215: Chapter 215 I've never been beaten, and I envy them.

Under the moonlight.

Ye Lan's face held no expression; it wasn't cold, just appearing somewhat forlorn.

Qin Xun, possessing the abilities of an All-around Filmmaker, could tell at a single glance that her forlorn expression carried a hint of...

Loneliness.

She was very lonely.

Qin Xun put down his phone, looked at Ye Lan, and asked softly.

"Ye... Ye Lan, are you okay!"

Ye Lan squeezed out a smile.

"On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, being able to hear someone mention my mother."

"Is there anything better than this in the world?"

Qin Xun heard the sadness in her voice.

He guessed that Ye Lan's mother must have passed away.

Passing away when she was seven; she was indeed quite pitiful.

"Does anyone have a cigarette?"

Ye Lan's gaze swept across everyone, and she suddenly asked.

Wang Cui was startled.

"Sister Ye, I've been with you for four years, and I never knew you smoked."

Hearing this, Ye Lan smiled, reached out to pick up a bottle of alcohol on the grass, skillfully bit it open, and spat out the cap.

"I'll give you a show!"

She tilted her head back and drank it down, gulping it.

It was very fast.

Like a delinquent girl hanging out in nightclubs.

In a short while, the bottle of alcohol was drained.

Ye Lan picked up the empty bottle and threw it into the distance.

"Crash."

The sound of the glass bottle shattering rang out.

Ye Lan wiped the alcohol stain from the corner of her mouth and said softly.

"Before my eighteenth birthday, I didn't smoke, and only drank a little fruit wine."

"After eighteen, I smoked, drank, played cards, and lived a boring life. later, I felt it was meaningless, so I entered the entertainment industry."

She looked at Qin Xun and said.

"As it turned out... it was also quite meaningless."

"Until I met you, Qin Xun, a pervert who dared to choke someone on the street, did I finally feel it was a bit interesting."

Qin Xun: "..."

He was not someone who could be slandered at will, but considering Ye Lan was in a bad mood, he would take his revenge in a couple of days!

After Ye Lan finished speaking, she waited quietly.

But seeing them just looking at her without anyone asking questions, she felt a bit disappointed.

She gave a bitter laugh.

"A girl drinking a whole bottle of alcohol in the middle of the night just wants to confide in someone!"

"Can any of you ask me a question?"

"Ask about my background."

"Ask about my childhood."

"Ask me why I have a masochistic streak."

"Ask me why I really entered the entertainment industry?"

Qin Xun, Xia Ning, and Wang Cui were silent for a moment.

Qin Xun broke the silence.

"How rich is the Qian Group?"

Xia Ning turned her head to look at Qin Xun, somewhat surprised.

Wouldn't this question be a bit abrupt?

You could have checked it privately!

Wang Cui was also speechless looking at Qin Xun.

Is he really the vice president of a company?

He doesn't look like someone cut out for business!

He doesn't even know about the Qian Family?

Ye Lan was stunned, smiled, and looked at Xia Ning.

"Ms. Xia, why don't you tell Qin Xun!"

"If I say it myself, in the eyes of others, it would seem a bit like showing off."

"I don't like showing off."

Xia Ning smiled lightly, didn't hesitate, looked at Qin Xun, and said slowly.

"The Qian Family's business empire covers commercial real estate, finance, medicine, and various other industries."

"Currently, Chairman Qian's assets are around 320 billion, stably in the top ten of the domestic rich list."

"Looking globally, he is also around the 50th spot."

"The Qian Family can be considered a true wealthy clan."

Hearing this, Qin Xun slapped his thigh hard.

He looked at Ye Lan.

"Holy crap?"

"Ye... Qian Lan, did I ask for too little when I requested 27.5 million from you?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Xia Ning and Wang Cui looked at Qin Xun, completely shocked.

What kind of thought process is this?

Ye Lan didn't mind, laughed twice, and let out a sound.

"There are many netizens on the internet who bash rich second-generation heirs, but in reality, most people who just find out my identity are quite reserved."

"Qin Xun, you... really aren't afraid of death."

Qin Xun laughed along with her, not answering.

Ye Lan smiled and continued.

"You guys should still call me Ye Lan!"

Her voice suddenly dropped a few degrees, and the speed slowed down a lot.

"My mother's surname was Ye."

"She was eighteen when she got together with my father; at that time, my father was 59, a 41-year age gap between them."

"Before I was seven, I lived with my mother, and my father would come to visit us three or four times a month."

"That was the happiest time of my life; I will never have that again."

Her tone was very calm, as if she were narrating something very normal.

Qin Xun, Xia Ning, and Wang Cui didn't show too much surprise on their faces.

It is not normal for a man to be 41 years older than a woman.

But when that man possesses 300 billion, everything becomes reasonable.

Ye Lan continued.

"In the year I was seven, my mother died of illness."

She paused and emphasized her tone.

"She really died of illness, not some accidental death from a palace drama as people might think; she had a hereditary disease."

"My father used money to forcefully extend her life for a few years."

"After I was seven, I was taken back home."

Speaking up to here, Ye Lan didn't continue, looking at Qin Xun quietly.

Qin Xun understood what she meant and asked.

"Were you happy in your new home?"

Ye Lan smiled and then shook her head.

"Not happy."

"Because my father doted on me, my status at home was quite high."

"My... stepmother? I can't exactly say that; my mother was the latecomer."

"My aunt didn't abuse me."

"My three older brothers, the oldest is nearly forty, the youngest is twenty-five; their children are about the same age as me, but they live in their own homes."

"I had no one to play with at home."

"Occasionally, during gatherings, I would mess around with my nieces and nephews, and I often made mistakes."

"Making mistakes meant being punished."

Ye Lan stopped here, paused, and a bitter smile appeared on her face.

She reached out and gestured a length of half a meter.

"The Qian Family has a bamboo whip, jet black, with inscriptions engraved on it; my father said it was the family law passed down from our ancestors."

"When we made mistakes, my nieces and nephews would line up to have their palms hit, and they would howl when beaten."

"I... would just stand far away and watch, never having been beaten once."

"I envied them."

Qin Xun saw that Ye Lan's eyes had clearly dimmed, and he felt some sympathy for her.

All children had to be beaten when they made mistakes.

But she, specifically, didn't have to.

Was this because of doting, or because... the Qian Family's family law was not applied to illegitimate daughters?

Did the Qian Family always treat her as an outsider?

This probably could only be known when it came time to divide the inheritance.

The root cause of her liking to be beaten probably started back then.

Ye Lan sighed softly.

"Back then, I often deliberately did things wrong."

"Breaking antiques, breaking dinner plates, smashing car windows, stealing the pet dog's food, hiding sand in the bottom of the nanny's bowl."

"Fighting with stray cats."

"Fighting with classmates."

"Fighting with passersby."

"But I still never got beaten once."

She stared at Qin Xun, her eyes turning a bit colder.

"those years, I even thought for a split second..."

"If I killed someone, would they beat me then?"