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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.
02:08But 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.
02:33Don't choose my sister Chloe.
02:34She's vain and greedy.
02:36Always thinking about diamonds and sports cars.
02:38How could she possibly endure your dangerous bloodstake life?
02:42She looks down on you but I'm willing to suffer with you.
02:48Fine.
02:49Then you'll be my woman.
02:51As long as you behave and do what I say.
02:54I'll make sure you can walk all over this street.
02:57I believe you.
02:59I'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.
03:25In my last life, after Jace went bankrupt, even when he had to work three jobs a day, he still
03:30saved the last piece of bread for Lily.
03:32But Lily cursed him all day long, calling him useless.
03:35Since 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.
03:53So she knew I had been reborn too, and 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 until he had squeezed out every last
04:05drop of value.
04:06In my last life, when I first followed Victor back to the East Coast, I had naively believed he was
04:10a good man too.
04:11He bought me the most expensive dresses and took me in and out of the top underground casinos.
04:16Even though back then, I was so afraid I could barely walk, he brainwashed me,
04:21telling 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.
04:37Only then did I understand that Victor had only ever seen me as a scapegoat he could discard at any
04:43time.
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.
05:34Facts proved that Jace was the perfect gentleman.
05:37He cherished me like a priceless treasure.
05:40My food, clothes, and daily necessities were all top tier.
05:44But he didn't know that I was no longer the fallen heiress who only knew how to enjoy herself.
05:50In 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,
06:10I'll protect your business empire for you.
06:13Only three days later, Wall Street's hunt began.
06:16Jace's enemies had bragged an executive in his company.
06:18They planned to present a fake report at the board meeting and force Jace out.
06:21In my last life, Jace fell at this very step.
06:24Not only did he go bankrupt, he was also saddled with massive debt.
06:27But in this life, I was here.
06:29My experience laundering money for Victor in my past life
06:32made me intimately familiar with these kinds of business tactics.
06:35I hacked directly into that traitorous executive's email,
06:37obtained ironclade proof that they had falsified the data,
06:40and sent it straight to the FBI.
06:41Not only that, I also used a black card Jace had given me
06:44to set a financial trap in the futures 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.
06:58Victor 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
07:04so 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,
07:13actually 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,
07:26and every day he has people stew the finest supplements for me.
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
07:41had 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
07:53and trade it to high-level figures on the underground black market
07:56in 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,
08:46picked up a glass of champagne and tried to build a connection.
08:49Mr. 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?
09:07But 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 godfass, 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.
09:29They would never spare a second glance for a street thug's woman.
09:33A cheap whore who eats off gangsters has no right to dirty my suit.
09:41Mrs. Jace, congratulations to Mr. Jace on his perfect counterattack in the futures market tonight,
09:46earning 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!
10:24Show 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 machettes.
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.
10:37Red 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 her
10:56across 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 loserly 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.
11:21If you're not gone in one minute, all of you are going into the sea.
11:26After dropping that threat, Eric strode away with his bodyguards.
11:30Lily 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!
11:36I will become a mafia godmother!
11:39Because 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 Salette.
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 a human
12:31being.
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 car riddled
13:01with 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 with a crash.
13:14Lily's shrill voice came from inside.
13:16Chloe, get out here!
13:19My heart jolted.
13:21Lily had come.
13:38Chloe, let's switch back!
13:53Snot 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!
14:16Why 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?
14:32Did 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, saying I could only look up at you from the slums?
14:53She 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 what would happen if I chose Victor!
15:04But don't get too pleased with yourself!
15:06A 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!
15:21The words had barely left her mouth.
15:26Twelve Rolls Royce phantoms roared to a stop in front of us, sealing off the entire street.
15:31The car doors opened.
15:34Dressed in a custom suit, strode toward us surrounded by dozens of Blackwater bodyguards.
15:38Seeing such an astonishing scene, 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
15:53leaning close as she pleaded sweetly.
15:55Mr. Monsieur, don't be deceived by my sister! She's a demon to the bone! Sooner or later she'll
16:00destroy your business empire! Lifted her head pitifully.
16:03Only a clean woman like me is worthy of your wealth. As long as you want me-
16:06Get away! Didn't even spare her a sidelong glance. He walked straight past her and came to me. He took
16:12out an expensive handkerchief and, with aching tenderness, wiped the dust grabbed onto the hem of
16:18my clothes. Then he turned and looked down at her. If she really is a demon, then I'd willingly offer
16:23her my soul. Besides, she's the one who helped me dominate Wall Street. Chloe is my only woman. As for
16:30you,
16:30you're not even worthy of carrying her shoes.
16:33Picture 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!
17:01We haven't drawn enough blood today!
17:03Watching the van speed away, I frowned. Special supplements?
17:07Had Victor come up with some new trick again? The instincts I had developed in my last life while
17:11managing Victor's underground industries told me this was absolutely not simple. After returning to
17:15the Manishin, I immediately locked the Studia door and turned off the computer. Relying my understanding of
17:21Victor's cratig network from my Yen-P the with Rai, bypassed the firewall with ease, and hacked
17:26directly into the underground medical system he had recently connected. In an encrypted purchase
17:30list, I found the true ingredients of those special supplements. The moment I clicked it open,
17:35a chill crawled up my spine. They weren't supplements at all. They were living organ rejection suppressors,
17:40a substance explicitly banned on the dark web. So that was it. Victor's frantic expansion had angered
17:46the old mafia, and his cash flow had completely collapsed. To repay his debts, he had accepted a
17:52live organ order from a sick drug lord. Victor 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, ensuring that
18:04her heart and corneals would perfectly match the buyer's body when they were dug out. Ridiculous, Lily.
18:10She thought she had stolen my script as mafia matriarch, and ran around showing off that exclusive love,
18:15never 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,
18:34the 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 without
18:48losing her breath. But she still believed it was only weakness caused by Victor's abuse. She stole
18:52an invitation from Victor's drawer, covered her corpse-pale face with thick foundation, and snuck
18:57into the gala. Amid the glittering crowd, she immediately set her sights on a gray-haired Wall Street
19:01Magnetit. She used the same old trick, forcing tears into her eyes as she pressed herself delicately
19:05against the Magnet's arm. Sir, please save me. Victor, that thug keeps torturing me. As long as
19:10you're willing to pay to take me away, I'll do anything for you. She looked at the Magnet with
19:14expectation, thinking that with her looks, finding a new patron would be easy. The Magnet held his glass
19:19of red wine and looked her up and down, but there was no desire in his eyes. Take you away.
19:28Poor little thing, don't you know? Victor already pre-sold your heart and cornelized to me yesterday.
19:36I'm your buyer.
19:39The moment you heard that, the fanging expression on her face froze. All the blood in her body seemed
19:45to turn to ice. What did you say?
19:50What did you say? My heart, my corneals? Her mind exploded with a buzz. She finally understood what
19:57those expensive supplements really were. The mafia love she had been so proud of had been nothing more
20:02than fattening her like a pig for slaughter from beginning to end. No, no, no! She shoved the Magnet
20:08away and fled through the banquet hall like a madwoman, not even noticing when one of her high heels fell
20:12off.
20:13She crashed headfirst 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!
20:31She cock-o'd it until blood streamed down her forehead, wailing missably.
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.
20:57Just then, the doors to the banquet hall were kicked open. First heard one swaggered in with
21:01several armed, tattooed men. In his hand was a huge, thick four. A sinister smile hung on his lips
21:08as he walked step-by-step towards Sir Lung on the floor.
21:12Found you, nutty.
21:14Seeing the man approach with the sedative, the girl scrambled backward in terror,
21:18screaming like a pig being slaughtered.
21:19Don't die!
21:20The distinguished guests at the gala were terrified. The man shouted,
21:23Let me move! I'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. Not only did I not hide,
21:34I took my phone out of my clutch. Save Lily? Impossible. But I would never pass up the chance
21:40to crush Victor completely. My slender fingers tapped rapidly across the screen,
21:44activating the trojan I had set up in advance. In less than three seconds, Victor's 13 money
21:49laundering accounts on the global dark etnet were wiped clean and frozen. At the same time,
21:53he elegantly pressed the send button on his raw packaging and sending the complete surveillance
21:56footage and evidence chain of Victor's live organ transaction tonight to the FBI in one film.
22:01The next second, police sirens and Redu 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!
22:10One's men stared at their phones in terror. One's face went deathly plale,
22:13as if he had fallen into an ice pit. What? What's going on?
22:16He could no longer care about anything else. He lunged at her and stabbed the thick syringe
22:20viciously into her neck. Everybody stay the fuck back! Anyone moves, and I'll blow this
22:27bitch's head off! The entire tube of illegal green liquid was pushed into Lily's vein. It wasn't
22:34an ordinary sedative, but a high concentration mineral-inducing death. In less than two seconds,
22:38Lily's eyes flooded bloodline, and the veins on her neck bulged like earthworms. Her entire body lost
22:42all sense of pain and reason. She stared fixably at me, dazzling and glamorous, protected in Jace's arms.
22:47The extreme resentment of being trampled underfoot erupted completely under the drug's effects.
22:51I was reborn too, so why do you get to live so well? Lily let out a beast-like howl
22:55that
22:55barely sounded human. She actually bit into Victor's arm and tore off a large chunk of flesh.
23:00Victor screamed and let go. Like a vengeful ghost, Lily grabbed a sharp,
23:03broken wine bottle from the table and charged wildly at my face. I'll ruin you! Go to hell with me!
23:08She was extremely fat, but it didn't even blink. Before she could get within half a meter of me,
23:13Jace lifted his long leg and delivered a ruthlessly clean sidekick straight to Lily's chest.
23:16Lily 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. Lying in a pool of blood,
23:24she vomited blood while pointing at me and laughing madly. Jace! 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,
23:53thinking that exposing the secret of rebirth. At 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. I 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. Don't move! Drop your weapons!
24:30The scene descended instantly into chaos. Seeing that the tide had turned,
24:33Victor 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,
24:40shielded in Jace's arms my eyes cold. In her last life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch.
24:45In his mind, the sentence Lily had shouted flash like lightning. Victor's eyes instantly changed from fear to shock.
24:50It was her?
24:51Cold seawater choked his windpipe. Victor swam desperately through the sewer like a stray dog
24:56that had lost its home. But Lily's words from the gala kept replaying in his mind. In her last
25:00life, she was the all-powerful mafia matriarch. Victor fled back to the moldy-smelling basement
25:04and looked at the territory he had now lost completely. His heart felt as if it had been
25:08struck by a heavy hammer. He suddenly remembered many details from his last life. In his last life,
25:13every time his gang hit a dead end, he would somehow receive intelligence to solve it the 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. But in this life, Lily, who carried
25:23memories too, was a fool who didn't even understand mafia slang and only knew how to cry for designer
25:28brands. And just now at the gala, the way Chloe froze his overseas dark web accounts was exactly
25:33like the mysterious strategist behind the scenes from his last life. Victor understood in an instant.
25:38Chloe, the one who helped me conquer everything in my last life, the one who shielded me from danger
25:43was Chloe all along! Victor's knees went weak and he dropped onto the damp floor. He finally realized
25:51that with his own hands, he had thrown away a queen who could have helped him dominate the world,
25:55only to pick up a useless blood bag that had drained him dry. Victor's bloodshot eyes locked onto a
26:02financial 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!
26:40He shuffled forward on his knees, trying to hug my leg, crying until his face was covered in snot
26:45and tears. You're my woman! As long as you come back, we can join hands like in our last life
26:50and take Jace's money. We're the destined king and queen of the underworld! Looking at him so utterly
26:56pathetic, I felt only nausea. I pressed the red emergency alarm on my car key. The piercing alarm
27:03instantly echoed through the garage. Victor panicked and still tried to forcefully drag me. A dark figure
27:09flashed past. Jace, like a leopard, kicked Victor three meters away. Jace unbuttoned
27:14his suit jacket unhastingly and handed it to the bodyguard behind him. His eyes held a terrifying
27:18violence. Victor, you're not only blind, you're hopelessly stupid.
27:24Jace! You're nothing but a pretty boy living off a woman! Driven into a corner, Victor erupted with a
27:31desperado's ferocity. He pulled out a switchblade and roared as he lunged at Jace. But he had no
27:37idea what kind of monster he was facing. Jace didn't even dodge. He shifted slightly to avoid
27:41the blade, then caught Victor's wrist in a backhand grip and snapped it hard. The crisp sound of breaking
27:46bone rang out. Victor let out a pig-like scream and the knife fell to the floor. Then Jake drove
27:51his
27:51knee upward, slamming it heavily into Victor's chest. Two ribs snapped instantly. The entire sequence
27:57flowed smoothly, 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
28:08on Victor's broken fingers, grinding down hard. You think you deserved her in your last life?
28:14Jace looked down at Victor as he corulsed in pain. You couldn't protect her. All you could do was rely
28:22on the pitiful power she handed you. And in this life, you don't even have the right to say her
28:29name.
28:31Jace 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.
28:40An ambulance 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 escaped
28:50from the public hospital. She limped into the back alley, about to look for something to eat,
28:55when she suddenly saw Victor rivaling in the garbage heap.
28:59Victor?
29:00The moment she made out that face, Lily showed not the slightest sympathy. Instead,
29:04she burst into wild laughter.
29:06You 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.
29:15If not for Lily, how would he have lost Chloe?
29:24Victor lunged at her, clapped his hands around Lily's throat,
29:27and pressed her into the filthy, water-water-filled garbage heap.
29:30You useless thing! Give me back Chloe! Give me back my mafia empire!
29:35Lily's eyes rolled back from the choking, and her hands clawed wildly. The true love they had once
29:39believed would bring mutual benefit now tore at each other like two mad dogs, blaming each other and
29:43ripping each other apart. In the final second 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.
29:56Blood instantly sprayed out like a fountain, splattering across Lily's face. Victor screamed.
30:05The two of them collapsed together into the reeking pool of blood and trash, convulsing in despair.
30:10A passerby discovered them and called the police, and the two were taken back to the public hospital.
30:15Due to severe blood loss, Victor's thigh was already paralyzed. As for Lily, when she woke up in the
30:19hospital bed, a doctor walked over to her coldly with her test results. Because you have been taking
30:24illegal living organ suppresses from your dark web for a long time, your kidneys and liver have
30:28completely failed. You have two months at most. There's no treatment value. Wait to die.
30:34The doctor's words were like a final verdict. Lily finally realized it. The rebirth script she had
30:41thought herself so clever for stealing had not helped her rise above everyone else. Instead, she had
30:48personally pushed open the gates to hell. The television on the hospital wall lit up. On the screen, the grand
30:54celebration of the Jace Group's successful listing on Wall Street was being broadcast live. I wore a gown and
31:00rang the opening bell under the eyes of the world, dazzling like a queen.
31:04If 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.
31:14She stole a nurse's uniform and made an insane decision. Lily wrapped all the wounds on her body
31:19in bandages, pulled the loose cleaner's robe over herself, and slipped in the outdoor celebration banquet
31:24for the Jace Group's listing in her arms. She carried a large barrel of gasoline, had bought on
31:28the black market. As long as she could burn me and Jace to ashes in front of everyone,
31:33she would be willing to die in the flames immediately. At the center of the reception,
31:37Jace and I were being interviewed by global media. I wore a custom gown and looked invincible beneath the
31:42flashes. Lily hid behind a pillar in the shadows, staring at that blinding glory. The flames of jealousy
31:48in her heart burned all the way up her throat. Die! All of you die! She pushed the cart carrying
31:54the gasoline using the darkness to inch closer to the ventilation system. As long as she pressed
31:58the igniter, this 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 stairhell. 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, want your sister alive? Bring 10 million in cash to basement level 2. Remember, no bodyguards.
32:33He 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
33:00an iron barrel. Basement 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
33:22in this
33:23one. Did you think you could still threaten me like some ridiculous clown? Didn't you want to light the fire?
33:28Go on. Don't be a coward. When Lily heard this, the last spark of hope in her eyes went out
33:35completely. She looked at my lofty posture, at how I didn't even deign to get her a single glance.
33:50Before Victor could react, Lily suddenly broke free from the cut ropes and, like a mad woman,
33:54wrapped her arms tightly around Victor's neck. Don't ruin me! You made me into this monster!
34:01She 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! You crazy bitch! Let go of me!
34:19He struggled desperately, but Lily no longer wanted to live. She slammed violently into the
34:23still-burning lighter in Victor's ear. A whole barrel of gasoline instantly poured over the light.
34:28Flames shot into the air, lighting up the entire underground garage. Fire swallowed the two evil
34:33ghosts who had once screamed against each other and now died together like conjoined twins. Amid
34:37piercing screams, they twisted and rolled in the flames. Under Jace's protection, I turned and left.
34:43Behind me was 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
35:01dug into the so-called family feud within the conglomerate. I did not have the PR department
35:06covered up. Instead, I took the initiative to release to the media, Victor's illegal live organ
35:11trading network, and the evidence that he and Lily had planned the assassination. The media outlets
35:16that had originally been waiting to laugh at us, quickly turned their guns around in the face of
35:21iron-flabbed criminal evidence, and praised us as heroes who had eliminated a cancer from society.
35:29The group's stock not only did not fall, it surged for three straight days in the market,
35:35because of our positive image of punishing evil and protecting the innocent.
35:39I stood before the floor declasing windows, looking down at the ant-like crowds below.
35:44Just then, Jace walked over with a glass of expensive red wine and gently pulled me into his arms.
35:52Madam, those troublesome mafia families have all signed the asset transfer agreements according to your
35:57requirements. He 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.
36:12Although Victor was dead, the territory he left behind had become a piece of fat meat.
36:17The twelve remaining old mafia families on the East Coast were eager to move.
36:22In their eyes, Jace was nothing more than a legitimate businessman taking advantage of an opening.
36:27That night, a threatening letter containing a bullet was delivered to the group headquarters,
36:31demanding that Jace hand over 70% of the shipping routes, or he would not live to see tomorrow's sun.
36:36Looking at the bullet on the desk, killing intake surged in Jace's eyes, and he was about to order
36:41a direct assault. I pressed down on his hand, took a black encrypted USB drive from the safe,
36:46and tossed it lightly onto the desk. A direct attack would be too merciful. This is the underground
36:51intelligence network. I spent five years building in my last life. I looked at Jace, my gaze confident
36:58and cold. It contains every financial weakness of those twelve families, the locations of their
37:03illegitimate children overseas, and conclusive evidence of their dark web smugging. One fatal
37:08strike. That's my story. Jace picked up the USB drive. The viciousness in his eyes instantly
37:14transformed into the utmost admiration and indulgent affection. He lowered his head and kissed me deeply.
37:20As you command, my queen. Tonight, I'll tear down their thrones and turn them into stepping stones for you.
37:26Outside the window, thunder rolled and rain lashed down. Alone, Jace pushed open the doors to the East
37:32Coast underground round table chamber. Inside the round table chamber, twelve mafia elders were
37:37smoking cigars and laughing arrogantly. Seeing that Jace had truly dared to come alone, several hot-tempered
37:42old men pulled out gold-plated pistols and slammed them heavily onto the table. Pretty boy, if you know
37:46what's good for you, you'll sign the asset transfer agreement. Then we might still leave you and that
37:51beautiful wife of yours whole corpses. Jace didn't even look at the guns. He leisurely pulled out the chair at
37:57the head of the table and sat down, then threw twelve printed sets of confidential financial
38:02datements and photos into their faces like trash. Look at your own cards before you decide whether to
38:08raise your voice at me. The elders picked up the documents and their faces turned instantly pale.
38:14The hands holding their cigars trembled like sieves. Those were their most lethal weak points. As long as
38:20Jace sent them with one click, they would immediately lose everything, perhaps even their families.
38:25You? What do you want? Jace smeared and snapped his fingers lightly. The hidden walls around the
38:31chamber instantly descended, revealing hundreds of heavily armed mercenaries whose infrared sights
38:36were all locked onto the centers of their foreheads. Jace rose and looked down at the once
38:40invincible underworld overlords from above. Sign the submission agreement. From today on, the rules of the
38:45east coast underworld are decided by my wife. When Jace returned to the manor with the tokens of
38:50submission from the twelve families, it was already late at night. After my shower, I stood before the
38:56Florida clearing windows, watching the wind and rain finally stop outside. Jace embraced me from behind
39:01and slipped the black gold serpent ring, a symbol of the highest power on the dark wet, onto my ring
39:06finger.
39:07His fingers were faintly callid. When they touched my back, my body stiffened controllably because of the
39:13bone-deep memories of beatings from my last life, Jace noticed. He did not rush to take anything
39:18from me. Instead, he turned me around and looked at me with aching tenderness. He lowered his head
39:23and reverently kissed the invisible scars on my body, kissing away the last trace of guardedness
39:28towards intimacy in my heart. Chloe, in this life, you're no one's strategist behind the scenes
39:34anymore and you don't have to take a blade for anyone. Jace's held my face, his voice low and
39:39tempting. You 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 the
39:55windows 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
40:03beneath 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 and the
40:11supreme matriarch of the dark web. Thunderous applause filled the room and camera flashes blazed
40:15like daylight. Holding a glass of champagne, I walked to the floor to clear window and looked down
40:18over the city I had thoroughly conquered. At the end of my line of sight lay that filthy slum.
40:22In my last life, Lily had gnawed on rotten vegetable leaves there, then dragged me to my death out of
40:27jealousy. In this life, she thought she had stolen the trump card, but she turned to ashes in the
40:31very first year. Jace walked to my side holding our three year old heir. What are you thinking about?
40:35His eyes full of doting affection as he wrapped an arm around my waist. As if performing magic,
40:40he took a document from the pocket of his suit and handed it to me. Darling, you said before that
40:45looking at that slum bothered you. I've had people approve the demolition plan to buy it. I looked at
40:49the document and couldn't help laughing softly. The place that had buried our fates in my last life
40:53could now be erased completely from the map with nothing more than my signature. Three days later,
40:58more than a dozen heavy bulldozers drove into the slums. Amid the enormous roar, the dilapidated
41:02Chantels, the 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.
41:11At the groundbreaking ceremony, global media swarmed in. Countless microphones were thrust in front of me.
41:19Jace, 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 son. 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 about what
41:48cards you managed to steal. It's about whether you have the brains to play them well. Unfortunately,
41:55some people think they've stolen the winning hand, but they don't even qualify to sit at the table.
42:00I 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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