To marry into the family in place of his brother? Impossible!

"This...this is impossible..." Qin Lan's voice trembled. "He told me he was Mr. Jiang's, he admitted it himself..."

Looking at her daughter's pale face, Qin's mother felt extremely distressed.

She held Qin Lan's hand and asked softly, "Lanlan, how did you two meet? Why did he impersonate Jiang Zhe?"

Does he have ulterior motives for approaching you?

As she finished speaking, Qin's mother's eyes sharpened.

She absolutely would not allow her daughter to have a treacherous person by her side.

Qin Lan immediately grabbed her mother's hand: "No, that's not how it is!"

Qin's mother took a deep breath to suppress her anger and asked, "How exactly did you two meet?"

Qin Lan said in a hoarse voice, "That day I went on a blind date and saw him sitting there alone. I went up to him and asked if he was Mr. Jiang. He nodded and said yes!"

"and then?"

"Then we started talking about business. His ideas were novel, bold, and innovative!"

"But I didn't expect him to lie to me. Why didn't he say he wasn't Jiang Zhe? I always thought he was Jiang Zhe, that he was here for a blind date with me, I..."

Suddenly, Qin Lan froze: "I don't think I've ever confirmed his name before!"

Qin's mother was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

Qin Lan said, "I don't think I've ever asked his name; I've always called him Mr. Jiang!"

Qin's mother asked, somewhat surprised or astonished, "Lanlan, do you mean he didn't lie to you, but that he himself didn't know you mistook him for Jiang Zhe?"

Qin Lan suddenly raised her head and looked at her mother.

"Think about it, every time you asked him out, did he ever mention that he was Jiang Zhe?" Qin's mother's voice was very calm.

Qin Lan opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

"It seems not. He never said he was Jiang Zhe. No wonder he looked at me with that questioning look back then!"

"So, he really didn't know... didn't know anything, didn't know that I was here today to announce the marriage!" Qin Lan murmured, her face as white as a sheet.

She turned around and looked at Jiang Jinhuan.

He was standing not far away, holding a glass of water, calmly surveying the decorations of the banquet hall.

Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, falling on his profile and outlining a soft contour.

This man was the one who made her heart flutter time and time again.

This man made her believe she had finally found someone she could entrust her life to.

But he is not Jiang Zhe.

He just happens to have the surname Jiang.

Qin Lan's eyes were filled with tears, but she gritted her teeth and didn't let them fall.

If he weren't Jiang Zhe, would there still be a chance for her and him?

She seemed to know absolutely nothing about whether he had a girlfriend or who he was.

Seeing Qin Lan's pale face, Qin's mother felt a pang of pity.

"Lanlan, did he do anything to you at your apartment that day?"

"No, no, he just took care of me all night, he didn't touch me!" Qin Lan said hoarsely.

While Qin's mother breathed a sigh of relief, she also felt a little regretful.

She took Qin Lan's hand, looked at her earnestly, and asked, "So, do you like him?"

Qin Lan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.

she likes.

She fell for him the moment they first met, when he was talking animatedly in the coffee shop.

That kind of liking isn't because of who the man is, but because he is himself.

That sunny disposition, that calm and soothing gaze that could calm her wounded soul, captivated her; it was a feeling no one else could give her.

She liked Jiang Jin Huan so much that she was willing to marry him immediately.

Looking into her daughter's eyes, Qin's mother had her answer.

"Lanlan, then you can continue to pretend you don't know anything." Qin's mother's voice was very low, so low that only the two of them could hear it.

Qin Lan suddenly looked up, staring at her mother in disbelief: "Mom, what did you say?"

"I'm telling you, just keep treating him as Jiang Zhe."

A shrewd glint flashed in Qin's mother's eyes. "You're thirty-three this year. It's not easy for you to meet someone you like. I don't want you to miss out."

"But...but he's not Jiang Zhe..."

"He is not Jiang Zhe, but he shares the surname Jiang, and he is a hundred times better than Jiang Zhe."

As Qin's mother spoke, she glanced at Jiang Jinhuan in the distance again, "Mom noticed it too? This young man is clearly no ordinary person."

Jiang Jinhuan was talking to the person next to him at this moment, and his elegant and noble temperament could not be faked.

That's nobility ingrained in one's very bones.

Qin Lan bit her lip, her mind a complete mess.

She knew her mother was right, but... wasn't this a lie?

"Lanlan, don't rush into a decision." Qin's mother patted her hand. "I'll go talk to your father about it. You stay with him for now and don't give anything away."

After finishing her sentence, Qin's mother turned and left.

Qin Lan stood still, took a deep breath, and tried her best to restore her expression to normal.

She disliked lying, but compared to this slight guilt, she was even more unwilling to lose Jiang Jinhuan.

Then she turned around, walked towards Jiang Jinhuan, and smiled again.

"Sister Lan, are you alright? You don't look well." Jiang Jinhuan looked at her and asked with some concern.

"It's nothing, it's just a little hot." Qin Lan smiled and naturally took his arm again. "Let's go, I'll take you to get something to eat."

Jiang Jinhuan's body stiffened for a moment when Qin Lan took his arm, but he didn't say anything.

There might be something going on between them, but at a banquet, this arm-in-arm gesture doesn't necessarily mean anything!

……

Meanwhile, Qin's mother found Qin's father.

Mr. Qin was chatting with some old friends when he saw his wife hurrying over, and he was a little puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

"Come with me, I have something important to tell you."

Qin's father followed his wife to the study and closed the door.

"What's going on? Why are you being so mysterious?"

Qin's mother took a deep breath and recounted the whole story in detail.

After hearing this, Qin's father's expression changed several times, finally settling on one of shock.

"You mean, Lanlan mistook him for someone else from beginning to end? The guy Lanlan brought back today isn't Jiang Zhe?"

"Yes, not Jiang Zhe!"

"Isn't this ridiculous? Where did this guy come from? Investigate, investigate immediately!"

Qin's father instructed the steward beside him, "Immediately find out who that person is."

Jiang Jinhuan's identity was not a secret to begin with, so there was no need to investigate further.

The information can be obtained with a simple inquiry.

The butler produced Jiang Jinhuan's personal information just three minutes later.

"Jiang Jinhuan, Chairman of Qihang Technology Company, second young master of the Jiang family, and assistant to the president of Xingyao Group!"

Qin's father frowned, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly looked up. "Jiang Jinhuan? Is that the young man who's been making waves in Jiangcheng lately?"

The general manager of Jiang's Group? The one who partnered with Xingyao Group to develop the West City Industrial Park?

"It's him," the old butler confirmed.