Translator: 549690339
“What kidnapping? I don’t understand… Didn’t she go to the Dan Group on her own accord?” Jin Lan murmured, her eyes noticeably evasive.
“Mom, was it you? You know what you did. How many times do I have to say it, I’m not interested in the Qin Group, stop targeting Xuan!” Jin Chenye looked at his mother, who was pretending to be confused, his brows furrowed.
“What do you mean I’m targeting her? Ye’er, she is the one targeting us. If I do nothing, sooner or later, the Qin Group will fall into her hands. Then we won’t have anything left. If your father were to pass away, she’d kick us out of the Qin Family immediately. I can’t just sit by and let this happen!”
Mentioning Qin Youxuan, Jin Lan became hysterical.
She had struggled all her life, endured scorn and condemnation, all in the hopes of entering the gates of the Qin Family.
To rightfully become Mrs. Qin.
Now that she had finally entered the Qin Family, how could she allow a stepdaughter to ruin it all?!
“So, you had Xuan kidnapped, hoping that she would miss the shareholders’ meeting? You think this can change anything!” Jin Chenye lowered his gaze, a trace of deep light flashing in his eyes.
“Mom, besides the kidnapping, did you have those men do anything else?”
“Wha…what? I don’t understand what you’re talking about… I have nothing to do with this…” Jin Lan shook off Jin Chenye’s hand, took a few steps back until she hit a bookcase.
Avoiding Jin Chenye’s gaze.
No one knows a son better than his mother.
Jin Chenye’s heart sank slowly.
“Do you know those men have been arrested, and one of them is dead? Dan Hanjie has already gotten involved. You think if you stay out of sight there won’t be any evidence left behind, but as long as the other two men are alive, they will eventually lead back to you. You can’t escape…”
“Paying to kidnap, incitement to murder, if these charges are proven, you’ll spend the rest of your life in jail. Are you sure you don’t want to tell me the truth?”
Jin Lan trembled all over with fear.
She stared at Jin Chenye for a while, making sure he wasn’t joking, then suddenly rushed over to grab his arm.
“Ye’er, I didn’t mean to kill anyone. I just wanted to teach her a lesson, and as soon as the shareholders’ meeting was over, she would be released. I admit my mistake now, Ye’er, please save me, I don’t want to go to jail! I can’t go to jail!”
“So, it really was you…” Jin Chenye clenched his fist, it creaked under his grip.
Even though he already had certainty that Jin Lan was involved in this matter, hearing her admit it still made his heart ache.
“Mom, how could you have become ?”
“It was Qin Youxuan, she forced me! If I didn’t do this, sooner or later she would chase us away!” Jin Lan howled like a mad woman.
“Ye’er, I’m old, I don’t care, but you’ve suffered with me all these years, I can’t bear to see you suffer anymore… You’re the only son of the Qin Family, the Qin Group is yours! No one can take it away!”
“Mom! Wake up!” Jin Chenye rushed forward, gripping Jin Lan’s shoulders, “Even without the Qin Group, I can still take care of you, you didn’t need to resort to this…”
“No! It’s not the same!” Jin Lan forcefully shook off Jin Chenye’s hand, and was entirely unresponsive to his attempts at consolation.
“Without the Qin Group, you’ll always be an illegitimate child! Even if I join the Qin Family, you won’t be recognized by the outside world, Ye’er, you’ll have to live your entire life in disgrace… I can’t watch you suffer like that…”