Thinking of this, his gaze once again turned cold.

And the coldness in his eyes simultaneously sparked fear in the heart of the person in front of him.

Xi Xinlan shook her head repeatedly, her eyes filled with incredulous plea: "No, no, you wouldn’t say those things, you must not say those things, understand?"

Her voice grew shrill towards the end.

Yet no matter how he commanded, scolded, or warned, An Liyang remained unmoved, his voice continuing coldly, half-threatening: "Whether I say it or not depends entirely on your behavior."

"What do you want?" Xi Xinlan asked, her eyes full of defensiveness.

"I don’t want anything, and you don’t need to be so guarded against me. You can completely pretend that I died in that accident years ago, and the person standing before you now is just a familiar stranger. All I want is this: from today, do not interfere with my life again. As for the future of the An Family, it has nothing to do with me. You must understand, you don’t only have me as your child; you can completely place your hopes on her. This is all I want to say."

Having finally expressed his innermost thoughts, An Liyang instantly felt relieved.

Afterward, he didn’t care whether the other person agreed or not and continued speaking: "The one thing I want to tell you is that although I am your son, it doesn’t mean I’m interested in the things you are interested in. I told you long ago that I have no interest in the An Family’s affairs, so stop forcing them on me. It’s truly exhausting."

For a moment, Xi Xinlan’s heart was filled with anger, and she angrily rebuked the person in front of her: "No interest? How can you have no interest? I have fought hard to secure so much for you, and you say you have no interest, just like that? Do you really want to stand by and watch the company fall into that vile woman’s hands?"

The word "vile woman" once again provoked An Liyang’s displeasure: "Shut up, you have no right to speak of her like that."

The more the person in front forbid her, the more Xi Xinlan insisted on speaking: "Why should I shut up? Am I not telling the truth? Aren’t you the child of the An Family? You clearly have the same qualification to become the president of Nanqi Group. Why did your Dad, after his death, leave everything to that woman and her daughter?" Xi Xinlan grew increasingly furious.

An Liyang’s heart grew colder, having long endured, yet there comes a moment when patience runs out. His gloomy dark eyes rested on the person before him, continuing word by word: "Do I really need to explain everything for you to stop talking?"

"What do you mean?"

Then staring at the other person, An Liyang mercilessly delivered the greatest shock: "Is Dad really my biological father? How long will you continue to deceive me, deceive everyone? You shouldn’t be shocked; I’ve known this for a very long time. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have fallen in love with Nannan, who is my sister. But you can rest assured, this matter is still a secret; no one else knows. Or rather, one other person knows. But that person can no longer speak."