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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 $1 million 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.
01:19As 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.
01:57You 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
02:07would guarantee he would take her in.
02:09But Victor shoved her away and fixed his gaze on me.
02:13Come here. I 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, unable 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.
02:49Fine.
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.
03:55And she thought she had stolen my life.
03:58I watched the motorcycle horrible and sneered in relief.
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.
04:12He 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.
04:33I was abused by those vile men for two full years.
04:38Only 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 behave.
05:35Facts 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.
05:50In 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 ironclade 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 fortune-buying invitations so she could show off her mafia wife persona.
07:07Lily 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.
08:32When 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? Jace is supposed to go bankrupt tonight.
09:57Victor is the future godfather!
09:59She suddenly lunged at Eric.
10:00Eric, open your eyes! You 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 lunatic trying to use a thug to climb into power.
10:16Hurry 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.
10:23Victor, 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. In 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. With a thud, he dropped to his knees.
10:43Mr. Eric, misunderstanding! This crazy bitch lost her mind! It has nothing to do with me!
10:47Victor, what are you saying?
10:49Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here?
10:51To distance himself from her, he crawled over, grabbed Lily by the hair, and slapped her across
10:56the face again and again, more than a dozen times. Blood filled the corners of Lily's mouth.
11:02Her soul seemed to leave her body as he slapped her over and over.
11:05No! It shouldn't be like this!
11:08The entire hall fell into dead silence. Jace 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. Every 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 public
11:44after that day. Three 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. Those desperados shoved a loaded Resolvor into my mouth and forced me to play Russian
12:12Salet. Each time the trigger was pulled, Victor showed no heartache at all. Instead, he held other
12:22women and laughed loudly as he placed his bets. The despair of that cold gun barrel pressed against my
12:28throat. Utterly shredded my dignity as a human being. In 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 viciously.
12:53Facts proved my guess was right. The next morning, I had just walked out of an upscale clubhouse,
12:59when a battered pickup car riddled with bullet holes came barreling towards me like mad. A bodyguard
13:05threw me to the ground, and the pickup slammed into a stone pillar beside us with a crash.
13:14Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
13:16Chloe, get out here!
13:19My heart jolted. Lily 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. Her 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! Let'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!
14:04He 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! Why didn't you warn me?!
14:18This was supposed to be your suffering! Let'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 picked her away.
14:31Switch back? Lily? Did they beat your brain broken?
14:36I looked down at her from above. Who was the one who rushed to climb onto Victor's motorcycle?
14:45Who was the one who gloated and mocked me, saying 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! You hid from me what 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!
15:20You'll have to beg on the street!
15:21The words had barely left her mouth.
15:26Twelve Rolls Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.
15:32The 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. Now 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! Sooner or later, she'll destroy your
16:00business empire!
16:01Lifted her head pitifully.
16:03Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth, as long as you want me-
16:06Get away!
16:07Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance. He 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. As for you, you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
16:32Hoopshire One looked as if she had been struck by lightning. Jealousy 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! Boss Victor is waiting for you to come back! We
17:01haven't drawn enough blood today!
17:02Watching the van speed away, I frowned. Special supplements? Had 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,
17:25and hacked 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.
17:34The moment I clicked it open, a chill crawled up my spine. They 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. Victor'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. Not because he cherished her,
18:00because he was treating her like a mobable organ incubator, ensuring that her heart and corneals
18:05would perfectly match the buyer's body when they were dug out. Ridiculous, Lily.
18:09She 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. I scrolled to the last line
18:21of the order. The system showed that the harvest delivery date was three days later, at an East Coast
18:26elite charity gala. I curved my lips coldly. The show was about to begin. On the night of the delivery,
18:33the East Coast's most prestigious charity gala was held at a Manhattan hotel. And at that moment,
18:39she knew nothing about death's arrival. Because she had been taking that illegal rejection-suppressing
18:43drug for so long, her body was already on the verge of collapse. She could barely take two steps
18:48without losing her breath. But 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,
18:56and snuck into the gala. Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights on a gray-haired
19:01Wall Street magnet hit. She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she pressed
19:05herself delicately against the magnet's arm. Sir, please save me. Victor, that thug keeps torturing
19:10me. As long as you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you. She looked at
19:14the
19:14magnet with expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy. The magnet held his
19:19glass of red wine and looked her up and down. But there was no desire in his eyes. Take you
19:25away.
19:28Poor little thing, don't you know? Victor already pre-sold your heart and coronalized to me yesterday.
19:36I'm your buyer. The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze.
19:43All the blood in her body seemed to turn to ice. What did you say? What did you say? My
19:53heart,
19:53my corneals? Her mind exploded with a buzz. She finally understood what those expensive supplements
19:58really were. The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more than fattening her like
20:03a pig for slaughter from beginning to end. No, no, no! She shoved the magnet away and fled through the
20:09banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of her high heels fell off. She crashed
20:14headfirst into me, as I stood arm in arm with the man, chatting and laughing with the mayor.
20:19Bang! When she saw it was me, she seemed to seize the last straw of hope. With a thud,
20:24she dropped to her knees at my feet and slammed her head against the floor again and again.
20:28Sister, I was wrong! I really was wrong!
20:30She cackoed 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. You chose your own road.
20:49I coldly pulled back the hem of my dress. If you walk into hell yourself,
20:53don't blame others for not reaching out. Lily collapsed to the floor in despair. Just then,
20:58the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. First heard one swaggered in with several armed
21:02tattooed men. In his hand was a huge thick four. A sinister smile hung on his lips as he walked
21:08step by step towards Sir Lurne on the floor. I found you, not even. Seeing the man approach with
21:15the sedative, the girl scrambled backward in terror, screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
21:20The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified. The man shouted,
21:23I'm only here to take my goods today. Anyone who dares call the cops, I'll kill their whole family!
21:29Standing beside one, I watched the farce coldly. Not only did I not hide, I took my phone out of
21:35my
21:35clutch. Save Lily? Impossible. But 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
21:51getnet were wiped clean and frozen. At the same time, he elegantly pressed the send button on his
21:55watch, packaging and sending the complete surveillance footage and evidence chain of
21:58Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one film. The next second, police sirens and
22:03redo flashing lights pierced through the banquet hall. Dozens of SWAT armored vehicles blocked the
22:06entrance so tightly that not even water could pass. Boss, all our accounts have been frozen!
22:10The place is crawling with cops! One's men stared at their phones in terror. One's face went deathly
22:13pale, as if he had fallen into an ice pit. What? What's going on? He could no longer care
22:17about anything else. He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe viciously into her neck.
22:21Everybody stay the fuck back! Anyone 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,
22:35but a high concentration, meaning of inducing blood. In less than two seconds, Lily's eyes flooded
22:39bloodline and the veins on her neck bulged like earthworms. Her entire body lost all sense of pain and reason.
22:44She stared fixably at me, dazzling and glamour, protected in Jace's arms. The extreme resentment
22:48of being trampled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects. I was reborn too,
22:52so why do you get to live so well? Lily let out a beast-like howl that barely sounded human.
22:57She
22:57actually bit into Victor's arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh. Victor 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! She was extremely fast, but didn't even blink. Before she could get
23:12within half a meter of me, Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean sidekick
23:15straight to Lily's chest. Lily flew out like a torn sack. With a crash, she smashed heavily
23:19into the five-tier champagne tower. Glass 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! Lily shrieked hysterically, trying to use her final
23:32trop saw to destroy me. She's a reborn woman! In her last life, she was a demon with blood all
23:38over
23:38her hands! She only chose you because she knew you would become rich in this life! She doesn't love you
23:44at all!
23:48The entire room fell silent. Blood filled Lily's mouth as she looked at Jace, smugly, thinking that
23:54exposing the secret of rebirth. At me with disgust, she screamed. In her last life, you were picking
24:00through trash in the slums while she was all-powerful mafia matriarch! You're just a tool she's using!
24:05Everyone waited for Jace's reaction. I stood where I was and looked at him calmly. Jace looked down at
24:11Lily on the floor, his lips curling in a cold smile. If that's true, then I really should thank you
24:16for
24:16your stupidity in this life. Jace's voice was low and dominating. Thank you for personally pushing such
24:21a perfect wife into my arms. Just then, SWAT officers broke through the doors. Don't move! Drop your weapons!
24:30The scene descended instantly into chaos. Seeing that the tide had turned, Victor grabbed a chair
24:34and smashed the floor to Sleeling window. In the final second before he leapt into the cold seawater,
24:39Victor stared hard at me, shielded in Jace's arms my eyes cold. In her last life, she was the all
24:44-powerful
24:44mafia matriarch. In his mind, the sentence Lily had shouted flash like lightning. Victor's eyes
24:49instantly changed from fear to shock. It was her? Cold seawater choked his windpipe. Victor swam
24:54desperately through the sewer like a stray dog that had lost its home. But Lily's words from the
24:58gala kept replaying in his mind. In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
25:03Victor 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. He suddenly remembered many details from
25:11his last life. In his last life, every time his gang hit a dead end, he would somehow receive
25:15intelligence to solve it the next day. He had thought Lily was born blessed with good fortune,
25:19so each time he had placed Lily high on a pedestal. But in this life, Lily, who carried memories too,
25:24was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang, and only knew how to cry for designer brands.
25:29And just now at the gala, the way Chloe froze his overseas dark web accounts was exactly like
25:33the mysterious strategist behind the scenes from his last life. Victor understood in an instant.
25:38It was Chloe. The one who helped me conquer everything in my last life. The one who shielded me from
25:43danger
25:43was Chloe all along! Victor'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
25:55dominate the world, only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry. Victor's bloodshot eyes
26:01locked onto a financial magazine photo of Jace and Chloe on the wall. He punched the frame to pieces.
26:08Chloe is mine! She belongs to me!
26:12Three days later, in the underground parking garage of the J group, I had just stepped out of my private
26:17elevator. When a foul-smelling, unshaven man suddenly lunged out from behind a load-carrying
26:23pollen. Chloe! I finally found you! It was Victor! With a heavy thud, he dropped to his knees in front
26:30of me. Ignoring the muddy water on the ground, he sobbed and slapped himself across the face again and
26:36again. I was wrong, Chloe! I was blinded by that idiot Lily! I was blind as a dog! He shuffled
26:41forward on his knees,
26:42trying to hug my leg, crying until his face was covered in snot and tears. You're my woman!
26:47As long as you come back, we can join hands like in our last life and take Jace money! We're
26:52the destined
26:53king and queen of the underworld! Looking at him so utterly pathetic, I felt only nausea. I pressed the
26:59red emergency alarm on my car key. The piercing alarm instantly echoed through the garage. Victor panicked
27:06and still tried to forcibly drag me. A dark figure flashed past. Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor three meters
27:12away. Jace unbuttoned his suit jacket unhastingly and handed it to the bodyguard behind him. His eyes
27:18held a terrifying violence. Victor, you're not only blind, you're hopelessly stupid.
27:24Jace! You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman!
27:28Driven into a corner, Victor erupted with a desperado's ferocity. He pulled out a switchblade
27:34and roared as he lunged at Jace. But he had no idea what kind of monster he was facing.
27:39Jace didn't even dodge. He shifted slightly to avoid the blade, then caught Victor's wrist in a
27:43backhand grip and snapped it hard. The crisp sound of breaking bone rang out. Victor let
27:47out a pig-like scream and the knife fell to the floor. Then Jace drove his knee upward,
27:52slamming it heavily into Victor's chest. Two ribs snapped instantly. The entire sequence flowed
27:57smoothly, carrying a brutal beauty of absolute domination. Victor collapsed to the floor like
28:03mud, coughing out mouthfuls of blood. Jace stepped forward and mercilessly planted his leather shoe on
28:08Victor's broken fingers, grinding down hard. You think you deserved her in your last life?
28:14Jace looked down at Victor as he corrals it in pain. You couldn't protect her. All you could
28:21do was rely on the pitiful power she handed you. And in this life, you don't even have the right
28:28to
28:28say her name. Jace gestured. Blackwater bodyguards stepped forward and dragged Victor like a dead dog,
28:35throwing him into the garbage heap in the back alley. And at that moment, the gears of fate turned. An
28:40ambulance from the hospital happened to stop at the Annie entrance. The one who secretly slipped
28:44down from it was Lily, dragging her broken body. To avoid the expensive medical bills, Lily had
28:50escaped from the public hospital. She limped into the back alley, about to look for something to eat,
28:56when she suddenly saw Victor rivaling in the garbage heap. Victor? The moment she made out that face,
29:02Lily showed not the slightest sympathy. Instead, she burst into wild laughter.
29:05Haha, you liar! Weren't you a mafia boss? Why are you lying here like a stray dog?
29:09Victor struggled to open his eyes. Seeing the woman who had ruined him so badly,
29:13old hatred and new rage erupted like a volcano. If not for Lily, how would he have lost Chloe?
29:20Ah! Filthy bitch! This is all your fault! Victor lunged at her, clapped his hands around Lily's
29:27throat, and pressed her into the filthy, water-water-filled garbage heap. You useless thing!
29:31Give me back Chloe! Give me back my mafia empire! Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking,
29:36and her hands clawed wildly. The true love they had once believed would bring mutual benefit now
29:40tore at each other like two mad dogs, blaming each other and ripping each other apart. In the final
29:44second before suffocation, Lily's hand found a sharp shard of glass.
29:51Using all her strength, she stabbed the shard fiercely into Victor's female artery. Blood instantly
29:57sprayed out like a fountain, splattering across Lily's face. Victor screamed. The two of them
30:06collapsed together into the reeking pool of blood and trash, convulsing in despair. A passerby discovered
30:12them and called the police, and the two were taken back to the public hospital. Due to severe blood loss,
30:16Victor's thigh was already paralyzed. As for Lily, when she woke up in the hospital bed, a doctor walked
30:21over to her coldly with her test results. Because you have been taking illegal living organ suppresses
30:25from your dark web for a long time. Your kidneys and liver have completely failed. You have two
30:30months at most. There's no treatment value. Wait to die. The doctor's words were like a final verdict.
30:38Lily finally realized it. The rebirth script she had thought herself so clever for stealing,
30:44had not helped her rise above everyone else. Instead, she had personally pushed open the gates to hell.
30:50The television on the hospital wall lit up. On the screen, the grand celebration of the Jace Group's
30:56successful listing on Wall Street was being broadcast live. I wore a gown and rang the opening bell under
31:02the eyes of the world, dazzling like a queen. If I can't live, you won't have peace either!
31:09She violently ripped the IV needle from the back of her hand. Blood dripped onto the white sheets. She stole
31:14a
31:15nurse's uniform and made an insane decision. Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body in bandages,
31:20pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself, and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet for
31:24the Jace Group's listing in her arms. She carried a large barrel of gasoline, had bought on the black
31:29market. As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone, she would be willing
31:33to
31:33die in the flames immediately. At the center of the reception, Jace and I were being interviewed by
31:38global media. I wore a custom gown and looked invincible beneath the flashes. Lily hid behind a
31:43pillar in the shadows, staring at that blinding glory. The flames of jealousy in her heart burned
31:49all the way up her throat. Die! All of you die! She pushed the cart, carrying the gasoline using
31:55the darkness to inch closer to the ventilation system. As long as she pressed the igniter,
31:59this place would become a living hell. Just as her hand reached for the lighter,
32:03a pair of rough hands suddenly stretched out from the darkness, clamped over her mouth,
32:07and dragged her forcibly into the dim fire stair hell. It was Victor.
32:15Who told you to make a move? He still hadn't given up. He wanted to use Lily for one last
32:20struggle. What we need is money. We need the lifeline in Chloe's hands. You are not allowed to act.
32:26Chloe, you want your sister alive? Bring 10 million in cash to basement level 2. Remember,
32:31no bodyguards. He thought I would go soft. He thought that as long as I appeared,
32:36he could use me as a bargaining chain to turn the tables, just like in the last life.
32:42Watching the video. Madam, shall I mobilize mercenaries and flatten the place?
32:48No need. I want them to see with their own eyes, that before this position, they don't even qualify
32:54to be ants. Instead, I had Jace robalize the city's armed forces and surround the entire building like an iron
33:00barrel.
33:01Basement level 2. Victor stared at the elevator with high expectations.
33:08How is this possible? How dare you come without the money?
33:12I slowly stepped out from behind the bodyguards, every step calm and elegant. I didn't even glance
33:17at Lily, who was tied to the fire hydrant. Victor, you used me in my last life and tortured me
33:23in this one.
33:23Did you think you could still threaten me like some ridiculous clown?
33:27Didn't you want to light the fire? Go on. Don't be a coward.
33:32When Lily heard this, the last spark of hope in her eyes went out completely. She looked at my lofty
33:37posture, at how I didn't even deign to give her a single day. I'm done playing! I'm really done playing!
33:45I'll make all of you die with me!
33:50Before Victor could react, Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes and, like a mad woman,
33:55wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck. You ruined me!
33:59You made me into this monster! She bit down hard on Victor's ear, bloody tears streaming from her eyes.
34:06Victor, didn't you want money? Didn't you want to be the emperor of the underworld?
34:12Then let's go be that in hell!
34:15You crazy bitch! Let go of me!
34:19He struggled desperately, but Lily no longer wanted to live. She slammed violently into the
34:24still-burning lighter in Victor's ear. A whole barrel of gasoline instantly poured over him. Flames shot
34:29into the air, lighting up the entire underground garage. Fire swallowed the two evil ghosts who had
34:33once screamed against each other and now died together like conjoined twins. Amid piercing
34:38screams, they twisted and rolled in the flames. Under Jace's protection, I turned and left. Behind me
34:43was the past reduced to scorched earth, and I strode toward the future that belonged to me.
34:51The fire was quickly extinguished. Victor and Lily were completely reduced to two charred corpses,
34:56so burned that even DNA was difficult to extract. The news spread everywhere. The media frantically dug
35:02into the so-called family feud within the conglomerate. I did not have the PR department cover it up.
35:07Instead, I took the initiative to release to the media Victor's illegal live organ trading network,
35:11and the evidence that he and Lily had planned the assassination. The media outlets that had originally
35:17been waiting to laugh at us quickly turned their guns around in the face of iron-flabbed criminal evidence,
35:24and praised us as heroes who had eliminated a cancer from society. The group's stock not only did not fall,
35:32it surged for three straight days in the market, because of our positive image of punishing evil and
35:38protecting the innocent. I stood before the floor to cleansing windows, looking down at the ant-like crowds
35:44below. Just then, Jace walked over with a glass of expensive red wine and gently pulled me into his
35:50arms. Madam, those troublesome mafia families have all signed the asset transfer agreements according
35:57to your requirements. I kissed my cheek tenderly. After tonight, there will be no so-called underground
36:02rules on the East Coast. You are the only rule. I looked out at the glittering knee beyond the window,
36:07lightly swirling the blood red wine in my glass. A smile of certain sectority curved my lip. Although Victor was
36:13dead, the territory he left behind had become a piece of fat meat. The 12 remaining old mafia
36:19families on the East Coast were eager to move. In their eyes, Jace was nothing more than a legitimate
36:25businessman taking advantage of an opening. That night, a threatening letter containing a bullet was
36:30delivered to the group headquarters, demanding that Jace hand over 70% of the shipping routes,
36:34or he would not live to see tomorrow's sun. Looking at the bullet on the desk,
36:38killing intake surged in Jace's eyes, and he was about to order a direct assault. I pressed down on
36:43his hand, took a black encrypted USB drive from the safe, and tossed it lightly onto the desk. A direct
36:49attack would be too merciful. This is the underground intelligence network. I spent five years building
36:54in my last life. I looked at Jace, my gaze confident and cold. It contained every financial weakness of
37:00those 12 families, the locations of their illegitimate children overseas, and conclusive evidence of
37:06their dark web smuggling. One fatal strike. That's our story. Jace picked up the USB drive. The
37:13viciousness in his eyes instantly transformed into the utmost admiration and indulgent affection.
37:18He lowered his head and kissed me deeply. As you command my queen. Tonight, I'll tear down their
37:23thrones and turn them into stepping stones for you. Outside the window, thunder rolled and rain lashed down.
37:29Alone, Jace pushed open the doors to the East Coast underground round table chamber. Inside the round
37:35table chamber, 12 mafia elders were smoking cigars and laughing arrogantly. Seeing that Jace had truly
37:40dared to come alone, several hot-tempered old men pulled out gold-plated pistols and slammed them
37:44heavily onto the table. Pretty boy, if you know what's good for you, you'll sign the asset transfer
37:49agreement. Then we might still leave you and that beautiful wife of yours whole corpses. Jace didn't
37:54even look at the guns. He leisurely pulled out the chair at the head of the table and sat down,
37:59then threw twelve printed sets of confidential financial datements and photos into their faces
38:04like trash. Look at your own cards before you decide whether to raise your voice at me.
38:09The elders picked up the documents and their faces turned instantly pale. The hands holding their cigars
38:15trembled like sieves. Those were their most lethal weak points. As long as Jace sent them with one click,
38:21they would immediately lose everything, perhaps even their families.
38:25You? What do you want?
38:28Jace smeared and snapped his fingers lightly. The hidden walls around the chamber instantly descended,
38:33revealing hundreds of heavily armed mercenaries whose infrared sights were all locked onto the
38:37centers of their foreheads. Jace rose and looked down at the once invincible underworld overlords from
38:41above. Sign the submission agreement. From today on, the rules of the East Coast underworld are decided by
38:47my wife. When Jace returned to the manor with the tokens of submission from the twelve families,
38:52it was already late at night. After my shower, I stood before the Florida clearing windows,
38:57watching the wind and rain finally stop outside. Jace embraced me from behind and slipped the black
39:02gold serpent ring, a symbol of the highest power on the dark wet, onto my ring finger. His fingers were
39:08faintly callid. When they touched my back, my body stiffened controllably because of the bone deep
39:13memories of beatings from my last life, Jace noticed. He did not rush to take anything from me.
39:19Instead, he turned me around and looked at me with aching tenderness. He lowered his head and
39:24reverently kissed the invisible scars on my body, kissing away the last trace of guardedness towards
39:28intimacy in my heart. Chloe, in this life, you're no one's strategist behind the scenes anymore,
39:34and you don't have to take a blade for anyone. Jace's held my face, his voice low and tempting.
39:40You are the only one in power, and I am your most loyal believer. Looking at the deep love
39:46burning in his eyes for me alone, I finally let go completely of the shadows from my past life.
39:51I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back with equal heat. Moonlight streamed through
39:55the windows and spilled across the luxurious bed where two figures merged completely.
39:59Five years later, it was the very day when, in my last life, Jace went bankrupt and Lily rolled
40:04beneath the truck to her death. But now we were at the top floor of the highest tower on Wall
40:06Street.
40:07Wearing a custom gown, I rang the NASDAQ opening bell, the richest person in the world,
40:11and the supreme matriarch of the dark web. Thunderous applause filled the room,
40:14and camera flashes blazed like daylight. Holding a glass of champagne,
40:17I walked to the floor to clear window and looked down over the city I had thoroughly conquered.
40:20At the end of my line of sight lay that filthy slum. In my last life, Lily had gnawed on
40:24rotten
40:24vegetable leaves there, then dragged me to my death out of jealousy. In this life, she thought she had
40:29stolen the Trump card, but she turned to ashes in the very first year. Jace walked to my side,
40:33holding our three-year-old heir. What are you thinking about? His eyes full of doting affection
40:36as he wrapped an arm around my waist. As if performing magic, he took a document from the
40:41pocket of his suit and handed it to me. Darling, you said before that looking at that slum bothered
40:46you. I've had people approve the demolition plan to buy it. I looked at the document and couldn't
40:50help laughing softly. The place that had buried our fates in my last life could now be erased
40:54completely from the map with nothing more than my signature. Three days later, more than a dozen
40:59heavy bulldozers drove into the slums. Amid the enormous roar, the dilapidated chantels,
41:03the place that had buried Lily's greed and despair, collapsed with a crash and became ruins.
41:06On the original site, the world's largest commercial landmark, named after me, would rise.
41:12At the groundbreaking ceremony, global media swarmed in. Countless microphones were thrust in front of me.
41:19This is Jace, man. How did you go from an ordinary girl to the overlord who dominates both the
41:23legitimate and underground worlds today? What was the core secret? Was it because you were lucky
41:27and chose the right person? Hearing the question, I raised my brows slightly. I turned and glanced
41:33down from the stage. Jace was holding our sun. Watching me with a smile like the most loyal night,
41:38eyes filled the pride of someone thinking my wife shines brightest. I withdrew my eyes and looked to the
41:43camera, the corner of my throat curving into a calm, aggressively confident smile. Fate has never been
41:48about what cards you managed to steal. It's about whether you have the brains to play them well.
41:54Unfortunately, some people think they've stolen the winning hand, but they don't even qualify to sit
41:59at the table. I raised the champagne in my hand. Sunlight struck the black gold serpent ring,
42:04refracting a dazzling gleam. Cheers to my empire.
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