The Superstar's Contracted Wife Has A System
Chapter 691 Entering the Board of Directors (3)

Chapter 691: Chapter 691 Entering the Board of Directors (3)

Kang Zhong glanced at the situation on the scene, waved his hand, and led away a group of secretaries and assistants, leaving space for the father and son, whose relationship was difficult to gauge.

After everyone left, neither the father nor the son initiated conversation. The brief silence was not merely awkward but was laden with estrangement and an indifference that distance could not diminish.

After a while, Qin Zhenyi finally broke the silence, his voice hoarse and full of suppressed emotion.

"You hate me so much? Have you become happy, satisfied, after destroying my career?" Qin Zhenyi stared at Qin Jiran, seeming to search for something in his expression.

Upon hearing this, Qin Jiran couldn’t help but want to laugh. The same matter from different perspectives could elicit entirely different feelings. Compared to what he felt about the Qin’s from Yanyi—protection, care, warmth, and being moved—now, in the presence of Qin Zhenyi, all that remained were hurt and resentment, a chilling coldness that made life seem a bit darker.

"To me, you’re almost like a stranger. It doesn’t matter whether I hate you or not." Qin Jiran stated the plain truth. Hating someone is so exhausting, and he had already let go. His current life was full of happiness and love, where hatred was nothing but superfluous.

"A stranger? You treat me like this as a stranger? You now possess most of the Qin’s shares—is it not for revenge, to make me regret abandoning you? After having done all this, you still say you don’t hate me? If you didn’t hate me, would you have done all this?" Qin Zhenyi clearly doubted Qin Jiran’s explanation. If there was no hatred, why take such actions to wrestle the Qin’s away from his family? It was like a slap in the face of every member of the Qin family.

"All of this was done by Yanyi for me. I think she felt indignant for me. You abandoned me for your own interests, and later sought us out again for the same reason. You now feel it’s resentment that has caused you to lose everything, but I feel it is love that has enabled me to have it all. What’s the use of explaining this to you? You’ll never understand this feeling. Do you know how grateful I am to have not grown up in the Qin family? Even though I was in the loneliness of an orphanage, at least it wasn’t filled with such selfishness, greed, and vanity."

It was rare for Qin Jiran to speak so much in one breath. His voice was even-toned without much fluctuation, and there was no hint of bitterness or venom, just a matter-of-fact narrative, as if he was talking about someone else’s life, seemingly unrelated to his own. Yet, the message conveyed was chilling to Qin Zhenyi.

Qin Zhenyi could sense the candor in Qin Jiran’s words—it wasn’t an attempt to provoke him, nor was it a lie. It was a forthright recounting, communicating a reality so different from his own beliefs!

"I am your father!" Having recognized the truth, Qin Zhenyi felt even more humiliated but refused to concede, his voice repressed as he spoke.

"But I have never acknowledged that. The moment you tossed me into the orphanage, you were no longer my father—at least in my heart, and that is the simple truth." Unlike Qin Zhenyi’s feigned calm, Qin Jiran was truly serene, so detached it felt numb. After all, he had contemplated over this father-son issue countless times during the times when he cared deeply, so he could now remain composed precisely because any excess emotion had long been exhausted. Perhaps this was the epitome of emotional death.

"You disown me? Yes, with your current success and the Su family’s might, why would you need to acknowledge a father like me, right? So, what are you planning next? To drive us all out of the board?" Qin Zhenyi’s tone all of a sudden took on a desolate edge, like he was mocking himself, his expression somewhat bizarre.