Although it seemed like he had been mocked, Su Yanyi’s rare initiative in showing affection still made Qin Jiran very happy. The suffocation in his heart caused by the Qin family’s affairs dissipated a lot. Compared to his current happiness, the Qin family was hardly worth his concern.
"Yanyi, have you found out who the person behind the scenes is?" Qin Jiran shifted the topic somewhat uneasily, but it was also something he was quite puzzled about. His nominal father, Qin Zhenyi, was impossible, but he wondered if other members of the Qin family were involved.
"Old Master Qin is not doing well. Qin Zhenyi’s three brothers all want to rise to power, so naturally, there will be a struggle," Su Yanyi was quite familiar with the situation at the Qin family. Such power struggles in wealthy families were not unusual.
As for Su Yanyi’s reference to Qin Zhenyi, this was purely based on Qin Jiran’s reactions. Su Yanyi valued family greatly, but in her eyes, blood relations did not necessarily make someone family, and Qin Zhenyi, as well as the Qin family, despite being related to Qin Jiran by blood, were definitely not his family. Therefore, Su Yanyi saw no need to respect them.
During this period, Father Su and Mother Su had also uncovered some things regarding why Qin Jiran grew up in an orphanage.
Qin Jiran was Qin Zhenyi’s illegitimate child, but his mother was unaware of this. At the time, Qin Jiran’s mother was a university student, very beautiful and naive, and although Qin Zhenyi had a fiancée, he fell in love with Qin Jiran’s mother. They were a handsome couple and quickly fell deeply in love. However, when Qin Jiran’s mother was pregnant, Qin Zhenyi married his well-matched fiancée and only provided for Qin Jiran’s mother on the side.
At first, Qin Jiran’s mother did not know this; she did not even know Qin Zhenyi’s true identity. It was extremely difficult to have a child out of wedlock in that era. She had discussed marriage with Qin Zhenyi as soon as she knew she was pregnant, but she had not expected that Qin Zhenyi would marry another woman. She was heartbroken and almost committed suicide, but ultimately, it was the child’s existence that made her persevere. She eventually died in childbirth, however.
Qin Jiran was motherless from birth, and neither Qin Zhenyi nor the Qin family had expected his birth. They had not even seen him before sending the newborn Qin Jiran to the orphanage with the butler, a fact known to only a few within the Qin family, even Qin Zhenyi’s wife was unaware.
Qin Jiran only found out about it when he was in his teens, informed by the head of the orphanage. After all, the Qin family was very famous, and the Qin family butler had said to take good care of him when dropping him off. They also left a large sum of money for his upbringing.
At that time, Qin Jiran had already passed his phase of confusion, his desire to find his parents had long since vanished. After learning of this matter, he appeared very calm, not even interested in giving it a second glance. There was nothing about a person who had abandoned him that was worth his attention.
"It has nothing to do with me." Whether in the past or presently, anything related to the Qin family had nothing to do with him.
"The Wang Family is also involved, conspiring with Qin Zhenren to strike at Qin Zhenyi, and they wanted to reveal your news. The Wang Family really can’t stay put," Su Yanyi said with an even colder tone when she mentioned the Wang Family, showing a hint of disdain.
The Wang Family was really courting death. Their company was already in jeopardy, and they still thought of targeting Qin Jiran. It was hard to tell whether to call them ignorant or just foolish.
"I have some information about the Wang Family that might be useful," Qin Jiran had investigated and accumulated quite a bit of information, but he thought the Su family might have found out more.