Speaking of his adoptive father, Jiang Yan's usually calm face showed a rare hint of emotion, a mixture of longing, admiration, and deep respect.

“I was just lucky to have been raised and taught by him.”

"I've gotten to where I am today entirely because of him..."

"He is a mentor in the hearts of many of us."

Seeing the dazed look in Jiang Yan's eyes, Qin Wan suddenly realized that he and Jiang Nanyu were really different.

Jiang Nanyu felt lucky to have been switched at birth and kept in the Jiang family.

Jiang Yan felt that being switched at birth and thrown into a mountain village, and being picked up by his adoptive father, was the greatest stroke of luck in his life.

"Xie Ming was not the only one who went to study in a small mountain village at a young age; there were also other scions of prominent families from all over the country."

“They come from all over the country, and every summer vacation, they go to the small mountain village for extra tutoring in addition to their regular studies, arranged by their families.”

"That's how I got to know them..."

"Then... Uncle Jiang?" Qin Wan asked hesitantly, looking at the look of remembrance on Jiang Yan's face.

“He passed away from cancer five years ago.” A trace of sadness appeared in Jiang Yan’s eyes.

He couldn't accept his adoptive father's death and stayed at the hospital for several days and nights before finally collapsing from exhaustion.

It was during that coma that he unexpectedly awakened his so-called mind-reading ability...

Later, because of the sentiments expressed by Xie Ming and several other friends from Kyoto, he began to doubt his own background and conducted an in-depth investigation.

It was eventually discovered that he and Jiang Nanyu had been switched.

It was all his arrangement that allowed the Jiang family to find him so easily.

He wasn't interested in the Jiang family's businesses, but he had high hopes for the Jiang family.

After his adoptive father passed away, he lived a solitary life.

Even with the company of many friends like Xie Ming, he still misses every moment he had with his adoptive father.

I can't help but wonder what the Jiang family is like; I'm curious about them.

Upon returning to the Jiang family home, there was disappointment, but also a slightly different feeling.

Like Jiang Nanyu, the patriarch of the Jiang family prioritizes profit and is a very competent businessman.

Jiang's parents are very humane. Although they were born into a wealthy family and were bound by its rules, they still tried their best to give their son the best of everything.

Jiang's father had nothing to say about Jiang's mother.

Even Jiang Nanyu's birth was just an accident. It was because Jiang's father was too humane. When he was young, he was trying to save people with good intentions, but he encountered a real-life version of the farmer and the snake.

This led to the birth of Jiangnan Yu and the tragedy of his biological son being switched at birth.

"I'm sorry," Qin Wan said apologetically.

"It's all in the past," Jiang Yan reassured her.

"I do miss him, but I also know that more than missing him, he would want me to live a good life, cherish the present, and..." the person in front of me.

Besides Qin Wan, there were Jiang's parents and many of his friends.

"He taught you very well."

"I believe he is just as you said, great and wonderful."

After receiving Qin Wan's approval, a hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Yan's eyes, and he subconsciously looked at Qin Wan.

Their eyes met, but this time Qin Wan remained silent.

But the sincerity in her eyes stirred something within Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan's favorability increased by 5, current favorability is 70.

Jiang Yan felt a very different way of experiencing the recognition and acceptance of his family.

To believe him based on just a few words he said...

That feeling of being completely trusted is novel and exhilarating.

Time slips away quietly.

Qin Wan and Jiang Yan stared at each other, oblivious to everyone else around them; their eyes saw nothing but each other.

In that instant, a strange and unfamiliar thought unexpectedly surfaced in Jiang Yan's mind.

if……

If that person was Qin Wan, the thought of spending his life with her filled him with a faint sense of anticipation.

"Do you know what items will be up for sale at tonight's charity auction?" Jiang Yan suddenly changed the subject.

Qin Wan was taken aback, then shook her head, "I didn't notice."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan opened the list of auction items in his hand and handed it to her.

"These are just some of the basic items that are on display."

Qin Wan looked up in surprise, "You mean, there are still unannounced items for sale?"

Jiang Yan's thin lips curved slightly. "Smart."

Want to guess?

Qin Wan was taken aback. "You...you want me to guess?"

Jiang Yan nodded.

...

Qin Wan frowned, her face revealing a complex mix of emotions, including distress, confusion, and hesitation.

"The land in the east of the city?" Qin Wan asked incredulously.

Jiang Yan's favorability increased by 3, current favorability is 73.

“You are truly intelligent,” Jiang Yan said with a smile.

Qin Wan's lips twitched, and she explained, "It's not that I'm smart, it's just that we haven't known each other for very long."

"Since you're making me guess, it means that the item for sale tonight that wasn't disclosed must be related to something that's happened between us recently."

"I can't think of anything other than land in the east of the city that would qualify for a charity auction."

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow with a smile.

"Then keep guessing, like who's the real estate owner in the east of the city?"

Upon hearing Jiang Yan's words, Qin Wan pursed her red lips and remained strangely silent for three seconds.

“Actually, I had this idea when I saw Xie Ming last time…” Qin Wan suddenly said.

"So what do you think?" Jiang Yan asked again.

“Last time at the Xie family’s house, Xie Ming suddenly looked at you with a strange expression. At that time, I wondered if the land in the east of the city was related to you.”

“But at the time I didn’t know about your upbringing and I hadn’t heard you tell the story of your adoptive father, so I just thought you might know something inside.”

"For example, do you know who the real estate owner behind the land in the east of the city is?"

"Or, you know the holder."

At this point, Qin Wan paused, then looked up and stared intently into Jiang Yan's smiling dark eyes.

"But you just asked again."

"And you also mentioned everything about your adoptive father to me."

"Now I'm pretty sure that the owner of the land in the east of the city... is you."

Jiang Yan smiled, a bright and radiant smile.

Jiang Yan's favorability increased by 3, current favorability is 76.

He really liked Qin Wan.

Unlike other wealthy heiresses he knew...

“Jiang Nanyu is indeed not good enough for you,” Jiang Yan suddenly said.

“Even if you are a woman, you are far superior to him.”

“In the future, after you two inherit the Qin family and the Jiang family respectively, the balance of power between the two families will inevitably be broken.”

“And the one who broke the balance was you, not Jiang Nanyu,” Jiang Yan said confidently, as if making a prophecy.

That appearance... was quite convincing, it looked a lot like a charlatan.

"What a coincidence, I think so too," Qin Wan said without any modesty.

"Putting everything else aside, just the fact that Han Sinian schemed against us has been going on for so many years, and Jiang Nanyu has still been kept in the dark by that woman..."

"His intelligence is indeed worrying." Qin Wan shook her head with a disappointed look.

"Speaking of which, I should thank Han Sinian. Although he schemed against me, he also helped me see the true face of Jiangnan Island."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan nodded in agreement.

"So you just had the Qin and Jiang families join forces to keep him abroad, without retaliating against him."

"But you should know that it was your actions that sent the wrong signal to Han Sinian..."