Stealing Your Heart

Shen Peichuan peered at him with a mysterious look on his face. “Take a guess.”

Su Zhan gazed at Shen Peichuan for a long while before replying smilingly, “Did you get a new girlfriend? Did you come here with her today?”

Shen Peichuan’s face clouded over in an instant. If Su Zhan had joked about something else, he wouldn’t have gotten so angry. However, Lin Xinyan was inside the room right now, and they couldn’t crack a joke like this lest she overheard their conversation.

Su Zhan blinked. “If you don’t want me to crack a joke like this, I won’t! Why do you have to get mad at me?”

Shen Peichuan glanced at him and said huffily, “Xinyan’s inside.”

Su Zhan’s expression instantly changed. Every time he heard Lin Xinyan’s name, he couldn’t help but think of Qin Ya.

Looking down at the floor sheepishly, he mumbled, “Then I’ll take my leave first.”

After Qin Ya left, Su Zhan had drowned himself in work in order to forget her. When he had free time, he stayed at home to accompany his elderly grandmother. After bumping into Lin Xinyan at the airport the other day, he hadn’t seen her again.

Lin Xinyan and Qin Ya were bosom friends. When he saw Qin Ya, Su Zhan couldn’t help but be reminded of Qin Ya too.

Shen Peichuan shot him a look. “Haven’t you gotten over that woman already?”

Why does Su Zhan still look as though he’s holding a horrible grudge against Lin Xinyan?

“No, I…”

“Alright, alright. Everyone’s just trying to help you out. Come with me and say hello to Xinyan.” As he spoke, Shen Peichuan threw his arm around Su Zhan and practically dragged him into the room.

After being interrupted by Su Zhan, Shen Peichuan had completely forgotten about giving Zong Jinghao a call.

Lin Xinyan was the only person in the room when they went in. She was barefoot and curled up in a corner of the sofa, nursing the glass of wine in her hand.

The two men exchanged a glance. Their gaze fell on Lin Xinyan, and they scurried to sit down on the sofa.

Su Zhan spoke first. “Hello, Xinyan.”

Lin Xinyan looked up and finally noticed that two other people had entered the room. “Did Peichuan tell you to come?”

Su Zhan sat down on the sofa next to hers. “No, we bumped into each other at the front door.”

Lin Xinyan hummed in acknowledgment but didn’t ask why the both of them had bumped into each other at the front door.

Shen Peichuan had told her that he was going to the toilet. If that were true, he wouldn’t have passed by the front door at all. However, there was a more pressing matter on Lin Xinyan’s mind, so she didn’t realize that there was something fishy about the men’s story.

at Su Zhan

living in guilt. Because of his ineptitude, he

the wine bottle and refilled Lin Xinyan’s glass. The wine trickled out, striking the sides of the glass with a soft splash that was reminiscent of quiet

glass of wine but didn’t reach out to take it from Su Zhan. Instead, she said plainly, “Qin Ya

finally spoke, his voice sounded a little hoarse. “Knowing that she’s doing well makes

experience has

drink to your health.” Su Zhan turned to her and

Su Zhan’s. The loud clink the glasses made resonated through the silent

downed the entire glass of wine

Lin Xinyan’s plans to down half the glass flew right out of the window. Enduring the burning sensation as the wine fizzled down her throat, she forced down

felt as though her entire gullet

frowned in

finally realized that there was something wrong with

he ventured, “Xinyan, are

face, Lin Xinyan turned her head and gazed at the flickering candlelight. Yes, he was right—she did feel horrible. She had

had been completely occupied with taking care of her kids and advancing her career. She hadn’t had time to check in on Zhuang Zijin

thought that her mother was young enough to forget about her grudge

wrong. Zhuang Zijin seemed fine on the outside, but Lin Guoan had caused her so much mental and emotional anguish that it would be very difficult for

she would have realized Zhuang Zijin still bore scars from her traumatic past. If she had given her mother the medical attention she required in a timely fashion, Zhuang Zijin would never have gone down this path of

failed her as

she had gotten into another fight with

him scornfully. “Do you think everyone is as hung

annoyed. Why did Shen

lost his lover and his child. Wasn’t that

get a rise out

couldn’t stand it when people made fun of

another glass of wine. “I’ll

emptied the entire glass

you know how this works? If

Shen Peichuan was speechless.

refuse to

drink this, let’s just

“Alright. Isn’t it just three glasses? That won’t make me

closer to him and poured himself a glass. “As your friend, I’ll take this shot with you. Is that good enough for

the glass towards him. “Stop talking gibberish.

and Su Zhan frequently butted