Two years later, Amelia Yao stood beneath the crystal chandelier of the Gu family’s annual charity gala.

She was no longer the woman who had walked out of their mansion carrying a twelve-billion-yuan check.

She was the founder of Yao Global, a technology and investment company whose name had become impossible to ignore in New York.

Beside her stood four children.

Two boys.

Two girls.

Four small hands holding hers.

The guests whispered when they recognized the family name.

Then the doors opened.

Adrian Gu walked in with Bianca beside him.

Bianca was wearing diamonds.

Adrian looked older.

Much older.

Their marriage had lasted less than a year.

The triplets had been born healthy, but the Gu family soon discovered that three heirs were not enough to save a company whose finances had been collapsing behind closed doors.

Adrian had lost control of the group.

Hector had been investigated for financial misconduct.

Teresa had sold most of her jewelry to cover debts.

And Bianca had disappeared after discovering that the family fortune was no longer what she had imagined.

Then Adrian saw Amelia.

His entire body froze.

His eyes moved from her face to the four children beside her.

One of the boys had his eyes.

One of the girls had his dimples.

Adrian stopped breathing.

“No…”

Amelia looked at him calmly.

“Hello, Adrian.”

He walked toward her as if pulled by something he couldn’t control.

“Those children…”

Amelia placed a protective hand on her daughter’s shoulder.

“They’re mine.”

His voice trembled.

“Are they…?”

She smiled.

“You remember the night you told me to disappear?”

Adrian’s face went white.

“You said the Gu family had no place for me.”

She paused.

“So I built a family of my own.”

He stared at the four children.

“Amelia, why didn’t you tell me?”

She looked directly into his eyes.

“Because you had already chosen.”

Behind him, Hector appeared.

The old man’s expression changed the moment he recognized Amelia.

Then he saw the children.

His lips trembled.

“Quadruplets…”

Amelia nodded.

“Four.”

Hector looked at Adrian.

Then back at her.

His voice was barely audible.

“They’re Gu blood.”

Amelia’s smile disappeared.

“They are my children.”

The sentence silenced the entire hall.

Adrian stepped closer.

“Please.”

For the first time, the arrogant heir looked completely broken.

“Give me another chance.”

Amelia shook her head.

“You had one.”

“You exchanged it for a woman carrying three children.”

Adrian lowered his eyes.

“I was wrong.”

“No.”

Amelia took her children’s hands.

“You weren’t confused.”

“You made a choice.”

“And I made mine.”

She turned toward the exit.

Then stopped.

Without looking back, she said:

“Your family gave me twelve billion yuan to disappear.”

A faint smile touched her lips.

“Thank you.”

“That money was the first investment I ever made in my new life.”

She walked away with her four children.

Adrian remained beneath the chandelier, watching the family he had abandoned disappear through the doors.

For years, he had believed Amelia had walked away with nothing.

He finally understood the truth.

She hadn’t lost the Gu family.

The Gu family had lost Amelia.

And by the time they realized what four little hearts had been worth…

she was already far beyond their reach.