Stealing Your Heart Chapter 517
Judging from how much Sang Yu cared for Shen Peichuan, there was no way Su Zhan would believe
that she was not attracted to him. They must be into each other as they would not have made out so
passionately in public otherwise.
Sang Yu inferred from his expression and guessed as much what was on his mind. She exined, “I
must have gotten Chief Shen into trouble. This is probably going to affect him badly, am I right?”
“Most definitely I think. After all, his status is quite special.” Su Zhan was very perceptive when ites
to people so he intended to exaggerate the gravity of the situation in order to guilt-trip Sang Yu. He
reckoned that by doing so, it ought to be able to help elerate the development of the rtionship
between Shen Peichuan and her.
He then quietly thought to himself that he might just be the best person ever, as no one else in the
world would possibly have devoted as much effort towards securing his buddy’s future happiness as he
did. Su Zhan felt that anyone who could deservedly hail him as a friend must have had attained some
good karma.
“At best, Shen Peichuan might be getting a tongueshing right now… and at worst, it could dampen
his career prospects,” Su Zhan sighed as he purposely made things sound dismal.
Sang Yu bit her lip as she felt at fault for dragging Shen Peichuan down.
It did not take much from Su Zhan to reduce the young and impressionable Sang Yu to a bundle of
nerves as she fell for his ruse easily. “Would I be able to see him?”
Su Zhan said, “I’ll have to take you to see someone first. We could contact him now but I’m not sure if
he’d be able to make himself avable.”
With that, the duo left the schoolpound and stood together by the roadside as they waited for a
ride. He turned to Sang Yu, “I’ll be looking to you for your cooperation should the need arises.”
“You can count on me for anything that would offer Chief Shen some relief,” Sang Yu responded quickly
as she was worried Su Zhan might doubt hermitment were she to appear indecisive.
“Rx. I’m sure we’ll be able to help him.” Su Zhan smiled broadly. When he noticed the paleness on
Sang Yu’s face, he was concerned that he might have saddled her with too much pressure.
A taxi approached and Su Zhan raised his hand to g it down. He opened the door for Sang Yu and
followed her in after he saw that she was properly seated. As he closed the door, he looked ahead and
said, “To Wanyue Group.”
“Sure,” replied the driver. Soon, the taxi was on its way.
En route to Wanyue, Su Zhan began to introduce himself to Sang Yu, “You already know that Peichuan
and I are close friends.”
Sang Yu nodded. Preupied about Shen Peichuan’s well-being, she held her hands together in
unease.
“Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Su Zhan. You can call me Su Zhan just as Peichuan does.
I’m awyer by profession at my own firm, but I have not been handling cases personally for a while
now.”
Sang Yu listened to Su Zhan but pursed her lips without replying. That day at the shop, she had
already known that the three of them were no ordinary individuals.
“How about you? Why don’t you tell me about yourself?” Su Zhan smiled as he asked.
Sang Yu instinctively kept her head bowed, self-conscious of the fact that she did not walk in the same
social circles as them. She replied meekly, “I don’t have any rtives. My father is dead and my mother
is currently serving out a prison sentence.”
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Su Zhan did not probe Shen Peichuan about Sang Yu’s background as he was not particrly ss
conscious. He thought that given a choice anyone would have wished for both of their parents to be
present so that they may have a happy childhood growing up with aplete family.
He understood that when ites to circumstances surrounding one’s birth, no one gets to choose
what family they would be born in. Outsiders may envy that he was young, good-looking, sessful,
and seemed tock for nothing save a woman to marry and start a family with. But even he too had
struggles of his own that he would rather not speak of.
Su Zhan ced a reassuring hand on Sang Yu’s shoulder, “We are not so different, you and I. Beneath
mere appearances, we are all human beings with our fair share of struggles.”
He usually came across as articte and highlypetent, able to dissect matters with rity and
handle them dependably. But when it came to dealing with Qin Ya, he just could not seem to get
anything right.
Due to Su Zhan’s talent for conversations, Sang Yu had be visibly less nervous.
They continued to chat for a while more before the taxi stopped in front of Wanyue Group’s premises.
Su Zhan paid the fare and got off, but held the door as he waited for Sang Yu to alight.
Sang Yu lowered her head when she stepped out. As she stood by the roadside, she raised her head
and took in the view of the towering skyscraper in front of her which had be an architectural
landmark in B City’s financial district.
Never before had she been so close to this sort of ce which she used to only gaze at from afar, and
never had she imagined that she could one day have an opportunity to go inside.
Su Zhan smiled at Sang Yu, “There’s no need to stand on ceremony. The person we are here to see is
no stranger and someone very much like Peichuan and myself. I had to bring you here as we would
need to ask him for help for the situation at hand.”
Sang Yu acknowledged this and reiterated her stance, “I understand. I’m willing to do anything so long
as it helps.”
Su Zhan was delighted for Shen Peichuan, as he saw in this girl a certain strength and sense of
responsibility that belies her diminutive stature. It doesn’t matter what her family background was as it
was not like Shen Peichuan was going to marry her parents, so who they were did not matter so long
as she was good for him.
He smacked himself for thinking so far ahead when the focus should be on what was happening right
now, “Come on. Let’s head inside.”
Su Zhan was a familiar face hence the reception did not intercept him and they were able to make their
way up to the top level with no trouble. They then chanced upon Guan Jing as he wasing out of
the President’s office. Su Zhan called out to him and asked if Zong Jinghao was around.
“He just got back in and is aware of the current situation,” Guan Jing said as he looked past Su Zhan
and smiled at Sang Yu who was standing behind him, “Ah, that must be Shen Peichuan’s best-kept
secret.”
Guan Jing had no idea that Shen Peichuan got attached, and with a young one at that. I heard that
she’s a freshman at a university. My, my, who would have thought that old rascal, Shen Peichuan would
snag himself a woman so much younger than him? If not for Sang Yu’s emergence, Guan Jing would
have been convinced that the notorious bachelor Shen Peichuan was only interested in men.
Su Zhan wore a humorless expression as he warned Guan Jing, “Behave yourself.”
It’s not a done deal yet. Don’t spook her off.
Guan Jing cleared his throat as he realized how his excessive eyeballing might have made Sang Yu
ufortable. “Go on ahead,” he exhaled, “I still have plenty of work waiting for me to attend to.”
Su Zhan yfully poked fun at Guan Jing who had been slogging like a horse all day, “Somebody
should give this man a raise!”
Guan Jing wore a straight face, “I have no time to mess around you.” He then went on to attend to his
own affairs.
Guan Jing was a rather wealthy man himself. With an annual ieparable to that of small
business owners, his worth might rival or even exceed that of Su Zhan.
Su Zhan had no time for idle banter either. He took Sang Yu with him and rapped on the office door.
Zong Jinghao, who was in the middle of reading the news, answered in an even voice, “Come in.”
Su Zhan pushed through the door with Sang Yu in tow. Zong Jinghao did not redirect his attention to
the visitors as he continued to scan through the articles about Shen Peichuan which had been pulled
up on his browser. He had returned to the office straight off the flight from C City and still had the same
clothes he had worn from before on him. His button-up shirt was crumpled and he looked haggard as
he had not been able to get in much rest over the past two days.
“This issue is rather thorny and with the way information about it is spreading, the ramifications on
Peichuan could be considerable.” Su Zhan’s eyebrows perked up at the sight of the rare stubble on the
jaw of the man seated in front of theputer but thought that the rugged look did not look half bad
and rather entuated his manliness.
He nearly pped himself at that thought. I’m a regr heterosexual man. I must have gone mad to
find Zong Jinghao gorgeous…
He thought to himself that perhaps this was the sort of legendary charm associated with “bad” boys.
Zong Jinghao finally peeled his eyes away from the screen and shifted them briefly onto Su Zhan, then
to Sang Yu who stood quietly to Su Zhan’s rear. He then dialed the extension to the secretary’s seat
and instructed them to connect him with the Department of Public Rtions, “Get me their chief.”
With thendline phone in hand, his attention was instead tuned to his cellphone screen.
On the lock screen disy was a photograph of Lin Xinyan.
It was taken while he sat awake by the bed and watched her sleep peacefully, with her hand in his. Her
hand was small and delicate inparison as it rested on his palm. With her slender fingers and
defined joints. There were no varnish applied nor fancy work done on her nails, and he very much liked
how they were neatly trimmed and clean.
By simply looking at the photograph, Zong Jinghao could remember how it was like just to hold her
hand back then, and that made him feel warm inside.