Is this what they call a deep family secret of the wealthy?
An Lan's pupils contracted sharply, and at the same time, she felt a soreness in her heart. She sympathized with Huo Zhanting's past. For such a child to survive in that cutthroat family must have been no easy feat.
Huo Zhanting lowered his head, touched by the worry and compassion in An Lan's eyes, and comforted her in return.
"Don't worry, that's all in the past. Later, after my father married Sun Lanfang, she brought me from the backyard to her side to raise me in order to secure her position in the Huo Family. Although she wasn't very attentive and even hoped to spoil me, my life became much better."