself, when I saw what she looked like now, I nearly vomited.
13:34I never imagined Victor would torture Lily into such a state.
13:38Lily tumbled out of the bullet-rivet old pickup.
13:41Her once delicate face was sun and deathly pale.
13:44Beneath her expensive silk-slip dress, her body was covered in bruises and needle marks.
13:49She crawled toward me and clung tightly to my leg.
13:52Chloe!
13:52Let's switch back!
13:54Knot and tears mixed together on her face, making her look both pitiful and disgusting.
13:58That lunatic Victor has been losing territory lately, and he's taking all his anger out on me!
14:03He draws my blood every day to sell it, and he forces me to accompany those perverts so he can
14:09win resources!
14:10She suddenly lifted her head and shouted with righteous confidence.
14:14You clearly knew this life would be so miserable!
14:17Why didn't you warn me?
14:18This was supposed to be your suffering!
14:20Let's switch back now!
14:22You go be Victor's dog, and I'll be your rich wife!
14:25Hearing such shameless words, I sneered and kicked her away.
14:31Switch back?
14:32Lily?
14:33Did they beat your brain broken?
14:36I looked down at her from above.
14:37Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?
14:45Who was the one who gloated and mocked me?
14:49Saying I could only look up at you from the slums?
14:52She lay on the ground, pounding the pavement in a frenzy as she screamed.
14:56That's because you tricked me!
15:00You hid from me!
15:01What would happen if I chose Victor?
15:04But don't get too pleased with yourself!
15:07A flash of vicious, sick pleasure crossed Lily's eyes.
15:10According to how things went in the last life, that useless Jace is going completely bankrupt today!
15:16When that happens, you won't even be able to afford the slums!
15:19You'll have to beg on the street!
15:22The words had barely left her mouth.
15:26Twelve Rolls-Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.
15:31The car doors opened.
15:34Dressed in a custom suit, strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.
15:38Seeing such an astonishing scene's throat tightened, a sharp swallow betraying her shock.
15:42Impossible! You're supposed to go bankrupt today! How could you still have money?
15:46But she instantly reacted.
15:48Now was the time to cling to power.
15:49She shoved me aside and rushed toward two, deliberately exposing her collarbones and leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.
15:55Mr. Mishu, don't be deceived by my sister! She's a demon to the bone!
15:59Sooner or later, she'll destroy your business empire!
16:01Lifted her head pitifully.
16:03Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth.
16:05As long as you want me-
16:06Get away!
16:07Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance.
16:09He walked straight past her and came to me.
16:12He took out an expensive handkerchief and, with aching tenderness, wiped the dust grabbed onto the hem of my clothes.
16:18Then he turned and looked down at her.
16:21If she really is a demon, then I'd willingly offer her my soul.
16:25Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street.
16:28Chloe is my only woman.
16:30As for you, you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
16:32Picture one looked as if she had been struck by lightning.
16:35Jealousy twisted her features.
16:37She screamed and tried to lunge forward again.
16:39No! This life should be mine!
16:43Just then, an old unlicensed van screeched to a stop by the roadside.
16:48Two tattooed thugs jumped out, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her viciously toward the van.
16:55Filthy bitch! How dare you run out and play victim!
16:58Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back!
17:01We haven't drawn enough blood today!
17:03Watching the van speed away, I frowned.
17:05Special supplements?
17:07Had Victor come up with some new trick again?
17:09The instincts I had developed in my last life while managing Victor's underground industries told me this was absolutely not
17:14simple.
17:15After returning to the Manishin, I immediately locked the study-a-door and turned off the computer.
17:19Relying my understanding of Victor's cratic network from my Yen-P, the Uth-Rai, bypassed the firewall with ease and
17:25hacked directly into the underground medical system he had recently connected.
17:29In an encrypted purchase list, I found the true ingredients of those special supplements.
17:33The moment I clicked it open, a chill crawled up my spine.
17:37They weren't supplements at all.
17:38They were living organ rejection suppressors, a substance explicitly banned on the dark web.
17:43So that was it.
17:44Victor's frantic expansion had angered the old mafia, and his cash flow had completely collapsed.
17:50To repay his debts, he had accepted a live organ order from a sick drug lord.
17:56Victor fed her that drug every day and kept her well-fed.
17:59Not because he cherished her, because he was treating her like a mobable organ incubator.
18:03Ensuring that her heart and corneals would perfectly match the buyer's body when they were dug out.
18:09Ridiculous, Lily.
18:10She thought she had stolen my script as mafia matriarch, and ran around showing off that exclusive love,
18:16never knowing she was walking step-by-step towards the slaughterhouse.
18:19I scrolled to the last line of the order.
18:22The system showed that the harvest delivery date was three days later, at an East Coast elite charity gala.
18:28I curved my lips coldly.
18:30The show was about to begin.
18:32On the night of the delivery, the East Coast's most prestigious charity gala was held at a Manhattan hotel.
18:38And at that moment, she knew nothing about death's arrival.
18:41Because she had been taking that illegal rejection-suppressing drug for so long,
18:44her body was already on the verge of collapse.
18:46She could barely take two steps without losing her breath.
18:49But she still believed it was only weakness caused by Victor's abuse.
18:52She stole an invitation from Victor's drawer, covered her corpse-pale face with thick foundation, and snuck into the gala.
18:58Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights on a gray-haired Wall Street magnetet.
19:02She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she pressed herself delicately against the magnet's arm.
19:07Sir, please save me.
19:08Victor, that thug keeps torturing me.
19:10As long as you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you.
19:13She looked at the magnet with expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy.
19:18The magnet held his glass of red wine and looked her up and down, but there was no desire in
19:23his eyes.
19:24Take you away.
19:28Poor little thing, don't you know?
19:30Victor already pre-sold your heart and coronalized to me yesterday.
19:36I'm your buyer.
19:39The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze.
19:43All the blood in her body seemed to turn to ice.
19:47What did you say?
19:50What did you say?
19:52My heart, my corneals?
19:54Her mind exploded with a buzz.
19:56She finally understood what those expensive supplements really were.
19:59The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more than fattening her like a pig for
20:03slaughter from beginning to end.
20:04No, no, no!
20:07She shoved the magnet away and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of
20:11her high heels fell off.
20:13She crashed headfirst into me, as I stood arm in arm with the man, chatting and laughing with the mayor.
20:19Bang!
20:20When she saw it was me, she seemed to seize the last straw of hope.
20:23With a thud, she dropped to her knees at my feet and slammed her head against the floor again and
20:27again.
20:28Sister, I was wrong!
20:29I really was wrong!
20:30She cock-o-ed until blood streamed down her forehead, wailing missibly.
20:35Victor wants to cut out my heart!
20:40I'll never fight you for anything again, please!
20:43I looked down at her from above, my eyes utterly unmoved.
20:46You chose your own road.
20:49I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress.
20:51If you walk into hell yourself, don't blame others for not reaching out.
20:54Lily collapsed to the floor in despair.
20:57Just then, the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open.
21:00First third one swaggered in with several armed, tattooed men.
21:03In his hand was a huge, thick four.
21:06A sinister smile hung on his lips as he walked step by step towards Sir Lone on the floor.
21:12Found you, nutty.
21:14Seeing the man approach with the sedative, the girl scrambled backward in terror, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
21:19No, no!
21:20The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified.
21:23The man shouted,
21:23Let me move!
21:24I'm only here to take my goods today.
21:26Anyone who dares call the cops, I'll kill their whole family!
21:29Standing beside one, I watched the farce coldly.
21:32Not only did I not hide, I took my phone out of my clutch.
21:36Save Lily?
21:38Impossible.
21:39But I would never pass up the chance to crush Victor completely.
21:42My slender fingers tapped rapidly across the screen, activating the Trojan I had set up in advance.
21:47In less than three seconds, Victor's 13 money laundering accounts on the global dark Etnet were wiped clean and frozen.
21:52At the same time, he elegantly pressed the send button on his lot, packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage
21:57and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one minute.
22:01The next second, police sirens and ready-flashing lights pierced through the banquet hall.
22:04Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles blocked the entrance so tightly that not even water could pass.
22:08Boss, all our accounts have been frozen! The place is crawling with cops!
22:11One's men stared at their phones in terror. One's face went deathly plale, as if he had fallen into an
22:14ice pit.
22:15What? What's going on?
22:16He could no longer care about anything else. He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe viciously into her
22:21neck.
22:21Everybody stay the fuck back!
22:25Anyone moves, and I'll blow this bitch's head off!
22:30The entire tube of illegal green liquid was pushed into Lily's vein. It wasn't an ordinary sedative, but a high
22:35concentration, maniac-inducing death.
22:37In less than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded bloodline, and the veins on her neck bulged like earthworms.
22:41Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason. She stared fixably at me, dazzling and glamorous, protected in
22:47Jace's arms.
22:47The extreme resentment of being chandled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects.
22:51I was reborn too, so why do you get to live so well?
22:54Lily let out a beast-like howl that barely sounded human.
22:56She actually bit into Victor's arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh.
23:00Victor screamed and let go.
23:01Like a vengeful ghost, Lily grabbed a sharp, broken wine bottle from the table and charged wildly at my face.
23:06I'll ruin you! Go to hell with me!
23:08She was extremely fat, but didn't even blink.
23:11Before she could get within half a meter of me, Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean
23:15sidekick straight to Lily's chest.
23:17Lily flew out like a torn sack. With a crash, she smashed heavily into the five-tier champagne tower.
23:21Glass shards pierced her entire body, and blood gushed out.
23:23Lying in a pool of blood, she vomited blood while pointing at me and laughing madly.
23:27Jace! Don't be fooled by her!
23:29Lily shrieked hysterically, trying to use her final tropsod to destroy me.
23:33She's a reborn woman! In her last life, she was a demon with blood all over her hands!
23:38She only chose you because she knew you would become rich in this life!
23:43She doesn't love you at all!
23:48The entire room fell silent. Blood filled Lily's mouth as she looked at Jace smugly, thinking that exposing the secret
23:55of rebirth.
23:56At me with disgust, she screamed.
23:58In her last life, you were picking through trash in the slums while she was all-powerful mafia matriarch!
24:04You're just a tool she's using!
24:05Everyone waited for Jace's reaction.
24:07I stood where I was, and looked at him calmly.
24:10Jace looked down at Lily on the floor, his lips curling in a cold smile.
24:13If that's true, then I really should thank you for your stupidity in this life.
24:17Jace's voice was low and dominating.
24:19Thank you for personally pushing such a perfect wife into my arms.
24:23Just then, SWAT officers broke through the doors.
24:26Don't move! Drop your weapons!
24:30The scene descended instantly into chaos.
24:32Seeing that the tide had turned, Victor grabbed a chair and smashed the floor to Sleeling Window.
24:36In the final second before he leapt into the cold seawater, Victor stared hard at me, shielded in Jace's arms,
24:41my eyes cold.
24:42In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
24:45In his mind, the sentence Lily had shouted, flash like lightning.
24:48Victor's eyes instantly changed from fear to shock.
24:50It was her?
24:51Cold seawater choked his windpipe.
24:53Victor swam desperately through the sewer like a stray dog that had lost its home.
24:57But Lily's words from the gala kept replaying in his mind.
24:59In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
25:02Victor fled back to the moldy-smelling basement and looked at the territory he had now lost completely.
25:07His heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
25:09He suddenly remembered many details from his last life.
25:12In his last life, every time his gang hit a dead end, he would somehow receive intelligence to solve it
25:16the next day.
25:17He had thought Lily was born blessed with good fortune,
25:19so each time he had placed Lily high on a pedestal.
25:21But in this life, Lily, who carried memories too, was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang
25:26and only knew how to cry for designer brands.
25:29And just now at the gala, the way Chloe froze his overseas dark web accounts
25:32was exactly like the mysterious strategist behind the scenes from his last life.
25:36Victor understood in an instant.
25:38It was Chloe.
25:39The one who helped me conquer everything in my last life.
25:42The one who shielded me from danger was Chloe all along.
25:45Victor's knees went weak, and he dropped onto the damp floor.
25:50He finally realized that with his own hands, he had thrown away a queen who could have helped him dominate
25:55the world,
25:56only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry.
26:00Victor's bloodshot eyes locked onto a financial magazine photo of Jace and Chloe on the wall.
26:06He punched the frame to pieces.
26:08Chloe is mine!
26:10She belongs to me!
26:12Three days later, in the underground parking garage of the J group,
26:16I had just stepped out of my private elevator,
26:18when a foul-smelling, unshaven man suddenly lunged out from behind a load-carrying pollen.
26:24Chloe!
26:25I finally found you!
26:27It was Victor.
26:28With a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees in front of me.
26:31Ignoring the muddy water on the ground,
26:33he sobbed and slapped himself across the face again and again.
26:36I was wrong, Chloe.
26:37I was blinded by that idiot Lily.
26:39I was blind as a dog!
26:40He shuffled forward on his knees,
26:42trying to hug my leg,
26:43crying until his face was covered in snot and tears.
26:46You're my woman.
26:47As long as you come back,
26:48we can join hands like in our last life and take Jace money.
26:52We're the destined king and queen of the underworld!
26:54Looking at him so utterly pathetic,
26:56I felt only nausea.
26:58I pressed the red emergency alarm on my car key.
27:02The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage.
27:05Victor panicked and still tried to forcibly drag me.
27:08A dark figure flashed past.
27:10Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor three meters away.
27:13Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly
27:15and handed it to the bodyguard behind him.
27:17His eyes held a terrifying violence.
27:19Victor, you're not only blind,
27:21you're hopelessly stupid.
27:24Jace!
27:25You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman!
27:28Driven into a corner,
27:30Victor erupted with a desperado's ferocity.
27:33He pulled out a switchblade
27:34and roared as he lunged at Jace.
27:36But he had no idea what kind of monster he was facing.
27:39Jace didn't even dodge.
27:40He shifted slightly to avoid the blade,
27:42then caught Victor's wrist in a backhand grip
27:44and snapped it hard.
27:45The crisp sound of breaking bone rang out.
27:47Victor let out a pig-like scream
27:48and the knife fell to the floor.
27:50Then Jace drove his knee upward,
27:52slamming it heavily into Victor's chest.
27:54Two ribs snapped instantly.
27:56The entire sequence flowed smoothly.
27:58Carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination,
28:01Victor collapsed to the floor like mud,
28:03coughing out mouthfuls of blood.
28:05Jace stepped forward
28:06and mercilessly planted his leather shoe
28:08on Victor's broken fingers,
28:10grinding down hard.
28:11You think you deserved her in your last life?
28:14Jace looked down at Victor
28:15as he corrals it in pain.
28:18You couldn't protect her.
28:20All you could do was rely on the pitiful power she handed you.
28:24And in this life,
28:27you don't even have the right to say her name.
28:31Jace gestured.
28:32Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward
28:34and dragged Victor like a dead dog,
28:35throwing him into the garbage heap in the back alley.
28:37And at that moment,
28:38the gears of fate turned.
28:40An ambulance from the hospital
28:41happened to stop at the Annie entrance.
28:43The one who secretly slipped down from it
28:45was Lily,
28:46dragging her broken body.
28:47To avoid the expensive medical bills,
28:50Lily had escaped from the public hospital.
28:52She limped into the back alley,
28:54about to look for something to eat,
28:55when she suddenly saw Victor
28:57rivaling in the garbage heap.
28:59Victor?
29:00The moment she made out that face,
29:02Lily showed not the slightest sympathy.
29:04Instead,
29:04she burst into wild laughter.
29:05You liar!
29:07Weren't you a mafia boss?
29:08Why are you lying here like a stray dog?
29:09Victor struggled to open his eyes.
29:11Seeing the woman who had ruined him so badly,
29:13old hatred and new rage erupted like a volcano.
29:15If not for Lily,
29:17how would he have lost Chloe?
29:22Filthy bitch!
29:23This is all your fault!
29:24Victor lunged at her,
29:26clapped his hands around Lily's throat,
29:27and pressed her into the filthy,
29:29water-water-filled garbage heap.
29:30You useless thing!
29:32Give me back Chloe!
29:33Give me back my mafia empire!
29:35Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking,
29:36and her hands clawed wildly.
29:38The true love they had once believed
29:39would bring mutual benefit
29:40now tore at each other like two mad dogs,
29:42blaming each other and ripping each other apart.
29:44In the final second before suffocation,
29:46Lily's hand found a sharp shard of glass.
29:49Go to hell!
29:51Using all her strength,
29:52she stabbed the shard fiercely
29:54into Victor's female artery.
29:56Blood instantly sprayed out like a fountain,
29:59splattering across Lily's face.
30:02Victor screamed.
30:05The two of them collapsed together
30:06into the reeking pool of blood and trash,
30:09convulsing in despair.
30:10A passerby discovered them and called the police,
30:13and the two were taken back to the public hospital.
30:15Due to severe blood loss,
30:16Victor's thigh was already paralyzed.
30:18As for Lily,
30:19when she woke up in the hospital bed,
30:20a doctor walked over to her coldly with her test results.
30:23Because you have been taking illegal living organ suppresses
30:25from your dark web for a long time,
30:27your kidneys and liver have completely failed.
30:30You have two months at most.
30:31There's no treatment value.
30:33Wait to die.
30:35The doctor's words were like a final verdict.
30:38Lily finally realized it.
30:40The rebirth script she had thought herself so clever for stealing
30:43had not helped her rise above everyone else.
30:47Instead,
30:48she had personally pushed open the gates to hell.
30:51The television on the hospital wall lit up.
30:53On the screen,
30:54the grand celebration of the Jace Group successful listing on Wall Street
30:57was being broadcast live.
30:59I wore a gown and rang the opening bell under the eyes of the world,
31:03dazzling like a queen.
31:04If I can't live,
31:06you won't have peace either!
31:09She violently ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand.
31:12Blood dripped onto the white sheets.
31:14She stole a nurse's uniform and made an insane decision.
31:18Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body in bandages,
31:20pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself,
31:22and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet
31:24for the Jace Group's listing in her arms.
31:25She carried a large barrel of gasoline,
31:28had bought on the black market.
31:29As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone,
31:32she would be willing to die in the flames immediately.
31:35At the center of the reception,
31:37Jace and I were being interviewed by global media.
31:39I wore a custom gown in and looked invincible beneath the flashes.
31:43Lily hid behind a pillar in the shadows,
31:45staring at that blinding glory.
31:47The flames of jealousy in her heart burned all the way up her throat.
31:50Die!
31:51All of you die!
31:52She pushed the cart, carrying the gasoline using the darkness
31:55to inch closer to the ventilation system.
31:58As long as she pressed the igniter,
31:59this place would become a living hell.
32:01Just as her hand reached for the lighter,
32:03a pair of rough hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness,
32:06clamped over her mouth,
32:07and dragged her forcibly into the dim fire stair hell.
32:11It was Victor.
32:15Who told you to make a move?
32:16He still hadn't given up.
32:18He wanted to use Lily for one last struggle.
32:20What we need is money.
32:22We need the lifeline in Chloe's hands.
32:24You are not allowed to act.
32:26Chloe!
32:27Want your sister alive?
32:28Bring ten million in cash to basement level two.
32:31Remember, no bodyguards.
32:33He thought I would go soft.
32:35He thought that as long as I appeared,
32:37he could use me as a bargaining chain to turn the tables,
32:39just like in the last life.
32:42Watching the video.
32:44Madam,
32:45shall I mobilize mercenaries and flatten the place?
32:48No need.
32:49I want them to see with their own eyes
32:51that before this position,
32:53they don't even qualify to be ants.
32:55Instead,
32:56I had Jace robolize the city's armed forces
32:58and surround the entire building like an iron barrel.
33:01Basement level two.
33:03Victor stared at the elevator with high expectations.
33:08How is this possible?
33:09How dare you come without the money?
33:12I slowly stepped out from behind the bodyguards,
33:14every step calm and elegant.
33:16I didn't even glance at Lily,
33:17who was tied to the fire hydrant.
33:19Victor,
33:20you used me in my last life
33:22and tortured me in this one.
33:23Did you think you could still threaten me
33:25like some ridiculous clown?
33:27Didn't you want to light the fire?
33:29Go on.
33:30Don't be a coward.
33:32When Lily heard this,
33:33the last spark of hope in her eyes
33:35went out completely.
33:36She looked at my lofty posture,
33:37at how I didn't even deign
33:39to get her a single day.
33:41I'm done playing.
33:42I'm really done playing.
33:45I'll make all of you die with me.
33:50Before Victor could react,
33:52Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes
33:53and, like a mad woman,
33:55wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck.
33:56Don't ruin me.
33:59You made me into this monster.
34:01She bit down hard on Victor's ear,
34:03bloody tears streaming from her eyes.
34:06Victor,
34:07didn't you want money?
34:09Didn't you want to be
34:10the emperor of the underworld?
34:12Then let's go be that in hell!
34:15You crazy bitch!
34:17Let go of me!
34:19He struggled desperately,
34:20but Lily no longer wanted to live.
34:22She slammed violently
34:23into the still-burning lighter
34:24in Victor's ear.
34:25A whole barrel of gasoline
34:26instantly poured over him both.
34:28Flames shot into the air,
34:29lighting up the entire
34:30underground garage.
34:31Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts
34:33who had once schemed
34:34against each other
34:34and now died together
34:35like conjoined twins.
34:37Amid piercing screams,
34:38they twisted and rolled in the flames.
34:40Under Jace's protection,
34:41I turned and left.
34:43Behind me was the past
34:44reduced to scorched earth,
34:46and I strode toward the future
34:48that belonged to me.
34:51The fire was quickly extinguished.
34:53Victor and Lily were completely reduced
34:55to two charred corpses,
34:56so burned that even DNA
34:58was difficult to extract.
34:59The news spread everywhere.
35:01The media frantically dug
35:02into the so-called family feud
35:03within the conglomerate.
35:04I did not have the PR department
35:06covered up.
35:07Instead, I took the initiative
35:08to release to the media
35:09Victor's illegal live organ trading network
35:11and the evidence that he and Lily
35:13had planned the assassination.
35:15The media outlets
35:16that had originally been waiting
35:17to laugh at us
35:18quickly turned their guns around
35:20in the face of iron-flabbed criminal evidence
35:23and praised us as heroes
35:25who had eliminated a cancer from society.
35:29The group's stock not only did not fall,
35:32it surged for three straight days in the market
35:34because of our positive image
35:37of punishing evil
35:38and protecting the innocent.
35:39I stood before the floor
35:41to cleansing windows,
35:42looking down at the ant-like crowds below.
35:44Just then,
35:46Jace walked over
35:46with a glass of expensive red wine
35:48and gently pulled me
35:50into his arms.
35:52Madam,
35:52those troublesome mafia families
35:54have all signed
35:55the asset transfer agreements
35:56according to your requirements.
35:59I kissed my cheek tenderly.
36:00After tonight,
36:01there will be no so-called
36:02underground rules
36:03on the East Coast.
36:03You are the only rule.
36:05I looked out
36:06at the glittering knee
36:06beyond the window,
36:07lightly swirling
36:08the blood-red wine in my glass.
36:10A smile of certain sectority
36:11curved my lip.
36:12Although Victor was dead,
36:14the territory he left behind
36:15had become a piece of fat meat.
36:17The 12 remaining
36:18old mafia families
36:20on the East Coast
36:21were eager to move.
36:22In their eyes,
36:24Jace was nothing more
36:24than a legitimate businessman
36:26taking advantage of an opening.
36:27That night,
36:28a threatening letter
36:29containing a bullet
36:30was delivered
36:30to the group headquarters,
36:32demanding that Jace
36:32hand over 70%
36:33of the shipping routes
36:34or he would not live
36:35to see tomorrow's sun.
36:37Looking at the bullet
36:38on the desk,
36:38killing intake surged
36:39in Jace's eyes
36:40and he was about to order
36:41a direct assault.
36:42I pressed down on his hand,
36:44took a black encrypted
36:45USB drive from the safe
36:46and tossed it lightly
36:47onto the desk.
36:48A direct attack
36:49would be too merciful.
36:50This is the underground
36:51intelligence network.
36:53I spent five years
36:54building in my last life.
36:55I looked at Jace,
36:57my gaze confident and cold.
36:59It contains every
36:59financial weakness
37:00of those 12 families,
37:01the locations of their
37:03illegitimate children overseas,
37:04and conclusive evidence
37:05of their dark web smuggling.
37:07One fatal strike.
37:09That's my statement.
37:10Jace picked up the USB drive.
37:12The viciousness in his eyes
37:14instantly transformed
37:15into the utmost admiration
37:16and indulgent affection.
37:18He lowered his head
37:19and kissed me deeply.
37:20As you command,
37:21my queen.
37:22Tonight,
37:22I'll tear down their thrones
37:24and turn them into
37:24stepping stones for you.
37:26Outside the window,
37:27thunder rolled
37:27and rain lashed down.
37:29Alone,
37:30Jace pushed open the doors
37:31to the East Coast
37:32underground round table chamber.
37:34Inside the round table chamber,
37:3612 mafia elders
37:36were smoking cigars
37:38and laughing arrogantly.
37:39Seeing that Jace
37:39had truly dared
37:40to come alone,
37:41several hot-tempered old men
37:42pulled out gold-plated pistols
37:44and slammed them
37:44heavily onto the table.
37:45Pretty boy,
37:46if you know what's good for you,
37:47you'll sign the asset
37:48transfer agreement.
37:49Then we might still leave you
37:50and that beautiful wife
37:51of yours whole corpses.
37:53Jace didn't even look
37:54at the guns.
37:55He leisurely pulled out
37:56the chair at the head
37:57of the table
37:58and sat down,
37:59then threw 12 printed sets
38:01of confidential financial
38:02datements and photos
38:03into their faces like trash.
38:05Look at your own cards
38:07before you decide
38:07whether to raise
38:08your voice at me.
38:09The elders picked up
38:10the documents
38:11and their faces
38:12turned instantly pale.
38:14The hands holding
38:15their cigars
38:15trembled like sieves.
38:17Those were their
38:17most lethal weak points.
38:19As long as Jace
38:20sent them with one click,
38:22they would immediately
38:22lose everything,
38:24perhaps even their families.
38:25You?
38:27What do you want?
38:28Jace smeared
38:29and snapped his fingers lightly.
38:30The hidden walls
38:31around the chamber
38:32instantly descended,
38:33revealing hundreds
38:34of heavily armed mercenaries
38:35whose infrared sights
38:36were all locked
38:37onto the centers
38:37of their foreheads.
38:38Jace rose and looked down
38:39at the once-invincible
38:40underworld overlords
38:41from above.
38:42Sign the submission agreement.
38:43From today on,
38:44the rules of the East Coast
38:46underworld are decided
38:47by my wife.
38:48When Jace returned
38:49to the manor
38:49with the tokens
38:50of submission
38:50from the 12 families,
38:52it was already
38:53late at night.
38:54After my shower,
38:55I stood before
38:56the Florida clearing windows,
38:57watching the wind and rain
38:58finally stop outside.
39:00Jace embraced me
39:01from behind
39:02and slipped
39:02the black gold serpent ring,
39:03a symbol of the highest power
39:05on the dark wet,
39:06onto my ring finger.
39:07His fingers
39:08were faintly callid.
39:09When they touched my back,
39:11my body stiffened
39:11controllably
39:12because of the bone-deep
39:13memories of beatings
39:14from my last life.
39:15Jace noticed.
39:16He did not rush
39:17to take anything from me.
39:19Instead,
39:19he turned me around
39:20and looked at me
39:21with aching tenderness.
39:22He lowered his head
39:23and reverently kissed
39:24the invisible scars
39:25on my body,
39:26kissing away the last trace
39:27of guardedness
39:28towards intimacy
39:28in my heart.
39:30Chloe,
39:31in this life,
39:32you're no one's strategist
39:33behind the scenes anymore
39:34and you don't have
39:35to take a blade
39:35for anyone.
39:36Jace's held my face,
39:38his voice low and tempting.
39:40You are the only one
39:41in power
39:42and I am your
39:43most loyal believer.
39:45Looking at the deep love
39:46burning in his eyes
39:46for me alone,
39:47I finally let go
39:48completely of the shadows
39:50from my past life.
39:51I wrapped my arms
39:52around his neck
39:52and kissed him back
39:53with equal heat.
39:54Moonlight streamed
39:55through the windows
39:55and spilled across
39:56the luxurious bed
39:57where two figures
39:58merged completely.
39:59Five years later,
40:00it was the very day
40:01when, in my last life,
40:02Jace went bankrupt
40:03and Lily rolled beneath
40:04the truck to her death.
40:04But now we were
40:05at the top floor
40:05of the highest tower
40:06on Wall Street.
40:07Wearing a custom gown,
40:08I rang the NASDAQ
40:09opening bell,
40:09the richest person
40:10in the world
40:11and the supreme matriarch
40:12of the dark web.
40:12Thunderous applause
40:13filled the room
40:14and camera flashes
40:15blazed like daylight.
40:16Holding a glass of champagne,
40:17I walked to the floor
40:17to clear window
40:18and looked down
40:18over the city
40:19I had thoroughly conquered.
40:20At the end of my line
40:21of sight lay that filthy slum.
40:23In my last life,
40:23Lily had gnawed
40:24on rotten vegetable leaves there,
40:25then dragged me to my death
40:26out of jealousy.
40:27In this life,
40:28she thought she had stolen
40:29the Trump part,
40:30but she turned to ashes
40:30in the very first year.
40:32Jace walked to my side
40:32holding our three-year-old heir.
40:34What are you thinking about?
40:35His eyes full of doting affection
40:36as he wrapped an arm
40:37around my waist.
40:39As if performing magic,
40:40he took a document
40:41from the pocket of his suit
40:42and handed it to me.
40:44Darling,
40:44you said before
40:45that looking at that slum
40:46bothered you.
40:46I've had people approve
40:47the demolition plan to buy it.
40:49I looked at the document
40:50and couldn't help
40:50laughing softly.
40:51The place that had buried
40:52our fates in my last life
40:53could now be erased
40:54completely from the map
40:55with nothing more
40:56than my signature.
40:57Three days later,
40:58more than a dozen
40:58heavy bulldozers
40:59drove into the slums.
41:00Amid the enormous roar,
41:02the dilapidated Chantels,
41:03the place that had buried
41:04Lily's greed and despair,
41:05collapsed with a crash
41:05and became ruins.
41:07On the original site,
41:08the world's largest
41:08commercial landmark,
41:09named after me,
41:10would rise.
41:12At the groundbreaking ceremony,
41:14global media swarmed in.
41:16Countless microphones
41:17were thrust in front of me.
41:19This is Jace, man.
41:20How did you go
41:20from an ordinary girl
41:21to the overlord
41:22who dominates both
41:23the legitimate
41:23and underground worlds today?
41:24What was the core secret?
41:26Was it because you were lucky
41:27and chose the right person?
41:29Hearing the question,
41:30I raised my brows slightly.
41:32I turned and glanced
41:33down from the stage.
41:34Jace was holding our son.
41:36Watching me with a smile
41:37like the most loyal knight,
41:38eyes filled the pride
41:39of someone thinking,
41:40my wife shines brightest.
41:41I withdrew my eyes
41:42and looked to the camera,
41:43the corner of my throat
41:44curving into a calm,
41:45aggressively confident smile.
41:47Fate has never been about
41:48what cards you manage to steal.
41:51It's about whether you have
41:52the brains to play them well.
41:54Unfortunately,
41:55some people think
41:56they've stolen the winning hand,
41:57but they don't even qualify
41:59to sit at the table.
42:00I raised the champagne
42:01in my hand.
42:02Sunlight struck
42:03the black gold serpent ring,
42:04refracting a dazzling gleam.
42:06Cheers
42:07to my empire.
42:08To be continued...
42:09To be continued...
42:10To be continued...
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